Crossword-Solution: LATERAL
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Lateral | a. | Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree. |
| Lateral | a. | Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to mesial. |
| Lateral | a. | Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| LATERAL | anagram | LLARETA |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AERTE
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greedy person
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Sentences with LATERAL (5)
This dugong, which also bears the name of the halicore, closely resembles the manatee; its oblong body terminated in a lengthened tail, and its lateral fins in perfect fingers.
That on or against which a body abuts or presses; as (a) (Arch.) The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut.
Two lateral wings at right angles to the main building form the sides of this courtyard, and contain _les communs_, the kitchen, laundry, servants’ rooms, and the other annexes of a large establishment.
Another pair of older lateral moraines, belonging to a glacier of which the one just mentioned was a tributary, extend in a general northwesterly direction nearly to the level of Big Smoky Valley, about fifty-five hundred feet above sea level.
His new engine was called the Pyramidal, because of its form, and was the first move towards what are now called Direct-acting Engines, in which the lateral movement of the piston is communicated by connecting-rods to the rotatory movement of the crank-shaft.
Quotes with LATERAL (3)
Steerpike of the Many Problems,” said the Doctor. “What did you say they were? My memory is so very untrustworthy. It’s as fickle as a fox. Ask me to name the third lateral bloodvessel from the extremity of my index finger that runs east to west when I lie on my face at sundown, or the percentage of chalk to be found in the knuckles of an average spinster in her fifty-seventh year, ha, ha, ha! — or even ask me, my dear boy, to give details of the pulse rate of frogs two minut…
Staying relaxed was helping him cope with the drug induced juddering vision that could be best described as being like a Hitchcockian visual effect operated by a hyperactive squirrel that shook the whole universe closer and farther away. If you went with it, it was quite pleasant, as long as you didn't introduce any lateral movement like turning your head or the car. This caused the universe to try and slide away from underneath you. The other side effect was the constant fee…
the parts of the brain corresponding to the limbic system (thought to respond only to more visceral, immediate rewards) were activated only when the decision involved comparing a reward today with one in the future. In contrast, the lateral prefrontal cortex (a more “calculating” part of the brain) responded with a similar intensity to all decisions, regardless of the timing of the options. Brains that work like this would produce a lot of failed good intentions. And indeed, …
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 106 times in crossword archives (1946–2024).