Crossword-Solution: KNEEPAN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Kneepan | n. | A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap. |
We have 3 clues for the answer “KNEEPAN”
| Clue | Answers |
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| It articulates with the femur | 1 answer |
| Kneecap | 3 answers |
| Patella | 6 answers |
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Dermatological complaint
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
CMAEZE
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with KNEEPAN (5)
Rodomont fain would close upon his foe; But his foot fails him, weakened by the wound, Which pierced his thigh: he overtasked his might; And on his kneepan fell the paynim knight.
THE KNEE is strengthened by the patella_, or kneepan (_patella_, little dish), a chestnut-shaped bone firmly fastened over the joint.
The great muscles of the thigh acting over the kneepan tend to bend the body forward, but the muscles of the calf neutralize this action.
The _patella_, or kneepan, has no corresponding bone in the arm; and the _carpus_, or ankle, which corresponds to the wrist, contains seven instead of eight bones.
This grave man was a German, and there was a rumour among young sportsmen that old Neefit paid this highly-skilled operator £600 a year for his services! Nobody knew as he did how each morsel of leather would behave itself under the needle, or could come within two hairbreadths of him in accuracy across the kneepan.
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Appears in: Newsday.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (2005–2022).