Word Meanings - POSTCORNU - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The posterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain. B. G. Wilder.

Related words: (words related to POSTCORNU)

• LATERAL
  Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to mesial. 3. Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing. Lateral cleavage , cleavage parallel to the lateral planes. -- Lateral equation
• LATERALLY
  By the side; sidewise; toward, or from, the side.
• BRAIN
  The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord,
• POSTERIORLY
  Subsequently in time; also, behind in position.
• BRAINSICKLY
  In a brainsick manner.
• LATERALITY
  The state or condition of being lateral.
• WILDERNESS
  1. A tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; a wild; a waste; a desert; a pathless waste of any kind. The wat'ry wilderness yields no supply. Waller. 2. A disorderly or
• WILDER
  To bewilder; to perplex. Long lost and wildered in the maze of fate. Pope. Again the wildered fancy dreams Of spouting fountains, frozen as they rose. Bryant. (more info) bewildered, villa to bewilder; cf. AS. wildor a wild animal. See
• BRAINSICK
  Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless. -- Brain"sick*ness, n.
• BRAINED
  Supplied with brains. If th' other two be brained like us. Shak.
• POSTERIORITY
  The state of being later or subsequent; as, posteriority of time, or of an event; -- opposed to priority.
• VENTRICLE
  A cavity, or one of the cavities, of an organ, as of the larynx or the brain; specifically, the posterior chamber, or one of the two posterior chambers, of the heart, which receives the blood from the auricle and forces it out from the heart. See
• WILDERMENT
  The state of being bewildered; confusion; bewilderment. And snatched her breathless from beneath This wilderment of wreck and death. Moore.
• POSTERIORS
  The hinder parts, as of an animal's body. Swift.
• BRAINISH
  Hot-headed; furious. Shak.
• BRAINY
  Having an active or vigorous mind.
• WILDERING
  A plant growing in a state of nature; especially, one which has run wild, or escaped from cultivation.
• BRAINLESS
  Without understanding; silly; thougthless; witless. -- Brain"less*ness, n.
• BRAINPAN
  The bones which inclose the brain; the skull; the cranium.
• POSTERIOR
  At or toward the caudal extremity; caudal; -- in human anatomy often used for dorsal. (more info) 1. Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior. Hesiod was posterior to Homer. Broome. 2.
• ADDLE-BRAIN; ADDLE-HEAD; ADDLE-PATE
  A foolish or dull-witted fellow.
• SICK-BRAINED
  Disordered in the brain.
• SHATTER-BRAINED; SHATTER-PATED
  Disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild. J. Goodman.
• CRACK-BRAINED
  Having an impaired intellect; whimsical; crazy. Pope.
• FAT-BRAINED
  Dull of apprehension.
• 'TWIXT-BRAIN
  The thalamen
• MADBRAINED
  Disordered in mind; hot-headed. Shak.
• SHALLOW-BRAINED
  Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed. South.
• BEWILDER
  To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for want of a plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly. Lost and bewildered in the fruitless search. Addison. Syn. -- To perplex; puzzle; entangle; confuse; confound;
• BEWILDERING
  Causing bewilderment or great perplexity; as, bewildering difficulties. -- Be*wil"der*ing*ly, adv.
• COLLATERALLY
  1. Side by side; by the side. These pulleys . . . placed collaterally. Bp. Wilkins. 2. In an indirect or subordinate manner; indirectly. The will hath force upon the conscience collaterally and indirectly. Jer. Taylor. 3. In collateral relation;
• COCK-BRAINED
  Giddy; rash. Milton.
• MIDBRAIN
  The middle segment of the brain; the mesencephalon. See Brain.
• SCATTER-BRAIN
  A giddy or thoughtless person; one incapable of concentration or attention.
• CLAY-BRAINED
  Stupid. Shak.