Rachis

Definitions: Rachis

Rachis

Noun

1. Axis of a compound leaf or compound inflorescence.

2. The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back".

Date "rachis" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1896. (references)

Etymology: Rachis \Ra"chis\, noun; plural English Rachises, from Latin expression Rachides. [New Latin expression, from the Greek]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Rachis

Synonyms: back (n), backbone (n), spinal column (n), spine (n), vertebral column (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Rachis

English words defined with "rachis": Rachides, Rachidian, Rachises ♦ spinal column. (references)

Specialty definitions using "rachis": common rye ♦ winged cluster. (references)

Etymologies containing "rachis": Rachidian. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Kinésithérapie des déviations antéro-postérieures du rachis et de l'épiphysite vertébrale : maladie de Scheuermann (reference) Neuroradiologie : cr�ne, rachis, cerveau, moelle, racines (reference) Polytraumatisés, fractures du rachis cervical, greffon pédiculé, coaptation trochantéro-iliaque, reprises précoces des prothèses totales suppurées (reference) Rachis Et Appareillage/French (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Rachis (reference) (more periodical examples)
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Expression using "rachis": spine rachis. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "rachis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏عمود فقري (chine, spinal column, spine rachis). (various references)

Danish		hovedakse (principal axes). (various references)

Dutch		aarspil. (various references)

Finnish		tähkälapakko. (various references)

French		rachis, axe de l'épi, axe. (various references)

German		Aehrenspindel. (various references)

Greek		κεντρικός άξονας του στάχεος, ραχίδιο. (various references)

Italian		rachide (backbone, rachides, spine, vertebral column). (various references)

Pig Latin		achisray.(various references)

Portuguese		ráquis, eixo (arbor, axis, axle, axletree, center line, centre line, hinge bolt, hub, kingpin, pair of wheels, pin, pintle, pivot, plain shaft, set of wheels, shaft, spindle, trunnion, wheel set). (various references)

Russian		позвоночник (backbone, spine, spines, vertebrae). (various references)

Spanish		raquis. (various references)

Swedish		huvudax. (various references)

Thai		ก้านใบหรือก้าน�"อกรวม, ก้านขนนก, ลำกระ�"ูกสันหลัง. (various references)

Turkish		rakis, tüy sapı (stalk), orta damar, omurga (backbone, Carina, Chine, keel, spinal coloumn, spine, vertebrae, vertebral column), eksen (axial, axis, axle, pintle, pivot, pivotal, spindle), belkemiği (back, backbone, basis, Chine, spinal, spinal coloumn, spine, vertebral column). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "rachis": rachises. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Rachis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: achis, arachis, Archias, archies, Arichis, Gracchi, Gracchus, Rachan, Rachi, Rachlin, Rachmil, Rachow, raciis, Raghbir, Raghib, rahcis, Rahi, Rakhim, Rakhis, Rakhom, rakic, rakis, Rakiz, Rakshasa, Raphia, Raphus, Raschid, rashi, Ratchis, Rathus, Recchia, rechts, Richi, Richisau, rishis, ritchies, Rochus, tachism. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "rachis" (pronounced 'Ra"chis'): Hyporhachis, Parorchis. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: chairs.
	Words within the letters "a-c-h-i-r-s"
	-1 letter: chair, chars, chias, crash, hairs.
	-2 letters: airs, arch, arcs, asci, cars, cash, char, chia, chis, cris, hair, ichs, rash, rias, rich, sari, scar, shri.
	-3 letters: air, ais, arc, ars, ash, car, chi, cis, has, hic, his, ich, rah, ras, ria, sac, sha, sic, sir, sri.
	-4 letters: ah, ai, ar, as, ha, hi, is, sh, si.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-h-i-r-s"
	+1 letter: archils, cahiers, carlish, cashier, charism, chimars, chrisma, rhachis, ricksha, scraich, scraigh.
	+2 letters: actorish, archaise, archaism, archaist, archines, archings, archives, aspheric, brackish, cashiers, chagrins, chariest, chariots, charisma, charisms, charlies, charpais, charquis, chartist, chimeras, chrismal, citharas, cochairs, crankish, crashing, crawfish, crayfish, eucharis, graphics, haircaps, haircuts, haricots, hayricks, inarches, marchesi, parchesi, parchisi, rachides, rachises, rachitis, rickshas, rickshaw, scraichs, scraighs, seraphic, theriacs.
	+3 letters: abrachias, achievers, acroliths, ahistoric, airchecks, anarchies, anarchism, anarchist, arachnids, archaised, archaises, archaisms, archaists, archaizes, archeries, archivist, armchairs, bedchairs, brachials, camphires, cantharis, cashiered, catharsis, chairmans, chantries, chapiters, characids, characins, chariness, charities, charriest, chartists, chastiser, chicaners, chimaeras, chivarees, chivaries, choriambs, chrysalid, chrysalis, crosshair, diarchies, discharge, dyarchies, eparchies, exarchies, franchise, hairlocks, harmonics, heartsick, hierarchs, hijackers, hipparchs, hippocras, hydracids, hyracoids, mariachis, midrashic, mischarge, oligarchs, omniarchs, parchesis, parchisis, pharisaic, pilchards, prophasic, pushchair, rhachides, rhachises, rhapsodic, rickshaws, saccharin, scarphing, scraiched, scraighed, scrimshaw, searching, snatchier, spherical, starchier, starchily, starching, theatrics, theriacas, tracheids, tribrachs, trichinas, trochaics, vicarship, whitracks.
	+4 letters: acritarchs, aircoaches, anarchisms, anarchists, anchorites, antechoirs, aphoristic, arachnoids, archaising, archaistic, archbishop, archerfish, archfiends, architects, archivists, archivolts, archpriest, arthritics, artichokes, aspherical, autarchies, brachiates, branchiest, carritches, cartoonish, cashiering, cathartics, chairlifts, chanceries, chancroids, charbroils, charismata, charivaris, charladies, chastisers, cherimoyas, chevaliers, chickarees, chimaerism, chinawares, chipboards, chirimoyas, chivalries, chivalrous, chromatics, chromatids, chromatins, chronaxies, chrysalids, crashingly, crawfished, crawfishes, crayfishes, crosshairs, dichondras, dichromats, discharged, dischargee, discharger, discharges, dispatcher, echeverias, endarchies, escharotic, eucharises, factorship, franchised, franchisee, franchiser, franchises, franchisor, gaucheries, graphemics, gynarchies, haircloths, hairpieces, harmonicas, haruspices, hatcheries, heresiarch, hexarchies, highchairs, hindrances, historical, hurricanes, hydraulics, hysterical, icosahedra, isochronal, jinricksha, maraschino, matriarchs, mischarged, mischarges, monarchies, monarchism, monarchist, nomarchies, octarchies, orchardist, parritches, pasticheur, patriarchs, pharmacies, pharmacist, preachiest, psychiatry, purchasing, pushchairs, rachitides, radicchios, rainchecks, raunchiest, reichsmark, revanchism, revanchist, rheostatic, rheumatics, saccharide, saccharify, saccharine, saccharins, sarcophagi, schizocarp, schmalzier, scraiching, scraighing, scratchier, scratchily, scratching, scrimshaws, squirarchy, starchiest, switchyard, thearchies, tovariches, tracheitis, triarchies, trichiases, trichiasis, trierarchs, unactorish, vicarships, watchcries, witchgrass, wristwatch.
	+5 letters: achondrites, achromatism, acrophobias, ahistorical, amphibrachs, amphimacers, anachronism, anarchistic, anthracites, aphrodisiac, apostrophic, archbishops, archdiocese, archduchies, archenemies, archesporia, architraves, archpriests, arithmetics, atmospheric, batrachians, bichromates, birthplaces, brachiators, brachiopods, branchlines, cantharides, catachresis, catarrhines, catechizers, chairperson, champerties, chandeliers, chandleries, chansonnier, charinesses, charioteers, charismatic, charmingest, cherishable, chiaroscuro, chicaneries, chimaerisms, chiralities, chloramines, chlorinates, choirmaster, chrismation, christiania, chrysalides, chrysalises, chrysarobin, clavichords, comradeship, crawfishing, curatorship, diachronies, diastrophic, dichromates, dischargees, dischargers, discharging, discography, dispatchers, enfranchise, escharotics, eucharistic, factorships, franchisees, franchisers, franchising, franchisors, gastrotrich, graphicness, hackberries, haircutters, handicrafts, harmonicist, harpsichord, hematocrits, heptarchies, heresiarchs, hierarchies, hippocrases, hydrostatic, hyperstatic, hypogastric, ichthyosaur, icosahedral, icosahedron, interchains, jinrickshas, latchstring, machinators, machineries, maraschinos, marchioness, marshalcies, mechanizers, merchandise, micrographs, microphages, mischarging, monarchisms, monarchists, morphactins, mycorrhizas, nudibranchs, oligarchies, orchardists, orthostatic, parachutist, paresthetic, pasticheurs, pentarchies, pharisaical, pharmacists, pictographs, preachifies, preachiness, psychiatric, raunchiness, reichsmarks, researching, researchist, revanchisms, revanchists, rhapsodical, saccharides, saprophytic, saurischian, schizocarps, schmaltzier, scholarship, schwarmerei, scratchiest, scrimshawed, searchingly, searchlight, spherically, spirochaete, spirochetal, squirearchy, starchiness, surcharging, switchboard, switchgrass, switchyards, symposiarch, tetrarchies, theatricals, theocracies, thiouracils, thrasonical, treacheries, trichromats, ultrafiches, unchristian, wheelchairs, witchcrafts, workaholics.
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