knee spavin

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noun

vet science chronic inflammation of the carpal joint of a horse

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Words nearby knee spavin

knee rafter, knee reflex, kneesies, knee-slapper, knee-socks, knee spavin, knee-sprung, knees-up, knee-trembling, kneidel, knell

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How to use knee spavin in a sentence

Do you think of power suits for men and knee-covering skirts for women?
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It is not a knee-jerk response to a sudden perceived threat.
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This whole thing about a black-and-white culture of knee-jerk reactions is reinforced by television.
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He started Spinal Solutions in 1999 and launched a firm selling knee and hip implants three years later.
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At 15, she developed iliotibial band syndrome, injuring her knee, and had to surrender her dream.
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That his friend had withdrawn, was a pledge of his pacific wishes; and, with a lightened countenance, Louis rose from his knee.
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To drop on one knee and level his piece was the work of an instant, but unfortunately he snapped a dry twig in doing so.
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Her left knee was supported on pillows, and the bed-clothes were raised away from it, for it could tolerate no weight whatever.
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With a low moan her head sunk upon the old man's knee, and she shook and trembled with violent emotion.
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As the expression, "every knee shall bow to me," cannot be confined to that alone, so neither can that which immediately follows.
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