having attained full size and strength
As soon as you are 18 years old, you have reached adulthood.
approximately
nearly correct or precise
Without any measuring tool, we can approximately guess how much there is.
enormously
greatly exceeding the usual size
Larger animals tend to eat enormously to maintain their large size.
femur
a bone in the human leg extending from the pelvis to the knee, that is the longest, largest, and strongest in the body; thighbone.
The large bone in your thigh is called the femur.
flexible
easily bent
The gymnast was very flexible.
girdle
the bony framework that unites the upper or lower extremities to the axial skeleton
The girdle supports both the lower and the upper region of the abdominal area.
intricate
perplexingly tangled
The processor of a computer is intricately made. It’s impossible to create with just bare hands.
ligament
a band of tissue that connects body parts
After falling in an awkward way, the player was told he tore his ligament. He couldn’t run for the rest of the game.
mandible
the bone of the lower jaw.
The mandible is composed of several bones as in reptiles.
miniscule
small to relevance
The 13" laptop is miniscule compared to the 17" laptop.
pelvis
the basinlike cavity in the lower part of the trunk
The pelvis holds the bottom part of the abdominal area intact.
perforation
a hole made or passing through a thing.
We need to make a perforation through the bone so that we may put a bolt to sustain the position of the bone itself.
permeate
seep through pores
Sweat permeates from the skin when the body is hot.
scapula
shoulder blade
I cracked my scapula when the hammer hit my shoulder bone.
skullcap
the dome of the skull
The skullcap protects the brain.
sturdily
strongly built; stalwart; robust
The tree grew sturdily in size and in grandeur.
tendon
a band of tough fibrous tissue
A torn tendon can take months to recover.
terminate
bring to an end
We had to terminate the program because it contained many flaws.
thigh
the part of the leg that is between the hip and the knees
The thigh is responsible for lifting the leg to the body.
vertebrae
Any of the bones or cartilaginous segments forming the spinal column.
Humans have long vertebrae that contain the peripheral nervous system.