Definitions for jointless
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
jointdʒɔɪnt(n.)
the place at which two things, or separate parts of one thing, are joined or united, either rigidly or so as to permit motion.
a connection between pieces of wood, metal, etc., often reinforced with nails, screws, or glue.
Category: Building Trades
the place of union between two bones or elements of a skeleton, whether fixed or permitting movement. the mechanical form of such a union: the structural components, as the adjacent bone edges and their attachments.
the ball-and-socket joint of the hip; the hinge joint of the elbow.
Category: Anatomy, Zoology
the place of articulation between two parts or segments of an insect, crustacean, or other arthropod.
Category: Biology
the node of a plant stem where a leaf or branch emerges, esp. when bent at an angle.
Category: Botany
a large piece of meat, usu. with a bone, esp. a piece suitable for roasting.
Category: Cooking
Slang. a marijuana cigarette.
Category: Status (usage)
Slang. a cheap or disreputable place of public entertainment. a dwelling or establishment. prison.
Category: Status (usage)
a fracture plane in crystalline or sedimentary rock, commonly arranged in intersecting sets.
Category: Geology
Math.
Category: Math
Ref: node (def. 6). 6
Slang: Usu. Vulgar. penis.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Status (usage)
(adj.)shared by or common to two or more:
joint custody.
undertaken or produced by two or more in common:
a joint effort.
sharing or acting in common:
joint authorship.
joined or associated, as in relation, interest, or action:
joint owners.
Law. joined together in obligation or ownership.
Category: Law
of or pertaining to both branches of a bicameral legislature:
a joint session of Congress.
Category: Government
(v.t.)to unite by a joint.
to form or provide with joints.
to cut (meat, fowl, etc.) at the joints so as to separate into pieces:
to joint a chicken.
to prepare (a board or the like) for fitting in a joint, as by truing the edge.
Category: Building Trades
(v.i.)to fit together by or as if by joints.
Category: Building Trades
Idioms for joint:
out of joint, dislocated, as a bone. in a disordered state.
Category: Idiom
Origin of joint:
1250–1300; ME < OF joint, jointe < L junctum, juncta, neut. and fem. of junctus, ptp. of jungere to join
joint′less(adj.)
Wiktionary
jointless(Adjective)
Without joints; unjointed.
Webster Dictionary
Jointless(adj)
without a joint; rigid; stiff
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