anklebone, astragal, astragalus, talus
(noun) the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
talus, scree
(noun) a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tali
plural of talus
• Ital, LIAT, LITA, Lita, TILA, Tail, Tila, alit, ital, lait, lati, tail
Source: Wiktionary
Ta"lus, n.; pl. Tali. Etym: [L., the ankle, the ankle bone.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: The astragalus.
2. (Surg.)
Definition: A variety of clubfoot (Talipes calcaneus). See the Note under Talipes.
Ta"lus, n. Etym: [F.]
1. (Fort.)
Definition: A slope; the inclination of the face of a work.
2. (Geol.)
Definition: A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 June 2025
(noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time); “his detention was politically motivated”; “the prisoner is on hold”; “he is in the custody of police”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
