Spikes Sentence Examples

He clamped the metal spikes to his feet.

The stone cliffs that walled the road on the opposite side wept icicles from every crevice, covering the surface in massive clusters of crystal spikes that sparkled in the dazzling sunlight.

After the war he engaged in the manufacture of gold and silver ware, and became a pioneer in the production in America of copper plating and copper spikes for ships.

The female flowers are solitary or few in number, and borne on Short terminal spikes of the present season's growth.

They are bold, handsome plants, with stately spikes, 2 to 3 ft.

Pseudopus, the glass-snake, from Morocco and the Balkan peninsula to Burma and Fokien; also in the U.S.A., with the limbs reduced to a pair of tiny spikes near the vent, and a lateral fold along the snake-like body.

C. pulla, 6 in., purplish, nodding, on slender erect stalks; C. turbinata, 9 in., purple, broad-belled; C. carpatica, i ft., blue, bfoad-belled; C. nobilis, 12 ft., long-belled, whitish or tinted with chocolate; C. persicifolia, 2 ft., a fine border plant, single or double, white or purple, blooming in July; and C. pyramidalis, 6 ft., blue or white, in tall branching spikes, are good and diverse.

C. majalis, the lily of the valley, a well-known sweet-scented favourite spring flower, growing freely in rich garden soil; its spikes, 6 to 9 in.

Lindheimeri, 3 to 5 ft., is much branched, with elegant white and red flowers of the onagraceous type, in long slender ramose spikes during the late summer and autumn months.

The flowers are solitary in the leaf-axils as in pimpernel, money-wort, &c., or umbelled as in primrose, where the umbel is sessile, and cowslip, where it is stalked, or in racemes or spikes as in species of Lysimachia.

Here some rebels of 1798 were executed and their heads exhibited on the spikes of the castle gate.

Gutta-percha (getah percha in the vernacular), camphor, cinnamon, cloves, nutmegs, gambir and betel, or areca-nuts, are all produced in the island; most of the tropical fruits flourish, including the much-admired but, to the uninitiated, most evil-smelling durian, a large fruit with an exceedingly strong outer covering composed of stout pyramidal spikes, which grows upon the branches of a tall tree and occasionally in falling inflicts considerable injuries upon passers-by.

Willemoes Suhm, which makes up for its vanished eyes by its extraordinarily elongate and dentated claws; in Psalidopus huxleyi, Wood-Mason and Alcock (1892), bristling with spikes from head to tail; in the Nematocarcinidae, with their long thread-like limbs and longer antennae; in species of Aristaeopsis reported by Chun from deep water off the east coast of Africa, bright red prawns nearly a foot long, with antennae about five times the length of the body.

Conversely, French wheat taken to the West Indies produced only barren spikes, while native wheat by its side yielded an enormous harvest.

The leafy stem ends in spikes of small yellow flowers.

Although a few living species have the antlers in the form of simple spikes in the adult male, in the great majority of species they are more or less branched; while in some, like the elk and fallow-deer, they expand into broad palmated plates, with tines, or snags, on one or both margins.

Short spikes may fall from the culm as a whole; or the axis of a spike or raceme is jointed so that one spikelet falls with each joint as in many Andropogoneae and Hordeae.

Rye is a tall-growing annual grass, with fibrous roots, flat, narrow, ribbon-like bluish-green leaves, and erect or decurved cylindrical slender spikes like those of barley.

The flowers are shortlystalked, the lower ones growing in the fork of the branches, the upper ones sessile in one-sided leafy spikes which are rolled back at the top before flowering, the leaves becoming smaller upwards and taking the place of bracts.

The so-called catkins of the birch are, in reality, spikes of contracted dichasial cymes.

The fructification consists of long, lax spikes, with whorled sporophylls; indications of megaspores have been detected in the sporangia.

The French battalion rushes to the bridgehead, spikes the guns, and the bridge is taken!

Lindheimeri is a graceful perennial, 3 to 4 1/2 feet high, flowering in summer and autumn, on long, slender spikes bearing numerous white and rose flowers.

The best part about spikes is that they can be added to everyday clothing items such as belts, headbands, collars, and shoes.

The plain on the right of the marshes was prepared with pits and spikes.

Pretty composites with the flower-heads collected into spikes.

P. imbricata, 5 to 6 ft., has pale purple flowers in closely imbricated spikes.

It has narrow, shortstalked leaves and inconspicuous, apetalous, unisexual flowers borne in short spikes.

The male and female inflorescences have the form of simple or paniculate spikes.

Stomping harder, he tried to plant the spikes, as if gravity would bow to so meager a hold against its forces.

The spikes can be glued onto window cills, pipes or ledges using a building grade silicone adhesive.

On a lilac bush, the flowers appear in spikes.

This allows it to charge at a higher rate without gassing or damaging vehicle electrics with spikes of power.

The Queen had their heads impaled on spikes on the city walls of York.

Narrow pale green/blue stiff leaves and produces a pale purple/pink inflorescence on terminal spikes, which can be used as cut flower.

The ninja of Japan wore these brass knuckles, which were made of a metal plate adorned with four spikes extending from the palm.

In addition to the dresses, on their heads the women wear either caps, which have short spikes on them or large pom-poms.

Purple loosestrife, which bears purple loosestrife, which bears purple flower spikes between June and August.

A heavy wooden sledge fitted with sharp, cutting, spikes was used to separate the precious wheat from the chaff.

The pull-out force required to remove the screw spikes is similar for both the recycled plastic and softwood sleepers.

Christmas tree spikes, sharp as knives, the presents below too good to be true; decorated snowflakes.

In summer they produce tall dense spikes of many small pea shaped flowers.

In addition Liatris spicata which has purple spikes will push through the foliage.

Because almost all reflecting telescopes produce diffraction spikes, many people are used to seeing them and don't consider them an aberration.

Beneath the flower spikes are numerous dark green leaves, tapered at both ends.

Protection diodes may now be included to protect the transistors from voltage spikes in this mode.

Fragrant, orange flowers with prominent dark stamens are borne in dense terminal spikes up to 25cm long.

Hedychium coccineum ' Tara ' has large spikes of dense, fragrant, orange trumpet-shaped flowers with prominent darker orange stamens.

They were being stunned with electric tongs which had spikes in them.

Traitor's gate is a river entrance, where the heads of traitor's gate is a river entrance, where the heads of traitors were put on spikes.

Diffraction spikes on a reflector's star images, caused by its secondary mirror spider vanes, are absent in an unobstructed refractor.

Wooden sleepers continued to be used, the rails being secured by spikes passing through the extremities, but about 1793 stone blocks also began to be employed--an innovation associated with the name of Benjamin Outram, who, however, apparently was not actually the first to make it.

If this pressure is not relieved in some way, the train may be derailed either (I) by " climbing " the outer rail, with injury to that rail and, generally, to the corresponding wheel-flanges; (2) by overturning about the outer rail as a hinge, possibly without injury to rails or wheels; or (3) by forcing the outer rail outwards, occasionally to the extent of shearing the spikes that hold it down at the curve, thus spreading or destroying the track.

Only the middle spikelet of each triplet is fertile; the ear has therefore only two longitudinal rows of grain, and the spikes are strongly compressed laterally.

The rotate flowers are in close, erect spikes, sometimes branched.

Purple loosestrife, which bears purple flower spikes between June and August.

The short spikes of small pure white flowers are borne freely in late spring.

Metal spikes are not allowed on the golf course.

Traitor 's Gate is a river entrance, where the heads of traitors were put on spikes.

Diffraction spikes on a reflector 's star images, caused by its secondary mirror spider vanes, are absent in an unobstructed refractor.

Abrupt dips or spikes in development that cross two or more percentiles should be reported to your baby's doctor.

But desktop PCs are vulnerable to voltage spikes, surges and brown-outs.

Don't bother looking for golf shoes that have metal spikes on the bottom for traction-most courses don't allow them anymore.

If golf shoes with metal spikes on the bottom are the only kind you want, call the golf courses you're going to be playing at to inquire about whether or not they allow metal spikes on the green.

Find men's, women's, and children's golfing shoes, plus clubs, spikes, balls, training videos and much more.

When gas spikes to the $3 per gallon range and above, hybrid car owners can realize significant savings.

Consider having bangs in front and spikes in the back.

About six kinds are in cultivation, the best known being A. lutea, which grows about 3 feet high, with yellow flowers in dense clustered spikes.

A. integrifolia has drooping spikes of fragrant yellow blossoms, which form a dense bush a few feet in height.

Africa, allied to Sparaxis and Tritonia, but having broader foliage, often hairy and plaited; they grow from 6 to 12 inches high, with spikes of sometimes sweetly-scented brilliant flowers ranging in color from blue to crimsonmagenta.

Vigorous perennials of the Buttercup order, 3 feet to 6 feet high, thriving in free soil; flower spikes, white and long, with showy berries.

A. Liliastrum (St Brunos Lily) is a graceful alpine meadow plant in deep, free, sandy soil, in early summer throwing up spikes of snowy-white Lily-like blossoms.

There is at least one handsome variety of it with very long spikes.

The growth is spreading and bushy, with creamy white flowers in dense plumy spikes.

C. simplex, from Japan, is one of the most elegant, the flowers pure white in erect spikes.

The plant forms a rosette of linear sheathing leaves, from which columnar spikes 1 to 2 feet high, bearing bright yellow starry flowers in a dense raceme, and having the aspect of a miniature Eremurus, issue.

Its leaves are shorter and greener than those of L. fulgens; the flowers, too, are smaller, but more numerous on the spikes.

The blossoms, at their best in September, are carried as erect spikes of about 4 inches, each spike holding about a score of small ivory-white flowers with reflexing petals and protruding stamens.

The spikes are dense, the blossoms white, inclined to yellow, and endure a long time.

It does not form a main stem like most of the Dracaena family, but remains as a bold spreading tuft, which sends up graceful arching spikes of ivory-white flowers every year from near the ground to a height of 4 to 6 feet.

These inconspicuous flowers give place to glossy, orange-yellow fruits of great beauty, crowded upon long tapering spikes of 6 to 9 inches.

It makes a large club-shaped bulb 2 to 3 feet long, with spreading leaves many feet in length and massive spikes of fragrant flowers during August.

Strong bulbs will give three spikes in one season, eack spike bearing twelve to twenty pink flowers 6 inches across, with buds a deeper red, and opening in succession, so that the display lasts for some weeks.

It is covered from the base almost to the top with long, arching leaves, and in the flowering season is crowned with erect rigid spikes 6 1/2 inches long, so that it resembles an elongated ear of wheat.

Eremurus Aitchisonii - A fine kind from Afghanistan, where it grows on ridges of the hills nearly 12,000 feet above sea-level, bearing in June dense spikes of pale reddish flowers, robust, and on stems from 3 to 5 feet high.

Eremurus Aurantiacus - A dwarf plant, hardy, flowering in April, the numerous spikes of bright citron-yellow flowers giving quite a character to part of the Hariab district, where it is one of the commonest plants on rough ground.

B. superbus, a magnificent plant with towering spikes of yellow flowers, are notable varieties.

It does not grow very tall, rarely more than 2 or 3 feet, but it bears many fine spikes of delicate flowers of a beautiful purplishred color.

America, forming strong tufts 3 to 5 feet high, with sea-green leaves; the flowers, mostly of a delicate blue, in long spikes.

H. coronarium is a showy plant, 3 or 4 feet high, bearing in summer dense spikes of red flowers.

Greek Mallow (Sidalcea) - A group of graceful herbs from North West America, with showy white, pink, or purple flowers in long erect spikes like a miniature Hollyhock.

Listeri, is charming, with spikes of soft rosy flowers beautifully fringed at the edges.

Others are atro-purpurea, with deep purple spikes, and Murrayana, a dwarf plant, in which the flowers are a deep rose-crimson.

S. oregana has smaller rosy flowers; S. incarnata, slender and rigid red spikes; while in S. spicata they are rosy-purple.

Heloniopsis - Dwarf perennial plants of the Lily order, from Japan, forming neat tufts of erect lance-shaped leaves of a few inches high, and carrying short spikes of flower in early spring.

They demand deep cultivation, much manure, frequent waterings in dry weather, with occasional soakings of liquid manure, to secure fine spikes and flowers.

In May or June, when the spikes have grown 1 foot high, thin them out according to the strength of the plant; if well established and strong, leaving four spikes, and if weak two or three.

Hordeum - Grasses, of which the Barley is the most familiar type, few of ornamental value except H. jubatum (Squirrel-tail Grass), which has long feathery spikes.

Horminum Pyrenaicum - A Pyrenean plant, forming dense tufts of foliage, and having purplish-blue flowers, in spikes about 9 inches high, which appear in July or August.

There are three kinds; each forms a tuft of finely-cut feathery foliage, and has slender flower spikes from 2 to 3 feet high, thickly set with flowers that open in succession.

When in full vigour, the spikes will reach 4 feet in height, with a succession of from eight to twelve of its large pale mauve or purple flowers, scented like the elder.

A good row planted close to a wall or fence, with some temporary protection against severe frosts, will give many spikes for cutting.

In summer it was deluged with water when the weather was dry, and in autumn a splendid crop of strong spikes of bloom resulted.

Delphiniums can be made to bloom for several months by continually cutting off the spikes immediately after they have done flowering.

D. chinense is distinct from other Larkspurs, and is neat and rather dwarf in growth, having finely cut feathery foliage, and freely producing spikes of large blossoms, usually of a rich blue-purple, but sometimes white.

The flowers are in loose spikes, each blossom being about 1 inch in length; the color varies from light scarlet to a shade verging closely on crimson, and when seen in the open air, especially in sunshine, dazzles the eye by its brilliancy.

The flowers come as narrow, slender white spikes of graceful effect from June to August, and the leaves take glowing tints of orange and crimson in the autumn.

L. formosa is beautiful at all seasons, even in the depth of winter, owing to the color of its foliage, which is as green as the Holly; and it bears spikes of flowers of snowy whiteness like some delicate Orchid.

L. clethroides, a Japanese species, is a graceful plant, 2 to 3 feet high, with long nodding dense spikes of white blossoms, and the leaves in autumn of brilliant hues.

Marsh Swertia (Swertia) - S. perennis has slender erect stems, 1 to 3 feet high, terminated by erect spikes of flowers, which are greyish-purple spotted with black, and produced in summer.

It has long, round leaves, like those of some of the Alliums, and its flowers, which are small and have delicate mauve petals and a purple centre, are borne on spikes from 5 inches to 6 inches long.

There are now many varieties, as R. odorata grandiflora, R. o. pyramidalis grandiflora, the compact, strong-growing variety Machet, with bold spikes of reddish flowers and broad abundant leaves, and dwarf varieties.

Its prostrate stems bear deeply toothed leaves of dull green, with small crowded spikes of white or purplish flowers in early spring, when they are much sought by bees.

Lindleyana. B. albiflora is from Central China, with flowers in long spikes.

Orchis Foliosa - A handsome Orchid, one of the finest of the hardy kinds, 2 feet or more in height, with long spikes of rosy-purple blossoms in May, lasting long in bloom.

Orchis Laxiflora - A pretty species, 1 foot to 18 inches high, with loose spikes of rich purplish-red flowers, opening in May and June, and thriving in a moist spot in the rock garden.

The catkin-like flowers are dull red, and with a scent of Cowslips, coming in May either as short spikes or rounded fleshy balls, according as they are male or female, while the fruits consist of small fleshy nutlets.

The flowers are in erect spikes, and shaped like those of a Bignonia of a delicate mauve purple, blotched inside with a deeper tint.

The flowers are clustered in erect spikes, are sessile, of a greenish-white, with the petals rather far apart.

It forms thick tufts of almost arrow-shaped, long-stalked leaves, from 1 1/2 to over 2 feet high, crowned with spikes of blue flowers.

The different species are free-flowering, herbaceous plants, with spikes of bell-shaped flowers, but the chief value is in the foliage.

The spikes of fruit are also much longer, and the secondary spikes are long and flexuose, where in G. scabra they are short and stiff.

Flower spikes are produced freely, and should be cut as soon as seen, or they will check the growth of the leaves.

The color of these is a much clearer rose than that of the wild kind, and the spikes are larger, particularly those of superbum, which, under good cultivation, are 5 or 6 feet high.

A new kind, P. campanuloides, is one of the best, with tall much-branched spikes of deep violet-blue flowers, very freely produced.

H. blephariglottis bears in July spikes of white flowers beautifully fringed.

H. psycodes bears spikes 4 to 10 inches long of handsome and fragrant purple flowers.

The Canary Grass, P. canariensis, is a pretty annual kind, with graceful variegated seed spikes.

Bonduelli (yellow), a biennial if protected in winter; S. spicata, with spikes of small rosy flowers; Thouini (violet), very free flowering; and sinuata (purple and white), pretty and easy to grow.

P. Webbiana is a good garden form, making a thick green carpet, with spikes of rosy-purple flowers.

Snakes-beard (Ophiopogon) - Herbaceous perennials, about 1 1/2 feet high, the flowers, usually small, lilac, appearing late in summer and in autumn in spikes, 2 to 5 inches long, rising from grassy tufts of evergreen foliage.

American perennials of some beauty, having the flower-heads arranged in long dense spikes.

L. elegans grows about 2 feet high, and has pale purple spikes I foot or more in length.

L. spicata is one of the handsomest and neatest, growing 3 feet high, and its violet-purple spikes continue long in beauty.

Spraguea - S. umbellata, a singular and pretty plant allied to Claytonia, 6 to 9 inches high, has fleshy foliage, and spikes of showy pinkish blossoms.

The finest strain is the large flowering Pyramidal Ten-week, vigorous plants, each branching freely, bearing a huge main spike of double flowers and numerous branching spikes in succession.

It is sown in the usual way about the end of March, planted out at the end of May when 3 or 4 inches high, and blooms finely through August and September, and even later, as the numerous side shoots give spikes of flowers.

The flower spikes are 4 or 5 inches high.

With us it grows from 3 to 5 feet, makes a dense bush, bearing in summer white, sweet-scented flowers in feathery spikes.

C. acuminata has more pointed leaves, and it also has spikes of white scented flowers; it is quite a small tree in the woods of the Alleghanies.

Synthyris - A group of hardy little herbs from the Rocky Mountains, allied to Wulfenia, and forming neat tufts of elegant foliage with dense spikes of blue, purple, or white flowers.

The best is S. reniformis, with tough, prettily-cut leaves, and spikes of bluish-purple flowers a foot high.

T. grandiflora has leaves prettily colored and veined like Heuchera Richardsoni, and spikes of small yellowish bell-like flowers, thriving in any soil.

Through June the strong Yucca-like growths bear bold spikes of orange-scarlet and primrose-yellow flowers, the upper portion of the inflorescence being red, the lower primrose.

Vancouveria - V. hexandra is a most graceful and distinct plant, 10 to 18 inches high, with light fern-like leaves and slender spikes of pale flowers, and is a charming plant for the fernery and rock garden, best in peaty soil.

The flowers, on cylindrical spikes, are at first white, but afterwards change to a delicate rose.

In autumn the color of the leaves is in rich contrast to the purplish-black berries, closely set on columnar spikes.

It has rather long spikes of creamy-white flowers, succeeded by fruit-clusters similar in size and shape to Indian Corn, but composed of ripe Blackberries.

White Hellebore (Veratrum) - V. album is a handsome erect pyramidal perennial, 3 1/2 to 5 feet high, with large plaited leaves and yellowish-white flowers in dense spikes on the top of the stem, forming a large panicle.

S. californicum has stout stems of 5 to 7 feet, with branched and tapering spikes of greenish-white bell-shaped flowers, followed by ornamental fruits.

Whorl-flower (Morina) - M. longifolia is a handsome and singular perennial, with large spiny leaves, resembling those of certain Thistles, and with long spikes of whorled flowers, 2 to 3 feet high.

S. coccinea is a rather pretty perennial with spikes of red flowers about 1 foot high, and succeeds in a partially-shaded border anywhere in the south.

S. grandiflora, from Asia Minor and Siberia, is a neat downy plant with showy spikes of reddish-purple or rosy flowers from May onwards, sometimes used in the rougher parts of the rock garden.

Wulfenia - W. carinthiaca is a dwarf, almost stemless evergreen herb, bearing in summer showy spikes, 12 to 18 inches high, of drooping purplish-blue flowers.

The flowers, produced in May on erect cylindrical spikes, 1 to 2 inches long, terminating short lateral twigs.

Numerous doctors advise reducing meat intake and over-processed "white foods" as an effective method to reduce weight, cholesterol levels, and blood sugar spikes.

The amount of melatonin in the body spikes and you begin to feel less alert.

You can play Nerd Smash, which has you hitting nerds with spikes; or play Ice Court, where you're playing on ice instead of a beach.

He is the figure of a flute playing man with what looks like spikes for hair and always looks as though he is dancing.

As travelers used the gear for different types of paths, for instance, they needed more spikes and tougher designs.

Crampons have spikes that pierce the snow or ice and allow the hiker to walk on frozen ground.

These spikes, called points, work in a manner similar to that of cleat spikes.

Roseola strikes suddenly, when a previously well child spikes an impressively high fever.

Children who are susceptible to seizures may be given a sedative medication when the fever first spikes in an attempt to prevent such a seizure.

A sleek longer under layer might be offset by short spikes on the top, for example, or long pieces offset by a short cut.

One day, the layers may be smoothed down into a sleek style, while the next day hair gel could be used to create heavy texture or spikes.

Using hair gel or spray to mold short strands into a new look, such as waving bangs across the forehead or adding small spikes to a buzz-style cut.

Mohawks are a classic example of this type of unique shape, but any sort of spikes, tendrils, and other unusual shapes can be found in punk hair.

Punk hair styles that involve spikes and rigid mohawks will benefit from this sort of gel.

For many people, porcupine spikes are not desirable, but for the punk and skater communities deadly spikes are a categorical must.

Spikes in a specific pattern or covering the head.

He doesn't spike his hair (in large spikes, at least) or dye it purple.

Goth Punk offers tips for "fans" and "spikes" or "horns"-how to grow it, how to style it, and how to keep it healthy.

Hair worn in a mohawk can be dyed in multiple colors by taking individual spikes and dying them differently than the rest.

A tad bit intimidating, spikes add an edge and toughness to any basic hair style.

Classic spikes work best on shorter hair, and for those with longer hair, backcombing and hairspray may be necessary to achieve longer or "liberty spikes."

Whereas spikes have gone to the wayside and are primarily reserved for those emulating a punk look, the mohawk has stayed mainstream and has crossed all genres.

Liberty spikes are another staple of the punk scene and are a combination of the spike and mohawk.

Many of the most popular 80s spiked looks came from the rock scene, including liberty spikes and mohawks.

While a traditional Mohawk lacks feminine appeal, red carpet starlets like Victoria Beckham prove a few well placed spikes on a medium to short hairstyle are both confident and modern.

Play with some gel and work your ends into some defined spikes for a sexy, envelope-pushing wild prom hairstyle.

Spikes, particularly Liberty spikes, are another punk haircut favorite.

If you've got the length, you can easily add some spikes to your punk haircut for added drama and style.

Spikes can be shaped with the help of wax or a strong hold gel.

If you'd rather opt for a less dramatic statement, simply rock your spikes for special occasions and opt for a traditional haircut during the week instead.

Depending on the amount of hair that you have, 3 to 6 Liberty spikes, coined from the Statue of Liberty, will garner even more attention.

If your style borders on funky, you may opt for cool long layers that can be styled in spikes or messy bed head styles.

Further, more and more of Hawaii's homeowners are defaulting on their mortgages due to the drastic spikes in their adjustable rate mortgages rates.

Whether or not it spikes sales in the given swimsuits, only retailers can say, but clearly, plenty of people are still happy to look through pages of exotic swimsuit models.

It's a towel wrap with a hood and sleeves that, once on, turns your little boy into a green and scary dinosaur, complete with orange claws and spikes down the back.

Candle spikes can be used to make a variety of objects into interesting candle holders.

The spikes come in different shapes and designs.

Other candle spikes press into a soft object, such as a fruit or vegetable and these can make stunning and highly individual candle holders.

The black costume is accented with silver studs, spikes, and chains.

Hannah Montana doesn't hobble around in heels, so ditch the spikes and go for the boots instead.

For that reason, golf shoes have special spikes and extra grips to keep you safe.

The most important feature of golf shoes is the spikes.

Most shoes have four spikes in the heel, with further spikes on the sole.

Check out this guide to golf spikes, and read more about the effect they have on the ground.

As the name suggests, metal spikes are the hardest type of spike available and will give the best grip on the green.

These are just like the metal spikes, but made of rubber or plastic.

The heels actually look like spikes, and are often actually called spike heels.

Specially placed spikes that line the external sole of these shoes not only enhance traction, but, more importantly, their placement on the sole is said to aid special fielding maneuvers.

The presence of nine cleat spikes is described as "9-Spike technology".

From the more traditional metal studs to the increasingly common rubber studs, the spikes on the base of a golf shoe must be strong enough to literally dig into the golf course.

Spikes are for pretentious gutter goths.

Sometimes gutter goths are included within the punk goth category which places a heavier emphasis on spikes and chains.

The potential for serious injury is already present in such a high-contact sport, there is no need to bring the danger of metal cleat spikes into the game.

Eight separate steel spikes are standard for this form of ice cleat, giving you equally distributed traction.

With 12 spikes per pair, these are easily replaceable and inexpensive to maintain.

Spikes and chains only add to this classically disestablishmentarian look.

Many schools will not allow the use of studs or spikes on any clothing items because these metal additions can double as formidable weapons.

You have the option for toe spikes if you'd like them, and the three Velcro straps keep the shoe on and the tongue in place for your comfort.

It has the same High Security Velcro® closure as the Genius, plus the option for toe spikes.

High heels often feel like spikes in your heel by the end of a long night.

They also come equipped with detachable spikes that can be changed according to course conditions.

A number of high-quality ladies' golf sandals also come with multi-directional traction teeth for all- terrain traction and fast twist spikes for extra traction and quick replacement.

Studs can be found that have spikes, colorful stones and figural designs, such as flowers, on their heads.

The spikes arch gracefully under their own weight.

It wraps around the wrist in its entirety and can include scars or droplets of blood to accent the spikes.

Pacific Island cultures use piercing for decorative purposes and are portrayed with large spikes or quills through their cheeks and septum.

This resulted in gasoline and diesel price spikes in the short run, and increased baseline prices for fuel in the long run, while refinery damage control teams attempted to get refineries back online.

Phones are prone to power spikes and outages and the chips easily fried.

All that sugar causes spikes in the body's insulin levels, and high levels of insulin have been shown to limit the breakdown of fat in the body.

Complex carbohydrates that don't cause the blood sugar spikes of simple carbs, such as brown rice, whole wheat bread and flour, legumes and the vast majority of fruits and vegetables are allowed on the diet.

Conventional diet wisdom lately is that eating more often during the day prevents blood sugar spikes and makes you feel full, even if you're consuming fewer calories.

When the blood sugar spikes after say drinking sodas, insulin is released to control the sugar.

A protein diet focuses on proteins rather than carbohydrates, which are linked to spikes in blood sugar, resulting in food cravings and in some cases-insulin resistance.

It also converts the glucose in grains to maltose, which may be more easily handled by the body without causing insulin spikes.

The carbohydrates in the bread are of a more slow burning type that don't cause large spikes in blood sugar.

The regulated sugar absorption leads to fewer spikes in blood sugar and insulin.

Sugar and starch both cause immediate spikes in blood sugar, which requires the body to release insulin in order to return blood sugar to normal levels.

This is because carbohydrates -- especially simple carbohydrates containing simple sugars -- lead to spikes in blood sugar that require more insulin to be released.

This can help to keep blood sugar stable all day long and prevent the dangerous drops and spikes associated with this disease.

On the other hand, those spikes of intensity do tax your system so it is important to set the bar according to your abilities.

Proper breathing technique can help prevent unsafe spikes in blood pressure caused by more strenuous resistance exercises.

He had serrated teeth like a crocodile and was covered in spikes.

Cleats are special athletic shoes that are made with small spikes on the bottom of them.

These small spikes help athletes to grip the ground when running in order to avoid slipping and falling.

Fast and reliable hardware at their data centers, able to handle spikes in traffic.

The word is also sometimes applied to a heavy timber fitted with iron spikes or projections to be thrown down upon besiegers, and to the large work known as a "cavalier."

The chairs on the British system weigh about 45 or 50 lb each on important lines, though they may be less where the traffic is light, and are fixed to the sleepers each by two, three or four fastenings, either screw spikes, or round drift bolts entered in holes previously bored, or fang bolts or wooden trenails.

Flat-bottomed rails are fastened to the sleepers by hookheaded spikes, the heads of which project over the flanges.

In the United States the spikes are simply driven in with a maul, and the rails stand upright, little care being taken to prepare seats for them on the sleepers, on which they soon seat themselves.

Such metal plates, or " tie-plates," have come into considerable use also in the United States, where they are always made of rolled steel, punched with rectangular holes through which the spikes pass.

In stature they range from the size of a hare to that of a rhinoceros; and their horns vary in size and shape from the small and simple spikes of the oribi and duiker antlers to the enormous and variously shaped structures borne respectively by buffaloes, wild sheep and kudu and other large antelopes.

The small flowers are densely crowded on thick fleshy spikes, which are associated with, and often more or less enveloped by, a large leaf (bract), the so-called spathe, which, as in cuckoo-pint, where it is green in colour, Richardia, where it is white, creamy or yellow, Anthurium, where it is a brilliant scarlet, is often the most striking feature of the plant.

They are well concealed by the colour of their upper parts, which in most cases agrees with the prevailing tone of their surroundings, mostly arid, stony or sandy localities; the large spikes FIG.

Noble plants with thick rootstocks, large sword-like leaves, and spikes of flowers from 3 to to ft.

The plant is monoecious, producing the staminate (male) flowers in a large feathery panicle at the summit, and the (female) dense spikes of flowers, or " cobs," in the axils of the leaves below, the long pink styles hanging out like a silken tassel.

They're like something out of a Gothic horror flick with spikes along the top.

The spikes usually bear four or five flowers, white or nearly so, with large yellow blotch on the fall, and some reach nearly 6 feet in height, strong clumps producing four or five.