finger-length

The finger-length, vivid-yellow-and-orange edible flowers burst from the vines of zucchini and other summer squashes from late spring through the warm last days of summer.

A Flower to Savor 2011

That degree of testosterone exposure appears to masculinize certain physiological features, such as finger-length ratios.

The Twins Who Test Better 2010

Eventually every finger-length of land would be gone over with the same painful care that he was using now, but such a detailed examination would take decades, even centuries.

Elephant in the City 2010

Kids with longer ring fingers compared to index fingers are likely to have higher math scores than literacy or verbal scores on the college entrance exam, while children with the reverse finger-length ratio are likely to have higher reading and writing, or verbal, scores versus math scores.

Matthew Yglesias » Visas for Grads 2007

It was well protected by the thick outer skin and a pair of arms that ended in sharp, finger-length claws.

LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

It was well protected by the thick outer skin and a pair of arms that ended in sharp, finger-length claws.

LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

After a drought, extra food becomes available for the birds, scientists say, partly as a result of less competition from bass and other sizable fish and because of a boom in minnows, finger-length crayfish and other creatures that wading birds love.

Joseph B. Treaster: Dry Spells, Good Eats Put Everglades Birds In the Mating Mood 2009

It was well protected by the thick outer skin and a pair of arms that ended in sharp, finger-length claws.

LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

But some researchers have noted that gay men are likely to have finger-length ratios more in line with those of straight women, and a study of self-described “butch” lesbians showed significantly masculinized ratios.

Sunday Reading 2007

The next day I took the mix and stuffed pickled ‘golden peppers’ like poblano or maybe they are poblano - green, about a finger-length long by cutting one side, rinsing out the seeds, and then stuffing with the sardine/chard/beets/garlic mix.

Recipe of the Day: Beet Rosti With Rosemary - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com 2008