The word "crannies" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use the word "crannies" to refer to small nooks and crevices, such as the crannies between rocks, the crannies of an old tree, or the crannies of a seaside cliff. For example, "We explored the crannies of the old tree, looking for clues as to what kind of creatures had taken up residence."
The centre of the compact walled town is full of gorgeous boutiques and unusual jewellery stores (in case gifts are in order), pretty cafes with flower-filled gardens (should the Mediterranean sun make an appearance) and tiny bars with plenty of private nooks and crannies.
Meanwhile, making models of muscles which draw on the MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) methods used in hospitals is also under way.Yet another organ model under the Physiome Project's umbrella is the micro-vasculature the vast network of tiny blood vessels that penetrate deep into almicro-vasculature thed crannies of the body.
In his new book Sir John draws upon his extensive experience in this unique post and shows that there are few crannies of science he does not command.Although his book is called "What Remains to be Discovered", not surprisingly it is more about what has already been discovered than discoveries yet to come.
Military monitoring teams have been dispatched to most nooks and crannies of the bureaucracy with a mission to discourage graft.
A camera crew turns up at an ordinary-looking house and searches the attic and other nooks and crannies for things that might have hidden value.
These tiny birds weigh around a kilogram and are shot up in lieu of ballast or in empty nooks and crannies on full-blown satellite launch missions.
It is further proof of their pessimism that the younger generations afford no sign of a successor to either: Marxism clings on (as Mr Anderson concedes) in niches and crannies of the academy, or in the rattle-throwing antics of Living Marxism, the London magazine which lost a fortune trying to prove that ITV lied about Serbian concentration camps.
For in the nooks and crannies of every human being, and especially in his or her guts, dwells the microbiome: 100 trillion bacteria of several hundred species bearing 3m non-human genes.
Estimates of the total number of species in the world, allowing for what may be lurking in the unknown depths of the ocean, the vast diversity of the rainforest and the nooks and crannies of the insect kingdom, have ranged up to 100m, but that is now regarded as wildly over the top.
The piezoelectric fans were able to suck heat out of nooks and crannies that other fans left untouched.The idea is not itself new.
But Dr Raskar reckons that his technique will eventually open a range of applications, from studying inaccessible nooks and crannies of the human body to looking into burning buildings.
