bone
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(verb) remove the bones from (an animal) |
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Synonyms: debone |
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Related Words: remove, take, take away |
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(satellite adjective) consisting of or made up of bone; "a bony substance"; "the bony framework of the body" |
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(noun) a shade of white the color of bleached bones |
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Synonyms: ivory, off-white, pearl |
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Related Words: white, whiteness |
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(noun) rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates |
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Synonyms: os |
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Related Words: anklebone, arcus zygomaticus, astragal, astragalus, bonelet, braincase, brainpan, breastbone, calcaneus, calvaria, cannon bone, carpal, carpal bone, cartilage bone, centrum, cheekbone, clavicle, coccyx, collarbone, connective tissue, corpus sternum, costa, cranium, cuboid bone, dentin, dentine, fetter bone, fishbone, furcula, gladiolus, heelbone, hipbone, hyoid, hyoid bone, ilium, innominate bone, ischial bone, ischium, jawbone, jowl, jugal bone, long bone, lower jaw, mala, malar bone, mandible, mandibula, manubrium, marrowbone, maxilla, membrane bone, metacarpal, metacarpal bone, metatarsal, nasal, nasal bone, occiput, os breve, os hyoideum, os ischii, os longum, os nasale, os palatinum, os pubis, os sesamoideum, os sphenoidale, os tarsi fibulare, os temporale, os zygomaticum, ossicle, ossiculum, palatine, palatine bone, pastern, phalanx, pubic bone, pubis, rib, round bone, sacrum, scapula, sesamoid bone, short bone, shoulder blade, shoulder bone, sinciput, skull, skullcap, sphenoid bone, splint bone, sternum, submaxilla, tail bone, talus, tarsal, tarsal bone, temporal bone, tooth, turbinal, turbinate, turbinate bone, tympanic bone, upper jaw, upper jawbone, vertebra, wrist bone, zygoma, zygomatic arch, zygomatic bone |
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(noun) the porous calcified substance from which bones are made |
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Synonyms: osseous tissue |
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Related Words: animal material |
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(verb) study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam" |
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Synonyms: bone up, cram, drum, get up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up |
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Related Words: study |
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