English words for 'Relating to, or connecting three bones'
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adj
- (in combination) Having a (specific type of) bone.
- having bones as specified
- (snowboarding) Having the legs straightened during a trick.
- (of a garment such as a corset or basque) Fitted with bones.
- (of meat or fish) Having had the bones removed before cooking.
- (art) Of computer-generated animations: based on models with simulated bones or joints.
- (slang) Broken.
- (slang) Beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.
- having had the bones removed
verb
adj
noun
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- (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
- expressing in coherent verbal form
- the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
- the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible
- the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech
- (music, uncountable) The manner in which a note is attacked.
- (uncountable) The quality, clarity, or sharpness of speech; the movement within the mouth that allows for those things.
- (phonetics) The mechanism by which a sound is formed in the vocal tract.
- (countable or uncountable) A joint or the collection of joints at which something is articulated, or hinged, for bending.
- (accounting) The interrelation and congruence of the flow of data between financial statements of an entity, especially between the income statement and balance sheet.
- (anatomy) Such a joint in an animalian body, as for example between bones or between exoskeleton segments.
- (education) The induction of a pupil into a new school or college.
- (countable) A manner or method by which elements of a system are connected.
noun
- (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
- a disreputable place of entertainment
- the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
- junction by which parts or objects are joined together
- marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
- The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.
- The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.
- (anatomy) Any part of an animalian body where two bones or exoskeleton segments are abutted, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.
- (chiefly US slang, may be somewhat derogatory) A place of business, particularly in the food service or hospitality industries; sometimes extended to any place that is a focus of human connection or activity (e.g., schools, hangouts, party spots).
- (US, slang) The penis.
- A cut of meat, especially (but not necessarily) (a) one containing a joint in the sense of an articulation or (b) one rolled up and tied.
- (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
- (originally an idiolectic sense) A thing.
- (geology) A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint.
- (slang, with the definite article) Prison, jail, or lockup.
- The means of securing together the meeting surfaces of components of a structure.
- The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations.
adj
verb
- fit as if by joints
- provide with a joint
- separate (meat) at the joint
- fasten with a joint
- (transitive) To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
- (transitive) To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together
- (transitive) To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
- (intransitive) To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do.
- (transitive) To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
noun
- Bone structure.
- The arrangement of bones in a corset.
- The removal of bones from a carcass; filleting.
- The fertilization of a field with bone meal.
- Placement of a curse by pointing with a bone, practiced by Australian aborigines; an act of pointing the bone.
- (slang, vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse.
- The process or result of leveling using a boning rod.
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noun
- plural of bone
- (informal) Synonym of fist bump.
- (plural only) The framework or foundation of something.
- A pair of dice for gambling.
- A percussive folk musical instrument played as a pair in one hand, often made from bovine ribs.
- (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
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noun
- (anatomy) The joint between two bones.
- (anatomy) The line where the upper and lower lips or eyelids meet.
- (neuroanatomy) A band of nerve tissue connecting the hemispheres of the brain, the two sides of the spinal cord, etc.
- a bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord
verb
- (intransitive, of bones) To heal following a fracture.
- (ambitransitive) To create a stitch by pulling the working yarn through an existing stitch from back to front.
- (transitive) To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.
- (transitive) To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
- (intransitive) To grow together.
- (intransitive) To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.
- (ambitransitive) To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.
- (figuratively, transitive) To join closely and firmly together.
- (transitive) To combine from various elements.
- to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
- make (textiles) by knitting
- tie or link together
noun
noun
- (figuratively) A joining of two parts.
- (card games) In solitaire or patience games, the placing a card of the same suit on the next one above or below it in value.
- The state of being married.
- (sometimes specifically) The union of only two people, to the exclusion of all others.
- A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, or religious rights and responsibilities.
- A wedding; a ceremony in which people wed.
- (often specifically) The union of two people of opposite sex, to the exclusion of all others.
- (figuratively) A close union.
- (card games) A king and a queen, when held as a hand in some versions of poker or melded in pinochle.
- (prison slang) A homosexual relationship between male prisoners.
- the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
- the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony
- a close and intimate union
- two people who are married to each other
adj
noun
- (anatomy) A light spongy cubical bone at the root of the nose, forming much of the walls of the nasal cavity and part of those of the orbits and having many perforations through which the olfactory nerves pass to the nose.
- one of the eight bones of the cranium; a small bone filled with air spaces that forms part of the eye sockets and the nasal cavity
noun
- (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
- expressing in coherent verbal form
- the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
- the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible
- the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech
- (music, uncountable) The manner in which a note is attacked.
- (uncountable) The quality, clarity, or sharpness of speech; the movement within the mouth that allows for those things.
- (phonetics) The mechanism by which a sound is formed in the vocal tract.
- (countable or uncountable) A joint or the collection of joints at which something is articulated, or hinged, for bending.
- (accounting) The interrelation and congruence of the flow of data between financial statements of an entity, especially between the income statement and balance sheet.
- (anatomy) Such a joint in an animalian body, as for example between bones or between exoskeleton segments.
- (education) The induction of a pupil into a new school or college.
- (countable) A manner or method by which elements of a system are connected.
noun
- (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
- a disreputable place of entertainment
- the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
- junction by which parts or objects are joined together
- marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
- The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.
- The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.
- (anatomy) Any part of an animalian body where two bones or exoskeleton segments are abutted, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.
- (chiefly US slang, may be somewhat derogatory) A place of business, particularly in the food service or hospitality industries; sometimes extended to any place that is a focus of human connection or activity (e.g., schools, hangouts, party spots).
- (US, slang) The penis.
- A cut of meat, especially (but not necessarily) (a) one containing a joint in the sense of an articulation or (b) one rolled up and tied.
- (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
- (originally an idiolectic sense) A thing.
- (geology) A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint.
- (slang, with the definite article) Prison, jail, or lockup.
- The means of securing together the meeting surfaces of components of a structure.
- The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations.
adj
verb
- fit as if by joints
- provide with a joint
- separate (meat) at the joint
- fasten with a joint
- (transitive) To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
- (transitive) To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together
- (transitive) To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
- (intransitive) To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do.
- (transitive) To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
noun
- Bone structure.
- The arrangement of bones in a corset.
- The removal of bones from a carcass; filleting.
- The fertilization of a field with bone meal.
- Placement of a curse by pointing with a bone, practiced by Australian aborigines; an act of pointing the bone.
- (slang, vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse.
- The process or result of leveling using a boning rod.
verb
noun
- (anatomy) The joint between two bones.
- (anatomy) The line where the upper and lower lips or eyelids meet.
- (neuroanatomy) A band of nerve tissue connecting the hemispheres of the brain, the two sides of the spinal cord, etc.
- a bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord
verb
noun
- plural of bone
- (informal) Synonym of fist bump.
- (plural only) The framework or foundation of something.
- A pair of dice for gambling.
- A percussive folk musical instrument played as a pair in one hand, often made from bovine ribs.
- (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
noun
- (figuratively) A joining of two parts.
- (card games) In solitaire or patience games, the placing a card of the same suit on the next one above or below it in value.
- The state of being married.
- (sometimes specifically) The union of only two people, to the exclusion of all others.
- A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, or religious rights and responsibilities.
- A wedding; a ceremony in which people wed.
- (often specifically) The union of two people of opposite sex, to the exclusion of all others.
- (figuratively) A close union.
- (card games) A king and a queen, when held as a hand in some versions of poker or melded in pinochle.
- (prison slang) A homosexual relationship between male prisoners.
- the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
- the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony
- a close and intimate union
- two people who are married to each other
verb
noun
- plural of bone
- (informal) Synonym of fist bump.
- (plural only) The framework or foundation of something.
- A pair of dice for gambling.
- A percussive folk musical instrument played as a pair in one hand, often made from bovine ribs.
- (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
verb
- (intransitive, of bones) To heal following a fracture.
- (ambitransitive) To create a stitch by pulling the working yarn through an existing stitch from back to front.
- (transitive) To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.
- (transitive) To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
- (intransitive) To grow together.
- (intransitive) To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.
- (ambitransitive) To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.
- (figuratively, transitive) To join closely and firmly together.
- (transitive) To combine from various elements.
- to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
- make (textiles) by knitting
- tie or link together
noun
adj
- (in combination) Having a (specific type of) bone.
- having bones as specified
- (snowboarding) Having the legs straightened during a trick.
- (of a garment such as a corset or basque) Fitted with bones.
- (of meat or fish) Having had the bones removed before cooking.
- (art) Of computer-generated animations: based on models with simulated bones or joints.
- (slang) Broken.
- (slang) Beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.
- having had the bones removed
verb
adj
- (in combination) Having a (specific type of) bone.
- having bones as specified
- (snowboarding) Having the legs straightened during a trick.
- (of a garment such as a corset or basque) Fitted with bones.
- (of meat or fish) Having had the bones removed before cooking.
- (art) Of computer-generated animations: based on models with simulated bones or joints.
- (slang) Broken.
- (slang) Beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.
- having had the bones removed
verb
adj
noun
adj
noun
- (anatomy) A light spongy cubical bone at the root of the nose, forming much of the walls of the nasal cavity and part of those of the orbits and having many perforations through which the olfactory nerves pass to the nose.
- one of the eight bones of the cranium; a small bone filled with air spaces that forms part of the eye sockets and the nasal cavity