English words for 'That mimics some quality of bone'
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- An off-white colour, like the typical colour of bone.
- the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
- rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
- a shade of white the color of bleached bones
- (figurative) A reward.
- (US, informal, in the plural) A dollar.
- (countable) Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of this material.
- A bonefish.
- (slang) An erect penis; a boner.
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) A domino or die.
- (figurative) The framework of anything.
- One of the fragments of bone held between the fingers of the hand and rattled together to keep time to music.
- Anything made of bone, such as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.
- A bone of a fish; a fishbone.
- (uncountable) A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
- (American football, informal) The wishbone formation.
- (slang) Clipping of trombone.
- (slang) A cannabis cigarette; a joint.
- One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.
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- study intensively, as before an exam
- remove the bones from
- (vulgar, slang, usually of a man, ambitransitive) To have sexual intercourse (with).
- (transitive, slang) To apprehend, steal.
- To put whalebone into.
- To polish boots to a shiny finish.
- (usually with "up") To study.
- (carpentry, masonry, surveying) To sight along an object or set of objects to check whether they are level or in line.
- To nag, especially for an unpaid debt.
- To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.
- (civil engineering) To make level, using a particular procedure; to survey a level line.
- To fertilize with bone.
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- 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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- having bones as specified
- (in combination) Having a (specific type of) bone.
- having had the bones removed
- (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.
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- a bone that is given to a dog to chew on and play with, similar to a dog biscuit. They can be real bones, or they can be made of other materials like plastic or leather
- a 2- or 3-dimensional compound shape, evocative of a dog biscuit or dog-bone toy with a central shaft and two lobes (analogous to femoral condyles) at each end
- (slang, possibly African-American Vernacular) the penis
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- (medicine) The loss and reassimilation of bone (or other) material.
- The redissolving, wholly or in part, in the molten magma of an igneous rock, of crystals previously formed.
- The act of resorbing.
- the organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation
adj
noun
- An off-white colour, like the typical colour of bone.
- the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
- rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
- a shade of white the color of bleached bones
- (figurative) A reward.
- (US, informal, in the plural) A dollar.
- (countable) Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of this material.
- A bonefish.
- (slang) An erect penis; a boner.
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) A domino or die.
- (figurative) The framework of anything.
- One of the fragments of bone held between the fingers of the hand and rattled together to keep time to music.
- Anything made of bone, such as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.
- A bone of a fish; a fishbone.
- (uncountable) A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
- (American football, informal) The wishbone formation.
- (slang) Clipping of trombone.
- (slang) A cannabis cigarette; a joint.
- One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.
verb
- study intensively, as before an exam
- remove the bones from
- (vulgar, slang, usually of a man, ambitransitive) To have sexual intercourse (with).
- (transitive, slang) To apprehend, steal.
- To put whalebone into.
- To polish boots to a shiny finish.
- (usually with "up") To study.
- (carpentry, masonry, surveying) To sight along an object or set of objects to check whether they are level or in line.
- To nag, especially for an unpaid debt.
- To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.
- (civil engineering) To make level, using a particular procedure; to survey a level line.
- To fertilize with bone.
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- 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
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- a bone that is given to a dog to chew on and play with, similar to a dog biscuit. They can be real bones, or they can be made of other materials like plastic or leather
- a 2- or 3-dimensional compound shape, evocative of a dog biscuit or dog-bone toy with a central shaft and two lobes (analogous to femoral condyles) at each end
- (slang, possibly African-American Vernacular) the penis
noun
noun
- (medicine) The loss and reassimilation of bone (or other) material.
- The redissolving, wholly or in part, in the molten magma of an igneous rock, of crystals previously formed.
- The act of resorbing.
- the organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation
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adj
noun
- An off-white colour, like the typical colour of bone.
- the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
- rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
- a shade of white the color of bleached bones
- (figurative) A reward.
- (US, informal, in the plural) A dollar.
- (countable) Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of this material.
- A bonefish.
- (slang) An erect penis; a boner.
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) A domino or die.
- (figurative) The framework of anything.
- One of the fragments of bone held between the fingers of the hand and rattled together to keep time to music.
- Anything made of bone, such as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.
- A bone of a fish; a fishbone.
- (uncountable) A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
- (American football, informal) The wishbone formation.
- (slang) Clipping of trombone.
- (slang) A cannabis cigarette; a joint.
- One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.
verb
- study intensively, as before an exam
- remove the bones from
- (vulgar, slang, usually of a man, ambitransitive) To have sexual intercourse (with).
- (transitive, slang) To apprehend, steal.
- To put whalebone into.
- To polish boots to a shiny finish.
- (usually with "up") To study.
- (carpentry, masonry, surveying) To sight along an object or set of objects to check whether they are level or in line.
- To nag, especially for an unpaid debt.
- To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.
- (civil engineering) To make level, using a particular procedure; to survey a level line.
- To fertilize with bone.
adv
adj
- having bones as specified
- (in combination) Having a (specific type of) bone.
- having had the bones removed
- (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.