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Bone

The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, blood and bone.

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Bony 84% connected

Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones.

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Bony 84% connected

Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones.

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Cram 84% connected

To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to crowd; to fill to superfluity; as, to cram a…

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Cram 84% connected

To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to crowd; to fill to superfluity; as, to cram a…

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Narrower term 54

Astragal 76% connected

A convex molding of rounded surface, generally from half to three quarters of a circle.

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Astragalus 76% connected

The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.

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Brainpan 76% connected

The bones which inclose the brain; the skull; the cranium.

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Breastbone 76% connected

The bone of the breast; the sternum.

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Calvaria 76% connected

The bones of the cranium; more especially, the bones of the domelike upper portion.

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Cannon bone 76% connected

See Canon Bone.

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Carpal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the carpus, or wrist.

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Centrum 76% connected

The body, or axis, of a vertebra. See Vertebra.

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Clavicle 76% connected

The collar bone, which is joined at one end to the scapula, or shoulder blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breastbone. In man each clavicle i…

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Coccyx 76% connected

The end of the vertebral column beyond the sacrum in man and tailless monkeys. It is composed of several vertebrae more or less consolidated.

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Collarbone 76% connected

bone linking the scapula and sternum

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Costa 76% connected

A rib of an animal or a human being.

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Cranium 76% connected

The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or bra…

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Dentine 76% connected

The dense calcified substance of which teeth are largely composed. It contains less animal matter than bone, and in the teeth of man is situated bene…

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Ethmoid 76% connected

Alt. of Ethmoidal

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Furcula 76% connected

A forked process; the wishbone or furculum.

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Gladiolus 76% connected

A genus of plants having bulbous roots and gladiate leaves, and including many species, some of which are cultivated and valued for the beauty of the…

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Hyoid 76% connected

Having the form of an arch, or of the Greek letter upsilon [/].

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Ilium 76% connected

The dorsal one of the three principal bones comprising either lateral half of the pelvis; the dorsal or upper part of the hip bone. See Innominate bo…

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Ischium 76% connected

The ventral and posterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis; seat bone; the huckle bone.

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Jaw 76% connected

One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.

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Malar 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the region of the cheek bone, or to the malar bone; jugal.

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Manubrium 76% connected

A handlelike process or part; esp., the anterior segment of the sternum, or presternum, and the handlelike process of the malleus.

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Marrowbone 76% connected

A bone containing marrow; pl. ludicrously, knee bones or knees; as, to get down on one's marrowbones, i. e., to kneel.

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Metacarpal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the metacarpus.

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Metatarsal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the metatarsus.

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Modiolus 76% connected

The central column in the osseous cochlea of the ear.

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Nasal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the nose.

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Occiput 76% connected

The back, or posterior, part of the head or skull; the region of the occipital bone.

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Ossicle 76% connected

A little bone; as, the auditory ossicles in the tympanum of the ear.

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Ossiculum 76% connected

Same as Ossicle.

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Palatine 76% connected

Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges.

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Pastern 76% connected

The part of the foot of the horse, and allied animals, between the fetlock and the coffin joint. See Illust. of Horse.

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Phalanx 76% connected

A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from…

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Pubis 76% connected

The ventral and anterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis; sharebone; pubic bone.

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Ramus 76% connected

A branch; a projecting part or prominent process; a ramification.

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Rib 76% connected

One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax.

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Sacrum 76% connected

That part of the vertebral column which is directly connected with, or forms a part of, the pelvis.

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Scapula 76% connected

The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade.

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Sesamoid 76% connected

Resembling in shape the seeds of sesame.

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Sinciput 76% connected

The fore part of the head.

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Skull 76% connected

A school, company, or shoal.

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Skullcap 76% connected

A cap which fits the head closely; also, formerly, a headpiece of iron sewed inside of a cap for protection.

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Sphenoid 76% connected

Wedge-shaped; as, a sphenoid crystal.

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Sternum 76% connected

A plate of cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginous plates or segments, in the median line of the pectoral skeleton of most vertebrates above…

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Talus 76% connected

The astragalus.

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Tarsal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the tarsus (either of the foot or eye).

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Tooth 76% connected

One of the hard, bony appendages which are borne on the jaws, or on other bones in the walls of the mouth or pharynx of most vertebrates, and which u…

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Turbinal 76% connected

Rolled in a spiral; scroll-like; turbinate; -- applied to the thin, plicated, bony or cartilaginous plates which support the olfactory and mucous mem…

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Turbinate 76% connected

To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl.

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Vertebra 76% connected

One of the serial segments of the spinal column.

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Vomer 76% connected

A bone, or one of a pair of bones, beneath the ethmoid region of the skull, forming a part a part of the partition between the nostrils in man and ot…

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Zygoma 76% connected

The jugal, malar, or cheek bone.

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Zygomatic 76% connected

Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the zygoma.

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Pull 76% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

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Remove 76% connected

To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

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Study 76% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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White 76% connected

Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure sno…

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Whiteness 76% connected

The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface.

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Withdraw 76% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

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Bony 74% connected

Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones.

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Bony 74% connected

Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones.

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Osseous 74% connected

Composed of bone; resembling bone; capable of forming bone; bony; ossific.

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Osseous 74% connected

Composed of bone; resembling bone; capable of forming bone; bony; ossific.

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Ossicle 74% connected

A little bone; as, the auditory ossicles in the tympanum of the ear.

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Ossicle 74% connected

A little bone; as, the auditory ossicles in the tympanum of the ear.

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Substance part 1

Collagen 70% connected

The chemical basis of ordinary connective tissue, as of tendons or sinews and of bone. On being boiled in water it becomes gelatin or glue.

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Condyle 70% connected

A bony prominence; particularly, an eminence at the end of a bone bearing a rounded articular surface; -- sometimes applied also to a concave articul…

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Lamella 70% connected

a thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of which certain s…

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Marrow 70% connected

The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is m…

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Matrix 70% connected

The womb.

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Socket 70% connected

An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth.

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Containing whole 1

Endoskeleton 70% connected

The bony, cartilaginous, or other internal framework of an animal, as distinguished from the exoskeleton.

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Containing substance 1

Horn 70% connected

A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The…

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Synonym 4

Cram 92% connected

To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to crowd; to fill to superfluity; as, to cram a…

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Drum 92% connected

An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with…

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Ivory 92% connected

The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of dentine, characterized by the minuteness a…

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Pearl 92% connected

A fringe or border.

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