Word Finder - bones

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A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.

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Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of bone.

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A bone of a fish; a fishbone.

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A bonefish

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One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.

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One of the fragments of bone held between the fingers of the hand and rattled together to keep time to music.

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Anything made of bone, such as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.

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The framework of anything.

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An off-white colour, like the colour of bone.

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A dollar.

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The wishbone formation.

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An erect penis; a boner.

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(chiefly in the plural) A domino or dice.

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To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.

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To fertilize with bone.

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To put whalebone into.

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to bone stays

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To make level, using a particular procedure; to survey a level line.

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boning rod

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(usually of a man) To have sexual intercourse with.

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(in Aboriginal culture) To perform "bone pointing", a ritual that is intended to bring illness or even death to the victim.

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(usually with "up") To study.

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bone up

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To polish boots to a shiny finish.

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To apprehend, steal.

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To sight along an object or set of objects to check whether they are level or in line.

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A percussive folk musical instrument played as a pair in one hand, often made from bovine ribs.

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The act of two fists meeting together in the manner equivalent to a high-five.

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The framework or foundation of something.

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A musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often refers to the tenor trombone, which is the most common type of trombone and has a fundamental tone of B♭ˌ (contra B♭).

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Jim plays the trombone very well.

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The common European bittern.

The bones weren't that old.

The bones are probably forty years old.

He dreamed of bones and babies and lost little girls.

There, staring up at the group, nestled in an assortment of other bones, packed into a grubby plaid shirt, was a cracked white skull.

In addition to the bones themselves, the box contained a ripped plaid flannel shirt, and nestled at the bottom, dirty jeans, boots, and yellowed, soiled undershorts.

If someone tampered with the real bones, we don't want to give them a chance to clean up whatever they might have left behind.

Frankly, I could care less who your bones belong to.

So whose bones are they?

They didn't show any interest in the bones.

But at least it proves Fitzgerald's bones were a replacement.

Why wouldn't whoever discovered the bones simply report what they found?

But there were bones and now they're gone.

The horse was an old, worn-out chestnut, with an ill-kept coat, and bones that showed plainly through it; the knees knuckled over, and the forelegs were very unsteady.

It was a coffin with bones inside.

It was like bones.

He smiled to himself as he climbed the steps, wondering what Jake's reaction would be to a search for ancient bones.

God, it unnerved him to even consider telling Fitzgerald about the bones.

They found some old bones.

When did they find these alleged bones?

That's quite a coincidence, their being out here at the time we learn about the bones.

When they arrived, they recognized the spot immediately, not only from Martha's description but also from the disruptive markings, apparently caused by Fitzgerald when he recovered the bones.

With the exception of deceased Dawkins, Senior owning the property where the skeleton was discovered, Fred should be on safe ground limiting his research to the identity of the elusive bones.

The mock bones had been in storage for a couple of years—since the theater group went bust—in an unmarked trunk.

But I thought you were positive it was Fitzgerald who switched the bones.

Besides, how would Fitzgerald know about the theatrical bones?

Pumpkin Green would have known about the bones.

She was most anxious about the bones.

Maybe by the next time Martha calls, we can tell her we know the identity of Mr. Bones.

I'll bet a week of dishwashing that she's dumped the bones.

Tell me about these bones.

It doesn't look like the auctioneer had anything to do with switching the bones.

Learning about Ed Plotke is still the best lead we have on finding the identity of Martha's bones.

That supports the suspicion that Billy and some of his friends were the ones who broke into the mine and first discovered the bones.

Billy found the bones.

He was the one who switched the bones, killing two stones with one bird—" "I think you've got that a bit mixed up," Dean offered, but Fred was on a roll.

It seems to me it's looking more likely they're not even involved in Martha's bones.

Josh Mulligan—the bones finally had a name.

She was pleased that Martha's bones now appeared to have a full name.

That's about the only connection Pumpkin might have, and none that I can see to the bones.

I don't care about all your bones foolishness, but Fitz buying the vodka scares me.

She's the mother of the girl who discovered the bones.

He wanted to ask her about the bones but knew any such discussion would be the height of tastelessness for a long time to come.

I forgot to tell him about those silly bones he was interested in.

Sister Edna, assuming the bones were old and broken props—albeit realistic ones—couldn't discard them fast enough.

He made no bones about the fact that my ass is grass and he's a lawn mower.

They both agreed it was further evidence that he was involved in the death of Billy Langstrom, but they remained uncertain about his involvement with Martha's bones.

The business of Martha's bones took a back seat to her present whereabouts and the touchy problem of Mr. Fitzgerald.

But there was the little problem of the pack of cigarettes Martha clearly described as being with the bones in the Lucky Pup Mine.

I don't know whose bones were in the Lucky Pup Mine, but Josh Mulligan died in 1987 of cirrhosis of the liver from drinking too much.

We have no more idea whose bones Martha found than when we started.