Phrase Hound found 196 phrases and 70 compound words that contain bones. The most common are listed below. Open bones in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 196
- skin and bonesA person or an animal that is emaciated or very thin, as from lack of nutrition.
- bare bonesThe essential elements of something; the minimum viable set of elements; especially when they are described without going into detail.
- bag of bonesA skinny, malnourished person or animal.
- broken bonesSynonym of midnight horror: Oroxylum indicum.
- skull and bonesSynonym of skull and crossbones (“emblem of pirates or toxicity”).
- flesh and bonesAlternative form of flesh and bone: Consisting of flesh, blood, and other substances associated with animals or humans.
- bones of contentionplural of bone of contention: Something that continues to be disputed; something on which no agreement can be reached.
- Napier's bonesA set of numbered rods used for multiplication and division (see the Wikipedia article for a fuller explanation).
- meat on the bonesA substantial addition to or augmentation of the content of something, especially something which is unfinished or incomplete.
- make one's bonesTo commit a murder in order to be respected in a criminal gang.
- Pile of BonesFormer name of Regina (capital city of Saskatchewan, Canada).
- bags of bonesplural of bag of bones: A skinny, malnourished person or animal.
- breast bonesplural of breast bone: The central narrow bone in the front of the chest, connecting the collarbone and the top ribs.
- crazy bonesplural of crazy bone: The funny bone; the ulnar nerve in the elbow.
- cross-bonesAlternative form of crossbones: A representation of two femurs (thighbones) crossed diagonally, chiefly combined with a human skull as a symbol of danger or death.
- ear bonesplural of ear bone: Any bone in the ear.
- finger bonesplural of finger bone: A bone in the finger.
- funny bonesplural of funny bone: The ulnar nerve in the elbow, which, when hit, causes a tingling sensation.
- green-bonesplural of green-bone: Any garfish (Belone or Strongylosura).
- hip bonesplural of hip bone: One of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones, that together form the sides of the pelvis.
- long bonesplural of long bone: Any of the relatively slender bones of the upper and lower extremities.
- membrane-bonesplural of membrane-bone: A bony element covered by cartilaginous tissue; an endochondral bone.
- oracle bonesplural of oracle bone: A piece of turtle shell or bone used for divination during the late Shang dynasty of China.
- sit bonesplural of sit bone: Either of the two ischial tuberosities.
- T-bonesplural of T-bone: A T-bone steak.
Compound words 70
- lazybonesA person who is lazy.
- crossbonesA representation of two femurs (thighbones) crossed diagonally, chiefly combined with a human skull as a symbol of danger or death.
- sawbonesA surgeon.
- rattlebonesA tottering person or thing.
- BonesmanA member of the Skull and Bones secret society at Yale University, USA.
- rawbonesA rawboned person; one who is thin and gaunt.
- barebonesAlternative form of bare-bones: The essential elements of something; the minimum viable set of elements; especially when they are described without going into detail.
- backbonesplural of backbone: The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.
- cheekbonesplural of cheekbone: The small prominent bone of the cheek.
- hambonesplural of hambone: The bone at the center of a ham