Phrase Hound found 9 phrases and 9 compound words that contain skeletons. The most common are listed below. Open skeletons in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 9
- skeletons in the closetplural of skeleton in the closet: A shameful secret.
- skeletons in the cupboardplural of skeleton in the cupboard: A shameful secret.
- articulated skeletonsplural of articulated skeleton: A fossil skeleton found all in one piece with the bones still arranged in the proper order.
- walking skeletonsplural of walking skeleton: An emaciated person.
- hydrostatic skeletonsplural of hydrostatic skeleton: a fluid-filled cavity that surrounds the soft bodies of certain invertebrates such as jellyfish
- skeletons in the closetsplural of skeleton in the closet: A shameful secret.
- skeletons in the cupboardsplural of skeleton in the cupboard: A shameful secret.
- skeletons in the houseplural of skeleton in the house: A shameful secret.
- skeletons in one's houseplural of skeleton in one's house: A shameful secret.
Compound words 9
- exoskeletonsplural of exoskeleton: A hard outer structure that provides both structure and protection to creatures such as insects and Crustacea.
- endoskeletonsplural of endoskeleton: The internal skeleton of an animal, which in vertebrates is composed of bone and cartilage.
- autoskeletonsplural of autoskeleton: The true skeleton of a sponge, composed of elements secreted by the sponge itself.
- carboskeletonsplural of carboskeleton: The arrangement of connected carbon atoms in an organic compound
- cytoskeletonsplural of cytoskeleton: A matrix of intercellular protein, in the forms of microfilaments and microtubules, that provide some rigidity to cells
- ectoskeletonsplural of ectoskeleton: A hard outer structure that provides both structure and protection to creatures such as insects and Crustacea.
- fibroskeletonsplural of fibroskeleton: A skeletal structure of fibrous connective tissue
- hydroskeletonsplural of hydroskeleton: A hydrostatic skeleton; a structure found in many cold-blooded organisms and soft-bodied animals, consisting of a fluid-filled cavity, the coelom, surrounded by muscles, and used in movement and changing shape.
- neuroskeletonsplural of neuroskeleton: The deep-seated parts of the vertebrate skeleton related to the nervous axis and locomotion.