bone: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of bone
- backbone«Word Popularity Bar4/5
backbone
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; linchpin; lynchpin; keystone; anchor.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun fortitude and determination
grit; gumption; guts; sand; moxie.
- he didn't have the guts to try it
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
- trombone3/5
trombone
- noun a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide
- noun a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide
- collarbone2/5
collarbone
- noun bone linking the scapula and sternum
clavicle.
- noun bone linking the scapula and sternum
- breastbone2/5
breastbone
- noun the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs
sternum.
- noun the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs
- cheekbone2/5
cheekbone
- noun the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek
jugal bone; malar; malar bone; zygomatic; zygomatic bone; os zygomaticum.
- noun the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek
- fishbone2/5
fishbone
- noun a bone of a fish
- noun a bone of a fish
- jawbone2/5
jawbone
- noun the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
jowl; mandible; lower jaw; submaxilla; lower jawbone; mandibula; mandibular bone.
- verb talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
shmoose; shmooze; schmoose; schmooze.
- noun the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
- wishbone2/5
wishbone
- noun the furcula of a domestic fowl
wishing bone.
- noun the furcula of a domestic fowl
- whalebone2/5
whalebone
- noun a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets
baleen.
- noun a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets
- herringbone2/5
herringbone
- noun a twilled fabric with a herringbone pattern
- noun a pattern of columns of short parallel lines with all the lines in one column sloping one way and lines in adjacent columns sloping the other way; it is used in weaving, masonry, parquetry, embroidery
herringbone pattern.
- noun a twilled fabric with a herringbone pattern
- carbone2/5
carbone
To broil. Obs. "We had a calf's head carboned". Pepys.
- tailbone2/5
tailbone
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- hipbone1/5
hipbone
- noun large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis
innominate bone.
- noun large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis
- anklebone1/5
anklebone
- noun the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
talus; astragal; astragalus.
- noun the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
- marrowbone1/5
marrowbone
- noun a bone containing edible marrow; used especially in flavoring soup
- noun a bone containing edible marrow; used especially in flavoring soup
- debone1/5
debone
- verb remove the bones from
bone.
- bone the turkey before roasting it
- verb remove the bones from
- thighbone1/5
thighbone
- noun the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee
femur; femoris.
- noun the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee
- shinbone1/5
shinbone
- noun the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
shin; shin bone; tibia.
- noun the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
- redbone1/5
redbone
- noun a speedy red or red-and-tan American hound
- noun a speedy red or red-and-tan American hound
- aitchbone1/5
aitchbone
- noun a cut of beef including the H-shaped rump bone
- noun a cut of beef including the H-shaped rump bone
- hambone1/5
- barebone1/5
barebone
A very lean person; one whose bones show through the skin. Shak.
- gambone1/5
- barbone1/5
- ringbone1/5
ringbone
(Far.) A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter between or on the small pastern and the great pastern bones. J. H. Walsh.
- cuttlebone1/5
cuttlebone
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- breakbone1/5
breakbone
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- rawbone1/5
rawbone
Rawboned. Obs. Spencer.
Suffixes of bone
- bones«Word Popularity Bar5/5
bones
- noun a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
finger cymbals; clappers; castanets.
- noun rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
os; bone.
- noun a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
- boned3/5
boned
- adjective satellite having had the bones removed
deboned.
- a boneless rib roast
- a boned (or deboned) fish
- verb study intensively, as before an exam
drum; grind away; swot up; bone up; get up; bone; cram; mug up; swot.
- I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam
- adjective satellite having had the bones removed
- boney2/5
boney
- adjective having bones especially many or prominent bones
bony.
- a bony shad fillet
- her bony wrist
- bony fish
- adjective satellite being very thin
underweight; scraggy; skinny; scrawny; weedy.
- a child with skinny freckled legs
- a long scrawny neck
- adjective having bones especially many or prominent bones
- boner2/5
boner
- noun an embarrassing mistake
botch; boo-boo; flub; blooper; blunder; foul-up; pratfall; fuckup; bungle; bloomer.
- noun an embarrassing mistake
- bonefish2/5
bonefish
- noun slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons
Albula vulpes.
- noun slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons
- boneless2/5
boneless
- adjective being without a bone or bones
- jellyfish are boneless
- adjective being without a bone or bones
- bonelike1/5
bonelike
- adjective satellite resembling bone
- a bonelike tumor
- adjective satellite resembling bone
- bonemeal1/5
bonemeal
- noun fertilizer made of ground bones
- noun fertilizer made of ground bones
- bonehead1/5
bonehead
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
shithead; hammerhead; dunce; knucklehead; dunderhead; blockhead; fuckhead; dumbass; loggerhead; lunkhead; numskull; muttonhead.
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
- boneset1/5
boneset
- noun European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America
common comfrey; Symphytum officinale.
- noun perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine
Eupatorium perfoliatum; thoroughwort; agueweed.
- noun European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America
- bonesetter1/5
bonesetter
- noun someone (not necessarily a licensed physician) who sets broken bones
- noun someone (not necessarily a licensed physician) who sets broken bones
- bonesetters1/5
bonesetter
- noun someone (not necessarily a licensed physician) who sets broken bones
- noun someone (not necessarily a licensed physician) who sets broken bones
- boneheads1/5
bonehead
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
shithead; hammerhead; dunce; knucklehead; dunderhead; blockhead; fuckhead; dumbass; loggerhead; lunkhead; numskull; muttonhead.
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
- boneshaker1/5
boneshaker
- noun any wheeled vehicle that is dilapidated and uncomfortable
- that old bike without rubber tires was a real boneshaker
- noun any wheeled vehicle that is dilapidated and uncomfortable
- boneheaded1/5
boneheaded
- adjective satellite (used informally) stupid
duncical; loggerheaded; blockheaded; duncish; fatheaded; thick; wooden-headed; thick-skulled; thickheaded.
- adjective satellite (used informally) stupid
- boners1/5
boner
- noun an embarrassing mistake
botch; boo-boo; flub; blooper; blunder; foul-up; pratfall; fuckup; bungle; bloomer.
- noun an embarrassing mistake
- boneyard1/5
boneyard
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- bonefishing1/5
bonefish
- noun slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons
Albula vulpes.
- noun slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons
- bonelessly1/5
boneless
- adjective being without a bone or bones
- jellyfish are boneless
- adjective being without a bone or bones
- bonetta1/5
bonetta
See Sir T. Herbert.Bonito .
- bonesetting1/5
boneset
- noun European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America
common comfrey; Symphytum officinale.
- noun perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine
Eupatorium perfoliatum; thoroughwort; agueweed.
- noun European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America
Derived words of bone
- cheekbones«Word Popularity Bar3/5
cheekbone
- noun the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek
jugal bone; malar; malar bone; zygomatic; zygomatic bone; os zygomaticum.
- noun the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek
- backbones2/5
backbone
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; linchpin; lynchpin; keystone; anchor.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun fortitude and determination
grit; gumption; guts; sand; moxie.
- he didn't have the guts to try it
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
- trombones2/5
trombone
- noun a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide
- noun a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide
- crossbones2/5
crossbones
- noun two crossed bones (or a representation of two crossed bones) used as a symbol danger or death
- noun two crossed bones (or a representation of two crossed bones) used as a symbol danger or death
- ribboned2/5
ribbon
- noun any long object resembling a thin line
thread.
- a mere ribbon of land
- the lighted ribbon of traffic
- from the air the road was a grey thread
- a thread of smoke climbed upward
- noun an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
laurel wreath; decoration; palm; medallion; medal.
- noun any long object resembling a thin line
- collarbones1/5
collarbone
- noun bone linking the scapula and sternum
clavicle.
- noun bone linking the scapula and sternum
- hipbones1/5
hipbone
- noun large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis
innominate bone.
- noun large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis
- deboned1/5
deboned
- adjective satellite having had the bones removed
boned.
- a boneless rib roast
- a boned (or deboned) fish
- verb remove the bones from
debone; bone.
- bone the turkey before roasting it
- adjective satellite having had the bones removed
- fishbones1/5
- marrowbones1/5
marrowbone
- noun a bone containing edible marrow; used especially in flavoring soup
- noun a bone containing edible marrow; used especially in flavoring soup
- jawbones1/5
jawbone
- noun the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
jowl; mandible; lower jaw; submaxilla; lower jawbone; mandibula; mandibular bone.
- verb talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
shmoose; shmooze; schmoose; schmooze.
- noun the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
- wishbones1/5
wishbone
- noun the furcula of a domestic fowl
wishing bone.
- noun the furcula of a domestic fowl
- thighbones1/5
thighbone
- noun the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee
femur; femoris.
- noun the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee
- whalebones1/5
whalebone
- noun a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets
baleen.
- noun a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets
- shinbones1/5
shinbone
- noun the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
shin; shin bone; tibia.
- noun the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
- sawbones1/5
sawbones
- noun a physician who specializes in surgery
surgeon; operating surgeon.
- noun a physician who specializes in surgery
- gabonese1/5
gabonese
- noun a native or inhabitant of Gabon
- adjective of or relating to Gabon or its inhabitants
- Gabonese hills
- Gabonese writers
- noun a native or inhabitant of Gabon
- lazybones1/5
lazybones
- noun a lazy person
- noun a lazy person
- knucklebones1/5
knucklebones
- noun a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball
jackstones; jacks.
- noun a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball
- rawboned1/5
rawboned
- adjective satellite having a lean and bony physique
- a rawboned cow hand
- adjective satellite having a lean and bony physique
- beribboned1/5
- barebones1/5
barebone
A very lean person; one whose bones show through the skin. Shak.
- ambonese1/5
- ciboney1/5
- backboned1/5
- carbonero1/5
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `bone`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `bone`, some are not.
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `bone`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `bone`, some are not.
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