| bone | (noun) a shade of white the color of bleached bones | Synonyms: ivory, off-white, pearl |
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| (noun) rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates | Synonyms: os |
| (noun) the porous calcified substance from which bones are made | Synonyms: osseous tissue |
| bonefish | (noun) slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons | Synonyms: Albula vulpes |
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| bonehead | (noun) a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | Synonyms: blockhead, dumbass, dunce, dunderhead, fuckhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead |
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| bonelet | (noun) a small bone; especially one in the middle ear | Synonyms: ossicle, ossiculum |
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| bonemeal | (noun) fertilizer made of ground bones | - |
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| boner | (noun) an embarrassing mistake | Synonyms: bloomer, blooper, blunder, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall |
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| bones | (noun) (used in the plural) 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 | Synonyms: castanets, clappers, finger cymbals |
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| boneset | (noun) perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine | Synonyms: agueweed, Eupatorium perfoliatum, thoroughwort |
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| (noun) European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America | Synonyms: common comfrey, Symphytum officinale |
| bonesetter | (noun) someone (not necessarily a licensed physician) who sets broken bones | - |
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| boneshaker | (noun) any wheeled vehicle that is dilapidated and uncomfortable | - |
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