| aitchbone | (noun) a cut of beef including the H-shaped rump bone | - |
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| anklebone | (noun) the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint | Synonyms: astragal, astragalus, talus |
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| backbone | (noun) the part of a network that connects other networks together | - |
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| (noun) the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved | Synonyms: spine |
| (noun) fortitude and determination | Synonyms: grit, gumption, guts, moxie, sand |
| (noun) the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord | Synonyms: back, rachis, spinal column, spine, vertebral column |
| (noun) a central cohesive source of support and stability | Synonyms: anchor, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin, mainstay |
| bone | (adjective) consisting of or made up of bone | - |
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| (noun) a shade of white the color of bleached bones | Synonyms: ivory, off-white, pearl |
| (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 |
| (verb) remove the bones from | Synonyms: debone |
| (verb) study intensively, as before an exam | Synonyms: bone up, cram, drum, get up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up |
| breastbone | (noun) the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs | Synonyms: sternum |
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| cheekbone | (noun) the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek | Synonyms: jugal bone, malar, malar bone, os zygomaticum, zygomatic, zygomatic bone |
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| collarbone | (noun) bone linking the scapula and sternum | Synonyms: clavicle |
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| debone | (verb) remove the bones from | Synonyms: bone |
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| fishbone | (noun) a bone of a fish | - |
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| heelbone | (noun) the largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel | Synonyms: calcaneus, os tarsi fibulare |
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| herringbone | (noun) a twilled fabric with a herringbone pattern | - |
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| (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 | Synonyms: herringbone pattern |
| hipbone | (noun) large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis | Synonyms: innominate bone |
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| jawbone | (noun) the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth | Synonyms: jowl, lower jaw, lower jawbone, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla |
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| (verb) talk idly or casually and in a friendly way | Synonyms: schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze |
| marrowbone | (noun) a bone containing edible marrow; used especially in flavoring soup | - |
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| redbone | (noun) a speedy red or red-and-tan American hound | - |
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| shinbone | (noun) the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle | Synonyms: shin, shin bone, tibia |
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| thighbone | (noun) the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee | Synonyms: femoris, femur |
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| trombone | (noun) a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide | - |
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| whalebone | (noun) a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets | Synonyms: baleen |
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| wishbone | (noun) the furcula of a domestic fowl | Synonyms: wishing bone |
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