constitution establishment formation organization organisation | the act of forming or establishing something, the constitution of a PTA group last year, it was the establishment of his reputation, he still remembers the organization of the club |
re-formation regeneration | forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects), renewing and reconstituting |
formation shaping | the act of fabricating something in a particular shape |
formation | creation by mental activity, the formation of sentences, the formation of memories |
bone-headed dinosaur | bipedal herbivorous dinosaurs with bony crowns |
wishbone wishing bone | the furcula of a domestic fowl |
splint bone | a rudimentary metacarpal or metatarsal bone on either side of the cannon bone in the leg of a horse or related animal |
pastern fetter bone | the part between the fetlock and the hoof |
cannon bone | greatly developed metatarsal or metacarpal bone in the shank or cannon part of the leg in hoofed mammals |
bone-ash cup cupel refractory pot | a small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead |
bone china | fine porcelain that contains bone ash |
formation | a particular spatial arrangement |
ossification conformity | hardened conventionality |
bone age | a person's age measured by matching their bone development (as shown by X rays) with bone development of an average person of known chronological age |
bone ivory pearl off-white | a shade of white the color of bleached bones |
bone os | rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates |
bare bone | bone stripped of flesh |
cuboid bone | the cube shaped bone on the outer side of the tarsus |
carpal bone carpal wrist bone | any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates |
scaphoid bone os scaphoideum navicular | the largest wrist bone on the thumb side |
lunate bone semilunar bone os lunatum | one of the eight small wrist bones |
triquetral triquetral bone os triquetrum cuneiform bone pyramidal bone | a wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bones |
pisiform pisiform bone os pisiforme | a small wrist bone that articulates only with the triquetral |
trapezium trapezium bone os trapezium | the wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the st and nd metacarpals |
trapezoid trapezoid bone os trapezoideum | the wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones |
capitate capitate bone os capitatum | the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the rd metacarpus |
hamate hamate bone unciform bone os hamatum | the wrist bone in line with the th and th fingers |
cartilage bone | any bone that develops within cartilage rather than a fibrous tissue |
cheekbone zygomatic bone zygomatic malar malar bone jugal bone os zygomaticum | the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek |
coccyx tail bone | the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes |
ethmoid ethmoid bone | one of the eight bones of the cranium, a small bone filled with air spaces that forms part of the eye sockets and the nasal cavity |
hipbone innominate bone | large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis, made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis |
hyoid hyoid bone os hyoideum | a U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles |
ischium ischial bone os ischii | one of the three sections of the hipbone, situated below the ilium |
long bone os longum | in limbs of vertebrate animals: a long cylindrical bone that contains marrow |
lower jaw mandible mandibula mandibular bone submaxilla lower jawbone jawbone jowl | the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth |
membrane bone | any bone that develops within membranous tissue without previous cartilage formation, e.g. the clavicle and bones of the skull |
metacarpal metacarpal bone | any bone of the hand between the wrist and fingers |
nasal nasal bone os nasale | an elongated rectangular bone that forms the bridge of the nose |
palatine palatine bone os palatinum | either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits |
pubis pubic bone os pubis | one of the three sections of the hipbone, together these two bones form the front of the pelvis |
round bone | bones that are round in shape |
scapula shoulder blade shoulder bone | either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings |
sesamoid bone sesamoid os sesamoideum | any of several small round bones formed in a tendon where it passes over a joint |
short bone os breve | a bone that is of approximately equal dimension in all directions |
sphenoid bone sphenoid os sphenoidale | butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull |
tarsal tarsal bone | any bone of the tarsus |
temporal bone os temporale | a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear |
turbinate bone turbinate turbinal | any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates |
tympanic bone | the bone enclosing the middle ear |