Synonyms of the word talus


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talus

  • n. (anatomy) The bone of the ankle.
  • n. (geology) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
  • n. (architecture) The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top.

anklebone

  • n. The bone of the ankle.

astragal

  • n. (anatomy) Synonym of astragalus: the bone forming the ball of the ankle joint.
  • n. (plural only) Synonym of dice.
  • n. (architecture) A semicircular molding separating the architrave at the top or bottom of a column.
  • n. A tool used to mold such features; similar tools used for connecting panes of glass in a window…
  • n. (weaponry) A circular molding near the mouth of a cannon.
  • n. (botany) Synonym of locoweed of the genus Astragalus.
  • n. (architecture) A molding attached to double doors to prevent drafts.

astragalus

  • n. (anatomy) The anklebone.
  • n. (botany) A herb of the genus Astragalus.

bone

  • n. (uncountable) A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up…
  • n. (countable) Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of bone.
  • n. A bone of a fish; a fishbone.
  • n. One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.
  • n. Anything made of bone, such as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.
  • n. (figuratively) The framework of anything.
  • n. An off-white colour, like the colour of bone.
  • n. (US, informal) A dollar.
  • n. (slang) An erect penis; a boner.
  • n. (slang) Dominoes or dice.
  • adj. Of an off-white colour, like the colour of bone.
  • v. To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.
  • v. To fertilize with bone.
  • v. To put whalebone into.
  • v. (civil engineering) To make level, using a particular procedure; to survey a level line.
  • v. (vulgar, slang, of a man) To have sexual intercourse with.
  • v. (Australia, dated, in Aboriginal culture) To perform "bone pointing", a ritual that is intended to bring…
  • v. (usually with "up") To study.
  • v. To polish boots to a shiny finish.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To apprehend, steal.
  • v. (carpentry, masonry, surveying) To sight along an object or set of objects to check whether they are level…
  • n. (slang) Clipping of trombone.

formation

  • n. Something possessing structure or form.
  • n. The act of assembling a group or structure.
  • n. (geology) A rock or face of a mountain.
  • n. (military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division,…
  • n. (military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon…
  • n. (sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
  • n. The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
  • n. The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics.

os

  • n. (rare, medicine) Bone.
  • n. (rare) A mouth; an opening.
  • n. In particular, either end of the cervix, internal (to the uterus) or external (to the vagina).
  • n. An osar or esker.
  • n. (rare) plural of o. More commonly oes or o's.

scree

  • n. (uncountable) Loose stony debris on a slope.
  • n. A slope of such material at the base of a cliff, etc.
  • v. To flatten or level concrete, while still wet, and clear protruding stones and gravel from the surface.
  • v. To traverse scree.
  • n. A harsh high-pitched sound as of a hawk.
  • v. To make a high-pitched sound like that of a hawk.

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