| bonded debt |
the portion of a corporation's or state's indebtedness that is represented by the bonds it has issued. |
| bondholder |
one who holds or owns bonds; one who receives payment of interest on a bond or bonds. |
| bonding |
the formation of close personal relationships, as between family members or friends. |
| bondman |
a male bound as a slave or serf; bond servant. |
| bond paper |
a high-grade paper with some proportion of rag content, used for stationery and documents; bond. |
| bond servant |
one who is bound as a slave or serf. [2 definitions] |
| bondsman1 |
one who provides bail or surety for another. |
| bondsman2 |
variant of bondman. |
| bondswoman1 |
a woman who provides bail or surety for another. |
| bondswoman2 |
variant of bondwoman. |
| bondwoman |
a female bond servant. |
| bone |
the hard, calcified connective tissue that forms the skeleton of most vertebrates. [5 definitions] |
| boneblack |
the carbonized residue of heat-treated bones, used as a blacking pigment or decoloring agent. |
| bone china |
a fine type of white porcelain produced by mixing bone ash or calcium phosphate with the clay. |
| bone-dry |
(informal) dry as a bone after prolonged exposure to sun and wind; very dry or thirsty. |
| bonefish |
any of several silvery marine fishes, esp. a bottom-feeder living in shallow tropical waters, having a skeleton composed of many small bones. |
| boneless |
of meat or fish, with bones removed. |
| bone marrow |
the the soft fatty tissue at the core of most bones, where many types of blood cells form and mature before entering the blood stream. |
| bone meal |
bones that have been coarsely ground, used as fertilizer and animal feed. |
| bone of contention |
an issue or matter that causes or is the focus of disagreement. |
| boner |
a stupid or foolish error; blunder. |