joints
Where bones meet
Joints are the places where bones meet, allowing movement: My joints ache in cold weather.
The word extends to any point of connection or junction—where two pipes join, where a plant stem branches.
A joint is also a place of business, often seedy or disreputable: a burger joint, a strip joint.
In slang, a joint is a marijuana cigarette.
As an adjective, joint means shared or combined: joint custody, joint venture, joint account.
Leg's middle hinge
wrist · knuckle · vertebrae · phalanges · cartilage · synovial · ligament · tendon
Movable connecting joint
- ball-and-socketSpherical joint allowing rotation
- universalAffecting all equally
- swivelRotating connection point
- pivotPoint of rotation
coupling · linkage · articulation · bearing · axle · rotation · lubrication · assembly
Psychoactive hemp plant
- spliffCannabis cigarette, slang
- reeferCannabis cigarette, dated slang
- bluntDull or tactlessly direct
- doobieCannabis cigarette
roll · paper · roach · lighter · inhale · puff · smoke · cannabis
Carved slot for joining
- tenonProjecting joint piece
- dovetailJoin by interlocking parts
- miterTall liturgical headdress
- buttRear of body
lap · rabbet · dado · biscuit · dowel · tongue-and-groove · scarf · splice
knee
Leg's middle hinge
ankle · wrist · knuckle · vertebrae · phalanges · cartilage · synovial · ligament · tendon · meniscus
hinge
Movable connecting joint
- ball-and-socketSpherical joint allowing rotation
- universalAffecting all equally
- swivelRotating connection point
pivot · coupling · linkage · articulation · bearing · axle · rotation · lubrication · assembly · connector
marijuana
Psychoactive hemp plant
doobie · roll · paper · roach · lighter · inhale · puff · smoke · cannabis · weed
mortise
Carved slot for joining
butt · lap · rabbet · dado · biscuit · dowel · tongue-and-groove · scarf · splice · glue
bar
Drinking establishment
speakeasy · tavern · pub · saloon · roadhouse · honky-tonk · juke · venue · haunt · eatery
roast
Dry-heat cooking method
beef · pork · lamb · shank · leg · loin · rib · bone-in · spit · rotisserie
- anatomybrain, heart, bones, liver, stomach
- musculoskeletalbone, bones, muscle, muscles, tendon
- hand featurespalm, fingers, knuckles, fingernails, thumb
- handspalm, fingers, thumb, knuckles, fingertips
- Dog Biologymuscle structure, skeletal system, circulatory system, respiratory system, digestive system
- orthopedicsorthopedic surgeon, orthopedic surgery, bone fracture, hip replacement, fracture
- joint painAche at skeletal junctures
- joint effortCombined work toward goal
- pizza jointCasual restaurant serving pies
- burger jointCasual ground-beef eatery
- nose out of jointIrritated by slight
- universal jointsRotational couplings permitting angulation
joint, enjoin, jointed, adjoining, adjoin, rejoinder, disjoin, jointing, subjoin