The normal process by which bone is formed. / The calcification of tissue into a bonelike mass; the mass so formed. / The process of becoming set in one's ways or beliefs; rigid conventionality.

plural of ossature

Of, relating to, or made of bone; bony.

(biochemistry) The collagen component of bone

A simple type of hitch knot, most often used in boating, to tie a smaller line to a larger line.

A little bone. / (zoology) The internal bone, or shell, of a cuttlefish. / A hard substance growing on the inside of a horse's knee.

A disputed region in the South Caucasus. Formally recognized as a part of Georgia by most countries, but de facto an independent country fully named Republic of South Ossetia, with capital city Tskhinvali.

plural of ossein

A republic of Russia located in the Northern Caucasus mountains.

Formal name of North Ossetia, a federal subject of Russia.