knuckles

IPA: nˈʌkʌɫz

Root Word: Knuckles

Examples of "knuckles" in Sentences

It never did heal right -- one of the knuckles is visibly sunken.
Grating means by hand and risking bloodying your knuckles is a must.
The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.
And lastly, once upon a time at least, getting something tattooed on your knuckles was a bold statement.
The alabaster white of her knuckles was the only other indication that her graceful poise had been shaken.
At the top section of each finger near the knuckles was a thin whitish line that continued right across each hand.
If you have a teenager in the troubled youth gang years, perhaps a mail order set of brass knuckles is just what Junior needs.
Paleontologist Michael Habib theorizes that pterosaurs, which lived between 250 million and 65 million years ago, used their legs and wing "knuckles" - not just their hind legs, as previously believed-to leapfrog into flight.