Words containing oss

Across means: From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river.

Across means: From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across.

Across means: Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.

Aglossal means: Without tongue; tongueless.

Albatross means: A web-footed bird, of the genus Diomedea, of which there are several species. They are the largest of sea birds, capable of long-continued flight, and are often seen at great distances from the land. They are found chiefly in the southern hemisphere.

All-possessed means: Controlled by an evil spirit or by evil passions; wild.

Balanoglossus means: A peculiar marine worm. See Enteropneusta, and Tornaria.

Betossed means: of Betoss

Betoss means: To put in violent motion; to agitate; to disturb; to toss.

Blossom means: The flower of a plant, or the essential organs of reproduction, with their appendages; florescence; bloom; the flowers of a plant, collectively; as, the blossoms and fruit of a tree; an apple tree in blossom.

Zythum means: A kind of ancient malt beverage; a liquor made from malt and wheat.

Zythepsary means: A brewery.

Zythem means: See Zythum.

Zymotic means: Designating, or pertaining to, a certain class of diseases. See Zymotic disease, below.

Zymotic means: Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation.

Zymosis means: A zymotic disease.

Zymosis means: A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.

Zymose means: Invertin.

Zymophyte means: A bacteroid ferment.

Zymosimeter means: An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation.