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- English Word Osiery Definition An osier bed.
- English Word Osiris Definition One of the principal divinities of Egypt, the brother and husband of Isis. He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal cap of Upper Egypt, and was symbolized by the sacred bull, called Apis. Cf. Serapis.
- English Word Osmanli Definition A Turkish official; one of the dominant tribe of Turks; loosely, any Turk.
- English Word Osmanlis Definition of Osmanli
- English Word Osmate Definition A salt of osmic acid.
- English Word Osmateria Definition of Osmaterium
- English Word Osmaterium Definition One of a pair of scent organs which the larvae of certain butterflies emit from the first body segment, either above or below.
- English Word Osmazome Definition A substance formerly supposed to give to soup and broth their characteristic odor, and probably consisting of one or several of the class of nitrogenous substances which are called extractives.
- English Word Osmiamate Definition A salt of osmiamic acid.
- English Word Osmiamic Definition Of, pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid of osmium, H2N2Os2O5, forming a well-known series of yellow salts.
- English Word Osmic Definition Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, osmium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a valence higher than in other lower compounds; as, osmic oxide.
- English Word Osmidrosis Definition The secretion of fetid sweat.
- English Word Osmious Definition Denoting those compounds of osmium in which the element has a valence relatively lower than in the osmic compounds; as, osmious chloride.
- English Word Osmite Definition A salt of osmious acid.
- English Word Osmium Definition A rare metallic element of the platinum group, found native as an alloy in platinum ore, and in iridosmine. It is a hard, infusible, bluish or grayish white metal, and the heaviest substance known. Its tetroxide is used in histological experiments to stain tissues. Symbol Os. Atomic weight 191.1. Specific gravity 22.477.
- English Word Osmometer Definition An instrument for measuring the amount of osmotic action in different liquids.
- English Word Osmometry Definition The study of osmose by means of the osmometer.
- English Word Osmose Definition The tendency in fluids to mix, or become equably diffused, when in contact. It was first observed between fluids of differing densities, and as taking place through a membrane or an intervening porous structure. The more rapid flow from the thinner to the thicker fluid was then called endosmose, and the opposite, slower current, exosmose. Both are, however, results of the same force. Osmose may be regarded as a form of molecular attraction, allied to that of adhesion.
- English Word Osmose Definition The action produced by this tendency.
- English Word Osmosis Definition Osmose.