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- English Word Osmotic Definition Pertaining to, or having the property of, osmose; as, osmotic force.
- English Word Osmund Definition A fern of the genus Osmunda, or flowering fern. The most remarkable species is the osmund royal, or royal fern (Osmunda regalis), which grows in wet or boggy places, and has large bipinnate fronds, often with a panicle of capsules at the top. The rootstock contains much starch, and has been used in stiffening linen.
- English Word Osnaburg Definition A species of coarse linen, originally made in Osnaburg, Germany.
- English Word Oso-berry Definition The small, blueblack, drupelike fruit of the Nuttallia cerasiformis, a shrub of Oregon and California, belonging to the Cherry tribe of Rosaceae.
- English Word Osphradia Definition of Osphradium
- English Word Osphradium Definition The olfactory organ of some Mollusca. It is connected with the organ of respiration.
- English Word Ospray Definition The fishhawk.
- English Word Osprey Definition Alt. of Ospray
- English Word Oss Definition To prophesy; to presage.
- English Word Ossa Definition of Os
- English Word Osse Definition A prophetic or ominous utterance.
- English Word Ossean Definition A fish having a bony skeleton; a teleost.
- English Word Ossein Definition The organic basis of bone tissue; the residue after removal of the mineral matters from bone by dilute acid; in embryonic tissue, the substance in which the mineral salts are deposited to form bone; -- called also ostein. Chemically it is the same as collagen.
- English Word Osselet Definition A little bone.
- English Word Osselet Definition The internal bone, or shell, of a cuttlefish.
- English Word Osseous Definition Composed of bone; resembling bone; capable of forming bone; bony; ossific.
- English Word Osseter Definition A species of sturgeon.
- English Word Ossianic Definition Of or pertaining to, or characteristic of, Ossian, a legendary Erse or Celtic bard.
- English Word Ossicle Definition A little bone; as, the auditory ossicles in the tympanum of the ear.
- English Word Ossicle Definition One of numerous small calcareous structures forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes.