OSSIA | • ossia n. (Music) In a musical score, an alternative version of a passage, usually just a few measures long. The… • OSSIA n. (Italian) in music, an alternative passage. |
OSSIAS | • ossias n. Plural of ossia. • OSSIA n. (Italian) in music, an alternative passage. |
OSSICLE | • ossicle n. (Anatomy) A small bone (or bony structure), especially one of the three of the middle ear. • ossicle n. (Zoology) Bone-like joint or plate, especially… • OSSICLE n. a small bone. |
OSSICLES | • ossicles n. Plural of ossicle. • OSSICLE n. a small bone. |
OSSICULAR | • ossicular adj. (Anatomy) Related to or composed of ossicles. • OSSICULAR adj. relating to an ossicle, a little bone or bone-like plate. |
OSSIFEROUS | • ossiferous adj. Containing or yielding bone. • OSSIFEROUS adj. bearing bones. |
OSSIFIC | • ossific adj. Capable of producing bone; having the power to change cartilage or other tissue into bone. • OSSIFIC adj. capable of producing bone; having the power to change cartilage or other tissue into bone. |
OSSIFICATION | • ossification n. The normal process by which bone is formed. • ossification n. The calcification of tissue into a bonelike mass; the mass so formed. • ossification n. The process of becoming set in one’s ways or beliefs; rigid conventionality. |
OSSIFICATIONS | • ossifications n. Plural of ossification. • OSSIFICATION n. the natural process of bone formation. |
OSSIFIED | • ossified adj. Having undergone the process of ossification (transformation into bone). • ossified adj. (Figurative) Inflexible, old-fashioned. • ossified adj. (Ireland, US, slang) Drunk. |
OSSIFIER | • ossifier n. One who, or that which, ossifies. • OSSIFIER n. an agent that causes ossification. |
OSSIFIERS | • ossifiers n. Plural of ossifier. • OSSIFIER n. an agent that causes ossification. |
OSSIFIES | • ossifies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ossify. • OSSIFY v. to change into bone; to become callous or conventional. |
OSSIFRAGA | • ossifraga n. Alternative form of ossifrage. • OSSIFRAGA n. (Latin) the giant fulmar. |
OSSIFRAGAS | • ossifragas n. Plural of ossifraga. • OSSIFRAGA n. (Latin) the giant fulmar. |
OSSIFRAGE | • ossifrage n. (Archaic) Gypaetus barbatus, the diet of which is almost exclusively bone marrow. • ossifrage n. (Obsolete) The young of the sea eagle or bald eagle. • ossifrage n. (Britain) The osprey. |
OSSIFRAGES | • ossifrages n. Plural of ossifrage. • OSSIFRAGE n. (Biblical) a large bird of prey, e.g. a hawk, buzzard, vulture, or eagle. |
OSSIFY | • ossify v. (Transitive, intransitive) To transform (or cause to transform) from a softer animal substance into… • ossify v. (Transitive, intransitive, animate) To become (or cause to become) inflexible and rigid in habits or opinions. • ossify v. (Transitive, intransitive, inanimate) To grow (or cause to grow) formulaic and permanent. |
OSSIFYING | • ossifying v. Present participle of ossify. • OSSIFY v. to change into bone; to become callous or conventional. |
OSSIVOROUS | • ossivorous adj. Bone-eating; of an animal, given to chewing on bones. • OSSIVOROUS adj. feeding on bones. |