Ossicula (pl. ) of Ossiculum
Ossiculum (n.) Same as Ossicle.
Ossiferous (a.) Containing or yielding bone.
Ossific (a.) Capable of producing bone; having the power to change cartilage or other tissue into bone.
Ossification (n.) The formation of bone; the process, in the growth of an animal, by which inorganic material (mainly lime salts) is deposited in cartilage or membrane, forming bony tissue; ostosis.
Ossification (n.) The state of being changed into a bony substance; also, a mass or point of ossified tissue.
Ossified (a.) Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues.
Ossifrage (n.) The lammergeir.
Ossifrage (n.) The young of the sea eagle or bald eagle.
Ossifragous (a.) Serving to break bones; bone-breaking.
Ossified (imp. & p. p.) of Ossify
Ossifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ossify
Ossify (v. t.) To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts.
Ossify (v. t.) Fig.: To harden; as, to ossify the heart.
Ossify (v. i.) To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue.
Ossifying (a.) Changing into bone; becoming bone; as, the ossifying process.
Ossivorous (a.) Feeding on bones; eating bones; as, ossivorous quadrupeds.
Osspringer (n.) The osprey.
Ossuarium (n.) A charnel house; an ossuary.
-ries (pl. ) of Ossuary
Ossuary (n.) A place where the bones of the dead are deposited; a charnel house.
Ost (n.) See Oast.
Osteal (a.) Osseous.
Ostein (n.) Ossein.
Osteitis (n.) Inflammation of bone.
Osteler (n.) Same as Hosteler.
Ostend (v. t.) To exhibit; to manifest.
Ostensibility (n.) The quality or state of being ostensible.
Ostensible (a.) Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown.
Ostensible (a.) Shown; exhibited; declared; avowed; professed; apparent; -- often used as opposed to real or actual; as, an ostensible reason, motive, or aim.
Ostensibly (adv.) In an ostensible manner; avowedly; professedly; apparently.
Ostension (n.) The showing of the sacrament on the altar in order that it may receive the adoration of the communicants.
Ostensive (a.) Showing; exhibiting.
Ostensively (adv.) In an ostensive manner.
-soria (pl. ) of Ostensory
-sories (pl. ) of Ostensory
Ostensorium (n.) Alt. of Ostensory
Ostensory (n.) Same as Monstrance.
Ostent (n.) Appearance; air; mien.
Ostent (n.) Manifestation; token; portent.
Ostentate (v. t.) To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly.
Ostentation (n.) The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense.
Ostentation (n.) A show or spectacle.
Ostentatious (a.) Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful.
Ostentator (n.) One fond of display; a boaster.
Ostentive (a.) Ostentatious.
Ostentous (a.) Ostentatious.
Osteo- () A combining form of Gr. / a bone.
Osteoblast (n.) One of the protoplasmic cells which occur in the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum, and from or around which the matrix of the bone is developed; an osteoplast.
Osteoclasis (n.) The operation of breaking a bone in order to correct deformity.
Osteoclast (n.) A myeloplax.
Osteoclast (n.) An instrument for performing osteoclasis.
Osteocolla (n.) A kind of glue obtained from bones.
Osteocolla (n.) A cellular calc tufa, which in some places forms incrustations on the stems of plants, -- formerly supposed to have the quality of uniting fractured bones.
Osteocommata (pl. ) of Osteocomma
Osteocommas (pl. ) of Osteocomma
Osteocomma (n.) A metamere of the vertebrate skeleton; an osteomere; a vertebra.
Osteocope (n.) Pain in the bones; a violent fixed pain in any part of a bone.
Osteocranium (n.) The bony cranium, as distinguished from the cartilaginous cranium.
Osteodentine (n.) A hard substance, somewhat like bone, which is sometimes deposited within the pulp cavity of teeth.
Osteogen (n.) The soft tissue, or substance, which, in developing bone, ultimately undergoes ossification.
Osteogenesis (n.) Alt. of Osteogeny
Osteogeny (n.) The formation or growth of bone.
Osteogenetic (a.) Connected with osteogenesis, or the formation of bone; producing bone; as, osteogenetic tissue; the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum.
Osteogenic (a.) Osteogenetic.
Osteographer (n.) An osteologist.
Osteography (n.) The description of bones; osteology.
Osteoid (a.) Resembling bone; bonelike.
Osteolite (n.) A massive impure apatite, or calcium phosphate.
Osteologer (n.) One versed in osteology; an osteologist.
Osteologic (a.) Alt. of Osteological
Osteological (a.) Of or pertaining to osteology.
Osteologist (n.) One who is skilled in osteology; an osteologer.
Osteology (n.) The science which treats of the bones of the vertebrate skeleton.
Osteomata (pl. ) of Osteoma
Osteoma (n.) A tumor composed mainly of bone; a tumor of a bone.
Osteomalacia (n.) A disease of the bones, in which they lose their earthy material, and become soft, flexible, and distorted. Also called malacia.
Osteomanty (n.) Divination by means of bones.
Osteomere (n.) An osteocomma.
Osteophone (n.) An instrument for transmission of auditory vibrations through the bones of the head, so as to be appreciated as sounds by persons deaf from causes other than those affecting the nervous apparatus of hearing.
Osteoplast (n.) An osteoblast.
Osteoplastic (a.) Producing bone; as, osteoplastic cells.
Osteoplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the replacement of bone; as, an osteoplastic operation.
Osteoplasty (n.) An operation or process by which the total or partial loss of a bone is remedied.
Osteopterygious (a.) Having bones in the fins, as certain fishes.
Osteosarcomata (pl. ) of Osteosarcoma
Osteosarcoma (n.) A tumor having the structure of a sacroma in which there is a deposit of bone; sarcoma connected with bone.
Osteotome (n.) Strong nippers or a chisel for dividing bone.
Osteotomist (n.) One skilled in osteotomy.
Osteotomy (n.) The dissection or anatomy of bones; osteology.
Osteotomy (n.) The operation of dividing a bone or of cutting a piece out of it, -- done to remedy deformity, etc.
Osteozoa (n. pl.) Same as Vertebrata.
-ries (pl. ) of Ostiary
Ostiary (n.) The mouth of a river; an estuary.
Ostiary (n.) One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a porter.
Ostic (a.) Pertaining to, or applied to, the language of the Tuscaroras, Iroquois, Wyandots, Winnebagoes, and a part of the Sioux Indians.
Ostiole (n.) The exterior opening of a stomate. See Stomate.
Ostiole (n.) Any small orifice.
Ostitis (n.) See Osteitis.
Ostia (pl. ) of Ostium