English words starting with os - page 2

Meanings of Osiandrian:

adjective

Of or relating to osiander or his beliefs.

Meanings of Osier:

noun

A small eurasian willow which grows mostly in wet habitats. it is usually coppiced, being a major source of the long flexible shoots (withies) used in basketwork.

Usage examples:

Similarly, when flooded, the common osier is able to aerate upper adventitious roots, while deeper …

Meanings of Osiers:

noun

A small eurasian willow which grows mostly in wet habitats. it is usually coppiced, being a major source of the long flexible shoots (withies) used in basketwork.

Usage examples:

Similarly, when flooded, the common osier is able to aerate upper adventitious roots, while deeper …

Meanings of Osirian:

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of osiris, the ancient egyptian god of fertility and ruler of the afterlife.

Usage examples:

The origins of osirian religion

Meanings of Osiride:

adjective

Of, relating to, or depicting the egyptian god osiris; = "osirian".

Meanings of Osiris:

proper noun

A god originally connected with fertility, husband of isis and father of horus. he is known chiefly through the story of his death at the hands of his brother seth and his subsequent restoration to a new life as ruler of the afterlife.

Meanings of Osirism:

noun

In ancient egypt: the cult or ritual associated with osiris.

Meanings of Oslo:

proper noun

The capital and chief port of norway, on the south coast at the head of oslofjord; population 839,423 (2007). founded in the 11th century, it was known as christiania (or kristiania) from 1624 until 1924 in honour of christian iv of norway and denmark (1577–1648).

noun

The capital city of norway, situated in the southern part of the country

Meanings of Osmanli:

adjective

Relating to the ottoman empire or to the turkish dynasty of osman i (othman i).

Usage examples:

Among the many revolts in bosnia against the bureaucratic rule of the osmanli turks that of 1830-31…

noun

A turk, especially of the period of the ottoman empire.

Meanings of Osmanthus:

noun

A genus of the family oleaceae comprising evergreen shrubs and small trees native to eastern asia, the middle east, and southern north america, usually having fragrant white or cream flowers; (also osmanthus) any plant of this genus.

Meanings of Osmate:

noun

A salt or ester of osmic acid; a salt containing oxyanions of osmium, especially one containing the anion [oso₂ (oh)₄ ]2−.

Meanings of Osmaterium:

noun

An organ capable of emitting a penetrating or noxious odour; specifically an eversible gland on the first thoracic segment of certain papilionid caterpillars.

Meanings of Osmatic:

adjective

Having well-developed olfactory organs and a good sense of smell; macrosmatic. compare "anosmatic", microsmatic .

Meanings of Osmazome:

noun

A name formerly given to that substance or mixture of substances soluble in water and alcohol which gives meat its flavour and smell; (more generally) meat juice or extract.

Meanings of Osmeterium:

noun

An organ capable of emitting a penetrating or noxious odour; specifically an eversible gland on the first thoracic segment of certain papilionid caterpillars.

Meanings of Osmic:

adjective

Relating to odours or the sense of smell.

Usage examples:

A predator doused by the skunk's osmic barrage is doubtless deterred.

Meanings of Osmics:

noun

With singular agreement. the branch of science concerned with odours and the sense of smell.

Meanings of Osmiridium:

noun

A naturally occurring alloy of osmium and iridium, often with traces of other metals; (mineralogy) an alloy having a cubic crystal structure and in which iridium predominates.

Meanings of Osmite:

noun

A salt obtained following reduction of osmic acid, or derived from a lower oxide of osmium; specifically a salt of the anion [oso₂ (oh)₄ ]2−. compare osmate , osmiate .

Meanings of Osmium:

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 76, a hard, dense silvery-white metal of the transition series.

Usage examples:

Scientists speculate that the asteroids would probably be very rich in minerals with a very high me…

Meanings of Osmol:

noun

The amount of a solute that contains or produces one mole of osmotically active particles when in solution. also (in plural): osmotically active particles.

Meanings of Osmolal:

adjective

Of the concentration of a solution: expressed in osmoles of solute per kilogram of solvent. also: designating a solution that contains one osmole, or a specified number of osmoles, per kilogram of solvent, or the solute present in such a solution.

Meanings of Osmolality:

noun

The concentration of a solution expressed as the total number of solute particles per kilogram.

Usage examples:

They are also regulatory organs, controlling the volume and the composition of the body fluids and …

Meanings of Osmolar:

adjective

Of the concentration of a solution: expressed in terms of the quantity of osmotically active solute particles per unit; specifically expressed in osmoles of solute per litre of solution. also: designating a solution that contains one osmole, or a specified number of osmoles, per litre of solution, or the solute present in such a solution; of or relating to osmotically active particles.

Meanings of Osmolarity:

noun

The concentration of a solution expressed as the total number of solute particles per litre.

Usage examples:

Total osmolarity, and final ph of all solutions, was always verified to ensure consistency.