All English words - page 3783

The maintenance of constant osmotic pressure in the fluids of an organism by the control of water and salt concentrations.

Relating to the process by which the amount of water in living things and the substances it contains are controlled

Pass by or as if by osmosis.

Pass by or as if by osmosis.

Pass by or as if by osmosis.

Pass by or as if by osmosis.

A process by which molecules of a solvent tend to pass through a semipermeable membrane from a less concentrated solution into a more concentrated one.

Connected with the process in plants and animals by which a liquid moves gradually from one part of the body or the plant to another through a membrane (= cell covering)

A plant of a genus that includes the royal and cinnamon ferns.

A plant of a genus that includes the royal and cinnamon ferns.

Belonging to or characteristic of the family osmundaceae of ferns, of which osmunda is the type genus.

A plant of a genus that includes the royal and cinnamon ferns.

Osmunda fibre.

A plant of a genus that includes the royal and cinnamon ferns.

A kind of coarse linen or cotton used for such items as furnishings and sacks.

A kind of coarse linen or cotton used for such items as furnishings and sacks.

A shrub or small tree of western north america, oemleria cerasiformis (family rosaceae), bearing racemes of fragrant greenish-white flowers and blue-black fruits (drupes).

A shrub or small tree of western north america, oemleria cerasiformis (family rosaceae), bearing racemes of fragrant greenish-white flowers and blue-black fruits (drupes).

Any of a class of compounds containing two adjacent carbonyl groups, typically obtained by hydrolysing osazones.

An academic discipline or field such as philosophy, theosophy, etc. frequently in plural (usually with disparaging implication): such disciplines collectively.

An academic discipline or field such as philosophy, theosophy, etc. frequently in plural (usually with disparaging implication): such disciplines collectively.

An olfactory organ in some gastropod molluscs, consisting of an area of sensitive tissue on the gill membranes.

An olfactory organ in some gastropod molluscs, consisting of an area of sensitive tissue on the gill membranes.

Originally; †a treatise on the sense of smell and odours (obsolete). later: the scientific study of the sense of smell.

Originally; †a treatise on the sense of smell and odours (obsolete). later: the scientific study of the sense of smell.