<B>osseous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>bony. <BR> <I>Ex. True bone or osseous tissue occurs only in the skeletons of bony fishes and land vertebrates (Tracy I. Storer).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>containing bones. adv. <B>osseously.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="osset">
<B>Osset, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a native or inhabitant of Ossetia, in southern Russia. </DL>
<B>Ossetic, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> the Iranian language spoken by the Ossets. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with the Ossets or their language. Also, <B>Osetic.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="ossianic">
<B>Ossianic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with the style of poetry or rhythmic prose used by James Macpherson in <I>Poems of Ossian</I> (1762) and <I>Temora</I> (1763), purporting to be translations of works by Ossian. <DD><B> 2. </B>grandiloquent; bombastic. <DD><B> 3. </B>of or having to do with Ossian, a legendary Gaelic poet and hero of the 200's A.D. </DL>
<A NAME="ossicle">
<B>ossicle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small bone, especially of the ear. <BR> <I>Ex. As vibrations strike against this drum they set in motion the chain of bones or ossicles of the middle ear (Simeon Potter).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a small bony or bonelike part. <BR> <I>Ex. The individual portions of the skeleton of a starfish, sea urchin, or sea cucumber are termed ossicles (Harbaugh and Goodrich).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ossicular">
<B>ossicular, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with an ossicle or ossicles. </DL>
<A NAME="ossicularchain">
<B>ossicular chain,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a series of three small bones, the malleus, incus, and stapes, located in the middle ear of mammals and connecting the tympanic membrane with the vestibule. </DL>
<B>ossiferous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> containing or yielding bones, as a cave or a geological deposit. </DL>
<A NAME="ossific">
<B>ossific, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> making or forming bone; ossifying. </DL>
<A NAME="ossification">
<B>ossification, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the process of changing into bone. <DD><B> 2. </B>the state of being changed into bone. <DD><B> 3. </B>a part that is ossified; bony formation. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) the state of being or becoming fixed, hardened, or very conservative. <BR> <I>Ex. ... to prevent the ossification that can easily overtake state theatrical enterprises (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ossifrage">
<B>ossifrage, </B>noun. <B>=lammergeier.</B></DL>
<A NAME="ossify">
<B>ossify, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb, <B>-fied,</B> <B>-fying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to change into bone; become bone. <BR> <I>Ex. The soft parts of a baby's skull ossify as he grows older.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to harden like bone; make or become fixed, hardened, or very conservative. <BR> <I>Ex. Long-continued doubt ... must in the end ossify the higher parts of the mind (R. H. Hutton).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ossobuco">
<B>ossobuco</B> or <B>ossobucco, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an Italian dish of braised veal shanks, prepared with olive oil, white wine, vegetables, anchovies, and seasoned stock. </DL>
<A NAME="ossuarium">
<B>ossuarium, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ia.</B> <B>=ossuary.</B></DL>
<A NAME="ossuary">
<B>ossuary, </B>noun, pl. <B>-aries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a vault, urn, or the like for the bones of the dead. <BR> <I>Ex. In addition to the crematory jar, there was an ossuary under the daislike steps before the altar (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
<B>osteichthyan, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a class of fishes having a bony skeleton, gills, scales, and fins. Perch, carp, and trout belong to this class. </DL>
<A NAME="osteichthyes">
<B>Osteichthyes, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> the class of fishes comprising the osteichthyans. </DL>
<A NAME="ostein">
<B>ostein, </B>noun. <B>=ossein.</B></DL>
<A NAME="osteitic">
<B>osteitic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or affected with osteitis. Also, <B>ostitic.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="osteitis">
<B>osteitis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> inflammation of the substance of bone. </DL>
<A NAME="ostensible">
<B>ostensible, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> according to appearances; declared as genuine; apparent; pretended; professed. <BR> <I>Ex. Her ostensible purpose was to borrow sugar, but she really wanted to see her neighbor's new furniture.</I> (SYN) seeming. </DL>
<A NAME="ostensibly">
<B>ostensibly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> on the face of it; as openly stated or shown; apparently. <BR> <I>Ex. Though ostensibly studying his history, he was really drawing pictures behind the big book.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ostensive">
<B>ostensive, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>manifestly or directly demonstrative. <BR> <I>Ex. It has been manifested ... by ostensive proof from Scriptures (Thomas Jackson).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(of a definition) giving meaning to a word by referring to examples coming after it. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=ostensible.</B> adv. <B>ostensively.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="ostensorium">
<B>ostensorium, </B>noun, pl. <B>-soria.</B> <B>=monstrance.</B></DL>
<A NAME="ostensory">
<B>ostensory, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B> <B>=ostensorium.</B></DL>
<A NAME="ostent">
<B>ostent, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) <DD><B> 1a. </B>the act of showing; a show or display. <BR> <I>Ex. fair ostents of love (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>ostentatious display. <DD><B> 2. </B>a sign, portent, or prodigy. <BR> <I>Ex. Latinus, frighted with this dire ostent, For counsel to his father Faunus went (John Dryden).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ostentation">
<B>ostentation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of showing off; display intended to impress others. <BR> <I>Ex. the ostentation of a rich, vain man.</I> (SYN) parade, pomp. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Archaic.) a show, exhibition, or display of something. <BR> <I>Ex. to hide the distress and danger ... under an ostentation of festivity (Hawthorne).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ostentatious">
<B>ostentatious, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>done for display; intended to attract notice. <BR> <I>Ex. He rode his new bicycle up and down in front of our house in an ostentatious way. His religion was sincere, not ostentatious (Joseph Addison).</I> (SYN) showy, spectacular, pretentious, gaudy. <DD><B> 2. </B>showing off; liking to attract notice. <BR> <I>Ex. Were I to detail the books which I have consulted ... I should probably be thought ridiculously ostentatious (James Boswell).</I> adv. <B>ostentatiously.</B> noun <B>ostentatiousness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="osteo">
<B>osteo-,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) bone. <BR> <I>Ex. Osteogenesis = the development or formation of bone.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="osteoarthritic">
<B>osteoarthritic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> affected by or having osteoarthritis. <BR> <I>Ex. an osteoarthritic hip joint.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="osteoarthritis">
<B>osteoarthritis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> arthritis caused by degeneration of the cartilage of the joints, especially in older people. </DL>
<B>osteochondritis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> inflammation of the bone and cartilage. </DL>
<A NAME="osteochondrosis">
<B>osteochondrosis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an abnormal condition of bone and cartilage formation involving temporary degeneration of tissue due to inadequate blood supply. </DL>
<A NAME="osteoclasis">
<B>osteoclasis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the breaking down or absorption of bone tissue. <DD><B> 2. </B>the surgical breaking of a bone to correct deformity. </DL>
<A NAME="osteoclast">
<B>osteoclast, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>one of the large multinuclear cells found in growing bone which absorb bony tissue, as when canals and cavities are formed. <DD><B> 2. </B>a surgical instrument for performing an osteoclasis. </DL>
<A NAME="osteoclastic">
<B>osteoclastic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with osteoclasts. </DL>
<A NAME="osteocyte">
<B>osteocyte, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one of the branched cells that lie in the lacunae of bone tissue. </DL>
<A NAME="osteogenesis">
<B>osteogenesis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the formation or growth of bone. </DL>
<A NAME="osteogenetic">
<B>osteogenetic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with osteogenesis; ossific. </DL>
<B>osteological, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with osteology. adv. <B>osteologically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="osteologist">
<B>osteologist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person skilled in osteology. </DL>
<A NAME="osteology">
<B>osteology, </B>noun, pl. <B>-gies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the branch of anatomy that deals with bones. <DD><B> 2. </B>the bony structure or system of bones of an animal or of a major part of an animal, such as the head or trunk. </DL>
<A NAME="osteoma">
<B>osteoma, </B>noun, pl. <B>-mas,</B> <B>-mata.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tumor composed of bony tissue, usually benign. </DL>
<A NAME="osteomalacia">
<B>osteomalacia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a softening of the bones, usually in adults, caused by the gradual disappearance of calcium salts. </DL>
<A NAME="osteomalacic">
<B>osteomalacic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or affected with osteomalacia. </DL>
<A NAME="osteomyelitis">
<B>osteomyelitis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an inflammation of the bone and bone marrow, caused by infection with certain pus-forming microorganisms. </DL>
