| OSCULA | • oscula n. Plural of osculum. • OSCULUM n. (Latin) a small mouthlike opening e.g. in a sponge, also OSCULE. |
| OSCULANT | • osculant adj. Kissing; hence, touching or meeting; clinging. • osculant adj. (Zoology) Adhering closely; applied to certain creeping animals, such as caterpillars. • osculant adj. (Biology) Intermediate between two genera, groups, families, etc., and having some of the characteristics… |
| OSCULAR | • oscular adj. Of or pertaining to the mouth. • OSCULAR adj. pertaining to the mouth. |
| OSCULATE | • osculate v. (Transitive, intransitive) To kiss. • osculate v. (Mathematics) To touch so as to have the same tangent and curvature at the point of contact. • osculate v. (Intransitive) To make contact. |
| OSCULATED | • osculated v. Simple past tense and past participle of osculate. • OSCULATE v. to kiss. |
| OSCULATES | • osculates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of osculate. • OSCULATE v. to kiss. |
| OSCULATING | • osculating v. Present participle of osculate. • osculating adj. (Mathematics, of a curve) Having three or more points coincident with another. • OSCULATE v. to kiss. |
| OSCULATION | • osculation n. The action of kissing. • osculation n. A kiss. • osculation n. A close contact. |
| OSCULATIONS | • osculations n. Plural of osculation. • OSCULATION n. a kiss; the point where two branches of a curve share, follow a common tangent. |
| OSCULATORIES | • osculatories n. Plural of osculatory. • OSCULATORY n. a carved tablet kissed by priest during celebration of mass. |
| OSCULATORY | • osculatory n. (Christianity) A religious tablet, usually carrying a representation of Christ or the Virgin Mary, which… • osculatory adj. (Formal) Of or relating to kissing. • osculatory adj. (Geometry) Relating to, or having the properties of, an osculatrix; capable of osculation. |
| OSCULE | • oscule n. Obsolete form of osculum. • OSCULE n. a small mouthlike aperture e.g. in a sponge. |
| OSCULES | • oscules n. Plural of oscule. • OSCULE n. a small mouthlike aperture e.g. in a sponge. |
| OSCULUM | • osculum n. (Chiefly zoology) A small opening or orifice. • osculum n. (Zoology, obsolete) One of the suckers on the head of a tapeworm. • osculum n. (Zoology) The main opening in a sponge from which water is expelled. |