| COSY | • cosy adj. Affording comfort and warmth; snug; social. • cosy adj. Warm and comfortable. • cosy n. A padded or knit covering put on an item to keep it warm, especially a teapot or egg. |
| NOSY | • nosy adj. Prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle. • nosy adj. Having a large or elongated nose. • nosy n. (UK, slang) A look at something to satisfy one’s curiosity. |
| OOSY | • oosy adj. Archaic form of oozy. • OOSY adj. (Scots) having fluff. |
| POSY | • posy n. A flower; a small bouquet; a nosegay. • posy n. (Archaic) A verse of poetry, especially a motto or an inscription on a ring. • POSY adj. given to posing, also POSEY. |
| ROSY | • rosy adj. Rose-coloured. • rosy adj. Resembling rose, as in scent of perfume. • rosy adj. (Figuratively) Optimistic. |
| BROSY | • brosy adj. (Scotland) In rural and farming circles, stout and strong; well-built; well fed with brose. • brosy adj. Semiliquid. • brosy adj. Containing brose. |
| GOOSY | • goosy adj. Characteristic of a goose; anserine. • goosy adj. (Informal) foolish; silly. • goosy n. (Childish, informal) A goose. |
| PROSY | • prosy adj. (Of speech or writing) Unpoetic; dull and unimaginative. • prosy adj. (Of a person) Behaving in a dull way; boring, tedious. • PROSY adj. prosaic, tedious. |
| ARGOSY | • argosy n. A merchant ship. • argosy n. A merchant flotilla, fleet. • argosy n. An abundant supply, boatload. |
| CHOOSY | • choosy adj. Taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one’s tastes, desires or requirements. • CHOOSY adj. difficult to please, fastidious, also CHOOSEY. |
| FLOOSY | • floosy n. Alternative spelling of floozie. • FLOOSY n. a prostitute, also FLOOSIE, FLOOZIE, FLOOZY, FLOSSIE. |
| GELOSY | • gelosy n. Obsolete form of jealousy. • GELOSY n. (Spenser) being resentful of another's advantages, also JEALOUSY, GEALOUSY. |
| MONOSY | • MONOSY n. a separation of parts normally fused, also MONOSIS. |
| LEPROSY | • leprosy n. (Medicine) An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve… • leprosy n. (Medicine, now usually proscribed) Similar contagious skin diseases causing light patches of scaly skin… • leprosy n. (Figurative) Anything considered similarly permanent, harmful, and communicable, particularly when such… |
| GEOGNOSY | • geognosy n. (Obsolete or historical) The geological study of the Earth’s structure and composition. • GEOGNOSY n. a branch of geology, knowledge of the general structure of the earth. |
| KOLKHOSY | • kolkhosy n. Plural of kolkhos. • KOLKHOS n. (Russian) a collective farm in Russia, also KOLHOZ, KOLKHOZ, KOLKOZ. |
| PRIMROSY | • primrosy adj. Having primroses growing. • PRIMROSY adj. full of primroses. |
| ANTILEPROSY | • antileprosy adj. (Medicine) Countering leprosy. • ANTILEPROSY adj. designed to prevent leprosy. |
| PHARMACOGNOSY | • pharmacognosy n. A branch of pharmacology that studies medical substances that are derived from natural sources, and their recognition. • PHARMACOGNOSY n. the study of drugs of animal and plant origin. |