| CELOSIAS | • celosias n. Plural of celosia. • CELOSIA n. an ornamental plant of the amaranth family. |
| CLOSINGS | • closings n. Plural of closing. • CLOSING n. a concluding part. |
| CYCLOSIS | • cyclosis n. (Biology) The circulation of protoplasm within a cell. • CYCLOSIS n. the circulation of cytoplasm. |
| DIPLOSIS | • DIPLOSIS n. a method of chromosome formation. |
| ECLOSING | • eclosing v. Present participle of eclose. • ECLOSE v. to emerge from a pupal case. |
| ECLOSION | • eclosion n. (Biology) The emergence of an insect from the pupa case, or of a larva from the egg. • ECLOSION n. the emergence of insect from pupa. |
| GELOSIES | • gelosies n. Plural of gelosy. • GELOSY n. (Spenser) being resentful of another's advantages, also JEALOUSY, GEALOUSY. |
| GULOSITY | • gulosity n. (Now rare) Excessive appetite; greed, gluttony. • GULOSITY n. (archaic) enormous appetite; greediness. |
| HAPLOSIS | • haplosis n. (Biology) The halving of the number of chromosomes during meiosis, resulting in the haploid number. • HAPLOSIS n. the halving of the chromosome number. |
| KYLLOSIS | • kyllosis n. (Medicine, rare) clubfoot. • KYLLOSIS n. clubfoot. |
| LOSINGLY | • losingly adv. In a manner that loses or will lose. • losingly adv. (Rare or obsolete) In a manner that causes loss. • LOSING adv. tending to suffer loss. |
| PILOSITY | • pilosity n. The quality or state of being pilose. • PILOSITY n. the state of being pilose; hairiness. |
| PLOSIONS | • plosions n. Plural of plosion. • PLOSION n. a release of breath after articulating certain consonants. |
| PLOSIVES | • plosives n. Plural of plosive. • PLOSIVE n. an explosive (sound), as p. |
| PSILOSIS | • psilosis n. (Phonology) The sound change by which Greek lost the consonant sound /h/ during antiquity. • psilosis n. (Medicine) Sprue, a disease of the small intestine. • PSILOSIS n. (Greek) loss of hair. |
| PTILOSIS | • ptilosis n. (Ornithology) The appearance or study of feathers on a bird, including factors such as their texture or shape. • ptilosis n. (Medicine) Loss of the eyelashes, due to ulceration or other damage to the follicles. • PTILOSIS n. (Greek) plumage or mode of feathering. |
| THYLOSIS | • THYLOSIS n. an ingrowth from a neighbouring cell through a pit into a vessel, also THYLOSE, TYLOSIS. |
| TYLOSINS | • tylosins n. Plural of tylosin. • TYLOSIN n. an antibiotic. |