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There are 17 five-letter words containing OSS
| BOSSY | • bossy adj. Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering. • bossy n. (US, informal, dated) A cow or calf. • bossy adj. Ornamented with bosses; studded. |
| CROSS | • cross n. A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least… • cross n. (Heraldry) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross. • cross n. A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute… |
| DROSS | • dross n. Waste or impure matter. • dross n. Residue that forms on the surface of molten metal from oxidation. • dross n. The impurities in metal. |
| FLOSS | • floss n. A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth. • floss n. Raw silk fibres. • floss n. The fibres covering a corncob etc.; the loose downy or silky material inside the husks of certain plants… |
| FOSSA | • fossa n. (Anatomy) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression. • fossa n. (Astronomy) A long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon. • fossa n. A large nocturnal reddish-brown catlike mammal (Cryptoprocta ferox) of the civet family, endemic to… |
| FOSSE | • fosse n. A ditch or moat. • fosse n. (Anatomy) Alternative form of fossa. • Fosse prop.n. A surname. |
| GLOSS | • gloss n. A surface shine or luster. • gloss n. (Figuratively) A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance. • gloss v. (Transitive) To give a gloss or sheen to. |
| GOSSE | • GOSSE n. (Shakespeare) gorse. |
| GROSS | • gross adj. (Of behaviour considered to be wrong) Highly or conspicuously offensive. • gross adj. (Of an amount) Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts. • gross adj. (Sciences, pathology) Seen without a microscope (usually for a tissue or an organ); at a large scale; not detailed. |
| LOSSY | • lossy adj. (Telecommunications) Of a communication channel, subject to loss of signal strength. • lossy adj. (Power systems) Of an electricity transmission line, subject to various forms of power loss. • lossy adj. (Computing, of an algorithm for converting or compressing data) Reducing the amount of information in data. |
| MOSSO | • Mosso n. A member of the Mossos d’Esquadra. • Mosso prop.n. A surname. • MOSSO adv. (Italian) in music, with motion or animation. |
| MOSSY | • mossy adj. Covered in or overgrown with moss. • mossy n. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Alternative form of mossie (“mosquito”). • MOSSY adj. covered with moss. |
| OSSIA | • ossia n. (Music) In a musical score, an alternative version of a passage, usually just a few measures long. The… • OSSIA n. (Italian) in music, an alternative passage. |
| POSSE | • posse n. A group or company of people, originally especially one having hostile intent; a throng, a crowd. • posse n. (Now historical, in later use chiefly US) A group of people summoned to help law enforcement. • posse n. (US) A search party. |
| PROSS | • pross n. (Slang) A prostitute. • Pross prop.n. A surname from German. • PROSS n. (colloq.) a prostitute, also PROSSIE, PROSTIE, PROZZIE. |
| STOSS | • stoss adj. (Geology) Facing towards the flow of a glacier or fluid. • STOSS n. the side of a hill facing upstream. |
| TOSSY | • tossy adj. (Dated) Tossing the head, as in scorn or pride; hence, proud, contemptuous, affectedly indifferent. • TOSSY adj. tossing the head, as in scorn or pride. |
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- English Wiktionary: 52 words
- Scrabble in French: 20 words
- Scrabble in Spanish: 1 word
- Scrabble in Italian: 34 words
- Scrabble in German: 22 words
- Scrabble in Romanian: no word
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