| OSSIFEROUS | • ossiferous adj. Containing or yielding bone. • OSSIFEROUS adj. bearing bones. |
| OSSIFIC | • ossific adj. Capable of producing bone; having the power to change cartilage or other tissue into bone. • OSSIFIC adj. capable of producing bone; having the power to change cartilage or other tissue into bone. |
| OSSIFICATION | • ossification n. The normal process by which bone is formed. • ossification n. The calcification of tissue into a bonelike mass; the mass so formed. • ossification n. The process of becoming set in one’s ways or beliefs; rigid conventionality. |
| OSSIFICATIONS | • ossifications n. Plural of ossification. • OSSIFICATION n. the natural process of bone formation. |
| OSSIFIED | • ossified adj. Having undergone the process of ossification (transformation into bone). • ossified adj. (Figurative) Inflexible, old-fashioned. • ossified adj. (Ireland, US, slang) Drunk. |
| OSSIFIER | • ossifier n. One who, or that which, ossifies. • OSSIFIER n. an agent that causes ossification. |
| OSSIFIERS | • ossifiers n. Plural of ossifier. • OSSIFIER n. an agent that causes ossification. |
| OSSIFIES | • ossifies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ossify. • OSSIFY v. to change into bone; to become callous or conventional. |
| OSSIFRAGA | • ossifraga n. Alternative form of ossifrage. • OSSIFRAGA n. (Latin) the giant fulmar. |
| OSSIFRAGAS | • ossifragas n. Plural of ossifraga. • OSSIFRAGA n. (Latin) the giant fulmar. |
| OSSIFRAGE | • ossifrage n. (Archaic) Gypaetus barbatus, the diet of which is almost exclusively bone marrow. • ossifrage n. (Obsolete) The young of the sea eagle or bald eagle. • ossifrage n. (Britain) The osprey. |
| OSSIFRAGES | • ossifrages n. Plural of ossifrage. • OSSIFRAGE n. (Biblical) a large bird of prey, e.g. a hawk, buzzard, vulture, or eagle. |
| OSSIFY | • ossify v. (Transitive, intransitive) To transform (or cause to transform) from a softer animal substance into… • ossify v. (Transitive, intransitive, animate) To become (or cause to become) inflexible and rigid in habits or opinions. • ossify v. (Transitive, intransitive, inanimate) To grow (or cause to grow) formulaic and permanent. |
| OSSIFYING | • ossifying v. Present participle of ossify. • OSSIFY v. to change into bone; to become callous or conventional. |
| UNOSSIFIED | • unossified adj. Not ossified. • UNOSSIFIED adj. destitute of a bony structure. |