Definition of oses Oses
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What does oses mean?
Part of speech
🔤- oses, noun, plural of os.
WordNet
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| os - a mouth or mouthlike opening | ||
| os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates | ||
| bone | ||
| connective tissue tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments | ||
| endoskeleton the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates) | ||
| horn one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates | ||
| furcula a forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds | ||
| splint bone a rudimentary metacarpal or metatarsal bone on either side of the cannon bone in the leg of a horse or related animal | ||
| fetter bone, pastern the part between the fetlock and the hoof | ||
| cannon bone greatly developed metatarsal or metacarpal bone in the shank or cannon part of the leg in hoofed mammals | ||
| fishbone a bone of a fish | ||
| anklebone, astragal, astragalus, talus the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint | ||
| bare bone bone stripped of flesh | ||
| cuboid bone the cube shaped bone on the outer side of the tarsus | ||
| carpal, carpal bone, wrist bone any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates | ||
| cartilage bone any bone that develops within cartilage rather than a fibrous tissue | ||
| centrum the main body of a vertebra | ||
| cheekbone, jugal bone, malar, malar bone, os zygomaticum, zygomatic, zygomatic bone the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek | ||
| clavicle, collarbone bone linking the scapula and sternum | ||
| coccyx, tail bone the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes | ||
| dentin, dentine bone (calcified tissue) surrounding the pulp cavity of a tooth | ||
| ethmoid, ethmoid bone one of the eight bones of the cranium; a small bone filled with air spaces that forms part of the eye sockets and the nasal cavity | ||
| calcaneus, heelbone, os tarsi fibulare the largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel | ||
| hipbone, innominate bone large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis | ||
| hyoid, hyoid bone, os hyoideum a U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles | ||
| ilium the upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone | ||
| ischial bone, ischium, os ischii one of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium | ||
| long bone, os longum in limbs of vertebrate animals: a long cylindrical bone that contains marrow | ||
| ramus the posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical | ||
| membrane bone any bone that develops within membranous tissue without previous cartilage formation; e.g. the clavicle and bones of the skull | ||
| metacarpal, metacarpal bone any bone of the hand between the wrist and fingers | ||
| metatarsal any bone of the foot between the ankle and the toes | ||
| nasal bone, os nasale, nasal an elongated rectangular bone that forms the bridge of the nose | ||
| bonelet, ossicle, ossiculum a small bone; especially one in the middle ear | ||
| os palatinum, palatine bone, palatine either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits | ||
| phalanx any of the bones of the fingers or toes | ||
| os pubis, pubic bone, pubis one of the three sections of the hipbone; together these two bones form the front of the pelvis | ||
| costa, rib a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing) | ||
| round bone bones that are round in shape | ||
| sacrum wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx | ||
| scapula, shoulder blade, shoulder bone either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings | ||
| os sesamoideum, sesamoid, sesamoid bone any of several small round bones formed in a tendon where it passes over a joint | ||
| os breve, short bone a bone that is of approximately equal dimension in all directions | ||
| socket a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted | ||
| os sphenoidale, sphenoid, sphenoid bone butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull | ||
| breastbone, sternum the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs | ||
| corpus sternum, gladiolus the large central part of the breastbone | ||
| manubrium the upper part of the breastbone | ||
| xiphoid process smallest of the three parts of the breastbone; articulates with the corpus sternum and the seventh rib | ||
| tarsal, tarsal bone any bone of the tarsus | ||
| os temporale, temporal bone a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear | ||
| tooth a means of enforcement; "the treaty had no teeth in it" | ||
| turbinal, turbinate, turbinate bone any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates | ||
| tympanic bone the bone enclosing the middle ear | ||
| vertebra one of the bony segments of the spinal column | ||
| arcus zygomaticus, zygoma, zygomatic arch the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone | ||
| bone marrow, marrow the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones | ||
| collagen a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling | ||
| modiolus the central conical bony pillar of the cochlea | ||
| lamella thin plate | ||
| lacrimal bone small fragile bone making up part of the front inner walls of each eye socket and providing room for the passage of the lacrimal ducts | ||
| bone cell a cell that is part of a bone | ||
| condyle a round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone | ||
| coronoid process, processus coronoideus a sharp triangular process projecting from a bone | ||
| skull the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates | ||
| calvaria, skullcap the dome of the skull | ||
| braincase, brainpan, cranium the part of the skull that encloses the brain | ||
| occiput back part of the head or skull | ||
| sinciput the front part of the head or skull (including the forehead) | ||
| jaw holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object | ||
| intercellular substance, ground substance, matrix mold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surface | ||
| vomer thin trapezoidal bone of the skull forming the posterior and inferior parts of the nasal septum | ||
| sutural bone, wormian bone any of the tiny soft bones found in the sutures between cranial bones | ||
| marrowbone a bone containing edible marrow; used especially in flavoring soup | ||
| os - (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services | ||
| operating system, OS | ||
| computer software, software, software program, software system, software package, package (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory; "the market for software is expected to expand" | ||
| platform a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform" | ||
| computer science, computing the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures | ||
| disk operating system, dos an operating system that is on a disk | ||
| unix, unix operating system, unix system trademark for a powerful operating system | ||
| executive program, supervisory program, supervisor a program that controls the execution of other programs | ||
| os - the left eye | ||
| oculus sinister, OS | ||
| os - a hard brittle blue-grey or blue-black metallic element that is one of the platinum metals; the heaviest metal known | ||
| osmium, Os, atomic number 76 | ||
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Wiktionary 
- os (Noun)
An Ordnance Survey map.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- os (n.)
A bone. - os (n.)
A mouth; an opening; an entrance. - os (n.)
One of the ridges of sand or gravel found in Sweden, etc., supposed by some to be of marine origin, but probably formed by subglacial waters. The osar are similar to the kames of Scotland and the eschars of Ireland. See Eschar.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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A set of computer programs that provides basic functionality, manages the hardware and software resources of a computer, and serves as a platform for all application software.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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os, n. a bone. [L.]
Part of speech
🔤- os, noun, singular of oses.
