9-letter words containing OS
Embark on an exploration of 9-letter words that contain the letter OS. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate OS within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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explosion | 18 | a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction | - |
possessed | 12 | influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion | by love possessed |
curiosity | 14 | something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting | - |
explosive | 21 | liable to lead to sudden change or violence | an explosive issue |
diagnosis | 11 | identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon | - |
diagnosed | 12 | - | - |
horoscope | 16 | a diagram of the positions of the planets and signs of the zodiac at a particular time and place | - |
proposing | 14 | - | - |
postponed | 14 | - | - |
grandiose | 11 | affectedly genteel | - |
prosecute | 13 | carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in | - |
crossword | 15 | a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle | - |
psychosis | 19 | any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted | - |
hostility | 15 | the feeling of a hostile person | he could no longer contain his hostility |
nostalgia | 10 | longing for something past | - |
nostalgic | 12 | unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons | - |
purposely | 16 | with intention; in an intentional manner | - |
galapagos | 13 | a group of islands in the Pacific off South America; owned by Ecuador; known for unusual animal life | - |
ecosystem | 16 | a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment | - |
supposing | 14 | - | - |
scenarios | 11 | - | - |
gossiping | 13 | a conversation that spreads personal information about other people | - |
nosebleed | 12 | bleeding from the nose | - |
composite | 15 | considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers | - |
overdosed | 14 | - | - |
pantyhose | 17 | a woman's tights consisting of underpants and stockings | - |
prognosis | 12 | a prediction of the course of a disease | - |
posterity | 14 | all of the offspring of a given progenitor | we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity |
enclosure | 11 | something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter | - |
animosity | 14 | a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility | - |
albatross | 11 | (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps | she was an albatross around his neck |
disclosed | 13 | made known (especially something secret or concealed) | the disclosed purpose of their wicked plan |
composing | 16 | the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole | - |
frostbite | 14 | destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene | - |
crossover | 14 | a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party | - |
symposium | 18 | a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations | - |
macintosh | 16 | a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric | - |
crossfire | 14 | a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions | - |
cirrhosis | 14 | a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism | - |
closeness | 11 | close or warm friendship | - |
innermost | 11 | situated or occurring farthest within | the innermost chamber |
composure | 15 | steadiness of mind under stress | he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity |
implosion | 13 | a sudden inward collapse | the implosion of a light bulb |
crossroad | 12 | a junction where one street or road crosses another | - |
engrossed | 11 | giving or marked by complete attention to | that engrossed look or rapt delight |
aerospace | 13 | the atmosphere and outer space considered as a whole | - |
whosoever | 18 | - | - |
prostrate | 11 | get into a prostrate position, as in submission | - |
foreclose | 14 | keep from happening or arising; make impossible | - |
sclerosis | 11 | any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue | - |
decompose | 16 | separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts | - |
cosmonaut | 13 | a person trained to travel in a spacecraft | the Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts |
corrosion | 11 | erosion by chemical action | - |
disposing | 13 | - | - |
microcosm | 17 | a miniature model of something | - |
crosswalk | 18 | a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other | - |
cosmology | 17 | the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe | - |
corrosive | 14 | of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action | - |
colosseum | 13 | a large amphitheater in Rome whose construction was begun by Vespasian about AD 75 or 80 | - |
biosphere | 16 | the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist | - |
posterior | 11 | coming at a subsequent time or stage | the mood posterior to |
loosening | 10 | the act of making something less tight | - |
colostomy | 16 | a surgical operation that creates an opening from the colon to the surface of the body to function as an anus | - |
posturing | 12 | adopting a vain conceited posture | - |
motocross | 13 | - | - |
opposable | 15 | capable of being placed opposite to something | the thumb is opposable to the forefinger |
symbiosis | 16 | the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other | - |
repossess | 11 | claim back | - |
fostering | 13 | encouragement; aiding the development of something | - |
endoscope | 14 | a long slender medical instrument for examining the interior of a bodily organ or performing minor surgery | - |
apostolic | 13 | proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles | - |
proboscis | 15 | a long flexible snout as of an elephant | - |
phosphate | 19 | a salt of phosphoric acid | - |
scoliosis | 11 | an abnormal lateral curve to the vertebral column | - |
cellulose | 11 | a polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers | - |
crosstown | 14 | going or extending across a town or city | the crosstown bus |
halitosis | 12 | offensive breath | - |
ponderosa | 12 | common and widely distributed tall timber pine of western North America having dark green needles in bunches of 2 to 5 and thick bark with dark brown plates when mature | - |
viscosity | 17 | resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow) | - |
underboss | 12 | an assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate) | - |
gyroscope | 17 | rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction | - |
enclosing | 12 | the act of enclosing something inside something else | - |
osteopath | 14 | a therapist who manipulates the skeleton and muscles | - |
transpose | 11 | transfer from one place or period to another | - |
possessor | 11 | a person who owns something | - |
isosceles | 11 | (of a triangle) having two sides of equal length | - |
cruzeiros | 20 | - | - |
footloose | 12 | free to go or do as one pleases | Americans have always been a footloose people always moving on |
crossbeam | 15 | a horizontal beam that extends across something | - |
unopposed | 14 | not having opposition or an opponent | unopposed military forces |
arpeggios | 13 | - | - |
outermost | 11 | situated at the farthest possible point from a center | - |
crosswind | 15 | wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft | - |
crosswise | 14 | transversely | - |
mongooses | 12 | - | - |
oscillate | 11 | be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action | He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement |
sombreros | 13 | - | - |
uncrossed | 12 | (of a check) not crossed | - |
costliest | 11 | - | - |
crossbred | 14 | bred from parents of different varieties or species | - |
grossness | 10 | the quality of lacking taste and refinement | - |
theosophy | 20 | a system of belief based on mystical insight into the nature of God and the soul | - |
uttermost | 11 | of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity | in the uttermost distress |
uppermost | 15 | at or nearest to the top | the uppermost book in the pile |
postulate | 11 | maintain or assert | - |
posthaste | 14 | - | - |
pomposity | 18 | lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity | - |
recompose | 15 | - | - |
imposture | 13 | pretending to be another person | - |
macrocosm | 17 | everything that exists anywhere | - |
dosimeter | 12 | a measuring instrument for measuring doses of ionizing radiation (X-rays or radioactivity) | - |
endoscopy | 17 | visual examination of the interior of a hollow body organ by use of an endoscope | - |
virtuosic | 14 | - | - |
tournedos | 10 | thick steak cut from the beef tenderloin | - |
postnatal | 11 | occurring immediately after birth | postnatal development |
prostatic | 13 | relating to the prostate gland | - |
looseness | 9 | dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure | - |
ghostlike | 17 | resembling or characteristic of a phantom | - |
adenosine | 10 | (biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP | - |
ostracize | 20 | avoid speaking to or dealing with | Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me |
ostracism | 13 | the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) | - |
osteology | 13 | the branch of anatomy that studies the bones of the vertebrate skeleton | - |
sostenuto | 9 | - | - |
postdated | 13 | - | - |
repurpose | 13 | - | - |
interpose | 11 | get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force | - |
juxtapose | 25 | place side by side | The fauvists juxtaposed strong colors |
librettos | 11 | - | - |
costuming | 14 | - | - |
crossable | 13 | - | - |
ecosphere | 16 | - | - |
grandioso | 11 | - | - |
guidepost | 13 | a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior | - |
bellicose | 13 | having or showing a ready disposition to fight | bellicose young officers |
bossiness | 11 | - | - |
appaloosa | 13 | a hardy breed of saddle horse developed in western North America and characteristically having a spotted rump | - |
anosmatic | 13 | relating to an impairment or loss of the sense of smell | - |
mischoose | 16 | - | - |
mischosen | 16 | - | - |
mishegoss | 15 | (Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity | - |
monoskier | 15 | - | - |
monosomes | 13 | - | - |
monosomic | 15 | - | - |
monostele | 11 | - | - |
monostely | 14 | - | - |
monostich | 16 | - | - |
monostome | 13 | - | - |
monostyle | 14 | - | - |
montantos | 11 | - | - |
mosquitos | 20 | - | - |
mossbacks | 19 | - | - |
mossgrown | 15 | - | - |
mossiness | 11 | - | - |
mosslands | 12 | - | - |
mossplant | 13 | - | - |
moskonfyt | 21 | - | - |
moschatel | 16 | - | - |
mosaicism | 15 | the condition in which an organism has two or more cell populations that differ in genetic makeup | - |
mosaicist | 13 | - | - |
mosaicked | 18 | - | - |
mosasauri | 11 | - | - |
mosasaurs | 11 | - | - |
moosebird | 14 | - | - |
moosewood | 15 | maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn | - |
mooseyard | 15 | - | - |
morphoses | 16 | - | - |
morphosis | 16 | - | - |
moderatos | 12 | - | - |
monoceros | 13 | - | - |
mundungos | 13 | - | - |
mungooses | 12 | - | - |
myoscopes | 18 | - | - |
mutoscope | 15 | - | - |
motoscafo | 16 | - | - |
motoscafi | 16 | - | - |
muchachos | 21 | - | - |
necrosing | 12 | - | - |
neutrinos | 9 | - | - |
nervosity | 15 | - | - |
nephroses | 14 | - | - |
nephrosis | 14 | a syndrome characterized by edema and large amounts of protein in the urine and usually increased blood cholesterol; usually associated with glomerulonephritis or with a complication of various systemic diseases | - |
nanoscale | 11 | - | - |
nonpostal | 11 | - | - |
nonfossil | 12 | - | - |
nonglossy | 13 | - | - |
nonkosher | 16 | not conforming to dietary laws | - |
nitrosyls | 12 | - | - |
noctilios | 11 | - | - |
nigrosine | 10 | - | - |
nigrosins | 10 | - | - |
oakmosses | 15 | - | - |
obligatos | 12 | - | - |
nopalitos | 11 | - | - |
noosphere | 14 | - | - |
nosedives | 13 | - | - |
noseguard | 11 | - | - |
noselites | 9 | - | - |
nosepiece | 13 | the link between two lenses; rests on the nose | - |
nosewheel | 15 | a wheel located under the nose of an airplane that is part of the plane's landing gear | - |
nosheries | 12 | - | - |
nosologic | 12 | - | - |
nosedived | 14 | - | - |
northmost | 14 | situated farthest north | - |
nosebands | 12 | - | - |
nostology | 13 | - | - |
oosporous | 11 | - | - |
oospheres | 14 | - | - |
oncostman | 13 | - | - |
oncostmen | 13 | - | - |
operosely | 14 | - | - |
operosity | 14 | - | - |
opposably | 18 | - | - |
opposites | 13 | - | - |
octostyle | 14 | - | - |
ocotillos | 11 | - | - |
oratorios | 9 | - | - |
organosol | 10 | - | - |
osteotomy | 14 | surgical sectioning of bone | - |
ostracode | 12 | - | - |
ostracods | 12 | - | - |
ostregers | 10 | - | - |
ostriches | 14 | - | - |
ostiaries | 9 | - | - |
ostinatos | 9 | - | - |
ostiolate | 9 | - | - |
ostleress | 9 | - | - |
ostomates | 11 | - | - |
ostosises | 9 | - | - |
ostracean | 11 | - | - |
ostracise | 11 | avoid speaking to or dealing with | - |
ouroboros | 11 | - | - |
ouroscopy | 16 | - | - |
otoscopes | 13 | - | - |
otoscopic | 15 | - | - |
ottavinos | 12 | - | - |
osteotome | 11 | - | - |
oscitance | 13 | an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom | - |
oscitancy | 16 | an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom | he apologized for his oscitancy |
oscitated | 12 | - | - |
oscitates | 11 | - | - |
osculated | 12 | - | - |
osculates | 11 | - | - |
osmeteria | 11 | - | - |
osmically | 16 | - | - |
orthroses | 12 | - | - |
osmometer | 13 | - | - |
osmometry | 16 | - | - |
osmundine | 12 | - | - |
ostensive | 12 | represented or appearing as such; pretended | - |
ostensory | 12 | - | - |
osteocyte | 14 | mature bone cell | - |
osteoderm | 12 | - | - |
osteogens | 10 | - | - |
osteogeny | 13 | - | - |
osteomata | 11 | - | - |
ossuaries | 9 | - | - |
ossifying | 16 | - | - |
osnaburgs | 12 | - | - |
ossariums | 11 | - | - |
ossatures | 9 | - | - |
osseously | 12 | - | - |
ossicular | 11 | pertaining to the ossicles in the middle ear | - |
ossifiers | 12 | - | - |
ossifraga | 13 | - | - |
ossifrage | 13 | - | - |
overclose | 14 | - | - |
overdoses | 13 | - | - |
pachinkos | 20 | - | - |
oviposits | 14 | - | - |
overposts | 14 | - | - |
papillose | 13 | of or relating to or resembling papilla | - |
pappooses | 15 | - | - |
pantihose | 14 | - | - |
paradoses | 12 | - | - |
palaminos | 13 | - | - |
paleosols | 11 | - | - |
padereros | 12 | - | - |
pancosmic | 17 | - | - |
palmettos | 13 | - | - |
palominos | 13 | - | - |
patereros | 11 | - | - |
pedereros | 12 | - | - |
pecorinos | 13 | - | - |
parosmias | 13 | - | - |
parcloses | 13 | - | - |
pastitsos | 11 | - | - |
melanoses | 11 | - | - |
melanosis | 11 | a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin) | - |
merosomes | 13 | - | - |
matrosses | 11 | - | - |
megadoses | 13 | - | - |
meiospore | 13 | - | - |
millimhos | 16 | - | - |
mileposts | 13 | - | - |
milesimos | 13 | - | - |
minimotos | 13 | - | - |
minutiose | 11 | - | - |
mesoscale | 13 | - | - |
mesosomes | 13 | - | - |
micromhos | 18 | - | - |
microsome | 15 | a tiny granule in the cytoplasm that is where protein synthesis takes place under the direction of mRNA | - |
microsite | 13 | - | - |
windroses | 13 | - | - |
whooshing | 19 | - | - |
whoosises | 15 | - | - |
yakimonos | 18 | - | - |
xeroseres | 16 | - | - |
xerostoma | 18 | - | - |
zecchinos | 25 | - | - |
woodwoses | 16 | - | - |
zooscopic | 24 | - | - |
zoospores | 20 | - | - |
zoosporic | 22 | - | - |
zoosterol | 18 | - | - |
zygosperm | 26 | - | - |
zygospore | 24 | a plant spore formed by two similar sexual cells | - |
zuchettos | 23 | - | - |
zoosperms | 22 | - | - |
vorticose | 14 | - | - |
villosity | 15 | - | - |
vindaloos | 13 | - | - |
viosterol | 12 | a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets | - |
villagios | 13 | - | - |
villiagos | 13 | - | - |
vitiligos | 13 | - | - |
vitiosity | 15 | - | - |
virtuosos | 12 | - | - |
virtuosas | 12 | - | - |
wayzgoose | 25 | - | - |
waygooses | 16 | - | - |
whakairos | 19 | - | - |
wallaroos | 12 | - | - |
wanderoos | 13 | - | - |
waterloos | 12 | - | - |
sargassos | 10 | - | - |
sarcosome | 13 | a large mitochondrion in a striated muscle fiber | - |
scabiosas | 13 | - | - |
sclerosed | 12 | relating to or having sclerosis; hardened | - |
scolioses | 11 | - | - |
scleroses | 11 | - | - |
scooshing | 15 | - | - |
sclerosal | 11 | - | - |
schistose | 14 | - | - |
sciosophy | 19 | - | - |
sciroccos | 15 | - | - |
schmooses | 16 | - | - |
schmoosed | 17 | - | - |
schlosses | 14 | - | - |
seicentos | 11 | - | - |
selenosis | 9 | - | - |
selenoses | 9 | - | - |
semihobos | 16 | - | - |
semigloss | 12 | a paint that dries with a finish between glossy and flat | - |
secaloses | 11 | - | - |
shahtoosh | 18 | - | - |
shammosim | 18 | - | - |
sforzatos | 21 | - | - |
seraglios | 10 | - | - |
sestettos | 9 | - | - |
sideroses | 10 | - | - |
siderosis | 10 | fibrosis of the lung caused by iron dust; occurs among welders and other metal workers | - |
shmoosing | 15 | - | - |
shloshims | 17 | - | - |
skooshing | 17 | - | - |
signposts | 12 | - | - |
silicoses | 11 | - | - |
silicosis | 11 | a lung disease caused by inhaling particles of silica or quartz or slate | - |
siliquose | 18 | - | - |
sinuosity | 12 | having curves | he hated the sinuosity of mountain roads |
smooshing | 15 | - | - |
slooshing | 13 | - | - |
sloshiest | 12 | - | - |
sloshings | 13 | - | - |
slipnoose | 11 | - | - |
soundpost | 12 | - | - |
southmost | 14 | situated farthest south | - |
sorosises | 9 | - | - |
sostenuti | 9 | - | - |
solidagos | 11 | - | - |
spinosity | 14 | - | - |
spinulose | 11 | - | - |
spinosely | 14 | - | - |
spiritoso | 11 | - | - |
spiccatos | 15 | - | - |
spilosite | 11 | - | - |
spodosols | 12 | - | - |
spongiose | 12 | - | - |
splooshed | 15 | - | - |
splooshes | 14 | - | - |
sploshing | 15 | - | - |
spadillos | 12 | - | - |
staccatos | 13 | - | - |
squooshed | 22 | - | - |
squooshes | 21 | - | - |
stampedos | 14 | - | - |
sposhiest | 14 | - | - |
squarrose | 18 | - | - |
squamosal | 20 | - | - |
stoccados | 14 | - | - |
sticcados | 14 | - | - |
sticcatos | 13 | - | - |
stilettos | 9 | - | - |
stooshies | 12 | - | - |
steatosis | 9 | - | - |
steatoses | 9 | - | - |
starnoses | 9 | - | - |
starostas | 9 | - | - |
sternpost | 11 | (nautical) the principal upright timber at the stern of a vessel | - |
sternmost | 11 | - | - |
stegnoses | 10 | - | - |
stegnosis | 10 | - | - |
stegosaur | 10 | herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon | - |
strossers | 9 | - | - |
subcostae | 13 | - | - |
subcostal | 13 | - | - |
subfossil | 14 | - | - |
riroriros | 9 | - | - |
ritenutos | 9 | - | - |
riposting | 12 | - | - |
rightmost | 15 | farthest to the right | in the rightmost line of traffic |
rockroses | 15 | - | - |
rhamnoses | 14 | - | - |
ribosomal | 13 | - | - |
ribosomes | 13 | - | - |
rheostats | 12 | - | - |
roseslugs | 10 | - | - |
rosewater | 12 | - | - |
rosewoods | 13 | - | - |
rosinates | 9 | - | - |
rosinweed | 13 | any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock | - |
rosmarine | 11 | - | - |
rosoglios | 10 | - | - |
rostellar | 9 | - | - |
roseroots | 9 | - | - |
rosefinch | 17 | - | - |
rosaceous | 11 | of something having a dusty purplish pink color | - |
rosanilin | 9 | - | - |
rosarians | 9 | - | - |
rosariums | 11 | - | - |
roseately | 12 | - | - |
rosebowls | 14 | - | - |
rostellum | 11 | - | - |
rostering | 10 | - | - |
rostrally | 12 | - | - |
rostrated | 10 | - | - |
rubbaboos | 15 | - | - |
taleggios | 11 | - | - |
symposiac | 18 | - | - |
symposial | 16 | - | - |
symptoses | 16 | - | - |
symptosis | 16 | - | - |
symbioses | 16 | - | - |
teleosaur | 9 | - | - |
teosintes | 9 | - | - |
tenebrose | 11 | - | - |
tenebrios | 11 | - | - |
tapacolos | 13 | - | - |
tapaculos | 13 | - | - |
tapaderos | 12 | - | - |
tediosity | 13 | - | - |
theotokos | 16 | - | - |
thermoses | 14 | - | - |
thermoset | 14 | having the property of becoming permanently hard and rigid when heated or cured | the phenol resins and plastics were the original synthetic thermosetting materials |
threnoses | 12 | - | - |
throstles | 12 | - | - |
thrombose | 16 | become blocked by a thrombus | the blood vessel thrombosed |
theosophs | 17 | - | - |
terzettos | 18 | - | - |
testcross | 11 | a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring | - |
terrazzos | 27 | - | - |
tomentose | 11 | densely covered with short matted woolly hairs | a tomentose leaf |
tokoloshe | 16 | - | - |
tokoloshi | 16 | - | - |
tokotokos | 17 | - | - |
tornillos | 9 | - | - |
tikoloshe | 16 | - | - |
thymosins | 17 | - | - |
trapuntos | 11 | - | - |
trecentos | 11 | - | - |
trehalose | 12 | - | - |
toxicosis | 18 | - | - |
toxicoses | 18 | - | - |
toruloses | 9 | - | - |
torulosis | 9 | - | - |
troostite | 9 | - | - |
tucotucos | 13 | - | - |
tucutucos | 13 | - | - |
tubenoses | 11 | - | - |
tuberoses | 11 | - | - |
triclosan | 11 | - | - |
trichoses | 14 | - | - |
trichosis | 14 | - | - |
umbrellos | 13 | - | - |
tyrosines | 12 | - | - |
uliginose | 10 | - | - |
ultraposh | 14 | - | - |
twoseater | 12 | - | - |
twostroke | 16 | - | - |
twelvemos | 17 | - | - |
undermost | 12 | - | - |