Words Containing OSS

Here's the list of all the 783 Words Containing OSS in the English Language.

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possible
1. something that can be done
2. an applicant who might be suitable
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loss
1. something that is lost
2. gradual decline in amount or activity
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across
1. to the opposite side
2. transversely
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cross
1. travel across or pass over
2. meet at a point
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glossary
1. an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field
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possibly
1. by chance
2. to a degree possible of achievement or by possible means
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possibility
1. a future prospect or potential
2. capability of existing or happening or being true
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gross
1. twelve dozen
2. the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
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impossible
1. something that cannot be done
2. totally unlikely
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losses
1. something lost (especially money lost at gambling)
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boss
1. raise in a relief
2. a person who exercises control over workers
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crossing
1. traveling across
2. a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
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possession
1. the act of having and controlling property
2. anything owned or possessed
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gossip
1. light informal conversation for social occasions
2. a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
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moss
1. tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
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possess
1. have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill
2. have ownership or possession of
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fossil
1. characteristic of a fossil
2. someone whose style is out of fashion
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crossword
1. a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle
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crossed
1. placed crosswise
2. (of a check) marked for deposit only as indicated by having two lines drawn across it
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lacrosse
1. a game invented by American Indians; now played by two teams who use long-handled rackets to catch and carry and throw the ball toward the opponents' goal
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gloss
1. an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
2. an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field
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glossy
1. a magazine printed on good quality paper
2. a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper
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blossom
1. reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
2. the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
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crossroads
1. a community of people smaller than a village
2. a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
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crossover
1. the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis
2. a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party
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toss
1. throw or toss with a light motion
2. lightly throw to see which side comes up
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possessed
1. of, pertaining to, or like a demon or possession by a demon
2. influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion
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crosse
1. a long racket with a triangular frame; used in playing lacrosse
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embossed
1. embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery
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crossfire
1. a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions
2. fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross
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joss
1. a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol
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posse
1. a temporary police force
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dossier
1. a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person's record)
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floss
1. use dental floss to clean
2. a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery
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colossal
1. so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
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grossly
1. in a gross manner
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colossus
1. someone that is abnormally large and powerful
2. a person of exceptional importance and reputation
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lossless
1. characterized by or causing no dissipation of energy
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engrossed
1. giving or marked by complete attention to
2. written formally in a large clear script, as a deed or other legal document
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impossibility
1. incapability of existing or occurring
2. an alternative that is not available
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possum
1. nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America
2. small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails
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bossier
1. offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
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albatross
1. (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
2. large web-footed birds of the Southern Hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight
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gossamer
1. characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
2. so thin as to transmit light
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mossy
1. overgrown with moss
2. (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned
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crosswalk
1. a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
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crossbow
1. a bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel)
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crosstalk
1. the presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling
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lossy
1. characterized by or causing dissipation of energy
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crossbar
1. a horizontal bar that goes across something
2. game equipment consisting of a horizontal bar to be jumped or vaulted over
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impossibly
1. to a degree impossible of achievement
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engrossing
1. capable of arousing and holding the attention
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possessive
1. serving to express or indicate possession
2. the case expressing ownership
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emboss
1. raise in a relief
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doss
1. sleep in a convenient place
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crisscross
1. cross in a pattern, often random
2. mark with or consist of a pattern of crossed lines
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blossoming
1. the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
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crossroad
1. a junction where one street or road crosses another
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crosscut
1. cut using a diagonal line
2. a diagonal path
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repossession
1. the action of regaining possession (especially the seizure of collateral securing a loan that is in default)
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possessor
1. a person who owns something
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fosse
1. ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
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fossa
1. a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
2. largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets
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dispossessed
1. physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security
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opossum
1. small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails
2. nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America
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gossiping
1. a conversation that spreads personal information about other people
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bossy
1. offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
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dross
1. worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
2. the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
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crosstown
1. going or extending across a town or city
2. across a town or city
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fossilized
1. set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
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crosshairs
1. a center of interest
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crosscutting
1. cut using a diagonal line
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crossbones
1. two crossed bones (or a representation of two crossed bones) used as a symbol danger or death
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crossway
1. a junction where one street or road crosses another
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crossly
1. in an ill-natured manner
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ossification
1. the developmental process of bone formation
2. the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material
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