8-Letter Words Containing ROS

Here's the list of all the 209 8-Letter Words Containing ROS in the English Language.

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crossing
1. traveling across
2. a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
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prospect
1. the possibility of future success
2. belief about (or mental picture of) the future
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prostate
1. relating to the prostate gland
2. a firm partly muscular chestnut sized gland in males at the neck of the urethra; produces a viscid secretion that is the fluid part of semen
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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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rosemary
1. widely cultivated for its fragrant grey-green leaves used in cooking and in perfumery
2. extremely pungent leaves used fresh or dried as seasoning for especially meats
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tyrosine
1. an amino acid found in most proteins; a precursor of several hormones
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fibrosis
1. development of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ
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rosewood
1. hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork
2. any of those hardwood trees of the genus Dalbergia that yield rosewood--valuable cabinet woods of a dark red or purplish color streaked and variegated with black
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necrosis
1. the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
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kerosene
1. a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
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primrose
1. any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads
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porosity
1. the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids
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frosting
1. a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
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ambrosia
1. a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae
2. any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma
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crossbow
1. a bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel)
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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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dextrose
1. an isomer of glucose that is found in honey and sweet fruits
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neurosis
1. a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction
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crosscut
1. cut using a diagonal line
2. a diagonal path
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prosodic
1. of or relating to the rhythmic aspect of language or to the suprasegmental phonemes of pitch and stress and juncture and nasalization and voicing
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grosbeak
1. any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill
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crossway
1. a junction where one street or road crosses another
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8-Letter Words Containing ROS