Words containing gloss
5 letter words containing gloss
- gloss — an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text.
6 letter words containing gloss
7 letter words containing gloss
- bugloss — any of various hairy Eurasian boraginaceous plants of the genera Anchusa, Lycopsis, and Echium, esp L. arvensis, having clusters of blue flowers
- degloss — to remove the gloss from (a surface), especially in order to roughen: The old paint needs to be deglossed before new paint can be applied.
- glossae — Plural form of glossa.
- glossal — of or relating to the tongue.
- glossed — Having a gloss.
8 letter words containing gloss
- aglossia — congenital absence of the tongue
- glossary — a list of terms in a special subject, field, or area of usage, with accompanying definitions.
- glosseme — (in glossematics) an irreducible, invariant form, as a morpheme or tagmeme, that functions as the smallest meaningful unit of linguistic signaling.
- glossier — Comparative form of glossy.
- glossies — Plural form of glossy.
9 letter words containing gloss
- diglossia — the widespread existence within a society of sharply divergent formal and informal varieties of a language each used in different social contexts or for performing different functions, as the existence of Katharevusa and Demotic in modern Greece.
- diglossic — the widespread existence within a society of sharply divergent formal and informal varieties of a language each used in different social contexts or for performing different functions, as the existence of Katharevusa and Demotic in modern Greece.
- glossator — a person who writes glosses; glossarist.
- glossiest — Superlative form of glossy.
- glossitis — inflammation of the tongue.
10 letter words containing gloss
- glossarial — Of or pertaining to glosses or to a glossary.
- glossaries — Plural form of glossary.
- glossarist — Someone who writes a glossary.
- glossiness — having a shiny or lustrous surface.
- glossmeter — an instrument for measuring the reflectivity of a surface.
11 letter words containing gloss
- cape-glossa — Cape, a promontory in SW Albania.
- glossectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of all or part of the tongue.
- glossodynia — a condition characterized by a burning or tingling mouth region
- glossolalia — incomprehensible speech in an imaginary language, sometimes occurring in a trance state, an episode of religious ecstasy, or schizophrenia.
- hypoglossal — situated under the tongue.
12 letter words containing gloss
- genioglossus — (anatomy) A muscle that runs from the mandible to the tongue.
- glossarially — In the manner of a glossary.
- glossematics — a school of linguistic analysis developed by Louis Hjelmslev (1899–1965) in Copenhagen in the 1930s based on the study of the distribution of glossemes.
- glossography — a glossator.
- glossolalist — One who exhibits glossolalia; one who speaks in tongues.
13 letter words containing gloss
- ankyloglossia — tongue-tie.
- glossectomies — Plural form of glossectomy.
- glossographer — a glossator.
- glossological — Of or pertaining to glossology.
- heteroglossia — (linguistics) the coexistence of distinct varieties within a single linguistic code.
14 letter words containing gloss
- odontoglossums — Plural form of odontoglossum.
- opisthoglossal — (of the tongues of amphibians) attached at the front as opposed to the rear
15 letter words containing gloss
- glossographical — relating to glossography
- hemiglossectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of a portion of the tongue.
16 letter words containing gloss
- glossopharyngeal — of or relating to the tongue and pharynx.
17 letter words containing gloss
- hemiglossectomies — Plural form of hemiglossectomy.
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