13-letter words containing os
- crisscrossing — crossing over each other
- cross bedding — layering within one or more beds in a series of rock strata that does not run parallel to the plane of stratification
- cross oneself — to outline the form of a cross as a Christian religious act by moving the hand from the forehead to the breast and then from one shoulder to the other
- cross product — a vector perpendicular to two given vectors, u and v, and having magnitude equal to the product of the magnitudes of the two given vectors multiplied by the sine of the angle between the two given vectors, usually represented by u × v.
- cross the bar — to die
- cross-benches — (in the UK parliament) an area for members who are not allied to a particular party
- cross-buttock — a wrestling throw in which the hips are used as a fulcrum to throw an opponent
- cross-channel — Cross-Channel travel is travel across the English Channel, especially by boat.
- cross-country — Cross-country is the sport of running, riding, or skiing across open countryside rather than along roads or around a running track.
- cross-current — A cross-current is a current in a river or sea that flows across another current.
- cross-cutting — linking traditionally separate or independent parties or interests
- cross-dresser — to dress in clothing typically worn by members of the opposite sex.
- cross-examine — When a lawyer cross-examines someone during a trial or hearing, he or she questions them about the evidence that they have already given.
- cross-fertile — capable of cross-fertilization or of being cross-fertilized
- cross-footing — Accounting. to total figures horizontally across columns instead of vertically.
- cross-grained — (of timber) having the fibres arranged irregularly or in a direction that deviates from the axis of the piece
- cross-posting — the sending of an email to many forums, mailing lists, etc
- cross-purpose — a contrary aim or purpose
- cross-section — If you refer to a cross-section of particular things or people, you mean a group of them that you think is typical or representative of all of them.
- cross-selling — to sell or try to sell (similar or related products or services) to an existing customer.
- cross-sterile — incapable of reproducing due to hybridization.
- cross-trainer — a type of athletic shoe designed to be used in more than one type of activity.
- cross-utilize — to make use of in an additional or different way.
- crossbenchers — Plural form of crossbencher.
- crossbreeding — Present participle of crossbreed.
- crosschecking — Present participle of crosscheck.
- crosscultural — Alternative spelling of cross-cultural.
- crosscurrents — Plural form of crosscurrent.
- crosscut file — a file having two intersecting rows of teeth
- crossdressing — to dress in clothing typically worn by members of the opposite sex.
- crossectional — Of, pertaining to, or being a cross section.
- crosshatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- crossing over — the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the diplotene stage of meiosis. It results in the rearrangement of genes and produces variation in the inherited characteristics of the offspring
- cyclosilicate — any silicate in which the SiO 4 tetrahedra are linked to form rings.
- cyclospermous — having the embryo curled around the central albumen
- cyclostrophic — pertaining to atmospheric motion in which the centripetal acceleration exactly balances the horizontal pressure force.
- cysticercosis — a parasitic infection of tissue by the larval form of the pork tapeworm, Taenia Solium, contracted through the ingestion of food or water contaminated by faeces, or by eating infected pork
- cytodiagnosis — the diagnosis of disease through the study of cells in the body
- cytoskeletons — Plural form of cytoskeleton.
- dance hostess — a woman who hosts a ball at her house
- decomposition — Decomposition is the process of decay that takes place when a living thing changes chemically after dying.
- deipnosophist — a person who is a master of dinner-table conversation
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- deposit money — checks, letters of credit, etc., that circulate and are payable on demand.
- dermoskeleton — (anatomy) An exoskeleton.
- deuteroscopic — of or relating to deuteroscopy; of second sight
- deuterostomes — Plural form of deuterostome.
- dextroglucose — dextrose
- diagnosticate — (archaic, transitive) To make a diagnosis of; to recognise (a disease or similar) by its symptoms.
- diagnostician — a specialist or expert in making diagnoses