7-letter words containing os
- imbosom — embosom.
- imposed — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- imposer — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- imposes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impose.
- imposex — the acquisition of male characteristics by female organisms
- imposts — Plural form of impost.
- inclose — enclose.
- incross — a mating between organisms that are both homozygous for the same allele.
- indigos — Plural form of indigo.
- ingross — Archaic form of engross.
- inkhosi — Alternative spelling of inkosi.
- inosine — A compound that is an intermediate in the metabolism of purine and is used in kidney transplantation to provide a temporary source of sugar. It is a nucleoside consisting of hypoxanthine linked to ribose.
- iquitos — a city in NE Peru, on the upper Amazon.
- isodose — of or relating to points of equal intensity of radiation in a contaminated region: isodose map; isodose lines.
- isospin — isotopic spin.
- joselyn — a female given name.
- josephs — Plural form of joseph.
- joshing — good-natured banter.
- joskins — Plural form of joskin.
- jostled — Simple past tense and past participle of jostle.
- jostles — Plural form of jostle.
- journos — Plural form of journo.
- kakapos — Plural form of kakapo.
- karoshi — (in Japan) death caused by overwork
- kenosha — a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- kenosis — the doctrine that Christ relinquished His divine attributes so as to experience human suffering.
- ketoses — the accumulation of excessive ketones in the body, as in diabetic acidosis.
- ketosis — the accumulation of excessive ketones in the body, as in diabetic acidosis.
- kimonos — Plural form of kimono.
- kinross — a historic county in E Scotland.
- klismos — an ancient Greek chair, having a deep top rail curving forward from the back, and having legs curving upward and inward: imitated during various classical revivals, especially in the early 19th century.
- knossos — a ruined city on N central Crete; capital of the ancient Minoan civilization.
- koshers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kosher.
- kosovar — also Kosovan
- kossoff — Leon. born 1926, British painter, esp of London scenes
- kossuth — Ferenc [fer-ents] /ˈfɛr ɛnts/ (Show IPA), 1841–1914, Hungarian statesman.
- kosygin — Aleksei Nikolayevich [uh-lek-sey nik-uh-lah-yuh-vich;; Russian uh-lyi-ksyey nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /əˈlɛk seɪ ˌnɪk əˈlɑ yə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1904–80, Russian politician: premier of the U.S.S.R. 1964–80.
- kunjoos — mean or stingy
- kyathos — a deep bowl set on a foot, often having a high voluted or serpentine handle rising from the brim and terminating immediately above the juncture of the body and the stem: used for ladling wine into drinking cups.
- labrose — thick-lipped
- lacoste — René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
- lactose — Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- lampost — Alternative spelling of lamppost.
- latigos — Plural form of latigo.
- latinos — Plural form of latino.
- latosol — a reddish lateritic soil of the tropics, deeply weathered and infertile, characterized by hydroxides of iron and aluminum.
- le clos — Chad. born 1992, South African swimmer; won gold in the 200m butterfly at the 2012 Olympics
- lenclos — Anne [ahn,, an] /ɑn,, an/ (Show IPA), (Ninon de Lenclos) 1620–1705? French courtesan and wit.
- leprose — leprous.
- leprosy — a chronic, mildly infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, affecting the peripheral nervous system, skin, and nasal mucosa and variously characterized by ulcerations, tubercular nodules, and loss of sensation that sometimes leads to traumatic amputation of the anesthetized part.