13-letter words containing ose
- joseph's-coat — a cultivated form of Amaranthus tricolor, having headlike clusters of small flowers and blotched and colored leaves.
- kerosene lamp — light fuelled by paraffin
- let loose sth — If someone lets loose a sound or remark, they make it, often suddenly.
- loose forward — one of a number of forwards who play at the back or sides of the scrum and who are not bound wholly into it
- loose-fitting — (of a garment) fitting loosely; not following the contours of the body closely.
- loose-jointed — having or marked by easy, free movement; limber.
- loose-tongued — unrestrained or irresponsible in speech; given to gossiping.
- loosey-goosey — relaxed; calm; unperturbed: Despite the pressure, he was loosey-goosey throughout the game.
- lose sight of — no longer see
- lose the plot — go insane
- lose track of — to fail to follow the passage, course, or progress of
- margaret rose — 1930–2002, English princess (daughter of George VI; sister of Elizabeth II).
- melrose abbey — a ruined Cistercian abbey in Melrose in Scottish Borders: founded in 1136 and sacked by the English in 1385 and 1547: repaired in 1822 by Sir Walter Scott
- metamorphosed — to change the form or nature of; transform.
- metamorphoses — a series of mythological tales or legends in verse (a.d. 7–8) by Ovid.
- microcosmoses — Plural form of microcosmos.
- moose pasture — land considered to be worthless, esp when lacking in extractable mineral deposits
- moseley's law — the observed law that the square root of the frequencies of lines in atomic x-ray spectra depends linearly on the atomic number of the emitting atom.
- noisette rose — a hybrid climbing rose, Rosa noisettiana, bearing clusters of fragrant yellow, white, or pink flowers.
- nonhomosexual — a person who is not homosexual
- otto of roses — rose oil.
- overdiagnosed — Simple past tense and past participle of overdiagnose.
- parson's nose — pope's nose.
- passe compose — a grammatical construction of French consisting of the present tense of an auxiliary, either avoir or être, followed by a past participle and corresponding in function to both the English present perfect and the English simple past tenses.
- photocomposer — a machine for setting type photographically.
- pre-disclosed — to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
- primrose path — a way of life devoted to irresponsible hedonism, often of a sensual nature: The evangelist exhorted us to avoid the primrose path and stick to the straight and narrow.
- prosectorship — the position or responsibility of a prosector
- prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
- provence rose — an erect Eurasian shrub, Rosa gallica, of the rose family, having a creeping rootstock, densely prickly and bristly stems, and large, solitary, pink or crimson flowers.
- purpose-built — A purpose-built building has been specially designed and built for a particular use.
- pyrocellulose — cordite.
- quelque chose — a trifle
- quelque-chose — kickshaw.
- rambling rose — any of various cultivated hybrid roses that straggle over other vegetation
- roosevelt dam — a dam on the Salt River, in central Arizona. 284 feet (87 meters) high; 1080 feet (329 meters) long.
- rose d'anvers — a gem having a rose cut of 12 or fewer facets.
- rose geranium — a geranium, Pelargonium graveolens, cultivated for its fragrant, lobed or narrowly divided leaves.
- rose mandarin — (in the Chinese Empire) a member of any of the nine ranks of public officials, each distinguished by a particular kind of button worn on the cap.
- rose of china — China rose (def 2).
- rose-coloured — of the colour rose; rosy
- rosebud mouth — a mouth that resembles the unopened flower of a rose in shape
- rosehip syrup — a syrup made from rosehips, used as a cough remedy
- rosenkavalier — an opera (1911) by Richard Strauss.
- rosetta stone — a stone slab, found in 1799 near Rosetta, bearing parallel inscriptions in Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphic, and demotic characters, making possible the decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.
- self-composed — being or appearing to be composed; calm.
- semi-comatose — a light coma from which a person can be roused.
- solan (goose) — gannet
- somatosensory — of or relating to sensations that involve parts of the body not associated with the primary sense organs.
- standard rose — a rose which has a long stem