9-letter words containing ose
- rosé wine — alcoholic drink: pink wine
- rose-root — any of certain perennial mountain plants, as Sedum rosea, Sedum rhodiola, or Rhodiola rosea, so called because the roots smell like roses.
- rose-slug — the larva of any of several sawflies, especially Endelomyia aethiops or Cladius isomerus, that skeletonize the foliage of roses.
- rosecrans — William Starke [stahrk] /stɑrk/ (Show IPA), 1819–98, U.S. general.
- rosefinch — any of various finches with pink patches
- rosemarie — a female given name.
- rosemarys — a female given name.
- rosenberg — Alfred, 1893–1946, German Nazi ideologist and political leader, born in Estonia.
- rosenthal — Jean, 1912–69, U.S. theatrical lighting designer.
- rosenwald — Julius, 1862–1932, U.S. businessman and philanthropist.
- rosetting — abnormal leaf formation in a plant due to disease
- roseville — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- rosewater — perfume, flavouring from rose petals
- run close — to compete closely with; present a serious challenge to
- schistose — of, resembling, or in the form of schist.
- schmooses — to chat idly; gossip.
- sclerosed — hardened or indurated, as by sclerosis.
- set loose — to make free; release
- siliquose — bearing siliques.
- slipnoose — a noose with a knot that slides along the rope, thus forming a noose that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- snotnosed — impudent; insolent; snotty.
- squarrose — denoting any rough or ragged surface.
- sucralose — a white, crystalline powder, C 12 H 19 Cl 3 O 8 , produced synthetically from sucrose, about 600 times as sweet as sucrose but having no calories.
- superpose — to place above or upon something else, or one upon another.
- surculose — producing suckers.
- symbioses — Biology. the living together of two dissimilar organisms, as in mutualism, commensalism, amensalism, or parasitism. (formerly) mutualism (def 1).
- the loose — the part of play when the forwards close round the ball in a ruck or loose scrum
- the noose — death by hanging
- thermoset — a material, esp a synthetic plastic or resin, that hardens permanently after one application of heat and pressure
- thrombose — to become or affect with a thrombus
- tomentose — closely covered with down or matted hair.
- transpose — to change the relative position, order, or sequence of; cause to change places; interchange: to transpose the third and fourth letters of a word.
- trehalose — a white, crystalline disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , occurring in yeast, certain fungi, etc., and used to identify certain bacteria.
- underdose — a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- unexposed — left or being without shelter or protection: The house stood on a windy, exposed cliff.
- unimposed — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- unit dose — A unit dose is the amount of a medication administered to a patient in a single dose.
- unopposed — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- verbosely — characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy: a verbose report.
- verrucose — studded with wartlike protuberances or elevations.
- vorticose — vortical; whirling.
- wayzgoose — A holiday or party for the benefit of printers, traditionally held in August.
- wild rose — any native species of rose, usually having a single flower with the corolla consisting of one circle of five roundish, spreading petals.
- wind rose — a map symbol showing, for a given locality or area, the frequency and strength of the wind from various directions.
- wood rose — the dried seed pod of the Ceylon morning glory.