68 entries
| FRONT | WORD | BACK | DEFINITION |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | BOG | SY | [v. BOGGED, BOGGING, BOGS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking. |
| E | MOS | HKST | [n. MOS°] · a moment |
| — | MOSS | OY | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] [Wiktionary - Sense 6] To become covered with moss. |
| — | MOSSY | — | [a. MOSSIER, MOSSIEST] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Covered in or overgrown with moss. |
| — | PYXIE | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] A small, flowering plant of the genus Pyxidanthera, native to the eastern United States, now typically known as pyxiemoss or pixie moss. |
| — | MOSSED | — | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Covered in moss. |
| — | MOSSER | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A person who gathers Irish moss, a type of seaweed. |
| — | MOSSES | — | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of moss |
| — | QULLIQ | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A kudlik, a lamp used by the Inuit, consisting of a cup of soapstone filled with oil (commonly from blubber) with cottongrass or moss used as a wick. |
| — | APAREJO | S | [n. -JOS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A kind of packsaddle formerly used in the United States military, and in Latin America, made of leather stuffed with hay, moss, or similar substances. |
| — | HAIRCAP | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of various mosses of the family Polytrichaceae. |
| — | LYCOPOD | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A club moss. |
| — | MOSSERS | — | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of mosser |
| — | MOSSIER | — | [a. MOSSIER, MOSSIEST] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Covered in or overgrown with moss. |
| — | MOSSING | — | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] present participle and gerund of moss |
| — | BRYOLOGY | — | [n. -GIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The study of bryophytes (non-vascular plants including mosses, liverworts and hornworts). |
| — | LYCOPSID | S | [n. -S] · a type of club moss |
| — | MOSSBACK | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 6] A largemouth bass or moss bass (Micropterus salmoides). |
| — | MOSSIEST | — | [a. MOSSIER, MOSSIEST] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Covered in or overgrown with moss. |
| — | MOSSLIKE | — | [a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Resembling moss or some aspect of it. |
| — | SPHAGNUM | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of various widely distributed mosses, of genus Sphagnum, which slowly decompose to form peat. |
| — | ACROGENIC | — | [a.] · Derivative of acrogen «any flowerless plant, such as a fern or moss, in which growth occurs from the tip of the main stem» |
| — | BROMELIAD | S | [n. -S] · any plant of the tropical American~ family Bromeliaceae~, typically epiphytes with a rosette of fleshy leaves. The family includes the pineapple and Spanish~ moss |
| — | BRYOPHYTE | S | [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts and hornworts and corresponding to all embryophytes that are not vascular plants. |
| — | CARRAGEEN | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Irish moss (Chondrus crispus) |
| — | CRYOPHYTE | S | [n. -S] · an organism, esp~ an alga or moss, that grows on snow or ice |
| — | CRYPTOGAM | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae, which included ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts. |
| — | LYCOPSIDS | — | [n. -S] · a type of club moss |
| — | MOSSINESS | — | [n. -ES] · © the state of being mossy «covered with moss» |
| — | PERISTOME | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] One or two rings of tooth-like appendages surrounding the opening of the capsule of many mosses. |
| — | PROTONEMA | L | [n. -MATA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A filament of cells that forms following the germination of the spores of mosses and liverworts |
| — | RHIZOIDAL | — | [a.] · Derivative of rhizoid «any of various slender hairlike structures that function as roots in the gametophyte generation of mosses, ferns, and related plants» |
| — | SPHAGNOUS | — | [a.] · © pertaining to moss of the genus Sphagnum, or bog moss; abounding in peat or bog moss |
| — | SPHAGNUMS | — | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of various widely distributed mosses, of genus Sphagnum, which slowly decompose to form peat. |
| — | BLANCMANGE | S | [n. -S] · © a preparation for desserts, etc~., made from isinglass, sea moss, cornstarch, or other gelatinous or starchy substance, with mild, usually sweetened and flavored, and shaped in a mold |
| — | BROMELIADS | — | [n. -S] · any plant of the tropical American~ family Bromeliaceae~, typically epiphytes with a rosette of fleshy leaves. The family includes the pineapple and Spanish~ moss |
| — | BRYOLOGIES | — | [n. -GIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The study of bryophytes (non-vascular plants including mosses, liverworts and hornworts). |
| — | BRYOPHYTES | — | [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts and hornworts and corresponding to all embryophytes that are not vascular plants. |
| — | BRYOPHYTIC | — | [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Of or pertaining to bryophytes, the green, seedless land plants that make up the division Bryophyta, including mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. |
| — | CARRAGEENS | — | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Irish moss (Chondrus crispus) |
| — | CRYOPHYTES | — | [n. -S] · an organism, esp~ an alga or moss, that grows on snow or ice |
| — | LYCOPODIUM | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A club moss of the genus Lycopodium. |
| — | MICROPHYLL | S | [n. -S] · (botany) the relatively small type of leaf produced by club mosses and horsetails Compare megaphyll~ |
| — | MOSSBACKED | — | [a.] · Derivative of mossback «an old turtle, shellfish, etc~, that has a growth of algae on its back» |
| — | PARAPHYSES | — | [n. -PHYSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants. |
| — | PARAPHYSIS | — | [n. -PHYSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants. |
| — | PERISTOMES | — | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] One or two rings of tooth-like appendages surrounding the opening of the capsule of many mosses. |
| — | PROTONEMAL | — | [a.] · Derivative of protonema «a branched threadlike structure that grows from a moss spore and eventually develops into the moss plant» |
| — | SPOROGONIA | — | [n. -NIA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The sporophyte of a bryophyte (moss, liverwort or hornwort), generally consisting of a foot, seta and capsule. |
| — | SPOROPHYLL | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The equivalent to a leaf, in ferns and mosses, that bears the sporangia. |
| — | BLANCMANGES | — | [n. -S] · © a preparation for desserts, etc~., made from isinglass, sea moss, cornstarch, or other gelatinous or starchy substance, with mild, usually sweetened and flavored, and shaped in a mold |
| — | EMBRYOPHYTE | S | [n. -S] · (botany) any of a subkingdom of plants, Embryophyta~, that encompasses most land plants, such as trees, flowers and mosses |
| — | ENDOTHECIUM | — | [n. -CIA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The tissue found in the walls of anthers, and in moss capsules |
| — | HETEROSPORY | — | [n. -RIES] · Derivative of heterosporous «(of seed plants and some ferns and club mosses) producing megaspores and microspores Compare homosporous» |
| — | LYCOPODIUMS | — | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A club moss of the genus Lycopodium. |
| — | MICROPHYLLS | — | [n. -S] · (botany) the relatively small type of leaf produced by club mosses and horsetails Compare megaphyll~ |
| — | MOSSINESSES | — | [n. -ES] · © the state of being mossy «covered with moss» |
| — | OPERCULATED | — | [a.] · © closed by a lid or cover, as the capsules of the mosses |
| — | PROTONEMATA | L | [n. -MATA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A filament of cells that forms following the germination of the spores of mosses and liverworts |
| — | SELAGINELLA | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of a group of ferny plants of the genus Selaginella, spike moss. |
| — | SPOROGONIUM | — | [n. -NIA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The sporophyte of a bryophyte (moss, liverwort or hornwort), generally consisting of a foot, seta and capsule. |
| — | ARCHEGONIATE | S | [n. -S] · Derivative of archegonium «a female sex organ, occurring in mosses, spore-bearing~ vascular plants, and gymnosperms, that produces a single egg cell in its swollen base» |
| — | DECORTICATOR | S | [n. -S] · © a machine for decorticating wood, hulling grain, etc~.; also, an instrument for removing surplus bark or moss from fruit trees |
| — | EMBRYOPHYTES | — | [n. -S] · (botany) any of a subkingdom of plants, Embryophyta~, that encompasses most land plants, such as trees, flowers and mosses |
| — | PROTONEMATAL | — | [a.] · Derivative of protonema «a branched threadlike structure that grows from a moss spore and eventually develops into the moss plant» |
| — | ARCHEGONIATES | — | [n. -S] · Derivative of archegonium «a female sex organ, occurring in mosses, spore-bearing~ vascular plants, and gymnosperms, that produces a single egg cell in its swollen base» |
| — | DECORTICATORS | — | [n. -S] · © a machine for decorticating wood, hulling grain, etc~.; also, an instrument for removing surplus bark or moss from fruit trees |
| — | HETEROSPORIES | — | [n. -RIES] · Derivative of heterosporous «(of seed plants and some ferns and club mosses) producing megaspores and microspores Compare homosporous» |
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