Words Ending -OSE

141 total entries across 2 section(s)

Note: this list is built from spelling, not meaning. Some words here end with the right letters but do not really use the suffix in its usual sense. They are included on purpose: for Scrabble we suggest learning the suffix as a letter pattern rather than learning the meanings.

7-Letter Words Ending with -OSE (54 entries)

FRONT	WORD	BACK	DEFINITION
—	ACEROSE	—	[a.] · needle-shaped~ / [x] { acerate acerated acerose acerous }
—	ACETOSE	—	[a.] · acetous «tasting like vinegar» / [x] { acetose acetous }
—	ACINOSE	—	< ACINUS, [n. -NI] · a small, saclike division of a gland - ACINAR ACINIC ACINOSE ACINOUS [a.] / [x] { acinus § acini § acinar acinic acinose acinous }
—	ADIPOSE	S	[n. -S] · animal fat - ADIPIC [a.]
—	AGAROSE	S	[n. -S] · a sugar obtained from agar
—	AMYLOSE	S	[n. -S] · the relatively soluble component of starch / [x] { amylogen amylose § amylogens amyloses }
—	ARENOSE	—	[a.] · sandy / [x] { arenaceous arenose arenous }
—	CABOOSE	S	[n. -S] · the last car of a freight train
—	CALLOSE	S	[n. -S] · a part of a plant cell wall
—	CASEOSE	S	[n. -S] · a proteose
—	CIRROSE	—	[a.] · cirrous «having cirri» / [x] { cirrose cirrous }
—	COMPOSE	DRS	[v. -POSED, -POSING, -POSES] · to form the substance of
—	DISPOSE	DRS	[v. -POSED, -POSING, -POSES] · to put in place
—	ENCLOSE	DRS	[v. -CLOSED, -CLOSING, -CLOSES] · to close in on all sides / [x] { enclose enclosed encloses enclosing inclose inclosed incloses inclosing § enclosed enclosing inclosed }
—	FOLIOSE	—	[a.] · having leaves / [x] { foliose folious }
—	GIBBOSE	—	[a.] · gibbous «irregularly rounded» / [x] { gibbose gibbous }
—	GLOBOSE	—	[a.] · spherical / [x] { global globate globated globose globous § globally }
—	GLUCOSE	S	[n. -S] · a sugar - GLUCOSIC [a.]
—	GRUMOSE	—	[a.] · grumous «consisting of clustered grains» / [x] { grumose grumous }
—	GUMMOSE	S	[a.] · gummy / [x] { gummies § gummier gummiest gummose gummous gummy }
—	HEPTOSE	S	[n. -S] · a chemical compound
—	HOGNOSE	S	[n. -S] · a nonvenomous snake
—	INCLOSE	DRS	[v. -CLOSED, -CLOSING, -CLOSES] · to enclose / [x] { enclose enclosed encloses enclosing inclose inclosed incloses inclosing § enclosed enclosing inclosed }
—	ISODOSE	—	[a.] · pertaining to zones that receive equal doses of radiation
—	LACTOSE	S	[n. -S] · a lactic sugar
—	LEPROSE	—	[a.] · leprous «affected with leprosy» / [x] { leprose leprotic leprous }
—	MALTOSE	S	[n. -S] · a type of sugar
—	MANNOSE	S	[n. -S] · a type of sugar
—	NARCOSE	S	[a.] · characterized by stupor
—	NECROSE	DS	[v. -CROSED, -CROSING, -CROSES] · to affect with necrosis
—	OPEROSE	—	[a.] · involving great labor
—	PAPOOSE	S	[n. -S] · an American~ Indian~ baby / [x] { papoose pappoose § papooses pappooses }
—	PAPPOSE	—	< PAPPUS, [n. -PI] · a tuft of bristles on the achene of certain plants - PAPPOSE PAPPOUS [a.] / [x] { pappus § pappi § pappose pappous }
—	PENTOSE	S	[n. -S] · a sugar having five carbon atoms per molecule
—	PLUMOSE	—	[a.] · having feathers
—	PREPOSE	DS	[v. -POSED, -POSING, -POSES] · to place something in front of another
—	PROPOSE	DRS	[v. -POSED, -POSING, -POSES] · to put forward for consideration or acceptance / [x] { proposes § propone proponed propones proponing propose proposed proposes proposing propound propounded propounding propounds § proposed }
—	PURPOSE	DS	[v. -POSED, -POSING, -POSES] · to resolve to perform or accomplish
P	RECHOSE	N	< RECHOOSE, [v. -CHOSE, -CHOSEN, -CHOOSING, -CHOOSES] · to choose again +
—	SCAPOSE	—	[a.] · bearing a leafless stalk
—	SORBOSE	S	[n. -S] · a type of sugar
—	SPINOSE	—	[a.] · spiny / [x] { spinier spiniest spinose spinous spiny }
—	SUCROSE	S	[n. -S] · a type of sugar
—	SUPPOSE	DRS	[v. -POSED, -POSING, -POSES] · to assume to be true
—	TALCOSE	—	< TALC, [v. TALCKED or TALCED, TALCKING or TALCING, TALCS] · to treat with talc - TALCKY TALCOSE TALCOUS [a.] / [x] { talcs talcums § talc talced talcing talcked talcking talcs talcum talcumed talcuming talcums § talcky talcose talcous }
—	TETROSE	S	[n. -S] · a sugar whose molecules contain four carbon atoms
—	TYPHOSE	—	[a.] · pertaining to typhoid
—	UNCLOSE	DS	[v. -CLOSED, -CLOSING, -CLOSES] · to open
—	UNLOOSE	DNS	[v. -LOOSED, -LOOSING, -LOOSES] · to set free / [x] { loosen loosened loosening loosens unloose unloosed unloosen unloosened unloosening unloosens unlooses unloosing § loosened }
—	URINOSE	—	[a.] · pertaining to urine / [x] { uretic uric urinose urinous }
—	VAMOOSE	DS	[v. -MOOSED, -MOOSING, -MOOSES] · to leave quickly / [x] { vamoose vamoosed vamooses vamoosing vamose vamosed vamoses vamosing }
—	VERBOSE	—	[a.] · wordy
—	VILLOSE	—	< VILLUS, [n. -LI] · one of the hairlike projections found on certain membranes - VILLOSE VILLOUS [a.] / [x] { villus § villi § villose villous }
—	VISCOSE	S	[n. -S] · a viscous solution

8-Letter Words Ending with -OSE (87 entries)

FRONT	WORD	BACK	DEFINITION
—	ACARBOSE	S	[n. -S] · a drug for treating diabetes
—	ACAULOSE	—	[a.] · acauline «having no stem» / [x] { acaulescent acauline acaulose acaulous }
—	ALBUMOSE	S	[n. -S] · a proteose
—	ANGINOSE	—	< ANGINA, [n. -S] · a disease marked by spasmodic attacks of intense pain - ANGINAL ANGINOSE ANGINOUS [a.]
—	ANGULOSE	—	[a.] · angular / [x] { angular angulose angulous }
—	ANKYLOSE	DS	[v. -LOSED, -LOSING, -LOSES] · to unite or grow together, as the bones of a joint / [x] { anchyloses § anchylose anchylosed anchyloses anchylosing ankylose ankylosed ankyloses ankylosing § ankylosed }
—	ANNULOSE	—	< ANNULUS, [n. -LI or -LUSES] · a ring or ringlike part - ANNULOSE [a.] / [x] { annulus § annuli annuluses § annular annulate annulated annulose }
—	BIRAMOSE	—	[a.] · biramous «divided into two branches» / [x] { biramose biramous }
—	BLUENOSE	DS	[n. -S] · a puritanical person
—	BOTRYOSE	—	[a.] · botryoid «resembling a cluster of grapes» / [x] { botryoid botryose }
—	BULLNOSE	DS	[n. -S] · a disease of swine
—	BURNOOSE	DS	[n. -S] · a hooded cloak / [x] { burnoose burnous § burnooses burnouses }
—	CAMBOOSE	S	[n. -S] · a large cabin at a logging camp
—	COMATOSE	—	[a.] · affected with coma
—	CONENOSE	S	[n. -S] · a bloodsucking insect
—	CRUSTOSE	—	[a.] · forming a thin, brittle crust
—	DEXTROSE	S	[n. -S] · a form of glucose
—	DIAGNOSE	DS	[v. -NOSED, -NOSING, -NOSES] · to recognize a disease by its signs and symptoms
—	DISCLOSE	DRS	[v. -CLOSED, -CLOSING, -CLOSES] · to reveal
—	EXOSMOSE	S	[n. -S] · a form of osmosis - EXOSMIC [a.] / [x] { exosmose exosmosis § exosmoses § exosmic }
—	FARINOSE	—	[a.] · resembling farina
—	FIREHOSE	S	[n. -S] · a hose used by firefighters
—	FLEXUOSE	—	[a.] · flexuous «winding» / [x] { flexuose flexuous }
—	FLOCCOSE	—	[a.] · having woolly tufts
—	FRONDOSE	—	< FROND, [n. -S] · a type of leaf - FRONDED FRONDOSE [a.]
—	FRUCTOSE	S	[n. -S] · a sugar found in various fruits
—	FURANOSE	S	[n. -S] · a type of sugar
—	HAMULOSE	—	< HAMULUS, [n. -LI] · a small hook - HAMULAR HAMULATE HAMULOSE HAMULOUS [a.]
—	HARDNOSE	S	[n. -S] · a stubborn person
—	HAWKNOSE	S	[n. -S] · a large, curved nose
—	HOOKNOSE	DS	[n. -S] · an aquiline nose
—	KERATOSE	S	[a.] · of or resembling horny tissue / [x] { keratose keratosic keratotic }
—	LACUNOSE	—	[a.] · marked by shallow depressions
—	LAMINOSE	—	[a.] · composed of laminae / [x] { laminose laminous }
—	LEVULOSE	S	[n. -S] · a very sweet sugar / [x] { laevulose levulose § laevuloses levuloses }
—	LOBULOSE	—	< LOBULE, [n. -S] · a small lobe - LOBULAR LOBULATE LOBULOSE [a.] / [x] { lobule § lobules § lobular lobulate lobulated lobulose }
—	MEGADOSE	S	[n. -S] · an abnormally large dose
—	MISCHOSE	N	< MISCHOOSE, [v. -CHOSE, -CHOSEN, -CHOOSING, -CHOOSES] · to select wrongly
—	MONGOOSE	S	[n. -GOOSES or -GEESE] · a carnivorous mammal / [x] { mongoose mungoose § mongeese mongooses mungooses }
—	MUNGOOSE	S	[n. -S] · mongoose / [x] { mongoose mungoose § mongeese mongooses mungooses }
—	NEBULOSE	—	[a.] · nebulous / [x] { nebulose nebulous }
—	NODULOSE	—	< NODULE, [n. -S] · a small node - NODULAR NODULOSE NODULOUS [a.]
—	NUBILOSE	—	[a.] · nubilous «cloudy» / [x] { nubilose nubilous }
—	OVERDOSE	DS	[v. -DOSED, -DOSING, -DOSES] · to give an excessive dose to
—	PAPPOOSE	S	[n. -S] · papoose / [x] { papoose pappoose § papooses pappooses }
—	PAPULOSE	—	< PAPULE, [n. -S] · a pimple - PAPULAR PAPULOSE PAPULOUS [a.] (=papulous papulous) / [x] { papular papulose papulous }
—	PARCLOSE	S	[n. -S] · a screen dividing areas in a church
—	PLUVIOSE	—	[a.] · pluvious «pertaining to rain» / [x] { pluviose pluvious }
—	POSTPOSE	DS	[v. -POSED, -POSING, -POSES] · to place after a grammatically related word
—	PRECHOSE	N	< PRECHOOSE, [v. -CHOSE, -CHOSEN, -CHOOSING, -CHOOSES] · to choose beforehand
—	PRIMROSE	S	[n. -S] · a perennial herb / [x] { primrose primula § primroses primulas § primroses }
—	PROGNOSE	DS	[v. -NOSED, -NOSING, -NOSES] · to forecast the probable course of a disease
—	PROTEOSE	S	[n. -S] · a water-soluble~ protein
—	PRUINOSE	—	[a.] · having a powdery covering
—	PYRANOSE	S	[n. -S] · a simple sugar
—	RACEMOSE	—	[a.] · having the form of a raceme / [x] { racemose racemous }
—	RAMULOSE	—	[a.] · having many small branches / [x] { ramulose ramulous }
P	RECHOOSE	S	[v. -CHOSE, -CHOSEN, -CHOOSING, -CHOOSES] · to choose again +
P	REEXPOSE	DS	[v. -POSED, -POSING, -POSES] · to expose again +
P	REIMPOSE	DS	[v. -POSED, -POSING, -POSES] · to impose again +
—	REOPPOSE	DS	[v. -POSED, -POSING, -POSES] · to oppose again +
—	RHAMNOSE	S	[n. -S] · a sugar found in plants
—	RIBULOSE	S	[n. -S] · a type of sugar
—	RIVULOSE	—	[a.] · having narrow, winding lines
—	ROCKROSE	S	[n. -S] · a flowering plant
—	RUGULOSE	—	[a.] · having small wrinkles
—	SABULOSE	—	[a.] · sabulous «sandy» / [x] { sabulose sabulous }
—	SCARIOSE	—	[a.] · scarious «thin, dry, and membranous» / [x] { scariose scarious }
—	SCHMOOSE	DS	[v. SCHMOOSED, SCHMOOSING, SCHMOOSES] · to schmooze «to gossip» / [x] { schmoos schmoose schmooze shmooze § schmooses schmoozes § schmoosed schmooses schmoosing schmoozed schmoozes schmoozing shmoozed shmoozes shmoozing }
—	SCLEROSE	DS	[v. -ROSED, -ROSING, -ROSES] · to become hard, as tissue
—	SECALOSE	S	[n. -S] · a complex carbohydrate
—	SETULOSE	—	[a.] · covered with seta / [x] { setaceous setulose setulous }
—	SPATHOSE	—	< SPATHE, [n. -S] · a leaflike organ of certain plants - SPATHAL SPATHED SPATHOSE [a.] / [x] { spathe § spathes § sparrier sparriest sparry spathal spathed spathic spathose }
—	SQUAMOSE	—	< SQUAMA, [n. -MAE] · a scale - SQUAMATE° SQUAMOSE SQUAMOUS [a.] / [x] { squama § squamae § squamose squamous }
—	STARNOSE	S	[n. -S] · a burrowing mammal
—	STRIGOSE	—	[a.] · covered with short, stiff hairs
—	STRUMOSE	—	[a.] · having a struma / [x] { strumose strumous }
—	SUBEROSE	—	[a.] · corky / [x] { suberose suberous }
—	TRAPPOSE	—	[a.] · trappean «pertaining to traprock» / [x] { trappean trappose trappous }
—	TUBENOSE	S	[n. -S] · a bird having tubular nostrils
—	TUBEROSE	S	[n. -S] · a Mexican~ herb
—	TUBULOSE	—	[a.] · tubular / [x] { tubulars § tubate tubiform tubular tubulose tubulous }
—	TUMULOSE	—	[a.] · full of mounds / [x] { tumulose tumulous }
—	VARICOSE	DS	[a.] · abnormally swollen or dilated / [x] { varicose varicosed }
—	VENENOSE	—	[a.] · poisonous / [x] { venenose venomous }
—	VENULOSE	—	< VENULE, [n. -S] · a small vein - VENULAR VENULOSE VENULOUS [a.] / [x] { veinlet veinule veinulet venule § veinlets veinules veinulets venules § venular venulose venulous }
—	VIRTUOSE	—	< VIRTUOSA, [n. -SAS or -SE] · a female virtuoso