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os
1[ os ]
noun
- Anatomy, Zoology. a bone.
O.S.
2abbreviation for
- (in prescriptions) the left eye.
os
3[ os ]
noun
- Anatomy, Zoology. a mouth or orifice of the body.
O.S.
4abbreviation for
- Old Saxon ( def ). Also OS
- (of the calendar) Old Style ( def 2 ).
- ordinary seaman. Also o.s.
os
5[ ohs ]
noun
- Geology. an esker, especially when of great length.
Os
6- Symbol, Chemistry. osmium.
OS
7abbreviation for
- Old Saxon ( def ). Also O.S.
- Computers. operating system ( def ).
o/s
8- (of the calendar) Old Style.
- out of stock.
- (in banking) outstanding.
O/S
9- (of the calendar) Old Style.
o.s.
1abbreviation for
- out of stock
- banking outstanding
os
2/ əʊs /
noun
- another name for esker
os
3/ ɒs /
noun
- anatomy zoology a mouth or mouthlike part or opening
Os
4the chemical symbol for
- osmium
OS
5abbreviation for
- Old School
- Old Style (method of reckoning dates)
- Ordinary Seaman
- (in Britain) Ordnance Survey
- outsize
- Old Saxon (language)
os
6/ ɒs /
noun
- anatomy the technical name for bone
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Example Sentences
For the rest of the trip, Rizzo kept spelling out, in order, the letters r-h-i-n-o-c-e-r-o-s and a-n-t-h-r-o-p-o-i-d.
To see us all here tonight, who would dream of the parting to come so soon-n; s-o s-o-o-o-on-n!
Mysteriously, without warning, they had vanished; without a single S O S being sent, seven freighters had been lost.
Dites suis-je seul avec mon me, Mon me hlas maison d'bne O s'est fendu sans bruit un soir Le grand miroir de mon espoir?
Can you link the power, or whatever you call it, up with the sending paraphernalia and get an S O S over the water?
Had we not heard him say that the signal was to be an S O S sent, as it were, from the fleet far out on the ocean?
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