ossa
noun
plural of os.
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- plural of os.
ossa
1 American
[os-uh]
/ ˈɒs ə /
noun
Ossa
2
American
[os-uh]
/ ˈɒs ə /
noun
Ossa
1
British
/ ˈɒsə /
noun
ossa
2
British
/ ˈɒsə /
noun
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An I.N.S. photographer found McCarthy propped up in bed in blue pajamas, swathed in bandages from his tuberositas deltoidea to his ossa metacarpalia.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since Michelangelo's great paintings were at Rome the Florentines copied chiefly his statues, devoting themselves principally, as Lanzi says, to ostentatiously showing "magna ossa lacertosque."
From Michelangelo by Rolland, Romain
“The baas is dead,” cried the Gaika; “mij ossa es dood, und ek is dood.”
From The Golden Rock by Glanville, Ernest
“Exultabunt Domino ossa humiliata” arose the chant again, as the cortège defiled within the church.
From Fordham's Feud by Mitford, Bertram
The bones which support the ventral or belly fins are called the ossa pelvis.
From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)
New York City lawyer Edwin Ossa, who has difficulty breathing around cats, started taking allergy shots five years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
Like Ossa, Mamdani said he didn’t need any coaxing to agree to a cat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
WTO Chief Economist Ralph Ossa said: "Tariffs are a policy lever with wide-ranging, and often unintended consequences."
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2025
On Thursday Ossa’s chief of staff, Mike Jocktane, called for a recount of the votes under the supervision of the armed forces, so that Ossa could assume the presidency.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2023
With Ossa’s mountain peak they meant to crown Olympos and over Ossa Pelion’s forest pile for footholds up the sky.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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