Webster's Dictionary 1913

1837

Ostensively

Os‐ten″sive‐ly, adv. In an ostensive manner.

1838

Ostensorium

{ ‖Os′ten‐so″ri‐um (?), Os‐ten″so‐ry (?), } n.; pl. L. -soria (#), E. -sories (#). [NL. ostensorium: cf. F. ostensoir. See Ostensible.] (R. C. Ch.) Same as Monstrance.

1839

Ostent

Os″tent (?), n. [L. ostentus, ostentum, fr. ostendere (p. p. ostensus and ostentus) to show. See Ostensible.]1. Appearance; air; mien. Shak.2. Manifestation; token; portent. Dry...

1840

Ostentate

Os″ten‐tate (?), v. t. [L. ostentatus, p. p. of ostentare, v. intens. fr. ostendere. See Ostent.] To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly. Jer. Taylor.

1841

Ostentation

Os′ten‐ta″tion (?), n. [L. ostentatio: cf. F. ostentation.] 1. The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; — usually in a det...

1842

Ostentatious

Os′ten‐ta″tious (?), a. Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful.Far from being ostentatious of the good you do. Dryden.The ostentatious prof...

1843

Ostentator

Os″ten‐ta′tor (?), n. One fond of display; a boaster. Sherwood.

1844

Ostentive

Os‐ten″tive (?), a. Ostentatious.

1845

Ostentous

Os‐ten″tous (?), a. Ostentatious. Feltham.

1846

Osteo-

Os″te‐o–. A combining form of Gr. οστἔονa bone.

1847

Osteoblast

Os″te‐o‐blast (?), n. [Osteo- + -blast.] (Anat.) One of the protoplasmic cells which occur in the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum, and from or around which the matrix of th...

1848

Osteoclasis

‖Os′te‐o‐cla″sis (?), n. [NL. See Osteoclast.] (Surg.) The operation of breaking a bone in order to correct deformity.

1849

Osteoclast

Os″te‐o‐clast (?), n. [Osteo- + Gr. κλα̑ν to break.]1. (Physiol.) A myeloplax.☞ The osteoclasts occur usually in pits or cavities which they appear to have excavated, and are su...

1850

Osteocolla

Os′te‐o‐col″la (?), n. [Osteo- + Gr. � glue.]1. A kind of glue obtained from bones. Ure.2. A cellular calc tufa, which in some places forms incrustations on the stems of plants,...

1851

Osteocomma

‖Os′te‐o‐com″ma (?), n.; pl. L. Osteocommata (#), E. Osteocommas (#). [NL. See Osteo-, and Comma.] (Anat.) A metamere of the vertebrate skeleton; an osteomere; a vertebra. Owen.

1852

Osteocope

Os″te‐o‐cope (?), n. [Gr. �; οστἔον a bone + � a striking, pain: cf. F. ostéocope.] (Med.) Pain in the bones; a violent fixed pain in any part of a bone. — Os′te‐o‐cop″ic (#), a.

1853

Osteocranium

Os′te‐o‐cra″ni‐um (?), n. [Osteo- + cranium.] (Anat.) The bony cranium, as distinguished from the cartilaginous cranium.

1854

Osteodentine

Os′te‐o‐den″tine (?), n. [Osteo- + dentine.] (Anat.) A hard substance, somewhat like bone, which is sometimes deposited within the pulp cavity of teeth.

1855

Osteogen

Os″te‐o‐gen (?), n. [Osteo- + -gen.] (Physiol.) The soft tissue, or substance, which, in developing bone, ultimately undergoes ossification.

1856

Osteogenesis

{ Os′te‐o‐gen″e‐sis (?), Os′te‐og″e‐ny (?), } n. [Osteo- + genesis, or the root of Gr. γίγνεσθαι to be born: cf. F. ostéogénie.] (Physiol.) The formation or growth of bone.

1857

Osteogenetic

Os′te‐o‐ge‐net″ic (?), a.(Physiol.) Connected with osteogenesis, or the formation of bone; producing bone; as, osteogenetic tissue; the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum.

1858

Osteogenic

Os′te‐o‐gen″ic (?), a.(Physiol.) Osteogenetic.

1859

Osteographer

Os′te‐og″ra‐pher (?), n. An osteologist.

1860

Osteography

Os′te‐og″ra‐phy (?), n. [Osteo- + -graphy.] The description of bones; osteology.

1861

Osteoid

Os″te‐oid (?), a. [Osteo- + -oid: cf. Gr. �.] (Anat.) Resembling bone; bonelike.

1862

Osteolite

Os″te‐o‐lite (?), n. [Osteo- + -lite.] (Min.) A massive impure apatite, or calcium phosphate.

1863

Osteologer

Os′te‐ol″o‐ger (?), n. One versed in osteology; an osteologist.