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Definition: Moss |
MossNoun1. Tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Moss" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a son", "to deliver", "to draw out". |
Date "moss" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of moss, denotes that you will fill dependent positions, unless the moss grows in rich soil, when you will be favored with honors. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Geological | The MOSS is a vector based GIS system that was first implemented in 1977 by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. (Map Overlay Statistical System). (references) |
Mining | A. adj. A fine dendritic growth having the texture of moss; e.g., moss gold. b. A term used for fractures or fissures in gem stones which produce theappearance of moss, such as in many emeralds. e.g., moss gold. b. A term used for fractures or fissures in gem stones which produce theappearance of moss, such as in many emeralds. (references) |
Occupations | A form cadmium metal takes when the molten metal drops into cold water. This bubblelike form of solidified metal enhances dissolution. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | MOSS. A cant term for lead, because both are found on the tops of buildings. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
This is an article about the plant. Moss is also a city of Norway, see Moss, Norway, and Kate Moss is a supermodel.
Moss is a type of simple plant or nonvascular plant, of the Division Bryophyta, that have rhizoids instead of true roots.
Aside from lacking a vascular system, they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, i.e. the plant's cells are haploid for most of its life cycle. Sporophytes (i.e. the diploid body) are short-lived and dependent on the gametophyte.
Life Cycle
The life of a moss starts from a haploid spore, which germinates to produce a protonema, which is either a mass of filaments or thalloid (flat and thallus-like). This is a transitory stage in the life of a moss. From the protonema grows the gametophore ("gamete-bearer") that is differentiated into stems and leaves ('microphylls'). From the tips of stems or branches develop the sex organs of the mosses. The female organs are known as archegonia (singular archegonium) and are protected by a group of modified leaves known as the perichaetum (plural perichaeta). The archegonia have necks called venters which the male sperm swim down. The male organs are known as antheridia (singular antheridium) and are enclosed by modified leaves called the perigonium (plural perigonia).
Mosses can be either dioicous (compare dioecious) or monoicous (compare monoecious). In dioicous mosses, both male and female sex organs are borne on different plants. In monoicous (also called autoicous) mosses, they are borne on the same plant. In the presence of water, sperm from the antheridia swim to the archegonia and fertilisation occurs, leading to the production of a diploid sporophyte. The sperm of mosses is biflagellate, i.e. they have two flagella that aid in propulsion. Without water, fertilisation cannot occur. After fertilisation, the immature sporophyte pushes its way out of the archegonial venter. It takes about a quarter to half a year for the sporophyte to mature. The sporophyte body comprises a long stalk, called a seta, and a capsule capped by a cap called the operculum. The capsule and operculum are in turn sheathed by a haploid calyptra which is the remains of the archegonial venter. The calyptra usually falls off when the capsule is mature. Within the capsule, spore-producing cells undergo meiosis to form haploid spores, upon which the cycle can start again. The mouth of the capsule is usually ringed by a set of teeth called peristome. This may be absent in some mosses.
In some mosses, green vegetative structures called gemmae are produced on leaves or branches, which can break off and form new plants without the need to go through the cycle of fertilisation. This is a means of asexual reproduction.
Classification of Mosses
The mosses are classified as a class Musci in the division (or phylum) Bryophyta within the Kingdom Plantae. There are seven subclasses of mosses:
Andreaeidae are distinguished by the biseriate (two rows of cells) rhizoids, multiseriate (many rows of cells) protonema, and sporangium that splits along longitudinal lines. Most mosses have capsules that open at the top.
- Class Musci
- Andreaeidae
- Sphagnidae
- Tetraphidae
- Polytrichidae
- Buxbaumiidae
- Bryidae
- Archidiidae
The Sphagnidae, the peat-mosses, comprise a single genus Sphagnum. These form extensive acidic bogs in peat swamps. The leaves of Sphagnum have large dead cells alternating with living photosynthetic cells. The dead cells help to store water. Aside from this character, the unique branching, thallose (flat and expanded) protonema, and explosively rupturing sporangium place it apart from other mosses.
The Tetraphidae are unique as their name implies, in having only four large peristome teeth surrounding the opening of the capsule.
Polytrichidae have leaves with lamellae, which are flaps on the leaves that look like the fins on a heat sink. These help it retain moisture. They differ from other mosses in other details of their development and anatomy too.
The Buxbaumiidae are called 'bug mosses' because they usually have a very small and reduced gametophore and the whole plant is mostly the sporophyte capsule. The shape reminds one of a bug, which is the reason for its common name.
Most (>95%) mosses belong to the Bryidae.
The Archidiidae are distinguished by their extremely large spores and the way the sporangium develops.
Mosses are found chiefly in areas of low light and high water content. Mosses are common in wooded areas and at the edges of streams. They require moisture to survive because of the small size and thinness of tissues, lack of cuticle (waxy covering to prevent water loss), and the need for liquid water to complete fertilisation.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Moss."
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Moss F.K. (Fotballklubb) is a Norwegian division 1 football club (as of 2003), founded August 28 1906.Home ground: Melløs stadium at Moss, Norway. Record attendance is approx. 10,000 against Odd Grenland B.K in 1976.
Home kits are yellow shirt, black shorts, and yellow socks.
Merits
- Norwegian cup winners: 1983; runner-ups: 1981.
- Norwegian premier league winners: 1987; runner-ups: 1979.
External links
- Home page: http://www.mossfk.no/
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Moss F.K.."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The town Moss in the county of Østfold, Norway, has 27,338 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002.
External Links
- http://www.mossby.no/
- http://www.mossibilder.com/
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Moss, Norway."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
MOSS | English | Modular Star Sensor | Geography, Transportation |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Marsh | Noun: marsh, swamp, morass, marish, moss, fen, bog, quagmire, slough, sump, wash; mud, squash, slush; baygall, cienaga, jhil, vlei. |
Money | Double eagle, eagle; Federal currency, fractional currency, postal currency; Federal Reserve Note, United States Note, silver certificate, gold certificate; long bit, short bit; moss, nickel, pile, pin money, quarter, red cent, roanoke, rock; seawan, seawant; thousand dollars, grand. |
Roughness | Wool, velvet, plush, nap, pile, floss, fur, down; byssus, moss, bur; fluff. |
Vegetable | Bush, jungle, prairie; heath, heather; fern, bracken; furze, gorse, whin; grass, turf; pasture, pasturage; turbary; sedge, rush, weed; fungus, mushroom, toadstool; lichen, moss, conferva, mold; growth; alfalfa, alfilaria, banyan; blow, blowth; floret, petiole; pin grass, timothy, yam, yew, zinnia. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | No way. Last time I took you on a photo shoot with me, you walked in on Kate Moss taking a shower (Just Shoot Me!; writing credit: David Renwick) Remember, area F, section moss, level 3. Got it (Daria; writing credit: Glenn Eichler; Peggy Nicoll) I'm Susie Moss. Fourth grade, glasses, I used to carry around a box of animal crackers like a purse (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) As she walks down the runway, I'm gonna pelt Kate Moss with a jelly doughnut (High Society; writing credit: Lisa Albert; Pat Dougherty) Moss is in a coma (Senior Trip; writing credit: Roger Kumble; I. Marlene King) | |
Lyrics | And moss grows fat on a rolling stone (American Pie; performing artist: Don McLean) Kate Moss can't find a job (Intuition; performing artist: JEWEL) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Moss Rose (1947) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Moss covered boulders on a New England shoreline. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Live oak with spanish moss, a type of bromeliad related to pineapples along a canal south of New Orleans. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Moss covered trees along the Oregon coast. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Moss on fir tree at Fort Clatsop National Memorial. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Moss covered rocks in the Parker River. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | At a St. Petersburg school, student volunteers mix beach sand, peat moss, and vermiculite to plant nursery plants. Once the plants are established, Tampa Baywatch staff visit regularly and the students monitor the health of the plants once a week and measure salinity and PH in the ponds. This nursery was built on Feb. 24, 1998, donor plants taken on the 25th and planted on the 26th. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve. Mighty oaks and spanish moss, remnants of the ante-bellum South at Airy Hall Plantation. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Irish moss - Chondrus crispis - a common red algae in the Narragansett Bay area. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | Moss Cave EntranceCraters of the MoonShoshone Field OfficeUSRDUpper Snake River District. Credit: Duane Reynolds. |  | Moss with spore capsulesBryophyte. Credit: Roger Rosentreter. |
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| "Wall of moss" by Piexec Staff Commentary: "Sonte wall." | "Moss" by Thomas Michael Burgey, Germany Commentary: "England, 1999." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Phil Moss | A grandmother is a person with too much wisdom to let that stop her from making a fool of herself over her grandchildren. |
Publilius Syrus | A rolling stone can gather no moss. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | Bread, wine and cloth, are things of daily use, and great plenty; yet notwithstanding, acorns, water and leaves, or skins, must be our bread, drink and cloathing, did not labour furnish us with these more useful commodities: for whatever bread is more worth than acorns, wine than water, and cloth or silk, than leaves, skins or moss, that is wholly owing to labour and industry; the one of these being the food and raiment which unassisted nature furnishes us with; the other, provisions which our industry and pains prepare for us, which how much they exceed the other in value, when any one hath computed, he will then see how much labour makes the far greatest part of the value of things we enjoy in this world: and the ground which produces the materials, is scarce to be reckoned in, as any, or at most, but a very small part of it; so little, that even amongst us, land that is left wholly to nature, that hath no improvement of pasturage, tillage, or planting, is called, as indeed it is, waste; and we shall find the benefit of it amount to little more than nothing. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | There were here and there stone benches which seemed black with moss. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Persons handling thorny plants, sphagnum moss, or baled hay are at increased risk of getting sporotrichosis. (references) | |
A number of cases have recently occurred among nursery workers, especially workers handling sphagnum moss topiaries. (references) | ||
It is also advisable to avoid skin contact with sphagnum moss. Moss has been implicated as a source of the fungus in a number of outbreaks. (references) | ||
Business | The remainder comprises outlets owned by the large retail chains Boots, Lloyds Pharmacies, and Moss Chemists. (references) | |
This channel comprises large retail chains -- such as Lloyds Pharmacies and Moss Chemists -- independently owned chemists and small chain chemists. (references) | ||
In addition, larger branches of major retail pharmacies and drug stores -- such as Boots the Chemist, Lloyds Pharmacies, Moss Chemists, and Superdrug -- often stock basic daily living aids for eating, bathing, and drinking. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Moss" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 52.85% of the time. "Moss" is used about 525 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 52.85% | 278 | 17,541 |
| Noun (proper) | 42.4% | 223 | 20,178 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.23% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.76% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (common) | 0.57% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (plural) | 0.19% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 525 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "moss" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Moss | Last name | 31,000 | 353 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Moss" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a son", "to deliver", "to draw out". | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "moss". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Mostyn | Male | Welsh | A moss town |
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| The following table summarizes names related to "Moss." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Mose | Male | N/A | Moses |
| Moses | Male | Biblical | N/A |
| Mozes | Male | Dutch | Moses |
| Moses | Male | English | N/A |
| Moss | Male | English | Moses |
| Mózes | Male | Hungarian | Moses |
| Moishe | Male | Jewish | Moses |
| Moshe | Male | Jewish | Moses |
| Moss | Male | Jewish | Moses |
| Moisés | Male | Spanish | Moses |
| Musa | Male | Turkish | Moses |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | Moss Bros Group PLC |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Moss, TN |
Expressions using "moss": a rolling stone gathers no moss ♦ acrocarpous moss ♦ arctic moss ♦ beard moss ♦ Black moss ♦ Bog moss ♦ club moss ♦ Feather moss ♦ Florida moss ♦ flow moss ♦ iceland moss ♦ irish moss ♦ leaf moss ♦ little club moss ♦ long moss ♦ moss agate ♦ moss animal ♦ Moss Beach ♦ moss berry ♦ Moss Bluff ♦ moss campion ♦ moss cord ♦ moss family ♦ moss genus ♦ moss green ♦ moss green mosstone ♦ moss Hart ♦ moss land ♦ moss locust ♦ moss peat ♦ moss phlox ♦ moss pink ♦ Moss Point ♦ moss rose ♦ moss rush ♦ moss stitch ♦ Pearl moss ♦ peat moss ♦ pleurocarpous moss ♦ raised moss ♦ reindeer moss ♦ rock moss ♦ rose moss ♦ scale moss ♦ sea moss ♦ snake moss ♦ spanish moss ♦ sphagnum moss ♦ spike moss ♦ staghorn moss ♦ tree moss ♦ turf moss ♦ wall moss. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "moss": moss-back, moss-bedecked, moss-berry, moss-blob, moss-campions, moss-clad, moss-coated, moss-covered, moss-garden, moss-green, moss-grown, moss-heath, moss-hung, moss-infested, moss-like, moss-side, moss-slimed, moss-stained, moss-trooper, moss-troopers, moss-veiled, moss-woven. | |
Ending with "moss": alga-lichen-moss, Cup-moss, floating-moss, go-and-get-another-bit-of-moss. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
carrie anne moss | 1,900 | adam moss | 60 |
kate moss | 1,211 | roof moss | 57 |
carrie ann moss | 824 | tara moss | 57 |
moss | 607 | carrie moss | 55 |
carrie anne moss nude | 312 | ella moss | 54 |
moss motor | 273 | growing moss | 52 |
randy moss | 209 | autobiography harts moss | 51 |
b moss | 139 | moss beach ca | 49 |
p buckley moss | 135 | autobiography hart moss | 49 |
carrie ann moss nude | 129 | kate moss picture | 49 |
moss shad | 124 | moss tent | 48 |
rose moss | 116 | moss norway | 47 |
peat moss | 114 | kate moss nude | 46 |
irish moss | 101 | carrie anne moss picture | 46 |
ben moss | 87 | tree moss | 45 |
spanish moss | 87 | ron moss | 44 |
b clothing moss | 71 | moss garden | 41 |
moss hart | 68 | moss landing ca | 40 |
santana moss | 65 | ben jeweler moss | 40 |
carrie anne moss naked | 63 | moss point ms | 39 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "moss"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | myshk (musk, scent), moçal me torfë (peat bog), kënetë me torfë. (various references) | |
Arabic | كسا بالطحلب, مستنقع (bog, fen, marsh, marshland, mire, moor, morass, ooze, patch, pond, quag, quagmire, slew, slough, sump, swamp), طحلب (alga, algae). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | мъх (bristle, down, fluff, fuzz, nap, pile, pubescence), покривам с мъх. (various references) | |
Chinese | 苔蘚 , 苔 (coating), 青苔 (Mosses). (various references) | |
Czech | mech, rašeliništì (peat bog), bažina (bog, Fen, Marsh, morass, quag, quagmire, Slough, swamp). (various references) | |
Danish | mos (Metal Oxide Semiconductor, metal-oxide semiconductor). (various references) | |
Dutch | mos (metal oxide semiconductor, metal-oxide semiconductor). (various references) | |
Esperanto | musko. (various references) | |
Faeroese | mosi. (various references) | |
Farsi | خزه , باخزه پوشاندن . (various references) | |
Finnish | sammalikko, sammal. (various references) | |
French | mousse (mousse). (various references) | |
Frisian | moas. (various references) | |
German | Moos (brass, bread, dough). (various references) | |
Greek | βρύο (heather, sea weed, sedge). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ירוקה (jaundice, seaweed). (various references) | |
Hungarian | moha, mocsár (bog, Fen, Marsh, marshland, mire, moor, moore, moorland, morass, muskeg, Slough, sough, swampland, tarn, wash). (various references) | |
Indonesian | lumut. (various references) | |
Italian | muschio (musk). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 苔 , 蘚苔 (bryophyte). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | せんたい (bryophyte, corps, fleet, hull, squadron), こけ (folly, fool). (various references) | |
Korean | 이끼 (Mosses). (various references) | |
Manx | bolgagh (abdominal, bellied, billowy, blister, bog, bulging, puffy, variola). (various references) | |
Mohawk | awerahsa. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ossmay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | musgo. (various references) | |
Romanian | muşchi (fillet, motor, muscle, muscularity, musculation, musculature, sinew, sirloin, tenderloin, thews), se acoperi cu muşchi, acoperi cu muşchi. (various references) | |
Russian | мох. (various references) | |
Scottish | cóinneach (fog), còinneach. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | mahovina. (various references) | |
Spanish | musgo (grass). (various references) | |
Swedish | mossa. (various references) | |
Thai | พืชตะไคร่น้ำ, ปกคลุมไปด้วยตะไคร่น้ำ. (various references) | |
Turkish | yosun (alga, algae, hydrophyte, lichen, seaweed), liken (lichen), bataklık (bog, boggy, everglade, Fen, Marsh, morass, muskeg, quag, quagmire, quicksand, sink, Slough, swamp, swampy). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | торфове болото (peatbog), мох (anophyte), плаун (wolf's claw). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | phủ đầy rêu cũ k (moss-grow), người thô kệch con rùa già (moss-back), người hủ lậu người quê mùa (moss-back). (various references) | |
Welsh | mwsogl. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | muscis, muscus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "moss": mossback, mossbacked, mossbacks, mossed, mosser, mossers, mosses, mossier, mossiest, mossing, mosslike, mosso, mossy. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "moss": oakmoss. (additional references) | |
Words containing "moss": oakmosses. (additional references) | |
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"Moss" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aoss, hmos, imos, Imossi, koss, Mboso, Messr, mios, moas, mocs, mocz, moes, mofs, mogs, mois, mons, mooses, mors, Morss, Mosa, mose, mosh, mosi, Mosis, mossa, mosse, Mossi, mosso, mosts, mots, motz, mous, Moyses, moz, Mozes, mozos, mozz, Mozza, mros, msc, msds, Mso, mssa, mtos, mysz, Nmos, nosc, nosq, Noss, Nosso, oms, omsy, ozs. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "moss" (pronounced mô"s) |
| 2 | -ô" s | across, boss, cos, Coss, cross, dos, doss, dross, emboss, gloss, Joss, Koss, lacrosse, loss, Pross, recross, sauce, toss. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "m-o-s-s" | |
-1 letter: mos, oms, som, sos. | |
-2 letters: mo, om, os, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "m-o-s-s" | |
+1 letter: misos, mosks, mosso, mossy, mosts, smogs, somas, sumos. | |
+2 letters: besoms, bosoms, cosmos, emboss, gismos, lissom, masons, mesons, mioses, miosis, morass, moseys, moshes, mossed, mosser, mosses, mouses, mousse, myoses, myosis, mysost, osmics, osmols, osmose, osmous, possum, sambos, samosa, schmos, shamos, shmoes, sixmos, skimos, smocks, smokes, smolts, sodoms, solums, stomas, stomps, storms. | |
+3 letters: biomass, blossom, bossdom, bossism, compass, cosmism, cosmist, customs, damsons, demoses, egoisms, embosks, eonisms, hansoms, holisms, imposes, imposts, iodisms, isomers, jetsoms, koumiss, koumyss, lissome, mascons, mascots, meioses, meiosis, mesteso, mimosas, misdoes, misshod, mission, missort, missout, misstop, mitoses, mitosis, molests, momisms, momsers, momuses, monisms, monists, morassy, morsels, mosaics, moshers, mosques, mossers, mossier, mossing, mostest, mousers, moussed, mousses, mucosas, mycoses, mycosis, myosins, mysosts, nomisms, oakmoss, obiisms, ogrisms, opossum, orgasms, osmious, osmiums, osmoles, osmosed, osmoses, osmosis, osmunds, porisms, possums, ramsons, ransoms, salmons, samosas, schmoes, schmoos, sermons, shaloms, shammos, shamois, shamoys, sholoms, simious, simooms, simoons, sitcoms, slaloms, smaltos, smokers, smooths, sodiums, somites, sophism, spumous, stemson, summons, symbols, syncoms, utmosts, vamoses, wisdoms, zymoses, zymosis. | |
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