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Definitions: Ossified |
OssifiedAdjective1. Changed into bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter; "cartilages ossified with age". 2. Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified bureaucratic system". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ossified" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1859. (references) |
Synonyms: OssifiedSynonyms: fossilised (adj), fossilized (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Ossified |
| English words defined with "ossified": anterior fontanelle ♦ cartilaginous fish, chondrichthian, class Reptilia, Coenenchyma ♦ fossilised, fossilized ♦ Pelvic arch, Pelvic girdle ♦ Reptilia ♦ sphenoid fontanel, sphenoid fontanelle, sphenoidal fontanel, sphenoidal fontanelle. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ossified": Neoplasms, Bone Tissue. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | There is marked irregularity in the provisional zone of ossification producing a "saw-toothed" appearance. Note small islands of cartilage remaining in the ossified bone; H&E stain; magnification 100X. Credit: CDC. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Ossified" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 68.75% of the time. "Ossified" is used about 16 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 68.75% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 25% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 6.25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 16 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "ossified"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 僵化 (Ossification, Ossify, Ossifying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verknöchert (fossilized, ossifies), verknöcherten, verknöcherte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 골"하". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ossifieday osificat (raw boned). (various references) костенеть окостенелый. (various references) kemikleşmiş, katılaşmış (hardened, seared). (various references) черствий (callous, cold-hearted, Hoar, obdurate, stale), консервативний (conservative, old-line, tory), закостенілий, безсердечний (callous, cold-hearted, hard-hearted, heartless, unnatural), бездушний (brute, callous, chill, hardened, hard-hearted, hollow-hearted, inanimate, soulless). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Ossified" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Osafune, Osiride, Ossebi, ossyfied, Osterfeed. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ossified" (pronounced Ä"sufī'd) |
| 5 | -s u f ī' d | calcified, classified, crucified, Declassified, diversified, falsified, intensified, pacified, reclassified, specified, unclassified, unspecified. |
| 4 | -u f ī' d | acidified, amplified, certified, clarified, codified, decertified, dignified, disqualified, electrified, exemplified, fortified, gentrified, glorified, gratified, horrified, identified, indemnified, justified, liquefied, magnified, misidentified, modified, mollified, mortified, mummified, mystified, notified, nullified, overqualified, oversimplified, personified, petrified, purified, qualified, quantified, ratified, rectified, reunified, signified, simplified, solidified, stratified, terrified, testified, typified, undignified, unidentified, unified, unjustified, unqualified, unverified, verified. |
| 3 | -f ī' d | dissatisfied, satisfied, sulfide, unsatisfied. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-f-i-i-o-s-s" | |
-1 letter: iodises. | |
-2 letters: diesis, iodise. | |
-3 letters: defis, doses, eidos, feods, fidos, fosse, issei, seifs, sides. | |
-4 letters: defi, dies, diss, does, dose, doss, feds, feod, fess, fido, fids, foes, foss, ides, odes, oses, seif, seis, side, sods. | |
-5 letters: die, dis, doe, dos, eds, efs, ess, fed, fid, fie, foe, ids, ifs, ode, ods, oes, ose, sei, sis. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-f-i-i-o-s-s" | |
+1 letter: fissioned. | |
+2 letters: fossilised, fossilized, solidifies. | |
+4 letters: resolidifies. | |
+5 letters: confidingness, disaffections, discomfitures, disinfections, dolphinfishes, nonclassified. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 73 73 69 66 69 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--- ... ... .. ..-. .. . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01110011 01110011 01101001 01100110 01101001 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O s s i f i e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0073 0073 0069 0066 0069 0065 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4985857572757170 |
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