Glossa

Definition: Glossa

Glossa

Noun

1. A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.

Etymology: Glossa \Glos"sa\, noun; plural Gloss?. [New Latin, from Greek the tongue.]. (references)

Synonyms: Glossa

Synonyms: clapper (n), lingua (n), tongue (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Glossa

English words defined with "glossa": Gloss/. (references)

Etymologies containing "glossa": Rhachiglossa. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Glossa" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Italian (gloss), Latin (gloss, obsolete or foreign word), Swedish (gloss).

Domain	Title
Books	Demosios Kai Idiotikos Vios Kai Politismos Ton Vyzantinon: Glossa, Grammata, Paideia, Hymnographia, Chronologiko Systema (reference) Diritto feudale nel Basso medioevo : materiali di lavoro e strumenti critici per l'esegesi della glossa ordinaria ai Libri feudorum : con la ristampa anastatica dei Libri feudorum e della loro glossa ordinaria (reference) Eisagoge sten anthropologia tes glossas : glossa, ideologia, dialogikoteta, kai epitelese (reference) Eisagoge sten eikastike glossa (reference) Glossa kai praxe tes paidikes logotechnias : dokimia, anagnoseis keimenon (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Glossa (reference) (more periodical examples)

Music	Glossa Sampler + Catalogue: Ano Domini MCMXCVI (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Glossa" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Glossa" is used about 2 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)	100%	2	245,945

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.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "glossa": glossae, glossal, glossarial, glossaries, glossarist, glossarists, glossary, glossas, glossator, glossators. (additional references)
	Words containing "glossa": hypoglossal, hypoglossals, isoglossal. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "glossa" (pronounced 'Glos"sa'): Abscissa, Amorosa, Annulosa, Ansa, Aporosa, Balsa, Bolsa, Bursa, Casa, fossa, Foussa, Ganesa, Gloriosa, Lobosa, lyssa, margosa, Medusa, Melissa, mesa, mimosa, Missa, Musa, Nassa, Oquassa, Paraglossa, Physa, Potassa, Ptenoglossa, Raghuvansa, Reticulosa, Rhachiglossa, Rhipidoglossa, Rugosa, Saccoglossa, Sarsa, Sessa, Siliquosa, Ursa, Vanessa, Vibrissa. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-g-l-o-s-s"
	-1 letter: gaols, glass, gloss, goals, lasso, sagos, slags, slogs.
	-2 letters: also, gals, gaol, goal, goas, lags, lass, logs, loss, ossa, sago, sags, sals, slag, slog, sola, sols.
	-3 letters: ago, als, ass, gal, gas, goa, gos, lag, las, log, sag, sal, sol, sos.
	-4 letters: ag, al, as, go, la, lo, os, so.
	Words containing the letters "a-g-l-o-s-s"
	+1 letter: glossae, glossal, glossas, sawlogs, slogans.
	+2 letters: galoshes, gasohols, girasols, glasnost, glossary, glossina, goalless, lassoing, soilages, subgoals.
	+3 letters: aasvogels, algorisms, assoiling, gallowses, gasolenes, gasoliers, gasolines, girasoles, glasnosts, glasswork, glasswort, glissando, glossator, glossinas, goalposts, goulashes, grossular, hourglass, isogonals, kilogauss, mesogleas, seraglios, solidagos, spoilages.
	+4 letters: analogists, apologises, apologists, coagulases, collagists, dialogists, flagstones, galactoses, gallstones, gasholders, gladsomest, gladstones, glamorises, glasshouse, glassworks, glassworts, glissandos, globalises, globalisms, globalists, glossarial, glossaries, glossarist, glossators, granuloses, granulosis, grossulars, isoglossal, langoustes, lemongrass, megalopses, mesogloeas, nostalgias, nostalgics, nostalgist, onslaughts, plainsongs, scagliolas, scalograms, schoolbags, sloganeers, sloganizes, solarising.
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