| anosmatic | (adjective) relating to an impairment or loss of the sense of smell | Synonyms: anosmic |
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| anosmia | (noun) absence of the sense of smell (as by damage to olfactory nasal tissue or the olfactory nerve or by obstruction of the nasal passages) | - |
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| anosmic | (adjective) relating to an impairment or loss of the sense of smell | Synonyms: anosmatic |
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| (adjective) having impaired sense of smell | - |
| cosmea | (noun) any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves; popular fall-blooming annuals | Synonyms: cosmos |
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| cosmetic | (adjective) serving an aesthetic purpose in beautifying the body | Synonyms: enhancive |
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| (adjective) serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose | Synonyms: decorative, ornamental |
| (noun) a toiletry designed to beautify the body | - |
| cosmetically | (adverb) for cosmetic purposes to improve appearance | - |
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| cosmetician | (noun) someone who sells or applies cosmetics | - |
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| (noun) someone who works in a beauty parlor | Synonyms: beautician |
| cosmetologist | (noun) an expert in the use of cosmetics | - |
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| cosmetology | (noun) the practice of beautifying the face and hair and skin | - |
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| cosmic | (adjective) of or from or pertaining to or characteristic of the cosmos or universe | - |
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| (adjective) inconceivably extended in space or time | - |
| cosmid | (noun) (genetics) a large vector that is made from a bacteriophage and used to clone genes or gene fragments | - |
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| cosmogenic | (adjective) pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe | Synonyms: cosmogonic, cosmogonical, cosmologic, cosmological |
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| cosmogeny | (noun) the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe | Synonyms: cosmogony, cosmology |
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| cosmogonic | (adjective) pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe | Synonyms: cosmogenic, cosmogonical, cosmologic, cosmological |
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| cosmogonical | (adjective) pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe | Synonyms: cosmogenic, cosmogonic, cosmologic, cosmological |
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| cosmogony | (noun) the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe | Synonyms: cosmogeny, cosmology |
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| cosmographer | (noun) a scientist knowledgeable about cosmography | Synonyms: cosmographist |
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| cosmographist | (noun) a scientist knowledgeable about cosmography | Synonyms: cosmographer |
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| cosmography | (noun) a representation of the earth or the heavens | - |
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| (noun) the science that maps the general features of the universe; describes both heaven and earth (but without encroaching on geography or astronomy) | - |
| cosmolatry | (noun) the worship of the cosmos | - |
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| cosmologic | (adjective) pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe | Synonyms: cosmogenic, cosmogonic, cosmogonical, cosmological |
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| (adjective) pertaining to the branch of philosophy dealing with the elements and laws and especially the characteristics of the universe such as space and time and causality | Synonyms: cosmological |
| cosmological | (adjective) pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe | Synonyms: cosmogenic, cosmogonic, cosmogonical, cosmologic |
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| (adjective) pertaining to the branch of philosophy dealing with the elements and laws and especially the characteristics of the universe such as space and time and causality | Synonyms: cosmologic |
| cosmologist | (noun) an astronomer who studies the evolution and space-time relations of the universe | - |
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| cosmology | (noun) the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe | Synonyms: cosmogeny, cosmogony |
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| (noun) the metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe | - |
| cosmonaut | (noun) a person trained to travel in a spacecraft | Synonyms: astronaut, spaceman |
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| cosmopolitan | (adjective) growing or occurring in many parts of the world | Synonyms: widely distributed |
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| (adjective) composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests | - |
| (adjective) of worldwide scope or applicability | Synonyms: ecumenical, general, oecumenical, universal, world-wide, worldwide |
| (noun) a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries | Synonyms: cosmopolite |
| cosmopolitanity | (noun) a state or quality of being cosmopolitan | - |
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| cosmopolite | (noun) a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries | Synonyms: cosmopolitan |
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| cosmos | (noun) everything that exists anywhere | Synonyms: creation, existence, macrocosm, universe, world |
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| (noun) any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves; popular fall-blooming annuals | Synonyms: cosmea |
| cosmotron | (noun) a large proton synchrotron; uses frequency modulation of an electric field to accelerate protons | - |
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| cytosmear | (noun) a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope | Synonyms: cytologic smear, smear |
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| dysosmia | (noun) a disorder in the sense of smell | Synonyms: olfactory impairment, parosamia |
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| gosmore | (noun) European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears | Synonyms: California dandelion, capeweed, cat's-ear, Hypochaeris radicata |
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| hyposmia | (noun) lessened sensitivity to odors | - |
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| iridosmine | (noun) a hard and corrosion resistant mineral that is a natural alloy of osmium and iridium (usually containing small amounts of rhodium and platinum); used in needles and pen nibs etc. | Synonyms: osmiridium |
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| isosmotic | (adjective) (used of solutions) having the same or equal osmotic pressure | Synonyms: isotonic |
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| macrocosm | (noun) everything that exists anywhere | Synonyms: cosmos, creation, existence, universe, world |
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| macrocosmic | (adjective) relating to or constituting a macrocosm | - |
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| microcosm | (noun) a miniature model of something | - |
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| microcosmic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of a microcosm | - |
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| osmiridium | (noun) a hard and corrosion resistant mineral that is a natural alloy of osmium and iridium (usually containing small amounts of rhodium and platinum); used in needles and pen nibs etc. | Synonyms: iridosmine |
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| osmium | (noun) a hard brittle blue-grey or blue-black metallic element that is one of the platinum metals; the heaviest metal known | Synonyms: atomic number 76, Os |
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| osmoreceptor | (noun) sensory end organ that responds to changes in osmotic pressure | - |
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| osmosis | (noun) (biology, chemistry) diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower concentration until the concentration on both sides is equal | - |
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| osmotic | (adjective) of or relating to osmosis | - |
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| osmotically | (adverb) by means of osmosis | - |
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| osmund | (noun) any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters | Synonyms: flowering fern |
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| paracosm | (noun) a prolonged fantasy world invented by children; can have a definite geography and language and history | - |
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| pseudosmallpox | (noun) a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus | Synonyms: alastrim, Cuban itch, Kaffir pox, milk pox, pseudovariola, variola minor, West Indian smallpox, white pox |
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| xylosma | (noun) shrub or small tree grown as an ornamental in mild climates for its neat evergreen foliage and fragrant late flowers; native of China | Synonyms: Xylosma congestum |
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