| across | (adverb) transversely | Synonyms: crossways, crosswise |
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| (adverb) to the opposite side | - |
| albatross | (noun) large web-footed birds of the Southern Hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight | Synonyms: mollymawk |
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| (noun) (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps | Synonyms: millstone |
| backcross | (verb) mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents | - |
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| boss | (adjective) exceptionally good | Synonyms: brag |
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| (noun) a circular rounded projection or protuberance | Synonyms: knob |
| (noun) a person responsible for hiring workers | Synonyms: hirer |
| (noun) a person who exercises control over workers | Synonyms: chief, foreman, gaffer, honcho |
| (noun) a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments | Synonyms: party boss, political boss |
| (noun) a person who exercises control and makes decisions | - |
| (verb) raise in a relief | Synonyms: emboss, stamp |
| bugloss | (noun) perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers | Synonyms: alkanet, Anchusa officinalis |
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| (noun) widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States | Synonyms: bitterweed, bristly oxtongue, oxtongue, Picris echioides |
| candyfloss | (noun) a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature | Synonyms: cotton candy, spun sugar |
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| coss | (noun) (in India) a unit of length having different values in different localities | Synonyms: kos |
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| crisscross | (adjective) marked with crossing lines | Synonyms: crisscrossed |
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| (noun) a marking that consists of lines that cross each other | Synonyms: cross, mark |
| (adverb) crossing one another in opposite directions | - |
| (verb) mark with a pattern of crossing lines | - |
| (verb) mark with or consist of a pattern of crossed lines | - |
| (verb) cross in a pattern, often random | - |
| cross | (adjective) extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis | Synonyms: thwartwise, transversal, transverse |
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| (adjective) annoyed and irritable | Synonyms: bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered |
| (noun) (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids | Synonyms: crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding |
| (noun) (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species | Synonyms: crossbreed, hybrid |
| (noun) a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece | - |
| (noun) a marking that consists of lines that cross each other | Synonyms: crisscross, mark |
| (noun) any affliction that causes great suffering | Synonyms: crown of thorns |
| (verb) breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties | Synonyms: crossbreed, hybridise, hybridize, interbreed |
| (verb) trace a line through or across | - |
| (verb) travel across or pass over | Synonyms: cover, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse |
| (verb) meet and pass | - |
| (verb) meet at a point | Synonyms: intersect |
| (verb) fold so as to resemble a cross | - |
| (verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | Synonyms: baffle, bilk, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart |
| (verb) to cover or extend over an area or time period | Synonyms: span, sweep, traverse |
| ditchmoss | (noun) submerged freshwater perennials | Synonyms: Elodea, genus Elodea, pondweed |
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| doss | (verb) sleep in a convenient place | Synonyms: crash, doss down |
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| dross | (noun) the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals | Synonyms: scoria, slag |
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| (noun) worthless or dangerous material that should be removed | Synonyms: impurity |
| emboss | (verb) raise in a relief | Synonyms: boss, stamp |
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| engross | (verb) consume all of one's attention or time | Synonyms: absorb, engage, occupy |
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| (verb) devote (oneself) fully to | Synonyms: absorb, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up, steep |
| floss | (noun) a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery | - |
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| (noun) a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth | Synonyms: dental floss |
| (verb) use dental floss to clean | - |
| gloss | (noun) the property of being smooth and shiny | Synonyms: burnish, glossiness, polish |
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| (noun) an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading | Synonyms: color, colour, semblance |
| (noun) an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text | Synonyms: rubric |
| (noun) an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field | Synonyms: glossary |
| (verb) provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase | - |
| (verb) provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases | Synonyms: annotate, comment |
| (verb) give a deceptive explanation or excuse for | Synonyms: color, colour |
| (verb) give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing | - |
| gross | (adjective) before any deductions | - |
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| (adjective) conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible | Synonyms: crying, egregious, flagrant, glaring, rank |
| (adjective) repellently fat | Synonyms: porcine |
| (adjective) lacking fine distinctions or detail | - |
| (adjective) conspicuously and tastelessly indecent | Synonyms: crude, earthy, vulgar |
| (adjective) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | Synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter |
| (adjective) visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features) | Synonyms: megascopic |
| (noun) the entire amount of income before any deductions are made | Synonyms: receipts, revenue |
| (noun) twelve dozen | Synonyms: 144 |
| (verb) earn before taxes, expenses, etc. | - |
| heterogloss | (noun) the locative boundary of a certain linguistic feature, such as the pronunciation of a vowel, the meaning of a word, or use of some syntactic feature. | Synonyms: isogloss |
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| isogloss | (noun) the locative boundary of a certain linguistic feature, such as the pronunciation of a vowel, the meaning of a word, or use of some syntactic feature. | Synonyms: heterogloss |
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| joss | (noun) a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol | - |
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| loss | (noun) the act of losing someone or something | - |
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| (noun) the disadvantage that results from losing something | Synonyms: deprivation |
| (noun) military personnel lost by death or capture | Synonyms: personnel casualty |
| (noun) the experience of losing a loved one | - |
| (noun) euphemistic expressions for death | Synonyms: departure, exit, expiration, going, passing, release |
| (noun) the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue | Synonyms: red, red ink |
| (noun) something that is lost | - |
| (noun) gradual decline in amount or activity | - |
| mishegoss | (noun) (Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity | Synonyms: meshugaas, mishegaas |
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| moss | (noun) tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants | - |
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| semigloss | (noun) a paint that dries with a finish between glossy and flat | - |
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| spikemoss | (noun) any of numerous fern allies of the genus Selaginella | Synonyms: little club moss, spike moss |
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| subgross | (adjective) too small to be visible to the naked eye | - |
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| testcross | (noun) a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring | Synonyms: test-cross |
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| toss | (noun) (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team | Synonyms: flip, pass |
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| (noun) the act of flipping a coin | Synonyms: flip |
| (noun) an abrupt movement | - |
| (verb) agitate | - |
| (verb) throw or toss with a light motion | Synonyms: flip, pitch, sky |
| (verb) throw carelessly | Synonyms: chuck |
| (verb) lightly throw to see which side comes up | Synonyms: flip |
| (verb) move or stir about violently | Synonyms: convulse, jactitate, slash, thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about |
| (verb) throw or cast away | Synonyms: cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss away, toss out |
| uncross | (verb) change from a crossed to an uncrossed position | - |
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| underboss | (noun) an assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate) | - |
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