-ose
(Latin: full of, abounding in, having the qualities of, characteristic of something)
acerose
Sharp pointed and slender, as a pine needle.
acetose, acetous
1. Sour like vinegar.
2. Tasting like vinegar
acinose
Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions as in acinose or acinous glands.
adenose
Relating to a gland; full of glands.
adipocellulose
Cellulose with a large amount of suberin, as cork tissue (suberin is a waxy substance developed in a thickened cell wall).
adipose
1. Denoting fat or containing animal fat; fat in the connective tissue of an animals' body.
2. Of a fatty nature; fatty; fat.
3. The fat present in the cells of adipose tissue.
albopruinose
Covered with a white, powdery bloom, as certain grapes and plums.
algos
A painful spasm or crisis caused by disease.
amylose
anchylose
anginose
A condition, such as severe sore throat, in which spasmodic attacks of suffocating pain occur.
ankylose
anthracnose
appose, apposing, apposed
1. To place side by side or in close proximity; to juxtapose.
2. To be placed near something, or to place or to move something next to something else.
araneose
1. Covered with, or consisting of, fine entangled filaments or webs.
2. An aspect of a spider's web; arachnoid.
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