Osculant, a.
- 1. Kissing, osculatory, osculating.
- 2. (Ent.) Embracing, adhering.
Osculate, v. a.
- 1. Kiss.
- 2. (Geom.) Touch.
Osier, n.
- 1. Willow, water-willow.
- 2. Wicker, withe, willow twig.
Osseous, a. Bony.
Ossuary, n. Charnel-house.
Ostensible, a.
- 1. Shown, declared, avowed, assigned, manifest, apparent, exhibited, presented, visible.
- 2. Specious, plausible, colorable, pretended, professed.
Ostentation, n.
- 1. Display, show, parade, pomp, flourish, dash, pomposity, pompousness, pageantry, high pretension,
vaunting.
- 2. Semblance, appearance, show.
Ostentatious, a.
- 1. Boastful, vain, showy, dashing, flaunting, pompous, vain-glorious, fond of display, pretentious.
- 2. Showy, gaudy.
Ostentatiously, ad. Showily, pompously, boastfully, with a flourish of trumpets, with beat of drum.
Ostler, n. See Hostler.