os

IPA: ˈɑs

Root Word: OS

The Ordnance Survey, official mapping agency in Great Britain (see also the noun below).
(UK) an Ordnance Survey map.
(anatomy) Synonym of bone.
(anatomy) An opening or entrance to a passage, particularly one at either end of the cervix, internal (to the uterus) or external (to the vagina).
An osar or esker.
(sports) Abbreviation of Owen Sound. [A placename]
(software) Initialism of operating system. [(software) Software for controlling the allocation and use of various hardware resources (memory, CPU time, disk space, input and output devices) to tasks and remote terminals.]
Abbreviation of ordinary seaman. [the lowest grade of seaman in the merchant marine; the grade below able seaman]
(rare) Alternative form of o's.

Abbreviation of outsize (clothes for large people) [of an unusually large size]
Abbreviation of oversize. [Larger than normal]
Abbreviation of Old Style; a term used in English language historical studies to indicate that a date conforms to the Julian calendar instead of the modern Gregorian calendar
(screenwriting) Abbreviation of offscreen; indicates a line of dialogue is spoken by someone not visible onscreen [Existing or happening outside the frame of the cinema or television screen]

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