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— English words —

• fossa n. (Anatomy) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression.
• fossa n. (Astronomy) A long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon.
• fossa n. A large nocturnal reddish-brown catlike mammal (Cryptoprocta ferox) of the civet family, endemic to…

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Catalan
  • fossa n. Grave, pit.
  • fossa n. (Anatomy, astronomy) fossa.
  • fossa n. Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox).
• Hungarian
  • fossa v. Third-person singular indicative present definite of fosik or fos.
  • fossa v. Third-person singular subjunctive present definite of fosik or fos.
  • fossá n. Translative singular of fos.
• Icelandic
  • fossa n. Indefinite accusative/genitive plural of foss.
• Ladin
  • fossa v. Third-person singular/plural imperfect subjunctive of ester.
• Norwegian bokmål
  • fossa v. Simple past of fosse, past participle of fosse.
• Norwegian bokmål - Norwegian nynorsk
  • fossa n. A fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox).
• Norwegian nynorsk
  • fossa v. (Intransitive) to flow rapidly, fizz, roar, foam.
• Old norse
  • fossa n. Genitive plural indefinite of foss m.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• fossa s. (Anatomia) fossa.
• fossa s. (Zoologia) fossa.

— In German —

• Fossa S. Anatomische Nomenklatur: der Graben, die längliche Grube…
• Fossa S. Astrogeologie: typischer Namensteil einer schmalen, langgestreckten…
• Fossa S. Zoologie: größte Raubtierart auf Madagaskar.

— In Dutch —

• fossa n. Gracht, kanaal, holte, groeve.
• fossa n. Fretkat Cryptoprocta ferox.

— In French —

• fossa n.m. Espèce de mammifère féliforme de la famille des Eupléridés…
• Fossa n.prop. (Géographie) Commune d’Italie de la province de L’Aquila…

— In Portuguese —

• fossa s. Grande abertura na terra.
• fossa s. (Gíria) depressão, abatimento.
• fossa s. (Anatomia) cavidade num organismo.
• fossa s. (Arquitetura) espaço físico para armazenar detritos oriundos de esgotos.
• fossa s. (Zoologia) carnívoro endêmico de Madagascar.
• fossa s. Lugar que concentra ou em que há grande número de coisas desagradáveis.

— In Italian —

• fossa s. (Geologia) avvallamento naturale del terreno.
• fossa s. Avvallamento artificiale del terreno, frutto di un lavoro di scavo.
• fossa s. La buca in cui si seppelliscono i morti.
• fossa s. (Geografia) zona in cui il fondale oceanico è più profondo.

60 English words from 15 English definitions

accusative Anatomy astronomy body brown catlike cavity civet definite depression endemic ester extraterrestrial family fizz flow foam fos foss fossa fosse genitive Grave groove imperfect imperfect␣subjunctive indefinite indicative Intransitive large long mammal moon narrow nocturnal of␣an on␣the participle past past␣participle person pit planet plural present rapidly reddish roar shallow Simple Simple␣past singular subjunctive such such␣as the Third Third␣person Third-person␣singular Translative

20 English words from 19 foreign definitions

Aquila auf Commune del der des die fossa Graben Gracht grande Grube Lugar Madagascar num para province que terra zona

63 foreign words from 19 foreign definitions

abatimento abertura Anatomia Anatomische armazenar Arquitetura artificiale Astrogeologie avvallamento buca carnívoro cavidade coisas concentra cui de␣la depressão desagradáveis detritos einer endêmico esgotos espaço Espèce Espèce␣de Eupléridés famille féliforme físico fondale Fretkat frutto Geografia Géographie Geologia Gíria größte groeve holte Italie kanaal langgestreckten längliche lavoro Madagaskar mammifère morti Namensteil naturale Nomenklatur número oceanico organismo oriundos più profondo scavo schmalen seppelliscono terreno typischer Zoologia Zoologie

8 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

fossae fossæ fossas fossane fossate fossanes fossatorial fossa␣of␣Rosenmüller

17 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

difossate nasal␣fossae tetrafossate Acheron␣Fossae cubital␣fossae glenoid␣fossae incisive␣fossae piriform␣fossae pyriform␣fossae temporal␣fossae popliteal␣fossae popliteal␣fossæ suprainiac␣fossae infratemporal␣fossae sphenopalatine␣fossae pterygopalatine␣fossae sphenomaxillary␣fossae

16 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

iliac␣fossa nasal␣fossa cubital␣fossa glenoid␣fossa incisive␣fossa piriform␣fossa pyriform␣fossa rhomboid␣fossa temporal␣fossa popliteal␣fossa suprainiac␣fossa infratemporal␣fossa sphenopalatine␣fossa pterygopalatine␣fossa sphenomaxillary␣fossa pterygomaxillary␣fossa

16 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

fos FOs -fos fos- F/Os -fos- foss Foss FOSS oss OSs OSS 'oss ossa Ossa SSA

6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ass ASS @$$ -ass SOF SSO

3 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Fasos sofas SOFAs

12 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Fasons fatsos foosas fossae fossæ fossas foussa Shoafs SOFFAs softas solfas sol-fas

18 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

as␣of ASOs Faso foss Foss FOSS FSAs oafs OFAs ossa Ossa SAOs SOAs so␣as sofa SOFA SOFs Sosa

7 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

foosa fosse Fosse fossé fossy FOSTA possa

5 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

foss Foss FOSS ossa Ossa

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

foussa

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