OSCULATORY
Os"cu*la*to*ry, n. Etym: [LL. osculatorium. See Osculate.] (R. C.
Ch.)
Defn: Same as Pax, 2.
OSCULATRIX
Os`cu*la"trix, n.; pl. Osculatrixes. Etym: [NL.] (Geom.)
Defn: A curve whose contact with a given curve, at a given point, is of a higher order (or involves the equality of a greater number of successive differential coefficients of the ordinates of the curves taken at that point) than that of any other curve of the same kind.
OSCULE
Os"cule, n. Etym: [Cf. F. oscule. See Osculum.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the excurrent apertures of sponges.
OSCULUM
Os"cu*lum, n.; pl. Oscula. Etym: [L., a little mouth.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Oscule.
-OSE -ose. Etym: [L. -osus: cf. F. -ose. Cf. -ous.]
1. A suffix denoting full of, containing, having the qualities of, like; as in verbose, full of words; pilose, hairy; globose, like a globe.