Nouns Ending in SS and Containing OS

This list gathers 180 English nouns ending in SS and containing OS, such as Loss, Cross, Boss, Gross, Toss, Moss and Closeness. Use the sorting controls below to organize entries by length, or consult our noun grammar guide to review pluralization and capitalization rules.

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Starts with A
7 words
albatross
autocross
appositeness
anticorrosiveness
aldeyjarfoss
adiposeness
animoseness
Starts with B
8 words
boss
bossiness
bugloss
boardercross
backcross
bruarfoss
boskiness
barnafoss
Starts with C
20 words
cross
closeness
crisscross
choosiness
corrosiveness
cyclocross
candyfloss
crossness
costliness
clubmoss
costiveness
cohostess
composedness
compositeness
closefistedness
crossgrainedness
christcross
choosableness
closecross
crosswiseness
Starts with D
5 words
dross
doss
disposableness
dettifoss
drossiness
Starts with E
7 words
explosiveness
engrossingness
exposedness
erosiveness
expositress
expositoriness
eleemosynariness
Starts with F
6 words
floss
foss
frostiness
fairyfloss
fjallfoss
fostress
Starts with G
11 words
gross
gloss
grossness
glossiness
grandioseness
ghostliness
goosegrass
godafoss
gullfoss
goosiness
globoseness
Starts with H
6 words
hostess
hoss
hospitableness
hengifoss
haifoss
hypostress
Starts with I
10 words
isogloss
imposingness
impossibleness
inhospitableness
incross
introspectiveness
intercross
indisposedness
inappositeness
indecomposableness
Starts with J
2 words
joss
jocoseness
Starts with K
2 words
kaross
kvernufoss
Starts with L
7 words
loss
lipgloss
looseness
lostness
langfoss
latefoss
losableness
Starts with M
6 words
moss
motocross
mishegoss
moroseness
mossiness
matross
Starts with N
8 words
nosiness
nonpossessiveness
noncorrosiveness
nonexplosiveness
nonpurposiveness
noncompositeness
nonprosperousness
nonintrospectiveness
Starts with O
10 words
ostentatiousness
outcross
oppositeness
oakmoss
oxararfoss
operoseness
otioseness
overprosperousness
overpositiveness
ostleress
Starts with P
24 words
possessiveness
positiveness
purposefulness
purposelessness
postmistress
poshness
poss
purposiveness
preposterousness
posthumousness
philosophicalness
prosperousness
prosaicness
pross
prosiness
photosensitiveness
philosophess
prospectiveness
possessedness
philosopheress
prepossessingness
proscriptiveness
prosaicalness
possessionlessness
Starts with R
7 words
rosiness
ringtoss
rallycross
regloss
reposedness
retrospectiveness
reposefulness
Starts with S
17 words
supercross
semigloss
schloss
snowboardcross
spikemoss
sacrosanctness
selfoss
seljalandsfoss
skogafoss
soss
stoss
svartifoss
supposititiousness
semipurposiveness
squamoseness
superpositiveness
shargoss
Starts with T
5 words
toss
technostress
testcross
topcross
transposableness
Starts with U
9 words
underboss
unostentatiousness
uptoss
unhospitableness
unprosperousness
unpossessiveness
unprepossessingness
unphilosophicalness
unpreposterousness
Starts with V
2 words
verboseness
varicoseness
Starts with W
1 words
waycross

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