OSSIFIED
12
Scrabble
12
WWF
O(1) S(1) S(1) I(1) F(4) I(1) E(1) D(2)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
adjective
- Having undergone the process of ossification (transformation into bone).“ossified cartilage”
- (of ideas or attitudes) Inflexible, old-fashioned.
- Drunk
verb
- To transform (or cause to transform) from a softer animal substance into bone; particularly the processes of growth in humans and animals.
- (animate) To become (or cause to become) inflexible and rigid in habits or opinions.
- (inanimate) To grow (or cause to grow) formulaic and permanent.
- To calcify.
Source: Wiktionary
