Definitions for osculations

osculations os·cu·la·tion

Spelling: [os-kyuh-ley-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌɒs kyəˈleɪ ʃən/

Osculations is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 967 anagrams from letters in osculations (acilnoosstu).

Definitions for osculations

noun

  1. the act of kissing.
  2. a kiss.
  3. close contact.
  4. Geometry. the contact between two osculating curves or the like.

Origin of osculations

1650-60; Latin ōsculātiōn- (stem of ōsculātiō) a kissing, equivalent to ōsculāt(us) (see osculate) + -iōn- -ion

Examples for osculations

Then the crowns were removed and kissed by each of the marrying pair, the bridegroom first performing the osculation.

If there was anything in the way of osculation that that member of an old Austrian family didn't know, I've got to find it out.

Out of the Egyptian darkness came the unmistakable sounds of osculation in various parts of the room.

If osculation is a mark of love, surely Mrs. Mack is the best of mothers.

I think I am able to assure the reader that in her head the osculation had given birth to no reveries.

I've half a mind to ride back and have him out for that rascal "osculation" and the lady unwilling!

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