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fossy

fossy is the alternative spelling of phossy.

Meaning of phossy

Adjective

phossy (not comparable)

  1. Affected or caused by the presence of phosphorus.

Questions about fossy

What is fossy the alternative spelling of?
Fossy is the alternative spelling of phossy.

Words near fossy in the dictionary

  1. fossulæ
  2. Fossum
  3. Fossums
  4. fossway
  5. fossways
  6. fossy
  7. fossæ
  8. fossé
  9. fossés
  10. FOSTA
  11. fostamatinib

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fossy (page history and authors); phossy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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