osure- root words — words with the osure- root

The root osure- comes from Greek oura, meaning tail. 11 words in Dendril are built from it, including cynosure, anthurium, anuran, anurous, brachyuran, coenurus, colure, dasyure, macruran, uropod, uropygium. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the osure- root

Explore words with osure- — words containing the osure- root and sharing its sense of "tail". Examples include cynosure, anthurium, anuran, anurous, brachyuran, coenurus, colure, dasyure, macruran, uropod, uropygium. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The osure- root means tail, from Greek oura. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.