| Octoradiated: | Having eight rays |
| Octoroon: | The offspring of a quadroon and a white person a mestee |
| Octospermous: | Containing eight seeds |
| Octostichous: | In eight vertical ranks as leaves on a stem |
| Octostyle: | Having eight columns in the front said of a temple or portico The Parthenon is octostyle but most large Greek temples are hexastyle See Hexastyle |
| Octosyllabic: | Consisting of or containing eight syllables |
| Octosyllable: | Octosyllabic |
| Octosyllable: | A word of eight syllables |
| octothorp: | A typographic symbol having two vertical lines intersected by two horizontal lines It is also called the crosshatch hash numeral sign and number sign in the U S it is commonly called the pound sign especially to designate the symbol as used on digital telephone dials but this can be confusing to Europeans who think of the pound sign as the symbol for the British pound It is commonly used as a symbol for the word number as in 36 meaning number thirtysix |
| Octoyl: | A hypothetical radical C7H15CO regarded as the essential residue of octoic acid |
| dOctroi: | A privilege granted by the sovereign authority as the exclusive right of trade granted to a guild or society a concession |
| Octuor: | See Octet |
| Octuple: | Eightfold |
| Octyl: | A hypothetical hydrocarbon radical regarded as an essential residue of octane and as entering into its derivatives as octyl alcohol |
| Octylene: | Any one of a series of metameric hydrocarbons C8H16 of the ethylene series In general they are combustible colorless liquids |
| Octylic: | Pertaining to derived from or containing octyl as octylic ether |
| Ocular: | Depending on or perceived by the eye received by actual sight personally seeing or having seen as ocular proof |
| Ocular: | The eyepiece of an optical instrument as of a telescope or microscope |
| Ocularly: | By the eye or by actual sight |
| Oculary: | Of or pertaining to the eye ocular optic as oculary medicines |
| Oculate: | Furnished with eyes |
| Oculiform: | In the form of an eye resembling an eye as an oculiform pebble |
| dOculina: | A genus of tropical corals usually branched and having a very volid texture |
| dOculinacea: | A suborder of corals including many reefbuilding species having round starlike calicles |
| Oculist: | One skilled in treating diseases of the eye |
| Oculo: | A combining form from L oculus the eye |
| Oculomotor: | Of or pertaining to the movement of the eye applied especially to the common motor nerves or third pair of cranial nerves which supply many of the muscles of the orbit |
| Oculonasal: | Of or pertaining to the region of the eye and the nose as the oculonasal or nasal nerve one of the branches of the ophthalmic |
| dOculus: | An eye |
| Ocypodian: | One of a tribe of crabs which live in holes in the sand along the seashore and run very rapidly whence the name |
| Od: | An alleged force or natural power supposed by Reichenbach and others to produce the phenomena of mesmerism and to be developed by various agencies as by magnets heat light chemical or vital action etc called also odyle or the odylic force |
| Odal: | Among the early and medieval Teutonic peoples esp Scandinavians the heritable land held by the various odalmen constituting a family or kindred of freeborn tribesmen also the ownership of such land The odal was subject only to certain rights of the family or kindred in restricting the freedom of transfer or sale and giving certain rights of redemption in case of change of ownership by inheritance etc and perhaps to other rights of the kindred or the tribe Survivals of the early odal estates and tenure exist in Orkney and Shetland where it is usually called by the variant form udal |
| Odal: | Noting or pert to odal land or ownership |
| dOdalisque: | A female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish sultan |
| Odalman: | A man or woman having odal or able to share in it by inheritance |
| Odd: | Not paired with another or remaining over after a pairing without a mate unmatched single as an odd shoe an odd glove |
| oddball: | A person with an unusual or odd personality an eccentric person |
| oddball: | Eccentric very unusual strange bizarre as an oddball request |
| OddFellow: | A member of a secret order or fraternity styled the Independent Order of Odd Fellows established for mutual aid and social enjoyment |
| oddity: | The quality or state of being odd singularity queerness peculiarity as oddity of dress manners and the like |
| oddjob: | varied and irregularly performed of paid labor as he found only oddjob employment |
| Oddly: | In an odd manner unevenly |
| Oddment: | An odd thing or one that is left over disconnected fragmentary or the like something that is separated or disconnected from its fellows |
| Oddness: | The state of being odd or not even |
| oddpinnate: | Pinnate with a single leaflet at the apex of a leaf shape |
| Odds: | Difference in favor of one and against another excess of one of two things or numbers over the other inequality advantage superiority hence excess of chances probability The odds are often expressed by a ratio as the odds are three to one that he will win i e he will win three times out of four |
| Ode: | A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung a lyric poem esp now a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style |
| Odelet: | A little or short ode |
| dOdelsthing: | The lower house of the Norwegian Storthing See Legislature |
| Odeon: | A kind of theater in ancient Greece smaller than the dramatic theater and roofed over in which poets and musicians submitted their works to the approval of the public and contended for prizes hence in modern usage the name of a hall for musical or dramatic performances |
| dOdeum: | See Odeon |
| Odible: | Fitted to excite hatred hateful odious |
| Odic: | Of or pertaining to od See Od |
| Odin: | The supreme deity of the Scandinavians the same as Woden of the German tribes |
| Odinic: | Of or pertaining to Odin |
| Odinism: | Worship of Odin broadly the Teutonic heathenism |
| Odious: | Hateful deserving or receiving hatred as an odious name system vice |
| Odist: | A writer of an ode or odes |
| Odium: | Intense hatred or dislike loathing abhorrence |
| Odize: | To charge with od See Od |
| Odmyl: | A volatile liquid obtained by boiling sulphur with linseed oil It has an unpleasant garlic odor |
| Odocoileus: | A genus of North American deer |
| odograph: | A machine for registering the distance traversed by a vehicle or pedestrain |
| odometer: | An instrument attached to a vehicle or connected as by a flexible cable to the wheel of a vehicle which measures the distance traversed |
| odometrical: | Of or pertaining to the odometer or to measurements made with it |
| Odometrous: | Serving to measure distance on a road |
| Odometry: | Measurement of distances by the odometer |
| dOdonata: | The division of insects that includes the dragon flies |
| dOdontalgia: | Toothache |
| Odontalgic: | Of or pertaining to odontalgia |
| Odontalgy: | Same as Odontalgia |
| dOdontiasis: | Cutting of the teeth dentition |
| Odonto: | A combining form from Gr odoys odontos a tooth |
| dOdontocete: | A subdivision of Cetacea including the sperm whale dolphins etc the toothed whales |
| Odontogeny: | Generation or mode of development of the teeth |
| Odontograph: | An instrument for marking or laying off the outlines of teeth of gear wheels |
| Odontographic: | Of or pertaining to odontography |
| Odontography: | A description of the teeth |
| Odontoid: | Having the form of a tooth toothlike |
| dOdontolcae: | An extinct order of ostrichlike aquatic birds having teeth which are set in a groove in the jaw It includes Hesperornis and allied genera See Hesperornis |
| Odontolite: | A fossil tooth colored a bright blue by phosphate of iron It is used as an imitation of turquoise and hence called bone turquoise |
| Odontology: | The science which treats of the teeth their structure and development |
| dOdontophora: | Same as Cephalophora |
| Odontophore: | A special structure found in the mouth of most mollusks except bivalves It consists of several muscles and a cartilage which supports a chitinous radula or lingual ribbon armed with teeth Also applied to the radula alone See Radula |
| Odontophorous: | Having an odontophore |
| Odontoplast: | An odontoblast |
| dOdontopteryx: | An extinct Eocene bird having the jaws strongly serrated or dentated but destitute of true teeth It was found near London |
| dOdontornithes: | A group of Mesozoic birds having the jaws armed with teeth as in most other vertebrates They have been divided into three orders Odontolc Odontotorm and Saurur |
| Odontostomatous: | Having toothlike mandibles applied to certain insects |
| dOdontotormae: | An order of extinct toothed birds having the teeth in sockets as in the genus Ichthyornis See Ichthyornis |
| Odor: | Any smell whether fragrant or offensive scent perfume |
| Odorament: | A perfume a strong scent |
| Odorant: | Yielding odors fragrant |
| odorant: | An odorous substance |
| Odorate: | Odorous |
| Odorating: | Diffusing odor or scent fragrant |
| Odoriferous: | Bearing or yielding an odor perfumed usually sweet of scent fragrant as odoriferous spices particles fumes breezes |
| Odorine: | A pungent oily substance obtained by redistilling bone oil |
| Odorless: | Free from odor |
| Odorous: | Having or emitting an odor or scent esp a sweet odor fragrant sweetsmelling |
| Ods: | A corruption of Gods formerly used in oaths and ejaculatory phrases |
| Odyl: | See Od Archaic |
| Odylic: | Of or pertaining to odyle odic as odylic force |
| Odyssey: | An epic poem attributed to Homer which describes the return of Ulysses to Ithaca after the siege of Troy |
| d: | a diphthong employed in the Latin language and thence in the English language as the representative of the Greek diphthong oi In many words in common use e alone stands instead of oe separate in Latin words |
| dcoid: | The colorless porous framework or stroma of red blood corpuscles from which the zooid or hemoglobin and other substances of the corpuscles may be dissolved out |
| dcology: | The various relations of animals and plants to one another and to the outer world now more commonly spelled ecology |
| dconomical: | See Economical |
| dconomics: | See Economics |
| dconomy: | See Economy |
| dcumenical: | See Ecumenical |
| dddema: | A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue |
| ddematous: | Pertaining to or of the nature of edema affected with edema |
| ddildebduf: | A circular or oval window generally used of architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries A famous room in the palace of Versailles bears this name from the oval window opening into it |
| ddildeperdrix: | Characterized by or decorated with small round points spots or rings as d2ildeperdrix pattern |
| diliad: | A glance of the eye an amorous look |
| dlet: | An eye bud or shoot as of a plant an oilet |
| oenanthate: | A salt or ester of oenanthic acid as testosterone oenanthate is sold as an anabolic steroid also called enanthate |
| dnanthic: | Having or imparting the odor characteristic of the bouquet of wine specifically used formerly to designate an acid oenanthic acid whose ethereal salts were supposed to occasion the peculiar bouquet or aroma of old wine Cf d1nanthylic |
| dnanthol: | An oily substance C6H15CHO obtained by the distillation of castor oil recognized as the aldehyde of d2nanthylic acid and hence called also d2nanthaldehyde |
| dnanthone: | The ketone of d2nanthic acid |
| dnanthyl: | A hydrocarbon radical formerly supposed to exist in d2nanthic acid now known to be identical with heptyl |
| dnanthylate: | A salt of oenanthylic acid as potassium d2nanthylate |
| dnanthylic: | Pertaining to derived from or containing d2nanthyl specifically designating an acid formerly supposed to be identical with the acid in d2nanthic ether but now known to be identical with heptanoic acid |
| dnanthylidene: | A colorless liquid hydrocarbon having a garlic odor heptine |
| dnanthylous: | Of pertaining to or designating an acid formerly supposed to be the acid of d2nanthylic ether but now known to be a mixture of higher acids especially capric acid |
| dnocyan: | The coloring matter of red wines |
| dnology: | Knowledge of wine scientific or practical |
| ddnomania: | Delirium tremens |
| dnomel: | Wine mixed with honey mead |
| dnometer: | See Alcoholometer |
| dnophilist: | A lover of wine |
| dnothionic: | Pertaining to an acid now called sulphovinic acid or ethyl sulphuric acid |
| Oer: | A contr of Over |
| Oersted: | The C G S unit of magnetic reluctance or resistance equal to the reluctance of a centimeter cube of air or vacuum between parallel faces Also a reluctance in which unit magnetomotive force sets up unit flux |
| dsophagus: | Same as Esophagus Esophageal etc |
| dstrian: | Of or pertaining to the gadflies |
| dstrual: | Of or pertaining to sexual desire mostly applied to brute animals as the d2strual period d2strual influence |
| dstruation: | The state of being under d2strual influence or of having sexual desire |
| ddstrus: | A genus of gadflies The species which deposits its larv in the nasal cavities of sheep is d2strus ovis |
| Of: | In a general sense from or out from proceeding from belonging to relating to concerning used in a variety of applications as |
| Off: | In a general sense denoting from or away from as |
| Off: | Away begone a command to depart |
| Off: | Not on away from as to be off ones legs or off the bed two miles off the shore |
| Off: | On the farther side most distant on the side of an animal or a team farthest from the driver when he is on foot in the United States the right side as the off horse or ox in a team in distinction from the nigh or near horse or ox the off leg |
| Off: | The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket keeper |
| offal: | The rejected or waste parts of any process especially the inedible parts of a butchered animal such as the viscera |
| offandon: | discontinuous not continuous Opposite of continuous |
| offbase: | located outside a military base as offbase housing |
| offBroadway: | Of or pertaining to the professional theaters in Manhattan not in the Broadway area performed in offBroadway1 |
| offBroadway: | A group of lowbudget theaters located outside the Broadway area in Manhattan |
| offcenter: | situated away from the center or axis |
| offcolor: | humorously vulgar mildly obscene risque as an offcolor joke |
| Offcut: | That which is cut off |
| offday: | A day when things go poorly as I guess this is one of my offdays |
| offduty: | not performing or available for duties at the given moment as an offduty policeman Oposite of onduty working and onthejob |
| Offence: | See Offense |
| offenceless: | incapable of offending or attacking harmless |
| Offend: | To strike against to attack to assail |
| Offend: | To transgress the moral or divine law to commit a crime to stumble to sin |
| Offendant: | An offender |
| Offender: | One who offends one who violates any law divine or human a wrongdoer |
| Offendress: | A woman who offends |
| Offense: | The act of offending in any sense esp a crime or a sin an affront or an injury |
| Offenseful: | Causing offense displeasing wrong as an offenseful act |
| Offenseless: | Unoffending inoffensive |
| Offensible: | That may give offense |
| Offension: | Assault attack |
| Offensive: | The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack aggressive attitude the act of the attacking party opposed to defensive |
| Offer: | To present as an act of worship to immolate to sacrifice to present in prayer or devotion often with up |
| Offer: | To present itself to be at hand |
| Offer: | The act of offering bringing forward proposing or bidding a proffer a first advance |
| Offerable: | Capable of being offered suitable or worthy to be offered |
| Offerer: | One who offers esp one who offers something to God in worship |
| Offering: | The act of an offerer a proffering |
| Offertory: | The act of offering or the thing offered |
| Offerture: | Offer proposal overture |
| offguard: | not watching for possible danger not alert as caught in an offguard moment |
| Offhand: | Instant unprepared ready extemporaneous unrehearsed as an offhand speech offhand excuses an offhand comment |
| offhanded: | same as offhand and offthecuff |
| Office: | That which a person does either voluntarily or by appointment for or with reference to others customary duty or a duty that arises from the relations of man to man as kind offices pious offices |
| Office: | To perform as the duties of an office to discharge |
| officebearer: | A person who holds an office an officeholder |
| Officeholder: | One who holds an office an officer particularly one in the civil service a placeman |
| Officer: | One who holds an office a person lawfully invested with an office whether civil military or ecclesiastical as a church officer a police officer a staff officer |
| Officer: | To furnish with officers to appoint officers over |
| Officewire: | Copper wire with a strong but light insulation used in wiring houses etc |
| Official: | Of or pertaining to an office or public trust as official duties or routine |
| Official: | One who holds an office esp a subordinate executive officer or attendant |
| officialdom: | The body of all people elected or appointed to administer a government taken collectively |
| officialese: | the formal and often obscure style of writing characteristic of some government officials bureaucratese it is characterized by euphemisms circumlocutions vague abstractions and circumlocutions |
| Officialism: | The state of being official a system of official government also adherence to office routine redtapism |
| Officiality: | See Officialty |
| officialize: | to render official as we officialized our relationship |
| Officially: | By the proper officer by virtue of the proper authority in pursuance of the special powers vested in an officer or office as accounts or reports officially verified or rendered letters officially communicated persons officially notified |
| Officialty: | The charge office court or jurisdiction of an official |
| Officiant: | The officer who officiates or performs an office as the burial office |
| Officiary: | Of or pertaining to an office or an officer official |
| Officiate: | To act as an officer in performing a duty to transact the business of an office or public trust to conduct a public ceremony or service |
| Officiate: | To discharge perform or supply as an official duty or function |
| Officiator: | One who officiates |
| Officinal: | Used in a shop or belonging to it |
| Officious: | Pertaining to or being in accordance with duty |
| Offing: | That part of the sea at a good distance from the shore or where there is deep water and no need of a pilot also distance from the shore as the ship had ten miles offing we saw a ship in the offing |
| Offish: | Shy or distant in manner aloof standoffish |
| offkey: | Deviating from the proper pitch of a musical note or series of notes as an offkey note to sing offkey |
| Offlet: | A pipe to let off water |
| offlicence: | a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere |
| offlimits: | barred to a designated group as the topless bar is offlints to military personnel |
| offline: | Not connected of computers or computer peripherals normally connected or intended to be connected to other computers by a communications line as we cant print the document because the printer is offline |
| offpeak: | Having less than maximal use or demand or activity of a period of time occurring as a defined part of a time cycle as offpeak telepone rates are available at night and on weekends offpeak fares |
| Offprint: | To reprint as an excerpt as the articles of some magazines are offprinted from other magazines |
| Offprint: | A reprint or excerpt |
| offputting: | hard to deal with |
| offroad: | designed for or used for or taking place on trails and beaches etc instead of public roads as offroad vehicles offroad sports such as snowmobiling |
| offroader: | a bicycle with a sturdy frame and fat tires originally designed for riding in mountainous country amountain bike |
| Offscouring: | That which is scoured off hence refuse rejected matter that which is vile or despised |
| Offscum: | Removed scum refuse dross |
| offseason: | of or relating to a season of less than maximum demand as offseason hotel rates are lower |
| Offset: | In general that which is set off from before or against something |
| Offset: | To set off to place over against to balance as to offset one account or charge against another |
| Offset: | To make an offset |
| offsetprinting: | A printing technique in which a lithographic image on an inked metal or stone plate is transferred first to a rubber sheet usually on a cylinder before transfer to the paper Called also offset lithography |
| offsetting: | Compensating for |
| Offshoot: | That which shoots off or separates from a main stem channel family race etc as the offshoots of a tree |
| Offshore: | From the shore as an offshore wind an offshore signal |
| offside: | Illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck in sports such as football or hockey as the touchdown was nullified because the left tackle was offside |
| offsite: | Taking place or located away from the specified site as an offsite waste treatment operation Opposite to onsite |
| Offskip: | That part of a landscape which recedes from the spectator into the distance |
| offstreet: | Not performed on the streets as offstreet parking offstreet unloading of vehicles Opposite of onstreet |
| Offtake: | Act of taking off specif the taking off or purchase of goods |
| offthecuff: | with little or no preparation or forethought unrehearsed extemporaneous offhand |
| offtherack: | Intended to be worn without alterations readytowear of clothing Contrasted with madetoorder custommade |
| offtheshelf: | Made in large quantities and intended to be used without modifications similar to offtherack but not restricted to clothing Opposite of custommade madetoorder or oneofakind |
| Offuscate: | See Obfuscate Obfuscation |
| offwhite: | tending toward white not pure white |
| offwhite: | a grayish white |
| Oft: | Often frequently not rarely many times |
| Oft: | Frequent often repeated |
| Often: | Frequently many times not seldom |
| Often: | Frequent common repeated |
| Oftenness: | Frequency |
| Oftensith: | Frequently often |
| Oftentide: | Frequently often |
| Oftentimes: | Frequently often many times |
| Ofter: | Compar of Oft |
| Ofttimes: | Frequently often |
| Ogam: | Same as Ogham |
| ogdoad: | A thing made up of eight parts |
| Ogdoastich: | A poem of eight lines |
| Ogeecheelime: | The acid oliveshaped drupaceous fruit of a species of tupelo Nyssa capitata which grows in swamps in Georgia and Florida |
| Ogganition: | Snarling grumbling |
| Ogham: | A particular kind of writing practiced by the ancient Irish and found in inscriptions on stones metals etc |
| Ogive: | The arch or rib which crosses a Gothic vault diagonally |
| Ogle: | To view or look at with side glances as in fondness or with a design to attract notice |
| Ogle: | An amorous side glance or look |
| Ogler: | One who ogles |
| Oglio: | See Olio |
| Ogre: | An imaginary monster or hideous giant of fairy tales who lived on human beings hence any frightful giant a cruel monster |
| Ogreish: | Resembling an ogre having the character or appearance of an ogre suitable for an ogre |
| Ogreism: | The character or manners of an ogre |
| Ogress: | A female ogre |
| Ogygian: | Of or pertaining to Ogyges a mythical king of ancient Attica or to a great deluge in Attica in his days hence primeval of obscure antiquity |
| Oh: | An exclamation expressing various emotions according to the tone and manner especially surprise pain sorrow anxiety or a wish See the Note under O |
| Ohioan: | A resident of Ohio |
| Ohm: | The standard unit in the measure of electrical resistance being the resistance of a circuit in which a potential difference of one volt produces a current of one ampre As defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by United States Statute it is a resistance substantially equal to 109 units of resistance of the C G S system of electromagnetic units and is represented by the resistance offered to an unvarying electric current by a column of mercury at the temperature of melting ice 144521 grams in mass of a constant crosssectional area and of the length of 1063 centimeters As thus defined it is called the international ohm |
| Ohmmeter: | An instrument for indicating directly the electrical resistance of a circuit in ohms |
| Oho: | An exclamation of surprise etc |
| oid: | A suffix or combining form meaning like resembling in the form of as in anthropoid asteroid spheroid |
| dObdium: | A genus of minute fungi which form a floccose mass of filaments on decaying fruit etc Many forms once referred to this genus are now believed to be temporary conditions of fungi of other genera among them the vine mildew O8bdium Tuckeri which has caused much injury to grapes |
| Oil: | Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances more viscous than and not miscible with water as olive oil whale oil rock oil etc They are of animal vegetable or mineral origin and of varied composition and they are variously used for food for solvents for anointing lubrication illumination etc By extension any substance of an oily consistency as oil of vitriol |
| Oil: | To smear or rub over with oil to lubricate with oil to anoint with oil |
| oilbearing: | containing oils of geological formations as oilbearing shale |
| oilbird: | See Guacharo |
| oilcan: | A small can with a long spout used to apply oil to machinery for purposes of lubrication |
| oilcloth: | Cloth rendered waterproof by treatment with oil or paint and used for marking garments covering tables shelves floors etc |
| oiled: | Covered or treated with oil dressed with or soaked in oil |
| Oiler: | One who deals in oils |
| Oilery: | The business the place of business or the goods of a maker of or dealer in oils |
| oilfired: | Using oil as a fuel as an oilfired furnace |
| oilfish: | A very large deepwater snake mackerel Ruvettus pretiosus |
| oilheater: | A heating or cooking device that burns oil such as kerosine as a fuel |
| Oiliness: | The quality of being oily |
| Oillet: | A small opening or loophole sometimes circular used in medival fortifications |
| Oilman: | One who deals in oils formerly one who dealt in oils and pickles |
| Oilnut: | The buffalo nut See Buffalo nut under Buffalo |
| oilpatch: | A geographical region from which petroleum is extracted |
| oilrig: | A structure and associated machinery used in drilling for oil or gas it is usually in the form of a tower Called also drilling rig |
| Oilseed: | Seed from which oil is expressed as the castor bean also the plant yielding such seed See Castor bean |
| oilsilk: | Silk treated with oil to make it watertight it is used to make raincoats |
| Oilskin: | Cloth made waterproof by oil |
| oilslick: | A layer of oil floating on water usually petroleum or fuel oil which has leaked from a ship |
| oilspill: | A layer of oil floating on water or covering the shoreline of a body of water usually petroleum which has leaked from an oil tanker |
| Oilstone: | A variety of hone slate or whetstone used for whetting tools when lubricated with oil |
| oilstove: | A stove that burns oil such as kerosine for heating or cooking |
| oiltanker: | A ship having large compartments designed to transport crude oil over the ocean |
| oilwell: | A well3 from which petroleum is or has been extracted a well3 drilled deeply into an oilbearing geological formation specifically for the purpose of obtaining petroleum |
| Oily: | Consisting of oil containing oil having the nature or qualities of oil unctuous oleaginous as oily matter or substance |
| Oinement: | Ointment |
| dOinomania: | See d2nomania |
| Oint: | To anoint |
| Ointment: | That which serves to anoint any soft unctuous substance used for smearing or anointing an unguent |
| Ojibways: | Same as Chippeways |
| dojo: | A spring surrounded by rushes or rank grass an oasis |
| okapi: | A peculiar mammal Okapia johnstoni closely related to the giraffe discovered in the deep forests of Belgian Congo in 1900 It is smaller than an ox and somewhat like a giraffe except that the neck is much shorter Like the giraffe it has no dewclaws There is a small prominence on each frontal bone of the male The color of the body is chiefly reddish chestnut the cheeks are yellowish white and the fore and hind legs above the knees and the haunches are striped with purplish black and cream color |
| Okapia: | A genus of mammals comprising the okapis |
| okay: | Satifactory agreeable pleasant as things are okay hes an okay guy |
| okay: | An endorsement approval permission as they gave us the okay to go ahead |
| okay: | to approve as the boss okayed my proposal |
| Oke: | A Turkish and Egyptian weight equal to about 2frac34 pounds |
| okeh: | Variant spellings of okay |
| Okenite: | A massive and fibrous mineral of a whitish color chiefly hydrous silicate of lime |
| Oker: | See Ocher |
| Okinawa: | the largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands |
| Okra: | An annual plant Abelmoschus esculentus syn Hibiscus esculentus whose green pods abounding in nutritious mucilage are much used for soups stews or pickles gumbo |
| ol: | A suffix denoting that the substance in the name of which it appears belongs to the series of alcohols or hydroxyl derivatives as ethanol carbinol phenol glycerol etc Such compounds contain the hydroxy radical OH |
| dOlay: | Palm leaves prepared for being written upon with a style pointed with steel |
| Old: | Open country |
| OldDominion: | Virginia a name of uncertain origin perh from the old designation of the colony as bdthe Colony and Dominion of Virginiab8 |
| Olden: | Old ancient as the olden time |
| Olden: | To grow old to age |
| Oldfashioned: | Formed according to old or obsolete fashion or pattern belonging to or characteristic of times past adhering to old customs styles or ideas as an oldfashioned dress girl oldfashioned wirerimmed glasses |
| oldfashioned: | A cocktail consisting of whiskey bitters and sugar garnished with with fruit slices and often a cherry |
| Oldgentlemanly: | Pertaining to an old gentleman or like one |
| oldhat: | same as oldfashioned a 2 |
| Oldish: | Somewhat old |
| Oldlangsyne: | See Auld lang syne |
| OldLineState: | Maryland a nickname alluding to the fact that its northern boundary is Mason and Dixons line |
| oldmaidish: | Like an old maid prim precise particular overly fastidious |
| Oldmaidism: | The condition or characteristics of an old maid |
| oldmanofthewoods: | An edible mildtasting mushroom Strobilomyces floccopus found in coniferous woodlands of eastern North America |
| Oldness: | The state or quality of being old old age |
| Oldster: | An old person |
| oldtime: | attractively oldfashioned |
| oldwife: | The local name of various fishes as the European black sea bream Cantharus lineatus the American alewife etc |
| oldwomanish: | Like an old woman anile primly fastidious oldmaidish |
| OldWorld: | The combined territories of Europe Asia and Africa The Eastern Hemisphere as distinguished from The Americas Australia and the Pacific Islands |
| oldworld: | Characteristic of former times especially in Europe as an oldworld cottage |
| dOlea: | A genus of trees including the olive |
| Oleaceae: | A natural family of trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits the olive family sometimes placed in the order Oleales it includes the olive ash jasmine privet and lilac |
| Oleaceous: | Of pertaining to or resembling a natural family of plants Oleace mostly trees and shrubs of which the olive is the type It includes also the ash the lilac the true jasmine and fringe tree |
| Oleaginous: | Having the nature or qualities of oil oily unctuous |
| Oleaginousness: | Oiliness |
| dOleamen: | A soft ointment prepared from oil |
| Oleander: | A beautiful evergreen shrub Nerium oleander of the Dogbane family having clusters of fragrant red white or pink flowers It is a native of the East Indies but the red variety has become common in the south of Europe Called also rosebay rose laurel and Southsea rose |
| Oleandra: | A genus of tropical epiphytic or terrestrial ferns also classed as the family Polypodiaceae |
| Oleandraceae: | One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems |
| Oleandrin: | One of several cardiac glycosides C32H48O9 found in oleander Nerium oleander |
| Oleandrine: | One of several alkaloids found in the leaves of the oleander Nerium oleander |
| Olearia: | A large genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or small trees with large daisylike flowers |
| Oleaster: | The wild olive tree Olea Europea var sylvestris |
| Oleate: | A salt of oleic acid Some oleates as the oleate of mercury are used in medicine by way of inunction |
| Olecranal: | Of or pertaining to the olecranon |
| Olecranon: | The large process at the proximal end of the ulna which projects behind the articulation with the humerus and forms the bony prominence of the elbow |
| Olefiant: | Forming or producing an oil specifically designating a colorless gaseous hydrocarbon called ethylene olefiant gas |
| olefin: | Olefiant gas or ethylene See Ethylene |
| Oleic: | Pertaining to derived from or contained in oil as oleic acid an acid of the acrylic acid series found combined with glyceryl in the form of olein in certain animal and vegetable fats and oils such as sperm oil olive oil etc At low temperatures the acid is crystalline but melts to an oily liquid above 14deg C |
| Oleiferous: | Producing oil as oleiferous seeds |
| Olein: | A fat liquid at ordinary temperatures but solidifying at temperatures below 0f8 C found abundantly in both the animal and vegetable kingdoms see Palmitin It dissolves solid fats especially at 3040f8 C Chemically olein is a glyceride of oleic acid and as three molecules of the acid are united to one molecule of glycerol to form the fat it is technically known as triolein It is also called elain |
| Olent: | Scented |
| Oleograph: | The form or figure assumed by a drop of oil when placed upon water or some other liquid with which it does not mix |
| Oleography: | Art or process of producing the pictures known as oleographs |
| Oleomargarine: | A liquid oil made from animal fats esp beef fat by separating the greater portion of the solid fat or stearin by crystallization It is mainly a mixture of olein and palmitin with some little stearin |
| Oleometer: | An instrument for ascertaining the weight and purity of oil an elaiometer |
| Oleone: | An oily liquid obtained by distillation of calcium oleate and probably consisting of the ketone of oleic acid |
| Oleooil: | An oil expressed from certain animal fats esp beef suet the greater portion of the solid fat or stearin being left behind It is mixture of olein palmitin and a little stearin |
| Oleoptene: | See El |
| Oleoresin: | A natural mixture of a terebinthinate oil and a resin |
| Oleose: | Oily |
| Oleosity: | The state or quality of being oily or fat fatness |
| Oleraceous: | Pertaining to pot herbs of the nature or having the qualities of herbs for cookery esculent |
| Olf: | The European bullfinch |
| Olfaction: | The sense by which the impressions made on the olfactory organs by the odorous particles in the atmosphere are perceived |
| Olfactive: | See Olfactory a |
| Olfactor: | A smelling organ a nose |
| Olfactory: | Of pertaining to or connected with the sense of smell as the olfactory nerves the olfactory cells |
| Olfactory: | An olfactory organ also the sense of smell usually in the plural |
| Olfersia: | genus consisting of one species in some classification systems it is included in the genus Polyboatrya |
| Oliban: | See Olibanum |
| Olibanum: | The fragrant gum resin of various species of Boswellia Oriental frankincense |
| Olibene: | A colorless mobile liquid of a pleasant aromatic odor obtained by the distillation of olibanum or frankincense and regarded as a terpene called also conimene |
| Olid: | Having a strong disagreeable smell fetid |
| Olifant: | An elephant |
| Oligandrous: | Having few stamens |
| Oliganthous: | Having few flowers |
| Oligarch: | A member of an oligarchy one of the rulers in an oligarchical government |
| Oligarchal: | Oligarchic |
| Oligarchic: | Of or pertaining to oligarchy or government by a few |
| Oligarchist: | An advocate or supporter of oligarchy |
| Oligarchy: | A form of government in which the supreme power is placed in the hands of a few persons also those who form the ruling few |
| Oligist: | Hematite or specular iron ore prob so called in allusion to its feeble magnetism as compared with magnetite |
| Oligist: | Of or pertaining to hematite |
| Oligo: | A combining form from Gr oligos few little small |
| Oligocene: | Of pertaining to or designating certain strata which occupy an intermediate position between the Eocene and Miocene periods |
| Oligochaeta: | An order of Annelida which includes the earthworms and related species including some small freshwater species |
| oligochaete: | Any of an order of hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids including the earthworms having bristles borne singly along the length of the body a member of the Oligochaeta |
| oligochaetous: | Of or pertaining to the Oligochta |
| oligochete: | Of or pertaining to the Oligochta |
| Oligoclase: | A triclinic sodalime feldspar See Feldspar |
| oligomer: | A molecule composed of a small number of linked monomer units a short polymer compounds called oligomers have less than one hundred monomer units and usually less than thirty Oligomers of increasing length are called dimer trimer tetramer pentamer hexamer heptamer octamer nonamer decamer etc In colloquial laboratory jargon they may also be referred to as ninemer tenmer elevenmer twelvemer etc especially for oligomers of greater than eight units |
| Oligomerous: | Having few members in each set of organs as an oligomerous flower |
| Oligomyoid: | Having few or imperfect syringeal muscles said of some passerine birds Oligomyodi |
| Oligopetalous: | Having few petals |
| Oligosepalous: | Having few sepals |
| Oligosiderite: | A meteorite characterized by the presence of but a small amount of metallic iron |
| Oligospermous: | Having few seeds |
| Oligotokous: | Producing few young |
| Olio: | A dish of stewed meat of different kinds |
| Olitory: | Of or pertaining to or produced in a kitchen garden used for kitchen purposes as olitory seeds |
| dOliva: | A genus of polished marine gastropod shells chiefly tropical and often beautifully colored |
| Olivaceous: | Resembling the olive of the color of the olive olivegreen |
| Olivary: | Like an olive |
| Olivaster: | Of the color of the olive tawny |
| Olive: | A tree Olea Europa with small oblong or elliptical leaves axillary clusters of flowers and oval oneseeded drupes The tree has been cultivated for its fruit for thousands of years and its branches are the emblems of peace The wood is yellowish brown and beautifully variegated |
| Olive: | Approaching the color of the olive of a peculiar dark brownish yellowish or tawny green |
| Olived: | Decorated or furnished with olive trees |
| Olivenite: | An olivegreen mineral a hydrous arseniate of copper Cu2AsO4OH olive ore |
| Oliver: | An olive grove |
| Oliver: | A small tilt hammer worked by the foot |
| Oliverian: | An adherent of Oliver Cromwell |
| Olivewood: | The wood of the olive |
| Olivil: | A white crystalline substance obtained from an exudation from the olive and having a bittersweet taste and acid proporties |
| Olivin: | A complex bitter gum found on the leaves of the olive tree called also olivite |
| Olivine: | A common name of the yellowish green mineral chrysolite esp the variety found in eruptive rocks It is a silicate of magnesium and iron MgFeSiO4 |
| Olivite: | See Olivin |
| Olla: | A pot or jar having a wide mouth a cinerary urn especially one of baked clay |
| dOllapodrida: | A favorite Spanish dish consisting of a mixture of several kinds of meat chopped fine and stewed with vegetables |
| olm: | A European cavedwelling aquatic salamander Proteus anguinus with permanent external gills |
| Ology: | A colloquial or humorous name for any science or branch of knowledge |
| dOlpe: | Originally a leather flask or vessel for oils or liquids afterward an earthenware vase or pitcher without a spout |
| dOlusatrum: | An umbelliferous plant the common Alexanders of Western Europe Smyrnium Olusatrum |
| Olympiad: | A period of four years by which the ancient Greeks reckoned time being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic games to another beginning with the victory of Corb c as the era of the olympiads |
| Olympian: | Of or pertaining to Olympus a mountain of Thessaly fabled as the seat of the gods or to Olympia a small plain in Elis |
| Olympian: | A god who dwells on Olympus |
| Olympian: | Pertaining to characteristic of or fitting for one of the gods on Olympus grand majestic or aloof |
| Olympianism: | Worship of the Olympian gods esp as a dominant cult or religion |
| Olympicgames: | The greatest of the national festivals of the ancient Greeks consisting of athletic games and races dedicated to Olympian Zeus celebrated once in four years at Olympia and continuing five days |
| Olympicgames: | A modified revival of the ancient Olympian games consisting of international athletic games races etc now held once in four years the first having been at Athens in 1896 |
| Olympionic: | An ode in honor of a victor in the Olympic games |
| Olympus: | A mountain in Northeastern Greece it was believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the gods |
| dOm: | A mystic syllable or ejaculation used by Hindus and Buddhists in religious rites orig among the Hindus an exclamation of assent like Amen then an invocation and later a symbol of the trinity formed by Vishnu Siva and Brahma |
| oma: | A suffix used in medical terms to denote a morbid condition of some part usually some kind of tumor as in fibroma glaucoma |
| dOmagra: | Gout in the shoulder |
| Omahas: | A tribe of Indians who inhabited the south side of the Missouri River They are now partly civilized and occupy a reservation in Nebraska |
| Omanderwood: | The wood of Diospyros ebenaster a kind of ebony found in Ceylon |
| Omani: | Of or relating to Oman or its people as Omani oil producers Omani ports |
| Omani: | A native or inhabitant of Oman |
| dOmasum: | The third division of the stomach of ruminants See Manyplies and Illust under Ruminant |
| Omber: | A game at cards borrowed from the Spaniards and usually played by three persons |
| Ombre: | A large Mediterranean food fish Umbrina cirrhosa called also umbra and umbrine |
| Ombrometer: | An instrument for measuring the rain that falls a rain gauge |
| Omdurman: | A battle 1898 in which an AngloEgyptian army under Lord Kitchener defeated the Sudanese |
| omega: | The last letter of the Greek alphabet See Alpha |
| Omegoid: | Having the form of the Greek capital letter Omega OMEGA |
| omelet: | A dish consisting of eggs beaten up with a little flour etc and cooked in a frying pan until just set into a semisolid consistency it may be folded around eg ham or cheese or jelly as a plain omelet When additional ingredients are mixed in the names of the ingredients may be mentioned in the name of the omelet as a ham and cheese omelet a bacon and cheese omelet |
| Omen: | An occurrence supposed to portend or show the character of some future event any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing a foreboding a presage an augury |
| Omen: | To divine or to foreshow by signs or portents to have omens or premonitions regarding to predict to augur as to omen ill of an enterprise |
| Omened: | Attended by or containing an omen or omens as happyomened day an illomened venture |
| Omental: | Of or pertaining to an omentum or the omenta |
| Omentum: | A free fold of the peritoneum or one serving to connect viscera support blood vessels etc an epiplo94n |
| Omer: | A Hebrew measure the tenth of an ephah See Ephah |
| Omicron: | Lit the little or short O o the fifteenth letter of the Greek alphabet |
| Omiletical: | Homiletical |
| Ominate: | To presage to foreshow to foretoken |
| Omination: | The act of ominating presaging |
| Ominous: | Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens being or exhibiting an omen significant portentous formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense now chiefly in the latter foreboding or foreshowing evil inauspicious as an ominous dread |
| Omissible: | Capable of being omitted that may be omitted |
| Omission: | The act of omitting neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty |
| Omissive: | Leaving out omitting |
| Omit: | To let go to leave unmentioned not to insert or name to drop |
| Omittance: | The act of omitting or the state of being omitted forbearance neglect |
| Omitter: | One who omits |
| Ommateal: | Of or pertaining to an ommateum |
| dOmmateum: | A compound eye as of insects and crustaceans |
| dOmmatidium: | One of the single eyes forming the compound eyes of crustaceans insects and other invertebrates one of the eyes of an ommateum |
| Omni: | A combining form denoting all every everywhere as in omnipotent allpowerful omnipresent omnivorous |
| Omnibus: | A long vehicle having seats for many people a bus |
| omnibus: | Pertaining to or dealing with a variety of topics at one time as omnibus legislation an omnibus budget bill |
| Omnicorporeal: | Comprehending or including all bodies embracing all substance |
| Omniety: | That which is allpervading or allcomprehensive hence the Deity |
| Omnifarious: | Of all varieties forms or kinds |
| Omniferous: | Allbearing producing all kinds |
| Omnific: | Allcreating |
| Omniform: | Having every form or shape |
| Omniformity: | The condition or quality of having every form |
| Omnify: | To render universal to enlarge |
| Omnigenous: | Consisting of all kinds |
| Omnigraph: | A pantograph |
| Omniparient: | Producing or bringing forth all things allproducing |
| Omniparity: | Equality in every part general equality |
| Omniparous: | Producing all things omniparient |
| Omnipatient: | Capable of enduring all things |
| Omnipercipience: | Perception of everything |
| Omnipercipient: | Perceiving everything |
| Omnipotence: | The state of being omnipotent almighty power hence one who is omnipotent the Deity |
| Omnipotent: | Able in every respect and for every work unlimited in ability allpowerful almighty as the Being that can create worlds must be omnipotent |
| Omnipotently: | In an omnipotent manner |
| Omnipresence: | Presence in every place at the same time unbounded or universal presence ubiquity |
| Omnipresency: | Omnipresence |
| Omnipresent: | Present in all places at the same time ubiquitous as the omnipresent Jehovah |
| Omnipresential: | Implying universal presence |
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