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Oad
See .
Obediential
According to the rule of obedience.
Obeisant
Ready to obey; reverent; deferential; also, servilely submissive.
Obfuscation
The act of darkening or bewildering; the state of being darkened.
Oblongish
Somewhat oblong.
Obstringe
To constrain; to put under obligation.
Occasionate
To occasion.
Ochraceous
Ocherous.
Octoroon
The offspring of a quadroon and a white person; a mestee.
Octylene
Any one of a series of metameric hydrocarbons () of the ethylene series. In general they are combustible, colorless liquids.
Odious
Hateful; deserving or receiving hatred; .
Odonata
The division of insects that includes the dragon flies.
il-de-perdrix
Characterized by, or decorated with, small round points, spots, or rings; .
let
An eye, bud, or shoot, as of a plant; an oilet.
oil-bearing
containing oils; -- of geological formations; .
Oilman
One who deals in oils; formerly, one who dealt in oils and pickles.
Olympian
A god who dwells on Olympus.
Omdurman
A battle (1898) in which an Anglo-Egyptian army under defeated the Sudanese.
Onanism
Self-pollution; masturbation.
Oneidas
A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the region near Oneida Lake in the State of New York, and forming part of the Five Nations. Remnants of the tribe now live in New York, Canada, and Wisconsin.
Only
Save or except (that); -- an adversative used elliptically with or without , and properly introducing a single fact or consideration.
Opinionator
An opinionated person; one given to conjecture.
Opisthion
The middle of the posterior, or dorsal, margin of the great foramen of the skull.
Oppletion
The act of filling up, or the state of being filled up; fullness.
Oppositive
Capable of being put in opposition.
Orangeroot
An American ranunculaceous plant (), having a yellow tuberous root; -- also called , , etc.
Orator
A public speaker; one who delivers an oration; especially, one distinguished for his skill and power as a public speaker; one who is eloquent.
Oratorical
Of or pertaining to an orator or to oratory; characterized by oratory; rhetorical; becoming to an orator;
Ordain
To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish.
Ordainable
Capable of being ordained; worthy to be ordained or appointed.
Order
To give orders; to issue commands.
Ordnance
Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, and howitzers; artillery; sometimes, a general term for all weapons, ammunitiion, and appliances used in war.
Oreide
See .
Organism
Organic structure; organization.
Ornately
In an ornate manner.
Ornitho-
A combining form fr. Gr. , , a bird.
Orphean
Of or pertaining to , the mythic poet and musician; .
Orpheus
The famous mythic Thracian poet, son of the Muse , and husband of . He is reputed to have had power to entrance beasts and inanimate objects by the music of his lyre.
Orthodoxality
Orthodoxness.
Orthognathism
The quality or state of being orthognathous.
Orvet
The blindworm.
Oss
To prophesy; to presage.
Ossiferous
Containing or yielding bone.
Osteocope
Pain in the bones; a violent fixed pain in any part of a bone.
Osteolite
A massive impure apatite, or calcium phosphate.
Ostracoda
An order of possessing shrimplike bodies enclosed in hard bivalve shells; called also and . They were formerly referred to as . They are of small size, and swim freely about; many are less than 1 mm in length. Microfossils of certain extinct orders have been found extending back to the Cambrian age.
Otaheite apple
The fruit of a Polynesian anacardiaceous tree (), also called . It is rather larger than an apple, and the rind has a flavor of turpentine, but the flesh is said to taste like pineapples.
Otic
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the ear; auricular; auditory.
Otorrha
A flow or running from the ear, esp. a purulent discharge.
Outcrop
To come out to the surface of the ground; -- said of strata.
Outfly
To surpass in flying; to fly beyond or faster than.
Outgive
To surpass in giving.
Out-of-door
Being out of the house; being, or done, in the open air; suited for the open air; outdoor; . See , under ,
Outparamour
To exceed in the number of mistresses.
Outpension
A public pension granted to one not required to live in a charitable institution.
Outspoken
Speaking, or spoken, freely, openly, candidly, or boldly;
Outway
A way out; exit.
Outwear
To wear out; to consume or destroy by wearing.
Ovally
In an oval form.
Overbear
To bear fruit or offspring to excess; to be too prolific.
Overdrown
To wet or drench to excess.
overhanded
performed with the arm moving above the shoulder; overhand{2}; -- of methods of throwing, especially in baseball. Contrasted with and .
Overhead
Aloft; above; in or attached to the ceiling or roof; in the story or upon the floor above; in the zenith.
Overhent
To overtake.
Overjump
To jump over; hence, to omit; to ignore.
Overmodest
Modest to excess; bashful.
Overpeer
To peer over; to rise above.
Overpower
A dominating power.
Overshoot
To shoot over or beyond; to miss; .
Overstraw
To overstrew.
Oversupply
An excessive supply; a supply in excess of demand.
Overview
An inspection or overlooking.
Overword
To say in too many words; to express verbosely.
Ovipara
An artificial division of vertebrates, including those that lay eggs; -- opposed to .
Ovulate
Containing an ovule or ovules.
Own
To hold as property; to have a legal or rightful title to; to be the proprietor or possessor of; to possess; .
Oxalurate
A salt of oxaluric acid.
Oxheart
A large heart-shaped cherry, either black, red, or white.
Oxidation
The act or process of oxidizing, or the state or result of being oxidized.
Oxter
The armpit; also, the arm.