| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| oar-footed | adjective | Having feet adapted for swimming. |
| obduration | noun | A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart. |
| obdureness | noun | Alt. of Obduredness |
| obediently | adverb | In an obedient manner; with obedience. |
| obelisking | present participle & vb. noun | of Obelisk |
| obequitate | verb i. | To ride about. |
| oberration | noun | A wandering about. |
| obfuscated | imp. & past participle | of Obfuscate |
| obituarily | adverb | In the manner of an obituary. |
| obituaries | plural | of Obituary |
| objectable | adjective | Such as can be presented in opposition; that may be put forward as an objection. |
| objectless | adjective | Having no object; purposeless. |
| objuration | noun | A binding by oath. |
| objurgated | imp. & past participle | of Objurgate |
| oblateness | noun | The quality or state of being oblate. |
| oblationer | noun | One who makes an offering as an act worship or reverence. |
| obligating | present participle & vb. noun | of Obligate |
| obligation | noun | The act of obligating., That which obligates or constrains; the binding power of a promise, contract, oath, or vow, or of law; that which constitutes legal or moral duty., Any act by which a person becomes bound to do something to or for anouther, or to forbear something; external duties imposed by law, promise, or contract, by the relations of society, or by courtesy, kindness, etc., The state of being obligated or bound; the state of being indebted for an act of favor or kindness; as, to place others under obligations to one., A bond with a condition annexed, and a penalty for nonfulfillment. In a larger sense, it is an acknowledgment of a duty to pay a certain sum or do a certain things. |
| obligatory | adjective | Binding in law or conscience; imposing duty or obligation; requiring performance or forbearance of some act; — often followed by on or upon; as, obedience is obligatory on a soldier. |
| obligement | noun | Obligation. |
| obliterate | verb t. | To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing., To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render imperceptible; as. to obliterate ideas; to obliterate the monuments of antiquity., Scarcely distinct; — applied to the markings of insects. |
| oblongatal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the medulla oblongata; medullar. |
| oblongness | noun | State or quality of being oblong. |
| obloquious | adjective | Containing obloquy; reproachful |
| obnubilate | verb t. | To cloud; to obscure. |
| obsecrated | imp. & past participle | of Obsecrate |
| obsequious | adjective | Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted., Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess; cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite., Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal. |
| observable | adjective | Worthy or capable of being observed; discernible; noticeable; remarkable. |
| observance | noun | The act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; — usually with a sense of strictness and fidelity; as, the observance of the Sabbath is general; the strict observance of duties., An act, ceremony, or rite, as of worship or respect; especially, a customary act or service of attention; a form; a practice; a rite; a custom., Servile attention; sycophancy. |
| observancy | noun | Observance. |
| observanda | plural | of Observandum |
| observator | noun | One who observes or takes notice., One who makes a remark. |
| obsidional | adjective | Of or pertaining to a siege. |
| obsoletely | adverb | In an obsolete manner. |
| obsoletism | noun | A disused word or phrase; an archaism. |
| obstetrics | noun | The science of midwifery; the art of assisting women in parturition, or in the trouble incident to childbirth. |
| obstetricy | noun | Obstetrics. |
| obstructed | imp. & past participle | of Obstruct |
| obstructer | noun | One who obstructs or hinders. |
| obtainable | adjective | Capable of being obtained. |
| obtainment | noun | The act or process of obtaining; attainment. |
| obtruncate | verb t. | To deprive of a limb; to lop. |
| obturation | noun | The act of stopping up, or closing, an opening. |
| obtuseness | noun | State or quality of being obtuse. |
| occasioned | imp. & past participle | of Occasion |
| occasional | adjective | Of or pertaining to an occasion or to occasions; occuring at times, but not constant, regular, or systematic; made or happening as opportunity requires or admits; casual; incidental; as, occasional remarks, or efforts., Produced by accident; as, the occasional origin of a thing. |
| occasioner | noun | One who, or that which, occasions, causes, or produces. |
| occecation | noun | The act of making blind, or the state of being blind. |
| occidental | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western; — opposed to oriental; as, occidental climates, or customs; an occidental planet., Possessing inferior hardness, brilliancy, or beauty; — used of inferior precious stones and gems, because those found in the Orient are generally superior. |
| occrustate | verb t. | To incrust; to harden. |
| occultness | noun | State or quality of being occult. |
| occupation | noun | The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant., That which occupies or engages the time and attention; the principal business of one’s life; vocation; employment; calling; trade. |
| occurrence | noun | A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision., Any incident or event; esp., one which happens without being designed or expected; as, an unusual occurrence, or the ordinary occurrences of life. |
| oceanology | noun | That branch of science which relates to the ocean. |
| ochlocracy | noun | A form of government by the multitude; a mobocracy. |
| ochraceous | adjective | Ocherous. |
| octaemeron | noun | A fast of eight days before a great festival. |
| octagynous | adjective | Having eight pistils or styles; octogynous. |
| octahedral | adjective | Having eight faces or sides; of, pertaining to, or formed in, octahedrons; as, octahedral cleavage. |
| octahedron | noun | A solid bounded by eight faces. The regular octahedron is contained by eight equal equilateral triangles. |
| octamerous | adjective | Having the parts in eights; as, an octamerous flower; octamerous mesenteries in polyps. |
| octandrian | adjective | Alt. of Octandrous |
| octandrous | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Octandria; having eight distinct stamens. |
| octangular | adjective | Having eight angles; eight-angled. |
| octavalent | adjective | Having a valence of eight; capable of being combined with, exchanged for, or compared with, eight atoms of hydrogen; — said of certain atoms or radicals. |
| octocerata | nounpl. | A suborder of Cephalopoda including Octopus, Argonauta, and allied genera, having eight arms around the head; — called also Octopoda. |
| octodecimo | adjective | Having eighteen leaves to a sheet; as, an octodecimo form, book, leaf, size, etc., A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into eighteen leaves; hence; indicating more or less definitely a size of book, whose sheets are so folded; — usually written 18mo or 18¡, and called eighteenmo. |
| octogenary | adjective | Of eighty years of age. |
| octogynian | adjective | Alt. of Octogynous |
| octogynous | adjective | Having eight pistils; octagynous. |
| oculinacea | nounpl. | A suborder of corals including many reef-building species, having round, starlike calicles. |
| oculomotor | adjective | 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., The oculomotor nerve. |
| oculonasal | adjective | 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. |
| odd fellow | A member of a secret order, or fraternity, styled the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, established for mutual aid and social enjoyment. | |
| odometrous | adjective | Serving to measure distance on a road. |
| odontalgia | noun | Toothache. |
| odontalgic | adjective | Of or pertaining to odontalgia., A remedy for the toothache. |
| odontiasis | noun | Cutting of the teeth; dentition. |
| odontocete | nounpl. | A subdivision of Cetacea, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.; the toothed whales. |
| odontogeny | noun | Generetion, or mode of development, of the teeth. |
| odontolcae | noun pl. | 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 | noun | 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 | noun | The science which treats of the teeth, their structure and development. |
| oeconomics | noun | See Economics. |
| oedematous | adjective | Pertaining to, or of the nature of, edema; affected with edema. |
| oenanthate | noun | A salt of the supposed /nanthic acid. |
| oenanthone | noun | The ketone of oenanthic acid. |
| oesophagus | adjective | Alt. of Oesophageal |
| offendress | noun | A woman who offends. |
| offenseful | adjective | Causing offense; displeasing; wrong; as, an offenseful act. |
| offensible | adjective | That may give offense. |
| officering | present participle & vb. noun | of Officer |
| officially | adverb | 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 vertified or rendered; letters officially communicated; persons officially notified. |
| officialty | noun | The charge, office, court, or jurisdiction of an official. |
| officiated | imp. & past participle | of Officiate |
| officiator | noun | One who officiates. |
| offsetting | present participle & vb. noun | of Offset |
| oftentimes | adverb | Frequently; often; many times. |
| ogdoastich | noun | A poem of eight lines. |
| ogganition | noun | Snarling; grumbling. |
| oleaginous | adjective | Having the nature or qualities of oil; oily; unctuous. |
| oleandrine | noun | One of several alkaloids found in the leaves of the oleander. |
| oleiferous | adjective | Producing oil; as, oleiferous seeds. |
| oleraceous | adjective | Pertaining to pot herbs; of the nature or having the qualities of herbs for cookery; esculent. |
| oligarchal | adjective | Oligarchic. |
| oligarchic | adjective | Alt. of Oligarchical |
| oligochete | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Oligochaeta. |
| oligoclase | noun | A triclinic soda-lime feldspar. See Feldspar. |
| oligomyold | adjective | Having few or imperfect syringeal muscles; — said of some passerine birds (Oligomyodi). |
| olivaceous | adjective | Resembling the olive; of the color of the olive; olive-green. |
| olympionic | noun | An ode in honor of a victor in the Olympic games. |
| ombrometer | noun | An instrument for measuring the rain that falls; a rain gauge. |
| omiletical | adjective | Homiletical. |
| ommatidium | noun | One of the single eyes forming the compound eyes of crustaceans, insects, and other invertebrates. |
| omniferous | adjective | All-bearing; producing all kinds. |
| omnigenous | adjective | Consisting of all kinds. |
| omniparity | noun | Equality in every part; general equality. |
| omniparous | adjective | Producing all things; omniparient. |
| omnipotent | adjective | Able in every respect and for every work; unlimited in ability; all-powerful; almighty; as, the Being that can create worlds must be omnipotent., Having unlimited power of a particular kind; as, omnipotent love. |
| omniscient | adjective | Having universal knowledge; knowing all things; infinitely knowing or wise; as, the omniscient God. |
| omniscious | adjective | All-knowing. |
| omnivagant | adjective | Wandering anywhere and everywhere. |
| omnivorous | adjective | All-devouring; eating everything indiscriminately; as, omnivorous vanity; esp. (Zool.), eating both animal and vegetable food. |
| omostegite | noun | The part of the carapace of a crustacean situated behind the cervical groove. |
| omosternal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the omosternum. |
| omosternum | noun | The anterior element of the sternum which projects forward from between the clavicles in many batrachians and is usually tipped with cartilage., In many mammals, an interarticular cartilage, or bone, between the sternum and the clavicle. |
| on-looking | adjective | Looking on or forward. |
| onomomancy | noun | See Onomancy. |
| ontologist | noun | One who is versed in or treats of ontology. |
| onwardness | noun | Progress; advancement. |
| oophoritis | noun | Ovaritis. |
| opalescing | present participle & vb. noun | of Opalesce |
| opalescent | adjective | Reflecting a milky or pearly light from the interior; having an opaline play of colors. |
| opaqueness | noun | The state or quality of being impervious to light; opacity. |
| operameter | noun | An instrument or machine for measuring work done, especially for ascertaining the number of rotations made by a machine or wheel in manufacturing cloth; a counter. |
| operatical | adjective | Of or pertaining to the opera or to operas; characteristic of, or resembling, the opera. |
| operculate | adjective | Alt. of Operculated |
| operculums | plural | of Operculum |
| ophicleide | noun | A large brass wind instrument, formerly used in the orchestra and in military bands, having a loud tone, deep pitch, and a compass of three octaves; — now generally supplanted by bass and contrabass tubas. |
| ophiolatry | noun | The worship of serpents. |
| ophiologic | adjective | Alt. of Ophiological |
| ophiomancy | noun | Divination by serpents, as by their manner of eating, or by their coils. |
| ophiurioid | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Ophiurioidea., One of the Ophiurioidea. |
| ophthalmia | noun | An inflammation of the membranes or coats of the eye or of the eyeball. |
| ophthalmic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the eye; ocular; as the ophthalmic, or orbitonasal, nerve, a division of the trigeminal, which gives branches to the lachrymal gland, eyelids, nose, and forehead. |
| opiniaster | adjective | Alt. of Opiniatre |
| opiniative | adjective | Opinionative. |
| opinionate | adjective | Opinionated. |
| opinionist | noun | One fond of his own notions, or unduly attached to his own opinions. |
| opisometer | noun | An instrument with a revolving wheel for measuring a curved line, as on a map. |
| opisthotic | noun | The inferior and posterior of the three elements forming the periotic bone. |
| oppilating | present participle & vb. noun | of Oppilate |
| oppilation | noun | The act of filling or crowding together; a stopping by redundant matter; obstruction, particularly in the lower intestines. |
| oppilative | adjective | Obstructive. |
| opposeless | adjective | Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible. |
| oppositely | adverb | In a situation to face each other; in an opposite manner or direction; adversely. |
| opposition | noun | The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance., The state of being placed over against; situation so as to front something else., Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or purpose; antipathy., That which opposes; an obstacle; specifically, the aggregate of persons or things opposing; hence, in politics and parliamentary practice, the party opposed to the party in power., The situation of a heavenly body with respect to another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite to it; especially, the position of a planet or satellite when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180¡; — signified by the symbol /; as, / / /, opposition of Jupiter to the sun., The relation between two propositions when, having the same subject and predicate, they differ in quantity, or in quality, or in both; or between two propositions which have the same matter but a different form. |
| oppositive | adjective | Capable of being put in opposition. |
| oppressing | present participle & vb. noun | of Oppress |
| oppression | noun | The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed., That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny., A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude; as, an oppression of spirits; an oppression of the lungs., Ravishment; rape. |
| oppressive | adjective | Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law., Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands., Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe. |
| oppressure | noun | Oppression. |
| opprobrium | noun | Disgrace; infamy; reproach mingled with contempt; abusive language. |
| oppugnancy | noun | The act of oppugning; opposition; resistance. |
| opsiometer | noun | An instrument for measuring the limits of distincts vision in different individuals, and thus determiming the proper focal length of a lens for correcting imperfect sight. |
| opsonation | noun | A catering; a buying of provisions. |
| optatively | adverb | In an optative manner; with the expression of desire. |
| optimistic | adjective | Of or pertaining to optimism; tending, or conforming, to the opinion that all events are ordered for the best., Hopeful; sanguine; as, an optimistic view. |
| optionally | adverb | In an optional manner. |
| optocoelia | noun | The cavity of one of the optic lobes of the brain in many animals. |
| optography | noun | The production of an optogram on the retina by the photochemical action of light on the visual purple; the fixation of an image in the eye. The object so photographed shows white on a purple or red background. See Visual purple, under Visual. |
| orangeroot | noun | An American ranunculaceous plant (Hidrastis Canadensis), having a yellow tuberous root; — also called yellowroot, golden seal, etc. |
| oratorical | adjective | Of or pertaining to an orator or to oratory; characterized by oratory; rhetorical; becoming to an orator; as, an oratorical triumph; an oratorical essay. |
| oratorious | adjective | Oratorical. |
| orbiculate | noun | That which is orbiculate; especially, a solid the vertical section of which is oval, and the horizontal section circular., Alt. of Orbiculated |
| orcharding | noun | The cultivation of orchards., Orchards, in general. |
| orchardist | noun | One who cultivates an orchard. |
| orchestian | noun | Any species of amphipod crustacean of the genus Orchestia, or family Orchestidae. See Beach flea, under Beach. |
| orchestral | adjective | Of or pertaining to an orchestra; suitable for, or performed in or by, an orchestra. |
| orchestric | adjective | Orchestral. |
| orchideous | adjective | Same as Orchidaceous. |
| ordainable | adjective | Capable of being ordained; worthy to be ordained or appointed. |
| ordainment | noun | Ordination. |
| ordinalism | noun | The state or quality of being ordinal. |
| ordinarily | adverb | According to established rules or settled method; as a rule; commonly; usually; in most cases; as, a winter more than ordinarily severe. |
| ordinaries | plural | of Ordinary |
| ordinately | adverb | In an ordinate manner; orderly. |
| ordination | noun | The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc., The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders., Disposition; arrangement; order. |
| ordinative | adjective | Tending to ordain; directing; giving order. |
| ordonnance | noun | The disposition of the parts of any composition with regard to one another and the whole. |
| ordovician | adjective | Of or pertaining to a division of the Silurian formation, corresponding in general to the Lower Silurian of most authors, exclusive of the Cambrian., The Ordovician formation. |
| oreography | noun | The science of mountains; orography. |
| organicism | noun | The doctrine of the localization of disease, or which refers it always to a material lesion of an organ. |
| organizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Organize |
| organogeny | noun | Organogenesis. |
| organology | noun | The science of organs or of anything considered as an organic structure., That branch of biology which treats, in particular, of the organs of animals and plants. See Morphology. |
| organonymy | noun | The designation or nomenclature of organs. |
| orientated | imp. & past participle | of Orientate |
| orientness | noun | The quality or state of being orient or bright; splendor. |
| originable | adjective | Capable of being originated. |
| originally | adverb | In the original time, or in an original manner; primarily; from the beginning or origin; not by derivation, or imitation., At first; at the origin; at the time of formation or costruction; as, a book originally written by another hand. |
| originated | imp. & past participle | of Originate |
| originator | noun | One who originates. |
| orismology | noun | That departament of natural history which treats of technical terms. |
| ornamented | imp. & past participle | of Ornament |
| ornamental | adjective | Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing. |
| ornamenter | noun | One who ornaments; a decorator. |
| ornateness | noun | The quality of being ornate. |
| orographic | adjective | Alt. of Orographical |
| orological | adjective | Of or pertaining to orology. |
| orotundity | noun | The orotund mode of intonation. |
| orphanhood | noun | The state or condition of being an orphan; orphanage. |
| orsellinic | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid obtained by a partial decomposition of orsellic acid as a white crystalline substance, and related to protocatechuic acid. |
| ortalidian | noun | Any one of numerous small two-winged flies of the family Ortalidae. The larvae of many of these flies live in fruit; those of others produce galls on various plants. |
| orthoceras | noun | An extinct genus of Paleozoic Cephalopoda, having a long, straight, conical shell. The interior is divided into numerous chambers by transverse septa. |
| orthoclase | noun | Common or potash feldspar crystallizing in the monoclinic system and having two cleavages at right angles to each other. See Feldspar. |
| orthodoxal | adjective | Pertaining to, or evincing, orthodoxy; orthodox. |
| orthodoxly | adverb | In an orthodox manner; with soundness of faith. |
| orthodromy | noun | The act or art of sailing on a great circle. |
| orthoepist | noun | One who is skilled in orthoepy. |
| orthogonal | adjective | Right-angled; rectangular; as, an orthogonal intersection of one curve with another. |
| orthometry | noun | The art or practice of constructing verses correctly; the laws of correct versification. |
| orthopedic | adjective | Alt. of Orthopedical |
| orthophony | noun | The art of correct articulation; voice training. |
| orthopraxy | noun | The treatment of deformities in the human body by mechanical appliances. |
| orthoptera | noun pl. | An order of mandibulate insects including grasshoppers, locusts, cockroaches, etc. See Illust. under Insect. |
| orthoscope | noun | An instrument designed to show the condition of the superficial portions of the eye. |
| orthostade | noun | A chiton, or loose, ungirded tunic, falling in straight folds. |
| orthotomic | adjective | Cutting at right angles. |
| orycterope | noun | Same as Oryctere. |
| oryctology | noun | An old name for paleontology., An old name for mineralogy and geology. |
| oscillancy | noun | The state of oscillating; a seesaw kind of motion. |
| oscillaria | noun | A genus of dark green, or purplish black, filamentous, fresh-water algae, the threads of which have an automatic swaying or crawling motion. Called also Oscillatoria. |
| oscillated | imp. & past participle | of Oscillate |
| oscitantly | adverb | In an oscitant manner. |
| oscitation | noun | The act of yawning or gaping. |
| osculating | present participle & vb. noun | of Osculate |
| osculation | noun | The act of kissing; a kiss., The contact of one curve with another, when the number of consecutive points of the latter through which the former passes suffices for the complete determination of the former curve. |
| osculatory | adjective | Of or pertaining to kissing; kissing., Pertaining to, or having the properties of, an osculatrix; capable of osculation; as, a circle may be osculatory with a curve, at a given point., Same as Pax, 2. |
| osculatrix | noun | A curve whose contact with a given curve, at a given point, is of a higher order (or involves the equality of a greater number of successive differential coefficients of the ordinates of the curves taken at that point) than that of any other curve of the same kind. |
| osmaterium | noun | One of a pair of scent organs which the larvae of certain butterflies emit from the first body segment, either above or below. |
| osmidrosis | noun | The secretion of fetid sweat. |
| osphradium | noun | The olfactory organ of some Mollusca. It is connected with the organ of respiration. |
| ossiferous | adjective | Containing or yielding bone. |
| ossivorous | adjective | Feeding on bones; eating bones; as, ossivorous quadrupeds. |
| osspringer | noun | The osprey. |
| ostensible | adjective | Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown., Shown; exhibited; declared; avowed; professed; apparent; — often used as opposed to real or actual; as, an ostensible reason, motive, or aim. |
| ostensibly | adverb | In an ostensible manner; avowedly; professedly; apparently. |
| ostentator | noun | One fond of display; a boaster. |
| osteoblast | noun | One of the protoplasmic cells which occur in the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum, and from or around which the matrix of the bone is developed; an osteoplast. |
| osteoclast | noun | A myeloplax., An instrument for performing osteoclasis. |
| osteocolla | noun | A kind of glue obtained from bones., A cellular calc tufa, which in some places forms incrustations on the stems of plants, — formerly supposed to have the quality of uniting fractured bones. |
| osteocomma | noun | A metamere of the vertebrate skeleton; an osteomere; a vertebra. |
| osteogenic | adjective | Osteogenetic. |
| osteologer | noun | One versed in osteology; an osteologist. |
| osteologic | adjective | Alt. of Osteological |
| osteomanty | noun | Divination by means of bones. |
| osteophone | noun | An instrument for transmission of auditory vibrations through the bones of the head, so as to be appreciated as sounds by persons deaf from causes other than those affecting the nervous apparatus of hearing. |
| osteoplast | noun | An osteoblast. |
| ostraciont | noun | A fish of the genus Ostracion and allied genera. |
| ostracized | imp. & past participle | of Ostracize |
| oswego tea | An American aromatic herb (Monarda didyma), with showy, bright red, labiate flowers. | |
| otacoustic | adjective | Assisting the sense of hearing; as, an otacoustic instrument., Alt. of Otacousticon |
| otheoscope | noun | An instrument for exhibiting the repulsive action produced by light or heat in an exhausted vessel; a modification of the radoimeter. |
| othergates | adverb | In another manner. |
| otherguise | adjective & adverb | Alt. of Otherguess |
| otherguess | adjective & adverb | Of another kind or sort; in another way. |
| otherwhere | adverb | In or to some other place, or places; elsewhere. |
| otherwhile | adverb | Alt. of Otherwhiles |
| otocranial | adjective | Of or pertaining to the otocrane. |
| otological | adjective | Of or pertaining tootology. |
| otoscopeic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the otoscope or to otoscopy. |
| outagamies | noun pl. | See lst Fox, 7. |
| outbalance | verb t. | To outweight; to exceed in weight or effect. |
| outbidding | present participle & vb. noun | of Outbid |
| outbreathe | verb t. | To breathe forth., To cause to be out of breath; to exhaust., To issue, as breath; to be breathed out; to exhale. |
| outbuilded | of Outbuild | |
| outcasting | noun | That which is cast out. |
| outcompass | verb t. | To exceed the compass or limits of. |
| outdweller | noun | One who holds land in a parish, but lives elsewhere. |
| outflatter | verb t. | To exceed in flattering. |
| outgeneral | verb t. | To exceed in generalship; to gain advantage over by superior military skill or executive ability; to outmaneuver. |
| outgrowing | present participle & vb. noun | of Outgrow |
| outlandish | adjective | Foreign; not native., Hence: Not according with usage; strange; rude; barbarous; uncouth; clownish; as, an outlandish dress, behavior, or speech. |
| outlawries | plural | of Outlawry |
| outmeasure | verb t. | To exceed in measure or extent; to measure more than. |
| outpassion | verb t. | To exceed in passion. |
| outrageous | noun | Of the nature of an outrage; exceeding the limits of right, reason, or decency; involving or doing an outrage; furious; violent; atrocious. |
| outromance | verb t. | To exceed in romantic character. |
| outrunning | present participle & vb. noun | of Outrun |
| outsettler | noun | One who settles at a distance, or away, from others. |
| outsparkle | verb t. | To exceed in sparkling. |
| outstretch | verb t. | To stretch out. |
| outsweeten | verb t. | To surpass in sweetness. |
| outvillain | verb t. | To exceed in villainy. |
| ouvarovite | noun | Chrome garnet. |
| ovariotomy | noun | The operation of removing one or both of the ovaries; oophorectomy. |
| overabound | verb i. | To be exceedingly plenty or superabundant. |
| overaction | noun | Per/ormance to excess; exaggerated or excessive action. |
| overaffect | verb t. | To affect or care for unduly. |
| overbarren | adjective | Excessively barren. |
| overbattle | adjective | Excessively fertile; bearing rank or noxious growths. |
| overburden | verb t. | To load with too great weight or too much care, etc., The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry. |
| overcanopy | verb t. | To cover as with a canopy. |
| overchange | noun | Too much or too frequent change; fickleness. |
| overcharge | verb t. | To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy., To fill too full; to crowd., To charge excessively; to charge beyond a fair rate or price., To exaggerate; as, to overcharge a description., To make excessive charges., An excessive load or burden., An excessive charge in an account. |
| overcoming | p. pr & vb. noun | of Overcome, Conquering; subduing. |
| overcostly | adjective | Too costly. |
| overexcite | verb t. | To excite too much. |
| overfierce | adjective | Excessively fierce. |
| overflowed | imp. & past participle | of Overflow |
| overflying | present participle & vb. noun | of Overfly |
| overfrieze | verb t. | To cover with a frieze, or as with a frieze. |
| overglance | verb t. | To glance over. |
| overgreedy | adjective | Excessively greedy. |
| overground | adjective | Situated over or above ground; as, the overground portion of a plant. |
| overgrowth | noun | Excessive growth. |
| overhandle | verb t. | To handle, or use, too much; to mention too often. |
| overharden | verb t. | To harden too much; to make too hard. |
| overhauled | imp. & past participle | of Overhaul |
| overhighly | adverb | Too highly; too greatly. |
| overhipped | imp. & past participle | of Overhip |
| overinform | verb t. | To inform, fill, or animate, excessively. |
| overlading | present participle & vb. noun | of Overlade |
| overlander | noun | One who travels over lands or countries; one who travels overland. |
| overlavish | adjective | Lavish to excess. |
| overlaying | present participle & vb. noun | of Overlay, A superficial covering; a coating. |
| overleaven | verb t. | To leaven too much; hence, to change excessively; to spoil. |
| overliness | noun | The quality or state of being overly; carelessness. |
| overlinger | verb t. | To cause to linger; to detain too long. |
| overloaded | imp. & past participle | of Overload |
| overlooked | imp. & past participle | of Overlook |
| overlooker | noun | One who overlooks. |
| overmanner | adverb | In an excessive manner; excessively. |
| overmaster | verb t. | To overpower; to subdue; to vanquish; to govern. |
| overmeddle | verb t. | To meddle unduly. |
| overmellow | adjective | Too mellow; overripe. |
| overmickle | adjective & adverb | Overmuch. |
| overmodest | adjective | Modest to excess; bashful. |
| overmorrow | noun | The day after or following to-morrow. |
| overoffice | verb t. | To domineer over by virtue of office. |
| overpamper | verb t. | To pamper excessively; to feed or dress too much. |
| overpassed | imp. & past participle | of Overpass |
| overpaying | present participle & vb. noun | of Overpay |
| overpeople | verb t. | To people too densely. |
| overpester | verb t. | To pester exceedingly or excessively. |
| overplease | verb t. | To please excessively. |
| overpolish | verb t. | To polish too much. |
| overpotent | adjective | Too potent or powerful. |
| overpraise | verb t. | To praise excessively or unduly. |
| overprompt | adjective | Too prompt; too ready or eager; precipitate. |
| overraking | present participle & vb. noun | of Overrake |
| overrating | present participle & vb. noun | of Overrate |
| overraught | of Overreach | |
| overreckon | verb t. | To reckon too highly. |
| overrefine | verb t. | To refine too much. |
| overridden | past participle | of Override |
| overriding | present participle & vb. noun | of Override |
| overrigged | adjective | Having too much rigging. |
| overruling | present participle & vb. noun | of Overrule, Exerting controlling power; as, an overruling Providence. |
| overrunner | noun | One that overruns. |
| oversearch | verb t. | To search all over. |
| overseason | verb t. | To season too highly. |
| overseeing | present participle & vb. noun | of Oversee |
| overshadow | verb t. | To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure., Fig.: To cover with a superior influence. |
| overslaugh | noun | A bar in a river; as, the overslaugh in the Hudson River., To hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or an impediment; as, to overslaugh a bill in a legislative body; to overslaugh a military officer, that is, to hinder his promotion or employment. |
| oversorrow | verb t. | To grieve or afflict to excess. |
| overspread | imp. & past participle | of Overspread, To spread over; to cover; as, the deluge overspread the earth., To be spread or scattered over. |
| overspring | verb t. | To spring or leap over. |
| overstated | imp. & past participle | of Overstate |
| overstayed | imp. & past participle | of Overstay |
| over-story | noun | The clearstory, or upper story, of a building. |
| overstrain | verb i. | To strain one’s self to excess., To stretch or strain too much; as to overstrain one’s nerves. |
| overstrict | adjective | Excessively strict. |
| overstride | verb t. | To stride over or beyond. |
| overstrike | verb t. | To strike beyond. |
| oversupply | verb t. | To supply in excess., An excessive supply. |
| overtaking | present participle & vb. noun | of Overtake |
| overthrown | past participle | of Overthrow |
| overthwart | adjective | Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite., Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse; opposing., Across; crosswise; transversely., Across; from alde to side of., That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition., To cross; to oppose. |
| overtopped | imp. & past participle | of Overtop |
| overturned | imp. & past participle | of Overturn |
| overturner | noun | One who overturns. |
| overvalued | imp. & past participle | of Overvalue |
| overwasted | adjective | Wasted or worn out; /onsumed; spent |
| overweener | noun | One who overweens. |
| overweight | noun | Weight over and above what is required by law or custom., Superabundance of weight; preponderance., Overweighing; excessive. |
| overworked | imp. & past participle | of Overwork |
| ovicapsule | noun | The outer layer of a Graafian follicle., Same as Ootheca. |
| oviposited | imp. & past participle | of Oviposit |
| ovipositor | noun | The organ with which many insects and some other animals deposit their eggs. Some ichneumon files have a long ovipositor fitted to pierce the eggs or larvae of other insects, in order to lay their own eggs within the same. |
| ovotesttis | noun | An organ which produces both ova and spermatozoids; an hermaphrodite gland. |
| oxaldehyde | noun | Same as Glyoxal. |
| oxamethane | noun | Ethyl oxamate, obtained as a white scaly crystalline powder. |
| oxidizable | adjective | Capable of being oxidized. |
| oxidulated | adjective | Existing in the state of a protoxide; — said of an oxide. |
| oxyammonia | noun | Same as Hydroxylamine. |
| oxybenzene | noun | Hydroxy benzene. Same as Phenol. |
| oxybenzoic | adjective | Hydroxybenzoic; pertaining to, or designating, any one of several hydroxyl derivatives of benzonic acid, of which the commonest is salicylic acid. |
| oxybutyric | adjective | Hydroxybutyric; designating any one of a group of metameric acids (C3H6.OH.CO2H). |
| oxycalcium | adjective | Of or pertaining to oxygen and calcium; as, the oxycalcium light. See Drummond light. |
| oxycaproic | adjective | See Leucic. |
| oxychloric | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating in general, certain compounds containing oxygen and chlorine., Formerly designating an acid now called perchloric acid. See Perchloric. |
| oxygenated | imp. & past participle | of Oxygenate |
| oxygenator | noun | An oxidizer. |
| oxygenized | imp. & past participle | of Oxygenize |
| oxymuriate | noun | A salt of the supposed oxymuriatic acid; a chloride. |
| oxyneurine | noun | See Betaine. |
| oxyrhyncha | noun pl. | The maioid crabs. |
| oxytoluene | noun | One of three hydroxy derivatives of toluene, called the cresols. See Cresol. |
| oxytonical | adjective | Oxytone. |
| oysterling | noun | A young oyster. |
| ozonometer | noun | An instrument for ascertaining the amount of ozone in the atmosphere, or in any gaseous mixture. |
| ozonometry | noun | The measurement or determination of the quantity of ozone. |
| ozonoscope | noun | An apparatus employed to indicate the presence, or the amount, of ozone. |
| oueen-post | noun | One of two suspending posts in a roof truss, or other framed truss of similar form. See King-post. |