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An alphabetical listing of General terms and items.

O   Dico Tools
The 15th letter of the Roman alphabet


O   Dico Tools
The blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens; "people with type O blood are universal donors"


O   Dico Tools
A nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth''s crust


O'Brien   Dico Tools
Irish writer (born in 1932)


O'Casey   Dico Tools
Irish playwright (1880-1964)


O'clock   Dico Tools
According to the clock; "it''s three o''clock in Tokyo now"


O'Connor   Dico Tools
United States writer (1925-1964)


O'er   Dico Tools
Throughout a period of time; "stay over the weekend"


O'Flaherty   Dico Tools
Irish writer of short stories (1896-1984)


O'Hara   Dico Tools
United States writer (1905-1970)


O'Keeffe   Dico Tools
United States painter (1887-1986)


O'Neill   Dico Tools
United States playwright (1888-1953)


O'Toole   Dico Tools
British actor (born in Ireland in 1932)


O.d.   Dico Tools
Dose too heavily; "The rock star overdosed and was found dead in his hotel room"


O.E.D.   Dico Tools
An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles


O.K.   Dico Tools
An endorsement; "they gave us the O.K. to go ahead"


O.K.   Dico Tools
Give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"


O.k.   Dico Tools
Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an all-right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything''s fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; "another minute I''d have


O.K.   Dico Tools
In a satisfactory or adequate manner; "she''ll do okay on her own"; "held up all right under pressure"; (`alright'' is a nonstandard variant of `all right'')


O._Henry   Dico Tools
United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910)


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Oaf   Dico Tools
An awkward stupid person


Oafish   Dico Tools
Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"


Oahu   Dico Tools
An island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai); the chief island of the state


Oahu_Island   Dico Tools
An island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai); the chief island of the state


Oak   Dico Tools
A deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves; "great oaks grow from little acorns"


Oak   Dico Tools
The hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring


Oak-leaved_goosefoot   Dico Tools
Annual European plant with spikes of greenish flowers and leaves that are white-hairy beneath; common as a weed in North America


Oaken   Dico Tools
Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree; "a solid oak table"; "the old oaken bucket"


Oakland   Dico Tools
A city in western California on San Francisco Bay opposite San Francisco; primarily and industrial urban center


Oakleaf_goosefoot   Dico Tools
Annual European plant with spikes of greenish flowers and leaves that are white-hairy beneath; common as a weed in North America


Oakley   Dico Tools
United States sharpshooter who was featured in Buffalo Bill''s Wild West Show (1860-1926)


Oakum   Dico Tools
Loose hemp or jute fiber obtained by unravelling old ropes; when impregnated with tar it was used to caulk seams and pack joints in wooden ships


Oak_apple   Dico Tools
Oak gall caused by larvae of a cynipid wasp


Oak_blight   Dico Tools
A black plant louse that lives on oaks and dogwoods


Oak_chestnut   Dico Tools
A tree of the genus Castanopsis


Oak_fern   Dico Tools
Bright blue-green fern widely distributed especially in damp acid woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere


Oak_Leaf_Cluster   Dico Tools
A United States military decoration consisting of bronze or silver oak leaves and acorns awarded to anyone who has won a given medal before


Oak_tree   Dico Tools
A deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves; "great oaks grow from little acorns"


Oar   Dico Tools
An implement used to propel or steer a boat


Oarfish   Dico Tools
Thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin


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Oarlock   Dico Tools
A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing


Oarsman   Dico Tools
Someone who rows a boat


Oarsmanship   Dico Tools
Skill as an oarsman


Oarswoman   Dico Tools
A woman oarsman


OAS   Dico Tools
An association of countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation


Oasis   Dico Tools
A shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary


Oasis   Dico Tools
A fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)


Oast   Dico Tools
A kiln for drying hops


Oast_house   Dico Tools
A building containing an oast (a kiln for drying hops); usually has a conical or pyramidal roof


Oat   Dico Tools
Seed of the annual grass Avena sativa (spoken of primarily in the plural as `oats'')


Oat   Dico Tools
Annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats'')


Oatcake   Dico Tools
Thin flat unleavened cake of baked oatmeal


Oaten   Dico Tools
Of or related to or derived from oats; "oaten bread"


Oates   Dico Tools
United States writer (born in 1938)


Oates   Dico Tools
English conspirator who claimed that there was a Jesuit plot to assassinate Charles II (1649-1705)


Oath   Dico Tools
A commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury


Oath   Dico Tools
Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted"


Oath   Dico Tools
A solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior; "they took an oath of allegience"


Oatmeal   Dico Tools
Meal made from rolled or ground oats


Oatmeal   Dico Tools
Porridge made of rolled oats


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Oatmeal_cookie   Dico Tools
Cookies containing rolled oats


Oat_cell_carcinoma   Dico Tools
Highly malignant carcinoma composed of small round or egg-shaped cells with little cytoplasm; lung cancers are frequently oat cell carcinomas


Oaxaca   Dico Tools
A city of southeastern Mexico


Oaxaca_de_Juarez   Dico Tools
A city of southeastern Mexico


OB   Dico Tools
The branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother


Ob   Dico Tools
A major river of western Siberia; flows generally northward and westward to the Gulf of Ob and the Kara Sea


Obadiah   Dico Tools
An Old Testament book telling Obadiah''s prophecies; the shortest book in the Christian Bible


Obadiah   Dico Tools
A Hebrew minor prophet


Obbligato   Dico Tools
A part of the score that must be performed without change or omission


Obbligato   Dico Tools
A persistent but subordinate motif


Obduracy   Dico Tools
Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible


Obdurate   Dico Tools
Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "the child''s misery would move even the most obdurate heart"


Obdurate   Dico Tools
Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing


Obdurately   Dico Tools
In a stubborn unregenerate manner; "she remained stubbornly in the same position"


Obeah   Dico Tools
A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas


Obeche   Dico Tools
Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood


Obeche   Dico Tools
The wood of an African obeche tree; used especially for veneering


Obechi   Dico Tools
Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood


Obedience   Dico Tools
Behavior intended to please your parents; "their children were never very strong on obedience"; "he went to law school out of respect for his father''s wishes"


Obedience   Dico Tools
The act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person


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Obedience   Dico Tools
The trait of being willing to obey


Obedience_plant   Dico Tools
White-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch


Obedient   Dico Tools
Dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke


Obediently   Dico Tools
In an obedient manner; "obediently she slipped off her right shoe and stocking"


Obedient_plant   Dico Tools
North American plant having a spike of two-lipped pink or white flowers


Obeisance   Dico Tools
The act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person


Obeisance   Dico Tools
Bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame


Obelion   Dico Tools
The craniometric point on the sagittal suture near the lamboid suture


Obelisk   Dico Tools
A stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top


Obelisk   Dico Tools
A character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote


Obese   Dico Tools
Excessively fat; "a weighty man"


Obesity   Dico Tools
More than average fatness


Obesity_diet   Dico Tools
A diet designed to help you lose weight (especially fat)


Obey   Dico Tools
Be obedient to


Obfuscate   Dico Tools
Make obscure or unclear


Obfuscation   Dico Tools
Darkening or obscuring the sight of something


Obfuscation   Dico Tools
The activity of obscuring people''s understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered


Obfuscation   Dico Tools
Confusion resulting from failure to understand


Obi   Dico Tools
A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas


Obidoxime_chloride   Dico Tools
A chloride used as an antidote for nerve gases such as sarin or VX


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Obiism   Dico Tools
Belief in a kind of sorcery that originated in Africa and is practiced in the West Indies


Obit   Dico Tools
A notice of someone''s death; usually includes a short biography


Obiter_dictum   Dico Tools
An opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding


Obiter_dictum   Dico Tools
An incidental remark


Obituary   Dico Tools
A notice of someone''s death; usually includes a short biography


Object   Dico Tools
A tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"


Object   Dico Tools
The focus of cognitions or feelings; "objects of thought"; "the object of my affection"


Object   Dico Tools
The goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children"


Object   Dico Tools
(grammar) a constituent that is acted upon; "the object of the verb"


Object   Dico Tools
Express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent; "She never objected to the amount of work her boss charged her with"; "When asked to drive the truck, she objected that she did not have a driver''s license"


Object   Dico Tools
Be averse to or express disapproval of; "My wife objects to modern furniture"


Object-oriented_database   Dico Tools
A database in which the operations carried out on information items (data objects) are considered part of their definition


Object-oriented_database_management_system   Dico Tools
A database management system designed to manage an object-oriented database


Object-oriented_programing_language   Dico Tools
(computer science) a programming language that enables the programmer to associate a set of procedures with each type of data structure; "C++ is an object-oriented programming language that is an extension of C"


Object-oriented_programming_language   Dico Tools
(computer science) a programming language that enables the programmer to associate a set of procedures with each type of data structure; "C++ is an object-oriented programming language that is an extension of C"


Objectification   Dico Tools
The act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing


Objectification   Dico Tools
A concrete representation of an abstract idea or principle


Objectify   Dico Tools
Make impersonal or present as an object; "Will computers depersonalize human interactions?"; "Pornography objectifies women"


Objectify   Dico Tools
Make external or objective, or give reality to; "language externalizes our thoughts"


Objection   Dico Tools
(law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality


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Objection   Dico Tools
The act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent


Objection   Dico Tools
The speech act of objecting


Objection   Dico Tools
The act of expressing earnest opposition or protest


Objectionable   Dico Tools
Liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to; "a thoroughly unpleasant highly exceptionable piece of writing"; "found the politician''s views objectionable"


Objectionable   Dico Tools
Causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and objectionable person"


Objectionableness   Dico Tools
The quality of being hateful


Objectionably   Dico Tools
In an obnoxious manner; "he said so in one of his more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences"


Objective   Dico Tools
The lens or system of lenses nearest the object being viewed


Objective   Dico Tools
The goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children"


Objective   Dico Tools
Belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events; "concrete benefits"; "a concrete example"; "there is no objective evidence of anything of the kind"


Objective   Dico Tools
Undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; "an objective appraisal"; "objective evidence"


Objective   Dico Tools
Emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings or interpretation; "objective art"


Objective   Dico Tools
Serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes; "objective case"; "accusative endings"


Objectively   Dico Tools
With objectivity; "we must look at the facts objectively"


Objectiveness   Dico Tools
Judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices


Objective_case   Dico Tools
The category of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb


Objectivity   Dico Tools
Judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices


Objector   Dico Tools
A person who dissents from some established policy


Object_ball   Dico Tools
The billiard ball first struck by the cue ball


Object_code   Dico Tools
The machine-language output of a compiler that is ready for execution on a particular computer


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Object_glass   Dico Tools
The lens or system of lenses nearest the object being viewed


Object_language   Dico Tools
The language into which a text written in another language is to be translated


Object_language   Dico Tools
A computer language into which something written in another computer language is to be translated


Object_lesson   Dico Tools
Punishment intended as a warning to others; "they decided to make an example of him"


Object_of_a_preposition   Dico Tools
The object governed by a preposition


Object_of_the_verb   Dico Tools
The object that receives the direct action of the verb


Object_program   Dico Tools
A fully compiled or assembled program ready to be loaded into the computer


Object_recognition   Dico Tools
The visual perception of familiar objects


Objet_d'art   Dico Tools
A work of art of some artistic value; "this store sells only objets d''art"; "it is not known who created this piece"


Objurgate   Dico Tools
Censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"


Objurgate   Dico Tools
Express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated"


Objurgation   Dico Tools
Rebuking a person harshly


Oblanceolate   Dico Tools
Of a leaf shape; having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base


Oblanceolate_leaf   Dico Tools
Having a rounded apex and tapering base


Oblate   Dico Tools
A lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life


Oblate   Dico Tools
Having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles


Oblateness   Dico Tools
The property possessed by a rounded shape that is flattened at the poles; "the oblateness of the planet"


Oblation   Dico Tools
The act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist


Oblation   Dico Tools
The act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity; "oblations for aid to the poor"


Obligate   Dico Tools
Bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He''s held by a contract"; "I''ll hold you by your promise"


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Obligate   Dico Tools
Commit in order to fulfill an obligation; "obligate money"


Obligate   Dico Tools
Force or compel somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form"


Obligate   Dico Tools
Restricted to a particular condition of life; "an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of OXYGen"


Obligated(p)   Dico Tools
Caused by law or conscience to follow a certain course; "felt obligated to repay the kindness"; "was obligated to pay off the student loan"


Obligate_anaerobe   Dico Tools
An organism that cannot grow in the presence of oxygen


Obligation   Dico Tools
The social force that binds you to your obligations and the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- Jo


Obligation   Dico Tools
A legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply


Obligation   Dico Tools
A personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor


Obligation   Dico Tools
The state of being obligated to do or pay something; "he is under an obligation to finish the job"


Obligational   Dico Tools
Relating or constituting or qualified to create a legal or financial obligation; "obligational authority"


Obligato   Dico Tools
A part of the score that must be performed without change or omission


Obligato   Dico Tools
A persistent but subordinate motif


Obligatorily   Dico Tools
In a manner that cannot be evaded; "the ministry considers that contributions to such a fund should be met from voluntary donations rather than from rates compulsorily levied."


Obligatorily   Dico Tools
In an obligatory manner; "this rule applies obligatorily"


Obligatory   Dico Tools
Morally or legally constraining or binding; "attendance is obligatory"; "an obligatory contribution"


Obligatory   Dico Tools
Required by obligation or compulsion or convention; "he made all the obligatory apologies"


Oblige   Dico Tools
Bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He''s held by a contract"; "I''ll hold you by your promise"


Oblige   Dico Tools
Provide a service or favor for someone; "We had to oblige him"


Oblige   Dico Tools
Force or compel somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form"


Obliged(p)   Dico Tools
Under a moral obligation to do something


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Obliger   Dico Tools
Someone who performs a service or does a favor


Obliging   Dico Tools
Showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others; "to close one''s eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave"


Obliging   Dico Tools
Happy to comply


Obligingly   Dico Tools
In accommodation; "obligingly, he lowered his voice"


Obligingness   Dico Tools
A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others


Oblique   Dico Tools
A diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso


Oblique   Dico Tools
Any grammatical case other than the nominative


Oblique   Dico Tools
Indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading; "used devious means to achieve success"; "gave oblique answers to direct questions"; "oblique political maneuvers"


Oblique   Dico Tools
Slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angular; "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its bas


Obliquely   Dico Tools
At an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face"


Obliquely   Dico Tools
To, toward or at one side; "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face"


Obliqueness   Dico Tools
The quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly


Obliqueness   Dico Tools
The property of being neither parallel nor perpendicular, but at a slanting angle


Oblique_angle   Dico Tools
An angle that is not a right angle or a multiple of a right angle


Oblique_bandage   Dico Tools
A bandage in which successive turns proceed obliquely up or down a limb


Oblique_case   Dico Tools
Any grammatical case other than the nominative


Oblique_triangle   Dico Tools
A triangle that contains no right angle


Oblique_vein_of_the_left_atrium   Dico Tools
A tributary of the coronary sinus; on the posterior wall of the left atrium


Obliquity   Dico Tools
The quality of being deceptive


Obliquity   Dico Tools
The presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle


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Obliterable   Dico Tools
Able to be obliterated completely


Obliterate   Dico Tools
Remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps"


Obliterate   Dico Tools
Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"


Obliterate   Dico Tools
Do away with completely, without leaving a trace


Obliterate   Dico Tools
Mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President''s speech"


Obliterate   Dico Tools
Reduced to nothingness


Obliterated   Dico Tools
Reduced to nothingness


Obliterating   Dico Tools
Making undecipherable or imperceptible; "obliterating mists"; "an obscurant bank of clouds"


Obliteration   Dico Tools
Destruction by annihilating something


Obliteration   Dico Tools
The complete destruction of every trace of something


Obliterator   Dico Tools
An eliminator that does away with all traces


Oblivion   Dico Tools
Total forgetfulness; "he sought the great oblivion of sleep"


Oblivion   Dico Tools
The state of being disregarded or forgotten


Oblivious   Dico Tools
Failing to keep in mind; "forgetful of her responsibilities"; "oblivious old age"


Oblivious(p)   Dico Tools
(followed by `to'' or `of'') lacking conscious awareness of; "oblivious of the mounting pressures for political reform"; "oblivious to the risks she ran"; "not unmindful of the heavy responsibility"


Obliviousness   Dico Tools
Total forgetfulness; "he sought the great oblivion of sleep"


Oblong   Dico Tools
A plane figure that deviates from a square or circle due to elongation


Oblong   Dico Tools
Deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction


Oblong   Dico Tools
Of a leaf shape; having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides


Oblongness   Dico Tools
The property of being shaped like a rectangle


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Oblong_leaf   Dico Tools
Rounded at each end with parallel sides


Oblong_woodsia   Dico Tools
A common rock-inhabiting fern of northern temperate regions having rusty-brown stipes and lanceolate pinnate fronds


Obloquy   Dico Tools
A malicious attack


Obloquy   Dico Tools
State of disgrace resulting from public abuse


Obnoxious   Dico Tools
Causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and objectionable person"


Obnoxiously   Dico Tools
In an obnoxious manner; "he said so in one of his more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences"


Obnoxiousness   Dico Tools
The quality of being hateful


Obnubilate   Dico Tools
Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"


Obnubilate   Dico Tools
Make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"


Oboe   Dico Tools
A slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece


Oboe_d'amore   Dico Tools
A oboe pitched a minor third lower than the ordinary oboe; used to perform baroque music


Oboe_da_caccia   Dico Tools
An alto oboe; precursor of the English horn


Oboist   Dico Tools
A musician who plays the oboe


Obolus   Dico Tools
A Greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gram


Obovate   Dico Tools
Of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the narrower end at the base


Obovate_leaf   Dico Tools
Egg-shaped with the narrower end at the base


Obscene   Dico Tools
Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks"


Obscene   Dico Tools
Designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"- Margaret Mead


Obscene   Dico Tools
Offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels"


Obscenely   Dico Tools
In a lewd and obscene manner; "he had seen how in their dances the white men and women held one another obscenely"


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Obscenely   Dico Tools
To an obscene degree; "this man is obscenely rich"


Obscenity   Dico Tools
An obscene act


Obscenity   Dico Tools
The trait of behaving in an obscene manner


Obscenity   Dico Tools
An offensive or indecent word or phrase


Obscurant   Dico Tools
Making undecipherable or imperceptible; "obliterating mists"; "an obscurant bank of clouds"


Obscurantism   Dico Tools
A deliberate act intended to make something obscure


Obscurantism   Dico Tools
A policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge


Obscurantist   Dico Tools
A person who is deliberately vague


Obscure   Dico Tools
Make obscure or unclear; "The distinction was obscured"


Obscure   Dico Tools
Make difficult to perceive by sight; "The foliage of the huge tree obscures the view of the lake"


Obscure   Dico Tools
Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"


Obscure   Dico Tools
Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"


Obscure   Dico Tools
Make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"


Obscure   Dico Tools
Not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...for


Obscure   Dico Tools
Marked by difficulty of style or expression; "much that was dark is now quite clear to me"; "those who do not appreciate Kafka''s work say his style is obscure"


Obscure   Dico Tools
Remote and separate physically or socially; "existed over the centuries as a world apart"; "preserved because they inhabited a place apart"- W.H.Hudson; "tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization"; "an obscure village"


Obscure   Dico Tools
Not drawing attention; "an unnoticeable cigarette burn on the carpet"; "an obscure flaw"


Obscure   Dico Tools
Not famous or acclaimed; "an obscure family"; "unsung heroes of the war"


Obscure   Dico Tools
Difficult to find; "hidden valleys"; "a hidden cave"; "an obscure retreat"


Obscurely   Dico Tools
In an obscure manner; "this work is obscurely written"


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Obscureness   Dico Tools
The quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand


Obscureness   Dico Tools
The state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination


Obscureness   Dico Tools
The state of being humble and unimportant


Obscurity   Dico Tools
The quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand


Obscurity   Dico Tools
The state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination


Obscurity   Dico Tools
An obscure and unimportant standing; not well known; "he worked in obscurity for many years"


Obsequious   Dico Tools
Attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner; "obsequious shop assistants"


Obsequious   Dico Tools
Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery


Obsequiously   Dico Tools
In an obsequious manner; "she acts obsequiously toward her boss"


Obsequiousness   Dico Tools
Abject or cringing submissiveness


Observable   Dico Tools
Capable of being seen or noticed; "a discernible change in attitude"; "a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript"; "an observable change in behavior"


Observably   Dico Tools
In an imperceptible manner or to an imperceptible degree; "the power of the Secretary of State in London increased gradually but imperceptibly"


Observance   Dico Tools
The act of observing; taking a patient look


Observance   Dico Tools
Conformity with law or custom or practice etc.


Observance   Dico Tools
The act of noticing or paying attention; "he escaped the notice of the police"


Observance   Dico Tools
A formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"


Observant   Dico Tools
Paying close attention especially to details


Observant   Dico Tools
(of individuals) adhering strictly to laws and rules and customs; "law-abiding citizens"; "observant of the speed limit"


Observant   Dico Tools
Quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception


Observantly   Dico Tools
In an observant manner


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Observation   Dico Tools
The act of observing; taking a patient look


Observation   Dico Tools
The act of making and recording a measurement


Observation   Dico Tools
The act of noticing or paying attention; "he escaped the notice of the police"


Observation   Dico Tools
Facts learned by observing; "he reported his observations to the mayor"


Observation   Dico Tools
A remark expressing careful consideration


Observational   Dico Tools
Relying on observation or experiment; "experimental results that supported the hypothesis"


Observation_dome   Dico Tools
Lookout consisting of a dome-shaped observatory


Observation_post   Dico Tools
An elevated post affording a wide view


Observation_station   Dico Tools
A station set up for making observations of something


Observation_tower   Dico Tools
A structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings


Observatory   Dico Tools
A structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings


Observatory   Dico Tools
A building designed and equipped to observe astronomical phenomena


Observe   Dico Tools
Observe correctly or closely; "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees"


Observe   Dico Tools
Make mention of; "She observed that his presentation took up too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing"


Observe   Dico Tools
Observe with care or pay close attention to; "Take note of this chemical reaction"


Observe   Dico Tools
Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"


Observe   Dico Tools
Watch attentively; "Please observe the reaction of these two chemicals"


Observe   Dico Tools
Follow with the eyes or the mind; "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars"


Observe   Dico Tools
Show respect towards; "honor your parents!"


Observe   Dico Tools
Celebrate, as of holidays or rites; "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur"


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Observe   Dico Tools
Conform one''s action or practice to; "keep appointments"; "she never keeps her promises"; "We kept to the original conditions of the contract"


Observed   Dico Tools
Discovered or determined by scientific observation; "variation in the ascertained flux depends on a number of factors"; "the discovered behavior norms"; "discovered differences in achievement"; "no explanation for the observed phenomena"


Observed_fire   Dico Tools
Fire for which the point of impact (the burst) can be seen by an observer; fire can be adjusted on the basis of the observations


Observer   Dico Tools
A person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses


Observer   Dico Tools
An expert who observes and comments on something


Observer's_meridian   Dico Tools
A meridian that passes through the observer''s zenith


Observing   Dico Tools
Quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception


Observingly   Dico Tools
In an observant manner


Obsess   Dico Tools
Haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her"


Obsess   Dico Tools
Be preoccupied with something; "She is obsessing over her weight"


Obsessed   Dico Tools
Having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something; "became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle"; "was absolutely obsessed with the girl"; "got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children"; "he was taken up in worry fo


Obsessed   Dico Tools
Influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion; "by love possessed"


Obsession   Dico Tools
An unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone


Obsession   Dico Tools
An irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will


Obsessional   Dico Tools
Characterized by or constituting an obsession; "the obsessional character of his response"; "obsessive gambling"


Obsessionally   Dico Tools
In a compulsive manner; "he cleaned his shoes compulsively after every walk"


Obsessive   Dico Tools
Characterized by or constituting an obsession; "the obsessional character of his response"; "obsessive gambling"


Obsessive-compulsive   Dico Tools
Characterized by obsessions and compulsions; "obsessive-compulsive neurosis"


Obsessive-compulsive_personality   Dico Tools
Personality characterized by a strong need to repeat certain acts or rituals


Obsessively   Dico Tools
In a compulsive manner; "he cleaned his shoes compulsively after every walk"


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Obsessiveness   Dico Tools
Extreme compulsiveness


Obsessivity   Dico Tools
Extreme compulsiveness


Obsidian   Dico Tools
Acid or granitic glass; usually dark, but transparent in thin pieces


Obsolesce   Dico Tools
Become obsolete, fall into disuse; "This word has not obsolesced, although it is rarely used"


Obsolescence   Dico Tools
The process of becoming obsolete; falling into disuse or becoming out of date; "a policy of planned obsolescence"


Obsolescent   Dico Tools
Becoming obsolete


Obsolete   Dico Tools
No longer in use; "obsolete words"


Obsolete   Dico Tools
Old; no longer in use or valid or fashionable; "obsolete words"; "an obsolete locomotive"; "outdated equipment"; "superannuated laws"; "out-of-date ideas"


Obsoleteness   Dico Tools
The property of being out of date and not current


Obstacle   Dico Tools
An obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented)


Obstacle   Dico Tools
Something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted; "lack of immagination is an obstacle to one''s advancement"; "the poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education"; "the filibuster was a major obstruction to the s


Obstacle_race   Dico Tools
A race in which competitors must negotiate obstacles


Obstetric   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or used in or practicing obstetrics; "obstetric hospital"


Obstetrical   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or used in or practicing obstetrics; "obstetric hospital"


Obstetrical_delivery   Dico Tools
The act of delivering a child


Obstetrical_toad   Dico Tools
European toad whose male carries the fertilized eggs wrapped around its hind legs until they hatch


Obstetrician   Dico Tools
A physician specializing in obstetrics


Obstetrics   Dico Tools
The branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother


Obstinacy   Dico Tools
Resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires


Obstinacy   Dico Tools
The trait of being difficult to handle or overcome


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Obstinance   Dico Tools
Resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires


Obstinance   Dico Tools
The trait of being difficult to handle or overcome


Obstinate   Dico Tools
Persist stubbornly; "he obstinates himself against all rational arguments"


Obstinate   Dico Tools
Persisting in a reactionary stand


Obstinate   Dico Tools
Resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"


Obstinate   Dico Tools
Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing


Obstinately   Dico Tools
In a stubborn unregenerate manner; "she remained stubbornly in the same position"


Obstipate   Dico Tools
Constipate severely


Obstipation   Dico Tools
Severe constipation resulting from an obstruction in the intestines


Obstreperous   Dico Tools
Boisterously and noisily aggressive; "kept up an obstreperous clamor"


Obstreperous   Dico Tools
Noisily and stubbornly defiant; "obstreperous boys"


Obstreperously   Dico Tools
In manner that attracts attention; "obstreperously, he demanded to get service"


Obstreperousness   Dico Tools
Noisy defiance


Obstruct   Dico Tools
Block passage through; "obstruct the path"


Obstruct   Dico Tools
Shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight; "The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage"; "The trees obstruct my view of the mountains"


Obstruct   Dico Tools
Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn"


Obstructed   Dico Tools
Shut off to passage or view or hindered from action; "a partially obstructed passageway"; "an obstructed view"; "justice obstructed is not justice"


Obstructer   Dico Tools
Any structure that makes progress difficult


Obstructer   Dico Tools
Someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take


Obstruction   Dico Tools
Getting in someone''s way


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Obstruction   Dico Tools
The act of obstructing; "obstruction of justice"


Obstruction   Dico Tools
Any structure that makes progress difficult


Obstruction   Dico Tools
Something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted; "lack of immagination is an obstacle to one''s advancement"; "the poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education"; "the filibuster was a major obstruction to the s


Obstruction   Dico Tools
The state or condition of being obstructed


Obstructionism   Dico Tools
Deliberate interference


Obstructionist   Dico Tools
Someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take


Obstruction_of_justice   Dico Tools
Impeding those who seek justice in a court (as by trying to influence or intimidate any juror or witness or officer of the court); can result in a finding of contempt of court


Obstructive   Dico Tools
Preventing movement; "the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street"


Obstructively   Dico Tools
In an obstructive manner; "he acted very obstructively when we tried to carry out our project"


Obstructive_shock   Dico Tools
Shock caused by obstruction of blood flow


Obstructor   Dico Tools
Any structure that makes progress difficult


Obstructor   Dico Tools
Someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take


Obtain   Dico Tools
Receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"


Obtain   Dico Tools
Come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?"


Obtain   Dico Tools
Be valid, applicable, or true; "This theory still holds"


Obtainable   Dico Tools
Capable of being obtained; "savings of up to 50 percent are obtainable"


Obtainment   Dico Tools
The act of obtaining


Obtention   Dico Tools
The act of obtaining


Obtrude   Dico Tools
Thrust oneself in as if by force; "The colors don''t intrude on the viewer"


Obtrude   Dico Tools
Push to thrust outward


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Obtrude_upon   Dico Tools
To intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy"


Obtrusive   Dico Tools
Sticking out; protruding


Obtrusive   Dico Tools
Undesirably noticeable; "the obtrusive behavior of a spoiled child"; "equally obtrusive was the graffiti"


Obtrusively   Dico Tools
In an obtrusive manner


Obtrusiveness   Dico Tools
An unwelcome conspicuousness


Obtund   Dico Tools
Reduce the edge or violence of; "obtunded reflexes"


Obturate   Dico Tools
Block passage through; "obstruct the path"


Obturator   Dico Tools
A prosthesis used to close an opening (as to close an opening of the hard palate in cases of cleft palate)


Obturator_vein   Dico Tools
A vein formed by the union of tributaries that drain the hip joints and thigh muscles; empties into the internal iliac vein


Obtuse   Dico Tools
Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials mak


Obtuse   Dico Tools
Lacking in insight or discernment; "too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior"; "a purblind oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the dustbin"- Jasper Griffin


Obtuse   Dico Tools
Of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees


Obtuse   Dico Tools
Of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex


Obtuse-angled_triangle   Dico Tools
A triangle that contains an obtuse interior angle


Obtusely   Dico Tools
In a stupid manner; "he had so rapaciously desired and so obtusely expected to find her alone"


Obtuseness   Dico Tools
The quality of lacking a sharp edge or point


Obtuseness   Dico Tools
The quality of being slow to understand


Obtuse_angle   Dico Tools
An angle between 90 and 180 degrees


Obtuse_leaf   Dico Tools
Having a rounded or blunt tip


Obtuse_triangle   Dico Tools
A triangle that contains an obtuse interior angle


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Obverse   Dico Tools
The side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or design


Obverse   Dico Tools
The more conspicuous of two alternatives or cases or sides; "the obverse of this issue"


Obviate   Dico Tools
Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let''s avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"


Obviate   Dico Tools
Do away with


Obviating(a)   Dico Tools
Made impossible


Obviation   Dico Tools
The act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively


Obvious   Dico Tools
Obvious to the eye or mind; "a tower conspicuous at a great distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening"


Obvious   Dico Tools
Easily perceived or understood; "obvious errors"


Obvious   Dico Tools
Obvious to the eye; "a visible change of expression"


Obvious   Dico Tools
Easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind; "a perceptible sense of expectation in the court"; "an obvious (or palpable) lie"


Obviously   Dico Tools
Unmistakably (`plain'' is often used informally for `plainly''); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparent


Obviousness   Dico Tools
The property of being easy to see and understand


Ob_River   Dico Tools
A major river of western Siberia; flows generally northward and westward to the Gulf of Ob and the Kara Sea


Oca   Dico Tools
South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers


Ocarina   Dico Tools
Egg-shaped terra-cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes


Occam   Dico Tools
English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam''s Razor (1285-1349)


Occam's_Razor   Dico Tools
The principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be preferred


Occasion   Dico Tools
An event that occurs at a critical time; "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on special occasions"


Occasion   Dico Tools
A vaguely specified social event; "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions"


Occasion   Dico Tools
Reason; "there was no occasion for complaint"


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Occasion   Dico Tools
An opportunity to do something; "there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill"


Occasion   Dico Tools
The time of a particular event; "on the occasion of his 60th birthday"


Occasion   Dico Tools
Give occasion to


Occasional   Dico Tools
Occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals; "episodic in his affections"; "occasional headaches"


Occasional   Dico Tools
Employed in a specified capacity from time to time; "casual employment"; "a casual correspondence with a former teacher"; "an occasional worker"


Occasional(a)   Dico Tools
Occurring from time to time; "took an occasional glass of wine"


Occasionally   Dico Tools
Now and then or here and there; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees"; "they visit New York on occasion"; "now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us


Occasions   Dico Tools
Something you have to do; "he minded his own specialized occasions"


Occident   Dico Tools
The hemisphere that includes North and South America


Occident   Dico Tools
The countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North and South America


Occidental   Dico Tools
An artificial language


Occidental   Dico Tools
A native inhabitant of the Occident


Occidental   Dico Tools
Denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the Western Hemisphere; "occidental civilization"; "Hesperian culture"


Occidentalise   Dico Tools
Make western in character; "The country was Westernized after it opened up"


Occidentalism   Dico Tools
The quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Western civilizations


Occidentalism   Dico Tools
The scholarly knowledge of Western cultures and languages and people


Occidentalize   Dico Tools
Make western in character; "The country was Westernized after it opened up"


Occipital   Dico Tools
Of or relating to the occiput; "occipital bone"


Occipital_bone   Dico Tools
A saucer-shaped membrane bone that forms the back of the skull


Occipital_gyrus   Dico Tools
Any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum


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Occipital_lobe   Dico Tools
That part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the head


Occipital_protuberance   Dico Tools
Prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone


Occipital_vein   Dico Tools
A vein that drains the occipital region


Occipitomastoid_suture   Dico Tools
The suture between the occipital and the temporal bones; a continuation of the lamboid suture


Occiput   Dico Tools
Back part of the head or skull


Occitan   Dico Tools
The medieval dialects of Langue d''oc (southern France)


Occlude   Dico Tools
Block passage through; "obstruct the path"


Occluded   Dico Tools
(of a substance) taken into and retained in another substance; "the sorbed oil mass"; "large volumes of occluded hydrogen in palladium"


Occluded   Dico Tools
Closed off; "an occluded artery"


Occluded_front   Dico Tools
(meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft


Occlusion   Dico Tools
The act of blocking


Occlusion   Dico Tools
An obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"


Occlusion   Dico Tools
(dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed


Occlusion   Dico Tools
(meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft


Occlusion   Dico Tools
Closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel)


Occlusive   Dico Tools
A consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated"


Occlusive   Dico Tools
Tending to occlude


Occult   Dico Tools
Occult practices and techniques; "he is a student of the occult"


Occult   Dico Tools
Supernatural forces and events and beings collectively; "She doesn''t believe in the supernatural"


Occult   Dico Tools
Hide from view; "The lids were occulting her eyes"


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Occult   Dico Tools
Become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished; "The beam of light occults every so often"


Occult   Dico Tools
Cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention; "The Sun eclipses the moon today"; "Planets and stars often are occulted by other celestial bodies"


Occult   Dico Tools
Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients"


Occult   Dico Tools
Hidden and difficult to see; "an occult fracture"; "occult blood in the stool"


Occultation   Dico Tools
One celestial body obscures another


Occultism   Dico Tools
A belief in supernatural powers and the possibility of bringing them under human control


Occultism   Dico Tools
The study of the supernatural


Occultist   Dico Tools
A believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts


Occult_arts   Dico Tools
Occult practices and techniques; "he is a student of the occult"


Occupancy   Dico Tools
The act of occupying or taking possession of a building; "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal"


Occupancy   Dico Tools
An act of being a tenant or occupant


Occupancy_rate   Dico Tools
The percentage of all rental units (as in hotels) are occupied or rented at a given time


Occupant   Dico Tools
Someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there


Occupation   Dico Tools
The act of occupying or taking possession of a building; "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal"


Occupation   Dico Tools
The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he''s not in my line of business"


Occupation   Dico Tools
Any activity that occupies a person''s attention; "he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game"


Occupation   Dico Tools
The control of a country by military forces of a foreign power


Occupation   Dico Tools
The period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied; "during the German occupation of Paris"


Occupational   Dico Tools
Of or relating to the activity or business for which you are trained; "occupational hazard"


Occupational_disease   Dico Tools
Disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts)


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Occupational_group   Dico Tools
A body of people doing the same kind of work


Occupational_hazard   Dico Tools
Any condition of a job that can result in illness or injury


Occupational_safety_and_health_act   Dico Tools
A law passed by the United States Congress that created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment


Occupational_Safety_and_Health_Administration   Dico Tools
A government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment


Occupational_therapy   Dico Tools
Physical therapy involving the therapeutic use of crafts and hobbies for the rehabilitation of handicapped or convalescing patients (especially for emotionally disturbed patients)


Occupation_licence   Dico Tools
A license to pursue a particular occupation


Occupation_license   Dico Tools
A license to pursue a particular occupation


Occupied   Dico Tools
Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation"


Occupied   Dico Tools
Resided in; having tenants; "not all the occupied (or tenanted) apartments were well kept up"


Occupied   Dico Tools
Held or filled or in use; "she keeps her time well occupied"; "the wc is occupied"


Occupied   Dico Tools
Seized and controlled as by military invasion; "the occupied countries of Europe"


Occupier   Dico Tools
A member of a military force who is residing in a conquered foreign country


Occupier   Dico Tools
Someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there


Occupy   Dico Tools
Engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"


Occupy   Dico Tools
March aggressively into another''s territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"


Occupy   Dico Tools
As of time or space; "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"


Occupy   Dico Tools
Keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"


Occupy   Dico Tools
Live (in a certain place)


Occupy   Dico Tools
Occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container"


Occupy   Dico Tools
Be present in; be inside of


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Occupy   Dico Tools
Be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant"


Occur   Dico Tools
Come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"


Occur   Dico Tools
Come to one''s mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her"


Occur   Dico Tools
To be found to exist; "sexism occurs in many workplaces"; "precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil"


Occurrence   Dico Tools
An event that happens


Occurrence   Dico Tools
An instance of something occurring; "a disease of frequent occurrence"; "the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets"


Ocean   Dico Tools
A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere


Ocean   Dico Tools
Anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume


Oceanaut   Dico Tools
A skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research


Oceanfront   Dico Tools
Land bordering an ocean


Oceangoing   Dico Tools
Used on the high seas; "seafaring vessels"


Oceania   Dico Tools
A large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago)


Oceanic   Dico Tools
An eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages


Oceanic   Dico Tools
Constituting or living in the open sea; "oceanic waters"; "oceanic life"


Oceanic   Dico Tools
Resembling the ocean in apparent limitlessness in extent or degree; "the oceanic violence of his rage"


Oceanic   Dico Tools
Relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean; "oceanic islands like Bermuda"; "oceanic currents"; "oceanic birds"; "pelagic organisms"; "pelagic whaling"


Oceanica   Dico Tools
A large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago)


Oceanic_abyss   Dico Tools
A long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor


Oceanic_bird   Dico Tools
Bird of the open seas


Oceanic_bonito   Dico Tools
Fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna


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Oceanic_whitetip_shark   Dico Tools
Large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin; worldwide distribution; most dangerous shark


Oceanid   Dico Tools
(Greek mythology) sea nymph who was a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys


Oceanites   Dico Tools
A genus of Hydrobatidae


Oceanites_oceanicus   Dico Tools
Medium-sized storm petrel


Oceanographer   Dico Tools
A scientist who studies physical and biological aspects of the seas


Oceanography   Dico Tools
The branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans


Oceanus   Dico Tools
(Greek mythology) god of the stream that flowed around the earth in ancient mythology


Ocean_bottom   Dico Tools
The bottom of a sea or ocean


Ocean_current   Dico Tools
The steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction


Ocean_floor   Dico Tools
The bottom of a sea or ocean


Ocean_liner   Dico Tools
A large commercial ship (especially one that carries passengers on a regular schedule)


Ocean_perch   Dico Tools
Large fish of northern Atlantic coasts of America and Europe


Ocean_perch   Dico Tools
North Atlantic rockfish


Ocean_pout   Dico Tools
Common along northeastern coast of North America


Ocean_State   Dico Tools
A state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state


Ocean_sunfish   Dico Tools
Among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters


Ocean_trip   Dico Tools
An act of traveling by water


Ocellated   Dico Tools
Having ocelli


Ocellated_turkey   Dico Tools
Wild turkey of Central America and northern South America


Ocellus   Dico Tools
An eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color


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Ocellus   Dico Tools
An eye having a single lens


Ocelot   Dico Tools
Nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat


Ocher   Dico Tools
A moderate yellow-orange to orange color


Ocher   Dico Tools
Any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment


Ocher   Dico Tools
Of a moderate orange-yellow color


Ochna   Dico Tools
Type genus of Ochnaceae; evergreen trees and shrubs of Old World tropics


Ochnaceae   Dico Tools
Family of tropical evergreen trees and shrubs with thick shining parallel-veined leaves


Ochna_family   Dico Tools
Family of tropical evergreen trees and shrubs with thick shining parallel-veined leaves


Ochna_serrulata   Dico Tools
Shrub with narrow-elliptic glossy evergreen leaves and yellow flowers with leathery petaloid sepals


Ochoa   Dico Tools
United States biochemist (born in Spain) who studied the biological synthesis of nucleic acids (born in 1905)


Ochotona   Dico Tools
Type genus of the Ochotonidae


Ochotona_collaris   Dico Tools
Similar to little chief hare and may be same species


Ochotona_princeps   Dico Tools
North American pika


Ochotonidae   Dico Tools
Pikas and extinct forms


Ochre   Dico Tools
A moderate yellow-orange to orange color


Ochre   Dico Tools
Any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment


Ochre   Dico Tools
Of a moderate orange-yellow color


Ochroma   Dico Tools
1 species: balsa


Ochroma_lagopus   Dico Tools
Forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts


Ochronosis   Dico Tools
An accumulation of dark pigment in cartilage and other connective tissue; usually a symptom of alkaptonuria or phenol poisoning


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Ochs   Dico Tools
United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935)


Ocimum   Dico Tools
Basil


Ocimum_basilicum   Dico Tools
Annual or perennial of tropical Asia having spikes of small white flowers and aromatic leave; one of the most important culinary herbs; used in salads, casseroles, sauces and some liqueurs


Ockham   Dico Tools
English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam''s Razor (1285-1349)


Ockham's_Razor   Dico Tools
The principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be preferred


Oconee_bells   Dico Tools
Plant of southeastern United States having solitary white funnel-shaped flowers flushed with pink and large glossy green leaves that turn bronze-red in fall


Ocotillo   Dico Tools
Desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers


Oct   Dico Tools
The month following September and preceding November


Octad   Dico Tools
The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one


Octadecanoic_acid   Dico Tools
A waxy saturated fatty acid; occurs widely as a glyceride in animal and vegetable fats


Octagon   Dico Tools
An eight-sided polygon


Octagonal   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or shaped like an octagon


Octahedron   Dico Tools
Any polyhedron having eight plane faces


Octal   Dico Tools
Of or pertaining to a number system having 8 as its base; "an octal digit"


Octal_digit   Dico Tools
A digit from 0 to 7 in octal notation


Octal_notation   Dico Tools
Any mathematical notation that uses 8 different characters (usually the digits 0 to 7)


Octal_number_system   Dico Tools
A positional system of numeration that uses octal digits and a radix of 8


Octal_numeration_system   Dico Tools
A positional system of numeration that uses octal digits and a radix of 8


Octameter   Dico Tools
A verse line having eight metrical feet


Octane   Dico Tools
Any isomeric saturated hydrocarbon found in petroleum and used as a fuel and solvent


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Octanedioic_acid   Dico Tools
A dicarboxylic acid found in cork


Octane_number   Dico Tools
A measure of the antiknock properties of gasoline


Octane_rating   Dico Tools
A measure of the antiknock properties of gasoline


Octangular   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or shaped like an octagon


Octans   Dico Tools
The constellation that includes the southern celestial pole


Octant   Dico Tools
A measuring instrument for measuring angles to a celestial body; similar to a sextant but with 45 degree calibration


Octave   Dico Tools
A rhythmic group of eight lines of verse


Octave   Dico Tools
A musical interval of eight tones


Octave   Dico Tools
A feast day and the seven days following it


Octavian   Dico Tools
Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14)


Octavo   Dico Tools
The size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves


Octet   Dico Tools
A musical composition written for eight performers


Octet   Dico Tools
Eight people considered as a unit


Octet   Dico Tools
A set of eight similar things considered as a unit


Octet   Dico Tools
Eight performers or singers who perform together


Octet   Dico Tools
The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one


Octette   Dico Tools
A musical composition written for eight performers


Octette   Dico Tools
Eight people considered as a unit


Octette   Dico Tools
A set of eight similar things considered as a unit


Octette   Dico Tools
Eight performers or singers who perform together


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October   Dico Tools
The month following September and preceding November


Octoberfest   Dico Tools
A strong lager made originally in Germany for the Oktoberfest celebration; sweet and copper-colored


October_12   Dico Tools
A legal holiday commemorating the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus


October_24   Dico Tools
A day for celebrating the founding of the United Nations


October_Revolution   Dico Tools
The coup d''etat by the Bolsheviks under Lenin in November 1917 that led to a period of civil war which ended in victory for the Bolsheviks in 1922


Octogenarian   Dico Tools
Someone whose age is in the eighties


Octogenarian   Dico Tools
Being from 80 to 89 years old


Octonary   Dico Tools
The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one


Octopod   Dico Tools
Eight-armed cephalopod lacking an internal shell


Octopoda   Dico Tools
Octopuses and paper nautilus


Octopodidae   Dico Tools
A family of Octopoda


Octopus   Dico Tools
Bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles


Octopus   Dico Tools
Tentacles of octopus prepared as food


Octoroon   Dico Tools
An offspring of a Quadroon and a White parent; a person who is one-eighth Black


Octosyllabic   Dico Tools
Having or characterized by or consisting of eight syllables


Octosyllabic   Dico Tools
Having or consisting of line of eight syllables; "octosyllabic verse"


Octosyllable   Dico Tools
A verse line having eight syllables or a poem of octosyllabic lines


Octroi   Dico Tools
A tax on various goods brought into a town


Octuple   Dico Tools
Having eight units or components


Ocular   Dico Tools
Combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments


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Ocular   Dico Tools
Able to be seen; "be sure of it; give me the ocular proof"- Shakespeare; "a visual presentation"; "a visual image"


Ocular   Dico Tools
Relating to or using sight; "ocular inspection"; "an optical illusion"; "visual powers"; "visual navigation"


Ocular   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or resembling the eye; "ocular muscles"; "an ocular organ"; "ocular diseases"; "the optic (or optical) axis of the eye"; "an ocular spot is a pigmented organ or part believed to be sensitive to light"


Ocular_muscle   Dico Tools
One of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball


Oculist   Dico Tools
A medical doctor specializing in the treatment of diseases of the eye


Oculist   Dico Tools
A person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses


Oculomotor   Dico Tools
Supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye


Oculomotor_nerve   Dico Tools
Supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye


Oculopharyngeal_muscular_dystrophy   Dico Tools
A form of muscular dystrophy that usually begins between early adulthood and middle age and first affects muscles of the eyelid and throat; progresses slowly with swallowing problems common as the disease progresses; inheritance is autosomal dominant


Oculus   Dico Tools
The organ of sight


Oculus_dexter   Dico Tools
The right eye


Oculus_sinister   Dico Tools
The left eye


Ocyurus   Dico Tools
Snappers


Ocyurus_chrysurus   Dico Tools
Superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail


OD   Dico Tools
The right eye


OD   Dico Tools
A doctor''s degree in optometry


Odalisque   Dico Tools
A woman who cohabits with an important man


Odd   Dico Tools
Not easily explained; "it is odd that his name is never mentioned"


Odd   Dico Tools
Not divisible by two


Odd   Dico Tools
An indefinite quantity more than that specified; "invited 30-odd guests"


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Odd   Dico Tools
Not used up; "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions"


Odd   Dico Tools
Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "wh


Odd   Dico Tools
Of the remaining member of a pair, of socks e.g.


Odd-even_check   Dico Tools
A system of checking for errors in computer functioning


Odd-job(a)   Dico Tools
Not regular or skilled; "found only odd-job employment"


Odd-job_man   Dico Tools
A man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks


Odd-leg_caliper   Dico Tools
Caliper having the points on its legs both curve in the same direction


Odd-pinnate   Dico Tools
A leaf shape; pinnate with a single leaflet at the apex


Odd-pinnate_leaf   Dico Tools
Pinnate with a single leaflet at the apex


Odd-toed_ungulate   Dico Tools
Placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot


Oddball   Dico Tools
A person with an unusual or odd personality


Oddish   Dico Tools
Somewhat strange


Oddity   Dico Tools
Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting


Oddity   Dico Tools
A strange attitude or habit


Oddity   Dico Tools
Eccentricity that is not easily explained


Oddly   Dico Tools
In a manner differing from the usual or expected; "had a curiously husky voice"; "he''s behaving rather peculiarly"


Oddly   Dico Tools
In a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper"; "he acted kind of funny"


Oddly_enough   Dico Tools
Curious (or funny or interesting or odd or strange) though it may seem; "curiously enough, he didn''t recognize his old friend"; "interestingly enough, America is now dependent on Africa for a large part of its oil"; "funnily enough, the ones I thought so


Oddment   Dico Tools
Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting


Oddment   Dico Tools
A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold


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Oddments   Dico Tools
A motley assortment of things


Oddness   Dico Tools
Eccentricity that is not easily explained


Odds   Dico Tools
The probability of a specified outcome


Odds   Dico Tools
The ratio by which one better''s wager is greater than that of another; "he offered odds of two to one"


Odds-maker   Dico Tools
Someone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race)


Odds-on   Dico Tools
Having a better than even chance of success; "the odds-on favorite"


Odds_and_ends   Dico Tools
A motley assortment of things


Odd_fellow   Dico Tools
Someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group


Odd_fish   Dico Tools
Someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group


Odd_Hassel   Dico Tools
Norwegian chemist noted for his research on organic molecules (1897-1981)


Odd_man_out   Dico Tools
Someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group


Ode   Dico Tools
A lyric poem with complex stanza forms


Oder   Dico Tools
A European river; flows into the Baltic Sea


Oder_River   Dico Tools
A European river; flows into the Baltic Sea


Odesa   Dico Tools
A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea


Odessa   Dico Tools
A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea


Odessa   Dico Tools
A city in western Texas


Odets   Dico Tools
United States playwright (1906-1963)


Odin   Dico Tools
(Norse mythology) ruler of the Aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of Frigg; identified with the Teutonic Wotan


Odious   Dico Tools
Unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke


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Odiously   Dico Tools
In an offensive and hateful manner; "I don''t know anyone who could have behaved so abominably"


Odiousness   Dico Tools
The quality of being offensive


Odium   Dico Tools
Hate coupled with disgust


Odium   Dico Tools
State of disgrace resulting from detestable behavior


Odoacer   Dico Tools
Germanic barbarian leader who ended the western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493)


Odobenidae   Dico Tools
Walruses and extinct forms


Odobenus   Dico Tools
Type genus of the Odobenidae: walruses


Odobenus_divergens   Dico Tools
A walrus of the Bering Sea and northern Pacific


Odobenus_rosmarus   Dico Tools
A walrus of northern Atlantic and Arctic waters


Odocoileus   Dico Tools
North American deer


Odocoileus_hemionus   Dico Tools
Long-eared deer of western North America with two-pronged antlers


Odocoileus_hemionus_columbianus   Dico Tools
Mule deer of western Rocky Mountains


Odocoileus_Virginianus   Dico Tools
Common North American deer; tail has a white underside


Odometer   Dico Tools
A meter that shows mileage traversed


Odonata   Dico Tools
Dragonflies and damselflies


Odonate   Dico Tools
Large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings


Odontalgia   Dico Tools
An ache localized in or around a tooth


Odontaspididae   Dico Tools
Sand sharks; in some classifications coextensive with family Carcharhinidae


Odontaspis   Dico Tools
Type and sole genus of Carchariidae: sand sharks


Odontaspis_taurus   Dico Tools
Shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic; sometimes dangerous to swimmers


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Odontiasis   Dico Tools
The eruption through the gums of baby teeth


Odontoceti   Dico Tools
Toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales


Odontoglossum   Dico Tools
Any of numerous and diverse orchids of the genus Odontoglossum having racemes of few to many showy usually large flowers in many colors


Odontoid_process   Dico Tools
A toothlike process at the back of 2nd vertebra of the neck


Odontology   Dico Tools
The branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth


Odontophorus   Dico Tools
Genus of Central and South American crested partridges resembling quails; sometimes placed in a distinct subfamily or isolated in a distinct family


Odor   Dico Tools
Any property detected by the olfactory system


Odor   Dico Tools
The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses"


Odoriferous   Dico Tools
Having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers"


Odoriferous   Dico Tools
Emitting an odor; "odoriferous blossoms"; "odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack"


Odoriferous   Dico Tools
Giving off an odor; "the odoriferous elements in perfume"


Odoriferous   Dico Tools
Morally offensive; "odoriferous legislation"


Odorize   Dico Tools
Cause to smell or be smelly


Odorless   Dico Tools
Having no odor; "odorless gas"; "odorless flowers"


Odorous   Dico Tools
Having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers"


Odorous   Dico Tools
Emitting an odor; "odoriferous blossoms"; "odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack"


Odorous   Dico Tools
Having odor or a characteristic odor; "odorous jasmine flowers"; "odorous garbage"; "fresh odorous bread"


Odour   Dico Tools
Any property detected by the olfactory system


Odour   Dico Tools
The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses"


Odourise   Dico Tools
Cause to smell or be smelly


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Odourless   Dico Tools
Having no odor; "odorless gas"; "odorless flowers"


Odovacar   Dico Tools
Germanic barbarian leader who ended the western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493)


Odovakar   Dico Tools
Germanic barbarian leader who ended the western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493)


Odo_of_Lagery   Dico Tools
Pope who called for the First Crusade (1042-1099)


Odynophagia   Dico Tools
Severe pain on swallowing due to a disorder of the esophagus


Odysseus   Dico Tools
(Greek mythology) a famous mythical Greek hero; his return to Ithaca after the siege of Troy was described in the Odyssey


Odyssey   Dico Tools
A long wandering and eventful journey


Odyssey   Dico Tools
A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy


Oecanthus   Dico Tools
Tree crickets


Oecanthus_fultoni   Dico Tools
Pale yellowish tree cricket widely distributed in North America


Oecumenic   Dico Tools
Concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions; "ecumenical thinking"; "ecumenical activities"; "the ecumenical movement"


Oecumenical   Dico Tools
Of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience"


Oecumenical   Dico Tools
Concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions; "ecumenical thinking"; "ecumenical activities"; "the ecumenical movement"


OED   Dico Tools
An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles


Oedema   Dico Tools
Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue


Oedipal_complex   Dico Tools
A complex of males; desire to possess the mother sexually and to exclude the father; said to be a source of personality disorders if unresolved


Oedipus   Dico Tools
(Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama `Oedipus Rex'' by Sophocles


Oedipus_complex   Dico Tools
A complex of males; desire to possess the mother sexually and to exclude the father; said to be a source of personality disorders if unresolved


Oedipus_Rex   Dico Tools
(Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama `Oedipus Rex'' by Sophocles


Oedogoniaceae   Dico Tools
Filamentous green algae


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Oedogoniales   Dico Tools
Simple or branched filamentous freshwater green algae


Oedogonium   Dico Tools
Type genus of Oedogoniaceae; freshwater green algae having long unbranched filaments; usually free-floating when mature


Oeil_de_boeuf   Dico Tools
A circular or oval window; 17th or 18th century French architecture


Oenanthe   Dico Tools
Wheatears


Oenanthe   Dico Tools
Poisonous herbs: water dropworts


Oenanthe_aquatica   Dico Tools
European poisonous herb with fibrous roots


Oenanthe_crocata   Dico Tools
European poisonous herb having tuberous roots, yellow juice that stains the skin, yellow flowers and foliage resembling celery; all parts extremely poisonous


Oengus   Dico Tools
Celtic god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women


Oenologist   Dico Tools
A specialist in wine making


Oenology   Dico Tools
The art of wine making


Oenophile   Dico Tools
A connoisseur of fine wines; a grape nut


Oenophilist   Dico Tools
A connoisseur of fine wines; a grape nut


Oenothera   Dico Tools
Chiefly North American herbs with usually nocturnal flowers


Oenothera_biennis   Dico Tools
A coarse biennial of eastern North America with yellow flowers that open in the evening; naturalized in Europe


Oenothera_fruticosa   Dico Tools
A day-flowering biennial or perennial of the genus Oenothera


Oenothera_macrocarpa   Dico Tools
Evening-opening primrose of south central United States


Oersted   Dico Tools
Danish physicist (1777-1851)


Oersted   Dico Tools
The magnetic field strength 1 cm from a unit magnetic pole


Oesophageal_reflux   Dico Tools
Reflux of stomach contents into the esophagus


Oesophageal_veins   Dico Tools
Small veins from the esophagus emptying into the brachiocephalic vein or the azygos veins


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Oesophagitis   Dico Tools
Inflammation of the esophagus; often caused by gastroesophageal reflux


Oesophagogastric_junction   Dico Tools
The junction between the esophagus and the stomach epithelium


Oesophagoscope   Dico Tools
An optical instrument for examining the inside of the esophagus


Oesophagus   Dico Tools
The passage between the pharynx and the stomach


Oesterreich   Dico Tools
A mountainous republic in central Europe; under the Habsburgs (1278-1918) Austria maintained control of the Holy Roman Empire and was a leader in European politics until the 19th century


Oestradiol   Dico Tools
The most powerful female hormone that occurs naturally; synthesized and used to treat estrogen deficiency and breast cancer


Oestridae   Dico Tools
Warble flies


Oestriol   Dico Tools
A naturally occurring estrogenic hormone; a synthetic form is used to treat estrogen deficiency


Oestrogen   Dico Tools
A general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics


Oestrone   Dico Tools
A naturally occurring weak estrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary; synthesized (trade name Estronol) and used to treat estrogen deficiency


Oestrus   Dico Tools
Type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies


Oestrus   Dico Tools
Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity


Oestrus_ovis   Dico Tools
Larvae are parasitic on sheep


Oeuvre   Dico Tools
The total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it); "he studied the entire Wagnerian oeuvre"; "Picasso''s work can be divided into periods"


Ofactory_impairment   Dico Tools
A disorder in the sense of smell


Off   Dico Tools
Not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the lights are off"


Off   Dico Tools
(of events) no longer planned or scheduled; "the wedding is definitely off"


Off   Dico Tools
Below a satisfactory level; "an off year for tennis"; "his performance was off"


Off   Dico Tools
In an unpalatable state; "sour milk"


Off   Dico Tools
No longer on or in contact or attached; "clean off the dirt"; "he shaved off his mustache"


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Off   Dico Tools
From a particular thing or place or position (`forth'' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school";


Off   Dico Tools
At a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the 18th century"


Off(p)   Dico Tools
Not performing or scheduled for duties; "He''s off every Tuesday"; "he was off duty when it happened"; "an off-duty policeman"


Off-and-on(a)   Dico Tools
Intermittently stopping and starting; "fitful (or interrupted) sleep"; "off-and-on static"


Off-axis_reflector   Dico Tools
A reflecting telescope with the mirror slightly tilted to throw the image to the side where it can be viewed


Off-base   Dico Tools
Located outside a military base; "off-base housing"


Off-Broadway   Dico Tools
Low-budget theaters located outside the Broadway area in Manhattan


Off-center   Dico Tools
Situated away from the center or axis


Off-centered   Dico Tools
Situated away from the center or axis


Off-color   Dico Tools
Humorously vulgar; "bawdy songs"; "off-color jokes"; "ribald language"


Off-color   Dico Tools
In violation of good taste even verging on the indecent; "an indelicate remark"; "an off-color joke"


Off-colour   Dico Tools
In violation of good taste even verging on the indecent; "an indelicate remark"; "an off-color joke"


Off-day   Dico Tools
A day when things go poorly; "I guess this is one of my off-days"


Off-duty(a)   Dico Tools
Not performing or scheduled for duties; "He''s off every Tuesday"; "he was off duty when it happened"; "an off-duty policeman"


Off-guard(a)   Dico Tools
Not prepared or vigilant; "the blow caught him napping"; "caught in an off-guard moment"; "found him off his guard"


Off-hand   Dico Tools
Without preparation; "I don''t know the figures off-hand"


Off-key   Dico Tools
Inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key"


Off-licence   Dico Tools
A store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere


Off-limits   Dico Tools
Barred to a designated group; "that area is off-limits"


Off-line   Dico Tools
Not connected to a computer network; "off-line resources"


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Off-line   Dico Tools
Not on a regular route of a transportation system; "an off-line ticket office"


Off-line_equipment   Dico Tools
Electronic equipment not in direct communication (or under the control of) the central processing unit


Off-line_operation   Dico Tools
A operation performed by off-line equipment not under the control of the central processing unit


Off-peak   Dico Tools
Of a period of less than maximal use or demand or activity; "off-peak telepone rates"; "off-peak fares"


Off-putting   Dico Tools
Tending to repel; "The trappings of upper-class life are off-putting and sterile"- Elizabeth Hess


Off-putting   Dico Tools
Causing annoyance or repugnance; "an off-putting remark"


Off-road   Dico Tools
Designed for or used for or taking place on trails and beaches etc instead of public roads; "off-road vehicles such as dune buggies"; "off-road sports such as snowmobiling"


Off-roader   Dico Tools
A bicycle with a sturdy frame and fat tires; originally designed for riding in mountainous country


Off-season   Dico Tools
The season when travel is least active and rates are lowest


Off-season   Dico Tools
Not in the most active period; "off-season hotel rates are lower"


Off-site   Dico Tools
Taking place or located away from the site; "an off-site waste treatment operation"


Off-speed_pitch   Dico Tools
A baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball


Off-street   Dico Tools
Not on the streets; "off-street parking"; "off-street unloading of vehicles"


Off-the-clock   Dico Tools
Overtime without extra compensation; "she often has to work off-the-clock"


Off-the-cuff   Dico Tools
With little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring


Off-the-peg   Dico Tools
(especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock; "a ready-made jacket"; "ready-to-wear clothes"


Off-the-rack   Dico Tools
(especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock; "a ready-made jacket"; "ready-to-wear clothes"


Off-the-shelf   Dico Tools
(especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock; "a ready-made jacket"; "ready-to-wear clothes"


Off-the-shoulder   Dico Tools
Not covering the shoulders (especially inthe case of a blouse or dress)


Off-the-wall   Dico Tools
Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teena


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Off-white   Dico Tools
A shade of white the color of bleached bones


Off-white   Dico Tools
Tending toward white


Offal   Dico Tools
Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans


Offbeat   Dico Tools
Informal terms; strikingly unconventional


Offenbach   Dico Tools
French composer of many operettas and an opera (1819-1880)


Offence   Dico Tools
A crime less serious than a felony


Offence   Dico Tools
The action of attacking an enemy


Offence   Dico Tools
A lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others


Offence   Dico Tools
A feeling of anger caused by being offended; "he took offence at my question"


Offence   Dico Tools
The team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score


Offenceless   Dico Tools
Incapable of offending or attacking


Offend   Dico Tools
Cause to feel resentment or indignation; "Her tactless remark offended me"


Offend   Dico Tools
Hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised me ego"


Offend   Dico Tools
Strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"


Offend   Dico Tools
Act in disregard of laws and rules; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"


Offended   Dico Tools
Hurt or upset; "she looked offended"; "face had a pained and puzzled expression"


Offender   Dico Tools
A person who transgresses moral or civil law


Offending   Dico Tools
Offending against or breaking a law or rule; "contracts offending against the statute were canceled"


Offense   Dico Tools
A crime less serious than a felony


Offense   Dico Tools
The action of attacking an enemy


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Offense   Dico Tools
A lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others


Offense   Dico Tools
A feeling of anger caused by being offended; "he took offence at my question"


Offense   Dico Tools
The team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score


Offenseless   Dico Tools
Incapable of offending or attacking


Offensive   Dico Tools
The action of attacking an enemy


Offensive   Dico Tools
Of an offensive substitute for inoffensive terminology; "`nigger'' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American''"


Offensive   Dico Tools
Unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"


Offensive   Dico Tools
Morally offensive; "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal"


Offensive   Dico Tools
Causing anger or annoyance; "offensive remarks"


Offensive   Dico Tools
For the purpose of attack rather than defense; "offensive weapons"


Offensive   Dico Tools
Violating or tending to violate or offend against; "violative of the principles of liberty"; "considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity"


Offensive   Dico Tools
Causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"


Offensively   Dico Tools
In an aggressive manner; "`In this crisis, we must act offensively,'' the President said"; "the admiral intends to act offensively in the Mediterranean"


Offensively   Dico Tools
In an obnoxious manner; "he said so in one of his more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences"


Offensively   Dico Tools
In an unpleasantly offensive manner; "he smelled offensively unwashed"


Offensiveness   Dico Tools
The quality of being offensive


Offensive_activity   Dico Tools
A lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others


Offer   Dico Tools
A usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"


Offer   Dico Tools
Something offered (as a proposal or bid); "noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds"


Offer   Dico Tools
The verbal act of offering; "a generous offer of assistance"


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Offer   Dico Tools
Put forward for consideration; "He offered his opinion"


Offer   Dico Tools
Threaten to do something; "I offered to leave the committee if they did not accept my proposal"


Offer   Dico Tools
Ask (someone) to marry you; "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"


Offer   Dico Tools
Produce or introduce on the stage; "The Shakespeare Company is offering `King Lear'' this month"


Offer   Dico Tools
Make available or accessible, provide or furnish; "The conference center offers a health spa"; "The hotel offers private meeting rooms"


Offer   Dico Tools
Present for acceptance or rejection; "She offered us all a cold drink"


Offer   Dico Tools
Make available for sale; "The stores are offering specials on sweaters this week"


Offer   Dico Tools
Offer verbally; "extend my greetings"; "He offered his sympathy"


Offer   Dico Tools
Make available; provide; "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages"


Offer   Dico Tools
Propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"


Offer   Dico Tools
Mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance"


Offer   Dico Tools
Agree freely; "She volunteered to drive the old lady home"; "I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it"


Offer   Dico Tools
Present as an act of worship; "offer prayers to the gods"


Offerer   Dico Tools
Someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection


Offering   Dico Tools
The act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity; "oblations for aid to the poor"


Offering   Dico Tools
Something offered (as a proposal or bid); "noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds"


Offering   Dico Tools
The verbal act of offering; "a generous offer of assistance"


Offering   Dico Tools
Money contributed to a religious organization


Offering_protection   Dico Tools
In a protective manner; "he bent protectively over the woman"


Offeror   Dico Tools
Someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection


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Offertory   Dico Tools
The part of the Eucharist when bread and wine are offered to God


Offertory   Dico Tools
The offerings of the congregation at a religious service


Offer_price   Dico Tools
(stock market) the price at which a broker is willing to sell a certain security


Offer_up   Dico Tools
Present as an act of worship; "offer prayers to the gods"


Offhand   Dico Tools
Casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; "an offhand manner"; "she treated most men with offhand contempt"


Offhand   Dico Tools
With little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring


Offhand   Dico Tools
In a casually inconsiderate manner; "replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"; "she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter"


Offhand   Dico Tools
Without previous thought or preparation; "couldn''t give the figures offhand"; "we decided offhand to go to Canada"; "she had made these remarks offhandedly"


Offhanded   Dico Tools
Casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; "an offhand manner"; "she treated most men with offhand contempt"


Offhanded   Dico Tools
With little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring


Offhanded   Dico Tools
In a casually inconsiderate manner; "replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"; "she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter"


Offhanded   Dico Tools
Without previous thought or preparation; "couldn''t give the figures offhand"; "we decided offhand to go to Canada"; "she had made these remarks offhandedly"


Offhandedly   Dico Tools
In a casually inconsiderate manner; "replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"; "she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter"


Offhandedly   Dico Tools
Without previous thought or preparation; "couldn''t give the figures offhand"; "we decided offhand to go to Canada"; "she had made these remarks offhandedly"


Office   Dico Tools
A job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"


Office   Dico Tools
The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role"


Office   Dico Tools
A religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities; "the offices of the mass"


Office   Dico Tools
Place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed; "he rented an office in the new building"


Office   Dico Tools
An administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"


Office   Dico Tools
Professional or clerical workers in an office; "the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard"


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Office   Dico Tools
(of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power; "being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage"; "during his first year in office"; "during his first year in power"; "the power of the president"


Office-bearer   Dico Tools
The person who holds an office


Officeholder   Dico Tools
The official who holds an office


Officeholder   Dico Tools
Someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust; "he is an officer of the court"; "the club elected its officers for the coming year"


Officer   Dico Tools
Any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command; "an officer is responsible for the lives of his men"


Officer   Dico Tools
Someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust; "he is an officer of the court"; "the club elected its officers for the coming year"


Officer   Dico Tools
A person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel; "he is the officer in charge of the ship''s engines"


Officer   Dico Tools
A member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer"


Officer   Dico Tools
Direct or command as an officer


Officer's_mess   Dico Tools
A mess for the exclusive use of officers


Office_block   Dico Tools
A building containing offices where work is done


Office_boy   Dico Tools
A young man who is employed to do odd jobs in a business office


Office_building   Dico Tools
A building containing offices where work is done


Office_furniture   Dico Tools
Furniture intended for use in an office


Office_of_Homeland_Security   Dico Tools
An independent agency established by and accountable to the President in 2001; develops and implements a national strategy to make the United States safe from terrorist threats or attacks


Office_of_Inspector_General   Dico Tools
The investigative arm of the Federal Trade Commission


Office_of_Intelligence_Support   Dico Tools
Agency that oversees the intelligence relationships of the Treasury''s offices and bureaus and provides a link between the Intelligence Community and officials responsible for international economic policy


Office_of_Management_and_Budget   Dico Tools
The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget


Office_of_Naval_Intelligence   Dico Tools
The military intelligence agency that provides for the intelligence and counterintelligence and investigative and security requirements of the United States Navy


Office_staff   Dico Tools
Professional or clerical workers in an office; "the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard"


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Official   Dico Tools
Someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"


Official   Dico Tools
A worker who holds or is invested with an office


Official   Dico Tools
Having official authority or sanction; "official permission"; "an official representative"


Official   Dico Tools
Verified officially; "the election returns are now official"


Official   Dico Tools
(of a church) given official status as a national or state institution


Official   Dico Tools
Conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; "in prescribed order"


Official   Dico Tools
Of or relating to an office; "official privileges"


Officialdom   Dico Tools
People elected or appointed to administer a government


Officialese   Dico Tools
The style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscure


Officialise   Dico Tools
Make official; "We officialized our relationship"


Officialize   Dico Tools
Make official; "We officialized our relationship"


Officially   Dico Tools
In an official role; "officially, he is in charge"; "officially responsible"


Officially   Dico Tools
With official authorization; "the club will be formally recognized"


Official_document   Dico Tools
(law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right


Official_emissary   Dico Tools
A member of a legation


Official_immunity   Dico Tools
Personal immunity accorded to a public official from liability to anyone injured by actions that are the consequence of exercing official authority


Officiant   Dico Tools
A clergyman who officiates at a religious ceremony or service


Officiate   Dico Tools
Perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function; "His wife officiated as his private secretary"


Officiate   Dico Tools
Act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding; "Who officiated at your wedding?"


Officiating   Dico Tools
The act of umpiring; "the officiating was excellent"


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Officiation   Dico Tools
The performance of a religious or ceremonial or public duty


Officiation   Dico Tools
The act of umpiring; "the officiating was excellent"


Officious   Dico Tools
Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people''s business"


Officiously   Dico Tools
In an officious manner; "nothing so fatal as to strive too officiously for an abstract quality like beauty"


Officiousness   Dico Tools
Aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation


Offing   Dico Tools
The part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area; "there was a ship in the offing"


Offing   Dico Tools
The near or foreseeable future; "there was a wedding in the offing"


Offish   Dico Tools
Lacking cordiality; unfriendly; "a standoffish manner"


Offload   Dico Tools
Take the load off (a container or vehicle); "unload the truck"; "offload the van"


Offload   Dico Tools
Transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data


Offprint   Dico Tools
A separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication


Offsaddle   Dico Tools
Remove the saddle from; "They unsaddled their mounts"


Offset   Dico Tools
Structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly


Offset   Dico Tools
A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper


Offset   Dico Tools
A natural consequence of development


Offset   Dico Tools
A horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips


Offset   Dico Tools
A compensating equivalent


Offset   Dico Tools
The time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"


Offset   Dico Tools
Produce by offset printing; "offset the conference proceedings"


Offset   Dico Tools
Create an offset in; "offset a wall"


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Offset   Dico Tools
Cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface


Offset   Dico Tools
Make up for; "His skills offset his opponent''s superior strength"


Offset   Dico Tools
Compensate for or counterbalance; "offset deposits and withdrawals"


Offsetting   Dico Tools
Compensating for


Offsetting_balance   Dico Tools
A minimum credit balance that a bank may require a borrower to keep on deposit as a condition for granting a loan; a common requirement for establishing a line of credit at a bank; "the compensating balance increases the effective interest rate to the ban


Offset_lithography   Dico Tools
Offset printing by lithography


Offset_printing   Dico Tools
A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper


Offshoot   Dico Tools
A natural consequence of development


Offshore   Dico Tools
(of winds) coming from the land; "offshore winds"


Offshore   Dico Tools
At some distance from the shore; "offshore oil reserves"; "an offshore island"


Offshore   Dico Tools
Away from shore; away from land; "cruising three miles offshore"


Offshore_rig   Dico Tools
Drilling rig consisting of an offshore platform (floating or fixed to the sea bed) from which many oil wells can be bored radially


Offside   Dico Tools
Illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck; "the touchdown was nullified because the left tackle was offside"


Offside   Dico Tools
Illegally in advance of the ball or puck


Offsides   Dico Tools
Illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck; "the touchdown was nullified because the left tackle was offside"


Offspring   Dico Tools
Any immature animal


Offspring   Dico Tools
Something that comes into existence as a result; "industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution''s various socialistic offspring"; "this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts"


Offspring   Dico Tools
The immediate descendants of a person; "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue"


Offstage   Dico Tools
A stage area out of sight of the audience


Offstage   Dico Tools
Situated or taking place in the area of a stage not visible to the audience; "offstage noises"


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Offstage   Dico Tools
Withheld from public view or attention; "offstage political meetings"


Offstage   Dico Tools
Not in public; "the deal was done offstage"


Offstage   Dico Tools
Behind the scenes; not on stage; "the actors were waiting offstage"


Off_and_on   Dico Tools
Not regularly; "they phone each other off and on"


Off_duty(p)   Dico Tools
Not performing or scheduled for duties; "He''s off every Tuesday"; "he was off duty when it happened"; "an off-duty policeman"


Off_guard(p)   Dico Tools
Not prepared or vigilant; "the blow caught him napping"; "caught in an off-guard moment"; "found him off his guard"


Off_her_guard   Dico Tools
Not prepared or vigilant; "the blow caught him napping"; "caught in an off-guard moment"; "found him off his guard"


Off_his_guard   Dico Tools
Not prepared or vigilant; "the blow caught him napping"; "caught in an off-guard moment"; "found him off his guard"


Off_one's_guard(p)   Dico Tools
Not prepared or vigilant; "the blow caught him napping"; "caught in an off-guard moment"; "found him off his guard"


Off_the_beaten_track(p)   Dico Tools
Remote from populous or much-traveled regions; "found a quiet out-of-the-way resort"


Off_the_cuff   Dico Tools
Without preparation; "the presidential candidate made a remark off the cuff"


Off_the_hook(p)   Dico Tools
Freed from danger or blame or obligation; "I let him off the hook with a mild reprimand"


Off_the_record   Dico Tools
Not for quotation; "he spoke to the reporter off the record"


Off_year   Dico Tools
A year in which no major political elections are held


Off_year   Dico Tools
A year in which productivity is low or inferior


Off_your_guard   Dico Tools
Not prepared or vigilant; "the blow caught him napping"; "caught in an off-guard moment"; "found him off his guard"


Ofo   Dico Tools
A Siouan language spoken by the Ofo people


Ofo   Dico Tools
A member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in Mississippi


Oft   Dico Tools
Many times at short intervals; "we often met over a cup of coffee"


Often   Dico Tools
Many times at short intervals; "we often met over a cup of coffee"


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Often   Dico Tools
Frequently or in great quantities; "I don''t drink much"; "I don''t travel much"


Oftener   Dico Tools
More often or more frequently


Oftenness   Dico Tools
The number of occurrences within a given time period (usually 1 second); "the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second"


Oftentimes   Dico Tools
Many times at short intervals; "we often met over a cup of coffee"


Ofttimes   Dico Tools
Many times at short intervals; "we often met over a cup of coffee"


Of_age(p)   Dico Tools
Having attained a specific age; (`aged'' is pronounced as one syllable); "aged ten"; "ten years of age"


Of_all_time   Dico Tools
At any time; "did you ever smoke?"; "the best con man of all time"


Of_a_sudden   Dico Tools
Happening unexpectedly; "suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her side"


Of_course   Dico Tools
As might be expected; "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill"


Of_each_person   Dico Tools
Per person; "we are spending $5,000 per capita annually for education in this district"


Of_her_own   Dico Tools
Belonging completely to yourself; "a room of one''s own"


Of_his_own   Dico Tools
Belonging completely to yourself; "a room of one''s own"


Of_import   Dico Tools
Of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day"


Of_late   Dico Tools
In the recent past; "he was in Paris recently"; "lately the rules have been enforced"; "as late as yesterday she was fine"; "feeling better of late"; "the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also"


Of_my_own   Dico Tools
Belonging completely to yourself; "a room of one''s own"


Of_necessity   Dico Tools
In such a manner as could not be otherwise; "it is necessarily so"; "we must needs by objective"


Of_one's_own   Dico Tools
Belonging completely to yourself; "a room of one''s own"


Of_our_own   Dico Tools
Belonging completely to yourself; "a room of one''s own"


Of_sound_mind(p)   Dico Tools
Of sound mind, memory, and understanding; in law, competent to got to trial


Of_their_own   Dico Tools
Belonging completely to yourself; "a room of one''s own"


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Of_the_essence(p)   Dico Tools
Of the greatest importance; "the all-important subject of disarmament"; "crucial information"; "in chess cool nerves are of the essence"


Of_unsound_mind(p)   Dico Tools
Not of sound mind, memory, or understanding; in law, not competent to go to trial


Of_value   Dico Tools
Of great importance or use or service; "useful information"; "valuable advice"


Of_your_own   Dico Tools
Belonging completely to yourself; "a room of one''s own"


Ogalala   Dico Tools
A Siouan language spoken by the Oglala people


Ogalala   Dico Tools
A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota


Ogcocephalidae   Dico Tools
Batfishes: sluggish bottom-dwelling spiny fishes


Ogden   Dico Tools
A town in northern Utah settled by Mormons


Ogden   Dico Tools
English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957)


Ogden_Nash   Dico Tools
United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971)


Ogdoad   Dico Tools
The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one


Ogee_arch   Dico Tools
A pointed arch having an S-shape on both sides


Ogive   Dico Tools
Front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere


Oglala   Dico Tools
A Siouan language spoken by the Oglala people


Oglala   Dico Tools
A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota


Ogle   Dico Tools
Look at with amorous intentions


Ogler   Dico Tools
A viewer who gives a flirtatious or lewd look at another person


Ogre   Dico Tools
(folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings


Ogre   Dico Tools
A cruel wicked and inhuman person


Ogress   Dico Tools
(folklore) a female ogre


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OH   Dico Tools
A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region


Ohio   Dico Tools
A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region


Ohio   Dico Tools
A river that is formed in western Pennsylvania and flows westward to become a tributary of the Mississippi River


Ohioan   Dico Tools
A resident of Ohio


Ohio_buckeye   Dico Tools
A buckeye with scaly gray bark that is found in the central United States


Ohio_goldenrod   Dico Tools
A variety of goldenrod


Ohio_River   Dico Tools
A river that is formed in western Pennsylvania and flows westward to become a tributary of the Mississippi River


Ohio_State_University   Dico Tools
A university in Columbus, Ohio


Ohm   Dico Tools
German physicist who formulated Ohm''s Law (1787-1854)


Ohm   Dico Tools
A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere


Ohm's_law   Dico Tools
Electric current is directly proportional to voltage and inversely proportional to resistance; I = E/R


Ohmage   Dico Tools
The ohmic resistance of a conductor


Ohmic   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or measured in ohms


Ohmic_resistance   Dico Tools
A material''s opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms


Ohmmeter   Dico Tools
A meter for measuring electrical resistance in ohms


OIG   Dico Tools
The investigative arm of the Federal Trade Commission


Oil   Dico Tools
Oil paint used by an artist


Oil   Dico Tools
Any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants


Oil   Dico Tools
A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water


Oil   Dico Tools
Administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing


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Oil   Dico Tools
Cover with oil, as if by rubbing; "oil the wooden surface"


Oil-bearing   Dico Tools
Containing oils; "oil-bearing shale"


Oil-fired   Dico Tools
Fueled with oil; "an oil-fired furnace"


Oil-hardened_steel   Dico Tools
Steel that is quenched in oil


Oil-industry_analyst   Dico Tools
An analyst of the oil industry


Oil-water_interface   Dico Tools
An interface forming the boundary between the non-miscible liquids oil and water


Oilbird   Dico Tools
Nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter


Oilcan   Dico Tools
A can with a long nozzle to apply oil to machinery


Oilcloth   Dico Tools
Cloth treated on one side with a drying oil or synthetic resin


Oiled   Dico Tools
Treated with oil; "oiled country roads"; "an oiled walnut table"


Oiler   Dico Tools
A cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk


Oiler   Dico Tools
A well that yields or has yielded oil


Oiler   Dico Tools
A worker who oils engines or machinery


Oilfield   Dico Tools
A region rich in petroleum deposits (especially one with producing oil wells)


Oilfish   Dico Tools
Very large deep-water snake mackerel


Oiliness   Dico Tools
Smug self-serving earnestness


Oiliness   Dico Tools
Consisting of or covered with oil


Oilman   Dico Tools
A worker who produces or sells petroleum


Oilman   Dico Tools
A person who owns or operates oil wells


Oilpaper   Dico Tools
Paper that has been made translucent and waterproof by soaking in oil


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Oilrig   Dico Tools
Rig used in drilling for oil or gas


Oilseed   Dico Tools
Any of several seeds that yield oil


Oilskin   Dico Tools
A macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof


Oilstone   Dico Tools
A whetstone for use with oil


Oilstove   Dico Tools
Heater that burns oil (as kerosine) for heating or cooking


Oily   Dico Tools
Smeared or soiled with grease or oil; "greasy coveralls"; "get rid of rubbish and oily rags"


Oily   Dico Tools
Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; "greasy hamburgers"; "oily fried potatoes"; "oleaginous seeds"


Oily   Dico Tools
Coated or covered with oil; "oily puddles in the streets"


Oily   Dico Tools
Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"


Oil_beetle   Dico Tools
Any of various beetles that exude an oily substance from the leg joints that deters enemies


Oil_burner   Dico Tools
A furnace that burns oil


Oil_business   Dico Tools
An industry that produces and delivers oil and oil products


Oil_cake   Dico Tools
Mass of e.g. linseed or cottonseed or soybean from which the oil has been pressed; used as food for livestock


Oil_cartel   Dico Tools
A cartel of companies or nations formed to control the production and distribution of oil


Oil_change   Dico Tools
Replacing dirty oil with clean


Oil_color   Dico Tools
Oil paint used by an artist


Oil_company   Dico Tools
A company that sells oil


Oil_conservation   Dico Tools
The conservation of petroleum resources


Oil_filter   Dico Tools
A filter that removes impurities from the oil used to lubricate an internal-combustion engine


Oil_furnace   Dico Tools
A furnace that burns oil


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Oil_future   Dico Tools
Petroleum bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date


Oil_geologist   Dico Tools
A specialist in petroleum geology


Oil_gland   Dico Tools
A gland that secretes oil


Oil_heater   Dico Tools
Heater that burns oil (as kerosine) for heating or cooking


Oil_industry   Dico Tools
An industry that produces and delivers oil and oil products


Oil_lamp   Dico Tools
A lamp that burns oil (as kerosine) for light


Oil_meal   Dico Tools
Ground oil cake


Oil_nut   Dico Tools
Oily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwood


Oil_of_cloves   Dico Tools
Essential oil obtained from cloves and used to flavor medicines


Oil_of_turpentine   Dico Tools
Volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally


Oil_of_vitriol   Dico Tools
(H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industry


Oil_of_wintergreen   Dico Tools
Oil or flavoring obtained from the creeping wintergreen or teaberry plant


Oil_paint   Dico Tools
Paint in which a drying oil is the vehicle


Oil_painter   Dico Tools
A painter who uses oil paints


Oil_painting   Dico Tools
The act of painting with oil paints


Oil_painting   Dico Tools
A picture painted with oil paints


Oil_palm   Dico Tools
Pinnate-leaved palms of the genus Elaeis having dense clusters of crowded flowers and bright red fruit and yielding high quality palm oils


Oil_pipeline   Dico Tools
A pipeline used to transport oil


Oil_pressure   Dico Tools
Pressure that keeps oil on the moving parts of an internal-combustion engine


Oil_production   Dico Tools
The act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum


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Oil_pump   Dico Tools
A pump that keeps a supply of oil on moving parts


Oil_refinery   Dico Tools
A refinery for petroleum


Oil_rig   Dico Tools
Rig used in drilling for oil or gas


Oil_rigger   Dico Tools
Someone who works on an oil rig


Oil_shale   Dico Tools
Shale from which oil can be obtained by heating


Oil_slick   Dico Tools
A thin film of oil floating on top of water (especially crude oil spilled from a ship)


Oil_stain   Dico Tools
A stain produced by oil


Oil_tanker   Dico Tools
A cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk


Oil_tycoon   Dico Tools
A powerful person in the oil business


Oil_well   Dico Tools
A well that yields or has yielded oil


Oink   Dico Tools
Utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs


Ointment   Dico Tools
Toiletry consisting of any of various substances resembling cream that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin


Ointment   Dico Tools
Semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation


Oireachtas   Dico Tools
The parliament of the Irish Free State


OIS   Dico Tools
Agency that oversees the intelligence relationships of the Treasury''s offices and bureaus and provides a link between the Intelligence Community and officials responsible for international economic policy


Ojibwa   Dico Tools
The Algonquian language spoken by the Ojibwa people


Ojibwa   Dico Tools
A member of an Algonquian people who lived west of Lake Superior


Ojibway   Dico Tools
The Algonquian language spoken by the Ojibwa people


Ojibway   Dico Tools
A member of an Algonquian people who lived west of Lake Superior


Ojos_del_Salado   Dico Tools
A mountain in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (22,572 feet high)


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OK   Dico Tools
An endorsement; "they gave us the O.K. to go ahead"


OK   Dico Tools
A state in south central United States


Ok   Dico Tools
Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an all-right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything''s fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; "another minute I''d have


OK   Dico Tools
Sentence-initial expression of agreement


Oka   Dico Tools
South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers


Oka   Dico Tools
A Turkish liquid unit equal to 1.3 pints


Oka   Dico Tools
A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds


Okapi   Dico Tools
Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs


Okapia   Dico Tools
Okapis


Okapia_johnstoni   Dico Tools
Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs


Okay   Dico Tools
An endorsement; "they gave us the O.K. to go ahead"


Okay   Dico Tools
Give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"


Okay   Dico Tools
Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an all-right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything''s fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; "another minute I''d have


Okay   Dico Tools
In a satisfactory or adequate manner; "she''ll do okay on her own"; "held up all right under pressure"; (`alright'' is a nonstandard variant of `all right'')


Okeechobee   Dico Tools
A lake in southeast Florida north of the Everglades


Okefenokee_Swamp   Dico Tools
A large swampy area of northeast Florida and southeast Georgia


Okeh   Dico Tools
An endorsement; "they gave us the O.K. to go ahead"


Oken   Dico Tools
German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria'' led to the cell theory (1779-1851)


Okenfuss   Dico Tools
German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria'' led to the cell theory (1779-1851)


Okey   Dico Tools
An endorsement; "they gave us the O.K. to go ahead"


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Okinawa   Dico Tools
A campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June 1945); in savage close-quarter fighting United States marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese; considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign f


Okinawa   Dico Tools
The largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands


Okinawa_campaign   Dico Tools
A campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June 1945); in savage close-quarter fighting United States marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese; considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign f


Oklahoma   Dico Tools
A state in south central United States


Oklahoma_City   Dico Tools
Capital and largest city of Oklahoma; the economy is based on oil and livestock


Okra   Dico Tools
Long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews


Okra   Dico Tools
Tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus


Okra   Dico Tools
Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant


Okra_plant   Dico Tools
Tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus


Oktoberfest   Dico Tools
An autumn festival that involves merrymaking and drinking beer


Oktoberfest   Dico Tools
A strong lager made originally in Germany for the Oktoberfest celebration; sweet and copper-colored


Ola   Dico Tools
Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper


Olaf_II   Dico Tools
King and patron saint of Norway (995-1030)


Olav_II   Dico Tools
King and patron saint of Norway (995-1030)


Old   Dico Tools
Past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old'')


Old   Dico Tools
Just preceding something else in time or order; "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger"


Old   Dico Tools
Of a very early stage in development; "Old English is also called Anglo Saxon"; "Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century"


Old   Dico Tools
Old in experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers"


Old   Dico Tools
Of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"


Old   Dico Tools
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; especially not young; often used as a combining form to indicate an age as specified as in `a week-old baby''; "an old man''s eagle mind"--William Butler Yeat


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Old   Dico Tools
Lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"


Old   Dico Tools
Of an earlier time; "his old classmates"


Old(a)   Dico Tools
(used for emphasis) very familiar; "good old boy"; "same old story"


Old(a)   Dico Tools
Used informally especially for emphasis; "a real honest-to-god live cowboy"; "had us a high old time"; "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel"


Old-age_insurance   Dico Tools
Insurance paid to the elderly


Old-age_pension   Dico Tools
A monthly payment made to someone who is retired from work


Old-age_pensioner   Dico Tools
An old person who receives an old-age pension


Old-fashioned   Dico Tools
Out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas"


Old-fashionedness   Dico Tools
The property of being no longer fashionable


Old-field_toadflax   Dico Tools
North American plant having racemes of blue-violet flowers


Old-hat   Dico Tools
Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails''"


Old-hat(p)   Dico Tools
Out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas"


Old-maid's_bonnet   Dico Tools
Stout perennial of eastern and central North America having palmate leaves and showy racemose blue flowers


Old-maidish   Dico Tools
Primly fastidious


Old-man-of-the-woods   Dico Tools
Edible mild-tasting mushroom found in coniferous woodlands of eastern North America


Old-time   Dico Tools
Attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic); "houses with quaint thatched roofs"; "a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots"


Old-timer   Dico Tools
An elderly man


Old-timer   Dico Tools
An experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service


Old-womanish   Dico Tools
Primly fastidious


Old-world   Dico Tools
Characteristic of former times especially in Europe; "an old-world cottage"


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Olden   Dico Tools
Of time long past; "olden days"


Oldenberg   Dico Tools
United States sculptor (born in Sweden); a leader of the pop art movement who was noted for giant sculptures of common objects (born in 1929)


Older   Dico Tools
Older brother or sister; "big sister"


Older   Dico Tools
Old in experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers"


Older   Dico Tools
Advanced in years; (`aged'' is pronounced as two syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen"


Older   Dico Tools
Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; "Bill Adams, Sr."


Oldest   Dico Tools
First in time; "the oldest rocks on the planet"


Olde_worlde   Dico Tools
Attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic); "houses with quaint thatched roofs"; "a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots"


Oldfield   Dico Tools
United States race driver who was the first to drive faster than a mile a minute (1878-1946)


Oldie   Dico Tools
A song that was formerly popular


Oldish   Dico Tools
Somewhat elderly


Oldness   Dico Tools
The opposite of newness


Oldness   Dico Tools
The opposite of youngness


Oldster   Dico Tools
An elderly person


Oldtimer   Dico Tools
An elderly man


Oldtimer   Dico Tools
An experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service


Olduvai_Gorge   Dico Tools
A gorge in northeastern Tanzania where anthropologists have found some of the earliest human remains


Oldwench   Dico Tools
Tropical Atlantic fish


Oldwife   Dico Tools
A common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United States


Oldwife   Dico Tools
Tropical Atlantic fish


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Old_age   Dico Tools
A late time of life; "old age is not for sissies"; "he''s showing his years"; "age hasn''t slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"


Old_bag   Dico Tools
An ugly or ill-tempered woman; "he was romancing the old bag for her money"


Old_Bailey   Dico Tools
The central Criminal Court in London


Old_boy   Dico Tools
A vivacious elderly man


Old_boy   Dico Tools
A male ex-pupil of a school


Old_boy   Dico Tools
A familiar term of address for a man


Old_boy_network   Dico Tools
An exclusive informal network linking members of a social class or profession or organization in order to provide connections and information and favors (especially in business or politics); "professional women have developed an old boy network of their o


Old_Bulgarian   Dico Tools
The Slavic language into which the Bible was translated in the 9th Century


Old_Bullion   Dico Tools
United States legislator who opposed the use of paper currency (1782-1858)


Old_Catholic   Dico Tools
A member of the church formed in the 19th century by German Catholics who refused to accept the infallibility of the Pope


Old_Catholic_Church   Dico Tools
Catholic churches that broke away from the Roman Catholic Church in the 18th century


Old_Church_Slavic   Dico Tools
The Slavic language into which the Bible was translated in the 9th Century


Old_Church_Slavonic   Dico Tools
The Slavic language into which the Bible was translated in the 9th Century


Old_codger   Dico Tools
Used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man


Old_Colony   Dico Tools
A state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies


Old_country   Dico Tools
The country of origin of an immigrant


Old_Delhi   Dico Tools
A city in north central India


Old_Dominion   Dico Tools
A state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War


Old_Dominion_State   Dico Tools
A state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War


Old_English   Dico Tools
English prior to about 1100


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Old_English_sheepdog   Dico Tools
Large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy blue-gray-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to Roman occupation of Britain


Old_Faithful   Dico Tools
A geyser in Yellowstone National Park that erupts for about 4 minutes about every 65 minutes


Old_fashioned   Dico Tools
A cocktail made of whiskey and bitters and sugar with fruit slices


Old_French   Dico Tools
The earliest form of the French language; 9th to 15th century


Old_Frisian   Dico Tools
The Frisian language until the 16th century; the Germanic language of ancient Frisia


Old_geezer   Dico Tools
An elderly man


Old_Glory   Dico Tools
The national flage of the United States of America


Old_gold   Dico Tools
A dark yellow


Old_growth   Dico Tools
Forest or woodland having a mature or overly mature ecosystem more or less uninfluenced by human activity


Old_guard   Dico Tools
A faction that is unwilling to accept new ideas


Old_hand   Dico Tools
An experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service


Old_Hickory   Dico Tools
7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845)


Old_High_German   Dico Tools
High German prior to 1200


Old_Icelandic   Dico Tools
The extinct dialect of Old Norse that was spoken in Iceland up until about 1600


Old_Irish   Dico Tools
Irish Gaelic up to about 1100


Old_Ironsides   Dico Tools
United States 44-gun frigate that was one of the first three naval ships built by the United States; it won brilliant victories over British frigates during the War of 1812 and is without doubt the most famous ship in the history of the United States Navy


Old_Italian   Dico Tools
The Italian language up to the middle of the 16th century


Old_lady   Dico Tools
Your own wife; "meet my old lady"


Old_Latin   Dico Tools
The oldest recorded Latin (dating back at early as the 6th century B.C.)


Old_Line_State   Dico Tools
A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies


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Old_maid   Dico Tools
A card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or `old maid'')


Old_maid   Dico Tools
A person who is primly fastidious


Old_maid   Dico Tools
An elderly unmarried woman


Old_maid   Dico Tools
Commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers


Old_maid   Dico Tools
Any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads


Old_maid_flower   Dico Tools
Any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads


Old_man   Dico Tools
A familiar term of address for a man


Old_man   Dico Tools
An informal term for your father


Old_man   Dico Tools
A man who is very old


Old_man   Dico Tools
Boss


Old_man   Dico Tools
Aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe


Old_man's_beard   Dico Tools
Common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers


Old_man's_beard   Dico Tools
Vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn


Old_man's_beard   Dico Tools
Dense festoons of greenish-gray hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots; southeastern United States and West Indies to South America


Old_man_of_the_mountain   Dico Tools
Whitish hairy plant with featherlike leaves and a few stout stems each bearing an especially handsome solitary large yellow flower head; mountainous regions north central United States


Old_master   Dico Tools
A great European painter prior to 19th century


Old_money   Dico Tools
The inherited wealth of established upper-class families; "he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth"; "she is the daughter of old money from Massachusetts"


Old_Nick   Dico Tools
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell


Old_Norse   Dico Tools
The extinct Germanic language of medieval Scandinavia and Iceland from about to 700 to 1350


Old_North_French   Dico Tools
The medieval Norman dialect of Old French


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Old_North_State   Dico Tools
A state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies


Old_person   Dico Tools
An elderly person


Old_Prussian   Dico Tools
A dead language of the (non-German) Prussians (extinct after 1700); thought to belong to the Baltic branch of Indo-European


Old_rose   Dico Tools
A greyish-pink color


Old_salt   Dico Tools
A man who serves as a sailor


Old_Saxon   Dico Tools
Low German prior to 1200


Old_school   Dico Tools
A class of people favoring traditional ideas


Old_school_tie   Dico Tools
Necktie indicating the school the wearer attended


Old_sledge   Dico Tools
A form of all fours in which a total of seven points is game


Old_South   Dico Tools
The South before the Civil War


Old_squaw   Dico Tools
A common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United States


Old_stager   Dico Tools
An experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service


Old_style   Dico Tools
A typeface (based on an 18th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes


Old_Style_calendar   Dico Tools
The solar calendar introduced in Rome in 46 b.c. by Julius Caesar and slightly modified by Augustus, establishing the 12-month year of 365 days with each 4th year having 366 days and the months having 31 or 30 days except for February


Old_style_font   Dico Tools
A typeface (based on an 18th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes


Old_Testament   Dico Tools
The collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible


Old_times   Dico Tools
Past times remembered with nostalgia


Old_witchgrass   Dico Tools
North American grass with slender brushy panicles; often a weed on cultivated land


Old_witch_grass   Dico Tools
North American grass with slender brushy panicles; often a weed on cultivated land


Old_wives'_tale   Dico Tools
A bit of lore passed on by word of mouth


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Old_woman   Dico Tools
A woman who is old


Old_woman   Dico Tools
Herb with grayish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant


Old_World   Dico Tools
The regions of the world that were known to Europeans before the discovery of the Americas


Old_World   Dico Tools
Of or relating to the Old World (especially Europe); "Old World hawks"; "Old World monkeys"


Old_World_beaver   Dico Tools
A European variety of beaver


Old_World_buffalo   Dico Tools
Any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo


Old_World_chat   Dico Tools
Songbirds having a chattering call


Old_World_coot   Dico Tools
Eurasian coot


Old_World_coral_snake   Dico Tools
Any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia


Old_World_crayfish   Dico Tools
Small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North America


Old_World_flycatcher   Dico Tools
Any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing


Old_World_hop_hornbeam   Dico Tools
Medium-sized hop hornbeam of southern Europe and Asia Minor


Old_World_jay   Dico Tools
A European jay


Old_World_least_weasel   Dico Tools
Of Europe


Old_World_leishmaniasis   Dico Tools
Leishmaniasis of the skin; characterized by ulcerative skin lesions


Old_World_mistletoe   Dico Tools
Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas


Old_World_monkey   Dico Tools
Of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together


Old_World_oriole   Dico Tools
Mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black


Old_World_porcupine   Dico Tools
Terrestrial porcupine


Old_World_quail   Dico Tools
Small game bird with a rounded body and small tail


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Old_World_rabbit   Dico Tools
Common grayish-brown burrowing animal native to southern Europe and northern Africa but introduced elsewhere; widely domesticated and developed in various colors and for various needs; young born naked and helpless


Old_World_robin   Dico Tools
Small Old World songbird with a reddish breast


Old_World_scops_owl   Dico Tools
European scops owl


Old_World_vulture   Dico Tools
Any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia


Old_World_warbler   Dico Tools
Small active brownish or grayish Old World birds


Old_world_white_pelican   Dico Tools
Similar to American white pelican


Old_World_yew   Dico Tools
Predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world


Olea   Dico Tools
Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits


Oleaceae   Dico Tools
Trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac


Oleaceous   Dico Tools
Of or pertaining to or characteristic of trees or shrubs of the olive family


Oleaginous   Dico Tools
Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; "greasy hamburgers"; "oily fried potatoes"; "oleaginous seeds"


Oleaginous   Dico Tools
Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"


Oleaginousness   Dico Tools
Smug self-serving earnestness


Oleaginousness   Dico Tools
Consisting of or covered with oil


Oleales   Dico Tools
Coextensive with the family Oleaceae; in some classifications included in the order Gentianales


Oleander   Dico Tools
An ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers: native to East Indies but widely cultivated in warm regions


Oleander_fern   Dico Tools
Tropical fern having leathery fronds resembling oleander; found from Asia to Polynesia


Oleandra   Dico Tools
Or family Polypodiaceae: tropical epiphytic or terrestrial ferns


Oleandraceae   Dico Tools
One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems


Oleandra_mollis   Dico Tools
Tropical fern having leathery fronds resembling oleander; found from Asia to Polynesia


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Oleandra_neriiformis   Dico Tools
Tropical fern having leathery fronds resembling oleander; found from Asia to Polynesia


Olearia   Dico Tools
Large genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or small trees with large daisylike flowers


Olearia_argophylla   Dico Tools
Musk-scented shrub or tree of southern and southeastern Australia having creamy-yellow flower heads


Olearia_haastii   Dico Tools
Bushy New Zealand shrub cultivated for its fragrant white flower heads


Oleaster   Dico Tools
Any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits


Oleaster_family   Dico Tools
Shrubs or small trees often armed


Olea_cunninghamii   Dico Tools
Northern Zealand tree having dense hard light-brown wood


Olea_europaea   Dico Tools
Evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits


Olea_lanceolata   Dico Tools
Small New Zealand tree having red pulpy one-seeded fruit


Olecranon   Dico Tools
Process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended


Olecranon_process   Dico Tools
Process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended


Olefin   Dico Tools
Any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon


Olefine   Dico Tools
Any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon


Oleic_acid   Dico Tools
A colorless oily liquid occurring as a glyceride; it is the major fatty acid in olive oil and canola oil; used in making soap and cosmetics and ointments and lubricating oils


Olein   Dico Tools
A naturally occuring glyceride of oleic acid that is found in fats and oils


Oleo   Dico Tools
A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter


Oleomargarine   Dico Tools
A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter


Oleophilic   Dico Tools
Having a strong affinity for oils rather than water


Oleophobic   Dico Tools
Lacking affinity for oils


Oleoresin   Dico Tools
A naturally occurring mixture of a resin and an essential oil; obtained from certain plants


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Oleoresin_capiscum   Dico Tools
An oleoresin extracted from the capiscum pepper plant


Oleo_oil   Dico Tools
Obtained from beef fat; used in making margarine and soap and in lubrication


Olfaction   Dico Tools
The faculty of smell


Olfactive   Dico Tools
Of or relating to olfaction


Olfactory   Dico Tools
Of or relating to olfaction


Olfactory_brain   Dico Tools
A center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals; in humans it seems to mediate complex emotional behavior


Olfactory_bulb   Dico Tools
One of two enlargements at the terminus of the olfactory nerve at the base of the brain just above the nasal cavities


Olfactory_modality   Dico Tools
The faculty of smell


Olfactory_nerve   Dico Tools
A collective term for numerous olfactory filaments in the nasal mucosa


Olfactory_organ   Dico Tools
The organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals; "he has a cold in the nose"


Olfactory_perception   Dico Tools
The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses"


Olfactory_property   Dico Tools
Any property detected by the olfactory system


Olfactory_sensation   Dico Tools
The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses"


Olfersia   Dico Tools
Genus of fern having only one species


Olfersia_cervina   Dico Tools
Tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polybotrya


Olga_Korbut   Dico Tools
Soviet gymnast (born in 1955)


Olibanum   Dico Tools
An aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation


Oligarch   Dico Tools
One of the rulers in an oligarchy


Oligarchic   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or supporting or characteristic of an oligarchy


Oligarchical   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or supporting or characteristic of an oligarchy


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Oligarchy   Dico Tools
A political system governed by a few people


Oligocene   Dico Tools
From 40 million to 25 million years ago; appearance of sabertoothed cats


Oligocene_epoch   Dico Tools
From 40 million to 25 million years ago; appearance of sabertoothed cats


Oligochaeta   Dico Tools
Earthworms


Oligochaete   Dico Tools
Hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body


Oligochaete_worm   Dico Tools
Hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body


Oligoclase   Dico Tools
Any of a rock-forming series of triclinic feldspars


Oligodactyly   Dico Tools
Congenital condition in which some fingers or toes are missing


Oligodendria   Dico Tools
Tissue consisting of glial cells with sheet-like processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers


Oligodendrocyte   Dico Tools
A cell of the oligodendroglia


Oligodendroglia   Dico Tools
Tissue consisting of glial cells with sheet-like processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers


Oligodontia   Dico Tools
Congenital condition in which some of the teeth are missing


Oligomenorrhea   Dico Tools
Abnormally light or infrequent menstruation


Oligoplites   Dico Tools
Leatherjackets


Oligopoly   Dico Tools
(economics) a market in which control over the supply of a commodity is in the hands of a small number of producers and each one can influence prices and affect competitors


Oligoporus   Dico Tools
A genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae


Oligoporus_leucospongia   Dico Tools
A pore fungus with a whitish cottony soft cap found on conifer logs in forests at high elevation in the western United States and adjacent Canada


Oligosaccharide   Dico Tools
Any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis


Oligospermia   Dico Tools
Insufficient spermatozoa in the semen


Oliguria   Dico Tools
Production of an abnormally small amount of urine


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Oliguria   Dico Tools
Abnormally small production of urine; can be a symptom of kidney disease or obstruction of the urinary tract or edema or an imbalance of fluids and electrolytes in the body


Olimbos   Dico Tools
A mountain peak in northeast Greece near the Aegean coast; believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the gods (9,570 feet high)


Olive   Dico Tools
A yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation


Olive   Dico Tools
One-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish


Olive   Dico Tools
Hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork


Olive   Dico Tools
Evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits


Olive   Dico Tools
Small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil


Olive   Dico Tools
Of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive


Olive-brown   Dico Tools
Of a brown color with a greenish tinge


Olive-drab   Dico Tools
Of a brownish green color


Olive-drab_uniform   Dico Tools
Military uniform of the United States army; made from cloth of a dull olive color


Olive-like   Dico Tools
Resembling an olive


Olive-tree_agaric   Dico Tools
Red luminescent mushroom of Europe


Olivelike   Dico Tools
Resembling an olive


Olivenite   Dico Tools
Rare green to black mineral consisting of hydrated copper arsenate that is found in copper deposits


Oliver   Dico Tools
United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938)


Oliver_Cromwell   Dico Tools
English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)


Oliver_Goldsmith   Dico Tools
Irish writer of novels and poetry and plays and essays (1728-1774)


Oliver_Hardy   Dico Tools
United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957)


Oliver_Hazard_Perry   Dico Tools
United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812; brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry (1785-1819)


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Oliver_Heaviside   Dico Tools
English physicist and electrical engineer who helped develop telegraphic and telephonic communications; in 1902 (independent of A. E. Kennelly) he suggested the existence of an atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves back to earth (1850-1925)


Oliver_Stone   Dico Tools
United States filmmaker (born in 1946)


Oliver_Wendell_Holmes   Dico Tools
United States writer of humorous essays (1809-1894)


Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Jr.   Dico Tools
United States jurist noted for his liberal opinions (1841-1935)


Olive_branch   Dico Tools
Something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace


Olive_brown   Dico Tools
A shade of brown tinged with green


Olive_drab   Dico Tools
A cloth of an olive-brown color used for military uniforms


Olive_drab   Dico Tools
Military uniform of the United States army; made from cloth of a dull olive color


Olive_drab   Dico Tools
A grayish olive or dark olive gray


Olive_family   Dico Tools
Trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac


Olive_green   Dico Tools
A color that is lighter and greener than olive


Olive_oil   Dico Tools
Oil from olives


Olive_ridley   Dico Tools
Olive-colored sea turtle of tropical Pacific and Indian and the southern Atlantic oceans


Olive_tree   Dico Tools
A tree of the genus Olea cultivated for its fruit


Olivier   Dico Tools
English actor best know for his Shakespearean roles (1907-1989)


Olivine   Dico Tools
A mineral consisting of magnesium iron silicate; a source of magnesium


Olla   Dico Tools
Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper


Ollari   Dico Tools
A Dravidian language spoken in south central India


Olla_podrida   Dico Tools
Spanish version of burgoo


Olm   Dico Tools
European cave-dwelling aquatic salamander with permanent external gills


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Olmec   Dico Tools
A member of an early Mesoamerican civilization contered around Veracruz that flourished between 1300 and 400 BC


Olmec   Dico Tools
Of or relating to the Olmec of Mexico


Olmsted   Dico Tools
United States landscape architect primarily responsible for the design of Central Park in New York City (1822-1903)


Ology   Dico Tools
An informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge


Olympia   Dico Tools
A plain in Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese; site of the original Olympian Games


Olympia   Dico Tools
Capital of the state of Washington; located in western Washington on Puget Sound


Olympiad   Dico Tools
The modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country


Olympiad   Dico Tools
One of the 4-year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece for twelve centuries beginning in 776 BC


Olympian   Dico Tools
A classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans


Olympian   Dico Tools
An athlete who participates in the Olympic games


Olympian   Dico Tools
Far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart''s prodigious talents"


Olympian   Dico Tools
Majestic in manner or bearing; superior to mundane matters; "his majestic presence"; "olympian detachment"; "olympian beauty and serene composure"


Olympian   Dico Tools
Of or pertaining to the greater gods of ancient Greece whose abode was Mount Olympus; "Olympian deities"


Olympian   Dico Tools
Of the region of Olympia in Greece or its inhabitants; "Olympian plain"


Olympian_Games   Dico Tools
The ancient Panhellenic celebration at Olympia in honor of Zeus; held every 4 years beginning in 776 BC


Olympic   Dico Tools
Of or relating to the Olympic Games; "Olympic winners"


Olympic   Dico Tools
Of the region of Olympia in Greece or its inhabitants; "Olympian plain"


Olympics   Dico Tools
The modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country


Olympic_Games   Dico Tools
The ancient Panhellenic celebration at Olympia in honor of Zeus; held every 4 years beginning in 776 BC


Olympic_Games   Dico Tools
The modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country


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Olympic_god   Dico Tools
A classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans


Olympic_National_Park   Dico Tools
A national park in Washington having rain forests of giant evergreens


Olympic_salamander   Dico Tools
Small large-eyed semiaquatic salamander of the United States northwest


Olympus   Dico Tools
A mountain peak in northeast Greece near the Aegean coast; believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the gods (9,570 feet high)


Omaha   Dico Tools
Thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1935


Omaha   Dico Tools
The Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Omaha people


Omaha   Dico Tools
Largest city in Nebraska; located in eastern Nebraska on the Missouri river; a major transportation center of the Midwest


Omaha   Dico Tools
A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska


Oman   Dico Tools
A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil


Omani   Dico Tools
A native or inhabitant of Oman


Omani   Dico Tools
Of or relating to Oman or its people; "Omani oil producers"; "Omani ports"


Omani_monetary_unit   Dico Tools
Monetary unit in Oman


Omani_rial   Dico Tools
The basic unit of money in Oman


Omar_Bradley   Dico Tools
United States general who played an important role in the Allied victory in World War II (1893-1981)


Omar_Khayyam   Dico Tools
Persian poet and mathematician and astronomer whose poetry was popularized by Edward Fitzgerald''s translation (1050-1123)


Omar_Nelson_Bradley   Dico Tools
United States general who played an important role in the Allied victory in World War II (1893-1981)


Omasum   Dico Tools
The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant


Omayyad   Dico Tools
The first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was Damascus


OMB   Dico Tools
The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget


Ombu   Dico Tools
Fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves


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Ombudsman   Dico Tools
A government appointee who investigates complaints by private persons against the government


Omdurman   Dico Tools
A battle (1898) in which an English and Egyptian army under Kitchener defeated the Sudanese


Omdurman   Dico Tools
A city of Sudan; located in the central Sudan on the White Nile opposite Khartoum


Omega   Dico Tools
The last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet


Omega   Dico Tools
The ending of a series or sequence; "the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end"--Revelation


Omega-3   Dico Tools
A polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its first double valence bond three carbons from the beginning


Omega-3_fatty_acid   Dico Tools
A polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its first double valence bond three carbons from the beginning


Omega-6   Dico Tools
A polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its first double valence bond six carbons from the beginning


Omega-6_fatty_acid   Dico Tools
A polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its first double valence bond six carbons from the beginning


Omega_Centauri   Dico Tools
A global cluster in the constellation Centaurus


Omelet   Dico Tools
Beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly


Omelette   Dico Tools
Beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly


Omelette_pan   Dico Tools
Pan for cooking omelets


Omelet_pan   Dico Tools
Pan for cooking omelets


Omen   Dico Tools
A sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle"


Omen   Dico Tools
Indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"


Omental_bursa   Dico Tools
An isolated part of the peritoneal cavity that is dorsal to the stomach


Omentum   Dico Tools
A fold of peritoneum supporting the viscera


Omeprazole   Dico Tools
Antacid (trade name Prilosec) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach


Omerta   Dico Tools
A code of silence practiced by the Mafia; a refusal to give evidence to the police about criminal activities


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Omicron   Dico Tools
The 15th letter of the Greek alphabet


Ominous   Dico Tools
Presaging ill-fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"


Ominous   Dico Tools
Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clo


Ominously   Dico Tools
In an ominous manner; "the sun darkened ominously"


Omissible   Dico Tools
Possible to omit


Omission   Dico Tools
A mistake resulting from neglect


Omission   Dico Tools
Neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something


Omission   Dico Tools
Any process whereby sounds are left out of spoken words or phrases


Omission   Dico Tools
Something that has been omitted; "she searched the table for omissions"


Omissive   Dico Tools
Characterized by omissions; "omissive crimes"


Omit   Dico Tools
Leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"


Omit   Dico Tools
Prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece"


Omiya   Dico Tools
A city of east central Honshu; a suburb of Tokyo


Ommastrephes   Dico Tools
Extremely active cylindrical squid with short strong arms and large rhombic terminal fins


Ommatidium   Dico Tools
Any of the numerous small cone-shaped eyes that make up the compound eyes of some arthropods


Ommiad   Dico Tools
The first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was Damascus


Omnibus   Dico Tools
A vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; "he always rode the bus to work"


Omnibus   Dico Tools
An anthology of articles on a related subject or an anthology of the works of a single author


Omnibus(a)   Dico Tools
Providing for many things at once; "an omnibus law"


Omnidirectional   Dico Tools
Not directional; "omnidirectional antenna"


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Omnidirectional_antenna   Dico Tools
An antenna that sends or receives signals equally in all directions


Omnidirectional_radio_range   Dico Tools
A navigational system consisting of a network of radio beacons that provide aircraft with information about exact position and bearing


Omnidirectional_range   Dico Tools
A navigational system consisting of a network of radio beacons that provide aircraft with information about exact position and bearing


Omnifarious   Dico Tools
Of all varieties or forms or kinds; "omnifarious reading"


Omnipotence   Dico Tools
The state of being omnipotent; having unlimited power


Omnipotent   Dico Tools
Having unlimited power


Omnipresence   Dico Tools
The state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once)


Omnipresent   Dico Tools
Being present everywhere at once


Omnirange   Dico Tools
A navigational system consisting of a network of radio beacons that provide aircraft with information about exact position and bearing


Omniscience   Dico Tools
The state of being omniscient; having infinite knowledge


Omniscient   Dico Tools
Infinitely wise


Omnium-gatherum   Dico Tools
A motley assortment of things


Omnivore   Dico Tools
An animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances


Omnivore   Dico Tools
A person who eats all kinds of foods


Omnivorous   Dico Tools
Feeding on both plants and animals


Omomyid   Dico Tools
Extinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and insects; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; probably gave rise to the tarsiers; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only


Omomyid_group   Dico Tools
Extinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and insects; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; probably gave rise to the tarsiers; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only


Omophagia   Dico Tools
The eating of raw food


Omotic   Dico Tools
A group of related languages spoken in a valley of southern Ethiopia; closely related to Cushitic languages


Omphalocele   Dico Tools
Protrusion of the intestine and omentum through a hernia in the abdominal wall near the navel; usually self correcting after birth


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Omphalos   Dico Tools
Scar where the umbilical cord was attached


Omphaloskepsis   Dico Tools
Contemplation of one''s navel


Omphalotus   Dico Tools
A genus of mushrooms with a depressed disc in the cap


Omphalotus_illudens   Dico Tools
A large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks; the gills are luminescent


Omphalus   Dico Tools
Scar where the umbilical cord was attached


Omsk   Dico Tools
A city in the Asian part of Russia


On   Dico Tools
In operation or operational; "left the oven on"; "the switch is in the on position"


On   Dico Tools
(of events) planned or scheduled; "the picnic is on, rain or shine"; "we have nothing on for Friday night"


On   Dico Tools
With a forward motion; "we drove along admiring the view"; "the horse trotted along at a steady pace"; "the circus traveled on to the next city"; "move along"; "march on"


On   Dico Tools
Indicates continuity or persistence or concentration; "his spirit lives on"; "shall I read on?"


On   Dico Tools
In a state required for something to function or be effective; "turn the lights on"; "get a load on"


On(p)   Dico Tools
Performing or scheduled for duties; "I''m on from five to midnight"; "Naval personnel on duty in Alaska"; "her on-duty hours were 11p.m. to 7 a.m."


On-duty(a)   Dico Tools
Performing or scheduled for duties; "I''m on from five to midnight"; "Naval personnel on duty in Alaska"; "her on-duty hours were 11p.m. to 7 a.m."


On-key   Dico Tools
In tune; accurate in pitch; "a true note"


On-license   Dico Tools
A license to sell liquor for consumption on the premises


On-line   Dico Tools
Connected to a computer network or accessible by computer; "an on-line database"


On-line   Dico Tools
On a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system; "on-line industries"


On-line(a)   Dico Tools
Being in progress now; "on-line editorial projects"


On-line_database   Dico Tools
(computer science) a database that can be accessed by computers


On-off_switch   Dico Tools
A hinged switch that can assume either of two positions


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On-site   Dico Tools
Taking place or located at the site; "on-site inspection"


On-street   Dico Tools
At the sides of streets; "on-street parking is prohibited at rush hour"


On-the-job   Dico Tools
Relating to or associated with a job or employment; "on-the-job training"; "on-the-job requirements"


On-the-scene(a)   Dico Tools
At the scene of action; "an on-the-spot reporter"; "on-the-spot inspections"; "an on-the scene newscast"


On-the-spot(a)   Dico Tools
At the scene of action; "an on-the-spot reporter"; "on-the-spot inspections"; "an on-the scene newscast"


On/off_switch   Dico Tools
A hinged switch that can assume either of two positions


Onager   Dico Tools
Asiatic wild ass


Onager   Dico Tools
Medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles


Onagraceae   Dico Tools
A large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales


Onanism   Dico Tools
A method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation


Onanism   Dico Tools
Manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure


Onanist   Dico Tools
A person who practices masturbation


Onboard   Dico Tools
On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle


Once   Dico Tools
On one occasion; "once I ran into her"


Once   Dico Tools
At a previous time; "once he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing"


Once   Dico Tools
As soon as; "once we are home, we can rest"


Once(a)   Dico Tools
Belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"


Once-over   Dico Tools
A swift cursory examination or inspection; "I gave him the once-over"


Once_again   Dico Tools
Anew; "she tried again"; "they rehearsed the scene again"


Once_and_for_all   Dico Tools
In a conclusive way; "we settled the problem conclusively"


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Once_in_a_while   Dico Tools
Now and then or here and there; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees"; "they visit New York on occasion"; "now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us


Once_more   Dico Tools
Anew; "she tried again"; "they rehearsed the scene again"


Onchocerciasis   Dico Tools
Infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America


Onchorynchus   Dico Tools
Sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; coho salmon


Onchorynchus_kisutch   Dico Tools
Small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes


Onchorynchus_nerka   Dico Tools
Small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning


Onchorynchus_tshawtscha   Dico Tools
Large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning


Oncidium   Dico Tools
Any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants


Oncidium_papilio   Dico Tools
Orchid of South America and Trinidad having large yellow and reddish-brown flowers; sometimes placed in genus Oncidium


Oncidium_papilio_kramerianum   Dico Tools
Orchid of South and Central America having flowers similar to but smaller than Psychopsis papilio; sometimes placed in genus Oncidium


Oncogene   Dico Tools
A gene that causes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells


Oncologic   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or practicing oncology; "oncological nurse"


Oncological   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or practicing oncology; "oncological nurse"


Oncologist   Dico Tools
A specialist in oncology


Oncology   Dico Tools
The branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of tumors


Oncoming   Dico Tools
The beginning or early stages; "the onset of pneumonia"


Oncoming   Dico Tools
Moving toward one


Oncovin   Dico Tools
Periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Oncovin); used to treat cancer of the lymphatic system


Ondaatje   Dico Tools
Canadian writer (born in Sri Lanka in 1943)


Ondatra   Dico Tools
Muskrats


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Ondatra_zibethica   Dico Tools
Beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur


One   Dico Tools
A single person or thing; "he is the best one"; "this is the one I ordered"


One   Dico Tools
The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one"


One   Dico Tools
Being a single entity made by combining separate components; "three chemicals combining into one solution"


One   Dico Tools
Used of a single unit or thing; not two or more; "`ane'' is Scottish"


One(a)   Dico Tools
Eminent beyond or above comparison; "matchless beauty"; "the team''s nonpareil center fielder"; "she''s one girl in a million"; "the one and only Muhammad Ali"; "a peerless scholar"; "infamy unmatched in the Western world"; "wrote with unmatchable clarity


One(a)   Dico Tools
Indefinite in time or position; "he will come one day"; "one place or another"


One(a)   Dico Tools
Particular but unspecified; "early one evening"


One(a)   Dico Tools
Used informally as an intensifier; "that is one fine dog"


One(a)   Dico Tools
Of the same kind or quality; "two animals of one species"


One(a)   Dico Tools
Being one in number--a single unit or thing; "one person is going"; "her one thought was to win"; "I''m just one player on the team"; "one day is just like the next"; "seen one horse and you''ve seen them all"


One(a)   Dico Tools
Being the single appropriate individual of a kind; only; "the one horse that could win this race"; "the one person I could marry"


One(a)   Dico Tools
Having the indivisible character of a unit; "a unitary action"; "spoke with one voice"


One-and-one   Dico Tools
A foul shot that must be made in order to earn the right to a second foul shot


One-armed   Dico Tools
Having one arm; "a one-armed veteran"


One-armed_bandit   Dico Tools
A slot machine that is used for gambling; "they spend hours and hours just playing the slots"


One-billionth   Dico Tools
One part in a billion


One-celled   Dico Tools
Having a single cell (and thus not divided into cells)


One-dimensional   Dico Tools
Of or in or along or relating to a line; involving a single dimension; "a linear foot"


One-dimensional   Dico Tools
Relating to a single dimension or aspect; having no depth or scope; "a prose statement of fact is unidimensional, its value being measured wholly in terms of its truth"- Mary Sheehan; "a novel with one-dimensional characters"


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One-dimensionality   Dico Tools
The property of having one dimension


One-dimensional_language   Dico Tools
A programming language whose expressions are represented by strings of characters


One-eared   Dico Tools
Having a single ear


One-eighth   Dico Tools
An eighth part


One-eyed   Dico Tools
Having or showing only one eye; "one-eyed Jacks are wild"; "the three one-eyed Cyclopes of Greek myth"


One-fifth   Dico Tools
A fifth part


One-flowered_pyrola   Dico Tools
Delicate evergreen dwarf herb of north temperate regions having a solitary white terminal flower; sometimes placed in genus Pyrola


One-flowered_wintergreen   Dico Tools
Delicate evergreen dwarf herb of north temperate regions having a solitary white terminal flower; sometimes placed in genus Pyrola


One-fourth   Dico Tools
One of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound"


One-half   Dico Tools
One of two equal parts of a divisible whole; "half a loaf"; "half an hour"; "a century and one half"


One-hitter   Dico Tools
A game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only one hit


One-horse   Dico Tools
Small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"


One-hundredth   Dico Tools
One part in a hundred


One-liner   Dico Tools
A one-line joke


One-man(a)   Dico Tools
Designed for or restricted to a single person; "a one-man show"; "a one-person tent"


One-man_rule   Dico Tools
A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)


One-member   Dico Tools
Based on the system of having only one member from each district (as of a legislature); "a uninominal electoral system"


One-millionth   Dico Tools
One part in a million


One-night_stand   Dico Tools
A performance in one place on one night only


One-night_stand   Dico Tools
A brief sexual encounter lasting only for a single night; "he ran through a series of loveless one-night stands"


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One-ninth   Dico Tools
A ninth part


One-off   Dico Tools
A happening that occurs only once and is not repeated


One-on-one   Dico Tools
Being a system of play in which an individual defensive player guards an individual offensive player; "one-on-one defense"


One-on-one   Dico Tools
Directly between two individuals; "one-on-one instruction"


One-on-one   Dico Tools
(of two persons) in direct encounter; "preferred to settle the matter one-on-one"; "interviewed her person-to-person"


One-party   Dico Tools
Determined by a single party


One-person(a)   Dico Tools
Designed for or restricted to a single person; "a one-man show"; "a one-person tent"


One-piece   Dico Tools
(of clothing) consisting of or fashioned in a single whole piece; "a one-piece garment"


One-quadrillionth   Dico Tools
One part in a quadrillion


One-quintillionth   Dico Tools
One part in a quintillion


One-seventh   Dico Tools
A seventh part


One-sided   Dico Tools
Involving only one part or side; "unilateral paralysis"; "a unilateral decision"


One-sided   Dico Tools
Excessively devoted to one faction


One-sided   Dico Tools
Favoring one person or side over another; "a biased account of the trial"; "a decision that was partial to the defendant"


One-sided   Dico Tools
Not reversible or capable of having either side out


One-sided   Dico Tools
Out of proportion in shape


One-sixth   Dico Tools
A sixth part


One-sixtieth   Dico Tools
One part in sixty


One-step   Dico Tools
An early ballroom dance; precursor to the fox-trot


One-tenth   Dico Tools
A tenth part; one part in ten


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One-third   Dico Tools
One of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement"


One-thousandth   Dico Tools
One part in a thousand


One-to-one   Dico Tools
Used of relations such that each member of one set is associated with one member of a second set


One-trillionth   Dico Tools
One part in a trillion


One-upmanship   Dico Tools
The practice of keeping one jump ahead of a friend or competitor


One-way   Dico Tools
Moving or permitting movement in one direction only; "one-way streets"; "a one-way ticket"


One-way_light_time   Dico Tools
The elapsed time it takes for light (or radio signals) to travel between the Earth and a celestial object


One-way_street   Dico Tools
A street on which vehicular traffic is allowed to move in only one direction


One-way_street   Dico Tools
Unilateral interaction; "cooperation cannot be a one-way street"


One-woman(a)   Dico Tools
Designed for or restricted to a single person; "a one-man show"; "a one-person tent"


One-year   Dico Tools
Completing its life cycle within a year; "a border of annual flowering plants"


Onega   Dico Tools
Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland; second largest lake in Europe


Oneida   Dico Tools
The Iroquoian language spoken by the Oneida people


Oneida   Dico Tools
A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario


Oneiric   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or suggestive of dreams


Oneirism   Dico Tools
Absent-minded dreaming while awake


Oneiromancer   Dico Tools
Someone who divines through the interpretation of dreams


Oneiromancy   Dico Tools
Divination through the interpretation of dreams


Oneness   Dico Tools
The quality of being united into one


Onerous   Dico Tools
Not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren''t onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule"


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Onerously   Dico Tools
In an onerous manner


Onerousness   Dico Tools
Unwelcome burdensome difficulty


Onetime(a)   Dico Tools
Belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"


One_after_another   Dico Tools
In single file; "the prisoners came out one by one"


One_and_only(a)   Dico Tools
Eminent beyond or above comparison; "matchless beauty"; "the team''s nonpareil center fielder"; "she''s one girl in a million"; "the one and only Muhammad Ali"; "a peerless scholar"; "infamy unmatched in the Western world"; "wrote with unmatchable clarity


One_and_the_same(p)   Dico Tools
Being the exact same one; not any other:; "this is the identical room we stayed in before"; "the themes of his stories are one and the same"; "saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers"; "on this very spot"; "the very thing he said yesterday"; "the ver


One_at_a_time   Dico Tools
In single file; "the prisoners came out one by one"


One_by_one   Dico Tools
One piece at a time; "she sold the plates by the piece"


One_by_one   Dico Tools
Apart from others; "taken individually, the rooms were, in fact, square"; "the fine points are treated singly"


One_by_one   Dico Tools
In single file; "the prisoners came out one by one"


One_C   Dico Tools
Ten 10s


One_dollar_bill   Dico Tools
A piece of paper money worth one dollar


One_hundred   Dico Tools
Being ten more than ninety


One_hundred_eighty   Dico Tools
Being ten more than one hundred seventy


One_hundred_fifteen   Dico Tools
Being five more than one hundred ten


One_hundred_fifty   Dico Tools
Being ten more than one hundred forty


One_hundred_fifty-five   Dico Tools
Being five more than one hundred fifty


One_hundred_five   Dico Tools
Being five more than one hundred


One_hundred_forty   Dico Tools
Being ten more than one hundred thirty


One_hundred_forty-five   Dico Tools
Being five more than one hundred forty


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One_hundred_ninety   Dico Tools
Being ten more than one hundred eighty


One_hundred_one   Dico Tools
Being one more than one hundred


One_hundred_seventy   Dico Tools
Being ten more than one hundred sixty


One_hundred_seventy-five   Dico Tools
Being five more than one hundred seventy


One_hundred_sixty   Dico Tools
Being ten more than one hundred fifty


One_hundred_sixty-five   Dico Tools
Being five more than one hundred sixty


One_hundred_ten   Dico Tools
Being ten more than one hundred


One_hundred_thirty   Dico Tools
Being ten more than one hundred twenty


One_hundred_thirty-five   Dico Tools
Being five more than one hundred thirty


One_hundred_twenty   Dico Tools
Being ten more than one hundred ten


One_hundred_twenty-five   Dico Tools
Being five more that one hundred twenty


One_iron   Dico Tools
(golf) the long iron with the most nearly vertical face


One_million_million   Dico Tools
The number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the United States is frequently seen


One_million_million   Dico Tools
The number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; "in England they call a trillion a billion"


One_million_million_million   Dico Tools
The number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros; "in England they call a quintillion a trillion"


One_of_these_days   Dico Tools
Within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time; "he will understand eventually"; "he longed for the flowers that were yet to show themselves"; "sooner or later you will have to face the facts"; "in time they came to accept the harsh reality"


One_of_the_boys   Dico Tools
A man who has been socially accepted into a group of other men; "he quickly became one of the boys"


One_one's_coattails   Dico Tools
Immediately following or undeservedly benefiting from; "the CEO resigned on the coattails of the scandal"; "he was elected on his predecessor''s coattails"


One_percent   Dico Tools
One part in a hundred


One_shot   Dico Tools
A charge of ammunition for a single shot


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One_thousand   Dico Tools
The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100


One_thousand   Dico Tools
Denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units


One_thousand_million   Dico Tools
The number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros


One_thousand_thousand   Dico Tools
The number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros


One_time   Dico Tools
On one occasion; "once I ran into her"


Ongoing   Dico Tools
Currently happening; "an ongoing economic crisis"; "negotiations are in progress"


ONI   Dico Tools
The military intelligence agency that provides for the intelligence and counterintelligence and investigative and security requirements of the United States Navy


Onion   Dico Tools
An aromatic flavorful bulb


Onion   Dico Tools
Bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb


Onion   Dico Tools
Edible bulb of an onion plant


Onionskin   Dico Tools
A thin strong light-weight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies


Onion_bagel   Dico Tools
Bagel flavored with onion


Onion_bread   Dico Tools
Bread containing finely minced onions


Onion_butter   Dico Tools
Butter blended with minced onion


Onion_dome   Dico Tools
A dome that is shaped like a bulb; characteristic of Russian and Byzantine church architecture


Onion_louse   Dico Tools
Injurious to onion plants and sometimes tobacco


Onion_mildew   Dico Tools
Fungus causing a downy mildew on onions


Onion_plant   Dico Tools
Bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb


Onion_roll   Dico Tools
Yeast-raised roll flavored with onion


Onion_salt   Dico Tools
Ground dried onion and salt


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Onion_smut   Dico Tools
Smut fungus causing blackish blisters on scales and leaves of onions; especially destructive to seedlings


Onion_stem   Dico Tools
A white agaric that tends to cluster and has a club-shaped base


Onion_thrips   Dico Tools
Injurious to onion plants and sometimes tobacco


Onion_yellow-dwarf_virus   Dico Tools
The virus that produces stunting and yellowing of the leaves of onion plants


Onion_yellow_dwarf   Dico Tools
The yellow dwarf disease of onion plants


Oniscidae   Dico Tools
A family of Isopoda


Oniscus   Dico Tools
Type genus of the Oniscidae; woodlice that cannot roll into a ball


Onlooker   Dico Tools
Someone who looks on


Only   Dico Tools
Exclusive of anyone or anything else; "she alone believed him"; "cannot live by bread alone"; "I''ll have this car and this car only"


Only   Dico Tools
And nothing more; "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a child"; "hopes that last but a moment"


Only   Dico Tools
Without any others being included or involved; "was entirely to blame"; "a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children"; "he works for Mr. Smith exclusively"; "did it solely for money"; "the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone"; "a


Only   Dico Tools
With nevertheless the final result; "He arrived only to find his wife dead"; "We won only to lose again in the next round"


Only   Dico Tools
In the final outcome; "These news will only make you more upset"


Only   Dico Tools
As recently as; "I spoke to him only an hour ago"


Only   Dico Tools
Except that; "It was the same story; only this time she came out better"


Only   Dico Tools
Never except when; "call me only if your cold gets worse"


Only(a)   Dico Tools
Being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the sky"


Only_if   Dico Tools
Never except when; "call me only if your cold gets worse"


Only_too   Dico Tools
To a high degree; "she is all too ready to accept the job"


Only_when   Dico Tools
Never except when; "call me only if your cold gets worse"


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Ono   Dico Tools
United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933)


Onobrychis   Dico Tools
Genus of Old World herbs having pinnate leaves and pink or whites racemose flowers followed by flat unjointed pods


Onobrychis_viciaefolia   Dico Tools
Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods; naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils; important forage crop and source of honey in Britain


Onobrychis_viciifolia   Dico Tools
Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods; naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils; important forage crop and source of honey in Britain


Onoclea   Dico Tools
1 species: sensitive fern; in some classifications included in Polypodiaceae


Onoclea_sensibilis   Dico Tools
Beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe; pinnately divided fronds show a slight tendency to fold when touched; pinnules enclose groups of sori in beadlike lobes


Onoclea_struthiopteris   Dico Tools
Tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes


Onomancer   Dico Tools
One who practices onomancy


Onomancy   Dico Tools
Divination by the letters of a name


Onomastic   Dico Tools
Of or related to onomastics; "he published a collection of his onomastic essays"


Onomasticon   Dico Tools
A list of proper nouns naming persons or places


Onomastics   Dico Tools
The branch of lexicology that studies the forms and origins of proper names


Onomatomania   Dico Tools
Obsession with a particular word which the person uses repeatedly or which intrudes into consciousness


Onomatopoeia   Dico Tools
Using words that imitate the sound they denote


Onomatopoeic   Dico Tools
(of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound; "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer


Onomatopoeic   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia


Onomatopoeical   Dico Tools
(of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound; "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer


Onomatopoetic   Dico Tools
(of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound; "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer


Onomatopoetic   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia


Onondaga   Dico Tools
The Iroquoian language spoken by the Onondaga people


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Onondaga   Dico Tools
A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Champlain and the Saint Lawrence River


Ononis   Dico Tools
Genus of European subshrubs or herbs having pink or purple or yellow solitary or clustered flowers: restharrow


Ononis_repens   Dico Tools
European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runners


Ononis_spinosa   Dico Tools
Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots


Onopordon   Dico Tools
A genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowers


Onopordon_acanthium   Dico Tools
Biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers; naturalized in North America


Onopordum   Dico Tools
A genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowers


Onopordum_acanthium   Dico Tools
Biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers; naturalized in North America


Onosmodium   Dico Tools
A genus of North American perennial herbs of the family Boraginaceae


Onrush   Dico Tools
(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn"


Onrush   Dico Tools
A forceful forward rush or flow; "from the bow she stared at the mesmerising onrush of the sea where it split and foamed"; "the explosion interrupted the wild onsrush of her thoughts"


Onsager   Dico Tools
United States chemist (born in Norway) noted for his work in thermodynamics (1903-1976)


Onset   Dico Tools
(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn"


Onset   Dico Tools
The beginning or early stages; "the onset of pneumonia"


Onshore   Dico Tools
(of winds) coming from the sea toward the land; "an inshore breeze"; "an onshore gale"; "seaward winds"


Onshore   Dico Tools
On the edge of the land; "an onshore lighthouse"


Onshore   Dico Tools
On or toward the land; "they were living onshore"


Onside   Dico Tools
Not offside; being within the prescribed area of play


Onslaught   Dico Tools
(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn"


Onslaught   Dico Tools
The rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)


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Onslaught   Dico Tools
A sudden and severe onset of trouble


Onstage   Dico Tools
Situated or taking place on the area of a stage visible to the audience


Onstage   Dico Tools
On the stage; "it was time for her to go onstage"


Ontario   Dico Tools
A prosperous and industrialized province in central Canada


Ontario   Dico Tools
The smallest of the Great Lakes


Ontogenesis   Dico Tools
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"


Ontogenetic   Dico Tools
Of or relating to the origin and development of individual organisms; "ontogenetic development"


Ontogeny   Dico Tools
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"


Ontological   Dico Tools
Of or relating to ontology; "ontological speculations"


Ontology   Dico Tools
The metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence


Onto_land   Dico Tools
Towards the shore from the water; "we invited them ashore"


Onus   Dico Tools
An onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that''s a load off my mind"


Onward   Dico Tools
Moving toward a position ahead; "forward motion"; "the onward course of events"


Onward   Dico Tools
In a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud"


Onward   Dico Tools
Forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward"


Onwards   Dico Tools
In a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud"


Onward_motion   Dico Tools
The act of moving forward toward a goal


Onychium   Dico Tools
Small terrestrial ferns of Old World tropics and subtropics: claw ferns; sometimes placed in family Cryptogrammataceae


Onychogalea   Dico Tools
A genus of Macropodidae


Onycholysis   Dico Tools
Separation of a nail from its normal attachment to the nail bed


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Onychomys   Dico Tools
Grasshopper mice


Onychophora   Dico Tools
Enigmatic small elongated wormlike terrestrial invertebrates of damp dark habitats in warm regions; distinct from the phylum Annelida; resemble slugs with legs and are sometimes described as the missing link between arthropods and annelids


Onychophoran   Dico Tools
Any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms


Onychosis   Dico Tools
Any disease or disorder of the nails


Onymous   Dico Tools
Bearing a name; "articles in magazines are usually onymous"


Onyx   Dico Tools
A chalcedony with alternating black and white bands; used in making cameos


Onyxis   Dico Tools
Toenail having its free tip or edges embedded in the surrounding flesh


Onyx_marble   Dico Tools
A hard compact kind of calcite


On_air   Dico Tools
Very happily; "we were floating on air at the news"


On_all_fours   Dico Tools
On hands and knees; "he got down on all fours to play with his grandson"


On_and_off   Dico Tools
Not regularly; "they phone each other off and on"


On_an_individual_basis   Dico Tools
Apart from others; "taken individually, the rooms were, in fact, square"; "the fine points are treated singly"


On_an_irregular_basis   Dico Tools
In an irregular manner; "her letters arrived irregularly"


On_approval   Dico Tools
For examination (with an option to buy); "they took the VCR on approval"


On_average   Dico Tools
Typically; "on average he watches three movies a week"


On_a_higher_floor   Dico Tools
On a floor above; "they lived upstairs"


On_a_lower_floor   Dico Tools
On a floor below; "the tenants live downstairs"


On_a_regular_basis   Dico Tools
In a regular manner; "letters arrived regularly from his children"


On_base   Dico Tools
On first or second or third base; "Their second homer with Bob Allison aboard"


On_camera   Dico Tools
Within range of a movie or television camera; "the senator didn''t realize that he was speaking on camera"


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On_duty(p)   Dico Tools
Performing or scheduled for duties; "I''m on from five to midnight"; "Naval personnel on duty in Alaska"; "her on-duty hours were 11p.m. to 7 a.m."


On_earth   Dico Tools
Used with question words to convey surprise; "what on earth are you doing?"


On_faith   Dico Tools
With trust and confidence; "we accepted him on faith"


On_fire(p)   Dico Tools
Lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car''s tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "blazing logs in the fireplace"; "a burning cigarette"; "a flaming cr


On_guard   Dico Tools
Vigilant; "on guard against con artists"; "must remain on your guard in such a situation"


On_hand(p)   Dico Tools
Present and easily available; "the cash on hand is adequate for current needs"; "emergency police were on hand in case of trouble"; "a visible supply"; "visible resources"


On_her_own(p)   Dico Tools
Responsible for yourself; "now out of college and on their own"


On_his_own(p)   Dico Tools
Responsible for yourself; "now out of college and on their own"


On_it   Dico Tools
On that; "text and commentary thereon"


On_land   Dico Tools
Towards the shore from the water; "we invited them ashore"


On_leave   Dico Tools
Absent with permission from work or duty


On_occasion   Dico Tools
Now and then or here and there; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees"; "they visit New York on occasion"; "now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us


On_one's_guard(p)   Dico Tools
Vigilant; "on guard against con artists"; "must remain on your guard in such a situation"


On_one's_own(p)   Dico Tools
Responsible for yourself; "now out of college and on their own"


On_one_hand   Dico Tools
From one point of view; "on the one hand, she is a gifted chemist"


On_paper   Dico Tools
According to the assumed facts; "on paper the candidate seems promising"


On_paper   Dico Tools
As described in contrast to as practiced; "on paper, this looks like a good idea"


On_paper   Dico Tools
As written or printed; "this is exactly what the composer had set down on paper"


On_purpose   Dico Tools
With intention; in an intentional manner; "he used that word intentionally"; "I did this by choice"


On_request   Dico Tools
On the occasion of a request; "advice was free for the asking"


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On_tap(p)   Dico Tools
Available for immediate use; "extra personnel on tap"; "other sports and entertainment facilities are on tap"; "there are numerous projects on tap"


On_tap(p)   Dico Tools
(of liquids) available by turning a tap; "ale on tap"; "hot and cold running water on tap"


On_that   Dico Tools
On that; "text and commentary thereon"


On_that_point   Dico Tools
In that matter; "I agree with you there"


On_their_own(p)   Dico Tools
Responsible for yourself; "now out of college and on their own"


On_the_alert(p)   Dico Tools
Watchful and prepared for action; "bird watchers on the alert for a rare species"; "cops were on the job and caught them red-handed"


On_the_average   Dico Tools
Typically; "on average he watches three movies a week"


On_the_books   Dico Tools
Entered in a record; "he claims to have graduated from Harvard but his name is not on the books"


On_the_button   Dico Tools
Being precisely to a prescribed or specified criterion; "his guess was on the nose"; "the prediction for snow was right on the button"


On_the_button   Dico Tools
Just as it should be; "`Precisely, my lord,'' he said"


On_the_coattails   Dico Tools
Immediately following or undeservedly benefiting from; "the CEO resigned on the coattails of the scandal"; "he was elected on his predecessor''s coattails"


On_the_contrary   Dico Tools
Contrary to expectations; "he didn''t stay home; on the contrary, he went out with his friends"


On_the_dot   Dico Tools
Just as it should be; "`Precisely, my lord,'' he said"


On_the_face_of_it   Dico Tools
From appearances alone; "irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land"; "the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned"; "had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"-Thomas Hardy; "on the face


On_the_far_side   Dico Tools
On the farther side from the observer; "a pond with a hayfield beyond"


On_the_fence(p)   Dico Tools
Characterized by indecision; "some who had been on the fence came out in favor of the plan"; "too many voters still declare they are undecided"


On_the_fly   Dico Tools
On the run or in a hurry; "she wrote those letters on the fly"


On_the_go(p)   Dico Tools
(of a person) very busy and active; "is always on the go"


On_the_hook(p)   Dico Tools
Caught in a difficult or dangerous situation; "there I was back on the hook"


On_the_job(p)   Dico Tools
Watchful and prepared for action; "bird watchers on the alert for a rare species"; "cops were on the job and caught them red-handed"


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On_the_job(p)   Dico Tools
Actively engaged in paid work; "the working population"; "the ratio of working men to unemployed"; "a working mother"; "robots can be on the job day and night"


On_the_loose(p)   Dico Tools
Having escaped, especially from confinement; "a convict still at large"; "searching for two escaped prisoners"; "dogs loose on the streets"; "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood"


On_the_nose   Dico Tools
Being precisely to a prescribed or specified criterion; "his guess was on the nose"; "the prediction for snow was right on the button"


On_the_nose   Dico Tools
Just as it should be; "`Precisely, my lord,'' he said"


On_the_offensive(p)   Dico Tools
Actively attacking


On_the_one_hand   Dico Tools
From one point of view; "on the one hand, she is a gifted chemist"


On_the_other_hand   Dico Tools
(contrastive) from another point of view; "on the other hand, she is too ambitious for her own good"; "then again, she might not go"


On_the_Q.T.   Dico Tools
In secrecy; not openly; "met secretly to discuss the invasion plans"; "the children secretly went to the movies when they were supposed to be at the library"; "they arranged to meet in secret"


On_the_QT   Dico Tools
In secrecy; not openly; "met secretly to discuss the invasion plans"; "the children secretly went to the movies when they were supposed to be at the library"; "they arranged to meet in secret"


On_the_quiet(p)   Dico Tools
Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilizati


On_the_qui_vive   Dico Tools
Lively attentiveness


On_the_road   Dico Tools
Travelling about; "they took the show on the road"; "they lost all their games on the road"


On_the_side   Dico Tools
Without official authorization; "he had made some money on the side"


On_the_sly   Dico Tools
In a furtive manner; "the soldiers were furtively crawling through the night"


On_the_spot   Dico Tools
Without delay or immediately; "we hired her on the spot"; "thought they were going to shoot us down on the spot"


On_the_spot   Dico Tools
At the place in question; there; "they were on the spot when it happened"; "it had to be decided by the man on the spot"


On_the_spot   Dico Tools
In a difficult situation; "that question really put him on the spot"


On_the_spur_of_the_moment   Dico Tools
On impulse; without premeditation; "he decided to go to Chicago on the spur of the moment"; "he made up his mind suddenly"


On_the_table   Dico Tools
Able to be negotiated or arranged by compromise; "negotiable demands"; "the proposal is still on the table"


On_the_way   Dico Tools
On a route to some place; "help is on the way"; "we saw him on the way to California"


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On_the_whole   Dico Tools
With everything considered (and neglecting details); "altogether, I''m sorry it happened"; "all in all, it''s not so bad"


On_the_wing   Dico Tools
Flying through the air; "we saw the ducks in flight"


On_time   Dico Tools
According to schedule or without delay; "they were always on time"; "a prompt reply"


On_time   Dico Tools
At the expected time; "she always arrives on time"


On_tour   Dico Tools
Travelling about; "they took the show on the road"; "they lost all their games on the road"


On_trial   Dico Tools
In the process of being tested or tried


On_your_guard   Dico Tools
Vigilant; "on guard against con artists"; "must remain on your guard in such a situation"


On_your_own(p)   Dico Tools
Responsible for yourself; "now out of college and on their own"


Oocyte   Dico Tools
A female gametocyte that develops into an ovum after two meiotic divisions


Oodles   Dico Tools
A large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed a mountain of newspapers"


Oogenesis   Dico Tools
Development of ova


Oolong   Dico Tools
Chinese tea leaves that have been semi-fermented before being dried


Oomph   Dico Tools
The activeness of an energetic personality


Oomph   Dico Tools
Attractiveness to the opposite sex


Oomycetes   Dico Tools
Nonphotosynthetic fungi that resemble algae and that reproduce by forming oospores; sometimes classified as protoctists


Oom_Paul_Kruger   Dico Tools
Boer statesman (1825-1904)


Oophorectomy   Dico Tools
Surgical removal of one of both ovaries


Oophoritis   Dico Tools
Inflammation of one or both ovaries


Oophorosalpingectomy   Dico Tools
Surgical removal of one or both ovaries and the corresponding Fallopian tubes


Oort   Dico Tools
Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992)


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Oort_cloud   Dico Tools
(astronomy) a hypothetical huge collection of comets orbiting the sun far beyond the orbit of Pluto; perturbations (as by other stars) can upset a comet''s orbit and may send it tumbling toward the sun


Oosphere   Dico Tools
Used especially of lower plants


Oospore   Dico Tools
A thick-walled sexual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi


Ootid   Dico Tools
Mature ovum after penetration by sperm but before the formation of a zygote


Ooze   Dico Tools
The process of seeping


Ooze   Dico Tools
Any thick messy substance


Ooze   Dico Tools
Release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores"


Ooze   Dico Tools
Pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings


Ooze_leather   Dico Tools
A very soft leather made from the skins of calves and having a suede finish on the flesh side


Ooze_out   Dico Tools
Release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores"


Ooze_through   Dico Tools
Of liquids; "Blood oozed through the bandage"


Oozing   Dico Tools
The process of seeping


Oozing   Dico Tools
Leaking out slowly


Oozy   Dico Tools
Leaking out slowly


Opacification   Dico Tools
The process of becoming cloudy or opaque


Opacify   Dico Tools
Become opaque; "the tissue in the eye''s cornea may opacify and the patient may go blind"


Opacify   Dico Tools
Make opaque; "The glass was opacified more greater privacy"


Opacity   Dico Tools
The quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light


Opacity   Dico Tools
Incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning


Opacity   Dico Tools
The phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation


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Opah   Dico Tools
Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean


Opal   Dico Tools
A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color; some varieties are used as gemstones


Opalesce   Dico Tools
Exhibit a play of colors like that of an opal; "This nitrate opalesces under certain conditions"


Opalesce   Dico Tools
Reflect light or colors like an opal; "Distant clouds opalesce like pale brocade"; "raindrops caught in a sunbeam seem to opalesce"


Opalescence   Dico Tools
The visual property of something having a milky brightness


Opalescent   Dico Tools
Having a play of lustrous rainbow-like colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster"


Opaline   Dico Tools
Having a play of lustrous rainbow-like colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster"


Opalise   Dico Tools
Replace or convert into opal; "opalized tree trunks"


Opalise   Dico Tools
Make opalescent


Opalize   Dico Tools
Replace or convert into opal; "opalized tree trunks"


Opalize   Dico Tools
Make opalescent


Opal_glass   Dico Tools
A milky white translucent or opaque glass


Opaque   Dico Tools
Not clear; not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; "opaque windows of the jail"; "opaque to X-rays"


Opaque   Dico Tools
Not clearly understood or expressed


Opaquely   Dico Tools
In an opaque manner; "he referred opaquely to her recent past"


Opaqueness   Dico Tools
The quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light


Opaqueness   Dico Tools
Incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning


Opaque_gem   Dico Tools
A gemstone that is opaque


OPcw   Dico Tools
International organization for chemical disarmament; administers the Chemical Weapons Convention


OPEC   Dico Tools
An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum


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Opel   Dico Tools
German industrialist who was the first in Germany to use an assembly line in manufacturing automobiles (1871-1948)


Open   Dico Tools
Information that has become public; "all the reports were out in the open"; "the facts had been brought to the surface"


Open   Dico Tools
A tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play


Open   Dico Tools
Where the air is unconfined; "he wanted to get outdoors a little"; "the concert was held in the open air"; "camping in the open"


Open   Dico Tools
A clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water; "finally broke out of the forest into the open"


Open   Dico Tools
Make available; "This opens up new possibilities"


Open   Dico Tools
Become available; "an opportunity opened up"


Open   Dico Tools
Make the opening move; "Kasparov opened with a standard opening"


Open   Dico Tools
Cause to open or to become open; "Mary opened the car door"


Open   Dico Tools
Become open; "The door opened"


Open   Dico Tools
Spread out or open from a closed or folded state; "open the map"; "spread your arms"


Open   Dico Tools
Display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer


Open   Dico Tools
Afford access to; "the door opens to the patio"; "The French doors give onto a terrace"


Open   Dico Tools
Begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.; "He opened the meeting with a long speech"


Open   Dico Tools
Start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning; "open a business"


Open   Dico Tools
Have an opening or passage or outlet; "The bedrooms open into the hall"


Open   Dico Tools
Ready for business; "the stores are open"


Open   Dico Tools
Not having been filled; "the job is still open"


Open   Dico Tools
Receptive to new ideas; "an open mind"; "open to new ideas"


Open   Dico Tools
Opened out; "an open newspaper"


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Open   Dico Tools
Relatively empty of and unobstructed by fences or hedges or headlands or shoals; "in open country"; "the open countryside"; "open waters"; "on the open seas"


Open   Dico Tools
Sincere and free of reserve in expression; "Please be open with me"


Open   Dico Tools
Openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness; "his candid eyes"; "an open and trusting nature"; "a heart-to-heart talk"


Open   Dico Tools
Lax in enforcing laws; "an open town"


Open   Dico Tools
Without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition; "the clarity and resonance of an open tone"; "her natural and open response"


Open   Dico Tools
Affording free passage or view; "a clear view"; "a clear path to victory"


Open   Dico Tools
Affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed; "an open door"; "they left the door open"


Open   Dico Tools
Affording free passage or access; "open drains"; "the road is open to traffic"; "open ranks"


Open   Dico Tools
Used of mouth or eyes; "keep your eyes open"; "his mouth slightly opened"


Open   Dico Tools
Having no protecting cover or enclosure; "an open boat"; "an open fire"; "open sports cars"


Open   Dico Tools
Used of string or hole or pipe of instruments


Open   Dico Tools
Of a set; containing points whose neighborhood consists of other points of the same set, or being the complement of an open set; of an interval; containing neither of its end points


Open   Dico Tools
Open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"


Open   Dico Tools
Open to or in view of all; "an open protest"; "an open letter to the editor"


Open   Dico Tools
With no protection or shield; "the exposed northeast frontier"; "open to the weather"; "an open wound"


Open   Dico Tools
Accessible to all; "open season"; "an open economy"


Open   Dico Tools
Not sealed or having been unsealed; "the letter was already open"; "the opened package lay on the table"


Open   Dico Tools
Without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious; "open disregard of the law"; "open family strife"; "open hostility"; "a blatant appeal to vanity"; "a blazing indiscretion"


Open   Dico Tools
Not secret; "open plans"; "an open ballot"


Open   Dico Tools
Not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought; "an open question"; "our position on this bill is still undecided"; "our lawsuit is still undetermined"


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Open   Dico Tools
(of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open texture"; "a loose weave"


Open   Dico Tools
Possibly accepting or permitting; "a passage capable of misinterpretation"; "open to interpretation"; "an issue open to question"; "the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation"


Open   Dico Tools
Not defended or capable of being defended; "an open city"; "open to attack"


Open(a)   Dico Tools
Not requiring union membership; "an open shop employs nonunion workers"


Open-air(a)   Dico Tools
In the open air; "an alfresco lunch"; "an open-air theater"


Open-air_market   Dico Tools
A public marketplace where food and merchandise is sold


Open-air_marketplace   Dico Tools
A public marketplace where food and merchandise is sold


Open-and-shut   Dico Tools
So obvious as to be easily solved or decided; "an open-and-shut case"


Open-angle_glaucoma   Dico Tools
Glaucoma caused by blockage of the canal of Schlemm; produces gradual loss of peripheral vision


Open-chain   Dico Tools
Chemistry; not cyclic; having an open chain structure


Open-class_word   Dico Tools
A word to which an independent meaning can be assigned


Open-collared   Dico Tools
Of a shirt; not buttoned at the neck; "dressed casually in shorts and an open-collared shirt"


Open-door_policy   Dico Tools
The policy of granting equal trade opportunities to all countries


Open-ended   Dico Tools
Allowing for future changes or revisions; "open-ended agreements"


Open-ended   Dico Tools
Allowing for a spontaneous response; "an open-ended question"


Open-ended   Dico Tools
Without fixed limits or restrictions; "an open-ended discussion"


Open-end_credit   Dico Tools
A consumer credit line that can be used up to a certain limit or paid down at any time


Open-end_fund   Dico Tools
A regulated investment company with a pool of assets that regularly sells and redeems its shares


Open-end_investment_company   Dico Tools
A regulated investment company with a pool of assets that regularly sells and redeems its shares


Open-end_wrench   Dico Tools
A wrench having parallel jaws at fixed separation (often on both ends of the handle)


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Open-eyed   Dico Tools
Carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger; "a policy of open-eyed awareness"; "the vigilant eye of the town watch"; "there was a watchful dignity in the room"; "a watchful parent with a toddler in tow"


Open-face_sandwich   Dico Tools
Sandwich without a covering slice of bread


Open-hearth_process   Dico Tools
A process for making steel using an open-hearth furnace


Open-heart_surgery   Dico Tools
Heart surgery in which the rib cage is spread open and surgery to fix a heart valve or repair a coronary artery is performed while the heart is stopped and blood is detoured through a heart-lung machine


Open-minded   Dico Tools
Ready to entertain new ideas; "an open-minded curiosity"; "open-minded impartiality"


Open-plan   Dico Tools
(of rooms or buildings) having large rooms with few dividing partitions


Open-source   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or being computer software for which the source code is freely available


Openbill   Dico Tools
Stork with a grooved bill whose upper and lower parts touch only at the base and tip


Opencast   Dico Tools
(of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface; "opencast mining"; "an opencut iron mine"


Opencast_mining   Dico Tools
The mining of ore or coal from an open mine


Opencut   Dico Tools
(of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface; "opencast mining"; "an opencut iron mine"


Opened   Dico Tools
Made open or clear; "the newly opened road"


Opened   Dico Tools
Used of mouth or eyes; "keep your eyes open"; "his mouth slightly opened"


Opened   Dico Tools
Not sealed or having been unsealed; "the letter was already open"; "the opened package lay on the table"


Opener   Dico Tools
A hand tool used for opening sealed containers (bottles or cans)


Opener   Dico Tools
The first event in a series; "she played Chopin for her opener"; "the season''s opener was a game agains the Yankees"


Opener   Dico Tools
A person who unfastens or unwraps or opens; "children are talented undoers of their shoelaces"


Openhanded   Dico Tools
Given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday''s child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and


Openhandedness   Dico Tools
Liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit


Openhearted   Dico Tools
Generously responsive; "good-hearted but inept efforts to help"; "take a kindly interest"; "a kindly gentleman"; "an openhearted gift to charity"


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Openhearted   Dico Tools
Freely communicative; candidly straightforward; "openhearted advice"


Opening   Dico Tools
The first of a series of actions; "he memorized all the important chess openings"


Opening   Dico Tools
The act of opening something; "the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door"


Opening   Dico Tools
Becoming open or being made open; "the opening of his arms was the sign I was waiting for"


Opening   Dico Tools
An entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship


Opening   Dico Tools
A vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door"


Opening   Dico Tools
An aperture or hole opening into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart"


Opening   Dico Tools
A possible alternative; "bankruptcy is always a possibility"


Opening   Dico Tools
The initial part of the introduction; "the opening established the basic theme"


Opening   Dico Tools
The first performance (as of a theatrical production); "the opening received good critical reviews"


Opening   Dico Tools
A ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise


Opening   Dico Tools
An open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall"


Opening   Dico Tools
Opportunity especially for employment or promotion; "there is an opening in the sales department"


Opening   Dico Tools
First or beginning; "the memorable opening bars of Beethoven''s Fifth"; "the play''s opening scene"


Opening_line   Dico Tools
The first line of a piece of writing (as a newspaper story)


Opening_move   Dico Tools
The first of a series of actions; "he memorized all the important chess openings"


Opening_night   Dico Tools
The first performance (as of a theatrical production); "the opening received good critical reviews"


Openly   Dico Tools
In an open way; "he openly flaunted his affection for his sister"


Openmouthed   Dico Tools
With eyes or mouth open in surprise


Openness   Dico Tools
Willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas); "he was testing the government''s receptiveness to reform"; "this receptiveness is the key feature is oestral behavior, enabling natural mating to occur"; "their receptivity to the pro


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Openness   Dico Tools
Characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one''s actions or purposes); not secretive


Openness   Dico Tools
Without obstructions to passage or view; "the openness of the prairies"


Openside_plane   Dico Tools
A woodworking plane designed to cut rabbets


Openwork   Dico Tools
Ornamental work (such a embroidery or latticework) having a pattern of openings


Open_account   Dico Tools
An unpaid credit order


Open_account   Dico Tools
Credit extended by a business to a customer


Open_air   Dico Tools
Where the air is unconfined; "he wanted to get outdoors a little"; "the concert was held in the open air"; "camping in the open"


Open_chain   Dico Tools
A chain of atoms in a molecule whose ends are not joined to form a ring


Open_circuit   Dico Tools
An incomplete electrical circuit in which no current flows


Open_door   Dico Tools
Freedom of access; "he maintained an open door for all employees"


Open_door   Dico Tools
The policy of granting equal trade opportunities to all countries


Open_fire   Dico Tools
Start firing a weapon


Open_fireplace   Dico Tools
An open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built; "the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it"; "he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it"; "the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires"


Open_fracture   Dico Tools
Bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound


Open_frame   Dico Tools
Any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare; "the break in the eighth frame cost him the match"


Open_house   Dico Tools
An informal party of people with hospitality for all comers


Open_interval   Dico Tools
An interval that does not include its endpoints


Open_letter   Dico Tools
A letter of protest; addressed to one person but intended for the general public


Open_marriage   Dico Tools
A marriage in which each partner is free to enter into extraneous sexual relationships without guilt or jealousy from the other


Open_order   Dico Tools
A military formation leaving enough space between ranks to allow an inspecting officer to pass


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Open_primary   Dico Tools
A primary in which any registered voter can vote (but must vote for candidates of only one party)


Open_sandwich   Dico Tools
Sandwich without a covering slice of bread


Open_secret   Dico Tools
Something that is supposed to be secret but is generally known; "their love affair was an open secret"


Open_sesame   Dico Tools
Any very successful means of achieving a result


Open_sesame   Dico Tools
A magical command; used by Ali Baba


Open_shop   Dico Tools
A company whose workers are hired without regard to their membership in a labor union


Open_sight   Dico Tools
Rear gunsight having an open notch instead of a peephole or telescope


Open_society   Dico Tools
A society that allows its members considerable freedom (as in a democracy); "America''s open society has made it an easy target for terrorists"


Open_to(p)   Dico Tools
(`hospitable'' is usually followed by `to'') having an open mind; "hospitable to new ideas"; "open to suggestions"


Open_University   Dico Tools
A British university that is open to people without formal academic qualifications and where teaching is by correspondence or broadcasting or summer school


Open_up   Dico Tools
Make available; "This opens up new possibilities"


Open_up   Dico Tools
Become available; "an opportunity opened up"


Open_up   Dico Tools
Talk freely and without inhibition


Open_up   Dico Tools
Cause to open or to become open; "Mary opened the car door"


Open_up   Dico Tools
Become open; "The door opened"


Open_up   Dico Tools
Open up an area or prepare a way; "She pioneered a graduate program for women students"


Open_up   Dico Tools
Start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning; "open a business"


Open_weave   Dico Tools
A weave in which warp threads never come together, leaving interstices in the fabric


Opepe   Dico Tools
Large African forest tree yielding a strong hard yellow to golden brown lumber; sometimes placed in genus Sarcocephalus


Opera   Dico Tools
Theater where opera is performed


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Opera   Dico Tools
A drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes


Operable   Dico Tools
Capable of being treated by surgical operation; "an operable cancer"


Operable   Dico Tools
Usable for a specific purpose; "an operable plan"; "a practicable solution"


Operable   Dico Tools
Fit or ready for use or service; "the toaster was still functional even after being dropped"; "the lawnmower is a bit rusty but still usable"; "an operational aircraft"; "the dishwasher is now in working order"


Operagoer   Dico Tools
A patron of the opera


Operand   Dico Tools
A quantity upon which a mathematical operation is performed


Operant   Dico Tools
Having influence or producing an effect; "many emotional determinants at work"; "an operant conscience"


Operant_conditioning   Dico Tools
Conditioning in which an operant response is brought under stimulus control by virtue of presenting reinforcement contingent upon the occurrence of the operant response


Operate   Dico Tools
Perform surgery on; "The doctors operated ont he patient but failed to save his life"


Operate   Dico Tools
Happen; "What is going on in the minds of the people?"


Operate   Dico Tools
Perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense


Operate   Dico Tools
Handle and cause to function; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever"


Operate   Dico Tools
Keep engaged; "engaged the gears"


Operate   Dico Tools
Perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won''t go unless it''s plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn''t work anymore"


Operate   Dico Tools
Direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"


Operate_on   Dico Tools
Perform surgery on; "The doctors operated ont he patient but failed to save his life"


Operatic   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or characteristic of opera


Operatic_star   Dico Tools
Singer of lead role in an opera


Operating   Dico Tools
Involved in a kind of operation; "the operating conditions of the oxidation pond"


Operating(a)   Dico Tools
Being in effect or operation; "de facto apartheid is still operational even in the `new'' African nations"- Leslie Marmon Silko; "bus service is in operation during the emergency"; "the company had several operating divisions"


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Operating_budget   Dico Tools
A budget for current expenses as distinct from financial transactions or permanent improvements


Operating_capability   Dico Tools
The capability of a technological system to perform as intended


Operating_capital   Dico Tools
Capital available for the operations of a firm (e.g. manufacturing or transportation) as distinct from financial transactions and long-term improvements


Operating_cost   Dico Tools
The expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes


Operating_expense   Dico Tools
The expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes


Operating_instructions   Dico Tools
A manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it


Operating_microscope   Dico Tools
Binocular microscope used in surgery to provide a clear view of small and inaccessible parts of the body (as in microsurgery)


Operating_procedure   Dico Tools
A procedure for operating something or for dealing with a given situation


Operating_room   Dico Tools
A room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations; "great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic"


Operating_statement   Dico Tools
A financial statement that gives operating results for a specific period


Operating_surgeon   Dico Tools
A physician who specializes in surgery


Operating_system   Dico Tools
(computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services


Operating_table   Dico Tools
Table on which the patient lies during a surgical operation


Operating_theater   Dico Tools
A room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations; "great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic"


Operating_theatre   Dico Tools
A room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations; "great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic"


Operation   Dico Tools
The activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.); "her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride"


Operation   Dico Tools
A planned activity involving many people performing various actions; "they organized a rescue operation"; "the biggest police operation in French history"; "running a restaurant is quite an operation"; "consolidate the companies various operations"


Operation   Dico Tools
A process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work; "the operations in building a house"; "certain machine tool operations"


Operation   Dico Tools
A medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"


Operation   Dico Tools
(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods; "the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation"; "they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic"


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Operation   Dico Tools
Activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign); "it was a joint operation of the navy and air force"


Operation   Dico Tools
A business especially one run on a large scale; "a large-scale farming operation"; "a multinational operation"; "they paid taxes on every stage of the operation"; "they had to consolidate their operations"


Operation   Dico Tools
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the cognitive operation of remembering"


Operation   Dico Tools
(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction); "it can perform millions of operations per second"


Operation   Dico Tools
Process or manner of functioning or operating; "the power of its engine determine its operation"; "the plane''s operation in high winds"; "they compared the cooking performance of each oven"; "the jet''s performance conformed to high standards"


Operation   Dico Tools
The state of being in effect or being operative; "that rule is no longer in operation"


Operational   Dico Tools
Being in effect or operation; "de facto apartheid is still operational even in the `new'' African nations"- Leslie Marmon Silko; "bus service is in operation during the emergency"; "the company had several operating divisions"


Operational   Dico Tools
Of or intended for or involved in military operations


Operational   Dico Tools
Fit or ready for use or service; "the toaster was still functional even after being dropped"; "the lawnmower is a bit rusty but still usable"; "an operational aircraft"; "the dishwasher is now in working order"


Operational   Dico Tools
Pertaining to a process or series of actions for achieving a result; "operational difficulties"; "they assumed their operational positions"


Operationalism   Dico Tools
(philosophy) the doctrine that the meaning of a proposition consists of the operations involved in proving or applying it


Operationalist   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or espousing operationalism; "operationalist doctrine"


Operationally   Dico Tools
In respect to operation; "reported the machine operationally satisfactory"; "a well-trained staff that is operationally adequate"


Operational_casualty   Dico Tools
Loss of military equipment in field operations


Operational_cell   Dico Tools
A terrorist cell that performs clandestine activities


Operational_damage   Dico Tools
Loss of military equipment in field operations


Operations   Dico Tools
Financial transactions at a brokerage; having to do with the execution of trades and keeping customer records


Operations_research   Dico Tools
Research designed to determine most efficient way to do something


Operation_code   Dico Tools
The portion of a set of operation descriptions that specifies the operation to be performed; the set of operations in a computer


Operation_Desert_Storm   Dico Tools
The United States and its allies defeated Iraq in a ground war that lasted 100 hours (1991)


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Operative   Dico Tools
Someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information


Operative   Dico Tools
A person secretly employed in espionage for a government


Operative   Dico Tools
Being in force or having or exerting force; "operative regulations"; "the major tendencies operative in the American political system"


Operative   Dico Tools
(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"


Operative   Dico Tools
Relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine; "a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry"


Operative   Dico Tools
Effective; producing a desired effect; "the operative word"


Operative   Dico Tools
Of or relating to a surgical operation; "operative surgery"


Operatively   Dico Tools
By means of an operative


Operative_field   Dico Tools
The area that is open during surgery


Operator   Dico Tools
A shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties


Operator   Dico Tools
An agent that operates some apparatus or machine; "the operator of the switchboard"


Operator   Dico Tools
Someone who owns or operates a business; "who is the operator of this franchise?"


Operator   Dico Tools
A speculator who trades aggressively on stock or commodity markets


Operator   Dico Tools
(mathematics) a symbol that represents a function from functions to functions; "the integral operator"


Operator_gene   Dico Tools
A gene that activates the production of messenger RNA by adjacent structural genes


Opera_bouffe   Dico Tools
Opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken


Opera_cloak   Dico Tools
A large cloak worn over evening clothes


Opera_comique   Dico Tools
Opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken


Opera_company   Dico Tools
A company that produces operas


Opera_glasses   Dico Tools
An optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes


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Opera_hat   Dico Tools
A man''s hat with a tall crown; usually covered with beaver or silk


Opera_hood   Dico Tools
A large cloak worn over evening clothes


Opera_house   Dico Tools
Theater where opera is performed


Opera_star   Dico Tools
Singer of lead role in an opera


Operculate   Dico Tools
Having an operculum


Operculated   Dico Tools
Having an operculum


Operculum   Dico Tools
A hard flap serving as a cover for (a) the gill slits in fishes or (b) the opening of the shell in certain gastropods when the body is retracted


Operetta   Dico Tools
A short amusing opera


Operon   Dico Tools
A segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including structural genes and an operator gene and a regulatory gene


Operoseness   Dico Tools
The quality of requiring extended effort


Opheodrys   Dico Tools
North American green snakes


Opheodrys_aestivus   Dico Tools
Of southern and eastern United States


Opheodrys_vernalis   Dico Tools
Of western and central United States


Ophidia   Dico Tools
Snakes


Ophidian   Dico Tools
Limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous


Ophidiidae   Dico Tools
Eel-like marine fishes


Ophidism   Dico Tools
Poisoning by snake venom


Ophiodon   Dico Tools
A genus of Ophiodontidae


Ophiodontidae   Dico Tools
Fishes closely related to greenlings


Ophiodon_elongatus   Dico Tools
Food fish of the northern Pacific related to greenlings


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Ophioglossaceae   Dico Tools
A family of succulent ferns of order Ophioglossales; cosmopolitan in distribution


Ophioglossales   Dico Tools
Coextensive with the family Ophioglossaceae


Ophioglossum   Dico Tools
The type genus of the fern family Ophioglossaceae


Ophioglossum_pendulum   Dico Tools
Epiphytic fern with straplike usually twisted fronds of tropical Asia and Polynesia and America


Ophiolatry   Dico Tools
Worship of snakes


Ophiophagus   Dico Tools
King cobra


Ophiophagus_hannan   Dico Tools
Large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja


Ophisaurus   Dico Tools
Glass lizards


Ophiuchus   Dico Tools
A large constellation in the equatorial region between Hercules and Scorpius


Ophiurida   Dico Tools
Brittle stars


Ophiuroidea   Dico Tools
Brittle stars and basket stars


Ophryon   Dico Tools
The craniometric point in the midline of the forehead immediately above the orbits


Ophrys   Dico Tools
A hardy genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and northern Africa and western Asia


Ophrys_apifera   Dico Tools
European orchid whose flowers resemble bumble bees in shape and color


Ophrys_insectifera   Dico Tools
European orchid whose flowers resemble flies


Ophrys_muscifera   Dico Tools
European orchid whose flowers resemble flies


Ophrys_sphegodes   Dico Tools
Spring-blooming spider orchid having a flower with yellow or green or pink sepals and a broad brown velvety lip


Ophthalmectomy   Dico Tools
Surgical removal of an eye


Ophthalmia   Dico Tools
Severe conjunctivitis


Ophthalmia_neonatorum   Dico Tools
Ophthalmia in newborns; contracted while passing through the birth canal; usually prevented with silver nitrate drops


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Ophthalmic   Dico Tools
Of or relating to ophthalmology; "ophthalmic surgery"


Ophthalmic   Dico Tools
Of or relating to the eye; "ophthalmic defect"


Ophthalmic_artery   Dico Tools
A branch of the internal carotid artery that supplies the eye and neighboring structures


Ophthalmic_vein   Dico Tools
Either of two veins that serve the eye; empties into the cavernous sinus


Ophthalmitis   Dico Tools
Severe conjunctivitis


Ophthalmologist   Dico Tools
A medical doctor specializing in the treatment of diseases of the eye


Ophthalmology   Dico Tools
The branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases


Ophthalmoplegia   Dico Tools
Paralysis of the motor nerves of the eye


Ophthalmoscope   Dico Tools
Medical instrument for examining the retina of the eye


Opiate   Dico Tools
A narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative


Opiliones   Dico Tools
Harvestmen


Opine   Dico Tools
Expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn''t think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"


Opine   Dico Tools
Speak one''s opinion without fear or hesitation; "John spoke up at the meeting"


Opinion   Dico Tools
The reason for a court''s judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)


Opinion   Dico Tools
A vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"


Opinion   Dico Tools
A personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"


Opinion   Dico Tools
A belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion"


Opinion   Dico Tools
The legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge"


Opinion   Dico Tools
A message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof; "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page"


Opinionated   Dico Tools
Obstinate in your opinions


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Opinionative   Dico Tools
Obstinate in your opinions


Opinion_poll   Dico Tools
An inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people


Opisthobranchia   Dico Tools
Gastropods having the gills when present posterior to the heart and having no operculum: includes sea slugs; sea butterflies; sea hares


Opisthocomidae   Dico Tools
Comprising the hoatzins


Opisthocomus   Dico Tools
Type genus of the Opisthocomidae: hoatzins


Opisthocomus_hoazin   Dico Tools
Crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings


Opisthognathidae   Dico Tools
Jawfishes


Opisthognathous   Dico Tools
Having receding jaws


Opisthorchiasis   Dico Tools
Infestation with flukes obtained from eating raw fish; common in eastern Asia


Opisthotonos   Dico Tools
Severe spasm in which the back arches and the head bends back and heels flex toward the back


Opium   Dico Tools
An addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy


Opium_addict   Dico Tools
Someone addicted to opium


Opium_den   Dico Tools
A building where opium is sold and used


Opium_poppy   Dico Tools
Southwestern Asian herb with grayish leaves and white or reddish flowers; source of opium


Opium_taker   Dico Tools
Someone addicted to opium


Opopanax   Dico Tools
An odorous gum resin formerly used in medicines


Oporto   Dico Tools
Port city in northwest Portugal; noted for port wine


Opossum   Dico Tools
Nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America


Opossum   Dico Tools
Small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails


Opossum_rat   Dico Tools
Terrestrial marsupials of southern South America that resemble shrews


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Opossum_shrimp   Dico Tools
Shrimp-like crustaceans whose females carry eggs and young in a pouch between the legs


Opossum_wood   Dico Tools
Medium-sized tree of West Virginia to Florida and Texas


Oppenheimer   Dico Tools
United States physicist who directed the project at Los Alamos that developed the first atomic bomb (1904-1967)


Opponent   Dico Tools
Someone who offers opposition


Opponent   Dico Tools
A contestant that you are matched against


Opponent   Dico Tools
Characterized by active hostility; "opponent (or opposing) armies"


Opportune   Dico Tools
At a convenient or suitable time; "an opportune time to receive guests"


Opportune   Dico Tools
Suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose; "an opportune place to make camp"; "an opportune arrival"


Opportunely   Dico Tools
At an opportune time; "he arrived rather opportunely just when we needed a new butler"


Opportuneness   Dico Tools
Timely convenience


Opportunism   Dico Tools
Taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others


Opportunist   Dico Tools
A person who places expediency above principle


Opportunist   Dico Tools
Taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit


Opportunistic   Dico Tools
Taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit


Opportunistic_infection   Dico Tools
Any infection caused by a microorganism that does not normally cause disease in humans; occurs in persons with abnormally functioning immune systems (as AIDS patients or transplant patients receiving immunosuppressive drugs)


Opportunity   Dico Tools
A possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"


Opportunity_cost   Dico Tools
Cost in terms of foregone alternatives


Opposable   Dico Tools
Capable of being placed opposite to something; "the thumb is opposable to the forefinger"


Oppose   Dico Tools
Be against; express opposition to; "We oppose the ban on abortion"


Oppose   Dico Tools
Be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion"


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Oppose   Dico Tools
Set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other"


Oppose   Dico Tools
Fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don''t fight it!"


Oppose   Dico Tools
Act against or in opposition to; "She reacts negatively to everything I say"


Oppose   Dico Tools
Oppose with equal weight or force


Opposed   Dico Tools
Being in opposition or having an opponent; "two bitterly opposed schools of thought"


Opposed   Dico Tools
In opposition to (a policy or attitude etc.); "an opposing vote"


Opposer   Dico Tools
Someone who offers opposition


Opposing   Dico Tools
Acting in opposition to; "the opposing sector of the same muscle group"


Opposing   Dico Tools
Characterized by active hostility; "opponent (or opposing) armies"


Opposing   Dico Tools
In opposition to (a policy or attitude etc.); "an opposing vote"


Opposite   Dico Tools
Two words that express opposing concepts; "to him the opposite of gay was depressed"


Opposite   Dico Tools
A contestant that you are matched against


Opposite   Dico Tools
A relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true"


Opposite   Dico Tools
Something inverted in sequence or character or effect; "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse"


Opposite   Dico Tools
Of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem; "opposite leaves"


Opposite   Dico Tools
Characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and indefensible polar positions"


Opposite   Dico Tools
Altogether different in nature or quality or significance; "the medicine''s effect was opposite to that intended"; "it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest"- Charles Reade


Opposite   Dico Tools
The other one of a complementary pair; "the opposite sex"; "the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors"


Opposite   Dico Tools
Being directly across from each other; facing; "And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm"- Longfellow; "we lived on opposite sides of the street"; "at opposite poles"


Opposite   Dico Tools
Moving or facing away from each other; "looking in opposite directions"; "they went in opposite directions"


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Opposite   Dico Tools
Directly facing each other; "the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table"; "lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street"; "they sat opposite at the table"


Oppositely   Dico Tools
In an opposite position


Oppositeness   Dico Tools
The relation between opposed entities


Opposite_number   Dico Tools
A person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another


Opposite_word   Dico Tools
Two words that express opposing concepts; "to him the opposite of gay was depressed"


Opposition   Dico Tools
The action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead"


Opposition   Dico Tools
The act of opposing groups confronting each other; "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition"


Opposition   Dico Tools
A body of people united in opposing something


Opposition   Dico Tools
A political party opposed to the party in power and prepared to replace it if elected; "Her Majesty''s loyal opposition"


Opposition   Dico Tools
An armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"


Opposition   Dico Tools
A contestant that you are matched against


Opposition   Dico Tools
A direction opposite to another


Opposition   Dico Tools
The relation between opposed entities


Oppositive   Dico Tools
Expressing antithesis or opposition; "the adversative conjunction `but'' in `poor but happy''"


Oppress   Dico Tools
Come down on or keep down by unjust use of one''s authority; "The government oppresses political activists"


Oppress   Dico Tools
Cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"


Oppressed   Dico Tools
Burdened psychologically or mentally; "laden with grief"; "oppressed by a sense of failure"


Oppression   Dico Tools
The act of subjugating by cruelty; "the tyrant''s oppression of the people"


Oppression   Dico Tools
A feeling of being oppressed


Oppression   Dico Tools
The state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted"


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Oppressive   Dico Tools
Marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights"


Oppressive   Dico Tools
Weighing heavily on the senses or spirit; "the atmosphere was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows"


Oppressively   Dico Tools
In a heavy and oppressive way; "it was oppressively hot in the office"


Oppressiveness   Dico Tools
Unwelcome burdensome difficulty


Oppressiveness   Dico Tools
A feeling of being oppressed


Oppressor   Dico Tools
A person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures


Opprobrious   Dico Tools
(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human


Opprobrious   Dico Tools
Expressing offensive reproach


Opprobrium   Dico Tools
A state of extreme dishonor; "a date which will live in infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt; "the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city"


Opprobrium   Dico Tools
State of disgrace resulting from public abuse


Oppugn   Dico Tools
Challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of; "We must question your judgment in this matter"


Ops   Dico Tools
(Roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of Saturn; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor


Opsanus_tau   Dico Tools
Bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth


Opsin   Dico Tools
Retinal protein formed by the action of light on rhodopsin


Opsonin   Dico Tools
An antibody in blood serum that attaches to invading microorganisms and other antigens to make them more susceptible to the action of phagocytes


Opsonisation   Dico Tools
Process whereby opsonins make an invading microorganism more susceptible to phagocytosis


Opsonization   Dico Tools
Process whereby opsonins make an invading microorganism more susceptible to phagocytosis


Opsonize   Dico Tools
Make (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes


Opt   Dico Tools
Select as an alternative; choose instead; prefer as an alternative; "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast"


Optative   Dico Tools
A mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs


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Optative   Dico Tools
Relating to a mood of verbs in some languages; "optative verb endings"


Optative   Dico Tools
Indicating an option or wish


Optative_mood   Dico Tools
A mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs


Optez   Dico Tools
An artificial language


Opthalmic   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or resembling the eye; "ocular muscles"; "an ocular organ"; "ocular diseases"; "the optic (or optical) axis of the eye"; "an ocular spot is a pigmented organ or part believed to be sensitive to light"


Optic   Dico Tools
The organ of sight


Optic   Dico Tools
Relating to or using sight; "ocular inspection"; "an optical illusion"; "visual powers"; "visual navigation"


Optic   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or resembling the eye; "ocular muscles"; "an ocular organ"; "ocular diseases"; "the optic (or optical) axis of the eye"; "an ocular spot is a pigmented organ or part believed to be sensitive to light"


Optical   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or involving light or optics; "optical supplies"


Optical   Dico Tools
Relating to or using sight; "ocular inspection"; "an optical illusion"; "visual powers"; "visual navigation"


Optical   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or resembling the eye; "ocular muscles"; "an ocular organ"; "ocular diseases"; "the optic (or optical) axis of the eye"; "an ocular spot is a pigmented organ or part believed to be sensitive to light"


Optically   Dico Tools
In an optical manner; "optically distorted"


Optical_aberration   Dico Tools
An optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image


Optical_bench   Dico Tools
Apparatus for observation and measurement of optical phenomena


Optical_condenser   Dico Tools
Lens used to concentrate light on an object


Optical_crown   Dico Tools
Optical glass of low dispersion and low refractive index


Optical_device   Dico Tools
A device for producing or controlling light


Optical_disc   Dico Tools
A disk coated with plastic that can store digital data astiny pits etched in the surface; is read with a laser that scans the surface


Optical_disk   Dico Tools
A disk coated with plastic that can store digital data astiny pits etched in the surface; is read with a laser that scans the surface


Optical_fiber   Dico Tools
A very thin fiber made of glass that functions as a waveguide for light; used in bundles to transmit images


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Optical_fibre   Dico Tools
A very thin fiber made of glass that functions as a waveguide for light; used in bundles to transmit images


Optical_flint   Dico Tools
Optical glass of high dispersion and high refractive index


Optical_fusion   Dico Tools
The combining of images from the two eyes to form a single visual percept


Optical_glass   Dico Tools
Clear homogeneous glass of known refractive index; used to make lenses


Optical_illusion   Dico Tools
An optical phenomenon that results in a false or deceptive visual impression


Optical_instrument   Dico Tools
An instrument designed to aid vision


Optical_lens   Dico Tools
A lens that focuses the image in a camera


Optical_maser   Dico Tools
An acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light


Optical_opacity   Dico Tools
Opacity to light


Optical_phenomenon   Dico Tools
A physical phenomenon related to or involving light


Optical_prism   Dico Tools
Optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image


Optical_pyrometer   Dico Tools
A pyrometer that uses the color of the light emitted by a hot object


Optical_telescope   Dico Tools
An astronomical telescope designed to collect and record light from cosmic sources


Optician   Dico Tools
A worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision


Optics   Dico Tools
The branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light


Optic_axis   Dico Tools
A line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refracted


Optic_chiasm   Dico Tools
The crossing of the optic nerves from the two eyes at the base of the brain


Optic_chiasma   Dico Tools
The crossing of the optic nerves from the two eyes at the base of the brain


Optic_cup   Dico Tools
(embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina


Optic_disc   Dico Tools
The point where the optic nerve enters the retina; not sensitive to light


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Optic_disk   Dico Tools
The point where the optic nerve enters the retina; not sensitive to light


Optic_nerve   Dico Tools
The cranial nerve that serves the retina


Optic_tract   Dico Tools
The cranial nerve that serves the retina


Optimal   Dico Tools
Most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied; "an optimum return on capital"; "optimal concentration of a drug"


Optimally   Dico Tools
In an optimal and most desirable way


Optimisation   Dico Tools
The act of rendering optimal; "the simultaneous optimization of growth and profitability"; "in an optimization problem we seek values of the variables that lead to an optimal value of the function that is to be optimized"; "to promote the optimization and


Optimise   Dico Tools
Act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world


Optimise   Dico Tools
Modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost; "optimize a computer program"


Optimise   Dico Tools
Make optimal; get the most out of; use best; "optimize your resources"


Optimism   Dico Tools
A general disposition to expect the best in all things


Optimism   Dico Tools
The optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well


Optimist   Dico Tools
A person disposed to take a favorable view of things


Optimistic   Dico Tools
Expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds; "in an optimistic mood"; "optimistic plans"; "took an optimistic view"


Optimistic   Dico Tools
Expecting the best; "an affirmative outlook"


Optimistically   Dico Tools
With optimism; in an optimistic manner; "`We have a good chance of winning,'' he exclaimed optimistically"


Optimization   Dico Tools
The act of rendering optimal; "the simultaneous optimization of growth and profitability"; "in an optimization problem we seek values of the variables that lead to an optimal value of the function that is to be optimized"; "to promote the optimization and


Optimize   Dico Tools
Act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world


Optimize   Dico Tools
Modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost; "optimize a computer program"


Optimize   Dico Tools
Make optimal; get the most out of; use best; "optimize your resources"


Optimum   Dico Tools
Most favorable condition or greatest degree or amount possible under given circumstances


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Optimum   Dico Tools
Most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied; "an optimum return on capital"; "optimal concentration of a drug"


Option   Dico Tools
The act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"


Option   Dico Tools
One of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there no other alternative"; "my only choice is to refuse"


Option   Dico Tools
The right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited


Optional   Dico Tools
Possible but not necessary; left to personal choice


Optionally   Dico Tools
In an optional manner; "this rule is applied optionally"


Optometrist   Dico Tools
A person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses


Optometry   Dico Tools
The practice of an optometrist


Opt_out   Dico Tools
Choose not to do something, as out of fear of failing; "She copped out when she was supposed to get into the hang glider"


Opulence   Dico Tools
Wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living


Opulent   Dico Tools
Rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded dining rooms"


Opulently   Dico Tools
In a sumptuous and opulent manner; "this government building is sumptuously appointed"


Opuntia   Dico Tools
Large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears


Opuntiales   Dico Tools
Coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactuses


Opuntia_cholla   Dico Tools
Arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States and Mexico


Opuntia_lindheimeri   Dico Tools
Cactus having yellow flowers and purple fruits


Opuntia_tuna   Dico Tools
Tropical American flat-jointed prickly pear; Jamaica


Opus   Dico Tools
A musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"


OPV   Dico Tools
An oral poliovirus vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis


Op_art   Dico Tools
A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s; produces dramatic visual effects with colors and contrasts that are difficult for the eye to resolve


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OR   Dico Tools
A room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations; "great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic"


OR   Dico Tools
A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific


Orach   Dico Tools
Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes


Orache   Dico Tools
Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes


Oracle   Dico Tools
A shrine where an oracular god is consulted


Oracle   Dico Tools
A prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible


Oracle   Dico Tools
An authoritative person who divines the future


Oracle_of_Apollo   Dico Tools
(Greek mythology) the oracle at Delphi where a priestess supposedly delivered messages from Apollo to those who sought advice; the messages were usually obscure or ambiguous


Oracle_of_Delphi   Dico Tools
(Greek mythology) the oracle at Delphi where a priestess supposedly delivered messages from Apollo to those who sought advice; the messages were usually obscure or ambiguous


Oracular   Dico Tools
Resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought; "the oracular sayings of Victorian poets"; "so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it"; "an enigmatic smile"


Oracular   Dico Tools
Obscurely prophetic; "Delphic pronouncements"; "an oracular message"


Oracular   Dico Tools
Of or relating to an oracle; "able by oracular means to expose a witch"


Orad   Dico Tools
Toward the mouth or oral region


Oradexon   Dico Tools
A corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation


Oral   Dico Tools
An examination conducted by word of mouth


Oral   Dico Tools
A stage in psychosexual development when the child''s interest is concentrated in the mouth; fixation at this stage is said to result in dependence, selfishness, and aggression


Oral   Dico Tools
Of or involving the mouth or mouth region or the surface on which the mouth is located; "the oral cavity"; "the oral mucous membrane"; "the oral surface of a starfish"


Oral   Dico Tools
Using speech rather than writing; "an oral tradition"; "an oral agreement"


Oral   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or affecting or for use in the mouth; "oral hygiene"; "an oral thermometer"; "an oral vaccine"


Orally   Dico Tools
By spoken rather than written means; "these stories were transmitted by word of mouth"


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Orally   Dico Tools
(of drugs) through the mouth rather than through injection; "he was administered the drug orally"


Oral_cancer   Dico Tools
Malignant neoplasm of the lips of mouth; most common in men over the age of 60


Oral_cavity   Dico Tools
The opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; "he stuffed his mouth with candy"


Oral_communication   Dico Tools
(language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"


Oral_contraception   Dico Tools
Contraception achieved by taking oral contraceptive pills


Oral_contraceptive   Dico Tools
A contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception


Oral_contraceptive_pill   Dico Tools
A contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception


Oral_contract   Dico Tools
An agreement that is not in writing and is not signed by the parties but is a real existing contract that lacks only the formal requirement of a memorandum to render it enforceable in litigation


Oral_exam   Dico Tools
An examination conducted by word of mouth


Oral_examination   Dico Tools
An examination conducted by word of mouth


Oral_fissure   Dico Tools
The opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; "he stuffed his mouth with candy"


Oral_herpes   Dico Tools
Caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1)


Oral_personality   Dico Tools
(psychoanalysis) a personality characterized either by generous optimism or aggressive and ambitious selfishness; formed in early childhood by fixation during the oral stage of development


Oral_phase   Dico Tools
(psychoanalysis) the first sexual and social stage of an infant''s development; the mouth is the focus of the libido and satisfaction comes from suckling and chewing and biting


Oral_poliovirus_vaccine   Dico Tools
An oral poliovirus vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis


Oral_presentation   Dico Tools
Delivering an address to a public audience; "people came to see the candidates and hear the speechmaking"


Oral_Roberts   Dico Tools
United States evangelist (born 1918)


Oral_sex   Dico Tools
Oral-genital stimulation; "they say he gives good head"


Oral_smear   Dico Tools
Alimentary tract smear of material obtained from the mouth


Oral_stage   Dico Tools
(psychoanalysis) the first sexual and social stage of an infant''s development; the mouth is the focus of the libido and satisfaction comes from suckling and chewing and biting


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Oran   Dico Tools
A port city in northwestern Algeria and the country''s 2nd largest city


Orang   Dico Tools
Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits


Orange   Dico Tools
Any of a range of colors between red and yellow


Orange   Dico Tools
Round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees


Orange   Dico Tools
A river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean


Orange   Dico Tools
Any citrus tree bearing oranges


Orange   Dico Tools
Any pigment producing the orange color


Orange   Dico Tools
Similar to the color of a ripe orange


Orange-blossom_orchid   Dico Tools
Diminutive Australian orchid with loose racemes of fragrant white flowers with purple and orange markings on the lip


Orange-juice_concentrate   Dico Tools
Orange juice that has been concentrated and frozen


Orangeade   Dico Tools
Sweetened beverage of diluted orange juice


Orangeman   Dico Tools
A member of a society founded in Ireland in 1795 to uphold Protestantism and the British sovereign


Orangeness   Dico Tools
Any of a range of colors between red and yellow


Orangewood   Dico Tools
Fine-grained wood of an orange tree; used in fine woodwork


Orange_balsam   Dico Tools
North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil


Orange_bat   Dico Tools
A common bat of northwestern Australia having orange or yellow fur


Orange_daisy   Dico Tools
Mat-forming herb of Turkestan with nearly double orange-yellow flowers


Orange_fleabane   Dico Tools
Mat-forming herb of Turkestan with nearly double orange-yellow flowers


Orange_Free_State   Dico Tools
A province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers; named Free State in 1997


Orange_grass   Dico Tools
Annual wiry-stemmed North American weed with minute scalelike leaves and small yellow flowers


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Orange_Group   Dico Tools
A terrorist group of Protestants who oppose any political settlement with Irish nationalists; a paramilitary group that attacks Catholic interests in Northern Ireland


Orange_grove   Dico Tools
Grove of orange trees


Orange_hawkweed   Dico Tools
European hawkweed having flower heads with bright orange-red rays; a troublesome weed especially as naturalized in northeastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Hieracium


Orange_horseshoe_bat   Dico Tools
A common bat of northwestern Australia having orange or yellow fur


Orange_juice   Dico Tools
Bottled or fresh-squeezed juice of oranges


Orange_liqueur   Dico Tools
Liqueur flavored with orange


Orange_marmalade   Dico Tools
Marmalade made from oranges


Orange_milkweed   Dico Tools
Erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers


Orange_milkwort   Dico Tools
Bog plant of pine barrens of southeastern United States having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers


Orange_mushroom_pimple   Dico Tools
A variety of mushroom pimple


Orange_Order   Dico Tools
A Protestant political organization in Northern Ireland


Orange_peel   Dico Tools
The rind of an orange


Orange_peel_fungus   Dico Tools
A discomycete with bright orange cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting bodies and pale orange exteriors


Orange_pekoe   Dico Tools
A superior grade of black tea; grown in India and Sri Lanka and Java


Orange_red   Dico Tools
A variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge


Orange_rind   Dico Tools
The rind of an orange


Orange_River   Dico Tools
A river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean


Orange_sneezeweed   Dico Tools
Stout perennial herb of western United States having flower heads with drooping orange-yellow rays; causes spewing sickness in sheep


Orange_soda   Dico Tools
Orange-flavored carbonated drink


Orange_toast   Dico Tools
Buttered toast with sugar and grated orange rind and a little orange juice


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Orange_tortrix   Dico Tools
California moth whose larvae live in especially oranges


Orange_tree   Dico Tools
Any citrus tree bearing oranges


Orange_yellow   Dico Tools
A shade of yellow tinged with orange


Orange_zest   Dico Tools
Tiny bits of orange peel


Orangish   Dico Tools
Similar to the color of a ripe orange


Orangutan   Dico Tools
Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits


Orangutang   Dico Tools
Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits


Orasone   Dico Tools
A dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten); used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant


Orate   Dico Tools
Talk pompously


Oration   Dico Tools
An instance of oratory; "he delivered an oration on the decline of family values"


Orator   Dico Tools
A person who delivers a speech or oration


Oratorical   Dico Tools
Characteristic of an orator or oratory; "oratorical prose"; "harangued his men in an oratorical way"- Robert Graves


Oratorio   Dico Tools
A musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text


Oratory   Dico Tools
Addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous); "he loved the sound of his own oratory"


Orb   Dico Tools
The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye


Orb   Dico Tools
An object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire"


Orbicular   Dico Tools
Having the shape of a sphere or ball; "a spherical object"; "nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey


Orbicular   Dico Tools
Circular or nearly circular


Orbiculate   Dico Tools
Circular or nearly circular


Orbiculate_leaf   Dico Tools
Circular or nearly circular


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Orbignya   Dico Tools
Palms of southern Mexico to northern South America: babassu palm


Orbignya_cohune   Dico Tools
Tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory


Orbignya_martiana   Dico Tools
Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory


Orbignya_phalerata   Dico Tools
Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory


Orbignya_spesiosa   Dico Tools
Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory


Orbison   Dico Tools
United States composer and rockabilly tenor popular in the 1950s (1936-1988)


Orbit   Dico Tools
An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in t


Orbit   Dico Tools
The bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball


Orbit   Dico Tools
The (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another; "he plotted the orbit of the moon"


Orbit   Dico Tools
The path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom


Orbit   Dico Tools
A particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he''s out of my orbit"


Orbit   Dico Tools
Move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus"


Orbital   Dico Tools
Of or relating to the eye socket; "orbital scale"; "orbital arch"


Orbital   Dico Tools
Of or relating to an orbit; "orbital revolution"; "orbital velocity"


Orbitale   Dico Tools
The craniometric point at the lowest point on the lower edge of the orbit


Orbital_cavity   Dico Tools
The bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball


Orbital_motion   Dico Tools
Motion of an object in an orbit around a fixed point; "satellites in orbital rotation"


Orbital_plane   Dico Tools
(astronomy) the plane on which a body is orbiting


Orbital_point   Dico Tools
The craniometric point at the lowest point on the lower edge of the orbit


Orbital_rotation   Dico Tools
Motion of an object in an orbit around a fixed point; "satellites in orbital rotation"


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Orbiter   Dico Tools
Man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon


Orbit_period   Dico Tools
The time it takes to complete one full orbit around a celestial body; "the orbit period depends on the altitude of the satellite"


Orb_web   Dico Tools
A round spider web


Orca   Dico Tools
Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas


Orchard   Dico Tools
Garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth


Orchard_apple_tree   Dico Tools
Native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits


Orchard_grass   Dico Tools
Widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass


Orchard_oriole   Dico Tools
The male is chestnut-and-black


Orchestia   Dico Tools
Type genus of the family Orchestiidae


Orchestiidae   Dico Tools
Beach fleas


Orchestra   Dico Tools
Seating on the main floor in a theater


Orchestra   Dico Tools
A musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players


Orchestral   Dico Tools
Relating to or composed for an orchestra; "orchestral score"


Orchestral_bells   Dico Tools
A percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers


Orchestrate   Dico Tools
Plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"


Orchestrate   Dico Tools
Write an orchestra score for


Orchestrated   Dico Tools
Arranged for performance by an orchestra


Orchestration   Dico Tools
The act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments


Orchestration   Dico Tools
An arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum effect; "the skillful orchestration of his political campaign"


Orchestration   Dico Tools
An arrangement of a piece of music for performance by an orchestra or band


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Orchestrator   Dico Tools
An arranger who writes for orchestras


Orchestra_pit   Dico Tools
Lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers


Orchid   Dico Tools
Any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors


Orchidaceae   Dico Tools
Enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers


Orchidaceous_plant   Dico Tools
Any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors


Orchidales   Dico Tools
Order of plants with irregular flowers having minute seeds: Orchidaceae; Burmanniaceae


Orchidalgia   Dico Tools
Pain in the testes


Orchidectomy   Dico Tools
Surgical removal of one or both testicles


Orchid_cactus   Dico Tools
Any cactus of the genus Epiphyllum having flattened jointed irregularly branching stems and showy tubular flowers


Orchid_family   Dico Tools
Enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers


Orchid_tree   Dico Tools
Small East Indian tree having orchidlike flowers and hard dark wood


Orchiectomy   Dico Tools
Surgical removal of one or both testicles


Orchil   Dico Tools
Any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil


Orchil   Dico Tools
A purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens


Orchiopexy   Dico Tools
Operation to bring an undescended testicle into the scrotum


Orchis   Dico Tools
One of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"


Orchis   Dico Tools
Any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes


Orchis_mascula   Dico Tools
Eurasian orchid with showy pink or purple flowers in a loose spike


Orchis_papilionaceae   Dico Tools
Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip


Orchis_spectabilis   Dico Tools
North American orchid having a spike of violet-purple flowers mixed with white; sepals and petals form a hood


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Orchitis   Dico Tools
Inflammation of one or both testes; characterized by pain and swelling


Orchotomy   Dico Tools
Surgical incision into the testis to obtain material for analysis (as in cases of abnormally low sperm count)


Orcinus   Dico Tools
Killer whales


Orcinus_orca   Dico Tools
Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas


Orcus   Dico Tools
God of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto


Orczy   Dico Tools
British writer (born in Hungary) (1865-1947)


Ordain   Dico Tools
Issue an order


Ordain   Dico Tools
Appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"


Ordain   Dico Tools
Invest with ministerial or priestly authority; "The minister was ordained only last month"


Ordain   Dico Tools
Order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"


Ordained   Dico Tools
Invested with ministerial or priestly functions; "an ordained priest"


Ordained   Dico Tools
Fixed or established especially by order or command; "at the time appointed (or the appointed time")


Ordainer   Dico Tools
A cleric who ordains; a cleric who admits someone to holy orders


Ordeal   Dico Tools
A primitive method of determining a person''s guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence


Ordeal   Dico Tools
A severe or trying experience


Ordeal_bean   Dico Tools
Dark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine; source of physostigmine and used in native witchcraft


Ordeal_tree   Dico Tools
Evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa


Order   Dico Tools
Putting in order; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"


Order   Dico Tools
(architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans


Order   Dico Tools
A degree in a continuum of size or quantity; "it was on the order of a mile"; "an explosion of a low order of magnitude"


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Order   Dico Tools
A commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities; "IBM received an order for a hundred computers"


Order   Dico Tools
A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"


Order   Dico Tools
A body of rules followed by an assembly


Order   Dico Tools
(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed; "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London"


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A request for food or refreshment (as served in a restaurant or bar etc.); "I gave the waiter my order"


Order   Dico Tools
(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families


Order   Dico Tools
A group of person living under a religious rule; "the order of Saint Benedict"


Order   Dico Tools
A formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"


Order   Dico Tools
Logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"


Order   Dico Tools
(usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy; "theologians still disagree over whether `bishop'' should or should not be a separate order"


Order   Dico Tools
Established customary state (especially of society); "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order"


Order   Dico Tools
A condition of regular or proper arrangement; "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order"


Order   Dico Tools
Place in a certain order; "order these files"


Order   Dico Tools
Bring order to or into; "Order these files"


Order   Dico Tools
Assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"


Order   Dico Tools
Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one''s life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"


Order   Dico Tools
Make a request for something; "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage"


Order   Dico Tools
Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"


Order   Dico Tools
Issue commands or orders for


Order   Dico Tools
Appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"


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Order   Dico Tools
Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"


Order-Chenopodiales   Dico Tools
Corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae


Ordered   Dico Tools
Marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts; "a logical argument"; "the orderly presentation"


Ordered   Dico Tools
Having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule; "an ordered sequence"


Ordered   Dico Tools
Marked by system or regularity or discipline; "a quiet ordered house"; "an orderly universe"; "a well regulated life"


Ordered   Dico Tools
Disposed or placed in a particular kind of order; "the carefully arranged chessmen"; "haphazardly arranged interlobular septa"; "comfortable chairs arranged around the fireplace"


Ordered_series   Dico Tools
An ordered reference standard; "judging on a scale of 1 to 10"


Orderer   Dico Tools
An organizer who puts things in order; "Aristotle was a great orderer of ideas"


Orderer   Dico Tools
Someone who places an order to buy


Ordering   Dico Tools
Putting in order; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"


Ordering   Dico Tools
Logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"


Orderliness   Dico Tools
The quality of appreciating method and system


Orderliness   Dico Tools
A condition of regular or proper arrangement; "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order"


Orderly   Dico Tools
A male hospital attendant who has general non-medical duties


Orderly   Dico Tools
A soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer; "the orderly laid out the general''s uniform"


Orderly   Dico Tools
Marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts; "a logical argument"; "the orderly presentation"


Orderly   Dico Tools
Devoid of violence or disruption; "an orderly crowd confronted the president"


Orderly   Dico Tools
Marked by system or regularity or discipline; "a quiet ordered house"; "an orderly universe"; "a well regulated life"


Orderly   Dico Tools
Not haphazard; "a series of orderly actions at regular hours"


Orderly   Dico Tools
According to custom or rule or natural law


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Orderly   Dico Tools
Marked by or adhering to method or system; "a clean orderly man"; "an orderly mind"; "an orderly desk"


Orderly_sergeant   Dico Tools
The first sergeant of a company; duties formerly included the conveyance of orders


Order_Acarina   Dico Tools
Mites and ticks


Order_Accipitriformes   Dico Tools
In some classifications an alternative name for the Falconiformes


Order_Actinaria   Dico Tools
Sea anemones


Order_Actiniaria   Dico Tools
Sea anemones


Order_Actinomycetales   Dico Tools
Filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria


Order_Actinomyxidia   Dico Tools
Parasites of worms


Order_Aepyorniformes   Dico Tools
Huge extinct flightless birds: elephant birds


Order_Agaricales   Dico Tools
Typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota


Order_Alcyonaria   Dico Tools
Corals and sea anemones having eight branches


Order_Alismales   Dico Tools
An order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants


Order_Amoebida   Dico Tools
The animal order including amoebas


Order_Amoebina   Dico Tools
The animal order including amoebas


Order_Amphipoda   Dico Tools
Small flat-bodied semi-terrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimp


Order_Anacanthini   Dico Tools
At least partially equivalent to the order Gadiformes in some classifications


Order_Anaspida   Dico Tools
Extinct order of jawless vertebrates


Order_Andreaeales   Dico Tools
Comprises a single genus: Andreaea


Order_Anguilliformes   Dico Tools
Elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced


Order_Anoplura   Dico Tools
Sucking lice


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Order_Anostraca   Dico Tools
Small aquatic crustaceans lacking a carapace: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps


Order_Anseriformes   Dico Tools
Ducks; geese; swans; screamers


Order_Anthocerotales   Dico Tools
Hornworts; liverworts having a thalloid gametophyte; in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida


Order_Anura   Dico Tools
Frogs, toads, tree toads


Order_Aphyllophorales   Dico Tools
Includes chiefly saprophytic fungi typically with shelflike bodies; sometimes placed in class Hymenomycetes or included in Agaricales


Order_Aplacophora   Dico Tools
An order of Amphineura


Order_Apodes   Dico Tools
Elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced


Order_Apodiformes   Dico Tools
Swifts; hummingbirds


Order_Apterygiformes   Dico Tools
A ratite bird order: flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes: kiwis


Order_Arales   Dico Tools
Araceae; Lemnaceae


Order_Araneae   Dico Tools
Spiders


Order_Araneida   Dico Tools
Spiders


Order_Aristolochiales   Dico Tools
Order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary


Order_arms   Dico Tools
A position in the manual of arms; the rifle is held vertically on the right side with the butt on the ground; often used as a command


Order_Artiodactyla   Dico Tools
An order of hooved mammals of the subclass Eutheria (including pigs and peccaries and hippopotami and members of the suborder Ruminantia) having an even number of functional toes


Order_Aspergillales   Dico Tools
Order of fungi having a closed ascocarp (cleistothecium) with the asci scattered rather than gathered in a hymenium


Order_Auriculariales   Dico Tools
Coextensive with the family Auriculariaceae; sometimes included in the order Tremellales


Order_Batoidei   Dico Tools
Fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes


Order_Batrachia   Dico Tools
Frogs, toads, tree toads


Order_Belemnoidea   Dico Tools
Order of extinct dibranchiate cephalopods related to the surviving spirulas


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Order_Bennettitales   Dico Tools
Fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous


Order_Berycomorphi   Dico Tools
An order of spiny-finned fish in the superorder Acanthopterygii


Order_Blastocladiales   Dico Tools
Fungi that carry out asexual reproduction by thick-walled resting spores that produce zoospores upon germination; sometimes placed in class Oomycetes


Order_book   Dico Tools
A book in which customers'' orders are entered; usually makes multiple copies of the order


Order_book   Dico Tools
A printed copy of the order of the day


Order_Branchiura   Dico Tools
Copepods with suctorial mouthparts; parasitic on fishes


Order_Bryales   Dico Tools
Category used in some classification systems for mosses having the spore case separated from the capsule wall by a hollow intercellular space


Order_Campanulales   Dico Tools
An order or plants of the subclass Asteridae including: Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; Compositae


Order_Caprimulgiformes   Dico Tools
Goatsuckers; frogmouths; oilbirds


Order_Carnivora   Dico Tools
Cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia


Order_Caryophyllales   Dico Tools
Corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae


Order_Casuariiformes   Dico Tools
A ratite bird order: cassowaries and emus


Order_Casuarinales   Dico Tools
Order of chiefly Australian trees and shrubs comprising the casuarinas; 1 family: Casuarinaceae


Order_Caudata   Dico Tools
Salamanders; newts; congo snakes


Order_Cestida   Dico Tools
Ctenophore having short tentacles; one family


Order_Cetacea   Dico Tools
An order of Eutheria


Order_Charadriiformes   Dico Tools
Large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters: shorebirds and coastal diving birds; most feed on anima life


Order_Charales   Dico Tools
Small order of macroscopic fresh and brackish water algae with a distinct axis: stoneworts


Order_Chelonethida   Dico Tools
False scorpions


Order_Chelonia   Dico Tools
Tortoises and turtles


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Order_Chiroptera   Dico Tools
An old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats)


Order_Chlorococcales   Dico Tools
Unicellular green algae that reproduce by spores


Order_Chytridiales   Dico Tools
Simple aquatic fungi mostly saprophytic but some parasitic on higher plants or animals or fresh water fungi; sometimes placed in class Oomycetes


Order_Ciconiiformes   Dico Tools
Order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet: herons; storks; spoonbills; flamingos; ibises


Order_Cilioflagellata   Dico Tools
In some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta


Order_Coccidia   Dico Tools
An order in the subclass Telosporidia


Order_code   Dico Tools
The portion of a set of operation descriptions that specifies the operation to be performed; the set of operations in a computer


Order_Coleoptera   Dico Tools
Beetles


Order_Collembola   Dico Tools
Minute wingless arthropods: springtails


Order_Columbiformes   Dico Tools
Sand grouse; pigeons; doves; extinct dodos and solitaires


Order_Colymbiformes   Dico Tools
Grebes


Order_Commelinales   Dico Tools
An order of monocotyledonous herbs


Order_Coniferales   Dico Tools
Profusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leaves


Order_Conodonta   Dico Tools
Extinct order of primitive vertebrates; the precise taxonomy is not clear; in some classifications considered a separate phylum


Order_Conodontophorida   Dico Tools
Extinct order of primitive vertebrates; the precise taxonomy is not clear; in some classifications considered a separate phylum


Order_Coraciiformes   Dico Tools
Rollers; kingfishers; hornbills; hoopoes; motmots; bee eaters; todies


Order_Cordaitales   Dico Tools
Extinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable to or more advanced than cycads; known from the Pennsylvanian; probably extinct since the Mesozoic


Order_Corrodentia   Dico Tools
An order of insects: includes booklice and barklice


Order_Crocodilia   Dico Tools
Crocodiles; alligators; caimans; gavials


Order_Crocodylia   Dico Tools
Crocodiles; alligators; caimans; gavials


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Order_Cuculiformes   Dico Tools
Cuckoos; touracos; etc.


Order_Cycadales   Dico Tools
Primitive tropical gymnosperms abundant in the Mesozoic, now reduced to a few scattered tropical forms


Order_Cycadofilicales   Dico Tools
Fossil gymnospermous trees or climbing plants from the Devonian: seed ferns


Order_Cyclostomata   Dico Tools
Primitive jawless aquatic vertebrate: lampreys; hagfishes


Order_Cydippea   Dico Tools
Ctenophores having two long pinnate tentacles


Order_Cydippida   Dico Tools
Ctenophores having two long pinnate tentacles


Order_Cydippidea   Dico Tools
Ctenophores having two long pinnate tentacles


Order_Cypriniformes   Dico Tools
An order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi


Order_Decapoda   Dico Tools
Squids and cuttlefishes


Order_Decapoda   Dico Tools
Lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns


Order_Dermaptera   Dico Tools
Earwigs and a few related forms


Order_Dermoptera   Dico Tools
Flying lemurs


Order_Diapensiales   Dico Tools
Used in some classifications: coextensive with family Diapensiaceae


Order_Dicranales   Dico Tools
Widely distributed order of mosses with erect gametophores and sporophytes at the tips of stems


Order_Dictyoptera   Dico Tools
In some classifications replaced by the orders (here suborders) Blattodea (cockroaches) and Manteodea (mantids); in former classifications often subsumed under a much broader order Orthoptera


Order_Dinocerata   Dico Tools
Small order of primitive ungulates of the Paleocene and Eocene


Order_Dinoflagellata   Dico Tools
In some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta


Order_Dinornithiformes   Dico Tools
A ratite bird order: recently extinct flightless birds of New Zealand


Order_Diptera   Dico Tools
A large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies


Order_Discocephali   Dico Tools
Small order of fishes comprising the remoras


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Order_Ebenales   Dico Tools
Trees or shrubs of the families Ebenaceae or Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceae


Order_Edentata   Dico Tools
Order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World anteaters; sloths; armadillos


Order_Embiodea   Dico Tools
Web spinners


Order_Embioptera   Dico Tools
Web spinners


Order_Endomycetales   Dico Tools
Fungi having a zygote or a single cell developing directly into an ascus


Order_Entomophthorales   Dico Tools
Coextensive with the family Entomophthoraceae


Order_Ephemerida   Dico Tools
Mayflies


Order_Ephemeroptera   Dico Tools
Mayflies


Order_Equisetales   Dico Tools
Lower tracheophytes in existence since the Devonian


Order_Ericales   Dico Tools
Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae


Order_Erysiphales   Dico Tools
Saprophytic and parasitic fungi that live on plants


Order_Eubacteriales   Dico Tools
One of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; gram-positive spherical or rod-shaped forms; some are motile; in some classifications considered an order of Schizomycetes


Order_Eubryales   Dico Tools
Mosses with perennial erect gametophores and stems with rows of leaves and drooping capsules


Order_Euphausiacea   Dico Tools
Small commonly luminescent crustaceans; important element of marine plankton: krill


Order_Eurotiales   Dico Tools
Order of fungi having a closed ascocarp (cleistothecium) with the asci scattered rather than gathered in a hymenium


Order_Eurypterida   Dico Tools
Extinct aquatic arthropods of the Paleozoic


Order_Exocycloida   Dico Tools
Flat sea urchins


Order_Fagales   Dico Tools
An order of dicotyledonous trees of the subclass Hamamelidae


Order_Falconiformes   Dico Tools
Chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures


Order_Filicales   Dico Tools
True (leptosporangiate) ferns


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Order_Foraminifera   Dico Tools
Foraminifers


Order_form   Dico Tools
A form to use when placing an order


Order_Fucales   Dico Tools
Coextensive with the family Fucaceae


Order_Gadiformes   Dico Tools
Cods, haddocks, grenadiers; in some classifications considered equivalent to the order Anacanthini


Order_Galliformes   Dico Tools
Pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins


Order_Ganoidei   Dico Tools
A group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales


Order_Gaviiformes   Dico Tools
Large aquatic birds: loons and some extinct forms


Order_Gentianales   Dico Tools
An order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Loganiaceae; Oleaceae; Salvadoraceae


Order_Geophilomorpha   Dico Tools
Small elongate centipedes living in soil and under stones and having more than 30 pairs of legs


Order_Geraniales   Dico Tools
An order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae


Order_Ginkgoales   Dico Tools
Coextensive with the family Ginkgoaceae: plants that first appeared in the Permian and now represented by a single surviving species; often included in Coniferales


Order_Gnetales   Dico Tools
Chiefly tropical or xerophytic woody plants; practically unknown as fossils but considered close to the ancestral line of angiosperms


Order_Graminales   Dico Tools
Grasses; sedges; rushes


Order_Gregarinida   Dico Tools
An order in the subclass Telosporidia


Order_Gruiformes   Dico Tools
Inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards


Order_Guttiferales   Dico Tools
Used in some classifications; coextensive with Parietales


Order_Gymnophiona   Dico Tools
An order of amphibians including caecilians


Order_Haemosporidia   Dico Tools
An order in the subclass Telosporidia


Order_Haplosporidia   Dico Tools
An order in the subclass Acnidosporidia


Order_Heliozoa   Dico Tools
Mostly freshwater protozoa


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Order_Helotiales   Dico Tools
Order of fungi having asci in a disk- to goblet-shaped apothecium


Order_Hemiptera   Dico Tools
Plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas)


Order_Heterosomata   Dico Tools
Flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes


Order_Heterotrichales   Dico Tools
Yellow-green algae with simple or branching filaments; comprising the single family Tribonemaceae


Order_Hymenogastrales   Dico Tools
An order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes; has a distinct basidiocarp with a fleshy or waxy gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes)


Order_Hymenoptera   Dico Tools
An order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.


Order_Hypericales   Dico Tools
A large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae


Order_Hypermastigina   Dico Tools
Cellulose-producing flagellates


Order_Hypocreales   Dico Tools
Used in some classifications for the family Hypocreaceae


Order_Hyracoidea   Dico Tools
Hyraxes and some extinct animals


Order_Ichthyosauria   Dico Tools
Extinct marine reptiles: ichthyosaurs


Order_Ictodosauria   Dico Tools
Extinct reptiles of the later Triassic period


Order_Insectivora   Dico Tools
Shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs


Order_Insessores   Dico Tools
A bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists


Order_Isoetales   Dico Tools
Aquatic or marsh-growing fern allies; known to have existed since the Cenozoic; sometimes included in Lycopodiales


Order_Isopoda   Dico Tools
Woodlice


Order_Isoptera   Dico Tools
Order of social insects that live in colonies, including: termites; often placed in subclass Exopterygota


Order_Isospondyli   Dico Tools
Most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon


Order_Juglandales   Dico Tools
Coextensive with the family Juglandaceae


Order_Jungermanniales   Dico Tools
Large order of chiefly tropical liverworts


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Order_Lagomorpha   Dico Tools
Rabbits; hares; pikas; formerly considered the suborder Duplicidentata of the order Rodentia


Order_Laminariales   Dico Tools
In some classifications coextensive with family Laminariaceae: marine brown algae of cold or polar seas


Order_Lechanorales   Dico Tools
Category used in some classification systems for all lichens that produce apothecia


Order_Lepidodendrales   Dico Tools
Fossil arborescent plants arising during the early Devonian and conspicuous throughout the Carboniferous


Order_Lepidoptera   Dico Tools
Moths and butterflies


Order_Lichenales   Dico Tools
Category used especially in former classifications for organisms now constituting the division Lichenes


Order_Liliales   Dico Tools
An order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae


Order_Lobata   Dico Tools
Ctenophore having tentacles only in the immature stage; body compressed vertically having two large oral lobes and four pointed processes


Order_Loricata   Dico Tools
Former name for the order Crocodylia


Order_Lycoperdales   Dico Tools
Small order of basidiomycetous fungi having fleshy often globose fruiting bodies; includes puffballs and earthstars


Order_Lycopodiales   Dico Tools
Lower vascular plants coextensive with the family Lycopodiaceae; in some classifications includes the Selaginellaceae and Isoetaceae


Order_Lyginopteridales   Dico Tools
Fossil gymnospermous trees or climbing plants from the Devonian: seed ferns


Order_Madreporaria   Dico Tools
Stony corals


Order_Mallophaga   Dico Tools
Biting lice


Order_Malvales   Dico Tools
Malvaceae; Bombacaceae; Elaeocarpaceae; Sterculiaceae; Tiliaceae


Order_mantophasmatodea   Dico Tools
An order of insect identified in 2002 in a 45 million year old piece of amber from the Baltic region


Order_Marattiales   Dico Tools
Lower ferns coextensive with the family Marattiaceae


Order_Marchantiales   Dico Tools
Liverworts with gametophyte differentiated internally


Order_Marsupialia   Dico Tools
Coextensive with the subclass Metatheria


Order_Mecoptera   Dico Tools
An order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip


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Order_Moniliales   Dico Tools
Order of imperfect fungi lacking conidiophores of having conidiophores that are superficial and not enclosed in a pycnidium


Order_Monotremata   Dico Tools
Coextensive with the subclass Prototheria


Order_Mucorales   Dico Tools
An order of mostly saprophytic fungi


Order_Musales   Dico Tools
Tropical plants


Order_Myaceae   Dico Tools
Clams


Order_Mycelia_Sterilia   Dico Tools
Order of imperfect fungi having no known spore stage


Order_Mycoplasmatales   Dico Tools
Coextensive with the family Mycoplasmataceae


Order_Mycrosporidia   Dico Tools
An order in the subclass Cnidosporidia


Order_Myricales   Dico Tools
Coextensive with the family Myricaceae


Order_Myrtales   Dico Tools
Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae


Order_Mysidacea   Dico Tools
Opossum shrimp


Order_Myxobacterales   Dico Tools
An order of higher bacteria


Order_Myxobacteria   Dico Tools
An order of higher bacteria


Order_Myxobacteriales   Dico Tools
An order of higher bacteria


Order_Myxosporidia   Dico Tools
An order in the subclass Cnidosporidia


Order_Naiadales   Dico Tools
An order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants


Order_Neuroptera   Dico Tools
An order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fishflies; mantispids; spongeflies


Order_Nidulariales   Dico Tools
Small order of basidiomycetous fungi comprising families Nidulariaceae and Sphaerobolaceae


Order_Notostraca   Dico Tools
Small freshwater crustaceans with a shield-shaped carapace


Order_Nudibranchia   Dico Tools
Comprising numerous marine gastropod mollusks lacking a shell in the adult state and usually having a body like a slug


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Order_Octopoda   Dico Tools
Octopuses and paper nautilus


Order_Odonata   Dico Tools
Dragonflies and damselflies


Order_oedogoniales   Dico Tools
Simple or branched filamentous freshwater green algae


Order_of_business   Dico Tools
A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)


Order_of_magnitude   Dico Tools
A degree in a continuum of size or quantity; "it was on the order of a mile"; "an explosion of a low order of magnitude"


Order_of_magnitude   Dico Tools
A number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10


Order_of_Our_Lady_of_Mount_Carmel   Dico Tools
A Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century


Order_of_payment   Dico Tools
A document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another


Order_of_Saint_Benedict   Dico Tools
A Roman Catholic monastic order founded in the 6th century; noted for liturgical worship and for scholarly activities


Order_of_the_day   Dico Tools
The order of business for an assembly on a given day


Order_of_the_Purple_Heart   Dico Tools
A United States military decoration awarded to any member of the armed forces who is wounded in action


Order_Oleales   Dico Tools
Coextensive with the family Oleaceae; in some classifications included in the order Gentianales


Order_Ophioglossales   Dico Tools
Coextensive with the family Ophioglossaceae


Order_Opiliones   Dico Tools
Harvestmen


Order_Opuntiales   Dico Tools
Coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactuses


Order_Orchidales   Dico Tools
Order of plants with irregular flowers having minute seeds: Orchidaceae; Burmanniaceae


Order_Ornithischia   Dico Tools
Extinct terrestrial reptiles having birdlike pelvises: armored dinosaurs (thyreophorans); bone-headed and horned dinosaurs (marginocephalians); duck-billed dinosaurs (euronithopods)


Order_Orthoptera   Dico Tools
Grasshoppers and locusts; crickets


Order_Ostariophysi   Dico Tools
In some classifications considered a superorder comprising the Cypriniformes and the Siluriformes


Order_Ostracodermi   Dico Tools
Extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear


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Order_Palmales   Dico Tools
Coextensive with the family Palmae: palms


Order_Pandanales   Dico Tools
Families Typhaceae; Sparganiaceae; Pandanaceae


Order_Papaverales   Dico Tools
An order of dicotyledonous plants


Order_paper   Dico Tools
A printed copy of the order of the day


Order_Parietales   Dico Tools
A large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae


Order_Passeriformes   Dico Tools
Largest order of birds comprising about half the known species; rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; the four suborders are Eurylaimi and Tyranni and Menurae and Oscines or Passeres


Order_Pectinibranchia   Dico Tools
Large order of gastropods comprising univalve mollusks that have a single gill resembling a comb


Order_Pediculati   Dico Tools
Anglers and batfishes; spiny-finned marine fishes having pectoral fins at the ends of armlike processes and a long movable spine on the dorsal fin to lure prey to the large mouth


Order_Pedipalpi   Dico Tools
Whip scorpions


Order_Pelecaniformes   Dico Tools
Pelicans; frigate birds; gannets; cormorants


Order_Pelycosauria   Dico Tools
Edaphosaurus; dimetrodon


Order_Perciformes   Dico Tools
One of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna


Order_Percomorphi   Dico Tools
One of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna


Order_Perissodactyla   Dico Tools
Nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms


Order_Peronosporales   Dico Tools
Order of chiefly parasitic lower fungi: Albuginaceae and Peronosporaceae and Pythiaceae


Order_Pezizales   Dico Tools
Order of mostly saprophytic fungi having cup-shaped ascocarps


Order_Phalangida   Dico Tools
Harvestmen


Order_Phallales   Dico Tools
Order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid; sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes


Order_Phasmatodea   Dico Tools
In some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects


Order_Phasmida   Dico Tools
In some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects


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Order_Pholidota   Dico Tools
Pangolins; in some former classifications included in the order Edentata


Order_Picariae   Dico Tools
Term used in some classifications as nearly equivalent to the order Coraciiformes


Order_Piciformes   Dico Tools
Woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans


Order_Piperales   Dico Tools
Piperaceae; Saururaceae; Chloranthaceae


Order_Plantaginales   Dico Tools
Coextensive with the family Plantaginaceae


Order_Platyctenea   Dico Tools
An order of Tentaculata


Order_Plecoptera   Dico Tools
Stoneflies


Order_Plectognathi   Dico Tools
Boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers


Order_Pleuronectiformes   Dico Tools
Flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes


Order_Plumbaginales   Dico Tools
Coextensive with the family Plumbaginaceae; usually included in order Primulales


Order_Podicipediformes   Dico Tools
Grebes


Order_Podicipitiformes   Dico Tools
Grebes


Order_Polemoniales   Dico Tools
Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some classifications includes the order Scrophulariales


Order_Polygonales   Dico Tools
Coextensive with the family Polygonaceae,


Order_Polymastigina   Dico Tools
Small usually parasitic flagellates


Order_Polypodiales   Dico Tools
True (leptosporangiate) ferns


Order_Primates   Dico Tools
An animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings


Order_Primulales   Dico Tools
Primulaceae; Theophrastaceae; Myrsinaceae; and (in some classifications) Plumbaginaceae


Order_Proboscidea   Dico Tools
An order of animals including elephants and mammoths


Order_Procellariiformes   Dico Tools
Petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrels


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Order_Proteales   Dico Tools
Coextensive with the family Proteaceae


Order_Protura   Dico Tools
Minute wingless arthropods: telsontails


Order_Pseudomonadales   Dico Tools
One of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; gram-negative spiral or spherical or rod-shaped bacteria usually motile by polar flagella; some contain photosynthetic pigments


Order_Pseudoscorpiones   Dico Tools
False scorpions


Order_Pseudoscorpionida   Dico Tools
False scorpions


Order_Psilophytales   Dico Tools
Paleozoic simple dichotomously branched plants of Europe and eastern Canada including the oldest known vascular land plants


Order_Psilotales   Dico Tools
Lower vascular plants having dichotomously branched sporophyte divided into aerial shoot and rhizome and lacking true roots


Order_Psittaciformes   Dico Tools
An order of birds including parrots and amazons and cockatoos and lorikeets and lories and macaws and parakeets


Order_Psocoptera   Dico Tools
An order of insects: includes booklice and barklice


Order_Pterosauria   Dico Tools
Extinct flying reptiles: pterosaurs


Order_Pulmonata   Dico Tools
Large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails


Order_Pycnogonida   Dico Tools
Sea spiders


Order_Radiolaria   Dico Tools
Marine protozoa


Order_Rajiformes   Dico Tools
Fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes


Order_Ranales   Dico Tools
Herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae


Order_Ranunculales   Dico Tools
Herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae


Order_Raptores   Dico Tools
Term used in former classifications; erroneously grouped together birds of the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes


Order_Rhamnales   Dico Tools
An order of dicotyledonous plants


Order_Rheiformes   Dico Tools
A ratite bird order: birds intermediate in characteristics between ostriches and emus: recent and extinct rheas


Order_Rhoeadales   Dico Tools
An order of dicotyledonous plants


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Order_Rhynchocephalia   Dico Tools
Tuataras; extinct forms from middle Triassic


Order_Rickettsiales   Dico Tools
Pleomorphic gram-negative microorganisms


Order_Rodentia   Dico Tools
Small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis


Order_Rosales   Dico Tools
In some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae


Order_Rubiales   Dico Tools
An order of dicotyledonous plants of the subclass Asteridae; have opposite leaves and an inferior compound ovary


Order_Salicales   Dico Tools
Coextensive with the family Salicaceae


Order_Salientia   Dico Tools
Frogs, toads, tree toads


Order_Santalales   Dico Tools
Order of plants distinguished by having a one-celled inferior ovary; many are parasitic or partly parasitic usually on roots


Order_Sapindales   Dico Tools
An order od dicotyledonous plants


Order_Saprolegniales   Dico Tools
Order of chiefly aquatic fungi


Order_Sarcosporidia   Dico Tools
Imperfectly known parasites of the muscles of vertebrates


Order_Sarraceniales   Dico Tools
Plants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps: families Sarraceniaceae; Nepenthaceae; Droseraceae


Order_Saurischia   Dico Tools
Extinct terrestrial reptiles: theropods (carnivorous); sauropods (herbivorous)


Order_Sauropterygia   Dico Tools
Extinct marine reptiles: plesiosaurs; nothosaurs


Order_Scandentia   Dico Tools
A small order comprising only the tree shrews: in some classifications tree shrews are considered either primates (and included in the suborder Prosimii) or true insectivores (and included in the order Insectivora)


Order_Sclerodermatales   Dico Tools
An order of fungi having a peridium surrounding a gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes)


Order_Scleroparei   Dico Tools
Scorpionfishes; sculpins; gurnards; greenlings; flying gurnards


Order_Scorpionida   Dico Tools
True scorpions


Order_Scrophulariales   Dico Tools
Used in some classification systems; often included in the order Polemoniales


Order_Secotiales   Dico Tools
An order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes


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Order_Selaginellales   Dico Tools
In some classifications included in Lycopodiales


Order_Siluriformes   Dico Tools
An order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes


Order_Siphonaptera   Dico Tools
Fleas


Order_Siphonophora   Dico Tools
Marine colonial hydrozoans


Order_Sirenia   Dico Tools
Manatees; dugongs; Stellar''s sea cow


Order_Solenichthyes   Dico Tools
Bellows fishes; shrimpfishes; cornetfishes; pipefishes; small order of chiefly tropical marine fishes of varied and bizarre form all having a small mouth at the end of a drawn-out tubular snout


Order_Solenogastres   Dico Tools
An order of Amphineura


Order_Spatangoida   Dico Tools
Heart-shaped sea urchins


Order_Sphaeriales   Dico Tools
Large order of ascomycetous fungi usually having a dark hard perithecia with definite ostioles; in more recent classifications often divided among several orders


Order_Sphaerocarpales   Dico Tools
Small order sometimes included in the order Jungermanniales


Order_Sphagnales   Dico Tools
Coextensive with the genus Sphagnum; in some classifications isolated in a separate subclass


Order_Sphenisciformes   Dico Tools
Penguins


Order_Spirochaetales   Dico Tools
Higher bacteria; slender spiral rodlike forms


Order_Squamata   Dico Tools
Diapsid reptiles: snakes and lizards


Order_Stegocephalia   Dico Tools
In former classifications a division of Amphibia comprising all pre-Jurassic and some later extinct large salamandriform amphibia


Order_Stereospondyli   Dico Tools
Formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; amphibia having vertebrae whose component elements are fused into a single piece; "most vertebrates are stereospondylous"


Order_Stomatopoda   Dico Tools
Mantis shrimps


Order_Strigiformes   Dico Tools
Owls


Order_Struthioniformes   Dico Tools
A ratite bird order: ostriches and related extinct birds; known from the Pleistocene onward


Order_Synentognathi   Dico Tools
Order of fishes having spineless fins; needlefishes; sauries; flying fishes; halfbeaks


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Order_Taxales   Dico Tools
Coextensive with the family Taxaceae: yews


Order_Temnospondyli   Dico Tools
Formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; large Carboniferous and Permian amphibians having vertebrae in which some elements remain separate


Order_Testacea   Dico Tools
Testacean rhizopods


Order_Testudinata   Dico Tools
Tortoises and turtles


Order_Testudines   Dico Tools
Tortoises and turtles


Order_Tetraodontiformes   Dico Tools
Boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers


Order_Thecodontia   Dico Tools
Extinct terrestrial reptiles having teeth set in sockets; of the late Permian to Triassic


Order_Therapsida   Dico Tools
Extinct mammal-like reptiles found inhabiting all continents from the mid Permian to late Triassic


Order_Thymelaeales   Dico Tools
Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae


Order_Thysanoptera   Dico Tools
Thrips


Order_Thysanura   Dico Tools
Firebrats; silverfish; machilids


Order_Tinamiformes   Dico Tools
Coextensive with the family Tinamidae


Order_Torpediniformes   Dico Tools
Rays with torpedo-shaped bodies


Order_Tremellales   Dico Tools
Fungi varying from gelatinous to waxy or even horny in texture; most are saprophytic


Order_Trichoptera   Dico Tools
An order of insects consisting of caddis flies


Order_Trogoniformes   Dico Tools
Trogons


Order_Tuberales   Dico Tools
Small order of fungi belonging to the subdivision Ascomycota having closed underground ascocarps


Order_Tubulidentata   Dico Tools
An order of Eutheria


Order_Tulostomatales   Dico Tools
An order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes


Order_Ulvales   Dico Tools
An order of protoctista


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Order_Umbellales   Dico Tools
Plants having umbels or corymbs of uniovulate flowers; includes the Umbelliferae (chiefly herbs) and Cornaceae (chiefly trees or shrubs)


Order_Uredinales   Dico Tools
Rust fungi: parasitic fungi causing rust in plants; sometimes placed in


Order_Urodella   Dico Tools
Salamanders; newts; congo snakes


Order_Uropygi   Dico Tools
Whip scorpions


Order_Urticales   Dico Tools
An order of dicotyledonous plants including Moraceae and Urticaceae and Ulmaceae


Order_Ustilaginales   Dico Tools
Parasitic fungi causing smuts; sometimes placed in class Tiliomycetes


Order_Volvocales   Dico Tools
Chiefly freshwater green algae; solitary or colonial


Order_Xiphosura   Dico Tools
Horseshoe crabs and extinct forms


Order_Xyridales   Dico Tools
An order of monocotyledonous herbs


Order_Zeomorphi   Dico Tools
Dories


Order_Zygnemales   Dico Tools
Pond scums; desmids


Order_Zygnematales   Dico Tools
Pond scums; desmids


Ordinal   Dico Tools
The number designating place in an ordered sequence


Ordinal   Dico Tools
Being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh"


Ordinal   Dico Tools
Of or relating to a taxonomic order; "family and ordinal names of animals and plants"


Ordinal_number   Dico Tools
The number designating place in an ordered sequence


Ordinance   Dico Tools
The act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders; "the rabbi''s family was present for his ordination"


Ordinance   Dico Tools
A statute enacted by a city government


Ordinance   Dico Tools
An authoritative rule


Ordinand   Dico Tools
A person being ordained


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Ordinarily   Dico Tools
Under normal conditions; "usually she was late"


Ordinariness   Dico Tools
The quality of being ordinary


Ordinary   Dico Tools
(heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields


Ordinary   Dico Tools
An early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel


Ordinary   Dico Tools
A judge of a probate court


Ordinary   Dico Tools
A clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death


Ordinary   Dico Tools
The expected or commonplace condition or situation; "not out of the ordinary"


Ordinary   Dico Tools
Lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street"


Ordinary   Dico Tools
Not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine"


Ordinary_annuity   Dico Tools
An annuity paid in a series of more or less equal payments at the end of equally spaced periods


Ordinary_bicycle   Dico Tools
An early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel


Ordinary_care   Dico Tools
The care that a reasonable man would exercise under the circumstances; the standard for determining legal duty


Ordinary_life_insurance   Dico Tools
Insurance on the life of the insured for a fixed amount at a definite premium that is paid each year in the same amount during the entire lifetime of the insured


Ordinary_shares   Dico Tools
Stock other than preferred stock; entitles the owner to a share of the corporation''s profits and a share of the voting power in shareholder elections; "over 40 million Americans invest in common stocks"


Ordinate   Dico Tools
The value of a coordinate on the vertical axis


Ordinate   Dico Tools
Bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation; "align the wheels of my car"; "ordinate similar parts"


Ordinate   Dico Tools
Appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"


Ordination   Dico Tools
The act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders; "the rabbi''s family was present for his ordination"


Ordination   Dico Tools
Logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"


Ordination   Dico Tools
The status of being ordained to a sacred office


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Ordnance   Dico Tools
Large but transportable armament


Ordnance   Dico Tools
Military supplies


Ordnance_stores   Dico Tools
Military supplies


Ordnance_Survey   Dico Tools
The official cartography agency of the British government


Ordovician   Dico Tools
From 500 million to 425 million years ago; conodonts and ostracods and algae and seaweeds


Ordovician_period   Dico Tools
From 500 million to 425 million years ago; conodonts and ostracods and algae and seaweeds


Ordure   Dico Tools
Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels


Ord_kangaroo_rat   Dico Tools
Most widely distributed kangaroo rat: plains and mountain areas of central and western United States


Ore   Dico Tools
A monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden; 100 ore equal 1 krona


Ore   Dico Tools
A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined


Oread   Dico Tools
(Greek mythology) one of the mountain nymphs


Oreamnos   Dico Tools
Mountain goats


Oreamnos_americanus   Dico Tools
Sure-footed mammal of mountainous northwestern North America


Orectolobidae   Dico Tools
Nurse sharks and carpet sharks


Orectolobus   Dico Tools
Carpet sharks


Orectolobus_barbatus   Dico Tools
Shark of the western Pacific with flattened body and mottled skin


Oregano   Dico Tools
Pungent leaves used as seasoning with meats and fowl and in stews and soups and omelets


Oregano   Dico Tools
Aromatic Eurasian perennial


Oregon   Dico Tools
A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific


Oregonian   Dico Tools
A resident of Oregon


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Oregon_alder   Dico Tools
Large tree of Pacific coast of North America having hard red wood much used for furniture


Oregon_ash   Dico Tools
Timber tree of western North America yielding hard light wood; closely related to the red ash


Oregon_cedar   Dico Tools
Large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet


Oregon_crab_apple   Dico Tools
Small tree or shrub of western United States having white blossoms and tiny yellow or red fruit


Oregon_fir   Dico Tools
Lofty douglas fir of northwestern North America having short needles and egg-shaped cones


Oregon_grape   Dico Tools
Ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries


Oregon_grape   Dico Tools
Small shrub with gray-green leaves and yellow flowers followed by glaucous blue berries


Oregon_holly_grape   Dico Tools
Ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries


Oregon_Jargon   Dico Tools
A pidgin incorporating Chinook and French and English words; formerly used as a lingua franca in northwestern North America


Oregon_larch   Dico Tools
Tall larch of western North America have pale green sharply pointed leaves and oblong cones; an important timber tree


Oregon_lily   Dico Tools
Lily of western North America with showy orange-red purple-spotted flowers


Oregon_maple   Dico Tools
Maple of western North America having large 5-lobed leaves orange in autumn


Oregon_myrtle   Dico Tools
Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood


Oregon_oak   Dico Tools
Small deciduous tree of western North America with crooked branches and pale gray bark


Oregon_pine   Dico Tools
Lofty douglas fir of northwestern North America having short needles and egg-shaped cones


Oregon_white_oak   Dico Tools
Small deciduous tree of western North America with crooked branches and pale gray bark


Oreide   Dico Tools
Alloy of copper and tin and zinc; used in imitation gold jewelry


Orelanism   Dico Tools
The political philosophy of the Orleanists


Oreo   Dico Tools
Chocolate cookie with white cream filling


Oreopteris   Dico Tools
3 species of ferns formerly included in genus Dryopteris or Thelypteris


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Oreopteris_limbosperma   Dico Tools
Common European mountain fern having fragrant lemon or balsam scented fronds


Oreortyx   Dico Tools
Mountain quail of western United States


Oreortyx_picta_palmeri   Dico Tools
California partridge; slightly larger than the California quail


Oreo_cookie   Dico Tools
Chocolate cookie with white cream filling


Orestes   Dico Tools
(Greek mythology) the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; his sister Electra persuaded him to avenge Agamemnon''s death by killing Clytemnestra and Aegisthus


Ore_bed   Dico Tools
A stratum of ore


Ore_dressing   Dico Tools
Crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques


Ore_processing   Dico Tools
Crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques


Orff   Dico Tools
German musician who developed a widely used system for teaching music to children (1895-1982)


Organ   Dico Tools
(music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ


Organ   Dico Tools
A free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows


Organ   Dico Tools
Wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard


Organ   Dico Tools
A fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function


Organ   Dico Tools
A periodical that is published by a special interest group; "the organ of the communist party"


Organ   Dico Tools
A government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function; "The Census Bureau is an organ of the Commerce Department"


Organ-grinder   Dico Tools
A street musician who plays a hand organ or hurdy-gurdy


Organdie   Dico Tools
A sheer stiff muslin


Organdy   Dico Tools
A sheer stiff muslin


Organelle   Dico Tools
A specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus"


Organic   Dico Tools
A fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter


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Organic   Dico Tools
Constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)


Organic   Dico Tools
Involving or affecting physiology or bodily organs; "an organic disease"


Organic   Dico Tools
Simple and healthful and close to nature; "an organic lifestyle"


Organic   Dico Tools
Relating or belonging to the class of chemical compounds having a carbon basis; "hydrocarbons are organic compounds"


Organic   Dico Tools
Being or relating to or derived from or having properties characteristic of living organisms; "organic life"; "organic growth"; "organic remains found in rock"


Organic   Dico Tools
Of or relating to foodstuff grown or raised without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides or hormones; "organic eggs"; "organic vegetables"; "organic chicken"


Organic   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or derived from living organisms; "organic soil"


Organically   Dico Tools
Involving carbon compounds; "organically bound iodone"


Organically   Dico Tools
As an important constituent; "the drapery served organically to cover the Madonna"


Organically   Dico Tools
In an organic manner; "this food is grown organically"


Organicism   Dico Tools
Theory that the total organization of an organism rather than the functioning of individual organs is the determinant of life processes


Organicistic   Dico Tools
Relating to or tending toward organicism


Organic_brain_syndrome   Dico Tools
Mental abnormality resulting from disturbance of the structure or function of the brain


Organic_chemistry   Dico Tools
The chemistry of compounds containing carbon (originally defined as the chemistry of substances produced by living organisms but now extended to substances synthesized artificially)


Organic_compound   Dico Tools
Any compound of carbon and another element or a radical


Organic_disorder   Dico Tools
Disorder caused by a detectable physiological or structural change in an organ


Organic_fertiliser   Dico Tools
A fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter


Organic_fertilizer   Dico Tools
A fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter


Organic_law   Dico Tools
Law determining the fundamental political principles of a government


Organic_phenomenon   Dico Tools
(biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals


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Organic_process   Dico Tools
A process occurring in living organisms


Organic_structure   Dico Tools
The entire physical structure of an organism (especially an animal or human being); "he felt as if his whole body were on fire"


Organification   Dico Tools
The process of organ formation


Organisation   Dico Tools
The act of forming something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club"


Organisation   Dico Tools
The activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically; "his organization of the work force was very efficient"


Organisation   Dico Tools
The act of organizing a business or business-related activity; "he was brought in to supervise the organization of a new department"


Organisation   Dico Tools
An ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized; "his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality"; "we can''t do it unless we establish some system around here"


Organisation   Dico Tools
An organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification"


Organisation   Dico Tools
A group of people who work together


Organisation   Dico Tools
The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became rec


Organise   Dico Tools
Bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?"


Organise   Dico Tools
Plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"


Organise   Dico Tools
Arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director''s office"


Organise   Dico Tools
Cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea


Organise   Dico Tools
Form or join a union; "The autoworkers decided to unionize"


Organise   Dico Tools
Create (as an entity); "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company"


Organised   Dico Tools
Being a member of or formed into a labor union; "organized labor"; "unionized workers"; "a unionized shop"


Organiser   Dico Tools
A lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.


Organiser   Dico Tools
A person who brings order and organization to an enterprise


Organiser   Dico Tools
Someone who enlists workers to join a union


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Organism   Dico Tools
A living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently


Organism   Dico Tools
A system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body; "the social organism"


Organismal   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or belonging to an organism (considered as a whole); "the organismic theory of the state"


Organismic   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or belonging to an organism (considered as a whole); "the organismic theory of the state"


Organist   Dico Tools
A person who plays an organ


Organization   Dico Tools
The act of forming something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club"


Organization   Dico Tools
The activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically; "his organization of the work force was very efficient"


Organization   Dico Tools
The act of organizing a business or business-related activity; "he was brought in to supervise the organization of a new department"


Organization   Dico Tools
An ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized; "his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality"; "we can''t do it unless we establish some system around here"


Organization   Dico Tools
An organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification"


Organization   Dico Tools
A group of people who work together


Organization   Dico Tools
The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became rec


Organizational   Dico Tools
Of or relating to an organization; "organizational structure"


Organizationally   Dico Tools
With regard to organization; "organizationally, the conference was a disaster!"


Organization_chart   Dico Tools
A chart showing the lines of responsibility between departments of a large organization


Organization_expense   Dico Tools
The cost (over a period of five years) of organizing a new corporation or partnership


Organization_for_the_Prohibition_of_Chemical_Weapo   Dico Tools
International organization for chemical disarmament; administers the Chemical Weapons Convention


Organization_man   Dico Tools
An employee who sacrifices his own individuality for the good of an organization


Organization_of_American_States   Dico Tools
An association of countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation


Organization_of_Petroleum-Exporting_Countries   Dico Tools
An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum


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Organization_of_the_Oppressed_on_Earth   Dico Tools
A Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon


Organize   Dico Tools
Bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?"


Organize   Dico Tools
Plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"


Organize   Dico Tools
Arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director''s office"


Organize   Dico Tools
Cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea


Organize   Dico Tools
Form or join a union; "The autoworkers decided to unionize"


Organize   Dico Tools
Create (as an entity); "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company"


Organized   Dico Tools
Methodical and efficient in arrangement or function; "how well organized she is"; "his life was almost too organized"


Organized   Dico Tools
Formed into a structured or coherent whole; "organized religion"; "organized crime"; "an organized tour"


Organized   Dico Tools
Being a member of or formed into a labor union; "organized labor"; "unionized workers"; "a unionized shop"


Organized_crime   Dico Tools
Underworld organizations


Organizer   Dico Tools
A lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.


Organizer   Dico Tools
A person who brings order and organization to an enterprise


Organizer   Dico Tools
Someone who enlists workers to join a union


Organon   Dico Tools
A system of principles for philosophic or scientific investigations; an instrument for acquiring knowledge


Organophosphate   Dico Tools
An insecticide that interferes with an insect''s nervous system


Organophosphate_nerve_agent   Dico Tools
Any of a series of nerve agents containing organophosphate compounds first synthesized by German chemists in 1936; in World War II the Germans tested them in concentration camps but not on the battlefield; Iraq is alleged to have used them against Iran an


Organs   Dico Tools
Edible viscera of a butchered animal


Organza   Dico Tools
A fabric made of silk or a silklike fabric that resembles organdy


Organ_donor   Dico Tools
Someone from whom an organ is taken for transplantation


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Organ_loft   Dico Tools
A gallery occupied by a church organ


Organ_of_Corti   Dico Tools
The hearing organ of the inner ear; contains receptors that respond to sound waves


Organ_of_hearing   Dico Tools
The part of the ear that is responsible for sensations of sound


Organ_pipe   Dico Tools
The flues and stops on a pipe organ


Organ_stop   Dico Tools
A graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality


Organ_transplant   Dico Tools
An operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient); "he had a kidney transplant"


Orgasm   Dico Tools
The moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse


Orgiastic   Dico Tools
Used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity"


Orgiastic   Dico Tools
Used of frenzied sexual activity


Orgy   Dico Tools
A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity


Orgy   Dico Tools
Secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity


Orgy   Dico Tools
Any act of immoderate indulgence; "an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending"


Oriel   Dico Tools
A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall


Oriel_window   Dico Tools
A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall


Orient   Dico Tools
The hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia


Orient   Dico Tools
The countries of Asia


Orient   Dico Tools
Determine one''s position with reference to another point


Orient   Dico Tools
Cause to point; "Orient the house towards the West"


Orient   Dico Tools
Be oriented; "The weather vane points North"


Orient   Dico Tools
(poetic) eastern; "the orient sun"


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Oriental   Dico Tools
A member of an Oriental race


Oriental   Dico Tools
Denoting or characteristic of the biogeographic region including southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far as the Philippines and Borneo and Java; "Oriental politeness"; "for people of South and East Asian ancestry the term `Asian'' is preferred to `


Orientalise   Dico Tools
Make oriental in character; "orientalize your garden"


Orientalism   Dico Tools
The quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Asian civilizations; "orientalisms can be found in Mozart''s operas"


Orientalism   Dico Tools
The scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures and languages and people


Orientalist   Dico Tools
A specialist in oriental subjects


Orientalize   Dico Tools
Make oriental in character; "orientalize your garden"


Oriental_alabaster   Dico Tools
A hard compact kind of calcite


Oriental_arborvitae   Dico Tools
Asiatic shrub or small tree widely planted in United States and Europe; in some classifications assigned to its own genus


Oriental_beetle   Dico Tools
Introduced into United States from the Orient; larvae feed on roots of sugarcane and other grasses


Oriental_bittersweet   Dico Tools
Ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril; naturalized in North America


Oriental_black_mushroom   Dico Tools
Edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe


Oriental_bush_cherry   Dico Tools
Woody oriental plant with smooth unfurrowed red fruit grown especially for its white or pale pink blossoms


Oriental_cherry   Dico Tools
Ornamental tree with inedible fruits widely cultivated in many varieties for its white blossoms


Oriental_cockroach   Dico Tools
Dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution


Oriental_garlic   Dico Tools
A plant of eastern Asia; larger than Allium schoenoprasum


Oriental_person   Dico Tools
A member of an Oriental race


Oriental_plane   Dico Tools
Large tree of southeastern Europe to Asia Minor


Oriental_poppy   Dico Tools
Commonly cultivated Asiatic perennial poppy having stiff heavily haired leaves and bright scarlet or pink to orange flowers


Oriental_roach   Dico Tools
Dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution


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Oriental_scops_owl   Dico Tools
Asian scops owl


Oriental_sore   Dico Tools
Leishmaniasis of the skin; characterized by ulcerative skin lesions


Oriental_spruce   Dico Tools
Evergreen tree of the Caucasus and Asia Minor used as an ornamental having pendulous branchlets


Oriental_Studies   Dico Tools
The scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures and languages and people


Orientate   Dico Tools
Determine one''s position with reference to another point


Orientated   Dico Tools
Adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination; "the house had its large windows oriented toward the ocean view"; "helping freshmen become oriented to college life"; "the book is value-oriented throughout"


Orientating   Dico Tools
Positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually; "noticed the bee''s momentary orienting pause before heading back to the hive"; "an orienting program for new employees"


Orientation   Dico Tools
A course introducing a new situation or environment


Orientation   Dico Tools
The act of orienting


Orientation   Dico Tools
A person''s awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships


Orientation   Dico Tools
A predisposition in favor of something; "a predilection for expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed a Marxist orientation"


Orientation   Dico Tools
An integrated set of attitudes and beliefs


Orientation   Dico Tools
Position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions


Orientation_course   Dico Tools
A course introducing a new situation or environment


Oriented   Dico Tools
Adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination; "the house had its large windows oriented toward the ocean view"; "helping freshmen become oriented to college life"; "the book is value-oriented throughout"


Orienting   Dico Tools
Positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually; "noticed the bee''s momentary orienting pause before heading back to the hive"; "an orienting program for new employees"


Orifice   Dico Tools
An aperture or hole opening into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart"


Oriflamme   Dico Tools
A red or orange-red flag used as a standard by early French kings


Oriflamme   Dico Tools
An inspiring symbol or ideal that serves as a rallying point in a struggle


Origami   Dico Tools
The Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds)


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Origanum   Dico Tools
Any of various fragrant aromatic herbs of the genus Origanum used as seasonings


Origanum_dictamnus   Dico Tools
Dwarf aromatic shrub of Crete


Origanum_majorana   Dico Tools
Aromatic European plant native to Mediterranean and Turkey; not widespread in Europe


Origanum_vulgare   Dico Tools
Aromatic Eurasian perennial


Origen   Dico Tools
Greek philosopher and theologian who reinterpreted Christian doctrine through the philosophy of Neoplatonism; his work was later condemned as unorthodox


Origin   Dico Tools
Properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"


Origin   Dico Tools
The point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero


Origin   Dico Tools
An event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events


Origin   Dico Tools
The descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"


Origin   Dico Tools
The place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism''s Russian root"


Original   Dico Tools
An original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made


Original   Dico Tools
An original model on which something is patterned


Original   Dico Tools
Not derived or copied or translated from something else; "the play is original; not an adaptation"; "he kept the original copy and gave her only a xerox"; "the translation misses much of the subtlety of the original French"


Original   Dico Tools
Preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed; "the original inhabitants of the Americas"; "the book still has its original binding"; "restored the house to its original condition"; "the original performance of the opera"; "the original


Original   Dico Tools
Being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of; "a truly original approach"; "with original music"; "an original mind"


Original   Dico Tools
(of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary; "his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources"


Originalism   Dico Tools
The belief that the United States Constitution should be interpreted in the way the authors originally intended it


Originality   Dico Tools
The quality of being new and original (not derived from something else)


Originality   Dico Tools
The ability to think and act independently


Originally   Dico Tools
In an original manner


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Originally   Dico Tools
Before now; "why didn''t you tell me in the first place?"


Originally   Dico Tools
With reference to the origin or beginning


Original_sin   Dico Tools
A sin inherited by all descendants of Adam; "Adam and Even committed the original sin when they ate the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden"


Originate   Dico Tools
Bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"


Originate   Dico Tools
Come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"


Originate   Dico Tools
Begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.; "The flight originates in Calcutta"


Originate_in   Dico Tools
Come from


Origination   Dico Tools
The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"; "he regards the fork as a modern introduction"


Origination   Dico Tools
An event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events


Origination_fee   Dico Tools
A fee charged to a borrower (especially for a mortgage loan) to cover the costs of initiating the loan


Originative   Dico Tools
Having the ability or power to create; "a creative imagination"


Originative   Dico Tools
Containing seeds of later development; "seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another"


Originative   Dico Tools
Having the power to bring into being


Originator   Dico Tools
Someone who creates new things


Orinasal   Dico Tools
A speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels)


Orinasal_phone   Dico Tools
A speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels)


Orinase   Dico Tools
Sulfonylurea; an oral antidiabetic drug (trade name Orinase) used in the treatment of adult-onset diabetes mellitus


Orinoco   Dico Tools
A South American river 1,500 miles long; flows into the South Atlantic


Orinoco_River   Dico Tools
A South American river 1,500 miles long; flows into the South Atlantic


Oriole   Dico Tools
American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow


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Oriole   Dico Tools
Mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black


Oriolidae   Dico Tools
Old World orioles


Oriolus   Dico Tools
Type genus of the Oriolidae


Oriolus_oriolus   Dico Tools
Bright yellow songbird with black wings


Orion   Dico Tools
A constellation on the equator east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel


Orion   Dico Tools
(Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation


Orison   Dico Tools
Reverent petition to a deity


Orissa   Dico Tools
State in eastern India on the Bay of Bengal


Orites   Dico Tools
Small genus of Australian shrubs or trees


Orites_excelsa   Dico Tools
Australian tree having alternate simple leaves (when young they are pinnate with prickly toothed margins) and slender axillary spikes of white flowers


Oriya   Dico Tools
A Magadhan language that is spoken by the Oriya people and is the official language of the Indian state of Orissa


Oriya   Dico Tools
A member of a people in India living in Orissa and neighboring areas


Orizaba   Dico Tools
A city of east central Mexico (west of Veracruz); a popular resort


Orkney_Islands   Dico Tools
An archipelago of about 70 islands in the North Atlantic and North Sea off the northeastern coast of Scotland


Orlando   Dico Tools
A city in central Florida; site of Walt Disney World


Orlando_di_Lasso   Dico Tools
Belgian composer (1532-1594)


Orleanais   Dico Tools
A former province of north central France; centered around Orleans


Orleanist   Dico Tools
A supporter of the Orleans branch of the Bourbons that was descended from a younger brother of Louis XIV


Orleans   Dico Tools
A long siege by the English was relieved by Joan of Arc in 1429


Orleans   Dico Tools
A city on the Loire river in north central France; site of the siege of Orleans by the English (1428-1429)


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Orlon   Dico Tools
An acrylic fiber or the lightweight crease-resistant fabric made with Orlon yarns


Orlop   Dico Tools
The fourth or lowest deck


Orlop_deck   Dico Tools
The fourth or lowest deck


Orly   Dico Tools
A southeastern suburb of Paris; site of an international airport serving Paris


Orly_Group   Dico Tools
A militant Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization formed in 1975 to force Turkey to acknowledge killing more than a million Armenians and forcibly removing them from border areas in 1915; wants Turkey to pay reparations and cede territory to Armenia; "AS


Ormandy   Dico Tools
United States conductor (born in Hungary) (1899-1985)


Ormazd   Dico Tools
Chief deity of Zoroastrianism; source of light and embodiment of good


Ormer   Dico Tools
An abalone found near the Channel Islands


Ormolu   Dico Tools
Brass that looks like gold; used to decorate furniture


Ormosia   Dico Tools
Genus of tropical shrubs and trees having usually odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and pink to reddish wood


Ormosia_coarctata   Dico Tools
West Indian tree similar to Ormosia monosperma but larger and having smaller leaflets and smaller seeds


Ormosia_monosperma   Dico Tools
Small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong slender-pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers; seeds are black or scarlet with black spots


Ormuzd   Dico Tools
Chief deity of Zoroastrianism; source of light and embodiment of good


Ornament   Dico Tools
Something used to beautify


Ornament   Dico Tools
Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"


Ornament   Dico Tools
Be an ornament to; "stars ornamented the Christmas tree"


Ornamental   Dico Tools
Any plant grown for its beauty or ornamental value


Ornamental   Dico Tools
Serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose; "cosmetic fenders on cars"; "the buildings were utilitarian rather than decorative"


Ornamentalist   Dico Tools
Someone who decorates


Ornamentation   Dico Tools
The act of adding extraneous decorations to something


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Ornamentation   Dico Tools
Something used to beautify


Ornamentation   Dico Tools
The state of being ornamented


Ornamented   Dico Tools
Rich in decorative detail


Ornate   Dico Tools
Rich in decorative detail


Ornate   Dico Tools
Marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; "a flowery speech"; "ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton


Ornately   Dico Tools
In an ornate manner; "the cradle was ornately carved"


Ornateness   Dico Tools
An ornate appearance; being elaborately decorated


Orneriness   Dico Tools
Mean-spirited disagreeable contrariness


Ornery   Dico Tools
Having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers


Ornithine   Dico Tools
An amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is important in the formation of urea


Ornithischia   Dico Tools
Extinct terrestrial reptiles having birdlike pelvises: armored dinosaurs (thyreophorans); bone-headed and horned dinosaurs (marginocephalians); duck-billed dinosaurs (euronithopods)


Ornithischian   Dico Tools
Herbivorous dinosaur with a pelvis like that of a bird


Ornithischian_dinosaur   Dico Tools
Herbivorous dinosaur with a pelvis like that of a bird


Ornithogalum   Dico Tools
Sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae


Ornithogalum_pyrenaicum   Dico Tools
Old World star of Bethlehem having edible young shoots


Ornithogalum_thyrsoides   Dico Tools
South African perennial with long-lasting spikes of white blossoms that are shipped in to Europe and America for use as winter cut flowers


Ornithogalum_umbellatum   Dico Tools
Common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United States


Ornithological   Dico Tools
Of or relating to ornithology; "her ornithological interests"


Ornithologist   Dico Tools
A zoologist who studies birds


Ornithology   Dico Tools
The branch of zoology that studies birds


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Ornithomimid   Dico Tools
Lightly built medium-sized dinosaur having extremely long limbs and necks with small heads and big brains and large eyes


Ornithomimida   Dico Tools
Lightly built medium-size theropods


Ornithopod   Dico Tools
Bipedal herbivorous dinosaur


Ornithopoda   Dico Tools
Widespread group including duck-billed dinosaurs and their early relatives (hadrosaurs, trachodon and iguanodon)


Ornithopod_dinosaur   Dico Tools
Bipedal herbivorous dinosaur


Ornithopter   Dico Tools
Heavier-than-air craft that is propelled by the flapping of wings


Ornithorhynchidae   Dico Tools
Platypus


Ornithorhynchus   Dico Tools
Type genus of the family Ornithorhynchidae


Ornithorhynchus_anatinus   Dico Tools
Small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae


Ornithosis   Dico Tools
An atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds


Orobanchaceae   Dico Tools
Brown or yellow leafless herbs; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales


Orogeny   Dico Tools
The process of mountain formation (especially by the upward displacement of the earth''s crust)


Orography   Dico Tools
The science of mountains


Oroide   Dico Tools
Alloy of copper and tin and zinc; used in imitation gold jewelry


Orology   Dico Tools
The science of mountains


Orono   Dico Tools
A university town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River north of Bangor


Orontium   Dico Tools
1 species of aquatic plant: golden club


Orontium_aquaticum   Dico Tools
Aquatic plant of the southeastern United States having blue-green leaves and a spadix resembling a club covered with tiny yellow flowers


Oropharyngeal   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or located near the oropharynx


Oropharynx   Dico Tools
Cavity formed by the pharynx at the back of the mouth


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Orotund   Dico Tools
(of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels"


Orotund   Dico Tools
Ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"


Orozco   Dico Tools
Mexican painter noted for his monumental murals (1883-1949)


Orphan   Dico Tools
A young animal without a mother


Orphan   Dico Tools
The first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column


Orphan   Dico Tools
A child who has lost both parents


Orphan   Dico Tools
Someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision


Orphan   Dico Tools
Deprive of parents


Orphan   Dico Tools
Deprived of parents by death or desertion


Orphanage   Dico Tools
A public institution for the care of orphans


Orphanage   Dico Tools
The condition of being a child without living parents; "his early orphanage shaped his character as an adult"


Orphaned   Dico Tools
Deprived of parents by death or desertion


Orphanhood   Dico Tools
The condition of being a child without living parents; "his early orphanage shaped his character as an adult"


Orphans'_asylum   Dico Tools
A public institution for the care of orphans


Orphan_site   Dico Tools
A toxic waste area where the polluter could not be identified or the polluter refused to take action or pay for the cleanup


Orphenadrine   Dico Tools
A skeletal muscle relaxant (trade name Norflex) used to treat severe muscle strain and Parkinsonism


Orpheus   Dico Tools
(Greek mythology) a great musician; when his wife Eurydice died he went to Hades to get her back but failed


Orphic   Dico Tools
Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients"


Orphic   Dico Tools
Ascribed to Orpheus or characteristic of ideas in works ascribed to Orpheus


Orphrey   Dico Tools
A richly embroidered edging on an ecclesiastical vestment


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Orpiment   Dico Tools
A yellow mineral occuring in conjunction with realgar; an ore of arsenic


Orpin   Dico Tools
Perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers


Orpine   Dico Tools
Perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers


Orpington   Dico Tools
English breed of large white-skinned chickens


Orr   Dico Tools
Canadian hockey player (born 1948)


Orrery   Dico Tools
Planetarium consisting of an apparatus that illustrates the relative positions and motions of bodies in the solar system by rotation and revolution of balls moved by wheelwork; sometimes incorporated in a clock


Orris   Dico Tools
Fragrant rootstock of various irises especially Florentine iris; used in perfumes and medicines


Orris   Dico Tools
German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome


Orrisroot   Dico Tools
Fragrant rootstock of various irises especially Florentine iris; used in perfumes and medicines


Orson_Welles   Dico Tools
United States actor and filmmaker (1915-1985)


Ortalis   Dico Tools
Chachalacas


Ortega   Dico Tools
Nicaraguan statesman (born in 1945)


Ortega_y_Gasset   Dico Tools
Spanish philosopher who advocated leadership by an intellectual elite (1883-1955)


Orthicon   Dico Tools
A now obsolete picture pickup tube in a television camera; electrons emitted from a photoemissive surface in proportion to the intensity of the incident light are focused onto the target causing secondary emission of electrons


Orthilia   Dico Tools
A shrubby perennial rhizomatous evergreen herb; grows in damp coniferous woodlands in northern temperate regions


Orthoboric_acid   Dico Tools
A white or colorless slightly acid solid that is soluble in water and ethanol; used in the manufacture of glass and paper and adhesives and in detergents and as a flux in welding; also used as an antiseptic and food preservative


Orthochorea   Dico Tools
A form of chorea in which spasms occur mainly when the patient is erect


Orthochromatic_film   Dico Tools
A photographic film sensitive to green and blue and violet light


Orthoclase   Dico Tools
A white or colored monoclinic feldspar


Orthodontia   Dico Tools
The branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth


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Orthodontic   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or involving or practicing orthodontics; "orthodontic braces"


Orthodontics   Dico Tools
The branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth


Orthodontic_treatment   Dico Tools
Dental treatment that corrects irregularities of the teeth or of the relation of the teeth to surrounding anatomy; treatment is usually by braces or mechanical aids; "orthodontic treatment of facial abnormalities"


Orthodontist   Dico Tools
A dentist specializing in the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth


Orthodonture   Dico Tools
The branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth


Orthodox   Dico Tools
Adhering to what is commonly accepted; "an orthodox view of the world"


Orthodox   Dico Tools
Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism; "Orthodox Judaism"


Orthodox   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church


Orthodoxy   Dico Tools
The quality of being orthodox (especially in religion)


Orthodoxy   Dico Tools
A belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards


Orthodox_Catholic_Church   Dico Tools
Derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites


Orthodox_Church   Dico Tools
Derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites


Orthodox_Jew   Dico Tools
Jew who practices strict observance of Mosaic Law


Orthodox_Judaism   Dico Tools
Beliefs and practices of a Judaic sect that strictly observes Mosaic Law


Orthodox_Judaism   Dico Tools
Jews who strictly observe the Mosaic Law as interpreted in the Talmud


Orthodox_sleep   Dico Tools
A recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur; accounts for about 75% of normal sleep time


Orthoepist   Dico Tools
A practitioner of orthoepy (especially one of the 17th or 18th century scholars who proposed to reform English spelling so it would reflect pronunciation more closely)


Orthoepy   Dico Tools
A term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the `correct'' pronunciation of words and its relation to `correct'' orthography


Orthoepy   Dico Tools
The way a word or a language is customarily spoken; "the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners"; "that is the correct pronunciation"


Orthogonal   Dico Tools
Having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles; "wind and sea may displace the ship''s center of gravity along three orthogonal axes"; "a rectangular Cartesian coordinate system"


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Orthogonal   Dico Tools
Statistically unrelated


Orthogonal   Dico Tools
Not pertinent to the matter under consideration; "an issue extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial"; "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point"


Orthogonality   Dico Tools
The quality of lying or intersecting at right angles


Orthogonality   Dico Tools
The relation of opposition between things at right angles


Orthogonal_opposition   Dico Tools
The relation of opposition between things at right angles


Orthographic   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or expressed in orthography


Orthography   Dico Tools
A method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols


Orthomorphic_projection   Dico Tools
A map projection in which a small area is rendered in its true shape


Orthomyxovirus   Dico Tools
A group of viruses including those causing influenza


Orthopaedic   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or employed in orthopedics; "orthopedic shoes"


Orthopaedics   Dico Tools
The branch of medical science concerned with disorders or deformities of the spine and joints


Orthopaedist   Dico Tools
A specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)


Orthopedic   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or employed in orthopedics; "orthopedic shoes"


Orthopedical   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or employed in orthopedics; "orthopedic shoes"


Orthopedics   Dico Tools
The branch of medical science concerned with disorders or deformities of the spine and joints


Orthopedist   Dico Tools
A specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)


Orthophosphate   Dico Tools
A salt of phosphoric acid


Orthophosphoric_acid   Dico Tools
An acid used in fertilizers and soaps: H3PO4


Orthophosphorous_acid   Dico Tools
A clear or yellow-colored monobasic acid (H3PO2)


Orthopnea   Dico Tools
Form of dyspnea in which the person can breathe comfortably only when standing or sitting erect; associated with asthma and emphysema and angina pectoris


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Orthopristis   Dico Tools
A genus of Haemulidae


Orthopristis_chrysopterus   Dico Tools
Found from Long Island southward


Orthopter   Dico Tools
Heavier-than-air craft that is propelled by the flapping of wings


Orthoptera   Dico Tools
Grasshoppers and locusts; crickets


Orthopteran   Dico Tools
Any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts


Orthopteron   Dico Tools
Any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts


Orthopterous_insect   Dico Tools
Any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts


Orthoptic   Dico Tools
Of or relating to normal binocular vision


Orthoptics   Dico Tools
Treatment of defects of binocular vision (such as strabismus and amblyopia) by nonsurgical measures (especially by exercises to strengthen the eye muscles)


Orthoptist   Dico Tools
A specialist in orthoptics


Orthoscope   Dico Tools
An ophthalmoscope with a layer of water to neutralize the refraction of the cornea


Orthostatic   Dico Tools
Pertaining to an upright standing posture; "orthostatic hypotension"


Orthostatic_hypotension   Dico Tools
Low blood pressure occurring in some people when they stand up


Orthotomus   Dico Tools
Tailorbirds


Orthotomus_sutorius   Dico Tools
Tropical Asian warbler that stitches leaves together to form and conceal its nest


Orthotropous   Dico Tools
(of a plant ovule) completely straight with the micropyle at the apex


Orthotropous_ovule   Dico Tools
A completely straight ovule with the micropyle at the apex


Ortilis_vetula_macalli   Dico Tools
Of Mexico and Texas


Ortolan   Dico Tools
Brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy


Ortolan_bunting   Dico Tools
Brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy


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Ortygan   Dico Tools
Any of several East Indian birds


Orudis   Dico Tools
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Orudis or Orudis KT or Oruvail)


Orudis_KT   Dico Tools
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Orudis or Orudis KT or Oruvail)


Oruvail   Dico Tools
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Orudis or Orudis KT or Oruvail)


Orville_Wright   Dico Tools
United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Wilbur Wright) invented the airplane (1871-1948)


Orwell   Dico Tools
Imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950)


Orwellian   Dico Tools
Of or relating to the works of George Orwell (especially his picture of a future totalitarian state)


Orycteropodidae   Dico Tools
Aardvarks


Orycteropus   Dico Tools
Coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae


Orycteropus_afer   Dico Tools
Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata


Oryctolagus   Dico Tools
Old World rabbits


Oryctolagus_cuniculus   Dico Tools
Common grayish-brown burrowing animal native to southern Europe and northern Africa but introduced elsewhere; widely domesticated and developed in various colors and for various needs; young born naked and helpless


Oryx   Dico Tools
Large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns


Oryx_gazella   Dico Tools
Large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks


Oryza   Dico Tools
Rice


Oryza_sativa   Dico Tools
Yields the staple food of 50 percent of world''s population


Oryzomys   Dico Tools
Rice rats


Oryzomys_palustris   Dico Tools
Hardy agile rat of grassy marshes of Mexico and the southeastern United States


Oryzopsis   Dico Tools
Rice grass


Oryzopsis_hymenoides   Dico Tools
Valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico


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Oryzopsis_miliacea   Dico Tools
Perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America


Orzo   Dico Tools
Pasta shaped like pearls of barley; frequently prepared with lamb in Greek cuisine


OR_circuit   Dico Tools
A gate circuit in a computer that fires when any of its inputs fire


Or_else   Dico Tools
In place of, or as an alternative to; "Felix became a herpetologist instead"; "alternatively we could buy a used car"


OR_gate   Dico Tools
A gate circuit in a computer that fires when any of its inputs fire


Or_so   Dico Tools
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he''s about 30 years old"; "I''ve had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundre


Os   Dico Tools
Rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates


Os   Dico Tools
A mouth or mouthlike opening


OS   Dico Tools
The left eye


OS   Dico Tools
(computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services


Os   Dico Tools
A hard brittle blue-gray or blue-black metallic element that is one of the platinum metals; the heaviest metal known


Osage   Dico Tools
The Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Osage people


Osage   Dico Tools
A river in Missouri that is a tributary of the Missouri River


Osage   Dico Tools
A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers; oil was found on Osage lands early in the 20th century


Osage_orange   Dico Tools
Small shrubby deciduous yellowwood tree of south central United States having spines, glossy dark green leaves and an inedible fruit that resembles an orange; its hard orange-colored wood used for bows by native Americans; frequently planted as boundary h


Osage_River   Dico Tools
A river in Missouri that is a tributary of the Missouri River


Osaka   Dico Tools
Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay; a commercial and industrial center of Japan


Osaka_Bay   Dico Tools
A bay of the western Pacific in southern Honshu


Osama_bin_Laden   Dico Tools
Arab terrorist who established al-Qaeda (born in 1957)


Osasco   Dico Tools
A city in southeastern Brazil; suburb of Sao Paulo


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Osborne   Dico Tools
English playwright (1929-1994)


Oscan   Dico Tools
An extinct Italic language of ancient southern Italy


Oscan   Dico Tools
An Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania


Oscan-speaking   Dico Tools
Able to communicate in Oscan


Oscar   Dico Tools
An annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance


Oscar_Fingal_O'Flahertie_Wills_Wilde   Dico Tools
Irish writer and wit (1854-1900)


Oscar_Hammerstein   Dico Tools
United States lyricist who collaborated on many musical comedies (most successfully with Richard Rodgers) (1895-1960)


Oscar_Hammerstein_II   Dico Tools
United States lyricist who collaborated on many musical comedies (most successfully with Richard Rodgers) (1895-1960)


Oscar_Palmer_Robertson   Dico Tools
United States basketball guard (born in 1938)


Oscar_Robertson   Dico Tools
United States basketball guard (born in 1938)


Oscar_Wilde   Dico Tools
Irish writer and wit (1854-1900)


Oscheocele   Dico Tools
Swelling of the scrotum


Oscheocoele   Dico Tools
Swelling of the scrotum


Oscillate   Dico Tools
Move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating"


Oscillate   Dico Tools
Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"


Oscillating   Dico Tools
Having periodic vibrations


Oscillation   Dico Tools
A single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon; "a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons"


Oscillation   Dico Tools
(physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean


Oscillation   Dico Tools
The process of oscillating between states


Oscillator   Dico Tools
Generator that produces sonic oscillations or alternating current


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Oscillatoriaceae   Dico Tools
Blue green algae


Oscillatory   Dico Tools
Having periodic vibrations


Oscillogram   Dico Tools
The recording produced by an oscillograph


Oscillograph   Dico Tools
A device for making a record of the wave forms of fluctuating voltages or currents


Oscilloscope   Dico Tools
Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities


Oscine   Dico Tools
Passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus


Oscine   Dico Tools
Of or relating to the songbirds


Oscines   Dico Tools
Two names for the suborder of typical songbirds


Oscine_bird   Dico Tools
Passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus


Oscitance   Dico Tools
An involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom; "he could not suppress a yawn"; "the yawning in the audience told him it was time to stop"; "he apologized for his ostinancy"


Oscitance   Dico Tools
Drowsiness and dullness manifested by yawning


Oscitancy   Dico Tools
An involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom; "he could not suppress a yawn"; "the yawning in the audience told him it was time to stop"; "he apologized for his ostinancy"


Oscitancy   Dico Tools
Drowsiness and dullness manifested by yawning


Oscitant   Dico Tools
Showing lack of attention or boredom; "the yawning congregation"


Osco-Umbrian   Dico Tools
A group of dead languages of ancient Italy; they were displace by Latin


Osculate   Dico Tools
Touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone''s mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.; "The newly married couple kissed"; "She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room"


Osculate   Dico Tools
Have at least three points in common with; "one curve osculates the other"; "these two surfaces osculate"


Osculate   Dico Tools
Be intermediate between two taxonomic groups; "These species osculate"


Osculating_circle   Dico Tools
The circle that touches a curve (on the concave side) and whose radius is the radius of curvature


Osculation   Dico Tools
The act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)


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Osculation   Dico Tools
(mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent


Osculator   Dico Tools
Someone who kisses


OSHA   Dico Tools
A government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment


Osier   Dico Tools
Any of various willows having pliable twigs used in basketry and furniture


Osier   Dico Tools
Flexible twig of a willow tree


Osip_Emilevich_Mandelstam   Dico Tools
Russian poet who died in a prison camp (1891-1938)


Osip_Mandelstam   Dico Tools
Russian poet who died in a prison camp (1891-1938)


Osiris   Dico Tools
Egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead; husband and sister of Isis; father or brother of Horus


Oslo   Dico Tools
The capital and largest city of Norway; the country''s main port; located at the head of a fjord on Norway''s southern coast


Osmanli   Dico Tools
A Turk (especially a Turk who is a member of the tribe of Osman I)


Osmanthus   Dico Tools
Widely distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or trees of southern United States and Middle East and China and Japan


Osmanthus_americanus   Dico Tools
Small tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruits


Osman_I   Dico Tools
The conqueror of Turkey who founded the Ottoman Empire and the Ottoman dynasty that ruled Turkey after the 13th century; conquered most of Asia Minor and assumed the title of emir in 1299 (1259-1326)


Osmeridae   Dico Tools
Smelts


Osmerus   Dico Tools
Type genus of the Osmeridae


Osmerus_eperlanus   Dico Tools
The common smelt of Europe


Osmerus_mordax   Dico Tools
Important marine and landlocked food fish of eastern North America and Alaska


Osmiridium   Dico Tools
A hard and corrosion resistant mineral that is a natural alloy of osmium and iridium (usually containing small amounts of rhodium and platinum); used in needles and pen nibs etc.


Osmitrol   Dico Tools
A diuretic (trade name Osmitrol) used to promote the excretion of urine


Osmium   Dico Tools
A hard brittle blue-gray or blue-black metallic element that is one of the platinum metals; the heaviest metal known


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Osmoreceptor   Dico Tools
Sensory end organ that responds to changes in osmotic pressure


Osmosis   Dico Tools
Diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower concentration until the concentration on both sides is equal


Osmotic   Dico Tools
Of or relating to osmosis; "osmotic pressure"


Osmotically   Dico Tools
By means of osmosis


Osmotic_pressure   Dico Tools
(physical chemistry) the pressure exerted by a solution necessary to prevent osmosis into that solution when it is separated from the pure solvent by a semipermeable membrane


Osmund   Dico Tools
Any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters


Osmundaceae   Dico Tools
Large family of ferns widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas


Osmunda_cinnamonea   Dico Tools
New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible


Osmunda_clatonia   Dico Tools
North American fern having tall erect pinnate fronds and a few sporogenous pinnae at or near the center of the fertile fronds


Osmunda_regalis   Dico Tools
Large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds


Osprey   Dico Tools
Large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years


Osseous   Dico Tools
Composed of or containing bone; "osseous tissue"


Osseous_labyrinth   Dico Tools
Cavity in the petrous part of the temporal bone that contains the membranous labyrinth


Osseous_tissue   Dico Tools
The porous calcified substance from which bones are made


Ossete   Dico Tools
A northeastern Iranian language spoken in Russia


Ossicle   Dico Tools
A small bone; especially one in the middle ear


Ossicular   Dico Tools
Pertaining to the ossicles in the middle ear


Ossiculate   Dico Tools
Pertaining to the ossicles in the middle ear


Ossiculum   Dico Tools
A small bone; especially one in the middle ear


Ossiferous   Dico Tools
Containing bones (especially fossil bones); "ossiferous caves"


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Ossification   Dico Tools
Hardened conventionality


Ossification   Dico Tools
The developmental process of bone formation


Ossification   Dico Tools
The process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thught or behavior


Ossification   Dico Tools
The calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material


Ossified   Dico Tools
Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified bureaucratic system"


Ossified   Dico Tools
Changed into bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter; "cartilages ossified with age"


Ossify   Dico Tools
Become bony; "The tissue ossified"


Ossify   Dico Tools
Cause to become hard and bony; "The disease ossified the tissue"


Ossify   Dico Tools
Make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"


Osso_buco   Dico Tools
Sliced veal knuckle or shin bone cooked with olive oil and wine and tomatoes and served with rice or vegetables


Ossuary   Dico Tools
Any receptacle for the burial of human bones


Ostariophysi   Dico Tools
In some classifications considered a superorder comprising the Cypriniformes and the Siluriformes


Osteal   Dico Tools
Composed of or containing bone; "osseous tissue"


Osteal   Dico Tools
Relating to bone or to the skeleton


Osteichthyes   Dico Tools
A class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage


Osteitis   Dico Tools
Inflammation of a bone as a consequence of infection or trauma or degeneration


Osteitis_deformans   Dico Tools
A disease of bone occurring in the middle aged and elderly; excessive bone destruction sometimes leading to bone pain and fractures and skeletal deformities


Ostensible   Dico Tools
Represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"


Ostensible   Dico Tools
Appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty"


Ostensibly   Dico Tools
From appearances alone; "irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land"; "the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned"; "had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"-Thomas Hardy; "on the face


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Ostensive   Dico Tools
Represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"


Ostensive   Dico Tools
Manifestly demonstrative


Ostensive_definition   Dico Tools
A definition that points out or exhibits instances of the term defined


Ostentate   Dico Tools
Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car"


Ostentation   Dico Tools
Pretentious or showy or vulgar display


Ostentation   Dico Tools
Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity


Ostentation   Dico Tools
A showy outward display


Ostentatious   Dico Tools
Intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat"


Ostentatious   Dico Tools
Of a display that is tawdry or vulgar


Ostentatiously   Dico Tools
In an ostentatious manner; "Mr Khrushchev ostentatiously wooed and embraced Castro at the U.N. general assembly"


Ostentatiousness   Dico Tools
Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity


Osteoarthritis   Dico Tools
Chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints; the most common form of arthritis occurring usually after middle age


Osteoblast   Dico Tools
A cell from which bone develops


Osteoblastoma   Dico Tools
Benign tumor of bone and fibrous tissue; occurs in the vertebrae or femur or tibia or arm bones (especially in young adults)


Osteochondroma   Dico Tools
Benign tumor containing both bone and cartilage; usually occurs near the end of a long bone


Osteoclasis   Dico Tools
Treatment of a skeletal deformity by intentionally fracturing a bone


Osteoclast   Dico Tools
Cell that functions in the breakdown and resorption of bone tissue


Osteocyte   Dico Tools
Mature bone cell


Osteodystrophy   Dico Tools
Defective bone development; usually attributable to renal disease or to disturbances in calcium and phosphorus metabolism


Osteogenesis_imperfecta   Dico Tools
Autosomal dominant disorder of connective tissue characterized by brittle bones that fracture easily


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Osteogenic_sarcoma   Dico Tools
Malignant bone tumor; most common in children and young adults where it tends to affect the femur


Osteolysis   Dico Tools
Lysis of bone caused by disease or infection or inadequate blood supply


Osteoma   Dico Tools
A slow growing benign tumor of consisting of bone tissue; usually on the skull or mandible


Osteomalacia   Dico Tools
Abnormal softening of bones caused by deficiencies of phosphorus or calcium or vitamin D


Osteomyelitis   Dico Tools
An inflammation of bone and bone marrow (usually caused by bacterial infection)


Osteopath   Dico Tools
A therapist who manipulates the skeleton and muscles


Osteopathist   Dico Tools
A therapist who manipulates the skeleton and muscles


Osteopathy   Dico Tools
Therapy based on the assumption that restoring health is best accomplished by manipulating the skeleton and muscles


Osteopetrosis   Dico Tools
An inherited disorder characterized by an increase in bone density; in severe forms the bone marrow cavity may be obliterated


Osteophyte   Dico Tools
Small abnormal bony outgrowth


Osteoporosis   Dico Tools
Abnormal loss of bony tissue resulting in fragile porous bones attributable to a lack of calcium; most common in postmenopausal women


Osteosarcoma   Dico Tools
Malignant bone tumor; most common in children and young adults where it tends to affect the femur


Osteosclerosis   Dico Tools
Abnormal hardening or eburnation of bone


Osteosclerosis_congenita   Dico Tools
An inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism


Osteostracan   Dico Tools
Extinct jawless fish of the Devonian with armored head


Osteostraci   Dico Tools
Extinct group of armored fishlike vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear


Osteotomy   Dico Tools
Surgical sectioning of bone


Ostiarius   Dico Tools
The lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church


Ostiary   Dico Tools
Someone who guards an entrance


Ostiary   Dico Tools
The lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church


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Ostinato   Dico Tools
A musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition


Ostiole   Dico Tools
A small pore especially one in the reproductive bodies of certain algae and fungi through which spores pass


Ostler   Dico Tools
Someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses


Ostomy   Dico Tools
Surgical procedure that creates an artificial opening for the elimination of bodily wastes


Ostraciidae   Dico Tools
Boxfishes


Ostracise   Dico Tools
Avoid speaking to or dealing with; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me"


Ostracise   Dico Tools
Expel from a community or group


Ostracism   Dico Tools
The act of excluding someone from society by general consent


Ostracism   Dico Tools
The state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent); "the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry"


Ostracize   Dico Tools
Avoid speaking to or dealing with; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me"


Ostracize   Dico Tools
Expel from a community or group


Ostracod   Dico Tools
Tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell


Ostracoda   Dico Tools
Seed shrimps


Ostracoderm   Dico Tools
Extinct fishlike jawless vertebrate having a heavily armored body; of the Paleozoic


Ostracodermi   Dico Tools
Extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear


Ostrava   Dico Tools
An industrial city in northwestern Czech Republic in the Moravian lowlands; located in the coal mining area of Silesia


Ostrea   Dico Tools
Type genus of the family Ostreidae


Ostrea_gigas   Dico Tools
A large oyster native to Japan and introduced along the Pacific coast of the United States; a candidate for introduction in Chesapeake Bay


Ostreidae   Dico Tools
Oysters


Ostrich   Dico Tools
Fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird


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Ostrich   Dico Tools
A person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand)


Ostrich_fern   Dico Tools
Tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes


Ostrogoth   Dico Tools
A member of the eastern group of Goths who created a kingdom in northern Italy around 500 AD


Ostrya   Dico Tools
Deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae


Ostrya_carpinifolia   Dico Tools
Medium-sized hop hornbeam of southern Europe and Asia Minor


Ostrya_virginiana   Dico Tools
Medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America


Ostryopsis   Dico Tools
Deciduous monoecious shrubs of China and Mongolia resembling trees of the genus Ostrya; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae


Ostwald   Dico Tools
German chemist (1853-1932)


Ostwald's_theory_of_indicators   Dico Tools
(chemistry) the theory that all indicators are either weak acids or weak bases in which the color of the ionized form is different from the color before dissociation


Ostyak   Dico Tools
A Ugric language (related to Hungarian) spoken by the Ostyak people


Ostyak   Dico Tools
A member of the nomadic Ugrian people living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Ural mountains)


Ostyak-Samoyed   Dico Tools
The Uralic language spoken by the Ostyak-Samoyed people


Ostyak-Samoyed   Dico Tools
One of the people of mixed Ostyak and Samoyed origin in Siberia


Oswald   Dico Tools
United States assassin of President John F. Kennedy (1939-1963)


Oswald_Spengler   Dico Tools
German philosopher who argued that cultures grow and decay in cycles (1880-1936)


Oswald_Veblen   Dico Tools
United States mathematician (1880-1960)


Oswego_tea   Dico Tools
Perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads


Os_breve   Dico Tools
A bone that is of approximately equal dimension in all directions


Os_capitatum   Dico Tools
The wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metatarsal


Os_frontale   Dico Tools
The large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: the forehead and the upper part of the orbits


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Os_hamatum   Dico Tools
The wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers


Os_hyoideum   Dico Tools
A U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles


Os_ischii   Dico Tools
One of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium


Os_longum   Dico Tools
In vertebrate animals: a long cylindrical marrow-containing bone of a limb


Os_lunatum   Dico Tools
One of the eight small wrist bones


Os_nasale   Dico Tools
An elongated rectangular bone that forms the bridge of the nose


Os_palatinum   Dico Tools
Either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits


Os_pisiforme   Dico Tools
A small wrist bone that articulates only with the triquetral


Os_pubis   Dico Tools
One of the three sections of the hipbone; together the two pubic bones form the front of the pelvis


Os_scaphoideum   Dico Tools
The largest wrist bone on the thumb side


Os_sesamoideum   Dico Tools
Any of several small round bones formed in a tendon where it passes over a joint


Os_sphenoidale   Dico Tools
Butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull


Os_tarsi_fibulare   Dico Tools
The largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel


Os_temporale   Dico Tools
A thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear


Os_trapezium   Dico Tools
The wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals


Os_trapezoideum   Dico Tools
The wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones


Os_triquetrum   Dico Tools
A wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bones


Os_zygomaticum   Dico Tools
The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek


Otaheite_arrowroot   Dico Tools
A starch obtained from the root of the pia


Otaheite_arrowroot_starch   Dico Tools
A starch obtained from the root of the pia


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Otalgia   Dico Tools
An ache localized in the middle or inner ear


Otaria   Dico Tools
Type genus of the Otariidae


Otaria_Byronia   Dico Tools
Of the southern coast of South America


Otariidae   Dico Tools
Eared seals: sea lions and fur seals


Otc   Dico Tools
(of securities) not quoted on a stock exchange; "over-the-counter stocks"


OTC_market   Dico Tools
A stock exchange where securities transactions are made via telephone and computer rather than on the floor of an exchange


OTC_security   Dico Tools
A security traded in the over-the-counter market


OTC_stock   Dico Tools
Stock that is not listed and traded on an organized exchange


Othello   Dico Tools
The hero of William Shakespeare''s tragedy who would not trust his wife


Other   Dico Tools
Very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected; "a strange, other dimension...where his powers seemed to fail"- Lance Morrow


Other   Dico Tools
Not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; "today isn''t any other day"- the White Queen; "the construction of highways and other public works"; "he asked for other employment"; "any other person would tell the truth"; "his other books are sti


Other(a)   Dico Tools
Further or added; "called for additional troops"; "need extra help"; "an extra pair of shoes"; "I have no other shoes"; "there are other possibilities"


Other(a)   Dico Tools
Of the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times"


Other(a)   Dico Tools
Recently past; "the other evening"


Otherness   Dico Tools
The quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known


Otherwise   Dico Tools
Other than as supposed or expected; "the outcome was otherwise"


Otherwise   Dico Tools
In other respects or ways; "he is otherwise normal"; "the funds are not otherwise available"; "an otherwise hopeless situation"


Otherwise   Dico Tools
In another and different manner; "very soon you will know differently"; "she thought otherwise"


Otherworldliness   Dico Tools
Concern with things of the spirit


Otherworldly   Dico Tools
Existing outside of or not in accordance with nature; "find transcendental motives for sublunary action"-Aldous Huxley


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Other_than   Dico Tools
Being distinct from that or those first considered; "all parts of the house other than the windows were in good condition"; "apparently took no clothes other than those he was wearing"


Othman_I   Dico Tools
The conqueror of Turkey who founded the Ottoman Empire and the Ottoman dynasty that ruled Turkey after the 13th century; conquered most of Asia Minor and assumed the title of emir in 1299 (1259-1326)


Othonna   Dico Tools
A South African plant of the genus Othonna having smooth often fleshy leaves and heads of yellow flowers


Otho_I   Dico Tools
King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor (912-973)


Otic   Dico Tools
Of or relating to near the ear


Otic_ganglion   Dico Tools
An autonomic ganglion whose postganglionic fibers are distributed to the parotid gland


Otides   Dico Tools
Terrestrial game birds of the Old World and Australia: bustards


Otididae   Dico Tools
Bustards


Otiose   Dico Tools
Disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"


Otiose   Dico Tools
Producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"


Otiose   Dico Tools
Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"


Otis   Dico Tools
Type genus of the Otididae: European bustard


Otis   Dico Tools
United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)


Otis_Skinner   Dico Tools
United States actor (1858-1942)


Otis_tarda   Dico Tools
Largest European land bird


Otitis   Dico Tools
Inflammation of the ear


Otitis_externa   Dico Tools
Inflammation of the external ear (including auricle and ear canal)


Otitis_interna   Dico Tools
Inflammation of the inner ear; can cause vertigo and vomiting


Otitis_media   Dico Tools
Inflammation of the middle ear; common in children


Oto   Dico Tools
A dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Oto people


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Oto   Dico Tools
A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska


Otoe   Dico Tools
A dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Oto people


Otoe   Dico Tools
A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska


Otoganglion   Dico Tools
An autonomic ganglion whose postganglionic fibers are distributed to the parotid gland


Otolaryngologist   Dico Tools
A specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat


Otolaryngology   Dico Tools
The branch of medicine concerned with the ear


Otologist   Dico Tools
A physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases


Otology   Dico Tools
The branch of medicine concerned with the ear


Otoplasty   Dico Tools
Reconstructive surgery of the auricle of the external ear


Otorhinolaryngologist   Dico Tools
A specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat


Otorrhea   Dico Tools
Discharge from the external ear


Otosclerosis   Dico Tools
Hereditary disorder in which ossification of the labyrinth of the inner ear causes tinnitus and eventual deafness


Otoscope   Dico Tools
Medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light; used for examining the external ear (the auditory meatus and especially the tympanic membrane)


Ototoxic   Dico Tools
Toxic to the organs of hearing or balance or to the auditory nerve; "some drugs are ototoxic"


Ottar   Dico Tools
Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers


Ottava_rima   Dico Tools
A stanza of eight lines of heroic verse with the rhyme scheme abababcc


Ottawa   Dico Tools
The capital of Canada (located in southeastern Ontario across the Ottawa river from Quebec)


Ottawa   Dico Tools
A member of the Algonquian people of southern Ontario


Otter   Dico Tools
Freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur


Otter   Dico Tools
The fur of an otter


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Otterhound   Dico Tools
Hardy British hound having long pendulous ears and a thick coarse shaggy coat with an oily undercoat; bred for hunting otters


Otter_hound   Dico Tools
Hardy British hound having long pendulous ears and a thick coarse shaggy coat with an oily undercoat; bred for hunting otters


Otter_shrew   Dico Tools
Amphibious African insectivorous mammal that resembles an otter


Ottmar_Mergenthaler   Dico Tools
United States inventor (born in Germany) of the Linotype machine (1854-1899)


Ottoman   Dico Tools
A low stool to rest the feet of a seated person


Ottoman   Dico Tools
Thick cushion used as a seat


Ottoman   Dico Tools
The Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century to its dissolution after World War I


Ottoman   Dico Tools
A Turk (especially a Turk who is a member of the tribe of Osman I)


Ottoman   Dico Tools
Of or relating to the Ottoman Empire or its people or its culture


Ottoman_dynasty   Dico Tools
The Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century to its dissolution after World War I


Ottoman_Empire   Dico Tools
A Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe; created by the Ottoman Turks in the 13th century and lasted until the end of World War I; although initially small it expanded until it superseded the Byzantine Empi


Ottoman_Turk   Dico Tools
A Turk (especially a Turk who is a member of the tribe of Osman I)


Ottorino_Respighi   Dico Tools
Italian composer remembered for his symphonic poems (1879-1936)


Otto_Frisch   Dico Tools
British physicist (born in Austria) who with Lise Meitner recognized that Otto Hahn had produced a new kind of nuclear reaction which they named nuclear fission; Frisch described the explosive potential of a chain nuclear reaction (1904-1979)


Otto_Fritz_Meyerhof   Dico Tools
United States biochemist (born in Germany) who studied the metabolism of muscles (1884-1951)


Otto_Hahn   Dico Tools
German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968)


Otto_Heinrich_Warburg   Dico Tools
German biochemist who pioneered the use of chemical techniques in biological investigations; noted for studies of cellular respiration (1883-1970)


Otto_I   Dico Tools
King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor (912-973)


Otto_Jespersen   Dico Tools
Danish linguist (1860-1943)


Otto_Loewi   Dico Tools
United States pharmacologist (born in Germany) who was the first to show that acetylcholine is produced at the junction between a parasympathetic nerve and a muscle (1873-1961)


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Otto_Meyerhof   Dico Tools
United States biochemist (born in Germany) who studied the metabolism of muscles (1884-1951)


Otto_Neumann_Sverdrup   Dico Tools
Norwegian explorer who led expeditions into the Arctic (1855-1930)


Otto_Robert_Frisch   Dico Tools
British physicist (born in Austria) who with Lise Meitner recognized that Otto Hahn had produced a new kind of nuclear reaction which they named nuclear fission; Frisch described the explosive potential of a chain nuclear reaction (1904-1979)


Otto_the_Great   Dico Tools
King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor (912-973)


Otto_von_Bismarck   Dico Tools
German statesman under whose leadership Germany was united (1815-1898)


Otto_Wagner   Dico Tools
Austrian architect and pioneer of modern architecture (1841-1918)


Ottumwa   Dico Tools
A town in southeast Iowa


Otus   Dico Tools
A genus of Strigidae


Otus_asio   Dico Tools
Small North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers whose call sounds like a quavering whistle


Otus_scops   Dico Tools
European scops owl


Otus_sunia   Dico Tools
Asian scops owl


Ouachita   Dico Tools
A river that rises in western Arkansas and flows southeast into eastern Louisiana to become a tributary of the Red River


Ouachita_River   Dico Tools
A river that rises in western Arkansas and flows southeast into eastern Louisiana to become a tributary of the Red River


Oubliette   Dico Tools
A dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling


Ouguiya   Dico Tools
The basic unit of money in Mauritania


Ouija   Dico Tools
A board with the alphabet on it; used with a planchette to spell out supernatural messages


Ouija_board   Dico Tools
A board with the alphabet on it; used with a planchette to spell out supernatural messages


Oujda   Dico Tools
A city in northeastern Morocco near the Algerian border


Ounce   Dico Tools
Large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur


Ounce   Dico Tools
A unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams


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Ounce   Dico Tools
A unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound


Ouranopithecus   Dico Tools
A genus of Hominidae


Ouranos   Dico Tools
(Greek mythology) god of the heavens; son and husband of Gaea and father of the Titans in ancient mythology


Our_Lady's_bedstraw   Dico Tools
Common yellow-flowered perennial bedstraw; North America and Europe and Asia


Our_Lady's_mild_thistle   Dico Tools
Tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America


Our_Lord's_candle   Dico Tools
Yucca of southwestern United States and Mexico with a tall spike of creamy white flowers


Ouse   Dico Tools
A river in northeastern England that flows generally southeastward to join the Trent River and form the Humber


Ousel   Dico Tools
Common black European thrush


Ouse_River   Dico Tools
A river in northeastern England that flows generally southeastward to join the Trent River and form the Humber


Oust   Dico Tools
Remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"


Oust   Dico Tools
Remove and replace; "The word processor has ousted the typewriter"


Ouster   Dico Tools
The act of ejecting someone or forcing them out


Ouster   Dico Tools
A wrongful dispossession


Ouster   Dico Tools
A person who ousts or supplants someone else


Ousting   Dico Tools
The act of ejecting someone or forcing them out


Out   Dico Tools
(baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball; "you only get 3 outs per inning"


Out   Dico Tools
Be made known; be disclosed or revealed; "The truth will out"


Out   Dico Tools
Reveal somebody else''s homosexuality; "This actor was outed last week"


Out   Dico Tools
To state openly and publicly one''s homosexuality; "This actor outed last year"


Out   Dico Tools
Outer or outlying; "the out islands"


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Out   Dico Tools
No longer fashionable; "that style is out these days"


Out   Dico Tools
Outside of an enclosed space; "she is out"


Out   Dico Tools
Outward from a reference point; "he kicked his legs out"


Out   Dico Tools
Away from home; "they went out last night"


Out   Dico Tools
From one''s possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets"


Out(a)   Dico Tools
Outside or external; "the out surface of a ship''s hull"


Out(a)   Dico Tools
Directed outward or serving to direct something outward; "the out doorway"; "the out basket"


Out(a)   Dico Tools
Out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election; "now the Democrats are out"


Out(p)   Dico Tools
Of a fire; being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out"


Out(p)   Dico Tools
Knocked unconscious by a heavy blow


Out(p)   Dico Tools
Excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"


Out(p)   Dico Tools
Not worth considering as a possibility; "a picnic is out because of the weather"


Out(p)   Dico Tools
Not allowed to continue to bat or run; "he was tagged out at second on a close play"; "he fanned out"


Out-and-out(a)   Dico Tools
Complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job


Out-and-outer   Dico Tools
Someone who is excellent at something


Out-basket   Dico Tools
A wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your outgoing material


Out-herod   Dico Tools
Surpass someone in cruelty or evil


Out-migration   Dico Tools
Migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)


Out-of-body_experience   Dico Tools
The dissociative experience of observing yourself from an external perspective as though your mind or soul had left and was observing your body


Out-of-bounds   Dico Tools
Outside the foul lines


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Out-of-bounds(p)   Dico Tools
Barred to a designated group; "that area is off-limits"


Out-of-court_settlement   Dico Tools
Resolution of a dispute prior to the rendering of a final decision by the trial court


Out-of-date   Dico Tools
Old; no longer in use or valid or fashionable; "obsolete words"; "an obsolete locomotive"; "outdated equipment"; "superannuated laws"; "out-of-date ideas"


Out-of-door   Dico Tools
Located, suited for, or taking place in the open air; "outdoor clothes"; "badminton and other outdoor games"; "a beautiful outdoor setting for the wedding"


Out-of-doors   Dico Tools
Where the air is unconfined; "he wanted to get outdoors a little"; "the concert was held in the open air"; "camping in the open"


Out-of-pocket   Dico Tools
Calling for the spending of cash; "his out-of-pocket costs were $10"


Out-of-school   Dico Tools
Not attenhding school and therefore free to work; "opportunities for out-of-school youth"


Out-of-the-box_thinking   Dico Tools
Thinking that moves away in diverging directions so as to involve a variety of aspects and which sometimes lead to novel ideas and solutions; associated with creativity


Out-of-the-way   Dico Tools
Out of the ordinary; "out-of-the-way information"


Out-of-the-way   Dico Tools
Improper or even offensive; "out-of-the-way remarks"; "did you notice anything out-of-the-way?"


Out-of-the-way(a)   Dico Tools
Remote from populous or much-traveled regions; "found a quiet out-of-the-way resort"


Out-of-town   Dico Tools
Happening in or being of another town or city; "an out-of-town tryout"; "an out-of-town school"


Out-tray   Dico Tools
A wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your outgoing material


Outage   Dico Tools
A temporary suspension of operation (as of computers); "there will be a network outage from 8 to 10 a.m."


Outage   Dico Tools
The amount of something (as whiskey or oil) lost in storage or transportation


Outback   Dico Tools
The bush country of the interior of Australia


Outback(a)   Dico Tools
Inaccessible and sparsely populated


Outbalance   Dico Tools
Weigh more heavily


Outbid   Dico Tools
Bid higher than others


Outbid   Dico Tools
Bid over an opponent''s bid when one''s partner has not bid or doubled


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Outboard   Dico Tools
Internal-combustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat


Outboard   Dico Tools
A motorboat with an outboard motor


Outboard   Dico Tools
Located away from the midline of a vessel or aircraft; "the outboard section of a wing"; "outboard rigging"


Outboard_motor   Dico Tools
Internal-combustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat


Outboard_motorboat   Dico Tools
A motorboat with an outboard motor


Outbound   Dico Tools
That is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships"


Outbrave   Dico Tools
Be braver than


Outbrave   Dico Tools
Resist bravely; "He outbraved the enemy"


Outbreak   Dico Tools
A sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition); "the outbreak of hostilities"


Outbred   Dico Tools
Bred of parents not closely related; having parents of different classes or tribes


Outbuilding   Dico Tools
A building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building


Outburst   Dico Tools
A sudden violent disturbance


Outburst   Dico Tools
An unrestrained expression of emotion


Outburst   Dico Tools
A sudden violent happening; "an outburst of heavy rain"; "a burst of lightning"


Outcall   Dico Tools
Make a higher bid than (the previous bid or player); in a card game


Outcast   Dico Tools
A person who is rejected (from society or home)


Outcast   Dico Tools
Excluded from a society


Outcaste   Dico Tools
A person belonging to no caste


Outcaste   Dico Tools
Not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society; "the foreigner was a casteless person"


Outclass   Dico Tools
Cause to appear in a lower class; "The Yankees outclassed Cincinnati"


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Outclassed   Dico Tools
Decisively surpassed by something else so as to appear to be of a lower class


Outcome   Dico Tools
Something that results; "he listened for the results on the radio"


Outcome   Dico Tools
A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event"


Outcrop   Dico Tools
The part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land


Outcrop   Dico Tools
Appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground; "Big boulders outcropped"


Outcropping   Dico Tools
The part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land


Outcry   Dico Tools
A loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"


Outcry   Dico Tools
Utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!'' he exclaimed"; "`Help!'' she cried"; "`I''m here,'' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost"


Outcry   Dico Tools
Shout louder than


Outdated   Dico Tools
Old; no longer in use or valid or fashionable; "obsolete words"; "an obsolete locomotive"; "outdated equipment"; "superannuated laws"; "out-of-date ideas"


Outdistance   Dico Tools
Go far ahead of; "He outdistanced the other runners"


Outdo   Dico Tools
Be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"


Outdo   Dico Tools
Get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"


Outdoor   Dico Tools
Pertaining to or concerning the outdoors or outdoor activities; "outdoor education is the area of teacher training concerned with training for outdoor activities"


Outdoor(a)   Dico Tools
Located, suited for, or taking place in the open air; "outdoor clothes"; "badminton and other outdoor games"; "a beautiful outdoor setting for the wedding"


Outdoors   Dico Tools
Where the air is unconfined; "he wanted to get outdoors a little"; "the concert was held in the open air"; "camping in the open"


Outdoors   Dico Tools
Outside a building; "in summer we play outside"


Outdoorsman   Dico Tools
A person who spends time outdoors (e.g., hunting or fishing)


Outdoorswoman   Dico Tools
A woman who spends time outdoors (e.g., hunting and fishing)


Outdoorsy   Dico Tools
Characteristic of or suitable to outdoor life; "a rugged outdoorsy life"


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Outdoor_game   Dico Tools
An athletic game that is played outdoors


Outdoor_man   Dico Tools
Someone who enjoys outdoor activities


Outdoor_sport   Dico Tools
A sport that is played outdoors


Outdoor_stage   Dico Tools
A platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air


Outdraw   Dico Tools
Draw a gun faster, or best someone in a gunfight


Outer   Dico Tools
Being on or toward the outside of the body; "the outer ear"


Outer   Dico Tools
Located outside; "outer reality"


Outer(a)   Dico Tools
Being on the outside or further from a center; "spent hours adorning the outer man"; "the outer suburbs"


Outercourse   Dico Tools
Mutual sexual gratification without the exchange of bodily fluids


Outermost   Dico Tools
Situated at the farthest possible point from a center


Outerwear   Dico Tools
Clothing for use outdoors


Outer_boundary   Dico Tools
The outside boundary or surface of something


Outer_ear   Dico Tools
The part of the ear visible externally


Outer_garment   Dico Tools
A garment worn over other garments


Outer_Hebrides   Dico Tools
A 130-mile long archipelago northwest of Scotland


Outer_Mongolia   Dico Tools
A landlocked socialist republic in central Asia


Outer_space   Dico Tools
Any location outside the Earth''s atmosphere; "the astronauts walked in outer space without a tether"


Outface   Dico Tools
Overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring; "He simply stared down his opponent"


Outfall   Dico Tools
The outlet of a river or drain or other source of water


Outfield   Dico Tools
The area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases


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Outfielder   Dico Tools
A fielder in cricket who is stationed in the outfield


Outfielder   Dico Tools
(baseball) a person who plays in the outfield


Outfight   Dico Tools
To fight better than; get the better of; "the Rangers outfought the Maple Leafs"; "The French forces outfought the Germans"


Outfit   Dico Tools
Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose


Outfit   Dico Tools
A set of clothing (with accessories); "his getup was exceedingly elegant"


Outfit   Dico Tools
Any cohesive unit such as a military company


Outfit   Dico Tools
Provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities"


Outfitted   Dico Tools
Equipped with appropriate wearing apparel and accessories; "children properly outfitted for school"; "equipt in the...national dress of the Scottish people"- Sir Walter Scott


Outfitted   Dico Tools
Furnished with essential equipment for a particular occupation or undertaking occupation; "well-outfitted expedition to the South Pole"


Outfitter   Dico Tools
A shop that provides equipment for some specific purpose; "an outfitter provided everything needed for the safari"


Outfitter   Dico Tools
Someone who sells men''s clothes


Outfitting   Dico Tools
The act of renovating and fitting out a ship


Outflank   Dico Tools
Get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"


Outflank   Dico Tools
Go around the flank of (an opposing army)


Outflow   Dico Tools
The unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak"


Outflow   Dico Tools
A natural flow of ground water


Outflow   Dico Tools
The process of flowing out


Outflowing   Dico Tools
That is flowing outward


Outfox   Dico Tools
Beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"


Outfox   Dico Tools
Outdo someone in trickery


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Outgeneral   Dico Tools
Surpass in generalship


Outgo   Dico Tools
Money paid out


Outgo   Dico Tools
Be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"


Outgoer   Dico Tools
Someone who leaves one country to settle in another


Outgoing   Dico Tools
Going out or away or of the past; "an outgoing steamship"; "the outgoing president"


Outgoing   Dico Tools
Somewhat extroverted


Outgoing   Dico Tools
At ease in talking to others


Outgrow   Dico Tools
Grow too large for


Outgrow   Dico Tools
Grow too large or too mature for; "I have outgrown these clothes"


Outgrow   Dico Tools
Grow faster than


Outgrowth   Dico Tools
A natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"


Outgrowth   Dico Tools
The gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"


Outgrowth   Dico Tools
A natural consequence of development


Outguess   Dico Tools
Attempt to anticipate or predict


Outhouse   Dico Tools
A small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate


Outing   Dico Tools
A journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field"


Outing   Dico Tools
A day devoted to an outdoor social gathering


Outlander   Dico Tools
A person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country


Outlandish   Dico Tools
Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teena


Outlandishly   Dico Tools
In an outlandish manner; "the Bavarian was outlandishly dressed in lederhosen"


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Outlandishness   Dico Tools
Strikingly out of the ordinary


Outlast   Dico Tools
Live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years"


Outlaw   Dico Tools
Someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime


Outlaw   Dico Tools
Declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S."


Outlaw(a)   Dico Tools
Disobedient to or defiant of law; "lawless bands roaming the plains"


Outlaw(a)   Dico Tools
Contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"


Outlawed   Dico Tools
Contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"


Outlawry   Dico Tools
Illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law


Outlay   Dico Tools
The act of spending or disbursing money


Outlay   Dico Tools
Money paid out


Outlet   Dico Tools
Activity that releases or expresses creative energy or emotion; "she had no other outlet for her feelings"; "he gave vent to his anger"


Outlet   Dico Tools
An opening that permits escape or release; "he blocked the way out"; "the canyon had only one issue"


Outlet   Dico Tools
A place of business for retailing goods


Outlet   Dico Tools
Receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices


Outlet_box   Dico Tools
(electricity) receptacle consisting of the metal box designed for connections to a wiring system


Outlier   Dico Tools
An extreme deviation from the mean


Outlier   Dico Tools
A person who lives away from his place of work


Outline   Dico Tools
A schematic or preliminary plan


Outline   Dico Tools
A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory


Outline   Dico Tools
The line that appears to bound an object


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Outline   Dico Tools
Describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas"


Outline   Dico Tools
Trace the shape of


Outline   Dico Tools
Draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech"


Outlined   Dico Tools
Showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary; "hills defined against the evening sky"; "the setting sun showed the outlined figure of a man standing on the hill"


Outlive   Dico Tools
Live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years"


Outlook   Dico Tools
The act of looking out


Outlook   Dico Tools
Belief about (or mental picture of) the future


Outlook   Dico Tools
A habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations


Outlying(a)   Dico Tools
Relatively far from a center or middle; "outlying settlements"


Outmaneuver   Dico Tools
Defeat by more skillful maneuvering; "The English troops putmaneuvered the Germans"; "My new superviser knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations"


Outmanoeuvre   Dico Tools
Defeat by more skillful maneuvering; "The English troops putmaneuvered the Germans"; "My new superviser knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations"


Outmarch   Dico Tools
March longer distances and for a longer time than; "This guy can outmarch anyone!"


Outmatch   Dico Tools
Be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"


Outmode   Dico Tools
Make unfashionable, outdated, or obsolete; "Modern ways of cooking have outmoded the hearth"


Outmoded   Dico Tools
Out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas"


Outmost   Dico Tools
Situated at the farthest possible point from a center


Outnumber   Dico Tools
Be larger in number


Outpace   Dico Tools
Surpass in speed; "Malthus believed that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence"


Outpatient   Dico Tools
A patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated


Outperform   Dico Tools
Be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"


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Outplay   Dico Tools
Excel or defeat in a game; "The Knicks outplayed the Mets"


Outpoint   Dico Tools
Score more points than one''s opponents


Outpoint   Dico Tools
Sail closer to the wind than


Outport   Dico Tools
A subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port (but usually farther from the center of trade)


Outpost   Dico Tools
A military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops


Outpost   Dico Tools
A settlement on the frontier of civilization


Outpost   Dico Tools
A station in a remote or sparsely populated location


Outpouring   Dico Tools
A large flow


Outpouring   Dico Tools
The rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)


Outpouring   Dico Tools
The pouring forth of a fluid


Outpouring   Dico Tools
A sudden rapid flow (as of water); "he heard the flush of a toilet"; "there was a little gush of blood"; "she attacked him with an outpouring of words"


Outpouring   Dico Tools
A natural flow of ground water


Output   Dico Tools
Production of a certain amount


Output   Dico Tools
Final product; the things produced


Output   Dico Tools
What is produced in a given time period


Output   Dico Tools
Signal that comes out of an electronic system


Output   Dico Tools
The quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time); "production was up in the second quarter"


Output   Dico Tools
To create or manufacture a specific amount; "the computer is outputting the data from the job I''m running"


Output-to-input_ratio   Dico Tools
The output power of a transducer divided by the input power


Output_contract   Dico Tools
A contract in which you promise to deliver your entire output to the other party who promises to accept it


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Output_file   Dico Tools
(computer science) a computer file that contains data that are the output of a device or program


Output_program   Dico Tools
A utility program that organizes the output of a computer


Output_routine   Dico Tools
A routine that controls an output device


Output_signal   Dico Tools
Signal that comes out of an electronic system


Outrage   Dico Tools
A wantonly cruel act


Outrage   Dico Tools
The act of scandalizing


Outrage   Dico Tools
A disgraceful event


Outrage   Dico Tools
A feeling of righteous anger


Outrage   Dico Tools
Strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"


Outrage   Dico Tools
Force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night"


Outrage   Dico Tools
Violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetary"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God"


Outraged   Dico Tools
Angered at something unjust or wrong; "an indignant denial"; "incensed at the judges'' unfairness"; "a look of outraged disbelief"; "umbrageous at the loss of their territory"


Outrageous   Dico Tools
Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usorious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"


Outrageous   Dico Tools
Grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"


Outrageously   Dico Tools
To an extravagant or immoderate degree; "atrociously expensive"


Outrageously   Dico Tools
In a very offensive manner; "he behaved outrageously"


Outrageousness   Dico Tools
The quality of being outrageous


Outrageousness   Dico Tools
Excessive excess


Outrange   Dico Tools
Have a greater range than (another gun)


Outrank   Dico Tools
Take precedence or surpass others in rank


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Outre   Dico Tools
Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teena


Outreach   Dico Tools
The act of reaching out; "the outreach toward truth of the human spirit"


Outride   Dico Tools
Ride better, faster, or further than; "The champion bicyclist outrode all his competitors"


Outride   Dico Tools
A trial of endurance; "ride out the storm"


Outrider   Dico Tools
An escort who rides ahead (as a member of the vanguard)


Outrigged   Dico Tools
Rigged with a structure projecting from or over the side of a boat for various purposes; to prevent capsizing or to support an oarlock or to help secure a mast etc


Outrigger   Dico Tools
A stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or pontoon parallel to the hull


Outrigger_canoe   Dico Tools
A seagoing canoe (as in South Pacific) with an outrigger to prevent it from upsetting


Outright   Dico Tools
Without reservation or exception


Outright   Dico Tools
Without any delay; "he was killed outright"


Outright   Dico Tools
Without reservation or concealment; "she asked him outright for a divorce"


Outright   Dico Tools
Without restrictions or stipulations or further payments; "buy outright"


Outrival   Dico Tools
Be more of a rival than


Outroar   Dico Tools
Roar louder than


Outrun   Dico Tools
Run faster than; "in this race, I managed to outran everybody else"


Outsail   Dico Tools
Sail faster or better than; "They outsailed the Roman fleet"


Outscore   Dico Tools
Score more points than one''s opponents


Outsell   Dico Tools
Sell more than others; "This salesman outsells his colleagues"


Outsell   Dico Tools
Be sold more often than other, similar products; "The new Toyota outsells the Honda by a wide margin"


Outset   Dico Tools
The time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"


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Outshine   Dico Tools
Attract more attention and praise than others; "This film outshone all the others in quality"


Outshine   Dico Tools
Shine brighter than; "What star outshines the sun?"


Outshout   Dico Tools
Shout louder than


Outside   Dico Tools
The outer side or surface of something


Outside   Dico Tools
The region that is outside of something


Outside   Dico Tools
(of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch"


Outside   Dico Tools
Originating or belonging beyond some bounds:"the outside world"; "outside interests"; "an outside job"


Outside   Dico Tools
On or toward an outer edge; "an outer lane"; "the outside lane"


Outside   Dico Tools
Functioning outside the boundaries or precincts of an organized unit; "extramural hospital care and treatment"; "extramural studies"


Outside   Dico Tools
Coming from the outside; "extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous income"; "disdaining outside pressure groups"


Outside   Dico Tools
Very unlikely; "an outside chance"; "a remote possibility"; "a remote contingency"


Outside   Dico Tools
Maximal in amount; "a maximal amount"; "an outside estimate"


Outside   Dico Tools
Located, suited for, or taking place in the open air; "outdoor clothes"; "badminton and other outdoor games"; "a beautiful outdoor setting for the wedding"


Outside   Dico Tools
Relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit; "an outside margin"


Outside   Dico Tools
Outside a building; "in summer we play outside"


Outside   Dico Tools
On the outside; "outside, the box is black"


Outside(a)   Dico Tools
Leading to or from the outside; "an outside door"


Outside(a)   Dico Tools
From or between other countries; "external commerce"; "international trade"; "developing nations need outside help"


Outsider   Dico Tools
Someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group


Outsider   Dico Tools
A constestant (human or animal) not considered to have a good chance to win


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Outsider_art   Dico Tools
A genre of art and outdoor constructions made by untrained artists who do not recognize themselves as artists


Outside_caliper   Dico Tools
Caliper for measuring outside dimensions; points on its legs curve inward


Outside_clinch   Dico Tools
A clinch with the end of the line outside the loop


Outside_door   Dico Tools
A doorway that allows entrance to or exit from a building


Outside_loop   Dico Tools
A loop consisting of a dive followed by inverted flight followed by a climb that returns to horizontal flight


Outside_marriage   Dico Tools
Of unwed parents; "he was born out of wedlock"


Outside_mirror   Dico Tools
Car mirror that reflects the view at side and behind car


Outsize   Dico Tools
An unusual garment size (especially one that is very large)


Outsize   Dico Tools
Larger than normal for its kind


Outsized   Dico Tools
Larger than normal for its kind


Outskirt   Dico Tools
A part of the city far removed from the center; "they built a factory on the outskirts of the city"


Outskirts   Dico Tools
Outlying areas (as of a city or town); "they lived on the outskirts of Houston"; "they mingled in the outskirts of the crowd"


Outsmart   Dico Tools
Beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"


Outsmart   Dico Tools
Defeat by more skillful maneuvering; "The English troops putmaneuvered the Germans"; "My new superviser knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations"


Outsole   Dico Tools
The outer sole of a shoe or boot


Outsource   Dico Tools
Obtain goods or services from an outside supplier; to contract work out; "Many companies outsource and hire consultants rather in order to maintain a flexible workforce"


Outspan   Dico Tools
Remove the yoke or harness from; "unspan the draft animals"


Outspoken   Dico Tools
Given to expressing yourself freely or insistently; "outspoken in their opposition to segregation"; "a vocal assembly"


Outspoken   Dico Tools
Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me wh


Outspokenly   Dico Tools
In an outspoken manner; "he was outspokenly critical of the Government''s new social policy"


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Outspokenness   Dico Tools
The trait of being blunt and outspoken


Outspread   Dico Tools
Fully extended in width; "outspread wings"; "with arms spread wide"


Outstanding   Dico Tools
Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient trait


Outstanding   Dico Tools
Of major significance or importance; "a great work of art"; "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th century"


Outstanding   Dico Tools
Owed as a debt; "outstanding bills"; "the amount still owed"; "undischarged debts"


Outstanding   Dico Tools
Distinguished from others in excellence; "did outstanding work in human relations"; "an outstanding war record"


Outstandingly   Dico Tools
To a remarkably degree or extent; "she was unusually tall"


Outstandingly   Dico Tools
In an outstanding manner or to an outstanding degree; "she was outstandingly successful in her profession"


Outstare   Dico Tools
Overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring; "He simply stared down his opponent"


Outstation   Dico Tools
A station in a remote or sparsely populated location


Outstay   Dico Tools
Surpass in staying power; "They outstayed their competitors"


Outstay   Dico Tools
Stay too long; "overstay or outstay one''s welcome"


Outstretched   Dico Tools
Fully extended especially in length; "a kitten with one paw outstretched"


Outstrip   Dico Tools
Be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"


Outstrip   Dico Tools
Go far ahead of; "He outdistanced the other runners"


Outstroke   Dico Tools
The stroke of an engine piston moving toward the crankshaft


Outtake   Dico Tools
A scene that is filmed but is not used in the final editing of the film


Outthrust   Dico Tools
An outcropping of rock that extends outward


Outturn   Dico Tools
What is produced in a given time period


Outvie   Dico Tools
Be more of a rival than


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Outvote   Dico Tools
Defeat by a majority of votes; "The Democrats outvoted the Republicans"


Outward   Dico Tools
Relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind; "a concern with outward beauty rather than with inward reflections"


Outward   Dico Tools
That is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships"


Outward   Dico Tools
Toward the outside; "move the needle further outward!"


Outward-bound   Dico Tools
That is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships"


Outward-developing   Dico Tools
Away from an axis, as in a flower cluster in which the oldest flowers are in the center, the youngest near the edge


Outward-moving   Dico Tools
Moving or directed away from center, especially when spinning or traveling in a curve


Outwardly   Dico Tools
In outward appearance; "outwardly, she appeared composed"


Outwardly   Dico Tools
With respect to the outside; "outwardly, the figure is smooth"


Outwardness   Dico Tools
Concern with or responsiveness to outward things (especially material objects as opposed to ideal concepts); "hearty showmanship and all-round outwardness"


Outwardness   Dico Tools
The quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior; "the outwardness of the world"


Outwardness   Dico Tools
Concern with outward things or material objects (especially the body and its appearance) as opposed to the mind and spirit; "hearty showmanship and all-around outwardness"


Outwards   Dico Tools
Toward the outside; "move the needle further outward!"


Outwear   Dico Tools
Exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"


Outwear   Dico Tools
Last longer than others; "This material outwears all others"


Outweigh   Dico Tools
Be heavier than


Outweigh   Dico Tools
Weigh more heavily


Outwit   Dico Tools
Beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"


Outwork   Dico Tools
Subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main fortified area; "the outworks of the castle"


Out_and_away   Dico Tools
By a considerable margin; "she was by far the smartest student"; "it was far and away the best meal he had ever eaten"


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Out_front   Dico Tools
Leading or ahead in a competition; "the horse was three lengths ahead going into the home stretch"; "ahead by two pawns"; "our candidate is in the lead in the polls"; "way out front in the race"; "the advertising campaign put them out front in sales"


Out_in   Dico Tools
Enter a harbor; "the ship called in Athens"


Out_loud   Dico Tools
Using the voice; not silently; "please read the passage aloud"; "he laughed out loud"


Out_of_action   Dico Tools
So badly injured as to be unable to continue; "disabled veterans"


Out_of_bounds   Dico Tools
A line that marks the side boundary of a playing field


Out_of_breath(p)   Dico Tools
Breathing laboriously or convulsively


Out_of_commission   Dico Tools
Not available for service


Out_of_condition   Dico Tools
Not in good condition


Out_of_doors   Dico Tools
Outside a building; "in summer we play outside"


Out_of_focus   Dico Tools
(of an image) not in or brought into focus; "at their edges things were pretty much out of focus"


Out_of_gear(p)   Dico Tools
Not having gears engaged; "threw the machine''s pinion out of gear"


Out_of_hand   Dico Tools
Out of control; "the riots got out of hand"


Out_of_nothing   Dico Tools
Without warning; "your cousin arrived out of thin air"


Out_of_place   Dico Tools
Of an inappropriate or misapplied nature


Out_of_place(p)   Dico Tools
Not in a proper arrangement; "not a hair was out of place"


Out_of_play(p)   Dico Tools
Of a ball; "a ball that is out of play is dead"


Out_of_practice(p)   Dico Tools
Impaired in skill by neglect


Out_of_print   Dico Tools
(of books) no longer offered for sale by a publisher; "that edition is out of print"


Out_of_reach(p)   Dico Tools
Inaccessibly located or situated; "an unapproachable chalet high in the mountains"; "an unreachable canyon"; "the unreachable stars"


Out_of_service   Dico Tools
(of a ship) withdrawn from active service; "the ship was placed out of service after the war"


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Out_of_sight   Dico Tools
Not accessible to view; "concealed (or hidden) damage"; "in stormy weather the stars are out of sight"


Out_of_sight   Dico Tools
Quietly in concealment; "he lay doggo"


Out_of_sight   Dico Tools
No longer visible; "the ship disappeared behind the horizon and passed out of sight"


Out_of_stock(p)   Dico Tools
Not available for sale or use; "too many items are out of stock"


Out_of_the_blue   Dico Tools
In a way that was not expected; "her brother showed up at the wedding out of the blue"


Out_of_the_blue(p)   Dico Tools
Not anticipated; "unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development"- H.W.Glidden; "unforeseen circumstances"; "a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy"; "like a bolt out of the blue"


Out_of_the_question   Dico Tools
Totally unlikely


Out_of_thin_air   Dico Tools
Without warning; "your cousin arrived out of thin air"


Out_of_true   Dico Tools
Not accurately fitted; not level; "the frame was out of true"; "off-level floors and untrue doors and windows"


Out_of_use(p)   Dico Tools
Closed to traffic; "the repaving results in many blocked streets"


Out_of_view   Dico Tools
No longer visible; "the ship disappeared behind the horizon and passed out of sight"


Out_of_wedlock   Dico Tools
Of unwed parents; "he was born out of wedlock"


Out_of_wedlock   Dico Tools
Of biological parents not married to each other; "this child was born illegitimately"


Out_of_whack   Dico Tools
Out of balance or out of adjustment; "the front wheel of my bicycle is out of whack"


Out_of_work   Dico Tools
Not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work"


Out_or_keeping(p)   Dico Tools
Not in keeping with what is correct or proper; "completely inappropriate behavior"


Out_to(p)   Dico Tools
Fixed in your purpose; "bent on going to the theater"; "dead set against intervening"; "out to win every event"


Ouzel   Dico Tools
Common black European thrush


Ouzo   Dico Tools
Anise-flavored Greek liquor


OV   Dico Tools
A terrorist group of Protestants who oppose any political settlement with Irish nationalists; a paramilitary group that attacks Catholic interests in Northern Ireland


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Oval   Dico Tools
A closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it; "the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant"


Oval   Dico Tools
Rounded like an egg


Ovalbumin   Dico Tools
The white of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water


Ovalipes   Dico Tools
A genus of Portunidae


Ovalipes_ocellatus   Dico Tools
Brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States


Oval_kumquat   Dico Tools
Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats


Oval_Office   Dico Tools
The office of the President of the United States in the White House


Oval_window   Dico Tools
Fenestra that has the base of the stapes attached to it


Ovarian   Dico Tools
Of or involving the ovaries; "ovarian cancer"


Ovarian_artery   Dico Tools
The artery that branches from the aorta and supplies blood to the ovaries


Ovarian_cyst   Dico Tools
A cystic tumor (usually benign) of the ovary


Ovarian_pregnancy   Dico Tools
Ectopic pregnancy in the ovary


Ovarian_vein   Dico Tools
One of the veins that drain the ovaries; the right opens into the inferior vena cava; the left opens into the left renal vein


Ovariectomy   Dico Tools
Surgical removal of one of both ovaries


Ovary   Dico Tools
(vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone


Ovary   Dico Tools
The organ that bears the ovules of a flower


Ovate   Dico Tools
Rounded like an egg


Ovate   Dico Tools
Of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the base


Ovate_leaf   Dico Tools
Egg-shaped with the broader end at the base


Ovation   Dico Tools
Enthusiastic recognition (especially one accompanied by loud applause)


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Oven   Dico Tools
Kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting


Oven-ready   Dico Tools
Prepared before sale and ready to be cooked


Ovenbake   Dico Tools
Bake in an oven; "ovenbake this chicken"


Ovenbird   Dico Tools
Small brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay nests


Ovenbird   Dico Tools
American warbler; builds a dome-shaped nest on the ground


Ovenware   Dico Tools
Heat-resistant dishware in which food can be cooked as well as served


Oven_broil   Dico Tools
Cook under a broiler; "broil fish"


Oven_stuffer   Dico Tools
A brand name for a roasting chicken


Oven_stuffer_roaster   Dico Tools
A brand name for a roasting chicken


Oven_thermometer   Dico Tools
A thermometer that registers the temperature inside an oven


Over   Dico Tools
(cricket) the period during which a given number of balls (6 in England but 8 in Australia) are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch


Over   Dico Tools
Throughout a period of time; "stay over the weekend"


Over   Dico Tools
At or to a point across intervening space etc.; "come over and see us some time"; "over there"


Over   Dico Tools
Throughout an area; "he is known the world over"


Over   Dico Tools
In such a manner as to be understood and accepted; "she cannot get her ideas across"


Over(p)   Dico Tools
Having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"


Over-correct   Dico Tools
Make excessive corrections for fear of making an error


Over-crowding   Dico Tools
Excessive crowding; "traffic congestion"


Over-embellished   Dico Tools
Excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "speech embellished with classical quotations"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away"


Over-refine   Dico Tools
Refine too much or with excess of subtlety; "He is overrefining this matter"


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Over-the-counter   Dico Tools
(of securities) not quoted on a stock exchange; "over-the-counter stocks"


Over-the-counter(a)   Dico Tools
Purchasable without a doctor''s prescription; "nonprescription drugs"; "an over-the-counter cold remedy"


Over-the-counter_drug   Dico Tools
A drug that is sold without a prescription


Over-the-counter_market   Dico Tools
A stock exchange where securities transactions are made via telephone and computer rather than on the floor of an exchange


Over-the-counter_medicine   Dico Tools
A drug that is sold without a prescription


Over-the-hill   Dico Tools
Too old to be useful; "He left the house...for the support of twelve superannuated wool carders"- Anthony Trollope


Over-the-shoulder_bombing   Dico Tools
A special case of loft bombing in which the bomb is released past the vertical so it is tossed back to the target


Over-the-top   Dico Tools
Far more than usual or expected; "an extraordinary desire for approval"; "it was an over-the-top experience"


Overabundance   Dico Tools
A quantity that is more than what is appropriate; "four-year-olds have an overabundance of energy"; "we received an inundation of email"


Overabundance   Dico Tools
The state of being more than full


Overabundant   Dico Tools
Excessively abundant


Overachieve   Dico Tools
Perform better or achieve a greater degree of success than expected; "His daughter always overachieves"


Overachievement   Dico Tools
Better than expected performance (better than might have been predicted from intelligence tests)


Overachiever   Dico Tools
A student who attains higher standards than the IQ indicated


Overact   Dico Tools
Exaggerate one''s acting


Overacting   Dico Tools
Poor acting by a ham actor


Overactive   Dico Tools
More active than normal; "a hyperactive child"


Overactivity   Dico Tools
Excessive activity; "overactivity of the sebaceous glands causes the skin to become oily"


Overage   Dico Tools
Too old to be useful; "He left the house...for the support of twelve superannuated wool carders"- Anthony Trollope


Overaged   Dico Tools
Too old to be useful; "He left the house...for the support of twelve superannuated wool carders"- Anthony Trollope


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Overall   Dico Tools
Work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps)


Overall   Dico Tools
A loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work


Overall   Dico Tools
Involving only main features; "the overall pattern of his life"


Overall   Dico Tools
Including everything; "the overall cost"; "the total amount owed"


Overambitious   Dico Tools
Excessively ambitious


Overanxiety   Dico Tools
Excessive anxiety


Overanxious   Dico Tools
Anxious or nervous to an excessive degree


Overappraisal   Dico Tools
An appraisal that is too high


Overarch   Dico Tools
Form an arch over; "Big rocks overarch the stream"


Overarch   Dico Tools
Be central or dominant; "This scene overarches the entire first act"


Overarm   Dico Tools
With hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level; "an overhand pitch"; "an overhand stroke"


Overawe   Dico Tools
Subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats)


Overawed   Dico Tools
Overcome by a feeling of awe


Overbalance   Dico Tools
Out out of; "It is not desirable to overbalance the budget"


Overbalance   Dico Tools
Weigh more heavily


Overbear   Dico Tools
Contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery


Overbear   Dico Tools
Bear too much


Overbear   Dico Tools
Overcome; "overbear criticism, protest, or arguments"


Overbearing   Dico Tools
Expecting unquestioning obedience; "he was imperious and dictatorial"; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"


Overbearingly   Dico Tools
In an overbearing manner


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Overbearingness   Dico Tools
The trait of being imperious and overbearing


Overbid   Dico Tools
(bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent''s bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand)


Overbid   Dico Tools
A bid that is higher than preceding bids


Overbid   Dico Tools
Bid more than the object is worth


Overbid   Dico Tools
To bid for more tricks than one can expect to win,


Overbite   Dico Tools
(dentistry) malocclusion in which the upper teeth extend abnormally far over the lower teeth


Overblown   Dico Tools
Past the stage of full bloom; "overblown roses"


Overblown   Dico Tools
Puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek


Overboard   Dico Tools
From on board a vessel into the water; "they dropped their garbage overboard"


Overboard   Dico Tools
To extremes; "he went overboard to please his in-laws"


Overboil   Dico Tools
Boil excessively; "The peas are overboiled"


Overboil   Dico Tools
Overflow or cause to overflow while boiling; "The milk is boiling over"


Overbold   Dico Tools
Improperly forward or bold; "don''t be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"


Overburden   Dico Tools
An excessive burden


Overburden   Dico Tools
The surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits


Overburden   Dico Tools
Burden with too much work or responsibility


Overburden   Dico Tools
Load with excessive weight


Overburdened   Dico Tools
Heavily burdened with work or cares; "bowed down with troubles"; "found himself loaded down with responsibilities"; "overburdened social workers"; "weighed down with cares"


Overbusy   Dico Tools
Too busy


Overcall   Dico Tools
(bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent''s bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand)


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Overcapitalisation   Dico Tools
(business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants)


Overcapitalise   Dico Tools
Capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant


Overcapitalise   Dico Tools
Overestimate the market value of; "overcapitalize a property"


Overcapitalise   Dico Tools
Estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level


Overcapitalization   Dico Tools
(business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants)


Overcapitalize   Dico Tools
Capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant


Overcapitalize   Dico Tools
Overestimate the market value of; "overcapitalize a property"


Overcapitalize   Dico Tools
Estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level


Overcareful   Dico Tools
Excessively or unduly careful


Overcast   Dico Tools
A cast that falls beyond the intended spot


Overcast   Dico Tools
A long whip stitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling


Overcast   Dico Tools
Gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover


Overcast   Dico Tools
The state of the sky when it is covered by clouds


Overcast   Dico Tools
Sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next; "overcast books"


Overcast   Dico Tools
Sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches


Overcast   Dico Tools
Make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"


Overcast   Dico Tools
Filled or abounding with clouds


Overcasting   Dico Tools
A long whip stitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling


Overcautious   Dico Tools
Unnecessarily cautious; "sometimes it doesn''t pay to be overcautious in business"


Overcharge   Dico Tools
A price that is too high


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Overcharge   Dico Tools
Place too much a load on; "don''t overload the car"


Overcharge   Dico Tools
Rip off; ask an unreasonable price


Overclothe   Dico Tools
Dress excessively; "You should not overclothe the child--she will be too hot"


Overclothes   Dico Tools
Clothing for use outdoors


Overcloud   Dico Tools
Make obscure or unclear; "The distinction was obscured"


Overcloud   Dico Tools
Become covered with clouds; "The sky clouded over"


Overcoat   Dico Tools
A heavy coat worn over clothes in winter


Overcoat   Dico Tools
An additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish)


Overcoating   Dico Tools
An additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish)


Overcome   Dico Tools
Overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us"


Overcome   Dico Tools
Win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "She conquered here fear of mice"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"


Overcome   Dico Tools
Get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"


Overcome   Dico Tools
Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli


Overcome   Dico Tools
Rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something; "a desk flooded with applications"; "felt inundated with work"; "too much overcome to notice"; "a man engulfed by fear"; "swamped by work"


Overcomer   Dico Tools
Someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion


Overcompensate   Dico Tools
Make excessive corrections for fear of making an error


Overcompensate   Dico Tools
Make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities; "he is compensating for being a bad father"


Overcompensation   Dico Tools
Excessive compensation


Overcompensation   Dico Tools
(psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite


Overconfidence   Dico Tools
Total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant


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Overconfident   Dico Tools
Marked by excessive confidence; "an arrogant and cocksure materialist"; "so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen"; "the less he knows the more positive he gets"


Overcook   Dico Tools
Cook too long; "The vegetables were completely overcooked"


Overcredulity   Dico Tools
Too much credulity


Overcredulous   Dico Tools
Too credulous for your own good


Overcritical   Dico Tools
Inclined to judge too severely; "hypercritical of colloquial speech"; "the overcritical teacher can discourage originality"


Overcrop   Dico Tools
To exhaust by excessive cultivation; "the farmers overcropped the land"


Overcrossing   Dico Tools
A bridge designed for pedestrians


Overcrowd   Dico Tools
Crowd together too much


Overcrowd   Dico Tools
Cause to crowd together too much; "The students overcrowded the cafeteria"


Overcultivate   Dico Tools
To exhaust by excessive cultivation; "the farmers overcropped the land"


Overcup_oak   Dico Tools
Medium-large deciduous timber tree of central and southern United States; acorns deeply immersed in the cup and mature in first year


Overcurious   Dico Tools
Showing excessive curiosity


Overdelicate   Dico Tools
Extremely delicate; "an overdelicate digestive system"


Overdo   Dico Tools
Do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 push-ups"


Overdone   Dico Tools
Cooked too long but still edible


Overdone   Dico Tools
Represented as greater than is true or reasonable; "an exaggerated opinion of oneself"


Overdose   Dico Tools
Dose too heavily; "The rock star overdosed and was found dead in his hotel room"


Overdraft   Dico Tools
A draft in excess of the credit balance


Overdraft_credit   Dico Tools
Credit provided by a bank in honoring a customer''s overdrafts


Overdramatise   Dico Tools
Present in an overly dramatic manner; "She is overdramatizing her child''s failure in the physics class"


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Overdramatize   Dico Tools
Present in an overly dramatic manner; "She is overdramatizing her child''s failure in the physics class"


Overdraw   Dico Tools
To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South'' imagery"


Overdraw   Dico Tools
Draw more money from than is available; "She overdrew her account"


Overdress   Dico Tools
Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"


Overdress   Dico Tools
Dress excessively; "You should not overclothe the child--she will be too hot"


Overdressed   Dico Tools
Dressed too elaborately


Overdrive   Dico Tools
A high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power


Overdrive   Dico Tools
The state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration; "Troops are ready to go into overdrive as soon as the signal is given"; "Melissa''s brain was in overdrive"


Overdrive   Dico Tools
Make use of too often or too extensively


Overdrive   Dico Tools
Drive or work too hard; "The teacher is overworking his students"; "Overdriving people often suffer stress"


Overdue   Dico Tools
Past due; not paid at the scheduled time; "an overdue installment"; "a delinquent account"


Overeager   Dico Tools
Excessively eager; "overeager in his pursuit of the girl"


Overeat   Dico Tools
Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on icecream"


Overeating   Dico Tools
Eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)


Overemotional   Dico Tools
Excessively or abnormally emotional


Overemphasis   Dico Tools
Too much emphasis


Overemphasise   Dico Tools
Place special or excessive emphasis on; "I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book"


Overemphasize   Dico Tools
Place special or excessive emphasis on; "I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book"


Overenthusiastic   Dico Tools
Unduly enthusiastic


Overestimate   Dico Tools
A calculation that results in an estimate that is too high


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Overestimate   Dico Tools
An appraisal that is too high


Overestimate   Dico Tools
Make too high an estimate of; "He overestimated his own powers"


Overestimate   Dico Tools
Assign too high a value to; "You are overestimating the value of your old car"


Overestimation   Dico Tools
A calculation that results in an estimate that is too high


Overestimation   Dico Tools
An appraisal that is too high


Overexcited   Dico Tools
Unduly excited


Overexert   Dico Tools
Exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one''s strength; "don''t overexert yourself when exercising!"


Overexertion   Dico Tools
Excessive exertion; so much exertion that discomfort or injury results


Overexert_oneself   Dico Tools
Strain oneself more than is healthy


Overexploit   Dico Tools
Exploit excessively; "We should not overexploit our natural resources"


Overexploitation   Dico Tools
Exploitation to the point of diminishing returns


Overexpose   Dico Tools
Expose excessively; "As a child, I was overexposed to French movies"


Overexpose   Dico Tools
Expose to too much light; "the photographic film was overexposed and there is no image"


Overexposure   Dico Tools
The act of exposing someone excessively to an influencing experience; "an overexposure to violence on televsion"


Overexposure   Dico Tools
The act of exposing film to too much light or for too long a time


Overextend   Dico Tools
Strain excessively; "He overextended himself when he accepted the additional assignment"


Overfamiliar   Dico Tools
Taking undue liberties; "young women disliked the overfamiliar tone he took with them"


Overfatigue   Dico Tools
Tire excessively


Overfed   Dico Tools
Too well nourished


Overfeed   Dico Tools
Feed excessively


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Overfeeding   Dico Tools
Excessive feeding


Overfill   Dico Tools
Fill beyond capacity; "overfill the baskets"


Overflight   Dico Tools
A flight by an aircraft over a particular area (especially over an area in foreigh territory)


Overflow   Dico Tools
A large flow


Overflow   Dico Tools
The occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity


Overflow   Dico Tools
Overflow with a certain feeling; "The children bubbled over with joy"; "My boss was bubbling over with anger"


Overflow   Dico Tools
Flow or run over (a limit or brim)


Overflowing   Dico Tools
Covered with water; "the main deck was afloat (or awash)"; "the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub"


Overflowing   Dico Tools
Overfull with water; "swollen rivers and creeks"


Overflow_incontinence   Dico Tools
Urinary incontinence that occurs when the bladder is so full that it continually leaks urine; often attributable to a blocked urethra (e.g., due to prostate enlargement) or weak bladder muscles or nerve damage


Overfly   Dico Tools
Fly over; "The plane passed over Damascus"


Overfond   Dico Tools
Excessively fond


Overfull   Dico Tools
Exceeding demand; "a glutted market"


Overgarment   Dico Tools
A garment worn over other garments


Overgeneralise   Dico Tools
Draw too general a conclusion; "It is dangerous to overgeneralize"


Overgeneralize   Dico Tools
Draw too general a conclusion; "It is dangerous to overgeneralize"


Overgenerous   Dico Tools
Very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity";


Overgorge   Dico Tools
Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on icecream"


Overgreedy   Dico Tools
Excessively gluttonous


Overgrow   Dico Tools
Grow too large for


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Overgrow   Dico Tools
Grow beyond or across; "The ivy overgrew the patio"


Overgrow   Dico Tools
Become overgrown; "The patio overgrew with ivy"


Overgrown   Dico Tools
Covered with growing plants


Overgrown   Dico Tools
Abounding in usually unwanted vegetation


Overgrowth   Dico Tools
A profusion of growth on or over something else


Overgrowth   Dico Tools
Excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland


Overhand   Dico Tools
Sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together)


Overhand   Dico Tools
With hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level; "an overhand pitch"; "an overhand stroke"


Overhanded   Dico Tools
With hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level; "an overhand pitch"; "an overhand stroke"


Overhand_knot   Dico Tools
A simple small knot (often used as part of other knots)


Overhand_stitch   Dico Tools
A stitch passing over an edge vertically


Overhang   Dico Tools
Projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else


Overhang   Dico Tools
Be suspended over or hang over; "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town"


Overhang   Dico Tools
Project over


Overhasty   Dico Tools
Done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether


Overhaul   Dico Tools
Periodic maintenance on a car or machine; "it was time for an overhaul on the tractor"


Overhaul   Dico Tools
Make repairs or adjustments to; "You should overhaul your car engine"


Overhaul   Dico Tools
Travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks"


Overhead   Dico Tools
A hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head


Overhead   Dico Tools
(nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship


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Overhead   Dico Tools
A transparency for use with an overhead projector


Overhead   Dico Tools
(computer science) the disk space required for non-data information (used for location and timing)


Overhead   Dico Tools
The expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes


Overhead   Dico Tools
(computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command


Overhead   Dico Tools
Located or originating from above; "an overhead crossing"


Overhead   Dico Tools
Above the head; over the head; "bring the legs together overhead"


Overhead   Dico Tools
Above your head; in the sky; "planes were flying overhead"


Overhead_projector   Dico Tools
A projector operated by a speaker; projects the image over the speaker''s head


Overhead_railway   Dico Tools
An electric elevated railway


Overhear   Dico Tools
Hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers; "We overheard the conversation at the next table"


Overheat   Dico Tools
Get excessively and undesirably hot; "The car engines overheated"


Overheat   Dico Tools
Make excessively or undesirably hot; "The room was overheated"


Overheated   Dico Tools
Heated beyond a safe or desirable point; "the child became overheated"; "overheated metal"


Overheating   Dico Tools
Excessive heating


Overindulge   Dico Tools
Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on icecream"


Overindulgence   Dico Tools
Excessive indulgence; "the child was spoiled by overindulgence"


Overjealous   Dico Tools
Suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival; "a jealous lover"


Overjoyed   Dico Tools
Extremely joyful


Overkill   Dico Tools
Any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal


Overkill   Dico Tools
The capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required


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Overladen   Dico Tools
Loaded past capacity


Overland   Dico Tools
Traveling or passing over land; "an overland journey"; "the overland route used by Marco Polo"


Overlap   Dico Tools
A flap that lies over another part; "the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches"


Overlap   Dico Tools
The property of partial coincidence in time


Overlap   Dico Tools
A representation of common ground between theories or phenomena; "there was no overlap between their proposals"


Overlap   Dico Tools
Coincide partially or wholly; "Our vacations overlap"


Overlap   Dico Tools
Extend over and cover a part of; "The roofs of the houses overlap in this crowded city"


Overlapping   Dico Tools
Covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)


Overlapping   Dico Tools
Laid overlapping (not flush)


Overlapping   Dico Tools
Related by having something in common with or coinciding with; "having overlapping duties"; "found unexpected overlapping areas of interest"


Overlarge   Dico Tools
Excessively large


Overlay   Dico Tools
Protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior


Overlay   Dico Tools
Kill by lying on; "The sow overlay her piglets"


Overlay   Dico Tools
Put something on top of something else; "cover the meat with a lot of gravy"


Overlayer   Dico Tools
Protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior


Overleaf   Dico Tools
On or to the other side of a page; "data tabulated overleaf"


Overleap   Dico Tools
Leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"


Overleap   Dico Tools
Jump across or leap over (an obstacle)


Overleap   Dico Tools
Defeat (oneself) by going too far


Overlie   Dico Tools
Kill by lying on; "The sow overlay her piglets"


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Overlie   Dico Tools
Lie upon; lie on top of; "the granite overlies the older rocks"


Overload   Dico Tools
An excessive burden


Overload   Dico Tools
An electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power


Overload   Dico Tools
Fill to excess so that function is impaired; "Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details"


Overload   Dico Tools
Place too much a load on; "don''t overload the car"


Overload   Dico Tools
Become overloaded; "The aerator overloaded"


Overloaded   Dico Tools
Loaded past capacity


Overlook   Dico Tools
A high place affording a good view


Overlook   Dico Tools
Leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"


Overlook   Dico Tools
Watch over; "I am overlooking her work"


Overlook   Dico Tools
Look past, fail to notice


Overlook   Dico Tools
Look down on; "The villa dominates the town"


Overlook   Dico Tools
Be oriented in a certain direction; "The house looks out on a tennis court"; "The apartment overlooks the Hudson"


Overlooked   Dico Tools
Not taken into account; "his retirement was not allowed to go unmarked"


Overlooking   Dico Tools
Used of a height or viewpoint; "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom"


Overlord   Dico Tools
A person who has general authority over others


Overlordship   Dico Tools
The position of overlord


Overly   Dico Tools
To an excessive degree; "too big"


Overlying   Dico Tools
Placed on or over something else; "an overlying image"


Overmantel   Dico Tools
A shelf over a mantelpiece


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Overmaster   Dico Tools
Overcome by superior force


Overmodest   Dico Tools
Affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way


Overmuch   Dico Tools
A quantity that is more than what is appropriate; "four-year-olds have an overabundance of energy"; "we received an inundation of email"


Overmuch   Dico Tools
Very great in quantity; overabundant; "showed overmuch affection"


Overmuch   Dico Tools
More than necessary; "she eats too much"; "let''s not blame them overmuch"


Overmuchness   Dico Tools
A quantity that is more than what is appropriate; "four-year-olds have an overabundance of energy"; "we received an inundation of email"


Overnice   Dico Tools
Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow"


Overnight   Dico Tools
Lasting through or extending over the whole night; "a nightlong vigil"; "an overnight trip"


Overnight   Dico Tools
Happening in a short time or with great speed; "these solutions cannot be found overnight!"


Overnighter   Dico Tools
A small traveling bag to carry clothing and accessories for staying overnight


Overnighter   Dico Tools
A guest who stays overnight


Overnight_bag   Dico Tools
A small traveling bag to carry clothing and accessories for staying overnight


Overnight_case   Dico Tools
A small traveling bag to carry clothing and accessories for staying overnight


Overpass   Dico Tools
Bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels; "an overpass is called a flyover or a flypast in England"


Overpay   Dico Tools
Pay too much


Overpayment   Dico Tools
The act of paying too much


Overpayment   Dico Tools
A payment larger than needed or expected


Overplay   Dico Tools
Exaggerate one''s acting


Overplus   Dico Tools
Extreme excess; "an embarrassment of riches"


Overpopulate   Dico Tools
Cause to have too great a population; "Some towns in New Jersey are becoming overpopulated"


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Overpopulation   Dico Tools
Too much population


Overpower   Dico Tools
Overcome by superior force


Overpower   Dico Tools
Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli


Overpowered   Dico Tools
Rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something; "a desk flooded with applications"; "felt inundated with work"; "too much overcome to notice"; "a man engulfed by fear"; "swamped by work"


Overpowering   Dico Tools
So strong as to be irresistible; "an overpowering need for solitude"; "the temptation to despair may become overwhelming"; "an overwhelming majority"


Overpoweringly   Dico Tools
Incapable of being resisted; "the candy looked overwhelmingly desirable to the dieting man"


Overpraise   Dico Tools
Praise excessively


Overpressure   Dico Tools
A transient air pressure greater than the surrounding atmospheric pressure; "the overpressure of the blast kills by lethal concussion"


Overprice   Dico Tools
Price excessively high


Overpriced   Dico Tools
Too costly for the value; "overpriced items at resort shops"


Overprint   Dico Tools
Something added by overprinting


Overprint   Dico Tools
Print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper


Overproduce   Dico Tools
Produce in excess; "The country overproduces cars"


Overproduce   Dico Tools
Produce in excess; produce more than needed or wanted


Overproduction   Dico Tools
Too much production or more than expected


Overprotect   Dico Tools
Protect excessively; "Don''t overprotect your son--he is an adult now!"


Overprotect   Dico Tools
Care for like a mother; "She fusses over her husband"


Overprotection   Dico Tools
Excessive protection


Overprotective   Dico Tools
Overly protective; "overprotective parents"


Overproud   Dico Tools
Excessively proud


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Overrate   Dico Tools
Make too high an estimate of; "He overestimated his own powers"


Overrating   Dico Tools
A calculation that results in an estimate that is too high


Overreach   Dico Tools
Beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"


Overreach   Dico Tools
Fail by aiming too high or trying too hard


Overreaching   Dico Tools
Revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights; "vaulting ambition"


Overreact   Dico Tools
Show an exaggerated response to something; "Don''t overreact to the bad news--take it easy"


Overreaction   Dico Tools
An excessive reaction; a reaction with inappropriate emotional behavior


Overreckoning   Dico Tools
A calculation that results in an estimate that is too high


Overrefine   Dico Tools
Refine too much or with excess of subtlety; "He is overrefining this matter"


Overrefined   Dico Tools
Excessively delicate or refined


Overrefinement   Dico Tools
The act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean


Override   Dico Tools
The act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something


Override   Dico Tools
A manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device


Override   Dico Tools
Rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"


Override   Dico Tools
Ride (a horse) too hard


Override   Dico Tools
Counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle)


Override   Dico Tools
Prevail over; "health considerations override financial concerns"


Overriding   Dico Tools
Having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"


Overripe   Dico Tools
Too ripe


Overrule   Dico Tools
Rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"


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Overrun   Dico Tools
Too much production or more than expected


Overrun   Dico Tools
Run beyond or past; "The plane overran the runway"


Overrun   Dico Tools
Seize the position of and defeat; "the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land"


Overrun   Dico Tools
Invade in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen"


Overrun   Dico Tools
Flow or run over (a limit or brim)


Overrun   Dico Tools
Occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"


Overrun   Dico Tools
(often followed by `with'' or used in combination) troubled by or encroached upon in large numbers; "waters infested with sharks"; "shark-infested waters"; "the locust-overrun countryside"; "drug-plagued streets"


Oversea   Dico Tools
Being or passing over or across the sea; "some overseas trade in grain arose"


Oversea   Dico Tools
Beyond or across the sea; "He lived overseas for many years"


Overseas   Dico Tools
In a foreign country; "markets abroad"; "overseas markets"


Overseas   Dico Tools
Being or passing over or across the sea; "some overseas trade in grain arose"


Overseas   Dico Tools
In a place across an ocean


Overseas   Dico Tools
Beyond or across the sea; "He lived overseas for many years"


Overseas_cap   Dico Tools
A wedge-shaped wool or cotton cap; worn as part of a uniform


Overseas_telegram   Dico Tools
A telegram sent abroad


Oversee   Dico Tools
Watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?"


Overseer   Dico Tools
A person who directs and manages an organization


Oversensitive   Dico Tools
Unduly sensitive or thin-skinned


Oversensitiveness   Dico Tools
Sensitivity leading to easy irritation or upset


Overserious   Dico Tools
Excessively serious


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Oversew   Dico Tools
Sew (two edges) with close stitches that pass over them both


Oversewn   Dico Tools
Sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together)


Oversexed   Dico Tools
Having excessive sexual desire or appeal


Overshadow   Dico Tools
Cast a shadow upon; "The tall tree overshadowed the house"; "The tragedy overshadowed the couple''s happiness"


Overshadow   Dico Tools
Make appear small by comparison; "This year''s debt dwarves that of last year"


Overshadow   Dico Tools
Exceed in importance; outweigh; "This problem overshadows our lives right now"


Overshielding   Dico Tools
Excessive protection


Overshoe   Dico Tools
Footwear that protects your shoes from water or snow or cold


Overshoot   Dico Tools
An approach that fails and gives way to another attempt


Overshoot   Dico Tools
Aim too high; "The plan overshoots its aim"


Overshoot   Dico Tools
Shoot beyond or over (a target)


Overshot   Dico Tools
Having an upper part projecting beyond the lower; "an overshot jaw"


Overside   Dico Tools
Over the side of a boat; "Willie eased himself overside into the sea"


Oversight   Dico Tools
A mistake resulting from inattention


Oversight   Dico Tools
Management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group


Oversight   Dico Tools
An unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something


Oversimplification   Dico Tools
Excessive simplification; the act of making something too simple (to the point of misrepresentation)


Oversimplification   Dico Tools
A simplification that goes too far (to the point of misrepresentation)


Oversimplified   Dico Tools
Unrealistically simple


Oversimplify   Dico Tools
Make too simple; "Don''t oversimplify the instructions"


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Oversimplify   Dico Tools
Simplify to an excessive degree; "Don''t oversimplify the problem"


Oversize   Dico Tools
Larger than normal for its kind


Oversized   Dico Tools
Larger than normal for its kind


Overskirt   Dico Tools
An outer skirt worn over another skirt


Oversleep   Dico Tools
Sleep longer than intended


Oversolicitous   Dico Tools
Excessively solicitous


Overspecialise   Dico Tools
Become overly specialized; "She overspecialized when she concentrated on verbs in Fijian"


Overspecialize   Dico Tools
Become overly specialized; "She overspecialized when she concentrated on verbs in Fijian"


Overspend   Dico Tools
Spend at a high rate


Overspend   Dico Tools
Spend more than available of (a budget, for example)


Overspill   Dico Tools
The occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity


Overspill   Dico Tools
Too much population


Overspread   Dico Tools
Spread across or over; "A big oil spot spread across the water"


Overstate   Dico Tools
To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South'' imagery"


Overstated   Dico Tools
Represented as greater than is true or reasonable; "an exaggerated opinion of oneself"


Overstatement   Dico Tools
Making to seem more important than it really is


Overstay   Dico Tools
Stay too long; "overstay or outstay one''s welcome"


Overstep   Dico Tools
Pass beyond (limits or boundaries)


Overstep   Dico Tools
Go beyond; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"


Overstock   Dico Tools
Stock excessively


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Overstrain   Dico Tools
Too much strain


Overstrain   Dico Tools
Strain excessively; "He overextended himself when he accepted the additional assignment"


Overstress   Dico Tools
Place special or excessive emphasis on; "I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book"


Overstretch   Dico Tools
Strain abnormally; "I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up"; "The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition"


Overstrung   Dico Tools
Too tightly strung; "an overstrung archery bow"


Overstrung   Dico Tools
Being in a tense state


Overstuff   Dico Tools
Stuff too much; "The pillow was overstuffed"


Overstuffed   Dico Tools
Upholstered thickly and deeply; "an overstuffed sofa"


Overstuffed_chair   Dico Tools
A comfortable upholstered armchair


Oversubscribed   Dico Tools
Sold in excess of available supply especially season tickets; "the opera season was oversubscribed"


Oversupply   Dico Tools
The quality of being so overabundant that prices fall


Oversupply   Dico Tools
Supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"


Oversuspicious   Dico Tools
Unduly suspicious


Overt   Dico Tools
Open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"


Overtake   Dico Tools
Catch up with and possibly overtake; "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp"


Overtake   Dico Tools
Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli


Overtake   Dico Tools
Travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks"


Overtaking   Dico Tools
Going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it; "she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me"


Overtax   Dico Tools
Tax excessively; "Don''t overtax my constituents!"


Overthrow   Dico Tools
The termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)


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Overthrow   Dico Tools
The act of disturbing the mind or body; "his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset"; "she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living"


Overthrow   Dico Tools
Rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"


Overthrow   Dico Tools
Cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class"


Overthrust_fault   Dico Tools
A geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression


Overtime   Dico Tools
Work done in addition to regular working hours


Overtime   Dico Tools
Playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie


Overtime   Dico Tools
Beyond the regular time; "she often has to work overtime"


Overtime_period   Dico Tools
A period of overtime play to resolve a tie; e.g. basketball


Overtire   Dico Tools
Tire excessively


Overtly   Dico Tools
In an overt manner; "he did it overtly"


Overtolerance   Dico Tools
Too much permissiveness


Overtone   Dico Tools
A harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency


Overtone   Dico Tools
(usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality; "overtones of despair"


Overtop   Dico Tools
Look down on; "The villa dominates the town"


Overtrump   Dico Tools
Play a trump higher than (one previously played) to the trick


Overture   Dico Tools
Orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio


Overture   Dico Tools
A tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances"


Overture   Dico Tools
Something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner"


Overturn   Dico Tools
An improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"


Overturn   Dico Tools
The act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed"


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Overturn   Dico Tools
Change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe"


Overturn   Dico Tools
Rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"


Overturn   Dico Tools
Annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"


Overturn   Dico Tools
Turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over"


Overturn   Dico Tools
Cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer"


Overturn   Dico Tools
Cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class"


Overturned   Dico Tools
Having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom; "an overturned car"; "the upset pitcher of milk"; "sat on an upturned bucket"


Overt_operation   Dico Tools
The collection of intelligence openly without concealment


Overuse   Dico Tools
Exploitation to the point of diminishing returns


Overuse   Dico Tools
Make use of too often or too extensively


Overutilisation   Dico Tools
Exploitation to the point of diminishing returns


Overutilization   Dico Tools
Exploitation to the point of diminishing returns


Overvaliant   Dico Tools
Having or showing undue valor or boldness; "a foolish overvaliant act"


Overvaluation   Dico Tools
Too high a value or price assigned to something


Overvaluation   Dico Tools
An appraisal that is too high


Overvalue   Dico Tools
Assign too high a value to; "You are overestimating the value of your old car"


Overview   Dico Tools
A general summary of a subject; "the treasurer gave a brief overview of the financial consequences"


Overweary   Dico Tools
Tire excessively


Overweening   Dico Tools
Presumptuously arrogant; "had a witty but overweening manner"; "no idea how overweening he would be"- S.V.Benet; "getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"- NY Times


Overweening   Dico Tools
Unrestrained in especially feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"


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Overweight   Dico Tools
The property of excessive fatness


Overweight   Dico Tools
Usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it


Overwhelm   Dico Tools
Charge someone with too many tasks


Overwhelm   Dico Tools
Overcome by superior force


Overwhelm   Dico Tools
Cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"


Overwhelm   Dico Tools
Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli


Overwhelmed   Dico Tools
Rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something; "a desk flooded with applications"; "felt inundated with work"; "too much overcome to notice"; "a man engulfed by fear"; "swamped by work"


Overwhelming   Dico Tools
Very intense; "politics is his consuming passion"; "overwhelming joy"


Overwhelming   Dico Tools
So strong as to be irresistible; "an overpowering need for solitude"; "the temptation to despair may become overwhelming"; "an overwhelming majority"


Overwhelmingly   Dico Tools
Incapable of being resisted; "the candy looked overwhelmingly desirable to the dieting man"


Overwork   Dico Tools
The act working too much or too long; "he became ill from overwork"


Overwork   Dico Tools
Use too much; "This play has been overworked"


Overwork   Dico Tools
Work excessively hard; "he is exploiting the students"


Overworking   Dico Tools
The act working too much or too long; "he became ill from overwork"


Overwrite   Dico Tools
Write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data; "overwrite that file"


Overwrought   Dico Tools
Deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with grief"


Overzealous   Dico Tools
Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist"


Over_again   Dico Tools
Anew; "she tried again"; "they rehearsed the scene again"


Over_and_over   Dico Tools
Repeatedly; "the unknown word turned up over and over again in the text"


Over_and_over_again   Dico Tools
Repeatedly; "the unknown word turned up over and over again in the text"


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Over_here   Dico Tools
In a specified area or place; "you shouldn''t be up here"


Over_the_counter_security   Dico Tools
A security traded in the over-the-counter market


Over_the_counter_stock   Dico Tools
Stock that is not listed and traded on an organized exchange


Over_the_sea   Dico Tools
In a place across an ocean


Ovibos   Dico Tools
Consisting of the musk-ox


Ovibos_moschatus   Dico Tools
Large shaggy-coated bovid mammal of Canada and Greenland; intermediate in size and anatomy between an ox and a sheep


Ovid   Dico Tools
Roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 BC - AD 17)


Oviduct   Dico Tools
Either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus


Oviedo   Dico Tools
A city in northwestern Spain near the Cantabrian Mountains


Oviform   Dico Tools
Rounded like an egg


Ovimbundu   Dico Tools
An ethnic group speaking Umbundu and living in western Angola


Ovine   Dico Tools
Of or pertaining to or of the nature of or characteristic of a sheep or sheep


Oviparous   Dico Tools
Egg-laying


Ovipositor   Dico Tools
Egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in many female insects and some fishes


Oviraptorid   Dico Tools
Advanced carnivorous theropod


Ovis   Dico Tools
Sheep


Ovis_ammon   Dico Tools
Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia


Ovis_aries   Dico Tools
Any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin


Ovis_canadensis   Dico Tools
Wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns


Ovis_montana_dalli   Dico Tools
Large white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska


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Ovis_musimon   Dico Tools
Wild short-fleeced mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia


Ovis_poli   Dico Tools
Asiatic wild sheep with exceptionally large horns; sometimes considered a variety of the argali (or Ovis ammon)


Ovis_vignei   Dico Tools
Bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia


Ovocon   Dico Tools
Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone


Ovoflavin   Dico Tools
A B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss


Ovoid   Dico Tools
An egg-shaped object


Ovoid   Dico Tools
Rounded like an egg


Ovolo   Dico Tools
A convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse


Ovotestis   Dico Tools
Hermaphroditic gonad that contains both testicular and ovarian tissue


Ovoviviparous   Dico Tools
Producing living young from eggs that hatch within the body


Ovral   Dico Tools
Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel


Ovrette   Dico Tools
Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norgestrel


Ovular   Dico Tools
Of or relating to an ovum


Ovular   Dico Tools
Being or of the nature of an ovule


Ovulate   Dico Tools
Produce and discharge eggs; "women ovulate about once every month"


Ovulation   Dico Tools
The expulsion of an ovum from the ovary (usually midway in the menstrual cycle)


Ovulation_method   Dico Tools
Natural family planning in which the fertile period is inferred from changes in the character and quantity of cervical mucus; ovulation is marked by an increase in mucus that becomes sticky and then clearer and slippery


Ovulation_method_of_family_planning   Dico Tools
Natural family planning in which the fertile period is inferred from changes in the character and quantity of cervical mucus; ovulation is marked by an increase in mucus that becomes sticky and then clearer and slippery


Ovule   Dico Tools
A small or immature ovum


Ovule   Dico Tools
A small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization


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Ovulen   Dico Tools
Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and a progestin compound


Ovum   Dico Tools
The female reproductive cell; the female gamete


Owe   Dico Tools
Be in debt; "She owes me $200"; "The thesis owes much to his adviser"


Owe   Dico Tools
Be obliged to pay or repay


Owe   Dico Tools
Be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense; "This new theory owes much to Einstein''s Relativity Theory"


Owed   Dico Tools
Owed and payable immediately or on demand; "payment is due"


Owed   Dico Tools
Owed as a debt; "outstanding bills"; "the amount still owed"; "undischarged debts"


Owen   Dico Tools
English comparative anatomist and paleontologist who was an opponent of Darwinism (1804-1892)


Owen   Dico Tools
Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)


Owens   Dico Tools
United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980)


Owensboro   Dico Tools
A town in northwestern Kentucky on the Ohio River; a tobacco market


Owen_Glendower   Dico Tools
Welsh chieftain who led a revolt against Henry IV''s rule in Wales (1359-1416)


Owen_Wister   Dico Tools
United States writer (1860-1938)


Owing(p)   Dico Tools
Owed as a debt; "must pay what is owing"; "sleep owing to you because of a long vigil"


Owing(p)   Dico Tools
Owed as a debt; "outstanding bills"; "the amount still owed"; "undischarged debts"


Owl   Dico Tools
Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes


Owlclaws   Dico Tools
Stout perennial herb of western United States having flower heads with drooping orange-yellow rays; causes spewing sickness in sheep


Owlet   Dico Tools
Young owl


Owlet_moth   Dico Tools
Usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests


Owlish   Dico Tools
Resembling an owl; solemn and wise in appearance


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Owlishly   Dico Tools
In an owlish manner; "the gentle-looking barrister peered owlishly around him"


OWLT   Dico Tools
The elapsed time it takes for light (or radio signals) to travel between the Earth and a celestial object


Own   Dico Tools
Have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"


Own(a)   Dico Tools
Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive; "for your own use"; "do your own thing"; "she makes her own clothes"; "`ain'' is Scottish"


Owned   Dico Tools
Having an owner; often used in combination; "state-owned railways"


Owner   Dico Tools
(law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; "he is the owner of a chain of restaurants"


Owner   Dico Tools
A person who owns something; "they are searching for the owner of the car"; "who is the owner of that friendly smile?"


Owner-driver   Dico Tools
A motorist who owns the car that he/she drives


Owner-occupied   Dico Tools
Lived in by the owner; "one owner-occupied and three rental apartments"


Owner-occupier   Dico Tools
A occupant who owns the home that he/she lives in


Ownerless   Dico Tools
Having no owner


Ownership   Dico Tools
The act of having and controlling property


Ownership   Dico Tools
The relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others


Ownership   Dico Tools
The state or fact of being an owner


Own_goal   Dico Tools
(soccer) a goal that results when a player inadvertently knocks the ball into the goal he is defending; "the own goal cost them the game"


Own_right   Dico Tools
By title vested in yourself or by virtue of qualifications that you have achieved; "a peer in his own right"; "a leading sports figure in his own right"; "a fine opera in its own right"


Ox   Dico Tools
Any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos


Ox   Dico Tools
An adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus


Ox-eyed   Dico Tools
Having large round eyes like those of an ox; "ox-eyed Juno"


Ox-eyed_daisy   Dico Tools
Tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers; widely naturalized; often placed in genus Chrysanthemum


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Oxacillin   Dico Tools
A form of penicillin resistant to penicillinase and effective against penicillin-resistant staphylococci


Oxalacetate   Dico Tools
A salt or ester of oxalacetic acid


Oxalacetic_acid   Dico Tools
An acid formed by oxidation of maleic acid (as in metabolism of fats and carbohydrates)


Oxalate   Dico Tools
A salt or ester of oxalic acid


Oxalic_acid   Dico Tools
A toxic colorless crystalline organic acid found in oxalis and other plants; used as a bleach and rust remover and in chemical analysis


Oxalidaceae   Dico Tools
A family of widely distributed herbs of the order Geraniales; have compound leaves and pentamerous flowers


Oxalis   Dico Tools
Any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis


Oxalis_acetosella   Dico Tools
Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white pink- or purple-veined flowers


Oxalis_caprina   Dico Tools
Short-stemmed South African plant with bluish flowers


Oxalis_cernua   Dico Tools
South African bulbous wood sorrel with showy yellow flowers


Oxalis_corniculata   Dico Tools
Creeping much-branched mat-forming weed; cosmopolitan


Oxalis_crenata   Dico Tools
South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers


Oxalis_pes-caprae   Dico Tools
South African bulbous wood sorrel with showy yellow flowers


Oxalis_tuberosa   Dico Tools
South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers


Oxalis_violacea   Dico Tools
Perennial herb of eastern North America with palmately compound leaves and usually rose-purple flowers


Oxaloacetate   Dico Tools
A salt or ester of oxalacetic acid


Oxaloacetic_acid   Dico Tools
An acid formed by oxidation of maleic acid (as in metabolism of fats and carbohydrates)


Oxandra   Dico Tools
Genus of tropical trees


Oxandra_lanceolata   Dico Tools
Source of most of the lancewood of commerce


Oxaprozin   Dico Tools
A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Daypro)


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Oxazepam   Dico Tools
A tranquilizing drug (trade name Serax) used to treat anxiety and insomnia and alcohol withdrawal


Oxblood_red   Dico Tools
A dark brownish red


Oxbow   Dico Tools
A wooden framework bent in the shape of a U; its upper ends are attached to the horizontal yoke and the loop goes around the neck of an ox


Oxbow   Dico Tools
A U-shaped curve in a stream


Oxbow   Dico Tools
The land inside an oxbow bend in a river


Oxbow_lake   Dico Tools
A crescent-shaped lake (often temporary) that is formed when a meander of a river is cut off from the main channel


Oxbridge   Dico Tools
General term for an ancient and prestigious and privileged university (especially Oxford University or Cambridge University)


Oxcart   Dico Tools
A cart that is drawn by an ox


Oxen   Dico Tools
Domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen"


Oxeye   Dico Tools
An oval or round dormer window


Oxeye   Dico Tools
Eurasian perennial herbs having daisylike flowers with yellow rays and dark centers


Oxeye   Dico Tools
Any North American shrubby perennial herb of the genus Heliopsis having large yellow daisylike flowers


Oxeye_daisy   Dico Tools
Tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers; widely naturalized; often placed in genus Chrysanthemum


Oxeye_daisy   Dico Tools
Similar to oxeye daisy


Oxford   Dico Tools
A low shoe laced over the instep


Oxford   Dico Tools
A university in England


Oxford   Dico Tools
A city in southern England northwest of London; site of Oxford University


Oxford   Dico Tools
A university town in northern Mississippi; home of William Faulkner


Oxford-gray   Dico Tools
Dark gray


Oxford-grey   Dico Tools
Dark gray


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Oxford_English   Dico Tools
The dialect of English spoken at Oxford University and regarded by many as affected and pretentious


Oxford_English_Dictionary   Dico Tools
An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles


Oxford_gray   Dico Tools
A very dark gray color


Oxford_grey   Dico Tools
A very dark gray color


Oxford_movement   Dico Tools
19th-century movement in the Church of England opposing liberal tendencies


Oxford_University   Dico Tools
A university in England


Oxheart   Dico Tools
Large heart-shaped sweet cherry with soft flesh


Oxheart   Dico Tools
Any of several cultivated sweet cherries having sweet juicy heart-shaped fruits


Oxheart_cherry   Dico Tools
Large heart-shaped sweet cherry with soft flesh


Oxheart_cherry   Dico Tools
Any of several cultivated sweet cherries having sweet juicy heart-shaped fruits


Oxidant   Dico Tools
A substance that oxidizes another substance


Oxidase   Dico Tools
Any of the enzymes that catalyze biological oxidation


Oxidate   Dico Tools
Add oxygen to or combine with oxygen


Oxidate   Dico Tools
Enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide; "This metal oxidizes easily"


Oxidation   Dico Tools
The process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction


Oxidation-reduction   Dico Tools
A reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction


Oxidation-reduction_indicator   Dico Tools
An indicator that shows a reversible color change between oxidized and reduced forms


Oxidation_number   Dico Tools
The degree of oxidation of an atom or ion or molecule; for simple atoms or ions the oxidation number is equal to the ionic charge; "the oxidation number of hydrogen is +1 and of oxygen is -2"


Oxidation_state   Dico Tools
The degree of oxidation of an atom or ion or molecule; for simple atoms or ions the oxidation number is equal to the ionic charge; "the oxidation number of hydrogen is +1 and of oxygen is -2"


Oxidative   Dico Tools
Taking place in the presence of oxygen; "oxidative glycolysis"; "oxidative rancidity"


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Oxidative_phosphorylation   Dico Tools
An enzymatic process in cell metabolism that synthesizes ATP from ADP


Oxide   Dico Tools
Any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical


Oxidisation   Dico Tools
The process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction


Oxidise   Dico Tools
Add oxygen to or combine with oxygen


Oxidise   Dico Tools
Enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide; "This metal oxidizes easily"


Oxidised   Dico Tools
Combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen; "the oxidized form of iodine"


Oxidiser   Dico Tools
A substance that oxidizes another substance


Oxidizable   Dico Tools
Capable of undergoing a chemical reaction with oxygen


Oxidization   Dico Tools
The process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction


Oxidize   Dico Tools
Add oxygen to or combine with oxygen


Oxidize   Dico Tools
Enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide; "This metal oxidizes easily"


Oxidized   Dico Tools
Combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen; "the oxidized form of iodine"


Oxidized_LDL_cholesterol   Dico Tools
LDL cholesterol that has been bombarded by free radicals; it is thought to cause atherosclerosis


Oxidizer   Dico Tools
A substance that oxidizes another substance


Oxidizing_agent   Dico Tools
A substance that oxidizes another substance


Oxidoreductase   Dico Tools
An enzyme that catalyzes oxidation-reduction


Oxidoreduction   Dico Tools
A reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction


Oxime   Dico Tools
Any compound containing the group -C=NOH


Oximeter   Dico Tools
A measuring instrument that measures the oxygen in arterial blood


Oxlip   Dico Tools
Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel


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Oxonian   Dico Tools
A resident of Oxford


Oxonian   Dico Tools
Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the city of Oxford, England, or its inhabitants; "his Oxonian neighbors"; "Oxonian bookstores"


Oxonian   Dico Tools
Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Oxford University; "Oxonian education"


Oxtail   Dico Tools
The skinned tail of cattle; used especially for soups


Oxtail_soup   Dico Tools
A soup made from the skinned tail of an ox


Oxtant   Dico Tools
A unit of angular distance equal to half a quadrant


Oxtongue   Dico Tools
Widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States


Oxyacetylene   Dico Tools
A mixture of oxygen and acetylene; used to create high temperatures for cutting or welding metals


Oxyacetylene   Dico Tools
Of or using a mixture of acetylene and oxygen; "an oxyacetylene torch"; "oxyacetelyne welding"


Oxyacetylene_torch   Dico Tools
A blowtorch that burns oxyacetylene


Oxyacid   Dico Tools
Any acid that contains oxygen


Oxybelis   Dico Tools
Vine snakes


Oxybenzene   Dico Tools
A toxic white soluble crystalline acidic derivative of benzene; used in manufacturing and as a disinfectant and antiseptic; poisonous if taken internally


Oxybutyric_acid   Dico Tools
Hydroxy derivative of butyric acid


Oxycephaly   Dico Tools
A congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shape


Oxydendrum   Dico Tools
Sourwood


Oxydendrum_arboreum   Dico Tools
Deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves


Oxygen   Dico Tools
A nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth''s crust


Oxygenase   Dico Tools
An oxidoreductase that catalyzes the incorporation of molecular oxygen


Oxygenate   Dico Tools
Impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen; "oxygenate blood"


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Oxygenated   Dico Tools
Used of tissues or especially blood; supplied with oxygen by respiration


Oxygenation   Dico Tools
The process of providing or combining or treating with oxygen; "the oxygenation of the blood"


Oxygenise   Dico Tools
Impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen; "oxygenate blood"


Oxygenise   Dico Tools
Dehydrogenate with oxygen


Oxygenise   Dico Tools
Change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule)


Oxygenize   Dico Tools
Impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen; "oxygenate blood"


Oxygenize   Dico Tools
Dehydrogenate with oxygen


Oxygenize   Dico Tools
Change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule)


Oxygen_acid   Dico Tools
Any acid that contains oxygen


Oxygen_debt   Dico Tools
A cumulative deficit of oxygen resulting from intense exercise; the deficit must be made up when the body returns to rest


Oxygen_deficit   Dico Tools
Temporary oxygen shortage in cells resulting from strenuous exercise


Oxygen_mask   Dico Tools
A breathing device that is placed over the mouth and nose; supplies oxygen from an attached storage tank


Oxyhaemoglobin   Dico Tools
The bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungs; "oxyhemoglobin transports oxygen to the cells of the body"


Oxyhemoglobin   Dico Tools
The bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungs; "oxyhemoglobin transports oxygen to the cells of the body"


Oxylebius   Dico Tools
A genus of Hexagrammidae


Oxylebius_pictus   Dico Tools
Greenling with whitish body marked with black bands


Oxymoron   Dico Tools
Conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence'')


Oxyopia   Dico Tools
Unusually acute vision


Oxyphenbutazone   Dico Tools
An anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Tandearil) used to treat arthritis and bursitis


Oxyphencyclimine   Dico Tools
An anticholinergic drug (trade name Daricon) used in treating peptic ulcers


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Oxytetracycline   Dico Tools
A yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections


Oxytetracycline_hydrochloride   Dico Tools
A yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections


Oxytocic   Dico Tools
A drug that induces labor by stimulating contractions of the muscles of the uterus


Oxytocic_drug   Dico Tools
A drug that induces labor by stimulating contractions of the muscles of the uterus


Oxytocin   Dico Tools
Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk


Oxytone   Dico Tools
Word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable


Oxytropis   Dico Tools
Large widely-distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and racemose or spicate flowers each having a pealike corolla with a clawed petal


Oxytropis_lambertii   Dico Tools
Tufted locoweed of southwestern United States having purple or pink to white flowers


Oxyura   Dico Tools
Ruddy duck


Oxyuranus   Dico Tools
Taipans


Oxyuranus_scutellatus   Dico Tools
Large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia


Oxyura_jamaicensis   Dico Tools
Reddish-brown stiff-tailed duck of North America and northern South America


Oxyuridae   Dico Tools
Pinworms


Oyabun   Dico Tools
A Japanese supervisor


Oyster   Dico Tools
Marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters


Oyster   Dico Tools
A small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl


Oyster   Dico Tools
Edible body of any of numerous oysters


Oyster   Dico Tools
Gather oysters, dig oysters


Oyster-fish   Dico Tools
A variety of toadfish


Oystercatcher   Dico Tools
Black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc.


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Oysterfish   Dico Tools
A variety of toadfish


Oysters_Rockefeller   Dico Tools
Oysters spread with butter and spinach and seasonings and baked on the half shell


Oyster_agaric   Dico Tools
Edible agaric with a soft grayish cap growing in shelving masses on dead wood


Oyster_bank   Dico Tools
A workplace where oysters are bred and grown


Oyster_bar   Dico Tools
A bar (as in a restaurant) that specializes in oysters prepared in different ways


Oyster_bed   Dico Tools
A workplace where oysters are bred and grown


Oyster_catcher   Dico Tools
Black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc.


Oyster_crab   Dico Tools
Tiny soft-bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oysters


Oyster_cracker   Dico Tools
A small dry usually round cracker


Oyster_dressing   Dico Tools
Stuffing made with oysters


Oyster_fish   Dico Tools
A variety of toadfish


Oyster_fungus   Dico Tools
Edible agaric with a soft grayish cap growing in shelving masses on dead wood


Oyster_mushroom   Dico Tools
Edible agaric with a soft grayish cap growing in shelving masses on dead wood


Oyster_park   Dico Tools
A workplace where oysters are bred and grown


Oyster_plant   Dico Tools
Long white-skinned salsify


Oyster_plant   Dico Tools
Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States


Oyster_plant   Dico Tools
Edible root of the salsify plant


Oyster_shell   Dico Tools
A shell of an oyster


Oyster_stew   Dico Tools
Oysters in cream


Oyster_stuffing   Dico Tools
Stuffing made with oysters


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Oz.   Dico Tools
A unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams


Ozaena   Dico Tools
A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures


Ozarks   Dico Tools
An area of low mountains in northwestern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma


Ozark_chinkapin   Dico Tools
Shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwest United States


Ozark_chinquapin   Dico Tools
Shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwest United States


Ozark_Mountains   Dico Tools
An area of low mountains in northwestern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma


Ozark_Plateau   Dico Tools
An area of low mountains in northwestern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma


Ozark_sundrops   Dico Tools
Evening-opening primrose of south central United States


Ozawa   Dico Tools
United States conductor (born in Japan in 1935)


Ozena   Dico Tools
A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures


Ozocerite   Dico Tools
A waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum; some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles


Ozokerite   Dico Tools
A waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum; some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles


Ozone   Dico Tools
A colorless gas (O3) soluble in alkalis and cold water; a strong oxidizing agent; can be produced by electric discharge in oxygen or by the action of ultraviolet radiation on oxygen in the stratosphere (where it acts as a screen for ultraviolet radiation)


Ozone_hole   Dico Tools
An area of the ozone layer (near the poles) that is seasonally depleted of ozone


Ozone_layer   Dico Tools
A layer in the stratosphere (at approximately 20 miles) that contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sun


Ozone_sickness   Dico Tools
Illness that can occur to persons exposed to ozone in high-altitude aircraft; characterized by sleepiness and headache and chest pains and itchiness


Ozonide   Dico Tools
Any of a class of unstable chemical compounds resulting from the addition of ozone to a double bond in an unsaturated compound


Ozonium   Dico Tools
Form genus of imperfect fungi


Ozonosphere   Dico Tools
A layer in the stratosphere (at approximately 20 miles) that contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sun


Ozothamnus   Dico Tools
Genus of Australian shrubs and perennial herbs; sometimes included in genus Helichrysum


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Ozothamnus_secundiflorus   Dico Tools
Shrub with white woolly branches and woolly leaves having fragrant flowers forming long sprays; flowers suitable for drying; sometimes placed in genus Helichrysum


O_level   Dico Tools
The basic level of a subject taken in school


O_ring   Dico Tools
A gasket consisting of a flat ring of rubber or plastic; used to seal a joint against high pressure



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