Select a letter for some words
Oarfish
The ribbon fish.
Oath
A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed.
Obe
See .
Obiism
Belief in, or the practice of, the obi superstitions and rites.
Obituary
Of or pertaining to the death of a person or persons;
Objector
One who objects; one who offers objections to a proposition or measure.
Obnoxious
Subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; -- with .
Oboist
A performer on the oboe.
Observation car
A railway passenger car made so as to facilitate seeing the scenery en route; a car open, or with glass sides, or with a kind of open balcony at the rear.
Obtest
To protest.
Occiduous
Western; occidental.
Octapla
A portion of the Old Testament prepared by Origen in the 3d century, containing the Hebrew text and seven Greek versions of it, arranged in eight parallel columns.
Ocypodian
One of a tribe of crabs which live in holes in the sand along the seashore, and run very rapidly, -- whence the name.
oddity
The quality or state of being odd; singularity; queerness; peculiarity; .
odometer
An instrument attached to a vehicle or connected, as by a flexible cable, to the wheel of a vehicle, which measures the distance traversed.
Odontographic
Of or pertaining to odontography.
Odor
Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.
off-Broadway
Of or pertaining to the professional theaters in Manhattan not in the Broadway area; performed in off-Broadway{1}.
Ofttimes
Frequently; often.
Ogdoastich
A poem of eight lines.
Ohioan
A resident of Ohio.
Oilstone
A variety of hone slate, or whetstone, used for whetting tools when lubricated with oil.
okapi
A peculiar mammal () closely related to the giraffe, discovered in the deep forests of Belgian Congo in 1900. It is smaller than an ox, and somewhat like a giraffe, except that the neck is much shorter. Like the giraffe, it has no dewclaws. There is a small prominence on each frontal bone of the male. The color of the body is chiefly reddish chestnut, the cheeks are yellowish white, and the fore and hind legs above the knees and the haunches are striped with purplish black and cream color.
Oleomargarine
A liquid oil made from animal fats (esp. beef fat) by separating the greater portion of the solid fat or stearin, by crystallization. It is mainly a mixture of olein and palmitin with some little stearin.
Oleraceous
Pertaining to pot herbs; of the nature or having the qualities of herbs for cookery; esculent.
Oligarchist
An advocate or supporter of oligarchy.
Olivite
See .
Omnigenous
Consisting of all kinds.
Omnipresency
Omnipresence.
Omniscious
All-knowing.
Onagga
The dauw.
onagra
The female of the onager.
-one
A suffix indicating that the substance, in the name of which it appears, is a ; .
Onychophora
Malacopoda.
Ological
Of or pertaining to ology.
Opalesce
To give forth a play of colors, like the opal.
open-collared
not buttoned at the neck; -- of a shirt; .
Open door
Open or free admission to all; hospitable welcome; free opportunity.
Operetta
A short, light, musical drama.
Ophioglossaceae
A natural family of succulent ferns cosmopolitan in distribution.
Opinionated
Stiff in opinion; firmly or unduly adhering to one's own opinion or to preconceived notions; obstinate in opinion.
Oppilative
Obstructive.
Opportune
Convenient; ready; hence, seasonable; timely.
Optimates
The nobility or aristocracy of ancient Rome, as opposed to the .
Option
The power of choosing; the right of choice or election; an alternative.
Oquassa
A small, handsome trout (), found in some of the lakes in Maine; -- called also .
Oratorian
Oratorical.
Oreographic
Of or pertaining to oreography.
Orewood
Same as .
Orfray
The osprey.
Organogenesis
The origin and development of organs in animals and plants.
Organoplastic
Having the property of producing the tissues or organs of animals and plants; .
orgasm
Eager or immoderate excitement or action; the state of turgescence of any organ; erethism.
Orifice
A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening;
Originate
To take first existence; to have origin or beginning; to begin to exist or act; .
ornamental
Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing.
Orthographically
In an orthographical manner
Orthopteran
One of the .
Oscinian
One of the Oscines, or singing birds.
Oscule
One of the excurrent apertures of sponges.
Ostitis
See .
Ostreophagist
One who feeds on oysters.
Ounding
Waving.
Outliver
One who outlives.
Outpassion
To exceed in passion.
Outrageous
Of the nature of an outrage; exceeding the limits of right, reason, or decency; such as to cause outrage; involving or doing an outrage; furious; violent; atrocious.
Outscout
To overpower by disdain; to outface.
Outspring
To spring out; to issue.
Ovaliform
Having the form of an egg; having a figure such that any section in the direction of the shorter diameter will be circular, and any in the direction of the longer diameter will be oval.
Ovate-cylindraceous
Having a form intermediate between ovate and cylindraceous.
Overaction
Performance to excess; exaggerated or excessive action.
Overfeed
To feed to excess; to surfeit.
overfill
To fill to excess; to surcharge.
Overflow
To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.
Overhandle
To handle, or use, too much; to mention too often.
Overhead
Aloft; above; in or attached to the ceiling or roof; in the story or upon the floor above; in the zenith.
Overlooker
One who overlooks.
Overlying
Lying over or upon something; .
Overmaster
To overpower; to subdue; to vanquish; to govern.
Overmeasure
Excessive measure; the excess beyond true or proper measure; surplus.
Overmellow
Too mellow; overripe.
Overpost
To post over; to pass over swiftly, as by post.
Overrank
Too rank or luxuriant.
Overripen
To make too ripe.
Overrunner
One that overruns.
Overshake
To shake over or away; to drive away; to disperse.
Overstudious
Too studious.
Overwell
To overflow.
Overwork
To work beyond the strength; to cause to labor too much or too long; to tire excessively; .
Oxeye
The oxeye daisy. See under .
oxyacetylene torch
A torch designed to mix oxygen and actylene at its tip, to create a very hot flame for welding, cutting steel, and other metal working.
ozonification
The act or process of producing, or of subjecting to the action of, ozone.