English Words: O

15,494 words · Page 104 of 310

oncotypenoun

Any specific type of cancer, characterised by a specific test

oncovaccinenoun

A vaccine for a cancer.

oncovinnoun

vincristine

oncoviraladj

Relating to an oncovirus

oncovirusnoun

A virus that can cause cancer.

ondansetronnoun

A carbazole derivative (trademark Zofran), C₁₈H₁₉N₃O, that is a serotonin receptor antagonist administered by injection and by mouth to relieve nausea and vomiting, especially during cancer therapy.

ondatranoun

The muskrat.

ondenoun

envy; hatred; malice

ondes martenotnoun

An early electric keyboard instrument.

Ondine's cursename

A medical condition marked by malfunction of the nerves that control involuntary body functions, causing breathing to require conscious effort and therefore meaning patients will die if they fall asleep.

ondingnoun

Breathing; smelling.

ondiolanoun

An electronic musical instrument, an Italian version of the clavioline.

ondistnoun

A person who played a ondes martenot

Ondoname

A surname from Hungarian.

ondolnoun

A Korean form of underfloor heating that uses direct heat transfer from wood smoke to the underside of a thick masonry floor.

ondoyantadj

wavy; having the surface marked by waves or slightly depressed furrows

Ondrusekname

A surname.

onenum

The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.

one after anotheradv

In single file.

one age withphrase

The same age as.

one and allpron

The entire set of persons or things within a given domain, considered both as separate individuals and collectively.

one and ninesnoun

Cheap seats in a theatre, costing one shilling and nine pence.

one and onenoun

A serving of fish and chips.

one and onlyadj

Unique, one of a kind.

one and the samedet

The selfsame. Used to emphasize the identity or equivalence of two things.

one anotherpron

Used of a reciprocal relationship among a group of two or more people or things; compare each other.

one another'spron

The possessive form of one another.

one anotherspron

Obsolete form of one another's.

one at a timeadv

During sequentially discrete instances.

one bad apple can spoil the barrelproverb

One bad person or element can have a harmful influence on many others.

one bad turn deserves anotherproverb

One act of malice should be paid back by another act of malice.

one brick short of a full loadadj

Not mentally sound; insane.

one by oneadv

Individually in succession.

one could hear a pin dropphrase

Extremely quiet, for example, as during a lull in a normally bustling place or scene, or at a sudden dramatic or tense moment.

one country, two systemsphrase

Policy for the reunification of China as one country, but with areas like Hong Kong and Taiwan with separate economic and political systems.

one dayadv

At some unspecified time in the future.

One Directionernoun

A member of the English-Irish pop boy band One Direction.

one dropnoun

A style of drumming, prevalent in reggae and attributed to Winston Grennan, in which the snare and bass play on the same beat.

one eighty outadj

incorrect; false

one engine in steamphrase

A principle in railway signalling where only one train or locomotive is allowed to run on a section of single-track line, such as a branch line, at any one time.

one fat ladynoun

eight

one fell swoopnoun

One stroke; one action or event that achieves or accomplishes many results.

one fleshnoun

Two people united by marriage.

one footnoun

A trick with one foot free from the bindings; instead it is placed beside the rear binding and boned far away from the board during airtime.

one foot in the gravenoun

Indicates being near death, or almost dead.

one foot out the doornoun

Indicates being on the verge of or in the process of (and sometimes eagerness for) leaving (a place, a relationship, life, etc).

one for all, all for onephrase

Each individual should act for the benefit of the group, and the group should act for the benefit of each individual.

one for lucknoun

An extra repetition of an action beyond what is needed.

one for the money, two for the show, three to make ready, and four to gophrase

A countdown prior to exerting some effort, such as launching a burden or running a race.

one for the roadnoun

A final drink before one leaves.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter O contains 15,494 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 310 pages, and you are currently viewing page 104. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

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