English Words: O

15,494 words · Page 112 of 310

Onitshaname

A city in Anambra State, Nigeria, located on the eastern bank of the Niger river.

oniumnoun

Any cation derived by the addition of a proton to the hydride of any element of the nitrogen, chalcogen or halogen families.

Onkenname

A surname from German.

onkosnoun

A kind of headdress in Ancient Greek theatre.

onkusadj

Inferior; unpleasant; unacceptably bad.

onlandadj

On the land, as opposed to the ocean.

onlapnoun

The phenomenon of successively younger rock strata extending progressively further across an erosion surface cut in older rocks.

onlayverb

To lay or place something on a surface.

onleadverb

To lead on or forward.

onlendverb

To loan out something that has been borrowed.

onlestadj

Only.

Onleyname

A placename:

onliernoun

Something that lies very close to the expected position.

onliestadj

superlative form of only: most only, used to mean "only" but with added intensiveness or emphasis.

onlineadj

Of a system: connected (generally electrically) to a larger network.

online datenoun

A date over the Internet.

online datingnoun

Dating over the Internet, typically using a website or app to find potential connections.

onlinenessnoun

The state or quality of being online.

onlinernoun

A person who is online; a user of the Internet or similar service.

onlinessnoun

The state of being alone or unique.

Onllwynname

A village and community in Neath Port Talbot borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SN8410).

onloadverb

To load onto or upon.

onloanverb

Alternative form of on-loan.

onlooknoun

The act of looking on (something); observation.

onlookernoun

A spectator; someone looks on or watches, without becoming involved or participating.

onlookingadj

That is looking on; watching, observing.

onlyadj

Alone in a category.

only a mother could lovephrase

Used to describe someone or something very unlovable or repulsive.

only childnoun

A person who has no siblings; a person raised as the sole child in a household.

only daughternoun

A sole female child, whether one among multiple siblings, or one who has no siblings.

only game in townnoun

The only opportunity, activity, or resource available.

only ifconj

Not unless; used to introduce a necessary condition.

only justadv

recently; just now

only movenoun

The only move to maintain the current evaluation of the position.

only Nixon could go to Chinaproverb

Only a politician or leader with an impeccable reputation of upholding particular political values could perform an action in seeming defiance of them without jeopardizing his support or credibility.

only sonnoun

A sole male child, whether one among multiple siblings, or one who has no siblings.

only tooadv

very, all too.

only-begottenadj

Being the only child of one’s parent (especially one’s father)

onlybornadj

Born as the only child in a family, flock, or the like.

onlyernoun

Someone who only adheres to the particular thing mentioned, excluding any alternatives.

OnlyFansnoun

An account on OnlyFans.

onlyhoodnoun

the condition of being unique, single, or alone

onmunnoun

The Korean script.

Onmyodoname

A traditional Japanese esoteric cosmology, a mixture of natural science and occultism, formerly under the control of the imperial government.

onnacontraction

On the.

onnagatanoun

A male actor who plays female roles in Japanese kabuki theatre.

onophrase

Abbreviation of or near(est) offer.

onocentaurnoun

A centaur with the body of an ass, instead of a prototypical horse.

onocerinnoun

A white crystalline waxy substance extracted from the root of the leguminous plant spiny restharrow (Ononis spinosa).

onocleaceousadj

Of or relating to the Onocleaceae.

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 112. 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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