English Words: O

15,494 words · Page 159 of 310

Orion Armname

A minor spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy, containing the Solar System.

Orion drivenoun

A theoretical means to propel spacecraft through space, by detonating nuclear bombs behind the spaceship and riding the nuclear explosions that push against the rear mounted pusher plate.

Orion's Beltname

A bright asterism located near the celestial equator, consisting of three bright stars lined up and visibly close together.

Orionidnoun

Any of the meteors in a prolific meteor shower associated with Halley's Comet.

orishanoun

A divine entity in Yoruba religion that possesses the supernatural capability of reflecting some of the manifestations of Olódùmarè

Oriskaname

A former Oneida settlement in New York, near what is now Oriskany in Oneida County.

Oriskanyname

A village in Oneida County, New York, United States.

orismologicaladj

Of or pertaining to orismology.

orismologynoun

The explanation of technical terms.

orisonnoun

A prayer.

Orissaname

Former name of Odisha: A state in eastern India.

Oristanoname

A province of Sardinia, Italy.

oritangnoun

A slow-cooked Korean stew of duck and vegetables.

Oriyaname

Odia, the language spoken in the state of Odisha, India.

Orizabaname

A city and municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz.

Orizabanadj

Of or relating to Orizaba.

Orjuelaname

A surname from Spanish.

ork popnoun

Alternative spelling of ork-pop.

Orkangername

One of the biggest towns in Trøndelag, Norway. Located in Orkland municipality, on the mouth of Orkla river. The town got its city status in 2014.

Orkhonname

The Old Turkic script.

orkishadj

Of, pertaining to, or sharing similarities with an orc.

orkishnessnoun

Alternative form of orcishness.

Orklandname

A municipality of Trøndelag, Norway created January 1. 2020

Orkneyname

Ellipsis of Orkney Islands.

Orkney Islandsname

An island group off north-east Scotland, Great Britain island.

Orkneyanadj

Of or pertaining to the Orkney Islands.

Orkxitname

The potential transfer of the Orkney Islands from the United Kingdom and Scotland to Norway, reversing its annexation by Scotland in 1472.

orlnoun

An alder tree.

Orlaname

A female given name from Irish.

orlandiitenoun

A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing chlorine, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and selenium.

Orlandoname

A male given name from Italian.

orlaynoun

Fate, destiny.

orlenoun

A bordure that runs around the outline of a shield without touching the edge.

Orleansname

A city, the capital of Loiret department, France; the regional capital of Centre-Val de Loire.

Orleans Countyname

One of 62 counties in New York, United States. County seat: Albion. Named after the French Royal House of Orléans.

Orleans Parishname

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. The parish seat is the City of New Orleans, which is coterminous with the parish.

orledadj

Furnished with an orle (or inner border), either a simple border, or a repeated closed repetition of a symbol.

Orleștiname

A village and commune of Vâlcea County, Romania.

orlingnoun

A stunted child.

orlingsnoun

plural of orling

orlonoun

A Spanish wind instrument, possibly a crumhorn.

Orloffname

A surname from Russian.

Orlonnoun

a synthetic fibre used in yarn and knitwear

orlopnoun

The platform over the hold of a ship that makes up the fourth or lowest deck, hence in full called orlop deck, especially of a warship.

orlop decknoun

An orlop, the lowest deck in a ship.

Orlovname

A surname from Russian.

Orlowskiname

A surname from Polish.

Orlyname

A city and commune of the department of Val-de-Marne, region of Île-de-France, France.

orlymanitenoun

A trigonal dark brown mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.

Orléanistnoun

A member of a French right-wing (except for 1814–1830) faction that arose out of the French Revolution, as opposed to the legitimists.

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 159. 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.

For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "O" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.