English Words: O

15,494 words · Page 3 of 310

O-1Anoun

A visa granted to temporary alien workers with exceptional abilities in science, education, business or athletics.

O-1Bnoun

A visa granted to temporary alien workers with exceptional abilities in the movie or television industries.

O-ch'engname

Alternative form of Echeng.

O-chemnoun

Organic chemistry.

O-chouname

Alternative form of Ezhou.

o-dark-thirtynoun

The wee hours.

o-facenoun

The facial expression made during orgasm.

o-gradenoun

In Proto-Indo-European linguistics, an ablaut form of a Proto-Indo-European root, characterised by the presence of the */o/ vowel phoneme in place of */e/.

O-levelnoun

A subject-based qualification superseded in England by GCSE, but still available internationally throughout the Commonwealth of Nations.

o-mikujinoun

A random fortune on a strip of paper, available from Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples in Japan in exchange for a small offering.

O-ringnoun

A circular gasket, usually made of rubber.

o-scopenoun

oscilloscope

O-shapedadj

Shaped like the capital letter "O".

O-shotnoun

Abbreviation of orgasm shot.

O-Tsukiminame

Alternative form of Otsukimi.

O-Weeknoun

Abbreviation of Orientation Week.

O.C.name

Abbreviation of Orange County, New York.

O.M.G.intj

Alternative form of OMG.

O.O.noun

A brief glance or visual examination (typically of a person).

O/Wnoun

Initialism of overt/withhold.

o11ynoun

Abbreviation of observability.

OAadj

Initialism of overacting.

Oacomaname

A town in Lyman County, South Dakota, United States.

oadnoun

Obsolete form of woad.

OAernoun

A member of the Order of the Arrow.

oafnoun

A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton.

oaf-rockedadj

Weak of intellect from infancy.

oafdomnoun

The state or condition of an oaf; oafishness.

oafishadj

Characteristic of or resembling an oaf; clumsy, stupid.

oafishlyadv

in an oafish manner

oafishnessnoun

The state or condition of being oafish; stupidity; dullness; folly.

oaflikeadj

oafish

OAGnoun

Initialism of office of the attorney general.

Oahuname

The third-largest island of Hawaii, included in the City and County of Honolulu.

Oahuanadj

Of or relating to Oahu in Hawaii.

oaknoun

A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus.

oak applenoun

A spherical type of oak gall, produced by an oak gall wasp (tribe Cynipini).

oak declinenoun

A disease of uncertain origin affecting mature pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) and sessile oak (Quercus petraea) trees in Britain.

oak fernnoun

A fern of genus Gymnocarpium (syn. Thelypteris) which grows on trees, especially Gymnocarpium dryopteris.

Oak Harborname

A city in Whidbey Island, Island County, Washington.

oak processionary mothnoun

Thaumetopoea processionea, a processionary native to oak forests across southern Europe, also occurring as an invasive species in northern Europe.

oak treenoun

A tree of the genus Quercus, bearing acorns and having lobed leaves.

oakbarknoun

The bark of the oak tree, often specifically as a source of tannic acid; tan.

Oakboynoun

A member of the Hearts of Oak, a protest movement of farmers and weavers that arose in County Armagh, Ireland, in 1761, in reaction to excessive taxation.

Oakdalename

A number of places in the United States:

oakedadj

Of a wine: aged in oak so that it acquires flavor from tannins in the wood.

oakenadj

Made from the wood of the oak tree. Also in metaphorical uses, suggesting robustness.

Oakenfoldname

A surname.

oakenshawnoun

A grove of oaks.

oakernoun

Obsolete form of ochre.

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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 3. 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.

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