English Words: O

15,494 words · Page 59 of 310

oibaranoun

Seppuku of a retainer at the time of his master's death.

oicho-kabunoun

A traditional Japanese gambling game similar to baccarat and the Korean game seotda, played with kabufuda or hanafuda cards, where the goal is to achieve a hand scoring as close to 9 points as possible.

oichokabunoun

Alternative form of oicho-kabu.

oichomagenoun

The elaborate hairstyle, resembling a gingko leaf, worn by sekitori during bouts and on ceremonial occasions.

oidialadj

Relating to, or infected with oidium

oidiumnoun

A fragile spore produced by some fungi.

OIGnoun

Initialism of office of the inspector general.

oignon vertnoun

meter maid

oiknoun

a member of the lower classes.

oikballnoun

Association football.

oikeiosisnoun

The perception of something as being one's own, or belonging to oneself.

oikishadj

Like an oik; yobbish.

oikistnoun

Alternative form of oecist.

oikocliticadj

Having an inflection and stress pattern characteristic of pre-European vocabulary.

oikocrystnoun

An enclosing crystal in a poikilitic fabric.

oikologynoun

The science of houses and homes, considered especially in respect of their sanitary conditions.

oikonymnoun

A type of toponym denoting a settlement or its part.

oikophobenoun

One who suffers from oikophobia, especially one who identifies with a global group rather than feelings of patriotism or chauvinism.

oikophobianoun

Ecophobia; fear of a home environment.

oikophobicadj

Exhibiting or characterized by oikophobia, a dislike of one's own culture or compatriots.

oikosnoun

A basic societal unit in Ancient Greece; a household or family line.

oikumenenoun

The civilized world or inhabited world; the location and time in the known world where human civilization exists.

oilnoun

Liquid fat.

oil and waternoun

Two things which are incapable of mixing or coexisting harmoniously with each other.

oil and water don't mixproverb

Black people and white people should not form relationships; an admonition against interracial relationships.

oil bathnoun

Alternative form of oilbath.

oil burner routenoun

A region of airspace in which military jets are authorized to carry out low-altitude training.

oil cakenoun

The solid residue remaining after any oilseed has been pressed to remove the vegetable oil; it is used, with other ingredients, as animal food.

oil cannoun

Alternative form of oilcan.

oil companynoun

A company that is dedicated to trade or exploitation of petroleum/oil. (This entry is a translation hub.)

oil fieldnoun

An area under which are reserves of petroleum, especially one with productive oil wells.

oil filternoun

A filter designed to remove contaminants from engine oil, transmission oil, lubricating oil, or hydraulic oil.

oil firingnoun

The burning of oil in a furnace to provide heat, or in a firebox to generate steam in a boiler.

oil lampnoun

A simple vessel used to produce light continuously for a period of time from a liquid fuel source, especially lamp oil.

oil of lemon eucalyptusnoun

An active insecticide ingredient based on oil produced from the lemon eucalyptus (Corymbia citriodora), containing 64% or more of p-menthane-3,8-diol.

oil of olivesnoun

Olive oil.

oil of palmnoun

Synonym of palm oil (“edible plant oil”).

oil of talcnoun

A nostrum made of calcined talc, famous in the 17th century as a cosmetic.

oil of vitriolnoun

Sulfuric acid.

oil operanoun

An amoral drama focusing on corporate and domestic struggles, the lead character being a business person fixated on pursuing a resource by any means necessary.

oil paintingnoun

A painting done with oil paints.

oil palmnoun

A plant of species Elaeis guineensis, principal source of palm oil and palm kernel oil.

oil platformnoun

A large structure used to house workers and machinery needed to drill and then produce oil and natural gas in the ocean.

oil pullverb

To swish vegetable oil in one's mouth for the purpose of detoxing the body and healing the teeth and gums.

oil rignoun

A rig, consisting of platform and machinery, used to drill for oil and other petroleum products like natural gas.

oil shalenoun

A sedimentary rock containing kerogen from which petroleum-like shale oil can be produced by pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution.

oil slicknoun

A thin film of oil floating on the surface of water, especially one that has leaked or been discharged from a ship.

oil tankernoun

A ship that transports oil (petroleum), such as crude oil or bunker oil.

oil trashnoun

An uncultured, rowdy roughneck employed in the petroleum industry, especially a "white trash" person if used negatively.

oil upverb

To lubricate with oil; to cover or smear with oil.

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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 59. 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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