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- oakum n. Loose hemp or jute fiber, sometimes treated with tar, creosote, or
asphalt, used chiefly for caulking seams in wooden ships and packing pipe
joints.
- oarfish n. A widely distributed marine fish having a slender silvery body up
to 11 meters in length, a bright red dorsal fin along its entire length, and
an undulating motion in swimming resembling that of a snake.
- oarlock n. A device, usually a U-shaped metal hoop on a swivel in the gunwale,
used to hold an oar in place and as a fulcrum in rowing.
- oast n. A kiln for drying hops or malt or drying and curing tobacco.
- oaten adj. Of, made of, or containing oats, oatmeal, or oat straw: oaten
fodder.
- oater n. Slang A movie about frontier or cowboy life; a western.
- obdurate adj. 1a. Hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; stubbornly impenitent:
"obdurate conscience of the old sinner." b. Hardened against feeling;
hardhearted: an obdurate miser. 2. Not giving in to persuasion; intractable.
- obeisance n. 1. A gesture or movement of the body, such as a curtsy, that
expresses deference or homage. 2. An attitude of deference or homage.
- obelisk n. 1. A tall, four-sided shaft of stone, usually tapered and
monolithic, that rises to a pointed pyramidal top. 2. Printing The dagger
sign, used especially as a reference mark. Also called dagger, obelus.
- ob-gyn n. Informal 1. The combined practice or field of obstetrics and
gynecology. 2. A specialist in this field; an obstetrician-gynecologist.
- obit n. Informal An obituary.
- objet d'art n. An object of artistic merit.
- objet trouve See found object.
- objurgate tr.v. To scold or rebuke sharply; berate.
- oblate1 adj. 1. Having the shape of a spheroid generated by rotating an
ellipse about its shorter axis. 2. Having an equatorial diameter greater than
the distance between poles; compressed along or flattened at the poles: Plant
Earth is an oblate solid.
- oblate2 n. 1. A layperson dedicated to religious life.
- oblation n. 1. The act of offering something, such as worship or thanks, to a
deity. 2. Oblation a. The act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist.
b. Something offered, especially the bread and wine of the Eucharist. 3. A
charitable offering or gift.
- oblique angle n. An angle, such as an acute or obtuse angle, that is not a
right angle or multiple of a right angle.
- obliquity n. 1. The quality or condition of being oblique. 2a. A deviation
from a vertical or horizontal line, plane, position, or direction. b. The
angle or extent of such a deviation. 3a. A mental deviation or aberration. b.
Immoral conduct. 4a. Obscurity in conduct or verbal expression: "It may be
that the candor of contemporary literature creates a nostalgia for
indirection, obliquity and deferral." b. An obscure statement.
- obloquy n. 1. Abusively detractive language or utterance; calumny: "I have had
enough obloquy for one lifetime." 2. The condition of disgrace suffered as a
result of abuse or vilification; ill repute.
- obsolesce intr.v. To undergo the process of becoming obsolete.
- obsolescent adj. 1. Being in the process of passing out of use or usefulness;
becoming obsolete. 2. Biology Gradually disappearing; imperfectly or only
slightly developed. Used of an organ or other part of an animal or plant.
- obstreperous adj. 1. Noisily and stubbornly defiant. 2. Aggressively
boisterous.
- obtest tr.v. To supplicate; entreat.
- obtrude v. -tr. 1. To impose (oneself or one's ideas) on others with undue
insistence or without invitation. 2. To thrust out; push forward. -intr. To
impose oneself on others.
- obverse adj. Facing or turned toward the observer: the obverse side of a
statue. 2. Serving as a counterpart or complement. n. 1. The side of a coin,
medal, or badge that bears the principal stamp or design. 2. The more
conspicuous of two possible alternatives, cases, or sides: the obverse of this
issue.
- obvert tr.v. 1. To turn (something) so as to present another side or aspect to
view. 2. To alter the appearance of.
- obviate tr.v. To anticipate and dispose of effectively; render unnecessary.
- ocarina n. A small terra-cotta or plastic wind instrument wth finger holes, a
mouthpiece, and an elongated ovoid shape.
- occasion n. 5. Something that provides a reason or justification; a ground. 6.
A need created by a particular circumstance: "He must buy what he has little
occasion for." 7. A large or important social gathering. tr.v. To provide
occasion for; cause: "The year's annual reports occasion an especially
revealing glimpse of how corporations lend ... embellishment to the stark numbers of the controller's office."
- occlude v. -tr. 1. To cause to become closed; obstruct: occlude an artery. 2.
To prevent the passage of: occlude light; occlude the flow of blood. 3.
Chemistry To absorb or adsorb and retain (a substance). 4. Meteorology To
force (ar) upward from the earth's surface, as when a cold front overtakes and
undercuts a warm front. 5. Dentistry To bring together (the upper and lower
teeth) in proper alignment for chewing.
- Oceanid n. Greek Mythology Any of the ocean nymphs believed to be the
daughters of Oceanus and Tethys.
- ochlocracy n. Government by the masses; mob rule
- ochlophobia n. An abnormal fear of crowds.
- Ockham's razor also Occam's razor n. A rule in science and philosophy stating
that entities should not be multiplied needlessly. This rule is interpreted to
mean that the simplest of two or more competing theories is preferable and
that an explanation for unknown phenomena should first be attempted in terms
of what is already known. Also called law of parsimony.
- o'clock adv. 2. According to an imaginary clock dial with the observer at the
center and 12 o'clock considered as straight ahead in horizontal position or
straight up in vertical position. Used to indicate relative position: enemy
planes at 10 o'clock.
Yes. Most of the words here were new to me, too, but that's exactly the goal--to explore and discover the exciting unknown. What a journey!
This reminds me of an Einstein quote: once one stops learning, one starts dying.
Have a great week!
Have been busy and lazy recently, while you are still working hard!