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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

occasions
noun something you have to do; `he minded his own specialized occasions`

occidental
Hesperian adjective denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the western hemisphere; `occidental civilization`; `Hesperian culture`

occidentalism
noun the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Western civilizations

occipital
adjective of or relating to the occiput; `occipital bone`

occipital bone
noun a saucer-shaped membrane bone that forms the back of the skull

occipital gyrus
noun any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum

occipital lobe
noun that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the head

occipital protuberance
noun prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone

occipital vein
vena occipitalis noun a vein that drains the occipital region

occipitomastoid suture
noun the suture between the occipital and the temporal bones; a continuation of the lamboid suture

occiput
noun back part of the head or skull

occluded
sorbed adjective (of a substance) taken into and retained in another substance; `the sorbed oil mass`; `large volumes of occluded hydrogen in palladium`

occluded front
occlusion noun (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft

occlusion
noun (dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed

occlusive
adjective tending to occlude

occult
adjective hidden and difficult to see; `an occult fracture`; `occult blood in the stool`

occultism
noun a belief in supernatural powers and the possibility of bringing them under human control

occultist
noun a believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts

occupancy
tenancy noun an act of being a tenant or occupant

occupancy
noun the act of occupying or taking possession of a building; `occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal`

occupancy rate
noun the percentage of all rental units (as in hotels) are occupied or rented at a given time

occupation
business noun the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; `he`s not in my line of business`

occupation
noun the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power

occupation license
occupation licence noun a license to pursue a particular occupation

occupational
adjective of or relating to the activity or business for which you are trained; `occupational hazard`

occupational disease
industrial disease noun disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts)

occupational group
vocation noun a body of people doing the same kind of work

occupational hazard
noun any condition of a job that can result in illness or injury

occupational safety and health act
federal job safety law noun a law passed by the United States Congress that created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment

occupational therapy
noun physical therapy involving the therapeutic use of crafts and hobbies for the rehabilitation of handicapped or convalescing patients (especially for emotionally disturbed patients)

occupied
tenanted adjective resided in; having tenants; `not all the occupied (or tenanted) apartments were well kept up`

occupied
adjective having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; `she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities`; `deeply engaged in conversation`

occupy
verb occupy the whole of; `The liquid fills the container`

occurrence
noun an instance of something occurring; `a disease of frequent occurrence`; `the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets`

occurrent
adjective presently occurring (either causally or incidentally); `technical terms are rarely occurrent in literature`

ocean
sea noun anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume

ocean current
noun the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction

ocean floor
ocean bottom noun the bottom of a sea or ocean

ocean pout
Macrozoarces americanus noun common along northeastern coast of North America

ocean sunfish
sunfish 2 mola noun among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters

ocean trip
noun an act of traveling by water

oceanaut
noun a skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research

oceanfront
noun land bordering an ocean

oceangoing
seafaring adjective used on the high seas; `seafaring vessels`

Oceania
Oceanica noun a large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago)

oceanic
pelagic adjective relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean; `oceanic islands like Bermuda`; `oceanic currents`; `oceanic birds`; `pelagic organisms`; `pelagic whaling`

oceanic bonito
Katsuwonus pelamis noun fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna

oceanic whitetip shark
white-tipped shark noun large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin; worldwide distribution; most dangerous shark

Oceanid
noun (Greek mythology) sea nymph who was a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys

Oceanites
genus Oceanites noun a genus of Hydrobatidae

oceanographer
noun a scientist who studies physical and biological aspects of the seas

oceanography
oceanology noun the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans

Oceanus
noun (Greek mythology) god of the stream that flowed around the earth in ancient mythology

ocellated
adjective having ocelli

ocellated turkey
Agriocharis ocellata noun wild turkey of Central America and northern South America

ocelot
panther cat noun nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat

ocher
ochre adjective of a moderate orange-yellow color

Ochna
genus Ochna noun type genus of Ochnaceae; evergreen trees and shrubs of Old World tropics

Ochnaceae
family Ochnaceae noun family of tropical evergreen trees and shrubs with thick shining parallel-veined leaves

Ochotona
genus Ochotona noun type genus of the Ochotonidae

Ochotonidae
family Ochotonidae noun pikas and extinct forms

Ochroma
genus Ochroma noun one species: balsa

ochronosis
noun an accumulation of dark pigment in cartilage and other connective tissue; usually a symptom of alkaptonuria or phenol poisoning

Ochs
Adolph Simon Ochs noun United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935)

Ocimum
genus Ocimum noun basil

oconee bells
Shortia galacifolia noun plant of southeastern United States having solitary white funnel-shaped flowers flushed with pink and large glossy green leaves that turn bronze-red in fall

ocotillo
coachwhip noun desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers

octagon
noun an eight-sided polygon

octahedron
noun any polyhedron having eight plane faces

octal
adjective of or pertaining to a number system having 8 as its base; `an octal digit`

octal digit
noun a digit from 0 to 7 in octal notation

octal notation
noun any mathematical notation that uses 8 different characters (usually the digits 0 to 7)

octal numeration system
octal number system noun a positional system of numeration that uses octal digits and a radix of eight

octameter
noun a verse line having eight metrical feet

octane
noun any isomeric saturated hydrocarbon found in petroleum and used as a fuel and solvent

octane number
octane rating noun a measure of the antiknock properties of gasoline

octangular
octagonal adjective of or relating to or shaped like an octagon

Octans
noun the constellation that includes the southern celestial pole

octant
noun a measuring instrument for measuring angles to a celestial body; similar to a sextant but with 45 degree calibration

octave
musical octave noun a musical interval of eight tones

octavo
eightvo noun the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves

octet
octette noun a musical composition written for eight performers

octillion
noun the number that is represented as a one followed by 27 zeros

October
Oct noun the month following September and preceding November

October Revolution
noun the coup d`etat by the Bolsheviks under Lenin in November 1917 that led to a period of civil war which ended in victory for the Bolsheviks in 1922

octogenarian
adjective being from 80 to 89 years old

octopod
noun a cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell

Octopoda
order Octopoda noun octopuses and paper nautilus

Octopodidae
family Octopodidae noun a family of Octopoda

octopus
noun bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles

Octoroon
noun an offspring of a Quadroon and a White parent; a person who is one-eighth Black

octosyllabic
adjective having or characterized by or consisting of eight syllables

octosyllable
noun a verse line having eight syllables or a poem of octosyllabic lines

octroi
noun a tax on various goods brought into a town

octuple
eightfold adjective having eight units or components

ocular
optic adjective of or relating to or resembling the eye; `ocular muscles`; `an ocular organ`; `ocular diseases`; `the optic (or optical) axis of the eye`; `an ocular spot is a pigmented organ or part believed to be sensitive to light`

ocular muscle
eye muscle noun one of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball

oculism
noun the craft of an oculist

oculomotor
oculomotor nerve noun supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye

oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy
noun a form of muscular dystrophy that usually begins between early adulthood and middle age and first affects muscles of the eyelid and throat; progresses slowly with swallowing problems common as the disease progresses; inheritance is autosomal dominant