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

offerer
offeror noun someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection

offering
noun money contributed to a religious organization

offering
noun the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity; `oblations for aid to the poor`

Offertory
noun the part of the Eucharist when bread and wine are offered to God

offhand
offhanded adjective casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; `an offhand manner`; `she treated most men with offhand contempt`

office
office staff noun professional or clerical workers in an office; `the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard`

office boy
noun a young man who is employed to do odd jobs in a business office

office building
office block noun a building containing offices where work is done

office furniture
noun furniture intended for use in an office

Office of Inspector General
OIG noun the investigative arm of the Federal Trade Commission

Office of Intelligence Support
OIS noun agency that oversees the intelligence relationships of the Treasury`s offices and bureaus and provides a link between the Intelligence Community and officials responsible for international economic policy

Office of Management and Budget
OMB noun the executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget

Office of Naval Intelligence
ONI noun the military intelligence agency that provides for the intelligence and counterintelligence and investigative and security requirements of the United States Navy

Office of the Dead
noun an office read or sung before a burial mass in the Roman Catholic Church

office-bearer
noun the person who holds an office

officer
noun a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel; `he is the officer in charge of the ship`s engines`

officer`s mess
noun a mess for the exclusive use of officers

official
prescribed adjective conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; `in prescribed order`

official
noun a worker who holds or is invested with an office

official immunity
noun personal immunity accorded to a public official from liability to anyone injured by actions that are the consequence of exerting official authority

officialese
noun the style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscure

officially
adverb in an official role; `officially, he is in charge`; `officially responsible`

officiant
noun a clergyman who officiates at a religious ceremony or service

officiously
adverb in an officious manner; `nothing so fatal as to strive too officiously for an abstract quality like beauty`

offing
noun the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area; `there was a ship in the offing`

offish
standoffish adjective lacking cordiality; unfriendly; `a standoffish manner`

offprint
reprint noun a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

offset
offset printing noun a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper

offset
verb compensate for or counterbalance; `offset deposits and withdrawals`

offset lithography
noun offset printing by lithography

offshore
adjective (of winds) coming from the land; `offshore winds`

offside
offsides adjective illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck; `the touchdown was nullified because the left tackle was offside`

offspring
noun something that comes into existence as a result; `industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution`s various socialistic offspring`; `this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts`

offstage
adjective situated or taking place in the area of a stage not visible to the audience; `offstage noises`

offstage
backstage noun a stage area out of sight of the audience

Ofo
noun a Siouan language spoken by the Ofo

oftener
adverb more often or more frequently

Ogcocephalidae
family Ogcocephalidae noun batfishes: sluggish bottom-dwelling spiny fishes

Ogden
C. K. Ogden noun English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957)

ogee
cyma reversa noun a molding that (in section) has the shape of an S with the convex part above and the concave part below

ogee arch
keel arch noun a pointed arch having an S-shape on both sides

Oglala
Ogalala noun a Siouan language spoken by the Oglala

ogler
noun a viewer who gives a flirtatious or lewd look at another person

ogre
noun (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings

ogress
noun (folklore) a female ogre

Ohio
Ohio River noun a river that is formed in western Pennsylvania and flows westward to become a tributary of the Mississippi River

Ohio buckeye
noun a buckeye with scaly grey bark that is found in the central United States

Ohio goldenrod
noun a variety of goldenrod

Ohio State University
noun a university in Columbus, Ohio

Ohioan
Buckeye noun a native or resident of Ohio

Ohm
Georg Simon Ohm noun German physicist who formulated Ohm`s law (1787-1854)

Ohm`s law
noun electric current is directly proportional to voltage and inversely proportional to resistance; I = E/R

ohmage
noun the ohmic resistance of a conductor

ohmic
adjective of or relating to or measured in ohms

ohmmeter
noun a meter for measuring electrical resistance in ohms

oil
noun a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water

oil
oil colour noun oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist

oil beetle
noun any of various beetles that exude an oily substance from the leg joints that deters enemies

oil burner
oil furnace noun a furnace that burns oil

oil cake
noun mass of e.g. linseed or cottonseed or soybean from which the oil has been pressed; used as food for livestock

oil cartel
noun a cartel of companies or nations formed to control the production and distribution of oil

oil change
noun replacing dirty oil with clean

oil color
oil colour noun oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist

oil company
noun a company that sells oil

oil conservation
noun the conservation of petroleum resources

oil filter
noun a filter that removes impurities from the oil used to lubricate an internal-combustion engine

oil future
petroleum future noun petroleum bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date

oil gland
noun a gland that secretes oil

oil heater
oilstove noun heater that burns oil (as kerosine) for heating or cooking

oil industry
refining industry noun an industry that produces and delivers oil and oil products

oil lamp
kerosene lamp noun a lamp that burns oil (as kerosine) for light

oil meal
noun ground oil cake

oil of turpentine
spirit of turpentine noun volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally

oil paint
noun paint in which a drying oil is the vehicle

oil painter
noun a painter who uses oil paints

oil painting
noun the art or method of painting with oil paints

oil palm
noun pinnate-leaved palms of the genus Elaeis having dense clusters of crowded flowers and bright red fruit and yielding high quality palm oils

oil pipeline
noun a pipeline used to transport oil

oil pressure
noun pressure that keeps oil on the moving parts of an internal-combustion engine

oil pump
noun a pump that keeps a supply of oil on moving parts

oil refinery
petroleum refinery noun a refinery for petroleum

oil rigger
noun someone who works on an oil rig

oil shale
noun shale from which oil can be obtained by heating

oil slick
noun a thin film of oil floating on top of water (especially crude oil spilled from a ship)

oil stain
noun a stain produced by oil

oil tanker
oiler noun a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk

oil tycoon
noun a powerful person in the oil business

oil well
noun a well that yields or has yielded oil

oil-bearing
adjective containing oil; `oil-bearing shale`

oil-fired
adjective fueled by burning oil; `an oil-fired furnace`

oil-hardened steel
noun steel that is quenched in oil

oil-industry analyst
noun an analyst of the oil industry

oil-soluble
adjective soluble in oil; `oil-soluble pigments`

oil-water interface
noun an interface forming the boundary between the non-miscible liquids oil and water

oilbird
guacharo noun nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter

oilcan
noun a can with a long nozzle to apply oil to machinery

oilcloth
noun cloth treated on one side with a drying oil or synthetic resin

oiled
adjective treated with oil; `oiled country roads`; `an oiled walnut table`

oiler
noun a worker who oils engines or machinery

oilfield
noun a region rich in petroleum deposits (especially one with producing oil wells)