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

oldie
golden oldie noun a song that was formerly popular

oldish
adjective somewhat elderly

oldness
noun the quality of being old; the opposite of newness

oldster
old person noun an elderly person

Olduvai Gorge
noun a gorge in northeastern Tanzania where anthropologists have found some of the earliest human remains

Olea
genus Olea noun evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits

Oleaceae
family Oleaceae noun trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac

oleaceous
adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of trees or shrubs of the olive family

Oleales
order Oleales noun coextensive with the family Oleaceae; in some classifications included in the order Gentianales

oleander
rose bay 1 Nerium oleander noun an ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers: native to East Indies but widely cultivated in warm regions

oleander fern
Oleandra neriiformis noun tropical fern having leathery fronds resembling oleander; found from Asia to Polynesia

Oleandra
genus Oleandra noun or family Polypodiaceae: tropical epiphytic or terrestrial ferns

Oleandraceae
family Oleandraceae noun one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems

Olearia
genus Olearia noun large genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or small trees with large daisylike flowers

oleaster
noun any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits

olecranon
olecranon process noun process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended

oleic acid
noun a colorless oily liquid occurring as a glyceride; it is the major fatty acid in olive oil and canola oil; used in making soap and cosmetics and ointments and lubricating oils

oleo oil
noun obtained from beef fat; used in making margarine and soap and in lubrication

oleophilic
adjective having a strong affinity for oils rather than water

oleophobic
adjective lacking affinity for oils

oleoresin
noun a naturally occurring mixture of a resin and an essential oil; obtained from certain plants

oleoresin capiscum
noun an oleoresin extracted from the capsicum pepper plant

olfactory
olfactive adjective of or relating to olfaction

olfactory bulb
noun one of two enlargements at the terminus of the olfactory nerve at the base of the brain just above the nasal cavities

olfactory nerve
nervii olfactorii noun a collective term for numerous olfactory filaments in the nasal mucosa

olfactory property
smell noun any property detected by the olfactory system

Olfersia
genus Olfersia noun genus of fern having only one species

Olfersia cervina
Polybotrya cervina noun tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polybotrya

oligarch
noun one of the rulers in an oligarchy

oligarchic
oligarchical adjective of or relating to or supporting or characteristic of an oligarchy

oligarchy
noun a political system governed by a few people; `one of his cardinal convictions was that Britain was not run as a democracy but as an oligarchy`; `the big cities were notoriously in the hands of the oligarchy of local businessmen`

Oligocene
Oligocene epoch noun from 40 million to 25 million years ago; appearance of sabertoothed cats

Oligochaeta
class Oligochaeta noun earthworms

oligochaete
oligochaete worm noun hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body

oligodactyly
noun congenital condition in which some fingers or toes are missing

oligodendrocyte
noun a cell of the oligodendroglia

oligodendroglia
oligodendria noun tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers

oligodontia
noun congenital condition in which some of the teeth are missing

oligomenorrhea
noun abnormally light or infrequent menstruation

Oligoplites
genus Oligoplites noun leatherjackets

oligopoly
noun (economics) a market in which control over the supply of a commodity is in the hands of a small number of producers and each one can influence prices and affect competitors

Oligoporus
genus Oligoporus noun a genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae

Oligoporus leucospongia
noun a pore fungus with a whitish cottony soft cap found on conifer logs in forests at high elevation in the western United States and adjacent Canada

oligosaccharide
noun any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis

oligospermia
noun insufficient spermatozoa in the semen

oliguria
noun production of an abnormally small amount of urine

olive
adjective of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive

olive brown
noun a shade of brown tinged with green

olive drab
drab noun a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown

olive drab
noun military uniform of the United States army; made from cloth of a dull olive color

olive green
olive-green noun a color that is lighter and greener than olive

olive oil
noun oil from olives

olive tree
noun a tree of the genus Olea cultivated for its fruit

olive-brown
adjective of a brown color with a greenish tinge

olive-colored
olive-coloured adjective having the color of green olives

olive-drab
drab adjective of a light brownish green color

olive-drab uniform
noun military uniform of the United States army; made from cloth of a dull olive color

olive-grey
olive-gray adjective of grey tinged with olive

olive-sized
adjective about the size of an olive

olive-tree agaric
Pleurotus phosphoreus noun red luminescent mushroom of Europe

olivelike
olive-like adjective resembling an olive

olivenite
noun rare green to black mineral consisting of hydrated copper arsenate that is found in copper deposits

Oliver
Joseph Oliver noun United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938)

Oliver Goldsmith
noun Irish writer of novels and poetry and plays and essays (1728-1774)

Oliver Hardy
noun United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957)

Oliver Wendell Holmes
noun United States writer of humorous essays (1809-1894)

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
noun United States jurist noted for his liberal opinions (1841-1935)

Olivier
Laurence Olivier noun English actor best know for his Shakespearean roles (1907-1989)

olivine
noun a mineral consisting of magnesium iron silicate; a source of magnesium

olla podrida
Spanish burgoo noun Spanish version of burgoo

Ollari
noun a Dravidian language spoken in south central India

olm
Proteus anguinus noun European aquatic salamander with permanent external gills that lives in caves

Olmec
adjective of or relating to the Olmec of Mexico

Olmsted
Frederick Law Olmsted noun United States landscape architect primarily responsible for the design of Central Park in New York City (1822-1903)

ology
noun an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge

Olympiad
noun one of the four-year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece for twelve centuries beginning in 776 BC

Olympian
adjective of or pertaining to the greater gods of ancient Greece whose abode was Mount Olympus; `Olympian deities`

Olympian
noun a classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans

Olympian Games
Olympic Games noun the ancient Panhellenic celebration at Olympia in honor of Zeus; held every 4 years beginning in 776 BC

Olympian Zeus
noun a seated statue of the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology created for the temple at Olympia; the statue was 40 feet tall and rested on a base that was 12 feet high

Olympic
adjective of or relating to the Olympic Games; `Olympic winners`

Olympic Games
Olympics noun the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country

Olympic god
noun a classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans

Olympic National Park
noun a national park in Washington having rain forests of giant evergreens

olympic salamander
Rhyacotriton olympicus noun small large-eyed semiaquatic salamander of the United States northwest

Olympus
Mount Olympus noun a mountain peak in northeast Greece near the Aegean coast; believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the gods (9,570 feet high)

Omaha
noun thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1935

Oman
Sultanate of Oman noun a strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil

Omani
adjective of or relating to Oman or its people; `Omani oil producers`; `Omani ports`

Omani monetary unit
noun monetary unit in Oman

Omar Khayyam
noun Persian poet and mathematician and astronomer whose poetry was popularized by Edward Fitzgerald`s translation (1050-1123)

ombu
bella sombra noun fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves

ombudsman
noun a government appointee who investigates complaints by private persons against the government

Omdurman
battle of Omdurman noun a battle (1898) in which an English and Egyptian army under Kitchener defeated the Sudanese

omega
Z noun the ending of a series or sequence; `the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end`--Revelation

Omega Centauri
noun a global cluster in the constellation Centaurus

omega-3 fatty acid
omega-3 noun a polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its first double valence bond three carbons from the beginning

omega-6 fatty acid
omega-6 noun a polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its first double valence bond six carbons from the beginning

omelet
omelette noun beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly

omelet pan
omelette pan noun pan for cooking omelets