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

Ovulen
noun trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and a progestin compound

ovum
egg cell noun the female reproductive cell; the female gamete

Owen
Sir Richard Owen noun English comparative anatomist and paleontologist who was an opponent of Darwinism (1804-1892)

Owen
noun Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)

Owens
Jesse Owens noun United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980)

Owensboro
noun a town in northwestern Kentucky on the Ohio River; a tobacco market

owing(p)
adjective owed as a debt; `must pay what is owing`; `sleep owing to you because of a long vigil`

owl
bird of Minerva noun nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes

owlet
noun young owl

owlish
adjective resembling an owl; solemn and wise in appearance

owlishly
adverb in an owlish manner; `the gentle-looking barrister peered owlishly around him`

own goal
noun (soccer) a goal that results when a player inadvertently knocks the ball into the goal he is defending; `the own goal cost them the game`

own right
noun by title vested in yourself or by virtue of qualifications that you have achieved; `a peer in his own right`; `a leading sports figure in his own right`; `a fine opera in its own right`

own(a)
ain adjective belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive; `for your own use`; `do your own thing`; `she makes her own clothes`; ``ain` is Scottish`

owned
adjective having an owner; often used in combination; `state-owned railways`

owner
proprietor noun (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; `he is the owner of a chain of restaurants`

owner
noun a person who owns something; `they are searching for the owner of the car`; `who is the owner of that friendly smile?`

owner-driver
noun a motorist who owns the car that he/she drives

owner-occupied
adjective lived in by the owner; `one owner-occupied and three rental apartments`

owner-occupier
noun a occupant who owns the home that he/she lives in

ownership
noun the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others

ox
wild ox noun any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos

ox-eyed
adjective having large round eyes like those of an ox; `ox-eyed Juno`

ox-eyed daisy
marguerite 1 moon daisy noun tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers; widely naturalized; often placed in genus Chrysanthemum

oxacillin
noun a form of penicillin resistant to penicillinase and effective against penicillin-resistant staphylococci

oxalacetate
oxaloacetate noun a salt or ester of oxalacetic acid

oxalacetic acid
oxaloacetic acid noun an acid formed by oxidation of maleic acid (as in metabolism of fats and carbohydrates)

oxalate
noun a salt or ester of oxalic acid

oxalic acid
ethanedioic acid noun a toxic colorless crystalline organic acid found in oxalis and other plants; used as a bleach and rust remover and in chemical analysis

Oxalidaceae
family Oxalidaceae noun a family of widely distributed herbs of the order Geraniales; have compound leaves and pentamerous flowers

oxalis
sorrel 2 wood sorrel noun any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis

Oxandra
genus Oxandra noun genus of tropical trees

oxaprozin
Daypro noun a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Daypro)

oxazepam
Serax noun a tranquilizing drug (trade name Serax) used to treat anxiety and insomnia and alcohol withdrawal

oxblood red
noun a dark brownish-red color

oxbow
noun a wooden framework bent in the shape of a U; its upper ends are attached to the horizontal yoke and the loop goes around the neck of an ox

oxbow lake
noun a crescent-shaped lake (often temporary) that is formed when a meander of a river is cut off from the main channel

Oxbridge
noun general term for an ancient and prestigious and privileged university (especially Oxford University or Cambridge University)

oxcart
noun a cart that is drawn by an ox

oxeye
noun an oval or round dormer window

oxeye daisy
marguerite 1 moon daisy noun tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers; widely naturalized; often placed in genus Chrysanthemum

oxford
noun a low shoe laced over the instep

Oxford English
noun the dialect of English spoken at Oxford University and regarded by many as affected and pretentious

Oxford English Dictionary
O.E.D. noun an unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles

Oxford movement
noun 19th-century movement in the Church of England opposing liberal tendencies

Oxford University
noun a university in England

oxford-grey
oxford-gray adjective of a dark shade of grey

oxidant
oxidizer noun a substance that oxidizes another substance

oxidase
noun any of the enzymes that catalyze biological oxidation

oxidation
oxidization noun the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction

oxidation number
oxidation state noun the degree of oxidation of an atom or ion or molecule; for simple atoms or ions the oxidation number is equal to the ionic charge; `the oxidation number of hydrogen is +1 and of oxygen is -2`

oxidation-reduction
oxidoreduction noun a reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction

oxidation-reduction indicator
noun an indicator that shows a reversible color change between oxidized and reduced forms

oxidative
adjective taking place in the presence of oxygen; `oxidative glycolysis`; `oxidative rancidity`

oxidative phosphorylation
noun an enzymatic process in cell metabolism that synthesizes ATP from ADP

oxide
noun any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical

oxidizable
adjective capable of undergoing a chemical reaction with oxygen

oxidized
oxidised adjective combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen; `the oxidized form of iodine`

oxidized LDL cholesterol
noun LDL cholesterol that has been bombarded by free radicals; it is thought to cause atherosclerosis

oxidoreductase
noun an enzyme that catalyzes oxidation-reduction

oxime
noun any compound containing the group -C=NOH

oximeter
noun a measuring instrument that measures the oxygen in arterial blood

oxlip
noun Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel

Oxonian
adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of the city of Oxford, England, or its inhabitants; `his Oxonian neighbors`; `Oxonian bookstores`

oxtail
noun the skinned tail of cattle; used especially for soups

oxtail soup
noun a soup made from the skinned tail of an ox

oxtant
noun a unit of angular distance equal to half a quadrant

oxtongue
bristly oxtongue noun widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States

oxyacetylene
adjective of or using a mixture of acetylene and oxygen; `an oxyacetylene torch`; `oxyacetelyne welding`

oxyacetylene torch
noun a blowtorch that burns oxyacetylene

oxyacid
oxygen acid noun any acid that contains oxygen

Oxybelis
genus Oxybelis noun vine snakes

oxycephaly
acrocephaly noun a congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shape

Oxydendrum
genus Oxydendrum noun sourwood

oxygen
O noun a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth`s crust

oxygen debt
noun a cumulative deficit of oxygen resulting from intense exercise; the deficit must be made up when the body returns to rest

oxygen deficit
noun temporary oxygen shortage in cells resulting from strenuous exercise

oxygen mask
noun a breathing device that is placed over the mouth and nose; supplies oxygen from an attached storage tank

oxygenase
noun an oxidoreductase that catalyzes the incorporation of molecular oxygen

oxygenation
noun the process of providing or combining or treating with oxygen; `the oxygenation of the blood`

oxyhemoglobin
oxyhaemoglobin noun the bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungs; `oxyhemoglobin transports oxygen to the cells of the body`

Oxylebius
genus Oxylebius noun a genus of Hexagrammidae

oxymoron
noun conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence`)

oxyopia
noun unusually acute vision

oxyphenbutazone
Tandearil noun an anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Tandearil) used to treat arthritis and bursitis

oxyphencyclimine
Daricon noun an anticholinergic drug (trade name Daricon) used in treating peptic ulcers

oxytetracycline
hydroxytetracycline noun a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections

oxytocic
oxytocic drug noun a drug that induces labor by stimulating contractions of the muscles of the uterus

oxytocin
Pitocin noun hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk

oxytone
noun word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable

Oxytropis
genus Oxytropis noun large widely-distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and racemose or spicate flowers each having a pea-like corolla with a clawed petal

Oxyura
genus Oxyura noun ruddy duck

Oxyuranus
genus Oxyuranus noun taipans

Oxyuridae
family Oxyuridae noun pinworms

oyabun
noun a Japanese supervisor

oyster
noun marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters

oyster bar
noun a bar (as in a restaurant) that specializes in oysters prepared in different ways

oyster bed
oyster bank noun a workplace where oysters are bred and grown

oyster crab
Pinnotheres ostreum noun tiny soft-bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oysters

oyster cracker
noun a small dry usually round cracker