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- nonchalance n
- A state of mind indicating lack of interest
- non-combatant n
- One attached to the army or navy, but having duties other than that of fighting
- nondescript adj
- Indescribable
- nonentity n
- A person or thing of little or no account
- nonpareil n
- One who or that which is of unequaled excellence
- norm n
- A model
- normalcy n
- The state of being normal
- Norman adj
- Of or peculiar to Normandy, in northern France
- nostrum n
- Any scheme or recipe of a charlatan character
- noticeable adj
- Perceptible
- notorious adj
- Unfavorably known to the general public
- novellette n
- A short novel
- novice n
- A beginner in any business or occupation
- nowadays adv
- In the present time or age
- nowhere adv
- In no place or state
- noxious adj
- Hurtful
- nuance n
- A slight degree of difference in anything perceptible to the sense of the mind
- nucleus n
- A central point or part about which matter is aggregated
- nude adj
- Naked
- nugatory adj
- Having no power or force
- nuisance n
- That which annoys, vexes, or irritates
- numeration n
- The act or art of reading or naming numbers
- numerical adj
- Of or pertaining to number
- nunnery n
- A convent for nuns
- nuptial adj
- Of or pertaining to marriage, especially to the marriage ceremony
- nurture n
- The process of fostering or promoting growth
- nutriment n
- That which nourishes
- nutritive adj
- Having nutritious properties
- oaken adj
- Made of or from oak
- oakum n
- Hemp-fiber obtained by untwisting and picking out loosely the yarns of old hemp rope
- obdurate adj
- Impassive to feelings of humanity or pity
- obelisk n
- A square shaft with pyramidal top, usually monumental or commemorative
- obese adj
- Exceedingly fat
- obesity n
- Excessive fatness
- obituary adj
- A published notice of a death
- objective adj
- Grasping and representing facts as they are
- objector n
- One who objects, as to a proposition, measure, or ruling
- obligate v
- To hold to the fulfillment of duty
- obligatory adj
- Binding in law or conscience
- oblique adj
- Slanting; said of lines
- obliterate v
- To cause to disappear
- oblivion n
- The state of having passed out of the memory or of being utterly forgotten
- oblong adj
- Longer than broad: applied most commonly to rectangular objects considerably elongated
- obnoxious adj
- Detestable
- obsequies n
- Funeral rites
- obsequious adj
- Showing a servile readiness to fall in with the wishes or will of another
- observance n
- A traditional form or customary act
- observant adj
- Quick to notice
- observatory n
- A building designed for systematic astronomical observations
- obsolescence n
- The condition or process of gradually falling into disuse
- obsolescent adj
- Passing out of use, as a word
- obsolete adj
- No longer practiced or accepted
- obstetrician n
- A practitioner of midwifery
- obstetrics n
- The branch of medical science concerned with the treatment and care of women during
- pregnancy
- obstinacy n
- Stubborn adherence to opinion, arising from conceit or the desire to have one's own way
- obstreperous adj
- Boisterous
- obstruct v
- To fill with impediments so as to prevent passage, either wholly or in part
- obstruction n
- Hindrance
- obtrude v
- To be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence
- obtrusive adj
- Tending to be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence
- obvert v
- To turn the front or principal side of (a thing) toward any person or object
- obviate v
- To clear away or provide for, as an objection or difficulty
- occasion n
- An important event or celebration
- Occident n
- The countries lying west of Asia and the Turkish dominions
- occlude v
- To absorb, as a gas by a metal
- occult adj
- Existing but not immediately perceptible
- occupant n
- A tenant in possession of property, as distinguished from the actual owner
- occurrence n
- A happening
- octagon n
- A figure with eight sides and eight angles
- octave n
- A note at this interval above or below any other, considered in relation to that other
- octavo n
- A book, or collection of paper in which the sheets are so folded as to make eight leaves
- octogenarian adj
- A person of between eighty and ninety years
- ocular adj
- Of or pertaining to the eye
- oculist n
- One versed or skilled in treating diseases of the eye
- oddity n
- An eccentricity
- ode n
- The form of lyric poetry anciently intended to be sung
- odious adj
- Hateful
- odium n
- A feeling of extreme repugnance, or of dislike and disgust
- odoriferous adj
- Having or diffusing an odor or scent, especially an agreeable one
- odorous adj
- Having an odor, especially a fragrant one
- off adj
- Farther or more distant
- offhand adv
- Without preparation
- officiate v
- To act as an officer or leader
- officious adj
- Intermeddling with what is not one's concern
- offshoot n
- Something that branches off from the parent stock
- ogre n
- A demon or monster that was supposed to devour human beings
- ointment n
- A fatty preparation with a butter-like consistency in which a medicinal substance exists
- olfactory adj
- of or pertaining to the sense of smell
- olive-branch n
- A branch of the olive-tree, as an emblem of peace
- ominous adj
- Portentous
- omission n
- Exclusion
- omnipotence n
- Unlimited and universal power
- Omnipotent adj
- Possessed of unlimited and universal power
- omniscience n
- Unlimited or infinite knowledge
- omniscient adj
- Characterized by unlimited or infinite knowledge
- omnivorous adj
- Eating or living upon food of all kinds indiscriminately
- onerous adj
- Burdensome or oppressive
- onrush n
- Onset
- onset n
- An assault, especially of troops, upon an enemy or fortification
- onslaught n
- A violent onset
- onus n
- A burden or responsibility
- opalescence n
- The property of combined refraction and reflection of light, resulting in smoky tints
- opaque adj
- Impervious to light
- operate v
- To put in action and supervise the working of
- operative adj
- Active
- operator n
- One who works with or controls some machine or scientific apparatus
- operetta n
- A humorous play in dialogue and music, of more than one act
- opinion n
- A conclusion or judgment held with confidence, but falling short of positive knowledge
- opponent n
- One who supports the opposite side in a debate, discussion, struggle, or sport
- opportune adj
- Especially fit as occurring, said, or done at the right moment
- opportunist n
- One who takes advantage of circumstances to gain his ends
- opportunity n
- Favorable or advantageous chance or opening
- opposite adj
- Radically different or contrary in action or movement
- opprobrium n
- The state of being scornfully reproached or accused of evil
- optic n
- Pertaining to the eye or vision
- optician n
- One who makes or deals in optical instruments or eye-glasses
- optics n
- The science that treats of light and vision, and all that is connected with sight
- optimism n
- The view that everything in nature and the history of mankind is ordered for the best
- option n
- The right, power, or liberty of choosing
- optometry n
- Measurement of the powers of vision
- opulence n
- Affluence
- opulent adj
- Wealthy
- oral adj
- Uttered through the mouth
- orate v
- To deliver an elaborate or formal public speech
- oration n
- An elaborate or formal public speech
- orator n
- One who delivers an elaborate or formal speech
- oratorio n
- A composition for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra, generally taken from the Scriptures
- oratory n
- The art of public speaking
- ordeal n
- Anything that severely tests courage, strength, patience, conscience, etc
- ordinal n
- That form of the numeral that shows the order of anything in a series, as first, second, third
- ordination n
- A consecration to the ministry
- ordnance n
- A general name for all kinds of weapons and their appliances used in war
- orgies n
- Wild or wanton revelry
- origin n
- The beginning of that which becomes or is made to be
- original adj
- Not copied nor produced by imitation
- originate v
- To cause or constitute the beginning or first stage of the existence of
- ornate adj
- Ornamented to a marked degree
- orthodox adj
- Holding the commonly accepted faith
- orthodoxy n
- Acceptance of the common faith
- orthogonal adj
- Having or determined by right angles
- orthopedic adj
- Relating to the correcting or preventing of deformity
- orthopedist n
- One who practices the correcting or preventing of deformity
- oscillate v
- To swing back and forth
- osculate v
- To kiss
- ossify v
- to convert into bone
- ostentation n
- A display dictated by vanity and intended to invite applause or flattery
- ostracism n
- Exclusion from intercourse or favor, as in society or politics
- ostracize v
- To exclude from public or private favor
- ought v
- To be under moral obligation to be or do
- oust v
- To eject
- out-and-out adv
- Genuinely
- outbreak n
- A sudden and violent breaking forth, as of something that has been pent up or restrained
- outburst n
- A violent issue, especially of passion in an individual
- outcast n
- One rejected and despised, especially socially
- outcry n
- A vehement or loud cry or clamor
- outdo v
- To surpass
- outlandish adj
- Of barbarous, uncouth, and unfamiliar aspect or action
- outlast v
- To last longer than
- outlaw n
- A habitual lawbreaker
- outlive v
- To continue to exist after
- out-of-the-way adj
- Remotely situated
- outpost n
- A detachment of troops stationed at a distance from the main body to guard against surprise
- outrage n
- A gross infringement of morality or decency
- outrageous adj
- Shocking in conduct
- outreach v
- To reach or go beyond
- outride v
- To ride faster than
- outrigger n
- A part built or arranged to project beyond a natural outline for support
- outright adv
- Entirely
- outskirt n
- A border region
- outstretch v
- To extend
- outstrip v
- To go beyond
- outweigh v
- To surpass in importance or excellence
- overdo v
- To overtax the strength of
- overdose n
- An excessive dose, usually so large a dose of a medicine that its effect is toxic
- overeat v
- To eat to excess
- overhang n
- A portion of a structure which projects or hangs over
- overleap v
- To leap beyond
- overlord n
- One who holds supremacy over another
- overpass v
- To pass across or over, as a river
- overpay v
- To pay or reward in excess
- overpower v
- To gain supremacy or victory over by superior power
- overproduction n
- Excessive production
- overreach v
- To stretch out too far
- overrun v
- To infest or ravage
- oversee v
- To superintend
- overseer n
- A supervisor
- overshadow v
- To cast into the shade or render insignificant by comparison
- overstride v
- To step beyond
- overthrow v
- To vanquish an established ruler or government
- overtone n
- A harmonic
- overture n
- An instrumental prelude to an opera, oratorio, or ballet
- overweight n
- Preponderance