English dictionary: words starting with o - page 241

adjective

(especially in ancient greek) having an acute accent on the last syllable.

Usage examples:

The general rhythm of the language clips seems to show a preference for oxytone words.

noun

A word having an acute accent on the last syllable.

Usage examples:

There are also a good many cases in which the french name ends in a weak e and would produce an oxy…

noun

A word having an acute accent on the last syllable.

Usage examples:

There are also a good many cases in which the french name ends in a weak e and would produce an oxy…

adjective

(especially in ancient greek) having an acute accent on the last syllable.

Usage examples:

The general rhythm of the language clips seems to show a preference for oxytone words.

adjective

Characterized by an oxytone or oxytones; designating a language in which the majority of words are oxytones.

noun

A large genus of the family fabaceae (leguminosae), of the north temperate zone, which consists of low-growing, often alpine plants, with pinnate leaves and racemes of purple, white, or yellow flowers; (also oxytropis) a plant of this genus (also called milk-vetch).

noun

A drug which kills pinworms; an anthelmintic.

adjective

Having a pointed tail.

exclamation

Used to attract someone's attention, especially in a rough or angry way.

Usage examples:

Oi, don't lean out

exclamation

A call given, typically three times, by a public crier or a court officer to command silence and attention before an announcement.

Usage examples:

‘all the kids were sitting in the hall when the town crier came in shouting ‘oyez, oyez, oyez’ and …

exclamation

A call given, typically three times, by a public crier or a court officer to command silence and attention before an announcement.

Usage examples:

‘all the kids were sitting in the hall when the town crier came in shouting ‘oyez, oyez, oyez’ and …

noun

Any of a number of bivalve molluscs with rough irregular shells. several kinds are eaten (especially raw) as a delicacy and may be farmed for food or pearls.

Usage examples:

Loch fyne is scotland's longest and deepest sea loch, and at its head, the loch fyne oysters compan…

verb

Raise, dredge, or gather oysters.

Usage examples:

As a kid he crabbed and oystered for fun

adjective

Marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell

noun

An oyster bed.

noun

A wading bird with black-and-white or all-black plumage and a strong orange-red bill, typically found on the coast and feeding chiefly on shellfish.

Usage examples:

Currently, visitors to the flats are likely to see sandpipers, avocets, oystercatchers, godwits, do…

verb

Raise, dredge, or gather oysters.

Usage examples:

As a kid he crabbed and oystered for fun

noun

Any of a number of bivalve molluscs with rough irregular shells. several kinds are eaten (especially raw) as a delicacy and may be farmed for food or pearls.

Usage examples:

Loch fyne is scotland's longest and deepest sea loch, and at its head, the loch fyne oysters compan…

noun

A person who gathers, sells, or prepares oysters.

noun

A person who gathers, sells, or prepares oysters.

noun

Any of various fishes which frequent oyster beds; especially (a) the oyster toadfish, opsanus tau; (b) the tautog, tautoga onitis; (c) the naked goby, gobiosoma bosci.

noun

Any of various fishes which frequent oyster beds; especially (a) the oyster toadfish, opsanus tau; (b) the tautog, tautoga onitis; (c) the naked goby, gobiosoma bosci.

noun

The condition of being an oyster.

noun

The activity or process of raising, dredging, or gathering oysters.

Usage examples:

Oystering is still the lifeblood of this town

verb

Raise, dredge, or gather oysters.

Usage examples:

As a kid he crabbed and oystered for fun

adjective

Of the nature of or resembling an oyster; relating to oysters.

noun

The quality of resembling an oyster.

adjective

Resembling an oyster.

noun

Any of a number of bivalve molluscs with rough irregular shells. several kinds are eaten (especially raw) as a delicacy and may be farmed for food or pearls.

Usage examples:

Loch fyne is scotland's longest and deepest sea loch, and at its head, the loch fyne oysters compan…

verb

Raise, dredge, or gather oysters.

Usage examples:

As a kid he crabbed and oystered for fun

abbreviation

Ounce(s).

adjective

Australian.

Usage examples:

Oz hospitality

noun

Australia.

Usage examples:

He spent the last few years in oz

noun

Originally: an ulcer of the nose (or, rarely, other part of the body), especially when accompanied by a fetid discharge; any of various conditions characterized by the presence of such a lesion. later: specifically a chronic disease of the nose characterized by atrophy of the nasal mucosa and bone, with a thick secretion that forms dry, extremely fetid crusts, often associated with the presence of bacteria of the genus klebsiella.