English words starting with od - page 1

Meanings of Odds-and-sods:

plural noun

Various items of different types, usually small and unimportant or of little value

Usage examples:

We’ve moved most of the furniture to the new house, but there are still a few odds and ends to brin…

Meanings of Odds-on:

adjective

Thought most likely to happen, succeed, or do a particular thing

Usage examples:

Odds-on to do sth he is odds-on to serve another term as president of the commission., odds-on for …

Meanings of Oddside:

noun

A temporary cope, usually made of sand, plaster of paris, etc., in which part of a pattern is bedded while the final mould is made of the upper, exposed portion.

Meanings of Odea:

noun

(especially in ancient greece or rome) a building used for musical performances.

Meanings of Odeons:

noun

Variant spelling of odeum.

Meanings of Odes:

noun

A lyric poem, typically one in the form of an address to a particular subject, written in varied or irregular metre.

Usage examples:

Born in watford, herts, fletcher started writing odes as a pupil at friern barnet grammar, where he…

Meanings of Odessa:

proper noun

A city and port on the south coast of ukraine, on the black sea; population 1,008,600 (est. 2009). ukrainian name odesa /ɔˈdɛsa/.

Meanings of Odeum:

noun

(especially in ancient greece or rome) a building used for musical performances.

Meanings of Odiferous:

adjective

Variant spelling of odoriferous.

Meanings of Odin:

proper noun

The supreme god and creator, god of victory and the dead. wednesday is named after him.

noun

In norse mythology (= ancient stories from scandinavia), the god of war and death

Usage examples:

Norse mythology has it that odin's horse was a giant, flying, eight-legged beast called sleipnir.

Meanings of Odinic:

adjective

Of or relating to odin or odinism.

Meanings of Odinism:

noun

The worship of odin, the supreme god and creator in scandinavian mythology; the mythology and religious doctrine of the ancient scandinavians, before the introduction of christianity.

Meanings of Odinist:

adjective

= odinic .

noun

A worshipper of odin; a person who practises odinism.

Meanings of Odious:

adjective

Extremely unpleasant; repulsive.

Usage examples:

A pretty odious character

Meanings of Odist:

noun

A person who writes odes.

Meanings of Odium:

noun

General or widespread hatred or disgust incurred by someone as a result of their actions.

Usage examples:

He incurred widespread odium for military failures and government corruption

Meanings of Odograph:

noun

A device for automatically recording the course of a vehicle. also (in early use): an instrument for measuring the length of stride of a person, animal, etc., and the number of paces taken.

Meanings of Odographs:

noun

A device for automatically recording the course of a vehicle. also (in early use): an instrument for measuring the length of stride of a person, animal, etc., and the number of paces taken.

Meanings of Odometer:

noun

An instrument for measuring the distance travelled by a wheeled vehicle.

Usage examples:

In other words, ‘spinning out’ will cause a wheel-driven odometer to measure more distance between …

Meanings of Odometers:

noun

An instrument for measuring the distance travelled by a wheeled vehicle.

Usage examples:

In other words, ‘spinning out’ will cause a wheel-driven odometer to measure more distance between …

Meanings of Odometrical:

adjective

= odometric .

Meanings of Odometries:

noun

Measurement by an odometer of distances travelled.

Meanings of Odometry:

noun

Measurement by an odometer of distances travelled.

Meanings of Odonata:

plural noun

An order of predatory insects that comprises the dragonflies and damselflies. they have long, slender bodies, two pairs of membranous wings, large compound eyes, and aquatic larvae.

Usage examples:

In contrast to yoy perch, predator-sensitive prey in the diet were dominated by trichoptera, odonat…

noun

A group of insects that includes dragonflies and damselflies

Usage examples:

Damselflies are a smaller, much more delicate version of true dragonflies, although both are in the…

Meanings of Odonate:

noun

A predatory insect of the order odonata; a dragonfly or damselfly.

Usage examples:

My quick survey of the antennal structure of extant odonates and mayflies indicates that the flagel…

adjective

A predatory insect of the order odonata ; a dragonfly or damselfly.