English words starting with ole

Meanings of Ole:

adjective

Old.

Usage examples:

That ole truck of my daddy's

exclamation

Bravo.

Usage examples:

With our lack of language skills, the diary does not mean to mock - we don't even know the spanish …

combining form

In names of organic compounds, especially heterocyclic compounds.

Usage examples:

Thiazole

abbreviation

Object linking and embedding, denoting a set of techniques for transferring an object from one application to another.

Meanings of Oleaceous:

adjective

Relating to or denoting plants of the olive family ( oleaceae ).

Meanings of Oleaginous:

adjective

Rich in, covered with, or producing oil; oily.

Usage examples:

Fabrics would quickly become filthy in this oleaginous kingdom

Meanings of Oleaginously:

adverb

In an oleaginous manner; obsequiously.

Meanings of Oleaginousness:

noun

Oiliness, greasiness.

Meanings of Oleander:

noun

A poisonous evergreen old world shrub grown in warm countries for its clusters of white, pink, or red flowers.

Usage examples:

Between the ruins grew cypresses and oleanders, hibiscus, myrtle and wild roses.

Meanings of Oleanders:

noun

A poisonous evergreen old world shrub grown in warm countries for its clusters of white, pink, or red flowers.

Usage examples:

Between the ruins grew cypresses and oleanders, hibiscus, myrtle and wild roses.

Meanings of Oleandomycin:

noun

A macrolide antibiotic, c₃₅ h₆₁ no₁₂, produced by a strain of the bacterium streptomyces antibioticus, which is active against a wide range of gram-positive bacteria and has been used as the phosphate in treating staphylococcal enteritis and skin infections.

Meanings of Oleandrin:

noun

A toxic cardiac glycoside, c₃₂ h₄₈ o₉, with diuretic properties present in the leaves of the oleander.

Meanings of Oleandrine:

noun

A toxic cardiac glycoside, c₃₂ h₄₈ o₉, with diuretic properties present in the leaves of the oleander.

Meanings of Olearia:

noun

A genus of the family asteraceae (compositae) consisting of evergreen shrubs and trees bearing clusters of daisy-like white, mauve, etc., flowers, native to australasia and often grown in coastal districts elsewhere; (also olearia) a tree or shrub of this genus (also called daisy bush, daisy tree).

Meanings of Oleaster:

noun

A eurasian shrub or small tree cultivated as an ornamental.

Usage examples:

Olives from wild trees (oleasters) were sporadically gathered, in the near east, by neolithic peopl…

Meanings of Oleasters:

noun

A eurasian shrub or small tree cultivated as an ornamental.

Usage examples:

Olives from wild trees (oleasters) were sporadically gathered, in the near east, by neolithic peopl…

Meanings of Oleates:

noun

A salt or ester of oleic acid.

Usage examples:

When incubations were carried out with [1 - c] acetate, the main fatty acids labelled were palmitat…

Meanings of Olecranal:

adjective

Of or relating to the olecranon.

Meanings of Olecranon:

noun

A bony prominence at the elbow, on the upper end of the ulna.

Usage examples:

The olecranon is the bony landmark identified as the elbow in surface anatomy.

Meanings of Olefin:

noun

Another term for alkene.

Meanings of Olefine:

noun

Another term for alkene.

Meanings of Olefins:

noun

Another term for alkene.

Meanings of Oleiferous:

adjective

(of seeds, glands, etc.) producing oil.

Usage examples:

The unagi was especially rich and oleiferous, but then it always is.

Meanings of Oleins:

noun

A glyceryl ester of oleic acid; specifically glyceryl trioleate, c₃ h₅ (c₁₈ h₃₃ o₂)₃, a colourless oily liquid which is a very common natural fat (also called triolein). also (more widely): any liquid fat (consisting chiefly of such esters) separated from a solid or semi-solid fat; (formerly, also) †a glyceride of a fatty acid other than oleic acid (obsolete).

Meanings of Oleo:

Relating to or containing oil.

Usage examples:

Oleomargarine

Meanings of Oleoduct:

noun

A channel or pipe for conveying oil from an oil well or oilfield; an oil pipeline.

Meanings of Oleograph:

noun

A print textured to resemble an oil painting.

Usage examples:

It also includes a number of oleographs (prints made to resemble oil paintings).

Meanings of Oleomargarin:

noun

A fatty substance extracted from beef fat and used in the manufacture of margarine.

Usage examples:

The french food chemist mege-mouiries responded to the invitation and invented oleomargarine, made …