English words starting with oli - page 1

Meanings of Oligophyllous:

adjective

Having few leaves.

Meanings of Oligopoly:

noun

A state of limited competition, in which a market is shared by a small number of producers or sellers.

Usage examples:

With limited competition, or oligopolies, the various players within a particular industry will mos…

Meanings of Oligopsony:

noun

A state of the market in which only a small number of buyers exists for a product.

Usage examples:

Economists refer to this as an oligopsony: a market with few buyers.

Meanings of Oligospermia:

noun

Deficiency of sperm cells in the semen.

Usage examples:

The most common male infertility factors include: azoospermia (no sperm cells are produced) and oli…

Meanings of Oligospermous:

adjective

Containing or producing few seeds.

Meanings of Oligostemonous:

adjective

Having a small number of stamens; = oligandrous .

Meanings of Oligosyllabic:

adjective

Having few syllables.

Meanings of Oligotrichia:

adjective

Of, relating to, or belonging to a group (now the order oligotrichida) of ciliate protozoans characterized by conspicuous cilia in the mouth region and (usually) a lack of body cilia.

noun

A protozoan of this group.

Meanings of Oligotrophic:

adjective

(especially of a lake) relatively poor in plant nutrients and containing abundant oxygen in the deeper parts.

Usage examples:

Altogether, this indicates that sestonic components of autochthonous origin should be closer to red…

Meanings of Oligotropic:

adjective

Of an insect, especially a bee: collecting nectar from the flowers of only a few related plants. contrasted with polytropic .

Meanings of Oliguria:

noun

The production of abnormally small amounts of urine.

Usage examples:

In non-fatal cases recovery was complete and occurred within a further 3 h. there were no gastroint…

Meanings of Olio:

noun

A highly spiced stew of various meats and vegetables originating from spain and portugal.

Usage examples:

The key elements of this court style were the grosses entrées, the olios, the bisques, the terrines…

Meanings of Olios:

noun

A highly spiced stew of various meats and vegetables originating from spain and portugal.

Usage examples:

The key elements of this court style were the grosses entrées, the olios, the bisques, the terrines…

Meanings of Oliphant:

noun

An elephant.

Meanings of Oliva:

noun

(in form oliva) a genus of marine gastropod molluscs of the family olividae, characterized by glossy cylindrical shells; (also oliva; more fully "oliva shell") a member of this genus; an olive shell.

Meanings of Olivary:

adjective

Relating to or denoting the nucleus situated in the olive of the medulla oblongata in the brain.

Usage examples:

Dorsal to the olivary nuclei is the extensive reticular formation of the medulla, composed of diffu…

Meanings of Olivaster:

adjective

Olive-coloured; having an easily-tanned or mediterranean skin.

Meanings of Olive:

noun

A small oval fruit with a hard stone and bitter flesh, green when unripe and bluish black when ripe, used as food and as a source of oil.

Usage examples:

A dish of cauliflower with black olives

adjective

Greyish-green.

Usage examples:

A small figure in olive fatigues

Meanings of Olive-green:

noun

The colour of green olives

Usage examples:

An olive-green uniform

Meanings of Olivella:

noun

A genus of small gastropod molluscs of warm and tropical seas (family olividae), having glossy cylindrical shells; (also olivella) a snail of this genus.

Meanings of Oliveness:

noun

The quality of being olive-coloured.

Meanings of Oliver:

proper noun

The companion of roland in the chanson de roland.

Meanings of Olives:

noun

A small oval fruit with a hard stone and bitter flesh, green when unripe and bluish black when ripe, used as food and as a source of oil.

Usage examples:

A dish of cauliflower with black olives

adjective

Greyish-green.

Usage examples:

A small figure in olive fatigues

Meanings of Olivet:

noun

In full "mount (of) olivet". the mount of olives on the east side of jerusalem, the scene of christ's ascension.

Meanings of Olivette:

noun

A small oval weight threaded on a fishing line.

Usage examples:

A tungsten olivette is used as a main weight with a small dropper shot between the olivette and the…