English words starting with oly

Meanings of Olykoek:

noun

A small ball-shaped cake made of sweetened dough and traditionally fried in lard (similar to a doughnut).

Meanings of Olympia:

proper noun

A plain in greece, in the western peloponnese. in ancient greece it was the site of the chief sanctuary of the god zeus, the place where the original olympic games were held, after which the site is named.

Meanings of Olympiad:

noun

An occasion when the ancient or modern olympic games were or are held.

Usage examples:

St. louis was host to the third modern olympiad in 1904, and francis field, on the campus of washin…

Meanings of Olympian:

adjective

Associated with mount olympus in north-eastern greece, or with the greek gods whose home was traditionally held to be there.

Usage examples:

A temple of olympian zeus

noun

Any of the pantheon of twelve greek gods regarded as living on olympus.

Usage examples:

Besides the twelve olympians, demeter and dionysios, the gods of wheat and wine, have a significant…

Meanings of Olympianism:

noun

The polytheistic religious system of the ancient greeks, in which the olympians were the chief gods and goddesses. in extended use: any polytheistic religious system.

Meanings of Olympianize:

verb

To endow with the attributes of an olympian god or goddess; to exalt to the position of an olympian.

Meanings of Olympianly:

adverb

In an olympian manner; loftily, condescendingly.

Meanings of Olympians:

noun

Any of the pantheon of twelve greek gods regarded as living on olympus.

Usage examples:

Besides the twelve olympians, demeter and dionysios, the gods of wheat and wine, have a significant…

adjective

Associated with mount olympus in north-eastern greece, or with the greek gods whose home was traditionally held to be there.

Usage examples:

A temple of olympian zeus

Meanings of Olympic:

adjective

Relating to ancient olympia or the olympic games.

Usage examples:

An olympic champion

Meanings of Olympics:

plural noun

International winter and summer sports competitions, each taking place every four years, but not in the same year

Usage examples:

She won a gold medal at the winter olympics in nagano, japan, in 1998.

Meanings of Olympus:

proper noun

The home of the twelve greater gods, identified in later antiquity with mount olympus in greece.