English words starting with on - page 11

Meanings of Onopordon:

noun

= onopordum .

Meanings of Onrush:

noun

A surging rush forward.

Usage examples:

The mesmerizing onrush of the sea

Meanings of Onrushes:

noun

A surging rush forward.

Usage examples:

The mesmerizing onrush of the sea

Meanings of Onrushing:

adjective

Rushing forward; advancing rapidly.

Usage examples:

He calmly lobbed the ball over the onrushing goalkeeper

Meanings of Ons:

noun

Abbreviation for the office for national statistics: a uk government department that collects information about the country's society and economy

Usage examples:

The ons said that unemployment rose by 2% last month.

Meanings of Onset:

noun

The beginning of something, especially something unpleasant.

Usage examples:

The onset of winter

Meanings of Onsets:

noun

The beginning of something, especially something unpleasant.

Usage examples:

The onset of winter

Meanings of Onsetter:

noun

A worker who loads tubs into the cage at the bottom of a shaft.

Meanings of Onsetting:

adjective

Of a condition or state: beginning to develop; commencing. occasionally (in figurative use): attacking; making a violent or noisy approach.

Meanings of Onshore:

adjective

Situated or occurring on land.

Usage examples:

An onshore oilfield

verb

Situated or occurring on land (often used in relation to the oil and gas industry).

Usage examples:

An onshore oilfield

Meanings of Onside:

adjective

(especially in soccer, rugby, or hockey) occupying a position where playing the ball or puck is allowed; not offside.

Usage examples:

An onside position

adverb

(especially in soccer, rugby, or hockey) in a position where playing the ball or puck is allowed; not offside.

Usage examples:

He was trying to get back onside, but williams shoved him

Meanings of Onslaught:

noun

A fierce or destructive attack.

Usage examples:

A series of onslaughts on the citadel

Meanings of Onslaughts:

noun

A fierce or destructive attack.

Usage examples:

A series of onslaughts on the citadel

Meanings of Onstage:

adverb

(in a theatre) on or on to the stage and so visible to the audience.

Usage examples:

This is the one and only time that they ever performed onstage together

adjective

(in a theatre) taking place on the stage and so visible to the audience.

Usage examples:

An onstage accident

Meanings of Onstead:

noun

The farmhouse and other buildings belonging to a farm; a farmstead. also: specifically the outbuildings on a farm, as distinct from the farmhouse, or the farmhouse, as distinct from the outbuildings. compare "onset"; "stead".

Meanings of Onsweep:

noun

Onward sweep.

Meanings of Ont:

combining form

Denoting an individual or cell of a specified type.

Usage examples:

Schizont

abbreviation

Ontario.

Meanings of Ontal:

adjective

Real; noumenal; comprising reality as opposed to mere phenomena; beyond phenomena. occasionally as noun with the: the real.

Meanings of Ontarian:

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the canadian province of ontario.

Usage examples:

Summer is the time for local foods from ontarian farmers

noun

A native or inhabitant of the canadian province of ontario.

Usage examples:

As an ontarian, i know how much the province gains from the auto industry

Meanings of Ontario:

proper noun

A province of eastern canada, between hudson bay and the great lakes; population 12,160,282 (2006); capital, toronto. it was settled by the french and english in the 17th century, ceded to britain in 1763, and became one of the original four provinces in the dominion of canada in 1867.

noun

A province (= a large area that is governed as part of a country) of eastern canada, whose capital city is toronto

Usage examples:

Canada's capital, ottawa, is also the second-largest city in ontario, with a regional population of…

Meanings of Ontic:

adjective

Relating to entities and the facts about them; relating to real as opposed to phenomenal existence.

Usage examples:

Kant is not saying that objects must conform to empirical knowledge, that entities must conform to …

Meanings of Ontically:

adverb

With reference to or in terms of real as opposed to phenomenal existence.

Meanings of Onto:

preposition

Variant form of on to.

Meanings of Ontogenesis:

noun

The development of an individual organism or anatomical or behavioural feature from the earliest stage to maturity.

Usage examples:

Shepard proposes that humans go through eight stages of ontogenesis in their first twenty years of …

Meanings of Ontogenetical:

adjective

Ontogenetic.