English dictionary: words starting with onc

adverb

On one occasion or for one time only.

Usage examples:

They deliver once a week

conjunction

As soon as; when.

Usage examples:

Once the grapes were pressed, the juice was put into barrels

phrase

In a conclusive way

idiom

Completely and finally

Usage examples:

We have to decide, once and for all, whether we want to ask dad for money.

idiom

Rarely

Usage examples:

Once in a blue moon he’d call, but for months at a time we heard nothing.

phrase

Very rarely.

Usage examples:

He comes round once in a blue moon

idiom

Rarely

Usage examples:

Once in a blue moon he’d call, but for months at a time we heard nothing.

idiom

Now and then or here and there

phrase

From time to time; occasionally.

Usage examples:

Just once in a while, i stumble on a little piece of evidence that proves the world is as mad as i'…

Used at the beginning of children's stories to mean "a long time ago"

Usage examples:

Once upon a time there was an ugly duckling., once upon a time people knew the difference between r…

phrase

At some time in the past (used as a conventional opening of a story).

Usage examples:

As the conventional story goes, once upon a time the west slumbered in intellectual darkness.

phrase

If something happens once again, it has already happened several times before

Usage examples:

You are reminded once again of the author's love of the sea., his latest movie once again features …

idiom

Another time

Usage examples:

I’ll explain it once more, but listen this time.

noun

A quick examination of someone or something

Usage examples:

The security guards gave me the once-over.

noun

A one-pound note.

Usage examples:

20 crisp oncers

noun

Technical term for river blindness.

noun

Onchocerciasis.

noun

A large genus of tropical american epiphytic orchids which are characterized by a callus on the lip and include many cultivated for their showy, often yellow flowers, notably the butterfly plant oncidium papilio; (also oncidium) an orchid of this genus.

noun

A large genus of tropical american epiphytic orchids which are characterized by a callus on the lip and include many cultivated for their showy, often yellow flowers, notably the butterfly plant oncidium papilio; (also oncidium) an orchid of this genus.

noun

The development of a tumour or tumours.

Usage examples:

Genes that promote oncogenesis in melanoma

adjective

Causing development of a tumour or tumours.

Usage examples:

It is also acceptable to perform repeat hpv dna testing at 12 months and refer the patient for colp…

adjective

Related to the study and treatment of tumours (= masses of cells, as in cancer) in the body

Usage examples:

He specializes in oncological medicine., oncological treatment

noun

A medical practitioner qualified to diagnose and treat tumours.

Usage examples:

The patient was evaluated by the surgical oncologist who considered the mass to be unresectable.

noun

The study and treatment of tumours.

Usage examples:

She has previously worked at mayo in the areas of orthopedic oncology and pediatric radiology.

noun

A heavy fall (of rain or snow); = on-ding .

noun

An instrument for measuring variations in the size of an organ or part.

adjective

Relating to or obtained with an oncometer.

adjective

Approaching from the front; moving towards one.

Usage examples:

She walked into the path of an oncoming car

noun

The approach or onset of something.

Usage examples:

The oncoming of age

adjective

Approaching from the front; moving towards one.

Usage examples:

She walked into the path of an oncoming car

noun

The approach or onset of something.

Usage examples:

The oncoming of age

noun

A tapeworm embryo or larva in the form in which it hatches from the egg, having a small, oval body bearing three pairs of chitinous hooks for attachment to the tissues of the intermediate host; a proscolex, a hexacanth.