English words starting with ons

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.