English words starting with ou

Meanings of Ouabain:

noun

A toxic compound obtained from certain trees, used as a very rapid cardiac stimulant. it is a polycyclic glycoside.

Usage examples:

It would have been preferable to discard this possibility by more complete blockade of active sodiu…

Meanings of Ouabaio:

noun

Any of the trees supplying this arrow poison.

Meanings of Ouananiche:

noun

An atlantic salmon of landlocked populations living in lakes in labrador and newfoundland.

Usage examples:

Red char had the highest fat content of all fish samples, followed by ouananiche (known as lake atl…

Meanings of Oubliette:

noun

A secret dungeon with access only through a trapdoor in its ceiling.

Usage examples:

A high-ceilinged corridor ran between the oubliettes and the suite.

Meanings of Oubliettes:

noun

A secret dungeon with access only through a trapdoor in its ceiling.

Usage examples:

A high-ceilinged corridor ran between the oubliettes and the suite.

Meanings of Ouch:

exclamation

Used to express pain.

Usage examples:

Ouch! i've trodden on a thistle

Meanings of Oudenarde:

proper noun

A battle which took place in 1708 during the war of the spanish succession, near the town of oudenarde in eastern flanders, belgium. a force of allied british and austrian troops defeated the french.

Meanings of Ouds:

noun

A form of lute or mandolin played principally in arab countries.

Usage examples:

Great cheer can be produced by an oud, harp, psaltery and frame drum.

Meanings of Ough:

exclamation

In early use: used in imitation of a sound denoting various sentiments, some also expressed by och, oh, ooh, etc. in later use specifically as an exclamation expressing disgust.

Meanings of Ought:

noun

Archaic term for nought.

pronoun

Variant spelling of aught1.

modal verb

Used to indicate duty or correctness, typically when criticizing someone's actions.

Usage examples:

They ought to respect the law

Meanings of Ought-to:

modal verb

Used to show when it is necessary or would be a good thing to perform the activity referred to by the following verb

Usage examples:

[ + infinitive ] you ought to be kinder to him., we ought not/oughtn't to have agreed without knowi…

Meanings of Oughtness:

noun

The deontic quality of an action; moral necessity; duty, obligatoriness; an instance of this.

Meanings of Oughtnt:

contraction

Ought not.

Usage examples:

Tragedies oughtn't to come in such close succession

Meanings of Oui:

adverb

Frequently in representations of the english of a french speaker: ‘yes’.

exclamation

As an emphatic tag: ‘i have to say’, ‘yes, indeed!’.

Meanings of Ouija:

noun

A brand name for a board, printed with letters of the alphabet and numbers, that people use in the belief that it will help them receive messages from people who are dead

Meanings of Ounce:

noun

A unit of weight of one sixteenth of a pound avoirdupois (approximately 28 grams).

Usage examples:

Melt three ounces of butter in a large frying pan

Meanings of Ounces:

noun

A unit of weight of one sixteenth of a pound avoirdupois (approximately 28 grams).

Usage examples:

Melt three ounces of butter in a large frying pan

Meanings of Ourie:

adjective

Dismal, gloomy; cheerless; miserable as a result of cold, illness, etc.

Meanings of Ourn:

pronoun

Ours.

Meanings of Ours:

possessive pronoun

Used to refer to a thing or things belonging to or associated with the speaker and one or more other people previously mentioned or easily identified.

Usage examples:

Ours was the ugliest house on the block

Meanings of Ourself:

pronoun

Used instead of ‘ourselves’ typically when ‘we’ refers to people in general rather than a definite group of people.

Usage examples:

We must choose which aspects of ourself to express to the world

phrasal verb

To tire someone

Usage examples:

That five-mile hike did me in., a couple of key losses did the team in.

Meanings of Ourselves:

pronoun

Used as the object of a verb or preposition when this is the same as the subject of the clause and the subject is the speaker and one or more other people considered together.

Usage examples:

Since we're here, we might as well enjoy ourselves

Meanings of Ousels:

noun

A bird that resembles the blackbird, especially the ring ouzel.

Usage examples:

We had to climb a very steep hill to reach the realm of the ouzel, a black bird with a white ring a…

Meanings of Ousia:

noun

= "substance".

Meanings of Oust:

verb

Drive out or expel (someone) from a position or place.

Usage examples:

The reformists were ousted from power