All English words - page 2420

Meanings of Octopodan:

adjective

Of or relating to cephalopod molluscs of the order octopoda; = "octopod".

Meanings of Octoroon:

noun

A person who is one-eighth black by descent.

Usage examples:

He has no trouble referring to ‘full-bloods’, ‘half-castes’, ‘octoroons’.

Meanings of Octoroons:

noun

A person who is one-eighth black by descent.

Usage examples:

He has no trouble referring to ‘full-bloods’, ‘half-castes’, ‘octoroons’.

Meanings of Octostichous:

adjective

Designating or relating to a spiral arrangement of leaves in which there are eight leaves in each turn of the spiral about the stem, and thus eight vertical rows of leaves in the phyllotaxis.

Meanings of Octosyllabic:

adjective

Having or written in lines that have eight syllables.

Usage examples:

His most powerful satirical weapon is his style, the deliberately cumbersome octosyllabic metre and…

Meanings of Octroi:

noun

A duty levied in some countries on various goods entering a town or city.

Usage examples:

Feng applied for control of the octroi levied on goods entering beijing.

Meanings of Octrois:

noun

A duty levied in some countries on various goods entering a town or city.

Usage examples:

Feng applied for control of the octroi levied on goods entering beijing.

Meanings of Octuple:

adjective

Consisting of eight parts or things.

Usage examples:

I couldn't decide whether to feel old and boring or as if i was 14 and on an octuple date.

verb

Make or become eight times as numerous or as large.

Usage examples:

The new town populations have trebled the additions to the rural community, and in the case of mass…

Meanings of Octuples:

verb

Make or become eight times as numerous or as large.

Usage examples:

The new town populations have trebled the additions to the rural community, and in the case of mass…

adjective

Consisting of eight parts or things.

Usage examples:

I couldn't decide whether to feel old and boring or as if i was 14 and on an octuple date.

Meanings of Octuplet:

noun

Each of eight children born at one birth.

Usage examples:

Of course, we still see twins, triplets, and octuplets (their poor mothers!) in games.

Meanings of Octuplets:

noun

Each of eight children born at one birth.

Usage examples:

Of course, we still see twins, triplets, and octuplets (their poor mothers!) in games.

Meanings of Octuplicate:

noun

Any one of eight identical or exactly corresponding copies; especially in "in octuplicate".

Meanings of Octupling:

verb

Make or become eight times as numerous or as large.

Usage examples:

The new town populations have trebled the additions to the rural community, and in the case of mass…

adjective

Consisting of eight parts or things.

Usage examples:

I couldn't decide whether to feel old and boring or as if i was 14 and on an octuple date.

Meanings of Octyl:

noun

Of or denoting an alkyl radical —c8h17, derived from octane.

Meanings of Octylene:

noun

= octene .

Meanings of Octyne:

noun

Any of a series of liquid alkynes having the formula c₈ h₁₄.

Meanings of Oculars:

noun

Another term for eyepiece.

adjective

Of or connected with the eyes or vision.

Usage examples:

Ocular trauma

Meanings of Oculi:

noun

A round or eye-like opening or design.

Plural of oculus specialized

Meanings of Oculist:

noun

An ophthalmologist or optician.

Usage examples:

He visited an oculist in chicago, who prescribed a pair of reading glasses

Meanings of Oculists:

noun

An ophthalmologist or optician.

Usage examples:

He visited an oculist in chicago, who prescribed a pair of reading glasses

Meanings of Oculocephalic:

adjective

Of or relating to the eyes and the head; specifically designating or relating to reflex movement of the eyes when the head is passively turned (normally to the side opposite to that in which the head is turned), used in the assessment of level of consciousness.

Meanings of Oculofrontal:

adjective

Of or relating to the eyes and the forehead.

Meanings of Oculonasal:

adjective

Of, relating to, or affecting the eyes and the nose.

Meanings of Oculopalpebral:

adjective

Of, relating to, or affecting the eyes and the eyelids.

Meanings of Od:

noun

A hypothetical power once thought to pervade nature and account for various phenomena, such as magnetism.

abbreviation

Ordnance datum.

verb

Take an overdose of a drug.

Usage examples:

Spike had od'd on barbiturates