All English words - page 2422

Meanings of Obtestation:

noun

The action of calling god (heaven, etc.) to witness; protestation; an instance of this; an oath.

Meanings of Obtrude:

verb

Become noticeable in an unwelcome or intrusive way.

Usage examples:

A sound from the reception hall obtruded into his thoughts

Meanings of Obtruded:

verb

Become noticeable in an unwelcome or intrusive way.

Usage examples:

A sound from the reception hall obtruded into his thoughts

Meanings of Obtrudes:

verb

Become noticeable in an unwelcome or intrusive way.

Usage examples:

A sound from the reception hall obtruded into his thoughts

Meanings of Obtruding:

verb

Become noticeable in an unwelcome or intrusive way.

Usage examples:

A sound from the reception hall obtruded into his thoughts

Meanings of Obtrusions:

noun

The action of imposing on someone in an unwelcome or intrusive way.

Usage examples:

They do the job with the minimum of fuss and obtrusion

Meanings of Obtrusively:

adverb

In a way that is too noticeable

Usage examples:

Her clothes are sometimes obtrusively showy., police officers patrolled obtrusively throughout the …

Meanings of Obtunded:

verb

Dull the sensitivity of; blunt; deaden.

Usage examples:

The next step is to obtund the tissues to be operated on

Meanings of Obtunding:

verb

Dull the sensitivity of; blunt; deaden.

Usage examples:

The next step is to obtund the tissues to be operated on

Meanings of Obtunds:

verb

Dull the sensitivity of; blunt; deaden.

Usage examples:

The next step is to obtund the tissues to be operated on

Meanings of Obturate:

verb

Block up; obstruct.

Meanings of Obturated:

verb

Block up; obstruct.

Meanings of Obturates:

verb

Block up; obstruct.

Meanings of Obturator:

noun

Either of two muscles covering the outer front part of the pelvis on each side and involved in movements of the thigh and hip.

Usage examples:

The surgeon uses a special hip arthroscopy cannula with cannulated obturators to establish the port…

Meanings of Obturbinate:

adjective

Inversely turbinate; having the shape of a top with the pointed end upwards.

Meanings of Obtuse:

adjective

Annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand.

Usage examples:

He wondered if the doctor was being deliberately obtuse

Meanings of Obtusely:

adverb

In a way that is stupid and slow to understand, or unwilling to try to understand

Usage examples:

The woman looked at her obtusely., he came across as obtusely uncultured and petulant.

Meanings of Obtusion:

noun

The action of blunting or dulling; the condition of being blunted or dulled; (now, medicine) = obtundation .

Meanings of Obumbrated:

verb

To overshadow; to shade, darken; to obscure. (literal and figurative).

Meanings of Obumbrating:

verb

To overshadow; to shade, darken; to obscure. (literal and figurative).

Meanings of Obv:

adverb

Obviously.

Usage examples:

'léon' (obvs not his real name) was credited with the brand's resurrection

Meanings of Obvention:

noun

An incoming fee or revenue, especially one of an occasional or incidental character. chiefly in plural.

Meanings of Obverse:

noun

The side of a coin or medal bearing the head or principal design.

Usage examples:

It was no wonder that this minting machine was chosen as part of the design for the obverse of the …

adjective

Of or denoting the obverse of a coin or medal.

Usage examples:

The designs of the medals are based on a traditional style that includes a generic obverse side, ba…

Meanings of Obverses:

noun

The side of a coin or medal bearing the head or principal design.

Usage examples:

It was no wonder that this minting machine was chosen as part of the design for the obverse of the …

adjective

Of or denoting the obverse of a coin or medal.

Usage examples:

The designs of the medals are based on a traditional style that includes a generic obverse side, ba…

Meanings of Obvert:

verb

Alter (a proposition) so as to infer another proposition with a contradictory predicate, e.g. ‘no men are immortal’ to ‘all men are mortal’.

Usage examples:

An original statement is obverted, the result is converted and that result is obverted again.