Word
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Definition
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oakum | old ropes untwisted for caulking the seams of ships
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oakus | wallet; pocket billfold
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oast | kiln to dry hops or malt
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obambulate | to wander about
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obdormition | numbness in a limb caused by pressure on a nerve
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obduracy | stubbornness; persistence
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obedible | docile; capable of obedience
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obedientiary | someone subject to obedience
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obeism | practice of West African magic
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obeliscolychny | lighthouse
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obelisk | dagger sign used as a critical mark or note
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obelize | to condemn as spurious, doubtful, or corrupt
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obelus | division sign; mark used to indicate unacceptable passages
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obeophone | mechanical keyboard instrument used to imitate woodwind instruments
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obequitate | to ride about
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obfuscate | to obscure; to darken; to confuse
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obganiate | to irritate someone by constantly repeating oneself
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obi | broad sash worn with a kimono
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obit | religious office for a dead person
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obiter | in passing; incidentally
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obitual | of, like or pertaining to obituaries
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objectivism | doctrine that all reality is objective
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objicient | objector
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objuration | the act of binding by oath; a solemn charge
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objurgate | to chide; to scold; to rebuke
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oblate | flattened at opposite sides or poles
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oblate | layman living in a religious community under modified rule
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oblation | act of offering; a sacrifice; anything offered in worship
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oblectation | enjoyment; pleasure
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obliquation | obliqueness
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oblivescence | forgetfulness; forgetting
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oblocutor | one who denies or disputes
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obloquy | censure; calumny; slander; disgrace
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obluctation | resistance; opposition
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obmutescent | speechless; persistently silent
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obnixely | earnestly; strenuously
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obnubilate | to becloud; to obscure
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obolary | extremely poor
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obreption | seeking to obtain a gift by false premises
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obrogate | to alter the law by passing a new law
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obrotund | round but flattened on top and bottom
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obscurantism | policy of withholding knowledge from the public
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obsecrate | to beseech; to implore
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obsequent | flowing in opposite direction to original slope of land
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obsequies | funeral
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obsequious | servilely ingratiating; fawning
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observationalism | belief that all knowledge is based on observation
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obsidional | of, like or pertaining to a siege
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obsign | to seal or confirm
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obsolagnium | waning sexual desire due to age
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obstetrics | study of midwifery
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obstreperous | noisy; unruly
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obstriction | obligation
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obtend | to put forward or allege
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obtenebrate | to cast a shadow over
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obtest | to call to witness; to adjure; to protest; to beseech
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obtruncate | to cut or lop off the head of
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obtund | to blunt or dull; to deaden
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obtundent | dulling
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obturate | to stop up; to seal up
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obumbrate | to overshadow
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obvallate | walled in; sealed up
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obvention | any incidental occurrence or advantage
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obvert | to turn; to alter
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obvolute | overlapping; twisted
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obvolvent | enwrapping; curved downward or inward
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ocarina | egg-shaped flute-like wind instrument
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occamy | alloy imitating gold or silver
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occasionalism | belief that interactions between mind and body are intermediated by God
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occipital | of, like or pertaining to the back of the head
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occlusion | closing of an opening, passage or cavity
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occultation | concealing of one heavenly body by another
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ocellated | eyelike and ringed; having an eyelike spot or spots
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ocellus | small eye or eye-like coloured spot
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ochlesis | sickness resulting from overcrowded living conditions
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ochlocracy | government by mobs
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ochlophobia | fear of crowds
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ochre | yellowish or yellow-brown colour
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ochroleucous | yellowish white
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ocracy | government
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ocreate | wearing boots or leggings
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octactinal | having eight rays or points
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octad | set of eight things
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octamerous | having parts in eights
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octan | recurring every eight days
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octapla | multi-lingual book in eight texts
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octarchy | government by eight people
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octarius | pint
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octastich | poem of eight lines
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octingentenary | eight hundredth anniversary of an event
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octodont | degu
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octonary | of, like or pertaining to or consisting of eight things; grouped in eights
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octonocular | having eight eyes
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octothorp | hash; pound sign
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octroi | trading privilege, monopoly or concession granted to a town
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oculate | having eyes
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oculiform | shaped like an eye
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oculus | round window, especially over main door in church
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od | mild oath
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odalisque | female slave in a harem
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odditorium | place for displaying oddities
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odeum | a usually small theatre or concert hall
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odible | worthy of hatred
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odium | hatred; offensiveness; blame
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odograph | odometer; instrument for measuring distance travelled
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odology | science of the hypothetical mystical force of od
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odontalgia | toothache
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odonterism | chattering of the teeth
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odontist | dentist
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odontogeny | origin and development of teeth
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odontograph | instrument for obtaining curves for gear-teeth
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odontography | scientific description of teeth
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odontoid | tooth-like
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odontology | study of teeth
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odontoloxia | irregularity of the teeth
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odontomancy | divination using teeth
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odophone | scale of odours
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odoriferous | emitting a usually pleasant smell
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odorimetry | measurement of strength and persistence of odours
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odorivector | substance producing an odour
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oecist | founder of a colony
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oecodomic | of, like or pertaining to architecture
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oeillade | an ogle; a glance or wink
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oenology | study of wines
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oenomancy | divination by studying appearance of wine
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oenomania | obsession or craze for wine
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oenometer | instrument for measuring alcoholic strength of wine
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oenophile | one who is fond of or loves wine
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oenophobia | fear or hatred of wine
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oenopoetic | of, like or pertaining to wine-making
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oersted | unit of magnetic field strength
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oestrogenic | producing female sex hormones
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officialism | excessive devotion to routine or position
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officinal | belonging to or used in a shop
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officious | volunteering one's services too eagerly
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ogdoad | set of eight
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ogee | S-shaped
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ogive | graph representing cumulative frequency
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ogonek | mark placed under Slavic consonant to indicate nasalization
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ohmmeter | instrument for measuring electrical resistance
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oikology | science of housekeeping
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oikonisus | desire to start a family
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oinomancy | divination using wine
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okapi | short-necked giraffe
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olamic | of or belonging to a vast period or eon
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oleaginous | oily, fawning or sycophantic
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olecranon | funny bone
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oleic | of, like or pertaining to or derived from oil
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oleiferous | producing oil
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olent | having a smell; fragrant
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oleograph | print in oil-colours to imitate an oil painting
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oleography | lithography employed to resemble oil painting
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oleometer | instrument for measuring amount of oil in a substance
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oleraceous | of the nature of a pot-herb; for kitchen use; edible
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olericulture | growing of herbs and vegetables
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olfactible | able to be smelled
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olfactology | study of the sense of smell
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olfactometer | instrument measuring intensity of odour of a substance
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olid | rank-smelling
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oligarchy | government by the few
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oligochrome | work of art using few colours
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oligodynamic | of, like or pertaining to the effect of small quantities
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oligogenics | birth control
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oligomania | obsession with a few thoughts or ideas
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oligophrenia | feeble-mindedness
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oligopoly | market situation of few sellers of a service
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oligopsony | market situation of few buyers of a service
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oligosyllable | word of few syllables
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olim | formerly
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olio | miscellany; potpourri
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olitory | of, like or pertaining to kitchen vegetables
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olivaceous | olive-coloured
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olivary | olive-shaped
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olivaster | having an olive complexion
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olivet | artificial pearl
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olivetta | container used to hold olives
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oliviform | shaped like an olive
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ollamh | learned man in ancient Ireland
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olm | blind aquatic cave-dwelling European salamander
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ololygmancy | fortune-telling by the howling of dogs
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ombré | shadowy; shaded; dusky
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ombrology | study of rain
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ombrometer | rain-gauge
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ombrophilous | tolerant of large amounts of rainfall
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ombrophobia | fear of rain
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omegoid | shaped like a horseshoe or omega
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ommateum | compound eye
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omneity | state of being all; allness
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omniana | about all sorts of things
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omnicompetent | legally competent in all matters
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omnifarious | of all kinds
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omniferous | bearing everything
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omnify | to make large or universal
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omnigatherum | miscellaneous assemblage or collection
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omnigenous | of all kinds
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omniloquent | speaking on all subjects
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omniparity | general equality
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omnism | belief in all religions
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omophagy | eating of raw flesh as a ritual observance
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omoplatoscopy | divination by observing cracks in burning scapulae
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omphalism | centralization in government
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omphaloid | navel-like
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omphalomancy | divination from the knots in the umbilical cord
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omphalopsychite | one who meditates by gazing at the navel
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omphalos | the navel; a boss; a centre
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omphaloskepsis | navel-gazing
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onager | military engine for throwing great stones
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onager | Asiatic wild ass
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onanism | masturbation; self-gratification
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oncogenesis | producing cancerous tumours
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oncology | study of tumours
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oncometer | instrument measuring change in size of internal organs
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oncosimeter | instrument measuring variations in density of molten metal
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oncostman | mine worker paid by the day
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ondograph | instrument measuring change in wave formations of electricity
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ondoyant | wavy
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oneiric | of, like or pertaining to dreams
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oneirocriticism | dream interpretation
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oneirodynia | nightmare
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oneirology | study of dreams
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oneiromancy | divination by dreams
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one-step | ballroom dance marked by quick walking steps
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oniomania | mania for making purchases
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oniscoid | like a woodlouse
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onocrotal | old term for the pelican
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onolatry | worship of asses or donkeys
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onomamania | mania for names
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onomancy | divination using a donkey or ass
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onomancy | divination using proper names
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onomasiology | study of nomenclature
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onomastic | of, like or pertaining to a name or signature
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onomasticon | dictionary of proper names
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onomastics | study of proper names
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onomatomania | irresistible desire to repeat certain words
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onomatophobia | fear of hearing a certain word
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onomatous | bearing the author's name
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ontal | of, like or pertaining to reality or existence
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ontocyclic | returning to an infantile state or character in old age
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ontogenesis | origin and development of a single individual organism
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ontography | description of reality, essence or being
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ontological | based upon being or existence
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ontology | science of pure being; the nature of things
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ontosophy | knowledge of being or existence
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onychocryptosis | ingrowing toenail
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onychoid | like a fingernail
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onychomancy | divination by the fingernails
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onychophagist | nail-biter
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onychophorous | bearing nails or claws
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onychotillomania | compulsive picking at the fingernails
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onymancy | divination by the fingernails
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onymatic | of, like or pertaining to names
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onymous | bearing the author's name
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onymy | scientific nomenclature
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onyxis | ingrown nail
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oogenesis | production of eggs or ova
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ooidal | egg-shaped
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oology | study of eggs
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oomancy | divination using eggs
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oometer | instrument for measuring eggs
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oophoron | ovary
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oose | furry dust that gathers under beds
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ootocous | producing eggs; oviparous
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opacimeter | instrument for measuring opacity
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opacular | somewhat opaque
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opalescence | milky iridescence
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opalotype | photograph taken on a milky opal glass plate
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opeidoscope | instrument for illustrating sound by means of light
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operculum | cover or lid; lid-like organ or covering
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operose | laborious; tedious
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ophelimity | ability to please sexually; ability to satisfy
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ophiasis | baldness in wavy bands
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ophic | of, like or pertaining to serpents
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ophicleide | keyed bass brass musical instrument
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ophidian | of or like a snake
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ophidiarium | snake-house
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ophidiomancy | divination using snakes
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ophidiophobia | fear of snakes
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ophiolatry | worship of snakes
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ophiology | study of snakes
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ophiomancy | divination by watching snakes
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ophiomormous | snakelike
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ophiomorphic | shaped like a snake
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ophiophagous | eating snakes
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ophiophilist | snake-lover
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ophism | snake-worship
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ophiuran | brittle star
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ophthalmometer | instrument for measuring the eye
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ophthalmophobia | fear of being stared at
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ophthalmoscope | instrument for viewing the interior of the eye
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opificer | artificer
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opinable | capable of being thought
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opiniaster | one who obstinately holds to an opinion
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opinicus | mythic heraldic winged beast with lion's body, eagle's head, camel's tail
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opinionator | one who holds or gives an opinion
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opiomania | craving for opium
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opisometer | instrument for measuring curved lines
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opisthenar | the back of the hand
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opisthograph | manuscript or slab inscribed on both back and front
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opisthosomal | of, like or pertaining to posteriors
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opodeldoc | soapy liniment
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oppidan | urban
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oppignorate | to pawn
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oppilate | to block up; to stop up
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oppositive | indicating opposition or location opposite to
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opprobrium | disgrace; bad reputation
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oppugn | to attack by argument; to oppose; to call in question
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opsigamy | one who marries late in life
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opsimath | one who learns late in life
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opsiometer | instrument for testing vision
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opsomania | abnormal love for one kind of food
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opsonium | anything eaten with bread as a relish
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optative | mood expressing a desire or wish
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optics | study of light
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optimate | of the nobility or aristocracy
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optogram | image fixed on the retina
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optology | study of sight
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optometer | instrument for testing vision
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optophobia | fear of opening one's eyes
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optophone | device transforming light into sound
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opuscule | little work or composition
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or | before
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or | heraldic colour gold or yellow
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orad | toward the mouth
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orad | towards the mouth
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oragious | stormy
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oralism | instruction of the deaf through speech rather than sign language
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orangery | building for growing orange trees in a cool climate
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orant | representation of praying figure in early art
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orarian | coastal; a coast-dweller
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orarion | deacon's stole in Orthodox church
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orarium | book of private devotions
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orarium | handkerchief; scarf attached to bishop's staff
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oratiuncle | short oration
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oratory | small chapel for private prayer; lectern for prayer
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orbific | creating the world
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orchesis | act of dancing or rhythmical moving of the body
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orchesography | notation of dance movements by means of diagrams
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orchidaceous | exceptionally beautiful; gaudy; ostentatious
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orchidology | study of orchids
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orchidomania | abnormal obsession with orchids
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orchidometer | instrument for measuring the size of the testicles
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ord | point of a weapon; a beginning
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ordalian | of, like or pertaining to an ordeal
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ordinal | book containing religious rites, especially for ordination
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ordinant | one who ordains
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ordinate | in rows or columns
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ordo | calendar with list of services for each day of the year
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ordonnance | proper coordination of figures in a picture
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ordure | loathsome dirt or refuse; something morally degrading
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oread | mountain nymph
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orectic | of, like or pertaining to appetite or desires
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oreillet | earpiece of a helmet
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oremus | Roman Catholic liturgical prayer
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orey-eyed | expressing anger through the eyes
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orf | viral infection of sheep
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orfèvrerie | goldsmith's work
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organdie | fine translucent cotton
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organicism | conception of life or society as an organism
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organistrum | early musical instrument resembling the hurdy-gurdy
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organity | an organized whole
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organogenesis | origin or development of living organs
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organography | scientific description of organs
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organoleptic | dealing with testing effects of a substance on senses
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organon | method of investigation; logical technique or system
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organonomy | laws of organic life
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organza | transparent thin silk or nylon
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orguinette | mechanical instrument with reeds and bellows, playing music from a paper roll
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orgulous | proud; haughty
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oribi | small African antelope with vertical horns
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orichalc | gold-coloured alloy; brass
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oriel | small room or recess with a polygonal bay window
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oriflamme | banner of red silk split into several points
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oriform | shaped like a mouth
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orillion | semicircular projection on a bastion to protect flanks
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orismology | technical definition or terminology
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orison | prayer
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orleans | interwoven cotton and worsted
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orlop | lowest deck in a ship having four or more decks
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ormolu | something expensive looking; gold-plated metal
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ornithic | of, like or pertaining to birds
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ornithobiography | life history of birds
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ornithoid | bird-like
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ornithology | study of birds
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ornithomancy | divination by observing flight of birds
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ornithon | aviary
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ornithophilous | pollinated by birds
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ornithophobia | fear of birds
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ornithopter | bird-like archaic flying machine
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ornithoscopy | bird watching
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orobathymetric | of, like or pertaining to map showing submerged heights and sea depths
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orogen | mountain pass
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orogenesis | mountain-building
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orography | description of mountains
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orohydrography | description of the role of mountains in forming watersheds
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oroide | alloy used to imitate gold
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orology | study of mountains
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oropendola | tropical oriole living in long hanging nests
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orotund | marked by fullness and clarity of sound; pompous
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orphanotrophism | care and support of orphans
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orpharion | large lute with six to nine pairs of strings
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orphrey | gold or other rich embroidery on clerical robes
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orpiment | yellow arsenic compound used as pigment
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orrery | clockwork model of the solar system
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ort | scrap of food; morsel
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orthian | high-pitched
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orthobiosis | correct or moral living
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orthodromics | great-circle sailing; sailing by most direct route
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orthoepy | study of correct pronunciation
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orthogenesis | directional evolution of organisms
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orthognathism | state of having straight jaws
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orthographer | correct speller
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orthography | study of spelling; proper spelling practices
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orthology | correct use of words
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orthopraxis | correct practice in religion
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orthopter | ornithopter; flying machine with moving wings
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orthopterology | study of cockroaches
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orthostichous | arranged in vertical rows
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orthotomic | cutting at right angles
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orthotonic | taking an accent in some but not all positions
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orthotropism | vertical growth
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oryctognosy | mineralogy
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oryctography | description of minerals; mineralography
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oryctology | mineralogy or paleontology
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oryctomancy | divination using excavated objects
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oryx | large antelope of Africa and Arabia with long horns
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oryzivorous | rice-eating
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oscheal | of, like or pertaining to the scrotum
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oscillograph | instrument for recording alternating current wave forms
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oscillometer | instrument for measuring ship's rollings
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oscilloscope | instrument for detecting electrical fluctuations
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oscinine | of, like or pertaining to song-birds
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oscitancy | yawning; sleepiness; stupidity
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oscitate | to yawn
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oscular | of, like or pertaining to the mouth or to kissing
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osculate | to kiss
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osculatory | carved tablet kissed by priest during celebration of mass
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osmatic | having olfactory organs
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osmesis | act of smelling
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osmics | scientific study of smells
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osmidrosis | emission of ill-smelling sweat
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osmol | unit of osmotic pressure
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osmology | study of smells and olfactory processes
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osmometer | instrument for measuring osmotic pressure
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osnaburg | coarse linen or cotton
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osophy | belief or doctrine
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osphresiology | study of the sense of smell
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osphresis | sense of smell
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ossein | the organic basis of bone
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ossia | alternatively; rather (in music)
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ossicle | little bone or bone-like plate
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ossiferous | bearing bones
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ossifrage | osprey
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ossify | to change into bone; to become callous or conventional
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ossivorous | feeding on bones
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ossomancy | divination using bones
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ossuary | a depository for the bones of the dead
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osteal | of, like or pertaining to, or comprised of bone
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ostensory | container for holding consecrated Communion wafers
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ostent | appearance; manifestation
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osteoclasis | surgical breaking of a bone
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osteogenesis | production or formation of bone
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osteography | description of bones
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osteoid | bony; bone-like
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osteology | study of bones
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osteomancy | divination using bones
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osteometry | measurement of bones or skeleton
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osteophone | device used to allow deaf to hear sounds through the cranium
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osteophyte | abnormal bony outgrowth
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ostiary | doorkeeper
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ostiolate | having an opening
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ostiole | a small opening
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ostium | mouth-like opening
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ostler | person who takes care of horses at an inn and/or sells oats
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ostracean | of, like or pertaining to oysters
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ostraceous | of, like or pertaining to oysters
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ostreiform | shaped like an oyster
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ostreoid | oyster-like
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ostreophagous | oyster-eating
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ostrichism | habit or policy of refusing to face unpleasant facts
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otacoustic | aiding hearing
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otalgia | earache
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otarine | of, like or pertaining to seals
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otic | of, like or pertaining to the ear
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otiose | superfluous; redundant; futile; useless; functionless; idle
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otolith | calcium concretion in inside of vertebrate's ear to aid in equilibrium
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otology | study of the ear
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otorhinolaryngology | study of ear, nose and throat
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otoscope | instrument for examining the ear
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otosis | mishearing of speech
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ottoman | heavy clothing fabric with crosswise ribs
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oud | wooden Middle Eastern lute
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ounce | medium to large-sized great cat
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oundy | wavy
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ouranomancy | divination using the heavens
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ouroboros | snake eating own tail symbolizing totality or completion
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oustiti | lock-opening tool
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outage | amount of commodity lost in transport and storage
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outcept | excluding; unless
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outcross | to breed individuals of different strains of a species
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outfling | sharp retort or gibe
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outhaul | rope used to haul a sail taut along a spar
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outjet | projection
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outmantle | to exceed in dress or ornament
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outmaster | to overcome in a contest for mastery
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outrance | the utmost extremity; the bitter end
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outré | beyond what is proper; extravagant
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outrecuidance | overwhelming arrogance or self-esteem
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outremer | area beyond the sea; overseas
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outrigger | spar extended from side of ship to help secure mast
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outroop | auction
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out-through | from end to end
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outwith | outside of
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ouzel | blackbird; a dark-haired person
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ovarious | consisting of eggs
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overcross | across; over
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overcrow | to crow or triumph over
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overflush | superfluity
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overhaile | to overtake; to overpower
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overlock | to oversew a hem or fabric edge to prevent fraying
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overlong | over the length of
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overmantel | ornamental structure set on a mantel-shelf
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overpoise | weight sufficient to weigh another down
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overrack | to overstrain
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overset | to upset; to disorder
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overslaugh | exemption from duty in turn when otherwise employed
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overthwart | from side to side of
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ovibovine | of, like or pertaining to musk-oxen
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ovicide | killing insect eggs
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ovicide | sheep-killing
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oviferous | egg-carrying
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oviform | like a sheep
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oviform | shaped like an oval or egg
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ovigerous | bearing eggs
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ovil | sheep-fold
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ovine | of, like or pertaining to sheep
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oviparous | producing offspring through laying eggs
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ovivorous | eating eggs
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ovivorous | eating sheep
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ovopyriform | having a shape between a pear and an egg
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ovoviviparous | producing eggs which are hatched in parent's body
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ovuliferous | bearing ovules
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owlery | place frequented by owls
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owling | smuggling wool or sheep
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oxford | soft durable plain-woven cotton
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oxter | to take under the arm; to support by taking the arm
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oxyacaesthesia | extreme sharpness of senses
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oxyacanthous | having sharp thorns
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oxyblepsia | extremely keen sight
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oxygeusia | extremely keen sense of taste
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oxymoron | figure of speech combining contradictory terms
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oxyphonia | sharpness or shrillness of voice
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oxytocic | drug that hastens the process of childbirth
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oxytone | word bearing acute accent on last syllable
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oystercatcher | wading shorebird with reddish bill
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ozoniferous | bearing ozone
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ozostomia | bad breath
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