Ointment (n.) That which serves to anoint; any soft unctuous substance used for smearing or anointing; an unguent.
Ojibways (n. pl.) Same as Chippeways.
Ojo (n.) A spring, surrounded by rushes or rank grass; an oasis.
Oke (n.) A Turkish and Egyptian weight, equal to about 2/ pounds.
Oke (n.) An Hungarian and Wallachian measure, equal to about 2/ pints.
Okenite (n.) A massive and fibrous mineral of a whitish color, chiefly hydrous silicate of lime.
Oker (n.) See Ocher.
Okra (n.) An annual plant (Abelmoschus, / Hibiscus, esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo.
-ol () A suffix denoting that the substance in the name of which it appears belongs to the series of alcohols or hydroxyl derivatives, as carbinol, glycerol, etc.
Olay (n. pl.) Palm leaves, prepared for being written upon with a style pointed with steel.
Old (n.) Open country.
Old (superl.) Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree.
Old (superl.) Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship.
Old (superl.) Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding; original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise.
Old (superl.) Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence; having (a certain) length of existence; -- designating the age of a person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a cathedral centuries old.
Old (superl.) Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice.
Old (superl.) Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to new land, that is, to land lately cleared.
Old (superl.) Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes.
Old (superl.) More than enough; abundant.
Old (superl.) Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or other qualities belonging to youth; -- used disparagingly as a term of reproach.
Old (superl.) Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly.
Old (superl.) Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and familiarity.
Olden (a.) Old; ancient; as, the olden time.
Olden (v. i.) To grow old; to age.
Old-fashioned (a.) Formed according to old or obsolete fashion or pattern; adhering to old customs or ideas; as, an old-fashioned dress, girl.
Old-gentlemanly (a.) Pertaining to an old gentleman, or like one.
Oldish (a.) Somewhat old.
Old lang syne () See Auld lang syne.
Old-maidish (a.) Like an old maid; prim; precise; particular.
Old-maidism (n.) The condition or characteristics of an old maid.
Oldness (n.) The state or quality of being old; old age.
Oldster (n.) An old person.
Old-womanish (a.) Like an old woman; anile.
Olea (n.) A genus of trees including the olive.
Oleaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Oleaceae), mostly trees and shrubs, of which the olive is the type. It includes also the ash, the lilac, the true jasmine, and fringe tree.
Oleaginous (a.) Having the nature or qualities of oil; oily; unctuous.
Oleaginousness (n.) Oiliness.
Oleamen (n.) A soft ointment prepared from oil.
Oleander (n.) A beautiful evergreen shrub of the Dogbane family, having clusters of fragrant red or white flowers. It is native of the East Indies, but the red variety has become common in the south of Europe. Called also rosebay, rose laurel, and South-sea rose.
Oleandrine (n.) One of several alkaloids found in the leaves of the oleander.
Oleaster (n.) The wild olive tree (Olea Europea, var. sylvestris).
Oleaster (n.) Any species of the genus Elaeagus. See Eleagnus. The small silvery berries of the common species (Elaeagnus hortensis) are called Trebizond dates, and are made into cakes by the Arabs.
Oleate (n.) A salt of oleic acid. Some oleates, as the oleate of mercury, are used in medicine by way of inunction.
Olecranal (a.) Of or pertaining to the olecranon.
Olecranon (n.) The large process at the proximal end of the ulna which projects behind the articulation with the humerus and forms the bony prominence of the elbow.
Olefiant (a.) Forming or producing an oil; specifically, designating a colorless gaseous hydrocarbon called ethylene.
Olefine (n.) Olefiant gas, or ethylene; hence, by extension, any one of the series of unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is a type. See Ethylene.
Oleic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, oil; as, oleic acid, an acid of the acrylic acid series found combined with glyceryl in the form of olein in certain animal and vegetable fats and oils, such as sperm oil, olive oil, etc. At low temperatures the acid is crystalline, but melts to an oily liquid above 14/ C.
Oleiferous (a.) Producing oil; as, oleiferous seeds.
Olein (n.) A fat, liquid at ordinary temperatures, but solidifying at temperatures below 0¡ C., found abundantly in both the animal and vegetable kingdoms (see Palmitin). It dissolves solid fats, especially at 30-40¡ C. Chemically, olein is a glyceride of oleic acid; and, as three molecules of the acid are united to one molecule of glyceryl to form the fat, it is technically known as triolein. It is also called elain.
Olent (a.) Scented.
Oleograph (n.) The form or figure assumed by a drop of oil when placed upon water or some other liquid with which it does not mix.
Oleograph (n.) A picture produced in oils by a process analogous to that of lithographic printing.
Oleomargarine (n.) A liquid oil made from animal fats (esp. beef fat) by separating the greater portion of the solid fat or stearin, by crystallization. It is mainly a mixture of olein and palmitin with some little stearin.
Oleomargarine (n.) An artificial butter made by churning this oil with more or less milk.
Oleometer (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the weight and purity of oil; an elaiometer.
Oleone (n.) An oily liquid, obtained by distillation of calcium oleate, and probably consisting of the ketone of oleic acid.
Oleoptene (n.) See Eleoptene.
Oleoresin (n.) A natural mixture of a terebinthinate oil and a resin.
Oleoresin (n.) A liquid or semiliquid preparation extracted (as from capsicum, cubebs, or ginger) by means of ether, and consisting of fixed or volatile oil holding resin in solution.
Oleose (a.) Alt. of Oleous
Oleous (a.) Oily.
Oleosity (n.) The state or quality of being oily or fat; fatness.
Oleraceous (a.) Pertaining to pot herbs; of the nature or having the qualities of herbs for cookery; esculent.
Olf (n.) The European bullfinch.
Olfaction (n.) The sense by which the impressions made on the olfactory organs by the odorous particles in the atmosphere are perceived.
Olfactive (a.) See Olfactory, a.
Olfactor (n.) A smelling organ; a nose.
Olfactory (a.) Of, pertaining to, or connected with, the sense of smell; as, the olfactory nerves; the olfactory cells.
Olfactories (pl. ) of Olfactory
Olfactory (n.) An olfactory organ; also, the sense of smell; -- usually in the plural.
Oliban (n.) See Olibanum.
Olibanum (n.) The fragrant gum resin of various species of Boswellia; Oriental frankincense.
Olibene (n.) A colorless mobile liquid of a pleasant aromatic odor obtained by the distillation of olibanum, or frankincense, and regarded as a terpene; -- called also conimene.
Olid (a.) Alt. of Olidous
Olidous (a.) Having a strong, disagreeable smell; fetid.
Olifant (n.) An elephant.
Olifant (n.) An ancient horn, made of ivory.
Oligandrous (a.) Having few stamens.
Oliganthous (a.) Having few flowers.
Oligarch (n.) A member of an oligarchy; one of the rulers in an oligarchical government.
Oligarchal (a.) Oligarchic.
Oligarchic (a.) Alt. of Oligarchical
Oligarchical (a.) Of or pertaining to oligarchy, or government by a few.
Oligarchist (n.) An advocate or supporter of oligarchy.
Oligarchies (pl. ) of Oligarchy
Oligarchy (n.) A form of government in which the supreme power is placed in the hands of a few persons; also, those who form the ruling few.
Oligist (a.) Hematite or specular iron ore; -- prob. so called in allusion to its feeble magnetism, as compared with magnetite.
Oligist (a.) Alt. of Oligistic
Oligistic (a.) Of or pertaining to hematite.
Oligo- () A combining form from Gr. /, few, little, small.
Oligocene (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain strata which occupy an intermediate position between the Eocene and Miocene periods.
Oligocene (n.) The Oligocene period. See the Chart of Geology.
Oligochaeta (n. pl.) An order of Annelida which includes the earthworms and related species.
Oligochete (a.) Of or pertaining to the Oligochaeta.
Oligoclase (n.) A triclinic soda-lime feldspar. See Feldspar.
Oligomerous (a.) Having few members in each set of organs; as, an oligomerous flower.
Oligomyold (a.) Having few or imperfect syringeal muscles; -- said of some passerine birds (Oligomyodi).
Oligopetalous (a.) Having few petals.
Oligosepalous (a.) Having few sepals.