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obsession.noun
compulsive-preoccupation
with a fixed idea or an unwanted feeling or emotion, often accompanied
by symptoms of anxiety; a compulsive,
often unreasonable idea or emotion
obsessional.adjective
obsessionally.adverb
offhand,
offhandedly.adverb
without preparation or forethought; extemporaneously
offhanded.adjective
performed or expressed without preparation or
forethought; extemporaneous
offhandedness.noun
on the one hand.idiom
as one point of view; from one standpoint
on the other hand
as another point of view; from another standpoint
oblique.adjective
indirect or evasive (oblique political maneuvers);
devious, misleading, or dishonest (gave oblique reasoning in his efforts
to prove the evolutionary theory); not direct in descent; having a slanting
or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined; Mathematics-–-designating
geometric lines or planes that are neither parallel nor perpendicular
obliquely.adverb
obliqueness.noun
open-minded.adjective
having or showing receptiveness to new and different
ideas or the opinions of others; broadminded
openmindedly.adverb
openmindedness.noun
obscene.adjective
offensive to accepted standards of decency
or modesty; coarse;
incitinglustful
feelings;
lewd;
offensive or repulsive
to the senses; loathsome
obscenely.adverb
obscenity.noun,
plural-obscenities
the state or quality of being obscene; indecency,
lewdness, or offensiveness in behavior, expression, or appearance; something,
such as a word, an act, or an expression, that is indecent or lewd; something
that is offensive or repulsive to the senses ("what had once been a gentle
hill covered with lush grass turned into a brown obscenity of bare earth
and smoke" ...Tom Clancy)
obsequious.adjective
full of or exhibiting servile.compliance;
fawning
(the waiter must have come from a slave camp or perhaps needed a tip so
bad; he was so spinlessly and sugary obsequious
{'yes sir, no sir, whatever you want or say sir'}); the flunkies
that sop up popular opinions without question
obsequiously.adverb
obsequiousness.noun
osteomalacia.noun
a disease occurring mostly in adult women that
results from a deficiency in vitamin D or calcium and is characterized
by a softening of the bones with accompanying pain and weakness
osteoporosis.noun,.noun.plural-osteoporoses
a disease in which the bones become extremely
porous, are subject to fracture and heal slowly, occurring especially in
women following menopause and often leading to curvature of the spine from
vertebral collapse
osteoporotic.adjective
outmoded.adjective
not in fashion; unfashionable (outmoded attire);
outmoded ideas; no longer usable or practical; obsolete-(outmoded
machinery)
outmode, outmoded,
outmoding,outmodes.transitive
verbs-
to cause to become unfashionable or obsolete
orgasm.noun
the highest point of sexual excitement, characterized
by strong feelings of pleasure and marked normally by ejaculation of semen
by the male and by vaginal contractions in the female; also called climax;
a similar point of intensity of emotional excitement
orgasmic or orgastic.adjective
orgasmically or orgastically.adverb
ostensive.adjective
seeming
or professed; ostensible
ostensively.adverb
ostensible.adjective
represented or appearing as such; ostensive.(the
ostensible purpose was charity, but his real goal was popularity)
ostensibly.adverb
obdurate.adjective
hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; stubbornly
impenitent;
hardened against feeling; hardhearted; not giving in to persuasion; intractable;
inflexible
obdurately.adverb
obdurateness.noun
obsolete.adjective
no longer in use (an obsolete word); old; outmoded
in design, style, or construction (an obsolete locomotive)
obsolete, obsoleted,
obsoleting,
obsoletes.transitive
verbs-
to cause to become obsolete; to fall into disuse;
obsolescent
obsoletely.adverb
obsoleteness, obsoletism.nouns
ooze1,
oozed,
oozing,
oozes.verbs
intransitive
use-to flow or leak out slowly, as
through small openings; to disappear or ebb slowly; (his courage oozed
away); to progress slowly but steadily; to exude
moisture; to emit
a particular essence
or quality (the house oozed with charm)
transitive use-to
give off; exude; to emit or radiate in abundance (he oozes confidence)
ooze.noun
the act of oozing; something that oozes
ooze2.noun
soft mud or slime; a layer of mudlike sediment
on the floor of oceans and lakes, composed chiefly of remains of microscopic
sea animals; muddy ground
overriding,
overridingly.adjective
first in priority;
more important than all others (our overriding concern is the eradication
of illiteracy)
override, overrode,
overridden,
overriding,
overrides.transitive
verbs-
to ride across; to ride beyond; to trample on;
to ride (a horse) too hard; to prevail over; conquer (budgetary concerns
overrode all other considerations); to declare null and void; set aside
(congress overrode the President's veto); to counteract the normal operation
of (an automatic control); to extend over; overlap
override, overrider.nouns
override.noun
a sales commission collected by an executive in
addition to the commission received by a subordinate salesperson; royalty;
a mechanism or system used to counteract an automatic control; the act
or an instance of nullifying
obloquy.noun,
plural.obloquies
abusively detractive language or utterance; calumny;
the condition of disgrace suffered as a result of abuse or vilification;
ill repute; disgrace
orchestrate, orchestrated,
orchestrating,
orchestrates.transitive
verbs
to arrange or control the elements of, as to achieve
a desired overall effect (orchestrated the building of a large boat) orchestrator.noun
Music.-.to
compose or arrange music for performance by an orchestra
opulence.also.opulency.noun
wealth; affluence;
great abundance; profusion
opulent.adjective
possessing or exhibiting great wealth; affluent;
characterized
by rich abundance;
luxuriant
opulently.adverb
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