| Word | Definition |
| oarsmanship18 | skill as an oarsman |
| obesenesses13 | |
| obfuscating19 | make obscure or unclear |
| obfuscation18 | confusion resulting from failure to understand |
| obfuscatory21 | |
| obituarists13 | |
| objectified26 | make external or objective, or give reality to |
| objectifies25 | make external or objective, or give reality to |
| objectively28 | with objectivity |
| objectivism27 | |
| objectivist25 | |
| objectivity28 | judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices |
| objurgating22 | express strong disapproval of |
| objurgation21 | rebuking a person harshly |
| objurgatory24 | |
| obligations14 | the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; ; - John D.Rockefeller Jr |
| obliqueness22 | the property of being neither parallel nor perpendicular, but at a slanting angle |
| obliquities22 | the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle |
| obliterated14 | mark for deletion, rub off, or erase |
| obliterates13 | mark for deletion, rub off, or erase |
| obliterator13 | an eliminator that does away with all traces |
| obliviously19 | |
| obnoxiously23 | in an obnoxious manner |
| obnubilated16 | make less visible or unclear |
| obnubilates15 | make less visible or unclear |
| obscenities15 | the trait of behaving in an obscene manner |
| obscurantic17 | |
| obscuration15 | |
| obscureness15 | the state of being humble and unimportant |
| obscurities15 | the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand |
| obsecrating16 | |
| observables18 | |
| observances18 | the act of observing; taking a patient look |
| observantly19 | in an observant manner |
| observation16 | the act of making and recording a measurement |
| observatory19 | a building designed and equipped to observe astronomical phenomena |
| observingly20 | in an observant manner |
| obsessional13 | characterized by or constituting an obsession |
| obsessively19 | in a compulsive manner |
| obsolescent15 | becoming obsolete |
| obsolescing16 | become obsolete, fall into disuse |
| obstetrical15 | of or relating to or used in or practicing obstetrics |
| obstinacies15 | the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome |
| obstinately16 | in a stubborn unregenerate manner |
| obstructing16 | hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of |
| obstruction15 | any structure that makes progress difficult |
| obstructive18 | preventing movement |
| obstructors15 | someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take |
| obtainments15 | the act of obtaining |
| obtrusively19 | in an obtrusive manner |
| obtundities14 | |
| obturations13 | |
| obviousness16 | the property of being easy to see and understand |
| occasioning16 | give occasion to |
| occipitally20 | |
| occultation15 | one celestial body obscures another |
| occupancies19 | an act of being a tenant or occupant |
| occupations17 | the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money |
| occurrences17 | an event that happens |
| oceanariums15 | |
| oceanfronts16 | land bordering an ocean |
| ochlocratic20 | |
| octagonally17 | |
| octahedrons17 | any polyhedron having eight plane faces |
| octapeptide18 | |
| odontoblast14 | |
| odoriferous15 | morally offensive |
| odorousness12 | |
| oecumenical17 | concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions |
| offenseless17 | incapable of offending or attacking |
| offensively23 | in an unpleasantly offensive manner |
| offertories17 | the offerings of the congregation at a religious service |
| offhandedly25 | without previous thought or preparation |
| officialdom22 | people elected or appointed to administer a government |
| officialese19 | the style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscure |
| officialism21 | |
| officiaries19 | |
| officiating20 | the act of umpiring |
| officiation19 | the act of umpiring |
| officiously22 | in an officious manner |
| offprinting20 | |
| offscouring20 | |
| olfactories16 | |
| oligarchies17 | a political system governed by a few people |
| oligochaete17 | hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body |
| oligoclases14 | any of a series of triclinic feldspars that form rocks |
| oligopolies14 | (economics) a market in which control over the supply of a commodity is in the hands of a small number of producers and each one can influence prices and affect competitors |
| ominousness13 | |
| omnifarious16 | of all varieties or forms or kinds |
| omnipotence17 | the state of being omnipotent; having unlimited power |
| omnipotents15 | |
| omnipresent15 | being present everywhere at once |
| omniscience17 | the state of being omniscient; having infinite knowledge |
| oncogeneses14 | a gene that disposes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells |
| oncogenesis14 | |
| oncological16 | of or relating to or practicing oncology |
| oncologists14 | a specialist in oncology |
| oncoviruses16 | |
| oneirically16 | |
| oneiromancy18 | divination through the interpretation of dreams |
| onerousness11 | unwelcome burdensome difficulty |
| ongoingness13 | |
| onomatology17 | |
| ontogeneses12 | |
| ontogenesis12 | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level |
| ontogenetic14 | of or relating to the origin and development of individual organisms |
| ontological14 | of or relating to ontology |
| ontologists12 | |
| opalescence17 | the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface |
| openability18 | |
| openhearted17 | showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity |
| openmouthed19 | with eyes or mouth open in surprise |
| operability18 | |
| operagoings15 | |
| operational13 | pertaining to a process or series of actions for achieving a result |
| operatively19 | in a manner to produce an effect |
| operculated16 | having an operculum |
| operettists13 | |
| operoseness13 | the quality of requiring extended effort |
| ophiologies17 | |
| ophthalmias21 | severe conjunctivitis |
| opinionated14 | obstinate in your opinions |
| opponencies17 | |
| opportunely18 | at an opportune time |
| opportunism17 | taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others |
| opportunist15 | a person who places expediency above principle |
| opportunity18 | a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances |
| oppositions15 | the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with |
| oppressions15 | the act of subjugating by cruelty |
| opprobrious17 | expressing offensive reproach |
| opprobriums19 | state of disgrace resulting from public abuse |
| opsonifying20 | |
| optionality16 | |
| optokinetic19 | |
| optometries15 | the practice of an optometrist |
| optometrist15 | a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses |
| oracularity16 | |
| orangewoods16 | fine-grained wood of an orange tree; used in fine woodwork |
| orbicularly18 | |
| orchardists17 | |
| orchestrate16 | write an orchestra score for |
| ordainments14 | |
| orderliness12 | the quality of appreciating method and system |
| ordinariest12 | |
| ordinations12 | the status of being ordained to a sacred office |
| ordonnances14 | |
| organically17 | as an important constituent |
| organicisms16 | theory that the total organization of an organism rather than the functioning of individual organs is the determinant of life processes |
| organicists14 | |
| organizable23 | |
| orientalism13 | the scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures and languages and people |
| orientalist11 | a specialist in oriental subjects |
| orientalize20 | make oriental in character |
| orientating12 | determine one's position with reference to another point |
| orientation11 | the act of orienting |
| originality15 | the ability to think and act independently |
| originating13 | come into existence; take on form or shape |
| origination12 | an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events |
| originative15 | having the ability or power to create |
| originators12 | someone who creates new things |
| ornamentals13 | any plant grown for its beauty or ornamental value |
| ornamenting14 | make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. |
| ornithology18 | the branch of zoology that studies birds |
| ornithopods17 | bipedal herbivorous dinosaur |
| ornithopter16 | heavier-than-air craft that is propelled by the flapping of wings |
| orographies17 | the science of mountains |
| orphanhoods20 | the condition of being a child without living parents |
| orthocenter16 | |
| orthoclases16 | a white or colored monoclinic feldspar |
| orthodontia15 | the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth |
| orthodontic17 | of or relating to or involving or practicing orthodontics |
| orthodoxies22 | the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion) |
| orthoepists16 | a practitioner of orthoepy (especially one of the 17th or 18th century scholars who proposed to reform English spelling so it would reflect pronunciation more closely) |
| orthography23 | a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols |
| orthonormal16 | |
| orthopaedic19 | of or relating to orthopedics |
| orthopedics19 | the branch of medical science concerned with disorders or deformities of the spine and joints |
| orthopedist17 | a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children) |
| orthopteran16 | any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts |
| orthoscopic20 | |
| orthostatic16 | pertaining to an upright standing posture |
| oscillating14 | be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action |
| oscillation13 | the process of oscillating between states |
| oscillators13 | generator that produces sonic oscillations or alternating current |
| oscillatory16 | having periodic vibrations |
| oscillogram16 | the recording produced by an oscillograph |
| oscitancies15 | drowsiness and dullness manifested by yawning |
| osculations13 | (mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent |
| osmiridiums16 | a hard and corrosion resistant mineral that is a natural alloy of osmium and iridium (usually containing small amounts of rhodium and platinum); used in needles and pen nibs etc. |
| osmometries15 | |
| osmotically18 | by means of osmosis |
| ostensively17 | |
| ostensories11 | |
| ostensorium13 | (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration |
| ostentation11 | a gaudy outward display |
| osteoblasts13 | a cell from which bone develops |
| osteoclasts13 | cell that functions in the breakdown and resorption of bone tissue |
| osteologies12 | the branch of anatomy that studies the bones of the vertebrate skeleton |
| osteologist12 | an anatomist who is skilled is osteology |
| osteopathic18 | |
| osteoplasty16 | |
| osteotomies13 | surgical sectioning of bone |
| ostracising14 | expel from a community or group |
| ostracizing23 | expel from a community or group |
| ostracoderm16 | extinct fish-like jawless vertebrate having a heavily armored body; of the Paleozoic |
| ostrichlike20 | |
| othernesses14 | the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known |
| otherwhiles20 | |
| otherworlds18 | an abstract spiritual world beyond earthly reality |
| otoplasties13 | reconstructive surgery of the auricle of the external ear |
| ototoxicity23 | |
| outachieved20 | |
| outachieves19 | |
| outbalanced16 | weigh more heavily |
| outbalances15 | weigh more heavily |
| outbargains14 | |
| outbitching19 | |
| outbleating14 | |
| outblessing14 | |
| outblooming16 | |
| outbluffing20 | |
| outblushing17 | |
| outboasting14 | |
| outbragging16 | |
| outbrawling17 | |
| outbrazened23 | |
| outbreeding15 | |
| outbuilding15 | a building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building |
| outbullying17 | |
| outcapering16 | |
| outcatching19 | |
| outcaviling17 | |
| outcavilled17 | |
| outcharging18 | |
| outcharming19 | |
| outcheating17 | |
| outclassing14 | cause to appear in a lower class |
| outclimbing18 | |
| outcoaching19 | |
| outcompeted18 | |
| outcompetes17 | |
| outcounting14 | |
| outcrawling17 | |
| outcropping18 | the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land |
| outcrossing14 | |
| outcrowding18 | |
| outdazzling31 | |
| outdebating15 | |
| outdelivers15 | |
| outdesigned14 | |
| outdistance14 | go far ahead of |
| outdoorsman14 | a person who spends time outdoors (e.g., hunting or fishing) |
| outdoorsmen14 | a person who spends time outdoors (e.g., hunting or fishing) |
| outdragging15 | |
| outdreaming15 | |
| outdressing13 | |
| outdrinking17 | |
| outdropping17 | |
| outduelling13 | |
| outfeasting15 | |
| outfielders15 | (baseball) a person who plays in the outfield |
| outfighting19 | to fight better than; get the better of |
| outfiguring16 | |
| outflanking19 | go around the flank of (an opposing army) |
| outfloating15 | |
| outfrowning18 | |
| outfumbling19 | |
| outgalloped15 | |
| outgambling17 | |
| outgenerals12 | surpass in generalship |
| outgleaming15 | |
| outglitters12 | |
| outgrinning13 | |
| outgrossing13 | |
| outguessing13 | attempt to anticipate or predict |
| outhandling16 | |
| outhomering17 | |
| outhumoring17 | |
| outhustling15 | |
| outintrigue12 | |
| outjockeyed28 | |
| outjuggling21 | |
| outlaughing16 | |
| outlearning12 | |
| outmaneuver16 | defeat by more skillful maneuvering |
| outmarching19 | march longer distances and for a longer time than |
| outmastered14 | |
| outmatching19 | be or do something to a greater degree |
| outmuscling16 | |
| outnumbered16 | be larger in number |
| outorganize21 | |
| outpainting14 | |
| outpatients13 | a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated |
| outpeopling16 | |
| outperforms18 | be or do something to a greater degree |
| outpitching19 | |
| outplanning14 | |
| outplodding16 | |
| outplotting14 | |
| outpointing14 | sail closer to the wind than |
| outpolitick19 | |
| outpopulate15 | |
| outpourings14 | a natural flow of ground water |
| outpowering17 | |
| outpreached19 | |
| outpreaches18 | |
| outpreening14 | |
| outpressing14 | |
| outproduced17 | |
| outproduces16 | |
| outpromised16 | |
| outpromises15 | |
| outpunching19 | |
| outpursuing14 | |
| outreaching17 | |
| outreasoned12 | |
| outrebounds14 | |
| outreckoned18 | |
| outrivaling15 | be more of a rival than |
| outrivalled15 | |
| outsavoring15 | |
| outscheming19 | |
| outscolding15 | |
| outscooping16 | |
| outscorning14 | |
| outscreamed16 | |
| outshooting15 | |
| outshouting15 | shout louder than |
| outsleeping14 | |
| outslicking18 | |
| outsmarting14 | beat through cleverness and wit |
| outsmelling14 | |
| outsourcing14 | obtain goods or services from an outside supplier; to contract work out |
| outspanning14 | remove the yoke or harness from |
| outsparkled18 | |
| outsparkles17 | |
| outspeaking18 | |
| outspeeding15 | |
| outspelling14 | |
| outspending15 | |
| outspokenly20 | in an outspoken manner |
| outsprinted14 | |
| outstanding13 | distinguished from others in excellence |
| outstarting12 | |
| outstations11 | a station in a remote or sparsely populated location |
| outsteering12 | |
| outstridden13 | |
| outstriding13 | |
| outstripped16 | be or do something to a greater degree |
| outstriving15 | |
| outstudying16 | |
| outstunting12 | |
| outswearing15 | |
| outsweeping17 | |
| outswimming19 | |
| outswinging16 | |
| outthanking19 | |
| outthieving18 | |
| outthinking19 | |
| outthrobbed19 | |
| outthrowing18 | |
| outthrusted15 | |
| outtowering15 | |
| outtraveled15 | |
| outtricking18 | |
| outtrotting12 | |
| outtrumping16 | |
| outvaunting15 | |
| outwardness15 | concern with outward things or material objects as opposed to the mind and spirit |
| outwatching20 | |
| outwearying18 | |
| outweighing19 | be heavier than |
| outwhirling18 | |
| outwrestled15 | |
| outwrestles14 | |
| outyielding16 | |
| ovariectomy21 | surgical removal of one of both ovaries |
| overachieve22 | perform better or achieve a greater degree of success than expected |
| overactions16 | |
| overanalyze26 | |
| overanxiety24 | excessive anxiety |
| overanxious21 | anxious or nervous to an excessive degree |
| overarching20 | be central or dominant |
| overarousal14 | |
| overarrange15 | |
| overasserts14 | |
| overbalance18 | weigh more heavily |
| overbearing17 | overcome |
| overbeating17 | |
| overbetting17 | |
| overbidding19 | to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win, |
| overbilling17 | |
| overblouses16 | |
| overblowing20 | |
| overboiling17 | overflow or cause to overflow while boiling |
| overbooking21 | |
| overborrows19 | |
| overbraking21 | |
| overbriefed20 | |
| overbrowsed20 | |
| overbrowses19 | |
| overburdens17 | the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits |
| overburning17 | |
| overcalling17 | |
| overcareful19 | excessively or unduly careful |
| overcasting17 | a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling |
| overcaution16 | |
| overcharged21 | rip off; ask an unreasonable price |
| overcharges20 | a price that is too high |
| overchilled20 | |
| overclaimed19 | |
| overclasses16 | |
| overcleaned17 | |
| overcleared17 | |
| overclouded18 | become covered with clouds |
| overcoached22 | |
| overcoaches21 | |
| overcolored17 | |
| overcommits20 | |
| overcomplex27 | |
| overconcern18 | |
| overconsume18 | |
| overcontrol16 | |
| overcooking21 | cook too long |
| overcooling17 | |
| overcorrect18 | |
| overcounted17 | |
| overcrammed21 | |
| overcropped21 | to exhaust by excessive cultivation |
| overcrowded21 | cause to crowd together too much |
| overcutting17 | |
| overdecking22 | |
| overdesigns16 | |
| overdevelop20 | |
| overdirects17 | |
| overdosages16 | |
| overdrawing19 | draw more money from than is available |
| overdressed16 | dress too warmly |
| overdresses15 | dress too warmly |
| overdriving19 | drive or work too hard |
| overdubbing20 | |
| overearnest14 | |
| overediting16 | |
| overeducate17 | |
| overemoting17 | |
| overexcited24 | unduly excited |
| overexcites23 | |
| overexerted22 | exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength |
| overexpands24 | |
| overexplain23 | |
| overexploit23 | exploit excessively |
| overexposed24 | expose to too much light |
| overexposes23 | expose to too much light |
| overextends22 | strain excessively |
| overfatigue18 | tire excessively |
| overfavored21 | |
| overfearing18 | |
| overfeeding19 | excessive feeding |
| overfilling18 | fill beyond capacity |
| overfishing21 | |
| overflights21 | a flight by an aircraft over a particular area (especially over an area in foreign territory) |
| overflooded19 | |
| overflowing21 | flow or run over (a limit or brim) |
| overfocused20 | |
| overfocuses19 | |
| overfulfill20 | |
| overfunding19 | |
| overgarment17 | a garment worn over other garments |
| overgilding17 | |
| overgirding17 | |
| overglazing25 | |
| overgoading17 | |
| overgoverns18 | |
| overgrading17 | |
| overgrazing25 | |
| overgrowing19 | grow too large |
| overgrowths21 | excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland |
| overhanding19 | |
| overhandled19 | |
| overhandles18 | |
| overhanging19 | project over |
| overharvest20 | |
| overhauling18 | travel past |
| overheaping20 | |
| overhearing18 | hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers |
| overheating18 | excessive heating |
| overholding19 | |
| overhonored18 | |
| overhunting18 | |
| overimpress18 | |
| overindulge16 | overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself |
| overinflate17 | |
| overinforms19 | |
| overintense14 | |
| overissuing15 | |
| overkilling19 | |
| overlabored17 | |
| overlapping19 | covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles) |
| overleaping17 | defeat (oneself) by going too far |
| overlearned15 | |
| overlending16 | |
| overlengths18 | |
| overletting15 | |
| overlighted19 | |
| overliteral14 | |
| overloading16 | become overloaded |
| overlooking19 | look past, fail to notice |
| overlording16 | |
| overmanaged18 | |
| overmanages17 | |
| overmanning17 | |
| overmantels16 | a shelf over a mantelpiece |
| overmasters16 | overcome by superior force |
| overmatched22 | |
| overmatches21 | |
| overmelting17 | |
| overmilking21 | |
| overmuscled19 | |
| overnighted19 | |
| overnighter18 | a guest who stays overnight |
| overnourish17 | |
| overobvious19 | |
| overoperate16 | |
| overpackage23 | |
| overpacking23 | |
| overpassing17 | |
| overpayment21 | a payment larger than needed or expected |
| overpedaled18 | |
| overpeopled19 | |
| overpeoples18 | |
| overplaided18 | |
| overplanned17 | |
| overplanted17 | |
| overplaying20 | exaggerate one's acting |
| overplotted17 | |
| overpowered20 | overcome by superior force |
| overpraised17 | praise excessively |
| overpraises16 | praise excessively |
| overprecise18 | |
| overpricing19 | price excessively high |
| overprinted17 | print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper |
| overprizing26 | |
| overprocess18 | |
| overproduce19 | produce in excess; produce more than needed or wanted |
| overprogram19 | |
| overpromise18 | |
| overpromote18 | |
| overprotect18 | care for like a mother |
| overpumping21 | |
| overreached20 | fail by aiming too high or trying too hard |
| overreacher19 | |
| overreaches19 | fail by aiming too high or trying too hard |
| overreacted17 | show an exaggerated response to something |
| overrefined18 | refine too much or with excess of subtlety |
| overreports16 | |
| overrespond17 | |
| overroasted15 | |
| overruffing21 | |
| overrunning15 | invade in great numbers |
| oversalting15 | |
| oversaucing17 | |
| overscoring17 | |
| overseeding16 | watch and direct |
| overselling15 | |
| overserious14 | excessively serious |
| overservice19 | |
| oversetting15 | |
| overshading19 | |
| overshadows21 | be greater in significance than |
| overslaughs18 | |
| overslipped19 | |
| oversmoking21 | |
| oversoaking19 | |
| overspender17 | |
| overspicing19 | |
| overspilled17 | |
| overspreads17 | spread across or over |
| overstaffed21 | |
| overstating15 | to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth |
| overstaying18 | stay too long |
| oversteered15 | |
| overstepped19 | pass beyond (limits or boundaries) |
| overstirred15 | |
| overstocked21 | stock excessively |
| overstories14 | |
| overstrains14 | too much strain |
| overstretch19 | strain abnormally |
| overstrewed18 | |
| overstrides15 | |
| overstudied16 | |
| overstudies15 | |
| overstuffed21 | stuff too much |
| oversudsing16 | |
| oversupping19 | |
| oversweeten17 | |
| overtalking19 | |
| overtasking19 | |
| overteaches19 | |
| overthought21 | |
| overtighten18 | |
| overtipping19 | |
| overtnesses14 | |
| overtoiling15 | |
| overtopping19 | look down on |
| overtrading16 | |
| overtrained15 | |
| overtreated15 | |
| overtrimmed19 | |
| overtrumped19 | play a trump higher than (one previously played) to the trick |
| overturning15 | turn from an upright or normal position |
| overutilize23 | |
| overvaluing18 | assign too high a value to |
| overviolent17 | |
| overvoltage18 | |
| overwarming20 | |
| overwatched23 | |
| overwatches22 | |
| overwatered18 | |
| overwearied18 | |
| overwearies17 | tire excessively |
| overwearing18 | |
| overweening18 | unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings |
| overweighed22 | |
| overweights21 | the property of excessive fatness |
| overwetting18 | |
| overwhelmed23 | overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli |
| overwinding19 | |
| overwinters17 | spend the winter |
| overworking22 | the act of working too much or too long |
| overwriting18 | write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data |
| overwritten17 | write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data |
| overwrought21 | deeply agitated especially from emotion |
| overzealous23 | marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea |
| oviparities16 | |
| ovipositing17 | |
| oviposition16 | |
| ovipositors16 | egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in many female insects and some fishes |
| oxalacetate20 | a salt or ester of oxalacetic acid |
| oxidatively25 | |
| oxygenating23 | impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen |
| oxygenation22 | the process of providing or combining or treating with oxygen |
| oxygenators22 | |
| oxygenizing32 | change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule) |
| oxyhydrogen29 | |
| ozonization29 | |
| ozonosphere25 | a layer in the stratosphere (at approximately 20 miles) that contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sun |
| Word | Definition |
| oafishness16 | |
| oasthouses13 | |
| obbligatos15 | a persistent but subordinate motif |
| obduracies15 | resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible |
| obdurately16 | in a stubborn unregenerate manner |
| obediences15 | the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person |
| obediently16 | in an obedient manner |
| obeisances14 | bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting |
| obeisantly15 | |
| obfuscated18 | make obscure or unclear |
| obfuscates17 | make obscure or unclear |
| obituaries12 | a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography |
| obituarist12 | |
| objections21 | the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest |
| objectives24 | the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable) |
| objectless21 | |
| objurgated21 | express strong disapproval of |
| objurgates20 | express strong disapproval of |
| oblateness12 | the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles |
| obligately16 | |
| obligating14 | force somebody to do something |
| obligation13 | the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; ; - John D.Rockefeller Jr |
| obligators13 | |
| obligatory16 | morally or legally constraining or binding |
| obligingly17 | in accommodation |
| obliterate12 | mark for deletion, rub off, or erase |
| obnubilate14 | make less visible or unclear |
| obscurants14 | |
| obsecrated15 | |
| obsecrates14 | |
| obsequious21 | attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery |
| observable17 | capable of being seen or noticed |
| observably20 | in a noticeable manner |
| observance17 | the act of observing; taking a patient look |
| observants15 | |
| obsessions12 | an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will |
| obsessives15 | a person who has obsessions |
| obsolesced15 | become obsolete, fall into disuse |
| obsolesces14 | become obsolete, fall into disuse |
| obsoletely15 | |
| obsoleting13 | |
| obstetrics14 | the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother |
| obstructed15 | hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of |
| obstructor14 | someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take |
| obstruents12 | a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth |
| obtainable14 | capable of being obtained |
| obtainment14 | the act of obtaining |
| obtrusions12 | |
| obtundents13 | |
| obturating13 | block passage through |
| obturation12 | |
| obturators12 | a prosthesis used to close an opening (as to close an opening of the hard palate in cases of cleft palate) |
| obtuseness12 | the quality of being slow to understand |
| obtusities12 | |
| obversions15 | |
| obviations15 | the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively |
| occasional14 | occurring from time to time |
| occasioned15 | give occasion to |
| occidental15 | a native inhabitant of the Occident |
| occipitals16 | |
| occlusions14 | closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel) |
| occlusives17 | a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it |
| occultisms16 | the study of the supernatural |
| occultists14 | a believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts |
| occupation16 | the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money |
| occurrence16 | an event that happens |
| occurrents14 | an event that happens |
| oceanarium14 | |
| oceanfront15 | land bordering an ocean |
| oceangoing14 | used on the high seas |
| oceanology16 | the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans |
| ochlocracy22 | a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses |
| ochlocrats17 | |
| octachords18 | |
| octahedral16 | |
| octahedron16 | any polyhedron having eight plane faces |
| octameters14 | a verse line having eight metrical feet |
| octarchies17 | |
| octillions12 | the number that is represented as a one followed by 27 zeros |
| octonaries12 | the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one |
| octoploids15 | |
| octopodans15 | |
| octothorps17 | |
| ocularists12 | |
| oculomotor14 | supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye |
| odalisques20 | a woman slave in a harem |
| oddsmakers18 | |
| odiousness11 | the quality of being offensive |
| odometries13 | |
| oecologies13 | |
| oenologies11 | the art of wine making |
| oenophiles15 | someone who appreciates wine |
| oesophagus16 | the passage between the pharynx and the stomach |
| oestrogens11 | a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics |
| offensives19 | the action of attacking an enemy |
| officering19 | direct or command as an officer |
| officially21 | in an official role |
| officiants18 | a clergyman who officiates at a religious ceremony or service |
| officiated19 | act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding |
| officiates18 | act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding |
| officinals18 | |
| offishness19 | |
| offloading18 | transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data |
| offprinted19 | |
| offsetting17 | compensate for or counterbalance |
| offsprings19 | the immediate descendants of a person |
| oftentimes15 | many times at short intervals |
| oilinesses10 | consisting of or covered with oil |
| oinologies11 | |
| oldfangled16 | |
| oleaginous11 | unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech |
| olecranons12 | process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended |
| oleographs16 | |
| oleoresins10 | a naturally occurring mixture of a resin and an essential oil; obtained from certain plants |
| olfactions15 | the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents |
| oligarchic18 | of or relating to or supporting or characteristic of an oligarchy |
| oligoclase13 | any of a series of triclinic feldspars that form rocks |
| oligogenes12 | |
| oligomeric15 | |
| oligophagy20 | |
| oligopsony16 | |
| olivaceous15 | |
| olivenites13 | rare green to black mineral consisting of hydrated copper arsenate that is found in copper deposits |
| olivinitic15 | |
| ololiuquis19 | |
| ommatidial15 | |
| ommatidium17 | any of the numerous small cone-shaped eyes that make up the compound eyes of some arthropods |
| omnibusses14 | an anthology of articles on a related subject or an anthology of the works of a single author |
| omnificent17 | |
| omnipotent14 | having unlimited power |
| omniranges13 | a navigational system consisting of a network of radio beacons that provide aircraft with information about exact position and bearing |
| omniscient14 | infinitely wise |
| omnivorous15 | feeding on both plants and animals |
| omophagias18 | the eating of raw food |
| omophagies18 | |
| oncologies13 | the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of tumors |
| oncologist13 | a specialist in oncology |
| onionskins14 | a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies |
| onomastics14 | the branch of lexicology that studies the forms and origins of proper names |
| onslaughts14 | a sudden and severe onset of trouble |
| ontogenies11 | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level |
| ontologies11 | (computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations |
| ontologist11 | |
| oozinesses19 | |
| opacifiers17 | |
| opacifying21 | make opaque |
| opalescent14 | having a play of lustrous rainbow colors |
| opalescing15 | reflect light or colors like an opal |
| opaqueness21 | incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning |
| openhanded17 | given or giving freely |
| opennesses12 | without obstructions to passage or view |
| operagoers13 | a patron of the opera |
| operagoing14 | |
| operations12 | financial transactions at a brokerage; having to do with the execution of trades and keeping customer records |
| operatives15 | a person secretly employed in espionage for a government |
| operculars14 | |
| operculate14 | having an operculum |
| operculums16 | a hard flap serving as a cover for (a) the gill slits in fishes or (b) the opening of the shell in certain gastropods when the body is retracted |
| operettist12 | |
| ophiolites15 | |
| ophiuroids16 | |
| ophthalmia20 | severe conjunctivitis |
| ophthalmic22 | of or relating to the eye |
| oppilating15 | |
| opposeless14 | |
| oppositely17 | in an opposite position |
| opposition14 | the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with |
| oppressing15 | come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority |
| oppression14 | the act of subjugating by cruelty |
| oppressive17 | weighing heavily on the senses or spirit |
| oppressors14 | a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures |
| opprobrium18 | state of disgrace resulting from public abuse |
| opsonified16 | |
| opsonifies15 | |
| opsonizing22 | make (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes |
| optatively18 | |
| optimality17 | |
| optimising15 | make optimal; get the most out of; use best |
| optimistic16 | expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds |
| optimizers23 | |
| optimizing24 | make optimal; get the most out of; use best |
| optionally15 | in an optional manner |
| optometers14 | |
| optometric16 | |
| opulencies14 | |
| oracularly15 | |
| orangeades12 | sweetened beverage of diluted orange juice |
| orangeries11 | a place where oranges are grown; a plantation of orange trees in warm climes or a greenhouse in cooler areas |
| orangewood15 | fine-grained wood of an orange tree; used in fine woodwork |
| orangutans11 | large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits |
| oratorical12 | characteristic of an orator or oratory; ; - Robert Graves |
| oratresses10 | |
| orbiculate14 | circular or nearly circular |
| orchardist16 | |
| orchestral15 | relating to or composed for an orchestra |
| orchestras15 | a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players |
| orchidlike20 | |
| orchitises15 | inflammation of one or both testes; characterized by pain and swelling |
| ordainment13 | |
| ordinances13 | an authoritative rule |
| ordinarier11 | |
| ordinaries11 | a judge of a probate court |
| ordinarily14 | under normal conditions |
| ordination11 | the status of being ordained to a sacred office |
| ordonnance13 | |
| organelles11 | a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ |
| organicism15 | theory that the total organization of an organism rather than the functioning of individual organs is the determinant of life processes |
| organicist13 | |
| organicity16 | |
| organisers11 | someone who enlists workers to join a union |
| organising12 | bring order and organization to |
| organismal13 | of or relating to or belonging to an organism (considered as a whole) |
| organismic15 | of or relating to or belonging to an organism (considered as a whole) |
| organizers20 | a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise |
| organizing21 | create (as an entity) |
| organology15 | |
| organosols11 | |
| organzines20 | |
| orientally13 | |
| orientated11 | determine one's position with reference to another point |
| orientates10 | determine one's position with reference to another point |
| orienteers10 | |
| oriflammes17 | an inspiring symbol or ideal that serves as a rallying point in a struggle |
| originally14 | in an original manner |
| originated12 | come into existence; take on form or shape |
| originates11 | come into existence; take on form or shape |
| originator11 | someone who creates new things |
| orismology16 | |
| ornamental12 | any plant grown for its beauty or ornamental value |
| ornamented13 | make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. |
| ornateness10 | high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation |
| orneriness10 | meanspirited disagreeable contrariness |
| ornithines13 | an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is important in the formation of urea |
| ornithopod16 | bipedal herbivorous dinosaur |
| ornithoses13 | |
| ornithosis13 | an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds |
| orogeneses11 | |
| orogenesis11 | |
| orogenetic13 | |
| orographic18 | |
| orologists11 | |
| oropharynx25 | cavity formed by the pharynx at the back of the mouth |
| orotundity14 | |
| orphanages16 | the condition of being a child without living parents |
| orphanhood19 | the condition of being a child without living parents |
| orphically20 | |
| orrisroots10 | fragrant rootstock of various irises especially Florentine iris; used in perfumes and medicines |
| orthoclase15 | a white or colored monoclinic feldspar |
| orthodoxes21 | |
| orthodoxly24 | |
| orthoepies15 | the way a word or a language is customarily spoken |
| orthoepist15 | a practitioner of orthoepy (especially one of the 17th or 18th century scholars who proposed to reform English spelling so it would reflect pronunciation more closely) |
| orthogonal14 | not pertinent to the matter under consideration |
| orthograde15 | |
| orthopedic18 | of or relating to orthopedics |
| orthoptera15 | grasshoppers and locusts; crickets |
| orthopters15 | heavier-than-air craft that is propelled by the flapping of wings |
| orthotists13 | |
| oscillated13 | be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action |
| oscillates12 | be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action |
| oscillator12 | generator that produces sonic oscillations or alternating current |
| oscitances14 | drowsiness and dullness manifested by yawning |
| osculating13 | be intermediate between two taxonomic groups |
| osculation12 | (mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent |
| osculatory15 | |
| osmeterium14 | |
| osmiridium15 | a hard and corrosion resistant mineral that is a natural alloy of osmium and iridium (usually containing small amounts of rhodium and platinum); used in needles and pen nibs etc. |
| osmolality15 | |
| osmolarity15 | |
| osmometers14 | |
| osmometric16 | |
| osmundines13 | |
| ossifrages14 | |
| osteitides11 | |
| ostensible12 | appearing as such but not necessarily so |
| ostensibly15 | from appearances alone; ; ; -Thomas Hardy |
| ostensoria10 | |
| osteoblast12 | a cell from which bone develops |
| osteoclast12 | cell that functions in the breakdown and resorption of bone tissue |
| osteocytes15 | mature bone cell |
| osteogenic13 | |
| osteopaths15 | a therapist who manipulates the skeleton and muscles |
| osteopathy18 | therapy based on the assumption that restoring health is best accomplished by manipulating the skeleton and muscles |
| osteosises10 | |
| osteotomes12 | |
| ostracised13 | expel from a community or group |
| ostracises12 | expel from a community or group |
| ostracisms14 | the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) |
| ostracized22 | expel from a community or group |
| ostracizes21 | expel from a community or group |
| ostracodes13 | |
| otherguess14 | |
| otherwhere19 | |
| otherwhile19 | |
| otherworld17 | an abstract spiritual world beyond earthly reality |
| otioseness10 | |
| otiosities10 | |
| otologists11 | a physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases |
| otoscopies14 | |
| oubliettes12 | a dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling |
| outachieve18 | |
| outarguing12 | |
| outbackers18 | |
| outbalance14 | weigh more heavily |
| outbargain13 | |
| outbarking17 | |
| outbawling16 | |
| outbeaming15 | |
| outbegging15 | |
| outbidders14 | |
| outbidding15 | bid over an opponent's bid when one's partner has not bid or doubled |
| outbitched18 | |
| outbitches17 | |
| outblazing22 | |
| outbleated13 | |
| outblessed13 | |
| outblesses12 | |
| outbloomed15 | |
| outbluffed19 | |
| outblushed16 | |
| outblushes15 | |
| outboasted13 | |
| outbragged15 | |
| outbraving16 | resist bravely |
| outbrawled16 | |
| outbrazens21 | |
| outbribing15 | |
| outbulging14 | |
| outbulking17 | |
| outbullied13 | |
| outbullies12 | |
| outburning13 | |
| outcapered15 | |
| outcatches17 | |
| outcaviled16 | |
| outcharged17 | |
| outcharges16 | |
| outcharmed18 | |
| outcheated16 | |
| outchidden17 | |
| outchiding17 | |
| outclassed13 | cause to appear in a lower class |
| outclasses12 | cause to appear in a lower class |
| outclimbed17 | |
| outcoached18 | |
| outcoaches17 | |
| outcompete16 | |
| outcooking17 | |
| outcounted13 | |
| outcrawled16 | |
| outcropped17 | appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground |
| outcrossed13 | |
| outcrosses12 | |
| outcrowded17 | |
| outcrowing16 | |
| outcursing13 | |
| outdancing14 | |
| outdatedly15 | |
| outdazzled30 | |
| outdazzles29 | |
| outdebated14 | |
| outdebates13 | |
| outdeliver14 | |
| outdesigns12 | |
| outdodging14 | |
| outdragged14 | |
| outdrawing15 | draw a gun faster, or best someone in a gunfight |
| outdreamed14 | |
| outdressed12 | |
| outdresses11 | |
| outdriving15 | |
| outdropped16 | |
| outdueling12 | |
| outduelled12 | |
| outearning11 | |
| outechoing16 | |
| outercoats12 | |
| outfabling16 | |
| outfasting14 | |
| outfawning17 | |
| outfeasted14 | |
| outfeeling14 | |
| outfencing16 | |
| outfielder14 | (baseball) a person who plays in the outfield |
| outfigured15 | |
| outfigures14 | |
| outfinding15 | |
| outfishing17 | |
| outfitters13 | someone who sells men's clothes |
| outfitting14 | the act of renovating and fitting out a ship |
| outflanked18 | go around the flank of (an opposing army) |
| outfloated14 | |
| outflowing17 | that is flowing outward |
| outfooling14 | |
| outfooting14 | |
| outfrowned17 | |
| outfumbled18 | |
| outfumbles17 | |
| outgaining12 | |
| outgallops13 | |
| outgambled16 | |
| outgambles15 | |
| outgassing12 | |
| outgeneral11 | surpass in generalship |
| outgivings15 | |
| outglaring12 | |
| outgleamed14 | |
| outglitter11 | |
| outglowing15 | |
| outgnawing15 | |
| outgrinned12 | |
| outgrossed12 | |
| outgrosses11 | |
| outgrowing15 | grow too large or too mature for |
| outgrowths17 | a natural consequence of development |
| outguessed12 | attempt to anticipate or predict |
| outguesses11 | attempt to anticipate or predict |
| outguiding13 | |
| outgunning12 | |
| outgushing15 | |
| outhandled15 | |
| outhandles14 | |
| outhearing14 | |
| outhitting14 | |
| outhomered16 | |
| outhowling17 | |
| outhumored16 | |
| outhunting14 | |
| outhustled14 | |
| outhustles13 | |
| outjinxing25 | |
| outjockeys26 | |
| outjuggled20 | |
| outjuggles19 | |
| outjumping22 | |
| outjutting18 | |
| outkeeping17 | |
| outkicking21 | |
| outkilling15 | |
| outkissing15 | |
| outlanders11 | a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country |
| outlandish14 | conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual |
| outlasting11 | live longer than |
| outlaughed15 | |
| outlawries13 | illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law |
| outleading12 | |
| outleaping13 | |
| outlearned11 | |
| outmanning13 | |
| outmarched18 | march longer distances and for a longer time than |
| outmarches17 | march longer distances and for a longer time than |
| outmasters12 | |
| outmatched18 | be or do something to a greater degree |
| outmatches17 | be or do something to a greater degree |
| outmuscled15 | |
| outmuscles14 | |
| outnumbers14 | be larger in number |
| outoffices18 | |
| outpainted13 | |
| outpassing13 | |
| outpatient12 | a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated |
| outpeopled15 | |
| outpeoples14 | |
| outperform17 | be or do something to a greater degree |
| outpitched18 | |
| outpitches17 | |
| outpitying16 | |
| outplacing15 | |
| outplanned13 | |
| outplaying16 | excel or defeat in a game |
| outplodded15 | |
| outplotted13 | |
| outpointed13 | sail closer to the wind than |
| outpolling13 | |
| outpourers12 | |
| outpouring13 | a natural flow of ground water |
| outpowered16 | |
| outpraying16 | |
| outpreened13 | |
| outpressed13 | |
| outpresses12 | |
| outpricing15 | |
| outproduce15 | |
| outpromise14 | |
| outpulling13 | |
| outpunched18 | |
| outpunches17 | |
| outpursued13 | |
| outpursues12 | |
| outpushing16 | |
| outputting13 | to create or manufacture a specific amount |
| outquoting20 | |
| outrageous11 | grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror |
| outraising11 | |
| outranging12 | have a greater range than (another gun) |
| outranking15 | take precedence or surpass others in rank |
| outreached16 | |
| outreaches15 | the act of reaching out |
| outreading12 | |
| outreasons10 | |
| outrebound13 | |
| outreckons16 | |
| outriggers12 | a stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or float parallel to the hull |
| outrigging13 | |
| outrightly17 | |
| outringing12 | |
| outrivaled14 | be more of a rival than |
| outroaring11 | roar louder than |
| outrocking17 | |
| outrolling11 | |
| outrooting11 | |
| outrunners10 | |
| outrunning11 | run faster than |
| outrushing14 | |
| outsailing11 | sail faster or better than |
| outsavored14 | |
| outschemed18 | |
| outschemes17 | |
| outscolded14 | |
| outscooped15 | |
| outscoring13 | score more points than one's opponents |
| outscorned13 | |
| outscreams14 | |
| outselling11 | be sold more often than other, similar products |
| outserving14 | |
| outshaming16 | |
| outshining14 | shine brighter than |
| outshouted14 | shout louder than |
| outsinging12 | to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality |
| outsinning11 | |
| outsitting11 | |
| outskating15 | |
| outslicked17 | |
| outsmarted13 | beat through cleverness and wit |
| outsmelled13 | |
| outsmiling13 | |
| outsmoking17 | |
| outsnoring11 | |
| outsoaring11 | |
| outsourced13 | obtain goods or services from an outside supplier; to contract work out |
| outsources12 | obtain goods or services from an outside supplier; to contract work out |
| outspanned13 | remove the yoke or harness from |
| outsparkle16 | |
| outspeeded14 | |
| outspelled13 | |
| outspreads13 | |
| outsprings13 | |
| outsprints12 | |
| outstaring11 | overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring |
| outstarted11 | |
| outstating11 | |
| outstation10 | a station in a remote or sparsely populated location |
| outstaying14 | stay too long |
| outsteered11 | |
| outstretch15 | |
| outstrides11 | |
| outstriven13 | |
| outstrives13 | |
| outstrokes14 | the stroke of an engine piston moving toward the crankshaft |
| outstudied12 | |
| outstudies11 | |
| outstunted11 | |
| outsulking15 | |
| outtalking15 | |
| outtasking15 | |
| outtelling11 | |
| outthanked18 | |
| outthieved17 | |
| outthieves16 | |
| outthought17 | |
| outthrusts13 | an outcropping of rock that extends outward |
| outtowered14 | |
| outtrading12 | |
| outtravels13 | |
| outtricked17 | |
| outtrotted11 | |
| outtrumped15 | |
| outvaluing14 | |
| outvaunted14 | |
| outvoicing16 | |
| outwaiting14 | |
| outwalking18 | |
| outwarring14 | |
| outwasting14 | |
| outwatched19 | |
| outwatches18 | |
| outwearied14 | |
| outwearies13 | |
| outwearing14 | last longer than others |
| outweeping16 | |
| outweighed18 | be heavier than |
| outwhirled17 | |
| outwilling14 | |
| outwinding15 | |
| outwishing17 | |
| outwitting14 | beat through cleverness and wit |
| outworkers17 | |
| outworking18 | |
| outwrestle13 | |
| outwriting14 | |
| outwritten13 | |
| outwrought17 | |
| outyelling14 | |
| outyelping16 | |
| outyielded15 | |
| ovalbumins17 | the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water |
| ovalnesses13 | |
| ovariotomy18 | |
| ovaritides14 | |
| overacting16 | poor acting by a ham actor |
| overaction15 | |
| overactive18 | more active than normal |
| overarched19 | be central or dominant |
| overarches18 | be central or dominant |
| overarming16 | |
| overassert13 | |
| overbaking20 | |
| overbeaten15 | |
| overbetted16 | |
| overbidden17 | to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win, |
| overbilled16 | |
| overbleach20 | |
| overblouse15 | |
| overboiled16 | overflow or cause to overflow while boiling |
| overbooked20 | |
| overborrow18 | |
| overbought19 | |
| overbraked20 | |
| overbrakes19 | |
| overbreeds16 | |
| overbriefs18 | |
| overbright19 | |
| overbrowse18 | |
| overbrutal15 | |
| overbuilds16 | |
| overburden16 | the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits |
| overburned16 | |
| overbuying19 | |
| overcalled16 | |
| overcasted16 | make overcast or cloudy |
| overcharge19 | a price that is too high |
| overchills18 | |
| overclaims17 | |
| overcleans15 | |
| overclears15 | |
| overclouds16 | become covered with clouds |
| overcolors15 | |
| overcomers17 | someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion |
| overcoming18 | win a victory over |
| overcommit19 | |
| overcooked20 | cook too long |
| overcooled16 | |
| overcounts15 | |
| overcrowds19 | cause to crowd together too much |
| overcuring16 | |
| overdaring15 | |
| overdecked21 | |
| overdesign15 | |
| overdirect16 | |
| overdosage15 | |
| overdosing15 | dose too heavily |
| overdrafts17 | a draft in excess of the credit balance |
| overdrinks18 | |
| overdriven17 | drive or work too hard |
| overdrives17 | the state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration |
| overdrying18 | |
| overdubbed19 | |
| overdyeing18 | |
| overeaters13 | |
| overeating14 | eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins) |
| overedited15 | |
| overemoted16 | |
| overemotes15 | |
| overexcite22 | |
| overexerts20 | exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength |
| overexpand23 | |
| overexpose22 | expose to too much light |
| overextend21 | strain excessively |
| overfacile18 | |
| overfavors19 | |
| overfeared17 | |
| overfilled17 | fill beyond capacity |
| overfished20 | |
| overfishes19 | |
| overflight20 | a flight by an aircraft over a particular area (especially over an area in foreign territory) |
| overfloods17 | |
| overflowed20 | flow or run over (a limit or brim) |
| overflying20 | fly over |
| overfunded18 | |
| overgilded16 | |
| overgirded16 | |
| overglazed24 | |
| overglazes23 | |
| overgoaded16 | |
| overgovern17 | |
| overgraded16 | |
| overgrades15 | |
| overgrazed24 | |
| overgrazes23 | |
| overgrowth20 | excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland |
| overhanded18 | with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level |
| overhandle17 | |
| overhating17 | |
| overhauled17 | travel past |
| overheaped19 | |
| overheated17 | get excessively and undesirably hot |
| overhonors16 | |
| overhoping19 | |
| overhunted17 | |
| overhyping22 | |
| overinform18 | |
| overissued14 | |
| overissues13 | |
| overjoying24 | cause to feel extremely joyful or happy |
| overkilled18 | |
| overlabors15 | |
| overlading15 | |
| overlapped18 | coincide partially or wholly |
| overlavish19 | |
| overlaying17 | put something on top of something else |
| overleaped16 | defeat (oneself) by going too far |
| overlearns13 | |
| overlearnt13 | |
| overlength17 | |
| overlights17 | |
| overliving17 | |
| overloaded15 | become overloaded |
| overlooked18 | look past, fail to notice |
| overlorded15 | |
| overloving17 | |
| overmanage16 | |
| overmanned16 | |
| overmantel15 | a shelf over a mantelpiece |
| overmaster15 | overcome by superior force |
| overmature15 | |
| overmelted16 | |
| overmighty22 | |
| overmilked20 | |
| overmining16 | |
| overmixing23 | |
| overmodest16 | affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way |
| overmuches20 | a quantity that is more than what is appropriate |
| overnights17 | |
| overpacked22 | |
| overpassed16 | |
| overpasses15 | bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels |
| overpaying19 | pay too much |
| overpedals16 | |
| overpeople17 | |
| overplaids16 | |
| overplants15 | |
| overplayed19 | exaggerate one's acting |
| overpluses15 | extreme excess |
| overplying19 | |
| overpotent15 | |
| overpowers18 | overcome by superior force |
| overpraise15 | praise excessively |
| overpriced18 | price excessively high |
| overprices17 | price excessively high |
| overprints15 | something added by overprinting |
| overprized25 | |
| overprizes24 | |
| overpumped20 | |
| overrating14 | a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high |
| overreacts15 | show an exaggerated response to something |
| overreport15 | |
| overridden15 | rule against |
| overriding15 | rule against |
| overroasts13 | |
| overruffed20 | |
| overruling14 | rule against |
| oversalted14 | |
| oversauced16 | |
| oversauces15 | |
| oversaving17 | |
| overscaled16 | |
| overscored16 | |
| overscores15 | |
| overseeded15 | watch and direct |
| overseeing14 | watch and direct |
| oversewing17 | sew (two edges) with close stitches that pass over them both |
| overshaded18 | |
| overshades17 | |
| overshadow20 | be greater in significance than |
| overshirts16 | |
| overshoots16 | an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt |
| oversights17 | an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something |
| oversimple17 | |
| oversimply20 | |
| overskirts17 | an outer skirt worn over another skirt |
| overslaugh17 | |
| oversleeps15 | sleep longer than intended |
| oversmoked20 | |
| oversmokes19 | |
| oversoaked18 | |
| overspends16 | spend more than available of (a budget) |
| overspiced18 | |
| overspices17 | |
| overspills15 | the relocation of people from overcrowded cities; they are accommodated in new houses or apartments in smaller towns |
| overspread16 | spread across or over |
| overstaffs19 | |
| overstated14 | to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth |
| overstates13 | to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth |
| overstayed17 | stay too long |
| oversteers13 | |
| overstocks19 | stock excessively |
| overstrain13 | too much strain |
| overstress13 | place special or excessive emphasis on |
| overstrewn16 | |
| overstrews16 | |
| overstride14 | |
| overstrode14 | |
| overstrung14 | being in a tense state |
| overstuffs19 | stuff too much |
| oversubtle15 | |
| oversudsed15 | |
| oversudses14 | |
| oversupped18 | |
| oversupply20 | the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall |
| overswings17 | |
| overtaking18 | going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it |
| overtalked18 | |
| overtasked18 | |
| overtaught17 | |
| overtaxing21 | tax excessively |
| overthinks20 | |
| overthrown19 | cause the downfall of; of rulers |
| overthrows19 | the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force) |
| overtiming16 | |
| overtipped18 | |
| overtiring14 | tire excessively |
| overtoiled14 | |
| overtopped18 | look down on |
| overtraded15 | |
| overtrades14 | |
| overtrains13 | |
| overtreats13 | |
| overtricks19 | |
| overtrumps17 | play a trump higher than (one previously played) to the trick |
| overturing14 | |
| overturned14 | turn from an upright or normal position |
| overurging15 | |
| overvalued17 | assign too high a value to |
| overvalues16 | assign too high a value to |
| overvoting17 | |
| overwarmed19 | |
| overwaters16 | |
| overweened17 | |
| overweighs20 | |
| overweight20 | the property of excessive fatness |
| overwetted17 | |
| overwhelms21 | overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli |
| overwinter16 | spend the winter |
| overworked21 | use too much |
| overwrites16 | write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data |
| oviposited16 | |
| ovipositor15 | egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in many female insects and some fishes |
| oviraptors15 | |
| ovulations13 | the expulsion of an ovum from the ovary (usually midway in the menstrual cycle) |
| owlishness16 | |
| ownerships18 | the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others |
| oxacillins19 | a form of penicillin resistant to penicillinase and effective against penicillin-resistant staphylococci |
| oxidations18 | the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction |
| oxidizable29 | capable of undergoing a chemical reaction with oxygen |
| oximetries19 | |
| oxycodones23 | |
| oxygenases21 | an oxidoreductase that catalyzes the incorporation of molecular oxygen |
| oxygenated22 | impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen |
| oxygenates21 | impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen |
| oxygenator21 | |
| oxygenized31 | change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule) |
| oxygenizes30 | change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule) |
| oxygenless21 | |
| oxymoronic24 | |
| oxyuriases20 | |
| oxyuriasis20 | |
| oysterings14 | gather oysters, dig oysters |
| ozocerites21 | a waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum; some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles |
| ozokerites23 | a waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum; some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles |
| ozonations19 | |
| Word | Definition |
| oakmosses15 | |
| oarfishes15 | thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin |
| oarswoman14 | a woman oarsman |
| oarswomen14 | a woman oarsman |
| oasthouse12 | |
| obbligati14 | |
| obbligato14 | a persistent but subordinate motif |
| obconical15 | |
| obcordate14 | |
| obeahisms16 | |
| obedience14 | the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person |
| obeisance13 | bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting |
| obeliscal13 | |
| obelising12 | |
| obelizing21 | |
| obeseness11 | |
| obesities11 | more than average fatness |
| obfuscate16 | make obscure or unclear |
| objectify26 | make external or objective, or give reality to |
| objecting21 | express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent |
| objection20 | the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest |
| objective23 | the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable) |
| objectors20 | a person who dissents from some established policy |
| objurgate19 | express strong disapproval of |
| oblations11 | the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity |
| obligable14 | |
| obligated13 | force somebody to do something |
| obligates12 | force somebody to do something |
| obligator12 | |
| obligatos12 | a persistent but subordinate motif |
| obliquely23 | to, toward or at one side |
| obliquing21 | |
| obliquity23 | the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle |
| oblivions14 | the state of being disregarded or forgotten |
| oblivious14 | (followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of |
| obloquial20 | |
| obloquies20 | state of disgrace resulting from public abuse |
| obnoxious18 | causing disapproval or protest |
| obscenely16 | to an obscene degree |
| obscenest13 | designed to incite to indecency or lust; -Margaret Mead |
| obscenity16 | the trait of behaving in an obscene manner |
| obscurant13 | |
| obscurely16 | in an obscure manner |
| obscurest13 | not clearly understood or expressed; ; -Anatole Broyard; - P.A.Sorokin; - John Locke |
| obscuring14 | make less visible or unclear |
| obscurity16 | the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand |
| obsecrate13 | |
| obsequies20 | |
| observant14 | paying close attention especially to details |
| observers14 | a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses |
| observing15 | discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of |
| obsessing12 | haunt like a ghost; pursue |
| obsession11 | an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will |
| obsessive14 | a person who has obsessions |
| obsessors11 | |
| obsidians12 | acid or granitic glass formed by the rapid cooling of lava without crystallization; usually dark, but transparent in thin pieces |
| obsolesce13 | become obsolete, fall into disuse |
| obsoleted12 | |
| obsoletes11 | |
| obstacles13 | something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted |
| obstetric13 | of or relating to or used in or practicing obstetrics |
| obstinacy16 | the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome |
| obstinate11 | persist stubbornly |
| obstructs13 | hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of |
| obstruent11 | a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth |
| obtainers11 | |
| obtaining12 | come into possession of |
| obtesting12 | |
| obtruders12 | |
| obtruding13 | push to thrust outward |
| obtrusion11 | |
| obtrusive14 | undesirably noticeable |
| obtundent12 | |
| obtunding13 | reduce the edge or violence of |
| obtundity15 | |
| obturated12 | block passage through |
| obturates11 | block passage through |
| obturator11 | a prosthesis used to close an opening (as to close an opening of the hard palate in cases of cleft palate) |
| obversely17 | |
| obversion14 | |
| obverting15 | |
| obviating15 | do away with |
| obviation14 | the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively |
| obviators14 | |
| obviously17 | unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') |
| occasions13 | something you have to do |
| occidents14 | the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America |
| occipital15 | of or relating to the occiput |
| occludent14 | |
| occluding15 | block passage through |
| occlusion13 | closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel) |
| occlusive16 | a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it |
| occulters13 | |
| occulting14 | cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention |
| occultism15 | the study of the supernatural |
| occultist13 | a believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts |
| occupancy20 | an act of being a tenant or occupant |
| occupants15 | someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there |
| occupiers15 | someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there |
| occupying19 | keep busy with |
| occurrent13 | an event that happens |
| occurring14 | come to pass |
| oceanaria11 | |
| oceanauts11 | a skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research |
| ocellated12 | having ocelli |
| ochlocrat16 | |
| ocotillos11 | desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers |
| octachord17 | |
| octagonal12 | of or relating to or shaped like an octagon |
| octahedra15 | any polyhedron having eight plane faces |
| octameter13 | a verse line having eight metrical feet |
| octangles12 | |
| octennial11 | |
| octillion11 | the number that is represented as a one followed by 27 zeros |
| octoploid14 | |
| octopodan14 | |
| octopodes14 | |
| octopuses13 | tentacles of octopus prepared as food |
| octoroons11 | an offspring of a quadroon and a white parent; a person who is one-eighth black |
| octothorp16 | |
| octuplets13 | |
| octupling14 | |
| ocularist11 | |
| odalisque19 | a woman slave in a harem |
| oddnesses11 | the parity of odd numbers (not divisible by two) |
| oddsmaker17 | |
| odiferous13 | |
| odographs16 | |
| odometers12 | a meter that shows mileage traversed |
| odontoids11 | |
| odorizing20 | cause to smell or be smelly |
| odorously13 | |
| oedipally15 | |
| oeillades10 | |
| oenophile14 | someone who appreciates wine |
| oesophagi15 | the passage between the pharynx and the stomach |
| oestriols9 | a naturally occurring estrogenic hormone; a synthetic form is used to treat estrogen deficiency |
| oestrogen10 | a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics |
| oestrones9 | a naturally occurring weak estrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary; synthesized (trade name Estronol) and used to treat estrogen deficiency |
| oestruses9 | applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity |
| offenders16 | a person who transgresses moral or civil law |
| offending17 | cause to feel resentment or indignation |
| offensive18 | the action of attacking an enemy |
| offerings16 | something offered (as a proposal or bid) |
| offertory18 | the offerings of the congregation at a religious service |
| offhanded20 | with little or no preparation or forethought |
| officered18 | direct or command as an officer |
| officials17 | a worker who holds or is invested with an office |
| officiant17 | a clergyman who officiates at a religious ceremony or service |
| officiary20 | |
| officiate17 | act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding |
| officinal17 | |
| officious17 | intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner |
| offloaded17 | transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data |
| offprints17 | a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication |
| offscreen17 | |
| offshoots18 | a natural consequence of development |
| offshores18 | |
| offspring18 | the immediate descendants of a person |
| offstages16 | a stage area out of sight of the audience |
| oghamists15 | |
| ogreishly16 | |
| ohmically19 | |
| ohmmeters16 | a meter for measuring electrical resistance in ohms |
| oilcloths14 | cloth treated on one side with a drying oil or synthetic resin |
| oilpapers13 | paper that has been made translucent and waterproof by soaking in oil |
| oilstones9 | a whetstone for use with oil |
| ointments11 | semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation |
| oiticicas13 | |
| okeydokey24 | |
| oldnesses10 | the opposite of youngness |
| oldsquaws22 | |
| oldstyles13 | |
| oleanders10 | an ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers: native to East Indies but widely cultivated in warm regions |
| oleasters9 | any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits |
| olecranal11 | |
| olecranon11 | process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended |
| oleograph15 | |
| oleoresin9 | a naturally occurring mixture of a resin and an essential oil; obtained from certain plants |
| olfaction14 | the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents |
| olfactive17 | of or relating to olfaction |
| olfactory17 | of or relating to olfaction |
| olibanums13 | an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation |
| oligarchs15 | one of the rulers in an oligarchy |
| oligarchy18 | a political system governed by a few people |
| oligocene12 | from 40 million to 25 million years ago; appearance of sabertoothed cats |
| oligogene11 | |
| oligomers12 | |
| oligopoly15 | (economics) a market in which control over the supply of a commodity is in the hands of a small number of producers and each one can influence prices and affect competitors |
| oligurias10 | abnormally small production of urine; can be a symptom of kidney disease or obstruction of the urinary tract or edema or an imbalance of fluids and electrolytes in the body |
| olivenite12 | rare green to black mineral consisting of hydrated copper arsenate that is found in copper deposits |
| ololiuqui18 | |
| olympiads17 | one of the four-year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece for twelve centuries beginning in 776 BC |
| ombudsman16 | a government appointee who investigates complaints by private persons against the government |
| ombudsmen16 | a government appointee who investigates complaints by private persons against the government |
| omelettes11 | beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly |
| ominously14 | in an ominous manner |
| omissible13 | capable of being left out |
| omissions11 | a mistake resulting from neglect |
| ommatidia14 | any of the numerous small cone-shaped eyes that make up the compound eyes of some arthropods |
| omniarchs16 | |
| omnibuses13 | an anthology of articles on a related subject or an anthology of the works of a single author |
| omnirange12 | a navigational system consisting of a network of radio beacons that provide aircraft with information about exact position and bearing |
| omnivores14 | a person who eats all kinds of foods |
| omophagia17 | the eating of raw food |
| omophagic19 | |
| onanistic11 | |
| oncidiums14 | any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants |
| oncogenes12 | a gene that disposes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells |
| oncogenic14 | |
| oncologic14 | of or relating to or practicing oncology |
| oncomings14 | the beginning or early stages |
| oncovirus14 | |
| ondograms13 | |
| onenesses9 | the quality of being united into one |
| onerously12 | in an onerous manner |
| onionskin13 | a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies |
| onloading11 | |
| onlookers13 | someone who looks on |
| onlooking14 | |
| onomastic13 | of or related to onomastics |
| onrushing13 | |
| onslaught13 | a sudden and severe onset of trouble |
| ontically14 | |
| ontogenic12 | |
| ontologic12 | |
| oogametes12 | |
| oogeneses10 | |
| oogenesis10 | development of ova |
| oogenetic12 | |
| oogoniums12 | |
| oolachans14 | |
| oological12 | |
| oologists10 | |
| oompahing17 | |
| oospheres14 | a gamete; used especially of lower plants |
| opacified17 | |
| opacifier16 | |
| opacifies16 | make opaque |
| opacities13 | the phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation |
| opalesced14 | reflect light or colors like an opal |
| opalesces13 | reflect light or colors like an opal |
| openworks18 | ornamental work (such as embroidery or latticework) having a pattern of openings |
| operagoer12 | a patron of the opera |
| operantly14 | |
| operatics13 | |
| operating12 | direct or control; projects, businesses, etc. |
| operation11 | the state of being in effect or being operative |
| operative14 | a person secretly employed in espionage for a government |
| operators11 | (mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation |
| operceles13 | |
| opercular13 | |
| opercules13 | |
| operculum15 | a hard flap serving as a cover for (a) the gill slits in fishes or (b) the opening of the shell in certain gastropods when the body is retracted |
| operettas11 | a short amusing opera |
| operosely14 | |
| ophidians15 | limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous |
| ophiolite14 | |
| ophiology18 | |
| ophiuroid15 | |
| opinioned12 | |
| opiumisms15 | |
| oppilated14 | |
| oppilates13 | |
| opponency18 | |
| opponents13 | a contestant that you are matched against |
| opportune13 | suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose |
| opposable15 | capable of being placed opposite to something |
| opposites13 | a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other |
| oppressed14 | come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority |
| oppresses13 | come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority |
| oppressor13 | a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures |
| oppugnant14 | |
| oppugners14 | |
| oppugning15 | challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of |
| opsonized21 | make (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes |
| opsonizes20 | make (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes |
| optatives14 | a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs |
| optically16 | in an optical manner |
| opticians13 | a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision |
| opticists13 | |
| optimally16 | in an optimal and most desirable way |
| optimised14 | make optimal; get the most out of; use best |
| optimises13 | make optimal; get the most out of; use best |
| optimisms15 | the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well |
| optimists13 | a person disposed to take a favorable view of things |
| optimized23 | make optimal; get the most out of; use best |
| optimizer22 | |
| optimizes22 | make optimal; get the most out of; use best |
| optionals11 | |
| optionees11 | |
| optioning12 | |
| optometer13 | |
| optometry16 | the practice of an optometrist |
| opulences13 | wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living |
| opulently14 | in a sumptuous and opulent manner |
| opuscular13 | |
| opuscules13 | |
| opusculum15 | |
| oralities9 | |
| orangeade11 | sweetened beverage of diluted orange juice |
| orangerie10 | |
| orangiest10 | |
| orangutan10 | large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits |
| oratories9 | addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous) |
| oratorios9 | a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text |
| oratrices11 | |
| orbicular13 | circular or nearly circular |
| orchestra14 | a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players |
| ordainers10 | a cleric who ordains; a cleric who admits someone to holy orders |
| ordaining11 | order by virtue of superior authority; decree |
| orderable12 | |
| orderless10 | |
| orderlies10 | a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer |
| ordinally13 | |
| ordinance12 | an authoritative rule |
| ordinands11 | a person being ordained |
| ordinates10 | the value of a coordinate on the vertical axis |
| ordnances12 | military supplies |
| oreodonts10 | |
| organdies11 | a sheer stiff muslin |
| organelle10 | a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ |
| organised11 | bring order and organization to |
| organiser10 | someone who enlists workers to join a union |
| organises10 | bring order and organization to |
| organisms12 | a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently |
| organists10 | a person who plays an organ |
| organized20 | create (as an entity) |
| organizer19 | a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise |
| organizes19 | create (as an entity) |
| organosol10 | |
| organzine19 | |
| orgasming13 | |
| orgiastic12 | used of frenzied sexual activity |
| oribatids12 | |
| orientals9 | a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans) |
| orientate9 | determine one's position with reference to another point |
| orienteer9 | |
| orienters9 | |
| orienting10 | be oriented |
| orificial14 | |
| oriflamme16 | an inspiring symbol or ideal that serves as a rallying point in a struggle |
| origanums12 | any of various fragrant aromatic herbs of the genus Origanum used as seasonings |
| originals10 | an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made |
| originate10 | come into existence; take on form or shape |
| orinasals9 | a speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels) |
| ornaments11 | something used to beautify |
| orneriest9 | |
| ornithine12 | an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is important in the formation of urea |
| ornithoid13 | |
| orogenies10 | the process of mountain formation (especially by the upward displacement of the earth's crust) |
| orography18 | the science of mountains |
| orologies10 | the science of mountains |
| orologist10 | |
| orometers11 | |
| orphanage15 | the condition of being a child without living parents |
| orphaning15 | deprive of parents |
| orphreyed18 | |
| orpiments13 | a yellow mineral occurring in conjunction with realgar; an ore of arsenic |
| orrisroot9 | fragrant rootstock of various irises especially Florentine iris; used in perfumes and medicines |
| orthicons14 | a now obsolete picture pickup tube in a television camera; electrons emitted from a photoemissive surface in proportion to the intensity of the incident light are focused onto the target causing secondary emission of electrons |
| orthodoxy23 | the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion) |
| orthoepic16 | |
| orthopter14 | heavier-than-air craft that is propelled by the flapping of wings |
| orthoptic16 | of or relating to normal binocular vision |
| orthotics14 | |
| orthotist12 | |
| oscillate11 | be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action |
| oscitance13 | drowsiness and dullness manifested by yawning |
| oscitancy16 | drowsiness and dullness manifested by yawning |
| osculated12 | be intermediate between two taxonomic groups |
| osculates11 | be intermediate between two taxonomic groups |
| osmeteria11 | |
| osmically16 | |
| osmometer13 | |
| osmometry16 | |
| osmundine12 | |
| osnaburgs12 | |
| ossatures9 | |
| osseously12 | |
| ossicular11 | pertaining to the ossicles in the middle ear |
| ossifiers12 | |
| ossifrage13 | |
| ossifying16 | become bony |
| ossuaries9 | any receptacle for the burial of human bones |
| ostensive12 | manifestly demonstrative |
| ostensory12 | |
| osteocyte14 | mature bone cell |
| osteology13 | the branch of anatomy that studies the bones of the vertebrate skeleton |
| osteomata11 | a slow growing benign tumor of consisting of bone tissue; usually on the skull or mandible |
| osteopath14 | a therapist who manipulates the skeleton and muscles |
| osteotome11 | |
| osteotomy14 | surgical sectioning of bone |
| ostiaries9 | the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church |
| ostinatos9 | a musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition |
| ostomates11 | |
| ostosises9 | |
| ostracise11 | expel from a community or group |
| ostracism13 | the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) |
| ostracize20 | expel from a community or group |
| ostracode12 | |
| ostracods12 | tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell |
| ostriches14 | a person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand) |
| otherness12 | the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known |
| otherwise15 | other than as supposed or expected |
| otocystic16 | |
| otolithic14 | |
| otologies10 | the branch of medicine concerned with the ear |
| otologist10 | a physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases |
| otoplasty14 | reconstructive surgery of the auricle of the external ear |
| otoscopes13 | medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light; used for examining the external ear (the auditory meatus and especially the tympanic membrane) |
| oubliette11 | a dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling |
| ouistitis9 | |
| ourselves12 | |
| outacting12 | |
| outadding12 | |
| outargued11 | |
| outargues10 | |
| outasking14 | |
| outbacker17 | inaccessible and sparsely populated |
| outbaking16 | |
| outbarked16 | |
| outbawled15 | |
| outbeamed14 | |
| outbegged14 | |
| outbidden13 | bid over an opponent's bid when one's partner has not bid or doubled |
| outbidder13 | |
| outblazed21 | |
| outblazes20 | |
| outbleats11 | |
| outblooms13 | |
| outbluffs17 | |
| outboards12 | a motorboat with an outboard motor |
| outboasts11 | |
| outbought15 | |
| outboxing19 | |
| outbraved15 | resist bravely |
| outbraves14 | resist bravely |
| outbrawls14 | |
| outbrazen20 | |
| outbreaks15 | a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition) |
| outbreeds12 | |
| outbribed14 | |
| outbribes13 | |
| outbuilds12 | |
| outbulged13 | |
| outbulges12 | |
| outbulked16 | |
| outburned12 | |
| outbursts11 | an unrestrained expression of emotion |
| outbuying15 | |
| outcapers13 | |
| outcastes11 | a person belonging to no caste |
| outcaught15 | |
| outcavils14 | |
| outcharge15 | |
| outcharms16 | |
| outcheats14 | |
| outchided16 | |
| outchides15 | |
| outcities11 | |
| outclimbs15 | |
| outcooked16 | |
| outcounts11 | |
| outcrawls14 | |
| outcrowds15 | |
| outcrowed15 | |
| outcrying15 | shout louder than |
| outcursed12 | |
| outcurses11 | |
| outcurves14 | |
| outdanced13 | |
| outdances12 | |
| outdaring11 | |
| outdating11 | |
| outdazzle28 | |
| outdebate12 | |
| outdesign11 | |
| outdodged13 | |
| outdodges12 | |
| outdoorsy13 | characteristic of or suitable to outdoor life |
| outdreams12 | |
| outdreamt12 | |
| outdrinks14 | |
| outdriven13 | |
| outdrives13 | |
| outdueled11 | |
| outearned10 | |
| outeating10 | |
| outechoed15 | |
| outechoes14 | |
| outercoat11 | |
| outermost11 | situated at the farthest possible point from a center |
| outerwear12 | clothing for use outdoors |
| outfabled15 | |
| outfables14 | |
| outfacing15 | overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring |
| outfasted13 | |
| outfawned16 | |
| outfeasts12 | |
| outfenced15 | |
| outfences14 | |
| outfields13 | the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases |
| outfights16 | to fight better than; get the better of |
| outfigure13 | |
| outfiring13 | |
| outfished16 | |
| outfishes15 | |
| outfitted13 | provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose |
| outfitter12 | someone who sells men's clothes |
| outflanks16 | go around the flank of (an opposing army) |
| outfloats12 | |
| outflowed16 | |
| outflying16 | |
| outfooled13 | |
| outfooted13 | |
| outfought16 | to fight better than; get the better of |
| outfoxing20 | outdo someone in trickery |
| outfrowns15 | |
| outfumble16 | |
| outgained11 | |
| outgallop12 | |
| outgamble14 | |
| outgassed11 | |
| outgasses10 | |
| outgazing20 | |
| outgiving14 | |
| outglared11 | |
| outglares10 | |
| outgleams12 | |
| outglowed14 | |
| outgnawed14 | |
| outgoings11 | be or do something to a greater degree |
| outgroups12 | |
| outgrowth16 | a natural consequence of development |
| outguided12 | |
| outguides11 | |
| outgunned11 | |
| outgushed14 | |
| outgushes13 | |
| outhandle13 | |
| outhomers14 | |
| outhouses12 | a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate |
| outhowled16 | |
| outhumors14 | |
| outhunted13 | |
| outhustle12 | |
| outjinxed24 | |
| outjinxes23 | |
| outjockey25 | |
| outjuggle18 | |
| outjumped21 | |
| outjutted17 | |
| outkicked20 | |
| outkilled14 | |
| outkissed14 | |
| outkisses13 | |
| outlander10 | a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country |
| outlasted10 | live longer than |
| outlaughs13 | |
| outlawing13 | declare illegal; outlaw |
| outlaying13 | |
| outleaped12 | |
| outlearns9 | |
| outlearnt9 | |
| outliners9 | |
| outlining10 | describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of |
| outlivers12 | |
| outliving13 | live longer than |
| outloving13 | |
| outmanned12 | |
| outmaster11 | |
| outmoding13 | make unfashionable, outdated, or obsolete |
| outmoving15 | |
| outmuscle13 | |
| outnumber13 | be larger in number |
| outoffice17 | |
| outpacing14 | surpass in speed |
| outpaints11 | |
| outpassed12 | |
| outpasses11 | |
| outpeople13 | |
| outpitied12 | |
| outpities11 | |
| outplaced14 | |
| outplaces13 | |
| outplayed15 | excel or defeat in a game |
| outpoints11 | sail closer to the wind than |
| outpolled12 | |
| outpoured12 | |
| outpourer11 | |
| outpowers14 | |
| outprayed15 | |
| outpreach16 | |
| outpreens11 | |
| outpriced14 | |
| outprices13 | |
| outpulled12 | |
| outpupils13 | |
| outpursue11 | |
| outpushed15 | |
| outpushes14 | |
| outputted12 | to create or manufacture a specific amount |
| outquoted19 | |
| outquotes18 | |
| outracing12 | |
| outraging11 | strike with disgust or revulsion |
| outraised10 | |
| outraises9 | |
| outrances11 | |
| outranged11 | have a greater range than (another gun) |
| outranges10 | have a greater range than (another gun) |
| outranked14 | take precedence or surpass others in rank |
| outrating10 | |
| outraving13 | |
| outreason9 | |
| outreckon15 | |
| outridden11 | hang on during a trial of endurance |
| outriders10 | an escort who rides ahead (as a member of the vanguard) |
| outriding11 | hang on during a trial of endurance |
| outrigged12 | rigged with a structure projecting from or over the side of a boat for various purposes; to prevent capsizing or to support an oarlock or to help secure a mast etc |
| outrigger11 | a stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or float parallel to the hull |
| outrivals12 | be more of a rival than |
| outroared10 | roar louder than |
| outrocked16 | |
| outrolled10 | |
| outrooted10 | |
| outrowing13 | |
| outrunner9 | |
| outrushed13 | |
| outrushes12 | |
| outsailed10 | sail faster or better than |
| outsavors12 | |
| outsaying13 | |
| outscheme16 | |
| outscolds12 | |
| outscoops13 | |
| outscored12 | score more points than one's opponents |
| outscores11 | score more points than one's opponents |
| outscorns11 | |
| outscream13 | |
| outseeing10 | |
| outserved13 | |
| outserves12 | |
| outshamed15 | |
| outshames14 | |
| outshined13 | shine brighter than |
| outshines12 | shine brighter than |
| outshoots12 | |
| outshouts12 | shout louder than |
| outsiders10 | someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group |
| outsights13 | |
| outsinned10 | |
| outskated14 | |
| outskates13 | |
| outskirts13 | outlying areas (as of a city or town) |
| outsleeps11 | |
| outslicks15 | |
| outsmarts11 | beat through cleverness and wit |
| outsmells11 | |
| outsmiled12 | |
| outsmiles11 | |
| outsmoked16 | |
| outsmokes15 | |
| outsnored10 | |
| outsnores9 | |
| outsoared10 | |
| outsource11 | obtain goods or services from an outside supplier; to contract work out |
| outspeaks15 | |
| outspeeds12 | |
| outspells11 | |
| outspends12 | |
| outspoken15 | given to expressing yourself freely or insistently |
| outsprang12 | |
| outspread12 | fully extended in width |
| outspring12 | |
| outsprint11 | |
| outsprung12 | |
| outstands10 | |
| outstared10 | overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring |
| outstares9 | overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring |
| outstarts9 | |
| outstated10 | |
| outstates9 | |
| outstayed13 | stay too long |
| outsteers9 | |
| outstride10 | |
| outstrips11 | be or do something to a greater degree |
| outstrive12 | |
| outstrode10 | |
| outstroke13 | the stroke of an engine piston moving toward the crankshaft |
| outstrove12 | |
| outstunts9 | |
| outsulked14 | |
| outswears12 | |
| outsweeps14 | |
| outswings13 | |
| outtalked14 | |
| outtasked14 | |
| outthanks16 | |
| outthieve15 | |
| outthinks16 | |
| outthrobs14 | |
| outthrown15 | |
| outthrows15 | |
| outthrust12 | an outcropping of rock that extends outward |
| outtowers12 | |
| outtraded11 | |
| outtrades10 | |
| outtravel12 | |
| outtricks15 | |
| outtrumps13 | |
| outvalued13 | |
| outvalues12 | |
| outvaunts12 | |
| outvoiced15 | |
| outvoices14 | |
| outvoting13 | defeat by a majority of votes |
| outwaited13 | |
| outwalked17 | |
| outwardly16 | with respect to the outside |
| outwarred13 | |
| outwashes15 | |
| outwasted13 | |
| outwastes12 | |
| outweighs16 | be heavier than |
| outwhirls15 | |
| outwiling13 | |
| outwilled13 | |
| outwinded14 | |
| outwished16 | |
| outwishes15 | |
| outwitted13 | beat through cleverness and wit |
| outworked17 | |
| outworker16 | |
| outwrites12 | |
| outyelled13 | |
| outyelped15 | |
| outyields13 | |
| ovalbumin16 | the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water |
| ovalities12 | |
| ovarioles12 | |
| ovational12 | |
| ovenbirds15 | American warbler; builds a dome-shaped nest on the ground |
| ovenproof17 | |
| ovenwares15 | heat-resistant dishware in which food can be cooked as well as served |
| overacted15 | exaggerate one's acting |
| overacute14 | |
| overalert12 | |
| overalled13 | |
| overarmed15 | |
| overawing16 | subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats) |
| overbaked19 | |
| overbakes18 | |
| overbears14 | overcome |
| overbeats14 | |
| overbills14 | |
| overbites14 | (dentistry) malocclusion in which the upper teeth extend abnormally far over the lower teeth |
| overblown17 | puffed up with vanity; ; ; ; - Newsweek |
| overblows17 | |
| overboard15 | to extremes |
| overboils14 | overflow or cause to overflow while boiling |
| overbooks18 | |
| overborne14 | overcome |
| overbrake18 | |
| overbreed15 | |
| overbrief17 | |
| overbroad15 | |
| overbuild15 | |
| overbuilt14 | |
| overburns14 | |
| overburnt14 | |
| overcalls14 | (bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand) |
| overcasts14 | the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds |
| overcheap19 | |
| overchill17 | |
| overcivil17 | |
| overclaim16 | |
| overclass14 | |
| overclean14 | |
| overclear14 | |
| overclose14 | |
| overcloud15 | become covered with clouds |
| overcoach19 | |
| overcoats14 | a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter |
| overcolor14 | |
| overcomer16 | someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion |
| overcomes16 | win a victory over |
| overcooks18 | cook too long |
| overcools14 | |
| overcount14 | |
| overcrams16 | |
| overcrops16 | to exhaust by excessive cultivation |
| overcrowd18 | cause to crowd together too much |
| overcured15 | |
| overcures14 | |
| overdared14 | |
| overdares13 | |
| overdecks19 | |
| overdoers13 | |
| overdoing14 | do something to an excessive degree |
| overdosed14 | dose too heavily |
| overdoses13 | dose too heavily |
| overdraft16 | a draft in excess of the credit balance |
| overdrank17 | |
| overdrawn16 | draw more money from than is available |
| overdraws16 | draw more money from than is available |
| overdress13 | dress too warmly |
| overdried14 | |
| overdries13 | |
| overdrink17 | |
| overdrive16 | the state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration |
| overdrove16 | drive or work too hard |
| overdrunk17 | |
| overdyers16 | |
| overeager13 | excessively eager |
| overeaten12 | |
| overeater12 | |
| overedits13 | |
| overemote14 | |
| overexert19 | exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength |
| overfavor18 | |
| overfears15 | |
| overfeeds16 | feed excessively |
| overfills15 | fill beyond capacity |
| overflies15 | fly over |
| overflood16 | |
| overflown18 | flow or run over (a limit or brim) |
| overflows18 | a large flow |
| overfocus17 | |
| overfrank19 | |
| overfunds16 | |
| overfussy18 | |
| overgilds14 | |
| overgirds14 | |
| overglaze22 | |
| overgoads14 | |
| overgrade14 | |
| overgraze22 | |
| overgreat13 | |
| overgrown16 | grow too large |
| overgrows16 | grow too large |
| overhands16 | |
| overhangs16 | projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else |
| overhasty18 | done with very great haste and without due deliberation; - Shakespeare; - Arthur Geddes |
| overhated16 | |
| overhates15 | |
| overhauls15 | periodic maintenance on a car or machine |
| overheads16 | the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes |
| overheaps17 | |
| overheard16 | hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers |
| overhears15 | hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers |
| overheats15 | get excessively and undesirably hot |
| overholds16 | |
| overhonor15 | |
| overhoped18 | |
| overhopes17 | |
| overhunts15 | |
| overhyped21 | |
| overhypes20 | |
| overissue12 | |
| overjoyed23 | cause to feel extremely joyful or happy |
| overkills16 | the capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required |
| overlabor14 | |
| overladed14 | |
| overladen13 | loaded past capacity |
| overlades13 | |
| overlands13 | |
| overlarge13 | excessively large |
| overleaps14 | defeat (oneself) by going too far |
| overleapt14 | |
| overlearn12 | |
| overlends13 | |
| overlight16 | |
| overlived16 | |
| overlives15 | |
| overloads13 | an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power |
| overlooks16 | a high place affording a good view |
| overlords13 | a person who has general authority over others |
| overloved16 | |
| overloves15 | |
| overlying16 | lie upon; lie on top of |
| overmatch19 | |
| overmelts14 | |
| overmilks18 | |
| overmined15 | |
| overmines14 | |
| overmixed22 | |
| overmixes21 | |
| overnight16 | lasting, open, or operating through the whole night |
| overpacks20 | |
| overpedal15 | |
| overplaid15 | |
| overplans14 | |
| overplant14 | |
| overplays17 | exaggerate one's acting |
| overplied15 | |
| overplies14 | |
| overplots14 | |
| overpower17 | overcome by superior force |
| overprice16 | price excessively high |
| overprint14 | something added by overprinting |
| overprize23 | |
| overproof17 | |
| overproud15 | excessively proud |
| overpumps18 | |
| overquick27 | |
| overrated13 | make too high an estimate of |
| overrates12 | make too high an estimate of |
| overreach17 | fail by aiming too high or trying too hard |
| overreact14 | show an exaggerated response to something |
| overrides13 | a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device |
| overrigid14 | |
| overroast12 | |
| overruffs18 | |
| overruled13 | rule against |
| overrules12 | rule against |
| oversales12 | |
| oversalts12 | |
| oversauce14 | |
| oversaved16 | |
| oversaves15 | |
| overscale14 | |
| overscore14 | |
| overseeds13 | watch and direct |
| overseers12 | a person who directs and manages an organization |
| oversells12 | |
| oversewed16 | sew (two edges) with close stitches that pass over them both |
| oversexed20 | having excessive sexual desire or appeal |
| overshade16 | |
| oversharp17 | |
| overshirt15 | |
| overshoes15 | footwear that protects your shoes from water or snow or cold |
| overshoot15 | an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt |
| overshots15 | |
| oversides13 | |
| oversight16 | an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something |
| oversized22 | larger than normal for its kind |
| oversizes21 | |
| overskirt16 | an outer skirt worn over another skirt |
| oversleep14 | sleep longer than intended |
| overslept14 | sleep longer than intended |
| overslips14 | |
| overslipt14 | |
| oversmoke18 | |
| oversoaks16 | |
| oversouls12 | |
| overspend15 | spend more than available of (a budget) |
| overspent14 | spend more than available of (a budget) |
| overspice16 | |
| overspill14 | the relocation of people from overcrowded cities; they are accommodated in new houses or apartments in smaller towns |
| overspilt14 | |
| overspins14 | |
| overstaff18 | |
| overstate12 | to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth |
| overstays15 | stay too long |
| oversteer12 | |
| oversteps14 | pass beyond (limits or boundaries) |
| overstirs12 | |
| overstock18 | stock excessively |
| overstory15 | |
| overstrew15 | |
| overstudy16 | |
| overstuff18 | stuff too much |
| oversweet15 | |
| overswing16 | |
| overswung16 | |
| overtaken16 | catch up with and possibly overtake |
| overtakes16 | catch up with and possibly overtake |
| overtalks16 | |
| overtasks16 | |
| overtaxed20 | tax excessively |
| overtaxes19 | tax excessively |
| overteach17 | |
| overthick21 | |
| overthink19 | |
| overthrew18 | cause the downfall of; of rulers |
| overthrow18 | the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force) |
| overtight16 | |
| overtimed15 | |
| overtimes14 | work done in addition to regular working hours |
| overtimid15 | |
| overtired13 | tire excessively |
| overtires12 | tire excessively |
| overtness12 | |
| overtoils12 | |
| overtones12 | (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality |
| overtrade13 | |
| overtrain12 | |
| overtreat12 | |
| overtrick18 | |
| overtrims14 | |
| overtrump16 | play a trump higher than (one previously played) to the trick |
| overtured13 | |
| overtures12 | orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio |
| overturns12 | the act of upsetting something |
| overurged14 | |
| overurges13 | |
| overusing13 | make use of too often or too extensively |
| overvalue15 | assign too high a value to |
| overviews18 | a general summary of a subject |
| overvivid19 | |
| overvoted16 | |
| overvotes15 | |
| overwarms17 | |
| overwatch20 | |
| overwater15 | |
| overwears15 | |
| overweary18 | tire excessively |
| overweens15 | |
| overweigh19 | |
| overwhelm20 | overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli |
| overwinds16 | |
| overwords16 | |
| overworks19 | the act of working too much or too long |
| overwound16 | |
| overwrite15 | write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data |
| overwrote15 | write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data |
| overzeals21 | |
| oviductal15 | |
| oviferous15 | |
| oviparity17 | |
| oviparous14 | egg-laying |
| oviposits14 | |
| oviraptor14 | |
| ovotestes12 | hermaphroditic gonad that contains both testicular and ovarian tissue |
| ovotestis12 | hermaphroditic gonad that contains both testicular and ovarian tissue |
| ovulating13 | produce and discharge eggs |
| ovulation12 | the expulsion of an ovum from the ovary (usually midway in the menstrual cycle) |
| ovulatory15 | |
| ownership17 | the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others |
| oxacillin18 | a form of penicillin resistant to penicillinase and effective against penicillin-resistant staphylococci |
| oxalating17 | |
| oxazepams29 | a tranquilizing drug (trade name Serax) used to treat anxiety and insomnia and alcohol withdrawal |
| oxidating18 | enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide |
| oxidation17 | the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction |
| oxidative20 | taking place in the presence of oxygen |
| oxidisers17 | a substance that oxidizes another substance |
| oxidising18 | add oxygen to or combine with oxygen |
| oxidizers26 | a substance that oxidizes another substance |
| oxidizing27 | enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide |
| oximeters18 | a measuring instrument that measures the oxygen in arterial blood |
| oxpeckers24 | |
| oxtongues17 | widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States |
| oxycodone22 | |
| oxygenase20 | an oxidoreductase that catalyzes the incorporation of molecular oxygen |
| oxygenate20 | impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen |
| oxygenize29 | change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule) |
| oxygenous20 | |
| oxymorons21 | conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence') |
| oxyphiles24 | |
| oxyphilic26 | |
| oxytocics23 | a drug that induces labor by stimulating contractions of the muscles of the uterus |
| oxytocins21 | hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk |
| oysterers12 | |
| oystering13 | gather oysters, dig oysters |
| oysterman14 | |
| oystermen14 | |
| ozocerite20 | a waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum; some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles |
| ozokerite22 | a waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum; some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles |
| ozonating19 | |
| ozonation18 | |
| ozonising19 | convert (oxygen) into ozone |
| ozonizers27 | |
| ozonizing28 | convert (oxygen) into ozone |
| Word | Definition |
| oafishly17 | |
| oarlocks14 | a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing |
| oatcakes14 | thin flat unleavened cake of baked oatmeal |
| oatmeals10 | porridge made of rolled oats |
| obduracy16 | resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible |
| obdurate11 | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| obeahism15 | |
| obedient11 | dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; ; ; ; - Edmund Burke |
| obeisant10 | |
| obelised11 | |
| obelises10 | |
| obelisks14 | a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top |
| obelisms12 | |
| obelized20 | |
| obelizes19 | |
| obeyable15 | |
| obituary13 | a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography |
| objected20 | express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent |
| objector19 | a person who dissents from some established policy |
| oblately13 | |
| oblation10 | the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity |
| oblatory13 | |
| obligate11 | force somebody to do something |
| obligati11 | a persistent but subordinate motif |
| obligato11 | a persistent but subordinate motif |
| obligees11 | force somebody to do something |
| obligers11 | someone who performs a service or does a favor |
| obliging12 | force somebody to do something |
| obligors11 | |
| obliqued20 | |
| obliques19 | any grammatical case other than the nominative |
| oblivion13 | the state of being disregarded or forgotten |
| oblongly14 | |
| obscener12 | designed to incite to indecency or lust; -Margaret Mead |
| obscured13 | make less visible or unclear |
| obscurer12 | not clearly understood or expressed; ; -Anatole Broyard; - P.A.Sorokin; - John Locke |
| obscures12 | make less visible or unclear |
| observed14 | discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of |
| observer13 | a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses |
| observes13 | discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of |
| obsessed11 | haunt like a ghost; pursue |
| obsesses10 | a major river of western Siberia; flows generally northward and westward to the Gulf of Ob and the Kara Sea |
| obsessor10 | |
| obsidian11 | acid or granitic glass formed by the rapid cooling of lava without crystallization; usually dark, but transparent in thin pieces |
| obsolete10 | no longer in use |
| obstacle12 | something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted |
| obstruct12 | hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of |
| obtained11 | come into possession of |
| obtainer10 | |
| obtected13 | |
| obtested11 | |
| obtruded12 | push to thrust outward |
| obtruder11 | |
| obtrudes11 | push to thrust outward |
| obtunded12 | reduce the edge or violence of |
| obturate10 | block passage through |
| obtusely13 | in a stupid manner |
| obtusest10 | of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees |
| obtusity13 | |
| obverses13 | the more conspicuous of two alternatives or cases or sides |
| obverted14 | |
| obviable15 | |
| obviated14 | do away with |
| obviates13 | do away with |
| obviator13 | |
| obvolute13 | |
| ocarinas10 | egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes |
| occasion12 | an event that occurs at a critical time |
| occident13 | the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America |
| occipita14 | back part of the head or skull |
| occiputs14 | back part of the head or skull |
| occluded14 | block passage through |
| occludes13 | block passage through |
| occlusal12 | |
| occulted13 | cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention |
| occulter12 | hidden and difficult to see |
| occultly15 | |
| occupant14 | someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there |
| occupied15 | keep busy with |
| occupier14 | someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there |
| occupies14 | keep busy with |
| occurred13 | come to pass |
| oceanaut10 | a skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research |
| ocellate10 | |
| ochering14 | |
| ocherous13 | |
| ochreous13 | |
| ocotillo10 | desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers |
| octagons11 | an eight-sided polygon |
| octangle11 | |
| octanols10 | |
| octantal10 | |
| octarchy18 | |
| octettes10 | eight performers or singers who perform together |
| octonary13 | the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one |
| octopods13 | a cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell |
| octoroon10 | an offspring of a quadroon and a white parent; a person who is one-eighth black |
| octupled13 | |
| octuples12 | |
| octuplet12 | |
| octuplex19 | |
| ocularly13 | |
| oculists10 | a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses |
| odalisks13 | |
| oddballs12 | a person with an unusual or odd personality |
| oddities10 | eccentricity that is not easily explained |
| oddments12 | a motley assortment of things |
| odiously12 | in an offensive and hateful manner |
| odograph15 | |
| odometer11 | a meter that shows mileage traversed |
| odometry14 | |
| odonates9 | large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings |
| odontoid10 | |
| odorants9 | |
| odorized19 | cause to smell or be smelly |
| odorizes18 | cause to smell or be smelly |
| odorless9 | having no odor |
| odourful12 | |
| odysseys15 | a long wandering and eventful journey |
| oecology14 | |
| oedemata11 | swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities |
| oedipean11 | |
| oeillade9 | |
| oenology12 | the art of wine making |
| oenomels10 | wine mixed with honey |
| oersteds9 | the magnetic field strength 1 cm from a unit magnetic pole |
| oestrins8 | |
| oestriol8 | a naturally occurring estrogenic hormone; a synthetic form is used to treat estrogen deficiency |
| oestrone8 | a naturally occurring weak estrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary; synthesized (trade name Estronol) and used to treat estrogen deficiency |
| oestrous8 | |
| oestrums10 | |
| offbeats16 | an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure) |
| offcasts16 | |
| offences16 | the action of attacking an enemy |
| offended16 | cause to feel resentment or indignation |
| offender15 | a person who transgresses moral or civil law |
| offenses14 | a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others |
| offerers14 | someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection |
| offering15 | something offered (as a proposal or bid) |
| offerors14 | someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection |
| officers16 | any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command |
| official16 | a worker who holds or is invested with an office |
| offishly20 | |
| offloads15 | transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data |
| offprint16 | a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication |
| offramps18 | |
| offshoot17 | a natural consequence of development |
| offshore17 | (of winds) coming from the land |
| offsides15 | (sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.) |
| offstage15 | a stage area out of sight of the audience |
| offtrack20 | |
| oftenest11 | |
| ofttimes13 | many times at short intervals |
| oghamist14 | |
| ogreisms11 | |
| ogresses9 | (folklore) a female ogre |
| ogrishly15 | |
| ohmmeter15 | a meter for measuring electrical resistance in ohms |
| oilbirds11 | nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter |
| oilcamps14 | |
| oilcloth13 | cloth treated on one side with a drying oil or synthetic resin |
| oilholes11 | |
| oiliness8 | consisting of or covered with oil |
| oilpaper12 | paper that has been made translucent and waterproof by soaking in oil |
| oilproof13 | |
| oilseeds9 | any of several seeds that yield oil |
| oilskins12 | a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof |
| oilstone8 | a whetstone for use with oil |
| oiltight12 | |
| oinology12 | |
| oinomels10 | |
| ointment10 | semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation |
| oiticica12 | |
| okeydoke20 | |
| oldsquaw21 | |
| oldsters9 | an elderly person |
| oldstyle12 | |
| oldwives15 | tropical Atlantic fish |
| oleander9 | an ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers: native to East Indies but widely cultivated in warm regions |
| oleaster8 | any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits |
| olefines11 | any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon |
| olefinic13 | |
| olestras8 | |
| olibanum12 | an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation |
| olicooks14 | |
| oligarch14 | one of the rulers in an oligarchy |
| oligomer11 | |
| oliguria9 | abnormally small production of urine; can be a symptom of kidney disease or obstruction of the urinary tract or edema or an imbalance of fluids and electrolytes in the body |
| olivines11 | a mineral consisting of magnesium iron silicate; a source of magnesium |
| olivinic13 | |
| ologists9 | |
| olorosos8 | |
| olympiad16 | one of the four-year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece for twelve centuries beginning in 776 BC |
| omelette10 | beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly |
| omentums12 | a fold of peritoneum supporting the viscera |
| omicrons12 | the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet |
| omikrons14 | |
| omission10 | a mistake resulting from neglect |
| omissive13 | characterized by omissions |
| omitters10 | |
| omitting11 | prevent from being included or considered or accepted |
| omniarch15 | |
| omniform15 | |
| omnimode13 | |
| omnivora13 | |
| omnivore13 | a person who eats all kinds of foods |
| omophagy19 | |
| omphalos15 | a scar where the umbilical cord was attached |
| onanisms10 | manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure |
| onanists8 | a person who practices masturbation |
| oncidium13 | any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants |
| oncogene11 | a gene that disposes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells |
| oncology14 | the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of tumors |
| oncoming13 | the beginning or early stages |
| ondogram12 | |
| oneriest8 | |
| onloaded10 | |
| onlooker12 | someone who looks on |
| onrushes11 | (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons) |
| onscreen10 | |
| onstream10 | |
| ontogeny12 | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level |
| ontology12 | (computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations |
| oogamete11 | |
| oogamies11 | |
| oogamous11 | |
| oogenies9 | |
| oogonial9 | |
| oogonium11 | |
| oolachan13 | |
| oologies9 | the branch of zoology that studies eggs (especially birds' eggs and their size, shape, coloration, and number) |
| oologist9 | |
| oomiacks16 | |
| oompahed16 | |
| oophytes16 | |
| oophytic18 | |
| oosperms12 | |
| oosphere13 | a gamete; used especially of lower plants |
| oospores10 | a thick-walled sexual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi |
| oosporic12 | |
| oothecae13 | |
| oothecal13 | |
| ooziness17 | |
| opalesce12 | reflect light or colors like an opal |
| opalines10 | |
| opaquely22 | in an opaque manner |
| opaquest19 | not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight |
| opaquing20 | |
| openable12 | |
| opencast12 | (of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface |
| openings11 | an open or empty space in or between things |
| openness10 | without obstructions to passage or view |
| openwork17 | ornamental work (such as embroidery or latticework) having a pattern of openings |
| operable12 | capable of being treated by surgical operation |
| operably15 | |
| operands11 | a quantity upon which a mathematical operation is performed |
| operants10 | |
| operated11 | direct or control; projects, businesses, etc. |
| operates10 | direct or control; projects, businesses, etc. |
| operatic12 | of or relating to or characteristic of opera |
| operator10 | (mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation |
| opercele12 | |
| opercula12 | a hard flap serving as a cover for (a) the gill slits in fishes or (b) the opening of the shell in certain gastropods when the body is retracted |
| opercule12 | |
| operetta10 | a short amusing opera |
| ophidian14 | limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous |
| opiating11 | |
| opinions10 | a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty |
| opiumism14 | |
| opossums12 | small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails |
| oppidans13 | |
| oppilant12 | |
| oppilate12 | |
| opponent12 | a contestant that you are matched against |
| opposers12 | someone who offers opposition |
| opposing13 | be against; express opposition to |
| opposite12 | a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other |
| oppugned14 | challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of |
| oppugner13 | |
| opsonify16 | |
| opsonins10 | an antibody in blood serum that attaches to invading microorganisms and other antigens to make them more susceptible to the action of phagocytes |
| opsonize19 | make (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes |
| optative13 | a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs |
| optician12 | a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision |
| opticist12 | |
| optimise12 | make optimal; get the most out of; use best |
| optimism14 | the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well |
| optimist12 | a person disposed to take a favorable view of things |
| optimize21 | make optimal; get the most out of; use best |
| optimums14 | most favorable conditions or greatest degree or amount possible under given circumstances |
| optional10 | possible but not necessary; left to personal choice |
| optioned11 | |
| optionee10 | |
| opulence12 | wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living |
| opulency15 | |
| opuntias10 | large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears |
| opuscula12 | |
| opuscule12 | |
| oquassas17 | |
| oracular10 | of or relating to an oracle |
| oralisms10 | |
| oralists8 | |
| orangery12 | a place where oranges are grown; a plantation of orange trees in warm climes or a greenhouse in cooler areas |
| orangier9 | |
| orangish12 | of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange |
| orations8 | an instance of oratory |
| oratorio8 | a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text |
| oratress8 | |
| orbitals10 | |
| orbiters10 | man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon |
| orbiting11 | move in an orbit |
| orchards14 | garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth |
| orchises13 | any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes |
| orchitic15 | |
| orchitis13 | inflammation of one or both testes; characterized by pain and swelling |
| orcinols10 | |
| ordained10 | order by virtue of superior authority; decree |
| ordainer9 | a cleric who ordains; a cleric who admits someone to holy orders |
| orderers9 | someone who places an order to buy |
| ordering10 | logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements |
| ordinals9 | the number designating place in an ordered sequence |
| ordinand10 | a person being ordained |
| ordinary12 | a judge of a probate court |
| ordinate9 | the value of a coordinate on the vertical axis |
| ordnance11 | military supplies |
| ordurous9 | |
| orective13 | |
| oreganos9 | aromatic Eurasian perennial |
| oreodont9 | |
| organdie10 | a sheer stiff muslin |
| organics11 | a fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter |
| organise9 | bring order and organization to |
| organism11 | a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently |
| organist9 | a person who plays an organ |
| organize18 | create (as an entity) |
| organons9 | a system of principles for philosophic or scientific investigations; an instrument for acquiring knowledge |
| organums11 | |
| organzas18 | a fabric made of silk or a silklike fabric that resembles organdy |
| orgasmed12 | |
| orgasmic13 | |
| orgastic11 | |
| orgiasts9 | |
| orgulous9 | |
| oribatid11 | |
| oriental8 | a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans) |
| oriented9 | be oriented |
| orienter8 | |
| orifices13 | an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity |
| origamis11 | the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds) |
| origanum11 | any of various fragrant aromatic herbs of the genus Origanum used as seasonings |
| original9 | an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made |
| orinasal8 | a speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels) |
| ornament10 | something used to beautify |
| ornately11 | in an ornate manner |
| ornerier8 | |
| ornithes11 | |
| ornithic13 | |
| orogenic11 | |
| orometer10 | |
| orphaned14 | deprive of parents |
| orphical15 | |
| orphisms15 | |
| orphreys16 | a richly embroidered edging on an ecclesiastical vestment |
| orpiment12 | a yellow mineral occurring in conjunction with realgar; an ore of arsenic |
| orreries8 | planetarium consisting of an apparatus that illustrates the relative positions and motions of bodies in the solar system by rotation and revolution of balls moved by wheelwork; sometimes incorporated in a clock |
| orthicon13 | a now obsolete picture pickup tube in a television camera; electrons emitted from a photoemissive surface in proportion to the intensity of the incident light are focused onto the target causing secondary emission of electrons |
| orthodox19 | of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism |
| orthoepy16 | the way a word or a language is customarily spoken |
| orthoses11 | |
| orthosis11 | |
| orthotic13 | |
| ortolans8 | brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy |
| oscinine10 | |
| oscitant10 | showing lack of attention or boredom |
| osculant10 | |
| osculate10 | be intermediate between two taxonomic groups |
| osmosing11 | |
| osmundas11 | |
| osnaburg11 | |
| ossature8 | |
| ossetras8 | |
| ossicles10 | a small bone; especially one in the middle ear |
| ossified12 | become bony |
| ossifier11 | |
| ossifies11 | become bony |
| osteitic10 | |
| osteitis8 | inflammation of a bone as a consequence of infection or trauma or degeneration |
| osteoids9 | |
| osteomas10 | a slow growing benign tumor of consisting of bone tissue; usually on the skull or mandible |
| osteoses8 | |
| osteosis8 | |
| ostinati8 | |
| ostinato8 | a musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition |
| ostiolar8 | |
| ostioles8 | a small pore especially one in the reproductive bodies of certain algae and fungi through which spores pass |
| ostmarks14 | |
| ostomate10 | |
| ostomies10 | surgical procedure that creates an artificial opening for the elimination of bodily wastes |
| ostracod11 | tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell |
| ostracon10 | |
| ostrakon12 | |
| otalgias9 | an ache localized in the middle or inner ear |
| otalgies9 | |
| otiosely11 | |
| otiosity11 | |
| otitides9 | |
| otitises8 | inflammation of the ear |
| otocysts13 | |
| otoliths11 | |
| otoscope12 | medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light; used for examining the external ear (the auditory meatus and especially the tympanic membrane) |
| otoscopy15 | |
| ototoxic17 | toxic to the organs of hearing or balance or to the auditory nerve |
| ottomans10 | a Turk (especially a Turk who is a member of the tribe of Osman I) |
| ouabains10 | |
| oughting13 | |
| ouguiyas12 | the basic unit of money in Mauritania |
| ouistiti8 | |
| outacted11 | |
| outadded11 | |
| outargue9 | |
| outasked13 | |
| outbacks16 | the bush country of the interior of Australia |
| outbaked15 | |
| outbakes14 | |
| outbarks14 | |
| outbawls13 | |
| outbeams12 | |
| outbitch15 | |
| outblaze19 | |
| outbleat10 | |
| outbless10 | |
| outbloom12 | |
| outbluff16 | |
| outblush13 | |
| outboard11 | a motorboat with an outboard motor |
| outboast10 | |
| outbound11 | that is going out or leaving |
| outboxed18 | |
| outboxes17 | |
| outbrags11 | |
| outbrave13 | resist bravely |
| outbrawl13 | |
| outbreak14 | a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition) |
| outbreed11 | |
| outbribe12 | |
| outbuild11 | |
| outbuilt10 | |
| outbulge11 | |
| outbulks14 | |
| outbully13 | |
| outburns10 | |
| outburnt10 | |
| outburst10 | an unrestrained expression of emotion |
| outcalls10 | make a higher bid than (the previous bid or player); in a card game |
| outcaper12 | |
| outcaste10 | a person belonging to no caste |
| outcasts10 | a person who is rejected (from society or home) |
| outcatch15 | |
| outcavil13 | |
| outcharm15 | |
| outcheat13 | |
| outchide14 | |
| outclass10 | cause to appear in a lower class |
| outclimb14 | |
| outclomb14 | |
| outcoach15 | |
| outcomes12 | something that results |
| outcooks14 | |
| outcount10 | |
| outcrawl13 | |
| outcried11 | shout louder than |
| outcries10 | a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition |
| outcrops12 | the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land |
| outcross10 | |
| outcrowd14 | |
| outcrows13 | |
| outcurse10 | |
| outcurve13 | |
| outdance11 | |
| outdared10 | |
| outdares9 | |
| outdated10 | old; no longer valid or fashionable |
| outdates9 | |
| outdodge11 | |
| outdoers9 | |
| outdoing10 | be or do something to a greater degree |
| outdoors9 | where the air is unconfined |
| outdrags10 | |
| outdrank13 | |
| outdrawn12 | draw a gun faster, or best someone in a gunfight |
| outdraws12 | draw a gun faster, or best someone in a gunfight |
| outdream11 | |
| outdress9 | |
| outdrink13 | |
| outdrive12 | |
| outdrops11 | |
| outdrove12 | |
| outdrunk13 | |
| outduels9 | |
| outearns8 | |
| outeaten8 | |
| outfable13 | |
| outfaced14 | overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring |
| outfaces13 | overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring |
| outfalls11 | the outlet of a river or drain or other source of water |
| outfasts11 | |
| outfawns14 | |
| outfeast11 | |
| outfeels11 | |
| outfence13 | |
| outfield12 | the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases |
| outfight15 | to fight better than; get the better of |
| outfinds12 | |
| outfired12 | |
| outfires11 | |
| outflank15 | go around the flank of (an opposing army) |
| outflies11 | |
| outfloat11 | |
| outflown14 | |
| outflows14 | the discharge of a fluid from some container |
| outfools11 | |
| outfoots11 | |
| outfound12 | |
| outfoxed19 | outdo someone in trickery |
| outfoxes18 | outdo someone in trickery |
| outfrown14 | |
| outgains9 | |
| outgazed19 | |
| outgazes18 | |
| outgiven12 | |
| outgives12 | |
| outglare9 | |
| outgleam11 | |
| outglows12 | |
| outgnawn12 | |
| outgnaws12 | |
| outgoing10 | be or do something to a greater degree |
| outgrins9 | |
| outgross9 | |
| outgroup11 | |
| outgrown12 | grow too large or too mature for |
| outgrows12 | grow too large or too mature for |
| outguess9 | attempt to anticipate or predict |
| outguide10 | |
| outhauls11 | |
| outheard12 | |
| outhears11 | |
| outhomer13 | |
| outhouse11 | a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate |
| outhowls14 | |
| outhumor13 | |
| outhunts11 | |
| outjumps19 | |
| outkeeps14 | |
| outkicks18 | |
| outkills12 | |
| outlands9 | |
| outlasts8 | live longer than |
| outlaugh12 | |
| outlawed12 | declare illegal; outlaw |
| outlawry14 | illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law |
| outleads9 | |
| outleaps10 | |
| outleapt10 | |
| outlearn8 | |
| outliers8 | a person who lives away from his place of work |
| outlined9 | describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of |
| outliner8 | |
| outlines8 | the line that appears to bound an object |
| outlived12 | live longer than |
| outliver11 | |
| outlives11 | live longer than |
| outlooks12 | a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations |
| outloved12 | |
| outloves11 | |
| outlying12 | relatively far from a center or middle |
| outmarch15 | march longer distances and for a longer time than |
| outmatch15 | be or do something to a greater degree |
| outmoded12 | make unfashionable, outdated, or obsolete |
| outmodes11 | make unfashionable, outdated, or obsolete |
| outmoved14 | |
| outmoves13 | |
| outpaced13 | surpass in speed |
| outpaces12 | surpass in speed |
| outpaint10 | |
| outpitch15 | |
| outplace12 | |
| outplans10 | |
| outplays13 | excel or defeat in a game |
| outplods11 | |
| outplots10 | |
| outpoint10 | sail closer to the wind than |
| outpolls10 | |
| outports10 | a subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port (but usually farther from the center of trade) |
| outposts10 | a station in a remote or sparsely populated location |
| outpours10 | |
| outpower13 | |
| outprays13 | |
| outpreen10 | |
| outpress10 | |
| outprice12 | |
| outpulls10 | |
| outpunch15 | |
| outpupil12 | |
| outquote17 | |
| outraced11 | |
| outraces10 | |
| outraged10 | strike with disgust or revulsion |
| outrages9 | a feeling of righteous anger |
| outraise8 | |
| outrance10 | |
| outrange9 | have a greater range than (another gun) |
| outranks12 | take precedence or surpass others in rank |
| outrated9 | |
| outrates8 | |
| outraved12 | |
| outraves11 | |
| outreach13 | the act of reaching out |
| outreads9 | |
| outrider9 | an escort who rides ahead (as a member of the vanguard) |
| outrides9 | hang on during a trial of endurance |
| outright12 | without reservation or exception |
| outrings9 | |
| outrival11 | be more of a rival than |
| outroars8 | roar louder than |
| outrocks14 | |
| outrolls8 | |
| outroots8 | |
| outrowed12 | |
| outsails8 | sail faster or better than |
| outsavor11 | |
| outscold11 | |
| outscoop12 | |
| outscore10 | score more points than one's opponents |
| outscorn10 | |
| outsells8 | be sold more often than other, similar products |
| outserts8 | |
| outserve11 | |
| outshame13 | |
| outshine11 | shine brighter than |
| outshone11 | shine brighter than |
| outshoot11 | |
| outshout11 | shout louder than |
| outsider9 | someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group |
| outsides9 | the region that is outside of something |
| outsight12 | |
| outsings9 | to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality |
| outsized18 | larger than normal for its kind |
| outsizes17 | an unusual garment size (especially one that is very large) |
| outskate12 | |
| outskirt12 | a part of the city far removed from the center |
| outsleep10 | |
| outslept10 | |
| outslick14 | |
| outsmart10 | beat through cleverness and wit |
| outsmell10 | |
| outsmelt10 | |
| outsmile10 | |
| outsmoke14 | |
| outsnore8 | |
| outsoars8 | |
| outsoles8 | the outer sole of a shoe or boot that is the bottom of the shoe and makes contact with the ground |
| outspans10 | remove the yoke or harness from |
| outspeak14 | |
| outspeed11 | |
| outspell10 | |
| outspelt10 | |
| outspend11 | |
| outspent10 | |
| outspoke14 | |
| outstand9 | |
| outstare8 | overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring |
| outstart8 | |
| outstate8 | |
| outstays11 | stay too long |
| outsteer8 | |
| outstood9 | |
| outstrip10 | be or do something to a greater degree |
| outstudy12 | |
| outstunt8 | |
| outsulks12 | |
| outsware11 | |
| outswear11 | |
| outsweep13 | |
| outswept13 | |
| outswims13 | |
| outswing12 | |
| outswore11 | |
| outsworn11 | |
| outswung12 | |
| outtakes12 | a scene that is filmed but is not used in the final editing of the film |
| outtalks12 | |
| outtasks12 | |
| outtells8 | |
| outthank15 | |
| outthink15 | |
| outthrew14 | |
| outthrob13 | |
| outthrow14 | |
| outtower11 | |
| outtrade9 | |
| outtrick14 | |
| outtrots8 | |
| outtrump12 | |
| outturns8 | what is produced in a given time period |
| outvalue11 | |
| outvaunt11 | |
| outvoice13 | |
| outvoted12 | defeat by a majority of votes |
| outvotes11 | defeat by a majority of votes |
| outvying15 | |
| outwaits11 | |
| outwalks15 | |
| outwards12 | toward the outside |
| outwaste11 | |
| outwatch16 | |
| outwears11 | last longer than others |
| outweary14 | |
| outweeps13 | |
| outweigh15 | be heavier than |
| outwhirl14 | |
| outwiled12 | |
| outwiles11 | |
| outwills11 | |
| outwinds12 | |
| outworks15 | subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main fortified area |
| outwrite11 | |
| outwrote11 | |
| outyells11 | |
| outyelps13 | |
| outyield12 | |
| ovalness11 | |
| ovariole11 | |
| ovaritis11 | inflammation of the ovaries |
| ovations11 | enthusiastic recognition (especially one accompanied by loud applause) |
| ovenbird14 | American warbler; builds a dome-shaped nest on the ground |
| ovenlike15 | |
| ovenware14 | heat-resistant dishware in which food can be cooked as well as served |
| overable13 | |
| overacts13 | exaggerate one's acting |
| overaged13 | too old to be useful; - Anthony Trollope |
| overages12 | a surplus or excess of money or merchandise that is actually on hand and that exceeds expectations |
| overalls11 | (usually plural) work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps) |
| overarch16 | be central or dominant |
| overarms13 | |
| overawed15 | subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats) |
| overawes14 | subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats) |
| overbake17 | |
| overbear13 | overcome |
| overbeat13 | |
| overbets13 | |
| overbids14 | a bid that is higher than preceding bids |
| overbill13 | |
| overbite13 | (dentistry) malocclusion in which the upper teeth extend abnormally far over the lower teeth |
| overblew16 | |
| overblow16 | |
| overboil13 | overflow or cause to overflow while boiling |
| overbold14 | improperly forward or bold |
| overbook17 | |
| overbore13 | overcome |
| overborn13 | |
| overbred14 | |
| overburn13 | |
| overbusy16 | too busy |
| overbuys16 | |
| overcall13 | (bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand) |
| overcame15 | win a victory over |
| overcast13 | the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds |
| overcoat13 | a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter |
| overcold14 | |
| overcome15 | win a victory over |
| overcook17 | cook too long |
| overcool13 | |
| overcram15 | |
| overcrop15 | to exhaust by excessive cultivation |
| overcure13 | |
| overcuts13 | |
| overdare12 | |
| overdear12 | |
| overdeck18 | |
| overdoer12 | |
| overdoes12 | do something to an excessive degree |
| overdogs13 | |
| overdone12 | do something to an excessive degree |
| overdose12 | dose too heavily |
| overdraw15 | draw more money from than is available |
| overdrew15 | draw more money from than is available |
| overdubs14 | |
| overdyed16 | |
| overdyer15 | |
| overdyes15 | |
| overeasy14 | |
| overeats11 | overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself |
| overedit12 | |
| overfast14 | |
| overfear14 | |
| overfeed15 | feed excessively |
| overfill14 | fill beyond capacity |
| overfish17 | |
| overflew17 | fly over |
| overflow17 | a large flow |
| overfond15 | excessively fond |
| overfoul14 | |
| overfree14 | |
| overfull14 | exceeding demand |
| overfund15 | |
| overgild13 | |
| overgilt12 | |
| overgird13 | |
| overgirt12 | |
| overglad13 | |
| overgoad13 | |
| overgrew15 | grow too large |
| overgrow15 | grow too large |
| overhand15 | with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level |
| overhang15 | projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else |
| overhard15 | |
| overhate14 | |
| overhaul14 | periodic maintenance on a car or machine |
| overhead15 | the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes |
| overheap16 | |
| overhear14 | hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers |
| overheat14 | get excessively and undesirably hot |
| overheld15 | |
| overhigh18 | |
| overhold15 | |
| overholy17 | |
| overhope16 | |
| overhung15 | project over |
| overhunt14 | |
| overhype19 | |
| overidle12 | |
| overjoys21 | cause to feel extremely joyful or happy |
| overjust18 | |
| overkeen15 | |
| overkill15 | the capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required |
| overkind16 | |
| overlade12 | |
| overlaid12 | put something on top of something else |
| overlain11 | lie upon; lie on top of |
| overland12 | traveling or passing over land |
| overlaps13 | a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena |
| overlate11 | |
| overlays14 | protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior |
| overleaf14 | on or to the other side of a page |
| overleap13 | defeat (oneself) by going too far |
| overlend12 | |
| overlent11 | |
| overlets11 | |
| overlewd15 | |
| overlies11 | lie upon; lie on top of |
| overlive14 | |
| overload12 | an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power |
| overlong12 | |
| overlook15 | a high place affording a good view |
| overlord12 | a person who has general authority over others |
| overloud12 | |
| overlove14 | |
| overlush14 | |
| overmans13 | |
| overmany16 | |
| overmeek17 | |
| overmelt13 | |
| overmild14 | |
| overmilk17 | |
| overmine13 | |
| overmuch18 | a quantity that is more than what is appropriate |
| overnear11 | |
| overneat11 | |
| overnice13 | excessively fastidious and easily disgusted |
| overpack19 | |
| overpaid14 | pay too much |
| overpass13 | bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels |
| overpast13 | |
| overpays16 | pay too much |
| overpert13 | |
| overplan13 | |
| overplay16 | exaggerate one's acting |
| overplot13 | |
| overplus13 | extreme excess |
| overpump17 | |
| overrank15 | |
| overrash14 | |
| overrate11 | make too high an estimate of |
| overrich16 | |
| override12 | a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device |
| overrife14 | |
| overripe13 | too ripe and beginning to turn soft |
| overrode12 | rule against |
| overrude12 | |
| overruff17 | |
| overrule11 | rule against |
| overruns11 | too much production or more than expected |
| oversale11 | |
| oversalt11 | |
| oversave14 | |
| overseas11 | in a foreign country |
| overseed12 | watch and direct |
| overseen11 | watch and direct |
| overseer11 | a person who directs and manages an organization |
| oversees11 | watch and direct |
| oversell11 | |
| oversets11 | |
| oversewn14 | sew (two edges) with close stitches that pass over them both |
| oversews14 | sew (two edges) with close stitches that pass over them both |
| overshoe14 | footwear that protects your shoes from water or snow or cold |
| overshot14 | shoot beyond or over (a target) |
| oversick17 | |
| overside12 | over the side of a boat |
| oversize20 | larger than normal for its kind |
| overslip13 | |
| overslow14 | |
| oversoak15 | |
| oversoft14 | |
| oversold12 | |
| oversoon11 | |
| oversoul11 | |
| overspin13 | |
| overstay14 | stay too long |
| overstep13 | pass beyond (limits or boundaries) |
| overstir11 | |
| oversuds12 | |
| oversups13 | |
| oversure11 | |
| overtake15 | catch up with and possibly overtake |
| overtalk15 | |
| overtame13 | |
| overtart11 | |
| overtask15 | |
| overthin14 | |
| overtime13 | work done in addition to regular working hours |
| overtips13 | |
| overtire11 | tire excessively |
| overtoil11 | |
| overtone11 | (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality |
| overtook15 | catch up with and possibly overtake |
| overtops13 | look down on |
| overtrim13 | |
| overture11 | orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio |
| overturn11 | the act of upsetting something |
| overurge12 | |
| overused12 | make use of too often or too extensively |
| overuses11 | exploitation to the point of diminishing returns |
| overview17 | a general summary of a subject |
| overvote14 | |
| overwarm16 | |
| overwary17 | |
| overweak18 | |
| overwear14 | |
| overween14 | |
| overwets14 | |
| overwide15 | |
| overwily17 | |
| overwind15 | |
| overwise14 | |
| overword15 | |
| overwore14 | |
| overwork18 | the act of working too much or too long |
| overworn14 | |
| overzeal20 | |
| ovicidal14 | |
| ovicides14 | |
| oviducal14 | |
| oviducts14 | either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus |
| oviposit13 | |
| ovoidals12 | |
| ovulated12 | produce and discharge eggs |
| ovulates11 | produce and discharge eggs |
| owlishly17 | in an owlish manner |
| oxalated16 | |
| oxalates15 | a salt or ester of oxalic acid |
| oxalises15 | any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis |
| oxazepam28 | a tranquilizing drug (trade name Serax) used to treat anxiety and insomnia and alcohol withdrawal |
| oxazines24 | |
| oxbloods18 | |
| oxhearts18 | any of several cultivated sweet cherries having sweet juicy heart-shaped fruits |
| oxidable18 | |
| oxidants16 | a substance that oxidizes another substance |
| oxidases16 | any of the enzymes that catalyze biological oxidation |
| oxidasic18 | |
| oxidated17 | enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide |
| oxidates16 | enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide |
| oxidised17 | add oxygen to or combine with oxygen |
| oxidiser16 | a substance that oxidizes another substance |
| oxidises16 | add oxygen to or combine with oxygen |
| oxidized26 | enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide |
| oxidizer25 | a substance that oxidizes another substance |
| oxidizes25 | enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide |
| oximeter17 | a measuring instrument that measures the oxygen in arterial blood |
| oximetry20 | |
| oxpecker23 | |
| oxtongue16 | widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States |
| oxyacids21 | any acid that contains oxygen |
| oxygenic21 | |
| oxymoron20 | conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence') |
| oxyphile23 | |
| oxyphils23 | |
| oxysalts18 | |
| oxysomes20 | |
| oxytocic22 | a drug that induces labor by stimulating contractions of the muscles of the uterus |
| oxytocin20 | hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk |
| oxytones18 | word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable |
| oystered12 | gather oysters, dig oysters |
| oysterer11 | |
| ozonated18 | |
| ozonates17 | |
| ozonides18 | any of a class of unstable chemical compounds resulting from the addition of ozone to a double bond in an unsaturated compound |
| ozonised18 | convert (oxygen) into ozone |
| ozonises17 | convert (oxygen) into ozone |
| ozonized27 | convert (oxygen) into ozone |
| ozonizer26 | |
| ozonizes26 | convert (oxygen) into ozone |
| Word | Definition |
| oakiest11 | |
| oaklike15 | |
| oakmoss13 | |
| oarfish13 | thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin |
| oarless7 | |
| oarlike11 | |
| oarlock13 | a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing |
| oarsman9 | someone who rows a boat |
| oarsmen9 | someone who rows a boat |
| oatcake13 | thin flat unleavened cake of baked oatmeal |
| oatlike11 | |
| oatmeal9 | porridge made of rolled oats |
| obconic13 | |
| obelias9 | |
| obelise9 | |
| obelisk13 | a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top |
| obelism11 | |
| obelize18 | |
| obentos9 | |
| obesely12 | |
| obesity12 | more than average fatness |
| obeyers12 | |
| obeying13 | be obedient to |
| obiisms11 | belief in a kind of sorcery that originated in Africa and is practiced in the West Indies |
| objects18 | a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow |
| oblasti9 | |
| oblasts9 | |
| oblates9 | a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life |
| obliged11 | force somebody to do something |
| obligee10 | |
| obliger10 | someone who performs a service or does a favor |
| obliges10 | force somebody to do something |
| obligor10 | |
| oblique18 | any grammatical case other than the nominative |
| oblongs10 | a plane figure that deviates from a square or circle due to elongation |
| obloquy21 | state of disgrace resulting from public abuse |
| oboists9 | a musician who plays the oboe |
| obovate12 | (of a leaf shape) egg-shaped with the narrower end at the base |
| obovoid13 | |
| obscene11 | designed to incite to indecency or lust; -Margaret Mead |
| obscure11 | make less visible or unclear |
| obsequy21 | |
| observe12 | discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of |
| obtains9 | come into possession of |
| obtests9 | |
| obtrude10 | push to thrust outward |
| obtunds10 | reduce the edge or violence of |
| obtuser9 | of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees |
| obverse12 | the more conspicuous of two alternatives or cases or sides |
| obverts12 | |
| obviate12 | do away with |
| obvious12 | easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind |
| ocarina9 | egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes |
| occiput13 | back part of the head or skull |
| occlude12 | block passage through |
| occults11 | supernatural forces and events and beings collectively |
| oceanic11 | an eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages |
| ocellar9 | |
| ocellus9 | an eye having a single lens |
| oceloid10 | |
| ocelots9 | nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat |
| ochered13 | |
| ochreae12 | |
| ochring13 | |
| ochroid13 | |
| ochrous12 | |
| ocicats11 | |
| ocreate9 | |
| octadic12 | |
| octagon10 | an eight-sided polygon |
| octanes9 | any isomeric saturated hydrocarbon found in petroleum and used as a fuel and solvent |
| octanol9 | |
| octants9 | a measuring instrument for measuring angles to a celestial body; similar to a sextant but with 45 degree calibration |
| octaval12 | |
| octaves12 | a feast day and the seven days following it |
| octavos12 | the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves |
| octette9 | eight performers or singers who perform together |
| octopod12 | a cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell |
| octopus11 | tentacles of octopus prepared as food |
| octrois9 | a tax on various goods brought into a town |
| octuple11 | having eight units or components |
| octuply14 | |
| oculars9 | combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments |
| oculist9 | a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses |
| odalisk12 | |
| oddball11 | a person with an unusual or odd personality |
| oddment11 | a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold |
| oddness9 | the parity of odd numbers (not divisible by two) |
| odonate8 | large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings |
| odorant8 | |
| odorful11 | |
| odorize17 | cause to smell or be smelly |
| odorous8 | having odor or a characteristic odor |
| odyssey14 | a long wandering and eventful journey |
| oedemas10 | swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities |
| oedipal10 | |
| oenomel9 | wine mixed with honey |
| oersted8 | the magnetic field strength 1 cm from a unit magnetic pole |
| oestrin7 | |
| oestrum9 | |
| oestrus7 | applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity |
| oeuvres10 | the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it) |
| offbeat15 | an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure) |
| offcast15 | |
| offcuts15 | |
| offence15 | the action of attacking an enemy |
| offends14 | cause to feel resentment or indignation |
| offense13 | a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others |
| offered14 | make available or accessible, provide or furnish |
| offerer13 | someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection |
| offeror13 | someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection |
| offhand17 | with little or no preparation or forethought |
| officer15 | any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command |
| offices15 | place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed |
| offings14 | the near or foreseeable future |
| offline13 | |
| offload14 | transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data |
| offramp17 | |
| offsets13 | the time at which something is supposed to begin |
| offside14 | (sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.) |
| oftener10 | more often or more frequently |
| ogdoads10 | the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one |
| oghamic15 | |
| ogreish11 | |
| ogreism10 | |
| ogrisms10 | |
| ohmages13 | the ohmic resistance of a conductor |
| oidioid9 | |
| oilbird10 | nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter |
| oilcamp13 | |
| oilcans9 | a can with a long nozzle to apply oil to machinery |
| oilcups11 | |
| oilhole10 | |
| oiliest7 | containing an unusual amount of grease or oil |
| oilseed8 | any of several seeds that yield oil |
| oilskin11 | a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof |
| oilways13 | |
| oinking12 | utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs |
| oinomel9 | |
| okaying15 | give sanction to |
| oldness8 | the opposite of youngness |
| oldster8 | an elderly person |
| oldwife14 | tropical Atlantic fish |
| oleates7 | |
| olefine10 | any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon |
| olefins10 | any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon |
| oleines7 | |
| olestra7 | |
| olicook13 | |
| olingos8 | |
| olivary13 | |
| olivine10 | a mineral consisting of magnesium iron silicate; a source of magnesium |
| ologies8 | an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge |
| ologist8 | |
| oloroso7 | |
| omelets9 | beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly |
| omening10 | indicate by signs |
| omental9 | |
| omentum11 | a fold of peritoneum supporting the viscera |
| omicron11 | the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet |
| omikron13 | |
| ominous9 | threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments |
| omitted10 | prevent from being included or considered or accepted |
| omitter9 | |
| omnibus11 | an anthology of articles on a related subject or an anthology of the works of a single author |
| omnific14 | |
| omphali14 | |
| onagers8 | an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles |
| onanism9 | manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure |
| onanist7 | a person who practices masturbation |
| onboard10 | |
| onefold11 | |
| oneiric9 | of or relating to or suggestive of dreams |
| oneness7 | the quality of being united into one |
| onerier7 | |
| onerous7 | not easily borne; wearing |
| oneself10 | |
| onetime9 | belonging to some prior time |
| ongoing9 | currently happening |
| onloads8 | |
| onshore10 | (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land |
| onstage8 | situated or taking place on the area of a stage visible to the audience |
| onwards11 | in a forward direction |
| oocysts12 | |
| oocytes12 | a female gametocyte that develops into an ovum after two meiotic divisions |
| oodlins8 | |
| oogonia8 | |
| oolites7 | |
| ooliths10 | |
| oolitic9 | |
| oologic10 | |
| oolongs8 | Chinese tea leaves that have been partially fermented before being dried |
| oomiack15 | |
| oomiacs11 | |
| oomiaks13 | |
| oompahs14 | |
| oophyte15 | |
| ooralis7 | |
| oosperm11 | |
| oospore9 | a thick-walled sexual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi |
| ootheca12 | |
| ooziest16 | leaking out slowly |
| opacify17 | make opaque |
| opacity14 | the phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation |
| opaline9 | having a play of lustrous rainbow colors |
| opaqued19 | |
| opaquer18 | not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight |
| opaques18 | |
| openers9 | the first event in a series |
| openest9 | affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed |
| opening10 | an open or empty space in or between things |
| operand10 | a quantity upon which a mathematical operation is performed |
| operant9 | having influence or producing an effect |
| operate9 | direct or control; projects, businesses, etc. |
| operons9 | a segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including structural genes and an operator gene and a regulatory gene |
| operose9 | characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort |
| ophites12 | |
| ophitic14 | |
| opiated10 | |
| opiates9 | a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative |
| opining10 | express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation |
| opinion9 | a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty |
| opioids10 | |
| opossum11 | small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails |
| oppidan12 | |
| opposed12 | be against; express opposition to |
| opposer11 | someone who offers opposition |
| opposes11 | be against; express opposition to |
| oppress11 | come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority |
| oppugns12 | challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of |
| opsonic11 | |
| opsonin9 | an antibody in blood serum that attaches to invading microorganisms and other antigens to make them more susceptible to the action of phagocytes |
| optical11 | of or relating to or involving light or optics |
| optimal11 | most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied |
| optimes11 | |
| optimum13 | most favorable conditions or greatest degree or amount possible under given circumstances |
| options9 | the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited |
| opulent9 | rich and superior in quality |
| opuntia9 | large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears |
| oquassa16 | |
| oraches12 | any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes |
| oracles9 | an authoritative person who divines the future |
| oralism9 | |
| oralist7 | |
| orality10 | |
| oranges8 | round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees |
| orangey11 | |
| orating8 | talk pompously |
| oration7 | an instance of oratory |
| orators7 | a person who delivers a speech or oration |
| oratory10 | addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous) |
| oratrix14 | |
| orbiest9 | |
| orbital9 | of or relating to an orbit |
| orbited10 | move in an orbit |
| orbiter9 | man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon |
| orbless9 | |
| orceins9 | |
| orchard13 | garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth |
| orchids13 | any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors |
| orchils12 | a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens |
| orcinol9 | |
| ordains8 | order by virtue of superior authority; decree |
| ordeals8 | a severe or trying experience |
| ordered9 | give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority |
| orderer8 | someone who places an order to buy |
| orderly11 | a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer |
| ordinal8 | the number designating place in an ordered sequence |
| ordines8 | |
| ordures8 | solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels |
| orectic11 | |
| oregano8 | aromatic Eurasian perennial |
| oreides8 | alloy of copper and tin and zinc; used in imitation gold jewelry |
| orfrays13 | |
| organdy12 | a sheer stiff muslin |
| organic10 | a fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter |
| organon8 | a system of principles for philosophic or scientific investigations; an instrument for acquiring knowledge |
| organum10 | |
| organza17 | a fabric made of silk or a silklike fabric that resembles organdy |
| orgasms10 | the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse |
| orgeats8 | |
| orgiast8 | |
| orgones8 | |
| orients7 | the countries of Asia |
| orifice12 | an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity |
| origami10 | the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds) |
| origans8 | |
| origins8 | the place where something begins, where it springs into being |
| orioles7 | mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black |
| orishas10 | |
| orisons7 | reverent petition to a deity |
| ormolus9 | brass that looks like gold; used to decorate furniture |
| orogeny11 | the process of mountain formation (especially by the upward displacement of the earth's crust) |
| oroides8 | alloy of copper and tin and zinc; used in imitation gold jewelry |
| orology11 | the science of mountains |
| orotund8 | ostentatiously lofty in style |
| orphans12 | a child who has lost both parents |
| orphism14 | |
| orphrey15 | a richly embroidered edging on an ecclesiastical vestment |
| orpines9 | perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers |
| orrices9 | |
| orrises7 | German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome |
| ortolan7 | brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy |
| oscines9 | two names for the suborder of typical songbirds |
| oscular9 | |
| oscules9 | |
| osculum11 | |
| osetras7 | |
| osiered8 | |
| osmatic11 | |
| osmious9 | |
| osmiums11 | a hard brittle blue-grey or blue-black metallic element that is one of the platinum metals; the heaviest metal known |
| osmolal9 | |
| osmolar9 | |
| osmoles9 | |
| osmosed10 | |
| osmoses9 | |
| osmosis9 | (biology, chemistry) diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower concentration until the concentration on both sides is equal |
| osmotic11 | of or relating to osmosis |
| osmunda10 | |
| osmunds10 | any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters |
| ospreys12 | large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years |
| osseins7 | |
| osseous7 | composed of or containing bone |
| ossetra7 | |
| ossicle9 | a small bone; especially one in the middle ear |
| ossific12 | |
| ossuary10 | any receptacle for the burial of human bones |
| osteoid8 | |
| osteoma9 | a slow growing benign tumor of consisting of bone tissue; usually on the skull or mandible |
| ostiary10 | the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church |
| ostiole7 | a small pore especially one in the reproductive bodies of certain algae and fungi through which spores pass |
| ostlers7 | someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses |
| ostmark13 | |
| ostoses7 | |
| ostosis7 | |
| ostraca9 | |
| ostraka11 | |
| ostrich12 | a person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand) |
| otalgia8 | an ache localized in the middle or inner ear |
| otalgic10 | |
| otocyst12 | |
| otolith10 | |
| otology11 | the branch of medicine concerned with the ear |
| ottavas10 | |
| ottoman9 | a Turk (especially a Turk who is a member of the tribe of Osman I) |
| ouabain9 | |
| ouching13 | |
| oughted12 | |
| ouguiya11 | the basic unit of money in Mauritania |
| ourangs8 | |
| ouraris7 | |
| ourebis9 | |
| ourself10 | |
| ousters7 | a person who ousts or supplants someone else |
| ousting8 | the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out |
| outacts9 | |
| outadds9 | |
| outages8 | the amount of something (as whiskey or oil) lost in storage or transportation |
| outasks11 | |
| outback15 | the bush country of the interior of Australia |
| outbake13 | |
| outbark13 | |
| outbawl12 | |
| outbeam11 | |
| outbegs10 | |
| outbids10 | bid over an opponent's bid when one's partner has not bid or doubled |
| outbrag10 | |
| outbred10 | bred of parents not closely related; having parents of different classes or tribes |
| outbulk13 | |
| outburn9 | |
| outbuys12 | |
| outcall9 | make a higher bid than (the previous bid or player); in a card game |
| outcast9 | a person who is rejected (from society or home) |
| outchid13 | |
| outcity12 | |
| outcome11 | something that results |
| outcook13 | |
| outcrop11 | the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land |
| outcrow12 | |
| outdare8 | |
| outdate8 | |
| outdoer8 | |
| outdoes8 | be or do something to a greater degree |
| outdone8 | be or do something to a greater degree |
| outdoor8 | located, suited for, or taking place in the open air |
| outdrag9 | |
| outdraw11 | draw a gun faster, or best someone in a gunfight |
| outdrew11 | draw a gun faster, or best someone in a gunfight |
| outdrop10 | |
| outduel8 | |
| outearn7 | |
| outeats7 | |
| outecho12 | |
| outface12 | overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring |
| outfall10 | the outlet of a river or drain or other source of water |
| outfast10 | |
| outfawn13 | |
| outfeel10 | |
| outfelt10 | |
| outfind11 | |
| outfire10 | |
| outfish13 | |
| outfits10 | any cohesive unit such as a military company |
| outflew13 | |
| outflow13 | the discharge of a fluid from some container |
| outfool10 | |
| outfoot10 | |
| outgain8 | |
| outgave11 | |
| outgaze17 | |
| outgive11 | |
| outglow11 | |
| outgnaw11 | |
| outgoes8 | be or do something to a greater degree |
| outgone8 | be or do something to a greater degree |
| outgrew11 | grow too large or too mature for |
| outgrin8 | |
| outgrow11 | grow too large or too mature for |
| outguns8 | |
| outgush11 | |
| outhaul10 | |
| outhear10 | |
| outhits10 | |
| outhowl13 | |
| outhunt10 |