English to English Dictionary

Owl-like

Resembling an owl in appearance, behavior, or sound, such as having large round eyes or making a hooting noise.

Ownable

Capable of being owned, possessed, or legally claimed as private property.

Owner-operator

A person who owns and operates their own business, particularly a commercial truck driver who owns and drives their own semi-truck.

Oxalate

A salt or ester of oxalic acid, commonly found in many plants and capable of forming insoluble precipitates with calcium.

Oxymoron

A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

Oysteresis

The phenomenon in which the value of a physical property lags behind changes in the effect causing it.

obstetrics

The branch of medicine and surgery concerned with childbirth and the care of women giving birth.

organ-stop

A component of a pipe organ that controls a particular set of pipes of the same timbre, operated by a knob or lever.

ornamentation

Things added to something to provide decoration; the act or process of ornamenting.

orthodoxy

Authorized or generally accepted theory, doctrine, or practice.

ostracism

Exclusion from a society, group, or privilege.