Nouns

nympholepsy

noun

a frenzy of emotion; as for something unattainable

nympholept

noun

a person seized by nympholepsy

nynorsk

noun

one of two official languages of Norway; based on rural dial...

nystatin

noun

an antifungal and antibiotic (trade names Mycostatin and Nys...

nyx

noun

(Greek mythology) Greek goddess of the night; daughter of Ch...

o

noun

the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B an...

o'connor

noun

United States writer (1925-1964)

o'casey

noun

Irish playwright (1880-1964)

o'hara

noun

United States writer (1905-1970)

o'keeffe

noun

United States painter (1887-1986)

o'neill

noun

United States playwright (1888-1953)

oarfish

noun

thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a re...

oarlock

noun

a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oa...

oast

noun

a kiln for drying hops

oatcake

noun

thin flat unleavened cake of baked oatmeal

obbligato

noun

a persistent but subordinate motif

obeche

noun

large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves...

obligato

noun

a persistent but subordinate motif

obloquy

noun

state of disgrace resulting from public abuse

oboist

noun

a musician who plays the oboe

obsequy

noun

a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated

obsoleteness

noun

the property of being out of date and not current

obstruent

noun

a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete bloc...

obtention

noun

the act of obtaining

obtrusiveness

noun

an unwelcome conspicuousness

ocarina

noun

egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and...

occidentalism

noun

the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Weste...

occiput

noun

back part of the head or skull

occlusive

noun

a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some poi...

occultation

noun

one celestial body obscures another

oceanica

noun

a large group of islands in the south Pacific including Mela...

oceanid

noun

(Greek mythology) sea nymph who was a daughter of Oceanus an...

ocellus

noun

an eye having a single lens

ockham

noun

English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's...

ocotillo

noun

desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having...

octad

noun

the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one

octameter

noun

a verse line having eight metrical feet

octant

noun

a measuring instrument for measuring angles to a celestial b...

octavo

noun

the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet o...

octillion

noun

the number that is represented as a one followed by 27 zeros

octonary

noun

the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one

octopod

noun

a cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell

octoroon

noun

an offspring of a quadroon and a white parent; a person who...

octosyllable

noun

a verse line having eight syllables or a poem of octosyllabi...

octroi

noun

a tax on various goods brought into a town

oculomotor

noun

supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye

oculus

noun

the organ of sight

oddment

noun

a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been u...

odets

noun

United States playwright (1906-1963)

odium

noun

hate coupled with disgust