Nouns
Words that name people, places, things, or ideas
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odiousness
noun
the quality of being offensive
odoacer
noun
Germanic barbarian leader who ended the Western Roman Empire...
odontiasis
noun
the eruption through the gums of baby teeth
odontalgia
noun
an ache localized in or around a tooth
oenomel
noun
wine mixed with honey
oestradiol
noun
the most powerful female hormone that occurs naturally; synt...
oestriol
noun
a naturally occurring estrogenic hormone; a synthetic form i...
oestrus
noun
type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies
oestrone
noun
a naturally occurring weak estrogenic hormone secreted by th...
officeholder
noun
someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who hol...
officialese
noun
the style of writing characteristic of some government offic...
officiant
noun
a clergyman who officiates at a religious ceremony or servic...
officiousness
noun
aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yours...
offprint
noun
a separately printed article that originally appeared in a l...
ogee
noun
a molding that (in section) has the shape of an S with the c...
ogdoad
noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
ogive
noun
front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket...
ohmage
noun
the ohmic resistance of a conductor
ohmmeter
noun
a meter for measuring electrical resistance in ohms
oilbird
noun
nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty...
oilcan
noun
a can with a long nozzle to apply oil to machinery
oilfield
noun
a region rich in petroleum deposits (especially one with pro...
oilfish
noun
very large deep-water snake mackerel
oilseed
noun
any of several seeds that yield oil
oilstone
noun
a whetstone for use with oil
oireachtas
noun
the parliament of the Irish Republic
ojibway
noun
a member of an Algonquian people who lived west of Lake Supe...
okapi
noun
similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck an...
oldwife
noun
a common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the U...
olea
noun
evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits
oleaginousness
noun
consisting of or covered with oil
oleaster
noun
any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-w...
olefin
noun
any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon
olecranon
noun
process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow a...
olefine
noun
any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon
olein
noun
a naturally occurring glyceride of oleic acid that is found...
oleo
noun
a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a subs...
oleomargarine
noun
a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a subs...
oleoresin
noun
a naturally occurring mixture of a resin and an essential oi...
olfaction
noun
the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
olibanum
noun
an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East...
oligocene
noun
from 40 million to 25 million years ago; appearance of saber...
oligochaeta
noun
earthworms
oligochaete
noun
hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having brist...
oligoclase
noun
any of a series of triclinic feldspars that form rocks
oligopoly
noun
(economics) a market in which control over the supply of a c...
oligosaccharide
noun
any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharid...
oliguria
noun
abnormally small production of urine; can be a symptom of ki...
olivine
noun
a mineral consisting of magnesium iron silicate; a source of...
olmsted
noun
United States landscape architect primarily responsible for...