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...