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- NUNCIATUREThe status or rank of a nuncio (diplomatic representative of the Roman Catholic Church).
- NUNCIOThe ecclesiastic title of a permanent diplomatic representative of the Roman Catholic Church to a sovereign state or international organization, who is accorded a rank equivalent t
- NUPTIALOf or pertaining to wedding and marriage.
- NURSEA person involved in providing direct care for the sick: Anyone performing this role, regardless of training or profession.
- NURTUREThe act of nourishing or nursing; tender care
- NUTATIONA bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body.
- NUTMEGAn evergreen tree (Myristica fragrans) cultivated in the East Indies for its spicy seeds.
- NUTRIAThe coypu, Myocastor coypus.
- NUTRIENTA source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.
- NUTRITIVEOf or pertaining to nutrition.
- OBDUCTIONThe act of drawing or laying over, as a covering.
- OBDURATEStubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.
- OBDURATIONA hardening of the heart; hardness of heart.
- OBEDIENCEThe quality of being obedient.
- OBEDIENTWilling to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority; biddable.
- OBEDIENTIALOf or related to obedience; or obedient.
- OBEISANCEDemonstration of an obedient attitude, especially by bowing deeply; a deep bow which demonstrates such an attitude.
- OBESEExtremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their conventionally ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass
- OBESITYThe state of being obese.
- OBEYTo do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
- OBFUSCATETo make dark; to overshadow.
- OBFUSCATIONThe act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to inte
- OBITThe death of a person.
- OBITERIncidentally; in passing.
- OBJECTIONThe act of objecting.
- OBJECTIVEOf or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.
- OBJECTORA person who objects to something.
- OBJURATIONThe act of objuring; a firm binding by oath.
- OBJURGATIONA strong rebuke or scolding.
- OBLATEA person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of an order without religious vows or a lay member of a religious community.
- OBLATIONThe offering of worship, thanks etc. to a deity.
- OBLIGATETo bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral tie.
- OBLIGATORYImposing obligation, legally, morally, or otherwise; binding; mandatory.
- OBLIGETo constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
- OBLIQUATIONThe act of becoming oblique; a turning to one side
- OBLIQUENot erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base.
- OBLIQUITYThe quality of being oblique in direction, deviating from the horizontal or vertical; or the angle created by such a deviation.
- OBLITERATETo destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
- OBLIVIONThe state of forgetting completely, of being oblivious, unconscious, unaware, as when sleeping, drunk, or dead.
- OBLIVIOUSLacking awareness; unmindful; unaware, unconscious of.
- OBLONGHaving a length and width that are different; not square or circular.
- OBLOQUYAbusive language.
- OBREPTIONThe act of creeping upon with secrecy or by surprise.
- OBSCENITYSomething that is obscene.
- OBSCURANTActing or tending to confound, obfuscate, or obscure.
- OBSCURATIONThe state of being obscured.
- OBSCURITYDarkness; the absence of light.
- OBSEQUENTObedient; submissive; obsequious.
- OBSEQUYThe last office for the dead.
- OBSERVANCEThe practice of complying with a law, custom, command or rule.
- OBSERVATIONThe act of observing, and the fact of being observed (see observance)
- OBSIDIANA type of naturally occurring black glass produced by volcanoes.
- OBSIDIONALPertaining to a siege.
- OBSIGNTo seal; to confirm, as by a seal or stamp.
- OBSOLESCETo become or be rendered obsolete; to undergo obsolescence.
- OBSOLESCENTIn the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet.
- OBSOLETENo longer in use or no longer useful; now disused or neglected (often in favour of something newer, better, or more fashionable); outmoded.
- OBSTACLESomething that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress, either physically or figuratively
- OBSTETRICOf or relating to obstetrics (the care of women during and after pregnancy).
- OBSTINATEStubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.
- OBSTRICTIONThe state of being constrained, bound, obliged, or obligated.
- OBSTRUCTTo block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. block.
- OBSTRUCTIONThe act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
- OBTAINTo get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.
- OBTEMPERATETo obey, comply or submit to. [with direct object]
- OBTRUDETo proffer (something) by force; to impose (something) on someone or into some area.
- OBTUNDTo reduce the edge or effects of; to mitigate; to dull.
- OBVERSETurned or facing toward the observer.
- OBVERSIONThe act of turning toward or downward.
- OBVIATETo anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.
- OBVIATIONThe act of obviating; deterrence or prevention.
- OBVIOUSEasily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.
- OBVOLUTEoverlapping; contorted; convoluted
- OCCIPUTThe back part of the head or skull.
- OCCLUSIONThe process of occluding, or something that occludes.
- OCCULTTo cover or hide from view.
- OCCUPANTA person who occupies an office or a position.
- OCELLATEDOf, pertaining to, resembling or having an ocellus.
- OCELLUSA simple eye consisting of a single lens and a small number of sensory cells.
- OCHREAAlternative form of ocrea.
- OCREAA sheath around a plant stem forming from the stipule of a leaf and extending above the point of insertion of the leaf.
- OCTANGULAROctagonal, with eight angles.
- OCTANTThe eighth part of a circle; an arc of 45 degrees.
- OCTAVEAn interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch frequency.
- OCTAVOA sheet of paper 7 to 10 inches (= 17.78 to 25.4 cm) high and 4.5 to 6 inches (= 11.43 to 15.24 cm) wide, the size varying with the large original sheet used to create it. It is ma
- OCTOFIDCleft or separated into eight segments.
- OCTOGENARYOf or related to the number 80, particularly
- OCTONARYOf eighth rank or order.
- OCTOPIplural of octopus
- OCTROIA privilege granted by the sovereign authority, such as the exclusive right of trade granted to a guild or society; a concession.
- OCULAROf, or relating to the eye, or the sense of sight
- OCULATEHaving a good sight, sharp-eyed.
- OCULISTAn eye doctor; an ophthalmologist or optometrist.
- OCULUSA window or other opening that has an oval or circular shape (as of an eye). The central boss of a volute. An opening at the apex of a dome.
- ODEUMAlternative form of odeon.
- ODIOUSArousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.
- ODORAny smell, whether fragrant or offensive.
- OENOMELA beverage made of wine and honey.
- OENOMELSA beverage made of wine and honey.
- OESTRUMA biting insect; a gadfly or botfly.