ORIN

Name Report For First Name ORIN:

First name ORIN's origin is Hebrew. ORIN means "tree". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with ORIN below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of orin.(Brown names are of the same origin (Hebrew) with ORIN and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with ORIN - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming ORIN

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES OR�N AS A WHOLE:

corinna dorinda clorinda orino corina dorina lorineus corineus dorin sorin corinne dorine florinda florinia lorinda victorina zorina corin florinio lorin torin victorino florin loring florina victorine sorina sorine

NAMES RHYMING WITH OR�N (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (rin) - Names That Ends with rin:

camarin ihrin guerin cerin codrin quirin airrin aubrin brin farin farrin kamrin karrin kerin kerrin krin lorrin mairin marin morrin tarin aldrin berrin corrin darin darrin derrin jarin jerrin orrin perrin severin sevrin tarrin terrin aherin irin erin lohengrin dorrin garin garrin caitrin

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (in) - Names That Ends with in:

fatin yasmin brengwain maolmin delbin kristin adin gin ixcatzin tepin tlazohtzin xochicotzin yoltzin zeltzin adwin akin alafin din kayin yerodin abbudin abdul-muhaimin aladdin amin husain mazin muhsin yasin agravain alain custennin erbin mabonagrain pheredin taliesin tortain txomin zadornin fiamain rivalin ashlin garvin quentin bain banain bealantin coinleain giollanaebhin guin nevin slevin constantin nopaltzin ollin tepiltzin zolin alin

NAMES RHYMING WITH OR�N (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (ori) - Names That Begins with ori:

ori oria oriana orianna orick oriel orik orion oris orithyia

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (or) - Names That Begins with or:

ora orabel orabelle orah orahamm oralee orali oralie oram oran orane oratun orbart orbert ord ordalf ordella ordland ordman ordmund ordsone ordwald ordway ordwin ordwine ordwyn orea oreias orelia oren orenda oreste orestes orford orghlaith orguelleuse orham orla orlaith orlaithe orlan orland orlando orlee orlege orlena orlene orlin orlina orlondo orman ormazd ormeman ormemund ormod ormond ormund ornah orneet ornet ornetta ornette oro orpah orpheus orquidea orquidia orran orren orri orrick orrik orsen orson orthros orton ortun ortygia ortzi orva orval orvelle orvil orville orvin orvyn orwald orwel orzora orzsebet

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH OR�N:

First Names which starts with 'o' and ends with 'n':

o'brian o'brien oakden octavian ocvran odanodan odelyn odhran odin odion odon odran ogden ogdon ogilhinn ogin oisin oldwin oldwyn olwen olwyn olwynn omran ophion osborn osburn osman osmin ossian osten oswin othman othmann othomann ourson owain owen owin owyn oxnatun oxton

English Words Rhyming ORIN

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES OR�N AS A WHOLE:

accessoriness

noun (n.) The state of being accessory, or connected subordinately.

adoring

noun (imp. & p. p. Adored (/); p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adore

anchoring

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anchor

autopsorin

noun (n.) That which is given under the doctrine of administering a patient's own virus.

bassorin

noun (n.) A constituent part of a species of gum from Bassora, as also of gum tragacanth and some gum resins. It is one of the amyloses.

belaboring

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belabor

biforine

noun (n.) An oval sac or cell, found in the leaves of certain plants of the order Araceae. It has an opening at each end through which raphides, generated inside, are discharged.

boring	noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bore
	noun (n.) The act or process of one who, or that which, bores; as, the boring of cannon; the boring of piles and ship timbers by certain marine mollusks.
	noun (n.) A hole made by boring.
	noun (n.) The chips or fragments made by boring.

banjorine

noun (n.) A kind of banjo, with a short neck, tuned a fourth higher than the common banjo; -- popularly so called.

castorin

noun (n.) A white crystalline substance obtained from castoreum.

chlorinating

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chlorinate

chlorination

noun (n.) The act or process of subjecting anything to the action of chlorine; especially, a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas.

chlorine

noun (n.) One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air, of an intensely disagreeable suffocating odor, and exceedingly poisonous. It is abundant in nature, the most important compound being common salt. It is powerful oxidizing, bleaching, and disinfecting agent. Symbol Cl. Atomic weight, 35.4.

chlorocruorin

noun (n.) A green substance, supposed to be the cause of the green color of the blood in some species of worms.

choring

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chore

clamoring

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clamor

coloring	noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Color
	noun (n.) The act of applying color to; also, that which produces color.
	noun (n.) Change of appearance as by addition of color; appearance; show; disguise; misrepresentation.

contradictoriness

noun (n.) The quality of being contradictory; opposition; inconsistency.

coring

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Core

corindon

noun (n.) See Corrundum.

corinne

noun (n.) The common gazelle (Gazella dorcas). See Gazelle.

corinth	noun (n.) A city of Greece, famed for its luxury and extravagance.
	noun (n.) A small fruit; a currant.

corinthiac

adjective (a.) Pertaining to Corinth.

corinthian	noun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Corinth.
	noun (n.) A gay, licentious person.
	noun (n.) A man of fashion given to pleasuring or sport; a fashionable man about town; esp., a man of means who drives his own horse, sails his own yacht, or the like.
	adjective (a.) Of or relating to Corinth.
	adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Corinthian order of architecture, invented by the Greeks, but more commonly used by the Romans.
	adjective (a.) Debauched in character or practice; impure.
	adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to an amateur sailor or yachtsman; as, a corinthian race (one in which the contesting yachts must be manned by amateurs.)

cruorin

noun (n.) The coloring matter of the blood in the living animal; haemoglobin.

cursoriness

noun (n.) The quality of being cursory; superficial performance; as, cursoriness of view.

chokeboring

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chokebore

deploring

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deplore

derogatoriness

noun (n.) Quality of being derogatory.

desultoriness

noun (n.) The quality of being desultory or without order or method; unconnectedness.

dilatoriness

noun (n.) The quality of being dilatory; lateness; slowness; tardiness; sluggishness.

discoloring

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discolor

disfavoring

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disfavor

dishonoring

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dishonor

doctoring

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Doctor

dooring

noun (n.) The frame of a door.

elleborin

noun (n.) See Helleborin.

enamoring

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enamor

encoring

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encore

encorporing

noun (n.) Incorporation.

endeavoring

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Endeavor

euchlorine

noun (n.) A yellow or greenish yellow gas, first prepared by Davy, evolved from potassium chlorate and hydrochloric acid. It is supposed to consist of chlorine tetroxide with some free chlorine.

eupatorin eupatorine

noun (n.) A principle or mixture of principles extracted from various species of Eupatorium.

explanatoriness

noun (n.) The quality of being explanatory.

exploring

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Explore

eploring

adjective (a.) Employed in, or designed for, exploration.

extemporiness

noun (n.) The quality of being done or devised extempore

factoring	noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Factor
	noun (n.) The act of resolving into factors.

favoring	noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Favor
	adjective (a.) That favors.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH OR�N (According to last letters):

Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (rin) - English Words That Ends with rin:

achroodextrin

noun (n.) Dextrin not colorable by iodine. See Dextrin.

alizarin

noun (n.) A coloring principle, C14H6O2(OH)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially from anthracene. It produces the Turkish reds.

antiarin

noun (n.) A poisonous principle obtained from antiar.

aurin

noun (n.) A red coloring matter derived from phenol; -- called also, in commerce, yellow corallin.

aspirin

noun (n.) A white crystalline compound of acetyl and salicylic acid used as a drug for the salicylic acid liberated from it in the intestines.

brin

noun (n.) One of the radiating sticks of a fan. The outermost are larger and longer, and are called panaches.

brompicrin

noun (n.) A pungent colorless explosive liquid, CNO2Br3, analogous to and resembling chlorpicrin.

burin	noun (n.) The cutting tool of an engraver on metal, used in line engraving. It is made of tempered steel, one end being ground off obliquely so as to produce a sharp point, and the other end inserted in a handle; a graver; also, the similarly shaped tool used by workers in marble.
	noun (n.) The manner or style of execution of an engraver; as, a soft burin; a brilliant burin.

butyrin

noun (n.) A butyrate of glycerin; a fat contained in small quantity in milk, which helps to give to butter its peculiar flavor.

bacterin

noun (n.) A bacterial vaccine.

cerebrin

noun (n.) A nonphosphorized, nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertain whether it exists as such in nerve tissue, or is a product of the decomposition of some more complex substance.

cerin	noun (n.) A waxy substance extracted by alcohol or ether from cork; sometimes applied also to the portion of beeswax which is soluble in alcohol.
	noun (n.) A variety of the mineral allanite.

cetrarin

noun (n.) A white substance extracted from the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetraria Islandica). It consists of several ingredients, among which is cetraric acid, a white, crystalline, bitter substance.

chagrin	noun (n.) Vexation; mortification.
	noun (n.) To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify; as, he was not a little chagrined.
	adjective (a.) Chagrined.
	verb (v. i.) To be vexed or annoyed.

chanfrin

noun (n.) The fore part of a horse's head.

chlorhydrin

noun (n.) One of a class of compounds formed from certain polybasic alcohols (and especially glycerin) by the substitution of chlorine for one or more hydroxyl groups.

chlorpicrin

noun (n.) A heavy, colorless liquid, CCl3.NO2, of a strong pungent odor, obtained by subjecting picric acid to the action of chlorine.

cholesterin

noun (n.) A white, fatty, crystalline substance, tasteless and odorless, found in animal and plant products and tissue, and especially in nerve tissue, in the bile, and in gallstones.

chondrin

noun (n.) A colorless, amorphous, nitrogenous substance, tasteless and odorless, formed from cartilaginous tissue by long-continued action of boiling water. It is similar to gelatin, and is a large ingredient of commercial gelatin.

chrysaurin

noun (n.) An orange-colored dyestuff, of artificial production.

coniferin

noun (n.) A glucoside extracted from the cambium layer of coniferous trees as a white crystalline substance.

convallamarin

noun (n.) A white, crystalline, poisonous substance, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from the lily of the valley (Convallaria Majalis). Its taste is first bitter, then sweet.

convallarin

noun (n.) A white, crystalline glucoside, of an irritating taste, extracted from the convallaria or lily of the valley.

coumarin

noun (n.) The concrete essence of the tonka bean, the fruit of Dipterix (formerly Coumarouna) odorata and consisting essentially of coumarin proper, which is a white crystalline substance, C9H6O2, of vanilla-like odor, regarded as an anhydride of coumaric acid, and used in flavoring. Coumarin in also made artificially.

culverin

noun (n.) A long cannon of the 16th century, usually an 18-pounder with serpent-shaped handles.

demiculverin

noun (n.) A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from nine to thirteen pounds.

dextrin

noun (n.) A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained from starch by the action of heat, acids, or diastase. It is of somewhat variable composition, containing several carbohydrates which change easily to their respective varieties of sugar. It is so named from its rotating the plane of polarization to the right; -- called also British gum, Alsace gum, gommelin, leiocome, etc. See Achroodextrin, and Erythrodextrin.

dulcamarin

noun (n.) A glucoside extracted from the bittersweet (Solanum Dulcamara), as a yellow amorphous substance. It probably occasions the compound taste. See Bittersweet, 3(a).

eburin

noun (n.) A composition of dust of ivory or of bone with a cement; -- used for imitations of valuable stones and in making moldings, seals, etc.

elytrin

noun (n.) See Chitin.

erin

noun (n.) An early, and now a poetic, name of Ireland.

erythrin

noun (n.) Alt. of Erythrine

erythrodextrin

noun (n.) A dextrin which gives a red color with iodine. See Dextrin.

etherin

noun (n.) A white, crystalline hydrocarbon, regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, obtained in heavy oil of wine, the residue left after making ether; -- formerly called also concrete oil of wine.

fibrin	noun (n.) A white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in the coagulation of the blood either by decomposition of fibrinogen, or from the union of fibrinogen and paraglobulin which exist separately in the blood. It is insoluble in water, but is readily digestible in gastric and pancreatic juice.
	noun (n.) The white, albuminous mass remaining after washing lean beef or other meat with water until all coloring matter is removed; the fibrous portion of the muscle tissue; flesh fibrin.
	noun (n.) An albuminous body, resembling animal fibrin in composition, found in cereal grains and similar seeds; vegetable fibrin.

fiorin

noun (n.) A species of creeping bent grass (Agrostis alba); -- called also fiorin grass.

florin

noun (n.) A silver coin of Florence, first struck in the twelfth century, and noted for its beauty. The name is given to different coins in different countries. The florin of England, first minted in 1849, is worth two shillings, or about 48 cents; the florin of the Netherlands, about 40 cents; of Austria, about 36 cents.

gentiopikrin

noun (n.) A bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside, and obtained from the gentian.

glairin

noun (n.) A glairy viscous substance, which forms on the surface of certain mineral waters, or covers the sides of their inclosures; -- called also baregin.

glycerin

noun (n.) Alt. of Glycerine

gorgerin

noun (n.) In some columns, that part of the capital between the termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or the space between two neck moldings; -- called also neck of the capital, and hypotrachelium. See Illust. of Column.

grin	noun (n.) A snare; a gin.
	noun (n.) The act of closing the teeth and showing them, or of withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth; a hard, forced, or sneering smile.
	verb (v. i.) To show the teeth, as a dog; to snarl.
	verb (v. i.) To set the teeth together and open the lips, or to open the mouth and withdraw the lips from the teeth, so as to show them, as in laughter, scorn, or pain.
	verb (v. t.) To express by grinning.

haematoporphyrin

noun (n.) See Haematoin.

helleborin

noun (n.) A poisonous glucoside found in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a sharp tingling taste. It possesses the essential virtues of the plant; -- called also elleborin.

homocerebrin

noun (n.) A body similar to, or identical with, cerebrin.

iodhydrin

noun (n.) One of a series of compounds containing iodine, and analogous to the chlorhydrins.

iodothyrin

noun (n.) A peculiar substance obtained from the thyroid gland, containing from nine to ten per cent of iodine.

juniperin

noun (n.) A yellow amorphous substance extracted from juniper berries.

korin

noun (n.) The gazelle.

laurin

noun (n.) A white crystalline substance extracted from the fruit of the bay (Laurus nobilis), and consisting of a complex mixture of glycerin ethers of several organic acids.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH OR�N (According to first letters):

Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (ori) - Words That Begins with ori:

oricalche

noun (n.) See Orichalch.

orichalceous

adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, orichalch; having a color or luster like that of brass.

orichalch

noun (n.) A metallic substance, resembling gold in color, but inferior in value; a mixed metal of the ancients, resembling brass; -- called also aurichalcum, orichalcum, etc.

oriel	noun (n.) A gallery for minstrels.
	noun (n.) A small apartment next a hall, where certain persons were accustomed to dine; a sort of recess.
	noun (n.) A bay window. See Bay window.

oriency

noun (n.) Brightness or strength of color.

orient	noun (n.) The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.
	noun (n.) The countries of Asia or the East.
	noun (n.) A pearl of great luster.
	adjective (a.) Rising, as the sun.
	adjective (a.) Eastern; oriental.
	adjective (a.) Bright; lustrous; superior; pure; perfect; pellucid; -- used of gems and also figuratively, because the most perfect jewels are found in the East.
	verb (v. t.) To define the position of, in relation to the orient or east; hence, to ascertain the bearings of.
	verb (v. t.) Fig.: To correct or set right by recurring to first principles; to arrange in order; to orientate.
	verb (v. t.) Same as Orientate, 2.
	verb (v. t.) To place (a map or chart) so that its east side, north side, etc., lie toward the corresponding parts of the horizon;
	verb (v. t.) to rotate (a map attached to a plane table) until the line of direction between any two of its points is parallel to the corresponding direction in nature.

oriental	noun (n.) A native or inhabitant of the Orient or some Eastern part of the world; an Asiatic.
	noun (n.) Eastern Christians of the Greek rite.
	adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned with the East or Orientalism; -- opposed to occidental; as, Oriental countries.

orientalism	noun (n.) Any system, doctrine, custom, expression, etc., peculiar to Oriental people.
	noun (n.) Knowledge or use of Oriental languages, history, literature, etc.

orientalist	noun (n.) An inhabitant of the Eastern parts of the world; an Oriental.
	noun (n.) One versed in Eastern languages, literature, etc.; as, the Paris Congress of Orientalists.

orientality

noun (n.) The quality or state of being oriental or eastern.

orientalizing

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Orientalize

orientating

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Orientate

orientation	noun (n.) The act or process of orientating; determination of the points of the compass, or the east point, in taking bearings.
	noun (n.) The tendency of a revolving body, when suspended in a certain way, to bring the axis of rotation into parallelism with the earth's axis.
	noun (n.) An aspect or fronting to the east; especially (Arch.), the placing of a church so that the chancel, containing the altar toward which the congregation fronts in worship, will be on the east end.
	noun (n.) Fig.: A return to first principles; an orderly arrangement.

orientness

noun (n.) The quality or state of being orient or bright; splendor.

orifice

noun (n.) A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound.

oriflamb

noun (n.) Alt. of Oriflamme

oriflamme	noun (n.) The ancient royal standard of France.
	noun (n.) A standard or ensign, in battle.

origan

noun (n.) Alt. of Origanum

origanum

noun (n.) A genus of aromatic labiate plants, including the sweet marjoram (O. Marjorana) and the wild marjoram (O. vulgare).

origenism

noun (n.) The opinions of Origen of Alexandria, who lived in the 3d century, one of the most learned of the Greek Fathers. Prominent in his teaching was the doctrine that all created beings, including Satan, will ultimately be saved.

origenist

noun (n.) A follower of Origen of Alexandria.

origin	noun (n.) The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.
	noun (n.) That from which anything primarily proceeds; the fountain; the spring; the cause; the occasion.
	noun (n.) The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion.

originable

adjective (a.) Capable of being originated.

original	noun (n.) Origin; commencement; source.
	noun (n.) That which precedes all others of its class; archetype; first copy; hence, an original work of art, manuscript, text, and the like, as distinguished from a copy, translation, etc.
	noun (n.) An original thinker or writer; an originator.
	noun (n.) A person of marked eccentricity.
	noun (n.) The natural or wild species from which a domesticated or cultivated variety has been derived; as, the wolf is thought by some to be the original of the dog, the blackthorn the original of the plum.
	adjective (a.) Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as, the original state of man; the original laws of a country; the original inventor of a process.
	adjective (a.) Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original process; the original text of Scripture.
	adjective (a.) Having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; inventive; as, an original genius.
	adjective (a.) Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter.

originalist

noun (n.) One who is original.

originality

noun (n.) The quality or state of being original.

originalness

noun (n.) The quality of being original; originality.

originant

adjective (a.) Originating; original.

originary	adjective (a.) Causing existence; productive.
	adjective (a.) Primitive; primary; original.

originating

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Originate

origination	noun (n.) The act or process of bringing or coming into existence; first production.
	noun (n.) Mode of production, or bringing into being.

originative

adjective (a.) Having power, or tending, to originate, or bring into existence; originating.

originator

noun (n.) One who originates.

orillon

noun (n.) A semicircular projection made at the shoulder of a bastion for the purpose of covering the retired flank, -- found in old fortresses.

oriol

noun (n.) See Oriel.

oriole	noun (n.) Any one of various species of Old World singing birds of the family Oriolidae. They are usually conspicuously colored with yellow and black. The European or golden oriole (Oriolus galbula, or O. oriolus) has a very musical flutelike note.
	noun (n.) In America, any one of several species of the genus Icterus, belonging to the family Icteridae. See Baltimore oriole, and Orchard oriole, under Orchard.

orion

noun (n.) A large and bright constellation on the equator, between the stars Aldebaran and Sirius. It contains a remarkable nebula visible to the naked eye.

oriskany

adjective (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, certain beds, chiefly limestone, characteristic of the latest period of the Silurian age.

orismological

adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to orismology.

orismology

noun (n.) That departament of natural history which treats of technical terms.

orison

noun (n.) A prayer; a supplication.

orisont

noun (n.) Horizon.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH OR�N:

English Words which starts with 'o' and ends with 'n':

oaken

adjective (a.) Made or consisting of oaks or of the wood of oaks.

oarsman

noun (n.) One who uses, or is skilled in the use of, an oar; a rower.

oaten	adjective (a.) Consisting of an oat straw or stem; as, an oaten pipe.
	adjective (a.) Made of oatmeal; as, oaten cakes.

obdormition

noun (n.) Sleep.

obduction

noun (n.) The act of drawing or laying over, as a covering.

obduration

noun (n.) A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart.

obelion

noun (n.) The region of the skull between the two parietal foramina where the closure of the sagittal suture usually begins.

oberon

noun (n.) The king of the fairies, and husband of Titania or Queen Mab.

oberration

noun (n.) A wandering about.

obfirmation

noun (n.) Hardness of heart; obduracy.

obfuscation

noun (n.) The act of darkening or bewildering; the state of being darkened.

objection	noun (n.) The act of objecting; as, to prevent agreement, or action, by objection.
	noun (n.) That which is, or may be, presented in opposition; an adverse reason or argument; a reason for objecting; obstacle; impediment; as, I have no objection to going; unreasonable objections.
	noun (n.) Cause of trouble; sorrow.

objectivation

noun (n.) Converting into an object.

objuration

noun (n.) A binding by oath.

objurgation

noun (n.) The act of objurgating; reproof.

oblation	noun (n.) The act of offering, or of making an offering.
	noun (n.) Anything offered or presented in worship or sacred service; an offering; a sacrifice.
	noun (n.) A gift or contribution made to a church, as for the expenses of the eucharist, or for the support of the clergy and the poor.

oblatration

noun (n.) The act of oblatrating; a barking or snarling.

oblectation

noun (n.) The act of pleasing highly; the state of being greatly pleased; delight.

obligation	noun (n.) The act of obligating.
	noun (n.) That which obligates or constrains; the binding power of a promise, contract, oath, or vow, or of law; that which constitutes legal or moral duty.
	noun (n.) Any act by which a person becomes bound to do something to or for anouther, or to forbear something; external duties imposed by law, promise, or contract, by the relations of society, or by courtesy, kindness, etc.
	noun (n.) The state of being obligated or bound; the state of being indebted for an act of favor or kindness; as, to place others under obligations to one.
	noun (n.) A bond with a condition annexed, and a penalty for nonfulfillment. In a larger sense, it is an acknowledgment of a duty to pay a certain sum or do a certain things.

obliquation	noun (n.) The act of becoming oblique; a turning to one side; obliquity; as, the obliquation of the eyes.
	noun (n.) Deviation from moral rectitude.

obliteration

noun (n.) The act of obliterating, or the state of being obliterated; extinction.

oblivion	noun (n.) The act of forgetting, or the state of being forgotten; cessation of remembrance; forgetfulness.
	noun (n.) Official ignoring of offenses; amnesty, or general pardon; as, an act of oblivion.

obluctation

noun (n.) A struggle against; resistance; opposition.

obreption	noun (n.) The act of creeping upon with secrecy or by surprise.
	noun (n.) The obtaining gifts of escheat by fraud or surprise.

obsecration	noun (n.) The act of obsecrating or imploring; as, the obsecrations of the Litany, being those clauses beginning with "By."
	noun (n.) A figure of speech in which the orator implores the assistance of God or man.

observation	noun (n.) The act or the faculty of observing or taking notice; the act of seeing, or of fixing the mind upon, anything.
	noun (n.) The result of an act, or of acts, of observing; view; reflection; conclusion; judgment.
	noun (n.) Hence: An expression of an opinion or judgment upon what one has observed; a remark.
	noun (n.) Performance of what is prescribed; adherence in practice; observance.
	noun (n.) The act of recognizing and noting some fact or occurrence in nature, as an aurora, a corona, or the structure of an animal.
	noun (n.) Specifically, the act of measuring, with suitable instruments, some magnitude, as the time of an occultation, with a clock; the right ascension of a star, with a transit instrument and clock; the sun's altitude, or the distance of the moon from a star, with a sextant; the temperature, with a thermometer, etc.
	noun (n.) The information so acquired.

obsession	noun (n.) The act of besieging.
	noun (n.) The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a person beset by a spirit from without.

obsidian

noun (n.) A kind of glass produced by volcanoes. It is usually of a black color, and opaque, except in thin splinters.

obsigillation

noun (n.) A sealing up.

obsignation

noun (n.) The act of sealing or ratifying; the state of being sealed or confirmed; confirmation, as by the Holy Spirit.

obstetrication

noun (n.) The act of assisting as a midwife; delivery.

obstetrician

noun (n.) One skilled in obstetrics; an accoucheur.

obstination

noun (n.) Obstinacy; stubbornness.

obstipation	noun (n.) The act of stopping up, as a passage.
	noun (n.) Extreme constipation.

obstriction

noun (n.) The state of being constrained, bound, or obliged; that which constrains or obliges; obligation; bond.

obstruction	noun (n.) The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
	noun (n.) That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an impediment; a hindrance.
	noun (n.) The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.

obstupefaction

noun (n.) See Stupefaction.

obtenebration

noun (n.) The act of darkening; the state of being darkened; darkness.

obtension

noun (n.) The act of obtending.

obtestation

noun (n.) The act of obtesting; supplication; protestation.

obtrectation

noun (n.) Slander; detraction; calumny.

obtruncation

noun (n.) The act of lopping or cutting off.

obtrusion	noun (n.) The act of obtruding; a thrusting upon others by force or unsolicited; as, the obtrusion of crude opinions on the world.
	noun (n.) That which is obtruded.

obturation

noun (n.) The act of stopping up, or closing, an opening.

obtusion	noun (n.) The act or process of making obtuse or blunt.
	noun (n.) The state of being dulled or blunted; as, the obtusion of the senses.

obumbration

noun (n.) Act of darkening or obscuring.

obvention

noun (n.) The act of happening incidentally; that which happens casually; an incidental advantage; an occasional offering.

obversion	noun (n.) The act of turning toward or downward.
	noun (n.) The act of immediate inference, by which we deny the opposite of anything which has been affirmed; as, all men are mortal; then, by obversion, no men are immortal. This is also described as "immediate inference by privative conception."

obviation

noun (n.) The act of obviating, or the state of being obviated.

occasion	noun (n.) A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident.
	noun (n.) A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance; convenience.
	noun (n.) An occurrence or condition of affairs which brings with it some unlooked-for event; that which incidentally brings to pass an event, without being its efficient cause or sufficient reason; accidental or incidental cause.
	noun (n.) Need; exigency; requirement; necessity; as, I have no occasion for firearms.
	noun (n.) A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
	verb (v. t.) To give occasion to; to cause; to produce; to induce; as, to occasion anxiety.

occecation

noun (n.) The act of making blind, or the state of being blind.

occision

noun (n.) A killing; the act of killing.

occlusion	noun (n.) The act of occluding, or the state of being occluded.
	noun (n.) The transient approximation of the edges of a natural opening; imperforation.

occultation	noun (n.) The hiding of a heavenly body from sight by the intervention of some other of the heavenly bodies; -- applied especially to eclipses of stars and planets by the moon, and to the eclipses of satellites of planets by their primaries.
	noun (n.) Fig.: The state of being occult.

occupation	noun (n.) The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant.
	noun (n.) That which occupies or engages the time and attention; the principal business of one's life; vocation; employment; calling; trade.

occursion

noun (n.) A meeting; a clash; a collision.

ocean	noun (n.) The whole body of salt water which covers more than three fifths of the surface of the globe; -- called also the sea, or great sea.
	noun (n.) One of the large bodies of water into which the great ocean is regarded as divided, as the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic oceans.
	noun (n.) An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an ocean of affairs.
	adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean waves; an ocean stream.

octaemeron

noun (n.) A fast of eight days before a great festival.

octagon	noun (n.) A plane figure of eight sides and eight angles.
	noun (n.) Any structure (as a fortification) or place with eight sides or angles.

octahedron

noun (n.) A solid bounded by eight faces. The regular octahedron is contained by eight equal equilateral triangles.

octandrian

adjective (a.) Alt. of Octandrous

octaroon

noun (n.) See Octoroon.

octillion

noun (n.) According to the French method of numeration (which method is followed also in the United States) the number expressed by a unit with twenty-seven ciphers annexed. According to the English method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-eight ciphers annexed. See Numeration.

octogenarian

noun (n.) A person eighty years, or more, of age.

octogynian

adjective (a.) Alt. of Octogynous

octoroon

noun (n.) The offspring of a quadroon and a white person; a mestee.

ocypodian

noun (n.) One of a tribe of crabs which live in holes in the sand along the seashore, and run very rapidly, -- whence the name.

odeon

noun (n.) A kind of theater in ancient Greece, smaller than the dramatic theater and roofed over, in which poets and musicians submitted their works to the approval of the public, and contended for prizes; -- hence, in modern usage, the name of a hall for musical or dramatic performances.

odin

noun (n.) The supreme deity of the Scandinavians; -- the same as Woden, of the German tribes.

oenocyan

noun (n.) The coloring matter of red wines.

oestrian	noun (n.) A gadfly.
	adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the gadflies.

oestruation

noun (n.) The state of being under oestrual influence, or of having sexual desire.

offension

noun (n.) Assault; attack.

often	adjective (a.) Frequent; common; repeated.
	adverb (adv.) Frequently; many times; not seldom.

ogganition

noun (n.) Snarling; grumbling.

ogygian

adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Ogyges, a mythical king of ancient Attica, or to a great deluge in Attica in his days; hence, primeval; of obscure antiquity.

oilman

noun (n.) One who deals in oils; formerly, one who dealt in oils and pickles.

oilskin

noun (n.) Cloth made waterproof by oil.

olden	adjective (a.) Old; ancient; as, the olden time.
	verb (v. i.) To grow old; to age.

oleamen

noun (n.) A soft ointment prepared from oil.

olecranon

noun (n.) The large process at the proximal end of the ulna which projects behind the articulation with the humerus and forms the bony prominence of the elbow.

olein

noun (n.) A fat, liquid at ordinary temperatures, but solidifying at temperatures below 0� C., found abundantly in both the animal and vegetable kingdoms (see Palmitin). It dissolves solid fats, especially at 30-40� C. Chemically, olein is a glyceride of oleic acid; and, as three molecules of the acid are united to one molecule of glyceryl to form the fat, it is technically known as triolein. It is also called elain.

oleoresin	noun (n.) A natural mixture of a terebinthinate oil and a resin.
	noun (n.) A liquid or semiliquid preparation extracted (as from capsicum, cubebs, or ginger) by means of ether, and consisting of fixed or volatile oil holding resin in solution.

olfaction

noun (n.) The sense by which the impressions made on the olfactory organs by the odorous particles in the atmosphere are perceived.

oliban

noun (n.) See Olibanum.

oliverian

noun (n.) An adherent of Oliver Cromwell.

olivin

noun (n.) A complex bitter gum, found on the leaves of the olive tree; -- called also olivite.

olympian	adjective (a.) Alt. of Olympic
	() Alt. of games

omen	noun (n.) An occurrence supposed to portend, or show the character of, some future event; any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing; a foreboding; a presage; an augury.
	verb (v. t.) To divine or to foreshow by signs or portents; to have omens or premonitions regarding; to predict; to augur; as, to omen ill of an enterprise.

omination

noun (n.) The act of ominating; presaging.

omission	noun (n.) The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.
	noun (n.) That which is omitted or is left undone.

oneration

noun (n.) The act of loading.

onion

noun (n.) A liliaceous plant of the genus Allium (A. cepa), having a strong-flavored bulb and long hollow leaves; also, its bulbous root, much used as an article of food. The name is often extended to other species of the genus.

onocerin

noun (n.) A white crystalline waxy substance extracted from the root of the leguminous plant Ononis spinosa.

onomasticon

noun (n.) A collection of names and terms; a dictionary; specif., a collection of Greek names, with explanatory notes, made by Julius Pollux about A.D.180.

oon

adjective (a.) One.

open	noun (n.) Open or unobstructed space; clear land, without trees or obstructions; open ocean; open water.
	adjective (a.) Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures or objects; as, open houses, boxes, baskets, bottles, etc.; also, to means of communication or approach by water or land; as, an open harbor or roadstead.
	adjective (a.) Free to be used, enjoyed, visited, or the like; not private; public; unrestricted in use; as, an open library, museum, court, or other assembly; liable to the approach, trespass, or attack of any one; unprotected; exposed.
	adjective (a.) Free or cleared of obstruction to progress or to view; accessible; as, an open tract; the open sea.
	adjective (a.) Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended; expanded; as, an open hand; open arms; an open flower; an open prospect.
	adjective (a.) Without reserve or false pretense; sincere; characterized by sincerity; unfeigned; frank; also, generous; liberal; bounteous; -- applied to personal appearance, or character, and to the expression of thought and feeling, etc.
	adjective (a.) Not concealed or secret; not hidden or disguised; exposed to view or to knowledge; revealed; apparent; as, open schemes or plans; open shame or guilt.
	adjective (a.) Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing water ways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; -- used of the weather or the climate; as, an open season; an open winter.
	adjective (a.) Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration; as, an open account; an open question; to keep an offer or opportunity open.
	adjective (a.) Free; disengaged; unappropriated; as, to keep a day open for any purpose; to be open for an engagement.
	adjective (a.) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; -- said of vowels; as, the an far is open as compared with the a in say.
	adjective (a.) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure, as in uttering s.
	adjective (a.) Not closed or stopped with the finger; -- said of the string of an instrument, as of a violin, when it is allowed to vibrate throughout its whole length.
	adjective (a.) Produced by an open string; as, an open tone.
	verb (v. t.) To make or set open; to render free of access; to unclose; to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or covering from; as, to open a door; to open a box; to open a room; to open a letter.
	verb (v. t.) To spread; to expand; as, to open the hand.
	verb (v. t.) To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.
	verb (v. t.) To make known; to discover; also, to render available or accessible for settlements, trade, etc.
	verb (v. t.) To enter upon; to begin; as, to open a discussion; to open fire upon an enemy; to open trade, or correspondence; to open a case in court, or a meeting.
	verb (v. t.) To loosen or make less compact; as, to open matted cotton by separating the fibers.
	verb (v. i.) To unclose; to form a hole, breach, or gap; to be unclosed; to be parted.
	verb (v. i.) To expand; to spread out; to be disclosed; as, the harbor opened to our view.
	verb (v. i.) To begin; to commence; as, the stock opened at par; the battery opened upon the enemy.
	verb (v. i.) To bark on scent or view of the game.

operation	noun (n.) The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
	noun (n.) The method of working; mode of action.
	noun (n.) That which is operated or accomplished; an effect brought about in accordance with a definite plan; as, military or naval operations.
	noun (n.) Effect produced; influence.
	noun (n.) Something to be done; some transformation to be made upon quantities, the transformation being indicated either by rules or symbols.
	noun (n.) Any methodical action of the hand, or of the hand with instruments, on the human body, to produce a curative or remedial effect, as in amputation, etc.

ophidian	noun (n.) One of the Ophidia; a snake or serpent.
	adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ophidia; belonging to serpents.

ophidion

noun (n.) The typical genus of ophidioid fishes. [Written also Ophidium.] See Illust. under Ophidioid.

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