Name Report For First Name OLA:
OLA
First name OLA's origin is Hawaiian. OLA means "life; well-being". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with OLA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of ola.(Brown names are of the same origin (Hawaiian) with OLA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with OLA - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming OLA
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES OLA AS A WHOLE:
adeola fayola fola hola olabisi marjolaine yolanda jolan karola anatola idola iola iolanthe neola aolani iolana agnola leola paola volante bolaji xola zola ektolaf zoolal polak olaf nicolaas sabola caolabhuinn mikolas nicholas amapola amitola astolat carola carolan carolann carolanne carrola consolacion consolata enola finola hiolair jola jolanka kekiokolanee lola lola-jo maiolaine maola marjolaina molara olathe rolande solaina solaine solana yolande yolanthe beolagh caolaidhe caolan dolan faolan keola molan nickolai nickolas nickolaus nicolai nikolas nikolaus nolan noland olamide scolaighe tolan nicolae nocholaus siolat mikolaus toland iolanda theola iolantha rolanda yolanth solange nicola winola guennola nola sativola colan roland rolando nicolasNAMES RHYMING WITH OLA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (la) - Names That Ends with la:
layla nangila ndila ramla sela adila cala najla donella alula bela ludmila pavla svetla laila arabella sybylla akila jamila alala eustella onella pamela panphila phila philomela scylla suadela thecla alaula akela kaikala keala lahela makala adiella leela bella borbala gisella akshamala apala behula kamala lajila mahila shitala upala agnella gabriella isabella natala adsila fala kimimela malila posala sitala soyala takala zitkala angela costela gabriela imanuela ionela izabela mihaela mirela paula petronela stela teofila viorela ludmilla addula abdalla fela jela lusala wanjala ala' osla connla matsimela cingeswiella attila aala abella adela adella aghavilla aila akeila alayla amabella amala anabella anjanella annabellaNAMES RHYMING WITH OLA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (ol) - Names That Begins with ol:
oldwin oldwina oldwyn ole oleda oleisia olena oles oleta oletha olexa olga oliana olimpia olina olinda oline oliphant olis olita olive oliver oliveria oliverio oliverios olivia olivier ollaneg ollin olney olufemi olwen olwyn olwynn olya olympe olympiaNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH OLA:
First Names which starts with 'o' and ends with 'a':
o'shea oana oba obelia ocelfa octa octavia octha oda odakota odanda odeda odeletta odelia odelina odelinda odella odelyna odessa odiana odila odilia odra odysseia offa ofra ogaleesha oifa okhmhaka okimma okpara oksana oma omayda omusa ona onawa onida onora oona opalina ophelia ophra oppida ora ordella orea orelia orenda oria oriana orianna orithyia orla orlena orlina ornetta orquidea orquidia ortygia orva orzora osana osberga osburga osra otha othma otka ottavia otthilda ottila ottilia otylia ovadya oxa oya ozannaEnglish Words Rhyming OLA
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES OLA AS A WHOLE:
| accolade | noun (n.) A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting am embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword. |
| noun (n.) A brace used to join two or more staves. |
| aculeolate | adjective (a.) Having small prickles or sharp points. |
| agricolation | noun (n.) Agriculture. |
| alcoholate | noun (n.) A crystallizable compound of a salt with alcohol, in which the latter plays a part analogous to that of water of crystallization. |
| alcoholature | noun (n.) An alcoholic tincture prepared with fresh plants. |
| altivolant | adjective (a.) Flying high. |
| alveolar | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets. |
| adjective (a.) Articulated with the tip of the tongue pressing against the alveolar processes of the upper front teeth. |
| alveolary | adjective (a.) Alveolar. |
| alveolate | adjective (a.) Deeply pitted, like a honeycomb. |
| ametabola | noun (n. pl.) A group of insects which do not undergo any metamorphosis. |
| angelolatry | noun (n.) Worship paid to angels. |
| angola | noun (n.) A fabric made from the wool of the Angora goat. |
| anthropolatry | noun (n.) Man worship. |
| antisolar | adjective (a.) Opposite to the sun; -- said of the point in the heavens 180¡ distant from the sun. |
| apolar | adjective (a.) Having no radiating processes; -- applied particularly to certain nerve cells. |
| apolaustic | adjective (a.) Devoted to enjoyment. |
| apostolate | noun (n.) The dignity, office, or mission, of an apostle; apostleship. |
| noun (n.) The dignity or office of the pope, as the holder of the apostolic see. |
| areola | noun (n.) An interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the fibers composing organs or vessels that interlace; or as between the nervures of an insect's wing. |
| noun (n.) The colored ring around the nipple, or around a vesicle or pustule. |
| areolar | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or like, an areola; filled with interstices or areolae. |
| areolate | adjective (a.) Alt. of Areolated |
| areolated | adjective (a.) Divided into small spaces or areolations, as the wings of insects, the leaves of plants, or the receptacle of compound flowers. |
| areolation | noun (n.) Division into areolae. |
| noun (n.) Any small space, bounded by some part different in color or structure, as the spaces bounded by the nervures of the wings of insects, or those by the veins of leaves; an areola. |
| ariolation | noun (n.) A soothsaying; a foretelling. |
| astrolabe | noun (n.) An instrument for observing or showing the positions of the stars. It is now disused. |
| noun (n.) A stereographic projection of the sphere on the plane of a great circle, as the equator, or a meridian; a planisphere. |
| astrolater | noun (n.) A worshiper of the stars. |
| astrolatry | noun (n.) The worship of the stars. |
| aureola | noun (n.) Alt. of Aureole |
| autolatry | noun (n.) Self-worship. |
| avolation | noun (n.) The act of flying; flight; evaporation. |
| bengola | noun (n.) A Bengal light. |
| bibliolater | noun (n.) Alt. of Bibliolatrist |
| bibliolatrist | noun (n.) A worshiper of books; especially, a worshiper of the Bible; a believer in its verbal inspiration. |
| bibliolatry | noun (n.) Book worship, esp. of the Bible; -- applied by Roman Catholic divines to the exaltation of the authority of the Bible over that of the pope or the church, and by Protestants to an excessive regard to the letter of the Scriptures. |
| bibliopolar | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the sale of books. |
| bifoliolate | adjective (a.) Having two leaflets, as some compound leaves. |
| binucleolate | adjective (a.) Having two nucleoli. |
| bipolar | adjective (a.) Doubly polar; having two poles; as, a bipolar cell or corpuscle. |
| bipolarity | noun (n.) Bipolar quality. |
| bolar | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to bole or clay; partaking of the nature and qualities of bole; clayey. |
| bolas | noun (n. sing. & pl.) A kind of missile weapon consisting of one, two, or more balls of stone, iron, or other material, attached to the ends of a leather cord; -- used by the Gauchos of South America, and others, for hurling at and entangling an animal. |
| brachiolaria | noun (n. pl.) A peculiar early larval stage of certain starfishes, having a bilateral structure, and swimming by means of bands of vibrating cilia. |
| bracteolate | adjective (a.) Furnished with bracteoles or bractlets. |
| calceolaria | noun (n.) A genus of showy herbaceous or shrubby plants, brought from South America; slipperwort. It has a yellow or purple flower, often spotted or striped, the shape of which suggests its name. |
| calceolate | adjective (a.) Slipper-ahaped. See Calceiform. |
| capreolate | adjective (a.) Having a tendril or tendrils. |
| carambola | noun (n.) An East Indian tree (Averrhoa Carambola), and its acid, juicy fruit; called also Coromandel gooseberry. |
| chocolate | noun (n.) A paste or cake composed of the roasted seeds of the Theobroma Cacao ground and mixed with other ingredients, usually sugar, and cinnamon or vanilla. |
| noun (n.) The beverage made by dissolving a portion of the paste or cake in boiling water or milk. |
| cholaemaa | noun (n.) A disease characterized by severe nervous symptoms, dependent upon the presence of the constituents of the bile in the blood. |
| cholagogue | noun (n.) An agent which promotes the discharge of bile from the system. |
| adjective (a.) Promoting the discharge of bile from the system. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH OLA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (la) - English Words That Ends with la:
| acanthocephala | noun (n. pl.) A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines. |
| acephala | noun (n. pl.) That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca. |
| acicula | noun (n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal. |
| actinula | noun (n. pl.) A kind of embryo of certain hydroids (Tubularia), having a stellate form. |
| ala | noun (n.) A winglike organ, or part. |
| algarovilla | noun (n.) The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a South American tree (Inga Marthae). It is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye. |
| alula | noun (n.) A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard. |
| ampulla | noun (n.) A narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out like a jug. |
| noun (n.) A cruet for the wine and water at Mass. | |
| noun (n.) The vase in which the holy oil for chrism, unction, or coronation is kept. | |
| noun (n.) Any membranous bag shaped like a leathern bottle, as the dilated end of a vessel or duct; especially the dilations of the semicircular canals of the ear. |
| anisodactyla | noun (n. pl.) Alt. of Anisodactyls |
| anopla | noun (n. pl.) One of the two orders of Nemerteans. See Nemertina. |
| aquila | noun (n.) A genus of eagles. |
| noun (n.) A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle. |
| archencephala | noun (n. pl.) The division that includes man alone. |
| archiblastula | noun (n.) A hollow blastula, supposed to be the primitive form; a c/loblastula. |
| argala | noun (n.) The adjutant bird. |
| armilla | noun (n.) An armil. |
| noun (n.) A ring of hair or feathers on the legs. |
| artiodactyla | noun (n. pl.) One of the divisions of the ungulate animals. The functional toes of the hind foot are even in number, and the third digit of each foot (corresponding to the middle finger in man) is asymmetrical and paired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox; -- opposed to Perissodactyla. |
| auricula | noun (n.) A species of Primula, or primrose, called also, from the shape of its leaves, bear's-ear. |
| noun (n.) A species of Hirneola (H. auricula), a membranaceous fungus, called also auricula Judae, or Jew's-ear. | |
| noun (n.) A genus of air-breathing mollusks mostly found near the sea, where the water is brackish | |
| noun (n.) One of the five arched processes of the shell around the jaws of a sea urchin. |
| avicula | noun (n.) A genus of marine bivalves, having a pearly interior, allied to the pearl oyster; -- so called from a supposed resemblance of the typical species to a bird. |
| axilla | noun (n.) The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder. |
| noun (n.) An axil. |
| alfilerilla | noun (n.) Same as Alfilaria. |
| amygdala | noun (n.) An almond. |
| noun (n.) One of the tonsils of the pharynx. | |
| noun (n.) One of the rounded prominences of the lower surface of the lateral hemispheres of the cerebellum, each side of the vallecula. |
| arolla | noun (n.) The stone pine (Pinus Cembra). |
| baggala | noun (n.) A two-masted Arab or Indian trading vessel, used in Indian Ocean. |
| bandala | noun (n.) A fabric made in Manilla from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (Musa textilis). |
| barilla | noun (n.) A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes. |
| noun (n.) The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching purposes. | |
| noun (n.) Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp. |
| beteela | noun (n.) An East India muslin, formerly used for cravats, veils, etc. |
| blastula | noun (n.) That stage in the development of the ovum in which the outer cells of the morula become more defined and form the blastoderm. |
| bulla | noun (n.) A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid. |
| noun (n.) The ovoid prominence below the opening of the ear in the skulls of many animals; as, the tympanic or auditory bulla. | |
| noun (n.) A leaden seal for a document; esp. the round leaden seal attached to the papal bulls, which has on one side a representation of St. Peter and St. Paul, and on the other the name of the pope who uses it. | |
| noun (n.) A genus of marine shells. See Bubble shell. |
| banderilla | noun (n.) A barbed dart carrying a banderole which the banderillero thrusts into the neck or shoulder of the bull in a bullfight. |
| cabala | noun (n.) A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediaeval Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumes that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means. |
| noun (n.) Secret science in general; mystic art; mystery. |
| cabrilla | noun (n.) A name applied to various species of edible fishes of the genus Serranus, and related genera, inhabiting the Meditarranean, the coast of California, etc. In California, some of them are also called rock bass and kelp salmon. |
| caffila | noun (n.) See Cafila. |
| cafila | noun (n.) Alt. of Cafileh |
| calcavella | noun (n.) A sweet wine from Portugal; -- so called from the district of Carcavelhos. |
| calendula | noun (n.) A genus of composite herbaceous plants. One species, Calendula officinalis, is the common marigold, and was supposed to blossom on the calends of every month, whence the name. |
| calla | noun (n.) A genus of plants, of the order Araceae. |
| camarilla | noun (n.) The private audience chamber of a king. |
| noun (n.) A company of secret and irresponsible advisers, as of a king; a cabal or clique. |
| campanula | noun (n.) A large genus of plants bearing bell-shaped flowers, often of great beauty; -- also called bellflower. |
| canella | noun (n.) A genus of trees of the order Canellaceae, growing in the West Indies. |
| cannicula | noun (n.) The Dog Star; Sirius. |
| cannula | noun (n.) A small tube of metal, wood, or India rubber, used for various purposes, esp. for injecting or withdrawing fluids. It is usually associated with a trocar. |
| canula | adjective (a.) Alt. of Canulated |
| capella | noun (n.) A brilliant star in the constellation Auriga. |
| capitula | noun (n. pl.) See Capitulum. |
| cappella | noun (n.) See A cappella. |
| cardialgla | noun (n.) Alt. of Cardialgy |
| caruncula | noun (n.) A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye. |
| noun (n.) An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed. | |
| noun (n.) A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc. |
| cascarilla | noun (n.) A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton Eleutheria); also, its aromatic bark. |
| caudicula | noun (n.) A slender, elastic process, to which the masses of pollen in orchidaceous plants are attached. |
| cedilla | noun (n.) A mark placed under the letter c [thus, c], to show that it is to be sounded like s, as in facade. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH OLA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (ol) - Words That Begins with ol:
| olay | noun (n. pl.) Palm leaves, prepared for being written upon with a style pointed with steel. |
| old | noun (n.) Open country. |
| superlative (superl.) Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree. | |
| superlative (superl.) Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship. | |
| superlative (superl.) Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding; original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise. | |
| superlative (superl.) Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence; having (a certain) length of existence; -- designating the age of a person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a cathedral centuries old. | |
| superlative (superl.) Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice. | |
| superlative (superl.) Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to new land, that is, to land lately cleared. | |
| superlative (superl.) Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes. | |
| superlative (superl.) More than enough; abundant. | |
| superlative (superl.) Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or other qualities belonging to youth; -- used disparagingly as a term of reproach. | |
| superlative (superl.) Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly. | |
| superlative (superl.) Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and familiarity. |
| olden | adjective (a.) Old; ancient; as, the olden time. |
| verb (v. i.) To grow old; to age. |
| oldish | adjective (a.) Somewhat old. |
| oldness | noun (n.) The state or quality of being old; old age. |
| oldster | noun (n.) An old person. |
| olea | noun (n.) A genus of trees including the olive. |
| oleaceous | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Oleaceae), mostly trees and shrubs, of which the olive is the type. It includes also the ash, the lilac, the true jasmine, and fringe tree. |
| oleaginous | adjective (a.) Having the nature or qualities of oil; oily; unctuous. |
| oleaginousness | noun (n.) Oiliness. |
| oleamen | noun (n.) A soft ointment prepared from oil. |
| oleander | noun (n.) A beautiful evergreen shrub of the Dogbane family, having clusters of fragrant red or white flowers. It is native of the East Indies, but the red variety has become common in the south of Europe. Called also rosebay, rose laurel, and South-sea rose. |
| oleandrine | noun (n.) One of several alkaloids found in the leaves of the oleander. |
| oleaster | noun (n.) The wild olive tree (Olea Europea, var. sylvestris). |
| noun (n.) Any species of the genus Elaeagus. See Eleagnus. The small silvery berries of the common species (Elaeagnus hortensis) are called Trebizond dates, and are made into cakes by the Arabs. |
| oleate | noun (n.) A salt of oleic acid. Some oleates, as the oleate of mercury, are used in medicine by way of inunction. |
| olecranal | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the olecranon. |
| 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. |
| olefiant | adjective (a.) Forming or producing an oil; specifically, designating a colorless gaseous hydrocarbon called ethylene. |
| olefine | noun (n.) Olefiant gas, or ethylene; hence, by extension, any one of the series of unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is a type. See Ethylene. |
| oleic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, oil; as, oleic acid, an acid of the acrylic acid series found combined with glyceryl in the form of olein in certain animal and vegetable fats and oils, such as sperm oil, olive oil, etc. At low temperatures the acid is crystalline, but melts to an oily liquid above 14/ C. |
| oleiferous | adjective (a.) Producing oil; as, oleiferous seeds. |
| 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. |
| olent | adjective (a.) Scented. |
| oleograph | noun (n.) The form or figure assumed by a drop of oil when placed upon water or some other liquid with which it does not mix. |
| noun (n.) A picture produced in oils by a process analogous to that of lithographic printing. |
| oleomargarine | noun (n.) A liquid oil made from animal fats (esp. beef fat) by separating the greater portion of the solid fat or stearin, by crystallization. It is mainly a mixture of olein and palmitin with some little stearin. |
| noun (n.) An artificial butter made by churning this oil with more or less milk. |
| oleometer | noun (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the weight and purity of oil; an elaiometer. |
| oleone | noun (n.) An oily liquid, obtained by distillation of calcium oleate, and probably consisting of the ketone of oleic acid. |
| oleoptene | noun (n.) See Eleoptene. |
| 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. |
| oleose | adjective (a.) Alt. of Oleous |
| oleous | adjective (a.) Oily. |
| oleosity | noun (n.) The state or quality of being oily or fat; fatness. |
| oleraceous | adjective (a.) Pertaining to pot herbs; of the nature or having the qualities of herbs for cookery; esculent. |
| olf | noun (n.) The European bullfinch. |
| olfaction | noun (n.) The sense by which the impressions made on the olfactory organs by the odorous particles in the atmosphere are perceived. |
| olfactive | adjective (a.) See Olfactory, a. |
| olfactor | noun (n.) A smelling organ; a nose. |
| olfactory | noun (n.) An olfactory organ; also, the sense of smell; -- usually in the plural. |
| adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or connected with, the sense of smell; as, the olfactory nerves; the olfactory cells. |
| oliban | noun (n.) See Olibanum. |
| olibanum | noun (n.) The fragrant gum resin of various species of Boswellia; Oriental frankincense. |
| olibene | noun (n.) A colorless mobile liquid of a pleasant aromatic odor obtained by the distillation of olibanum, or frankincense, and regarded as a terpene; -- called also conimene. |
| olid | adjective (a.) Alt. of Olidous |
| olidous | adjective (a.) Having a strong, disagreeable smell; fetid. |
| olifant | noun (n.) An elephant. |
| noun (n.) An ancient horn, made of ivory. |
| oligandrous | adjective (a.) Having few stamens. |
| oliganthous | adjective (a.) Having few flowers. |
| oligarch | noun (n.) A member of an oligarchy; one of the rulers in an oligarchical government. |
| oligarchal | adjective (a.) Oligarchic. |
| oligarchic | adjective (a.) Alt. of Oligarchical |
| oligarchical | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to oligarchy, or government by a few. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH OLA:
English Words which starts with 'o' and ends with 'a':
| oblongata | noun (n.) The medulla oblongata. |
| oca | noun (n.) A Peruvian name for certain species of Oxalis (O. crenata, and O. tuberosa) which bear edible tubers. |
| ochrea | noun (n.) A greave or legging. |
| noun (n.) A kind of sheath formed by two stipules united round a stem. |
| ocra | noun (n.) See Okra. |
| ocrea | noun (n.) See Ochrea. |
| octandria | noun (n.pl.) A Linnaean class of plants, in which the flowers have eight stamens not united to one another or to the pistil. |
| octocera | noun (n.pl.) Octocerata. |
| octocerata | noun (n.pl.) A suborder of Cephalopoda including Octopus, Argonauta, and allied genera, having eight arms around the head; -- called also Octopoda. |
| octogynia | noun (n.pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having eight pistils. |
| octopoda | noun (n.pl.) Same as Octocerata. |
| noun (n.pl.) Same as Arachnida. |
| octopodia | noun (n.pl.) Same as Octocerata. |
| oculina | noun (n.) A genus of tropical corals, usually branched, and having a very volid texture. |
| oculinacea | noun (n.pl.) A suborder of corals including many reef-building species, having round, starlike calicles. |
| odonata | noun (n. pl.) The division of insects that includes the dragon flies. |
| odontalgia | noun (n.) Toothache. |
| odontophora | noun (n.pl.) Same as Cephalophora. |
| oedema | noun (n.) A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue. |
| oenomania | noun (n.) Delirium tremens. |
| noun (n.) Dipsomania. |
| oinomania | noun (n.) See oenomania. |
| okra | noun (n.) An annual plant (Abelmoschus, / Hibiscus, esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo. |
| noun (n.) The pods of the plant okra, used as a vegetable; also, a dish prepared with them; gumbo. |
| oligochaeta | noun (n. pl.) An order of Annelida which includes the earthworms and related species. |
| oliva | noun (n.) A genus of polished marine gastropod shells, chiefly tropical, and often beautifully colored. |
| olla | noun (n.) A pot or jar having a wide mouth; a cinerary urn, especially one of baked clay. |
| noun (n.) A dish of stewed meat; an olio; an olla-podrida. |
| omagra | noun (n.) Gout in the shoulder. |
| omega | noun (n.) The last letter of the Greek alphabet. See Alpha. |
| noun (n.) The last; the end; hence, death. |
| omnivora | noun (n. pl.) A group of ungulate mammals including the hog and the hippopotamus. The term is also sometimes applied to the bears, and to certain passerine birds. |
| onagga | noun (n.) The dauw. |
| onomatopoeia | noun (n.) The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees; the hiss of a goose; the crackle of fire. |
| onycha | noun (n.) An ingredient of the Mosaic incense, probably the operculum of some kind of strombus. |
| noun (n.) The precious stone called onyx. |
| onychia | noun (n.) A whitlow. |
| noun (n.) An affection of a finger or toe, attended with ulceration at the base of the nail, and terminating in the destruction of the nail. |
| onychophora | noun (n. pl.) Malacopoda. |
| ootheca | noun (n.) An egg case, especially those of many kinds of mollusks, and of some insects, as the cockroach. Cf. Ooecium. |
| oozoa | noun (n. pl.) Same as Acrita. |
| opera | noun (n.) A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music forms an essential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting of recitative, arials, choruses, duets, trios, etc., with orchestral accompaniment, preludes, and interludes, together with appropriate costumes, scenery, and action; a lyric drama. |
| noun (n.) The score of a musical drama, either written or in print; a play set to music. | |
| noun (n.) The house where operas are exhibited. | |
| (pl. ) of Opus |
| opercula | noun (n. pl.) See Operculum. |
| (pl. ) of Operculum |
| operetta | noun (n.) A short, light, musical drama. |
| ophidia | noun (n. pl.) The order of reptiles which includes the serpents. |
| (pl. ) of Ophidion |
| ophiomorpha | noun (n. pl.) An order of tailless amphibians having a slender, wormlike body with regular annulations, and usually with minute scales imbedded in the skin. The limbs are rudimentary or wanting. It includes the caecilians. Called also Gymnophiona and Ophidobatrachia. |
| ophiura | noun (n.) A genus of ophiurioid starfishes. |
| ophiurida | noun (n. pl.) Same as Ophiurioidea. |
| ophiurioidea | noun (n. pl.) Alt. of Ophiuroidea |
| ophiuroidea | noun (n. pl.) A class of star-shaped echinoderms having a disklike body, with slender, articulated arms, which are not grooved beneath and are often very fragile; -- called also Ophiuroida and Ophiuridea. See Illust. under Brittle star. |
| ophthalmia | noun (n.) An inflammation of the membranes or coats of the eye or of the eyeball. |
| opisthobranchia | noun (n. pl.) Alt. of Opisthobranchiata |
| opisthobranchiata | noun (n. pl.) A division of gastropod Mollusca, in which the breathing organs are usually situated behind the heart. It includes the tectibranchs and nudibranchs. |
| opisthoglypha | noun (n. pl.) A division of serpents which have some of the posterior maxillary teeth grooved for fangs. |
| optocoelia | noun (n.) The cavity of one of the optic lobes of the brain in many animals. |
| opuntia | noun (n.) A genus of cactaceous plants; the prickly pear, or Indian fig. |
| oquassa | noun (n.) A small, handsome trout (Salvelinus oquassa), found in some of the lakes in Maine; -- called also blueback trout. |
| ora | noun (n.) A money of account among the Anglo-Saxons, valued, in the Domesday Book, at twenty pence sterling. |
| (pl. ) of Os |
| orbicula | noun (n.) Same as Discina. |
| orbulina | noun (n.) A genus of minute living Foraminifera having a globular shell. |
| orchestra | noun (n.) The space in a theater between the stage and the audience; -- originally appropriated by the Greeks to the chorus and its evolutions, afterward by the Romans to persons of distinction, and by the moderns to a band of instrumental musicians. |
| noun (n.) The place in any public hall appropriated to a band of instrumental musicians. | |
| noun (n.) Loosely: A band of instrumental musicians performing in a theater, concert hall, or other place of public amusement. | |
| noun (n.) Strictly: A band suitable for the performance of symphonies, overtures, etc., as well as for the accompaniment of operas, oratorios, cantatas, masses, and the like, or of vocal and instrumental solos. | |
| noun (n.) A band composed, for the largest part, of players of the various viol instruments, many of each kind, together with a proper complement of wind instruments of wood and brass; -- as distinguished from a military or street band of players on wind instruments, and from an assemblage of solo players for the rendering of concerted pieces, such as septets, octets, and the like. | |
| noun (n.) The instruments employed by a full band, collectively; as, an orchestra of forty stringed instruments, with proper complement of wind instruments. |
| oreosoma | noun (n. pl.) A genus of small oceanic fishes, remarkable for the large conical tubercles which cover the under surface. |
| organista | noun (n.) Any one of several South American wrens, noted for the sweetness of their song. |
| orgyia | noun (n.) A genus of bombycid moths whose caterpillars (esp. those of Orgyia leucostigma) are often very injurious to fruit trees and shade trees. The female is wingless. Called also vaporer moth. |
| ornithodelphia | noun (n. pl.) Same as Monotremata. |
| ornithopoda | noun (n. pl.) An order of herbivorous dinosaurs with birdlike characteristics in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind legs, which in some genera had only three functional toes, and supported the body in walking as in Iguanodon. See Illust. in Appendix. |
| ornithosauria | noun (n. pl.) An order of extinct flying reptiles; -- called also Pterosauria. |
| ornithoscelida | noun (n. pl.) A group of extinct Reptilia, intermediate in structure (especially with regard to the pelvis) between reptiles and birds. |
| orthopn/a | noun (n.) Alt. of Orthopny |
| orthopoda | noun (n. pl.) An extinct order of reptiles which stood erect on the hind legs, and resembled birds in the structure of the feet, pelvis, and other parts. |
| orthoptera | noun (n. pl.) An order of mandibulate insects including grasshoppers, locusts, cockroaches, etc. See Illust. under Insect. |
| oryza | noun (n.) A genus of grasses including the rice plant; rice. |
| oscillaria | noun (n.) A genus of dark green, or purplish black, filamentous, fresh-water algae, the threads of which have an automatic swaying or crawling motion. Called also Oscillatoria. |
| oscillatoria | noun (n. pl.) Same as Oscillaria. |
| osteocolla | noun (n.) A kind of glue obtained from bones. |
| noun (n.) A cellular calc tufa, which in some places forms incrustations on the stems of plants, -- formerly supposed to have the quality of uniting fractured bones. |
| osteocomma | noun (n.) A metamere of the vertebrate skeleton; an osteomere; a vertebra. |
| osteoma | noun (n.) A tumor composed mainly of bone; a tumor of a bone. |
| osteomalacia | noun (n.) A disease of the bones, in which they lose their earthy material, and become soft, flexible, and distorted. Also called malacia. |
| osteosarcoma | noun (n.) A tumor having the structure of a sacroma in which there is a deposit of bone; sarcoma connected with bone. |
| osteozoa | noun (n. pl.) Same as Vertebrata. |
| ostracea | noun (n. pl.) A division of bivalve mollusks including the oysters and allied shells. |
| ostracoda | noun (n. pl.) Ostracoidea. |
| ostracoidea | noun (n. pl.) An order of Entomostraca possessing hard bivalve shells. They are of small size, and swim freely about. |
| ostrea | noun (n.) A genus of bivalve Mollusca which includes the true oysters. |
| otalgia | noun (n.) Pain in the ear; earache. |
| otorrh/a | noun (n.) A flow or running from the ear, esp. a purulent discharge. |
| ova | noun (n. pl.) See Ovum. |
| (pl. ) of Ovum |
| oversea | adjective (a.) Beyond the sea; foreign. |
| adverb (adv.) Alt. of Overseas |
| ovipara | noun (n. pl.) An artifical division of vertebrates, including those that lay eggs; -- opposed to Vivipara. |
| ovoplasma | noun (n.) Yolk; egg yolk. |
| oxyammonia | noun (n.) Same as Hydroxylamine. |
| oxyopia | noun (n.) Alt. of Oxyopy |
| oxyrhyncha | noun (n. pl.) The maioid crabs. |
| ozena | noun (n.) A discharge of fetid matter from the nostril, particularly if associated with ulceration of the soft parts and disease of the bones of the nose. |
| ocarina | noun (n.) A kind of small simple wind instrument. |
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