Name Report For First Name OLE:
OLE
First name OLE's origin is Other. OLE means "family". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with OLE below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of ole.(Brown names are of the same origin (Other) with OLE and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with OLE - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming OLE
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES OLE AS A WHOLE:
guendolen yolette coleen oleisia violet kolenya sooleawa nicoleta akinwole bankole ptolemy dooley ercole napolean neotolemus oles triptolemus carole cholena colene colesha coleta coletta colette holea isole joleen jolena jolene karolee kolena loleta madolen micole nichole nicholette nickolette nicole nicolette nolene nycole oleta oletha olexa soledad soledada soleil violetta voletta addergoole cole coleman colemann coletun coley cooley foley napoleon nolen gringolet olena iole voleta oleda gwendolen kolette kolete hweolere grisandole jolee joleigh moyolehuaniNAMES RHYMING WITH OLE (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (le) - Names That Ends with le:
kifle njemile udele naile nile tale adele crocale cybele eriphyle eurayle helle hypsipyle myrtle nephele odele omphale semele kiele rachele bekele kelile roble sule tekle stille chibale kafele tearle michelle neville scoville maoltuile murthuile somhairle aristotle theophile zale kale daniele emmanuele gamble vasile abbigale abegayle adelle afrodille anabelle angelle annabelle aprille ardelle areille ariele arielle arnelle audrielle belle bernelle bonnibelle brielle camile camille cecile cecille chamyle chanelle channelle chantalle chantelle chavelle chenelle cherelle cherrelle chevelle dale danele danelle danielle dannelle danrelle darelle dawnelle dawnielle denelle donelle elle emele francille gabriele gabrielle gale gayle gisselle granuaile gwenaelle haille halle hannele hazleNAMES RHYMING WITH OLE (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (ol) - Names That Begins with ol:
ola olabisi olaf olamide olathe oldwin oldwina oldwyn 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 OLE:
First Names which starts with 'o' and ends with 'e':
o'keefe o-yone obelie obike octave octe ocypete odale odayle ode odede odelette odelle odette odiane odile odwolfe oenone ogelsvie ogilvie ohanzee ohcumgache ohene oidhche oihane oilbhe oke omette omorose onilee onille onslowe ooljee opaline ophelie orabelle oralee oralie orane ordsone ordwine oreste orguelleuse orlaithe orlee orlege orlene ornette orvelle orville osaze osbourne oseye oswine otilie otthilde ottilie ove ozzieEnglish Words Rhyming OLE
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES OLE AS A WHOLE:
acrolein | noun (n.) A limpid, colorless, highly volatile liquid, obtained by the dehydration of glycerin, or the destructive distillation of neutral fats containing glycerin. Its vapors are intensely irritating. |
adolescence | noun (n.) The state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; youth, or the period of life between puberty and maturity, generally considered to be, in the male sex, from fourteen to twenty-one. Sometimes used with reference to the lower animals. |
adolescency | noun (n.) The quality of being adolescent; youthfulness. |
adolescent | noun (n.) A youth. |
adjective (a.) Growing; advancing from childhood to maturity. |
alepole | noun (n.) A pole set up as the sign of an alehouse. |
alveole | noun (n.) Same as Alveolus. |
amphibole | noun (n.) A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It is a silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. Some common varieties are tremolite, actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the last name being also used as a general term for the whole species). Amphibole is a constituent of many crystalline rocks, as syenite, diorite, most varieties of trachyte, etc. See Hornblende. |
antimetabole | noun (n.) A figure in which the same words or ideas are repeated in transposed order. |
antipole | noun (n.) The opposite pole; anything diametrically opposed. |
antiscoletic | adjective (a.) Alt. of Antiscolic |
arboricole | adjective (a.) Tree-inhabiting; -- said of certain birds. |
areole | noun (n.) Same as Areola. |
areolet | noun (n.) A small inclosed area; esp. one of the small spaces on the wings of insects, circumscribed by the veins. |
armhole | noun (n.) The cavity under the shoulder; the armpit. |
noun (n.) A hole for the arm in a garment. |
arteriole | noun (n.) A small artery. |
arvicole | noun (n.) A mouse of the genus Arvicola; the meadow mouse. There are many species. |
asterolepis | noun (n.) A genus of fishes, some of which were eighteen or twenty feet long, found in a fossil state in the Old Red Sandstone. |
asystole | noun (n.) A weakening or cessation of the contractile power of the heart. |
aureole | noun (n.) A celestial crown or accidental glory added to the bliss of heaven, as a reward to those (as virgins, martyrs, preachers, etc.) who have overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil. |
noun (n.) The circle of rays, or halo of light, with which painters surround the figure and represent the glory of Christ, saints, and others held in special reverence. | |
noun (n.) A halo, actual or figurative. | |
noun (n.) See Areola, 2. |
azarole | noun (n.) The Neapolitan medlar (Crataegus azarolus), a shrub of southern Europe; also, its fruit. |
azoleic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to an acid produced by treating oleic with nitric acid. |
amole | noun (n.) Any detergent plant, or the part of it used as a detergent, as the roots of Agave Americana, Chlorogalum pomeridianum, etc. |
atole | noun (n.) A porridge or gruel of maize meal and water, milk, or the like. |
azole | noun (n.) Any of a large class of compounds characterized by a five-membered ring which contains an atom of nitrogen and at least one other noncarbon atom (nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur). The prefixes furo-, thio, and pyrro- are used to distinguish three subclasses of azoles, which may be regarded as derived respectively from furfuran, thiophene, and pyrrol by replacement of the CH group by nitrogen; as, furo-monazole. Names exactly analogous to those for the azines are also used; as, oxazole, diazole, etc. |
banderole | noun (n.) Alt. of Bandrol |
bandoleer | noun (n.) Alt. of Bandolier |
benevolence | noun (n.) The disposition to do good; good will; charitableness; love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness. |
noun (n.) An act of kindness; good done; charity given. | |
noun (n.) A species of compulsory contribution or tax, which has sometimes been illegally exacted by arbitrary kings of England, and falsely represented as a gratuity. |
benevolent | adjective (a.) Having a disposition to do good; possessing or manifesting love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness; disposed to give to good objects; kind; charitable. |
benzole | noun (n.) Alt. of Benzol |
bibliopole | noun (n.) One who sells books. |
blowhole | noun (n.) A cavern in a cliff, at the water level, opening to the air at its farther extremity, so that the waters rush in with each surge and rise in a lofty jet from the extremity. |
noun (n.) A nostril or spiracle in the top of the head of a whale or other cetacean. | |
noun (n.) A hole in the ice to which whales, seals, etc., come to breathe. | |
noun (n.) An air hole in a casting. |
bole | noun (n.) The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it. |
noun (n.) An aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house, for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet. | |
noun (n.) A measure. See Boll, n., 2. | |
noun (n.) Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide of iron, and used to color and adulterate various substances. It was formerly used in medicine. It is composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia. See Clay, and Terra alba. | |
noun (n.) A bolus; a dose. |
bolection | noun (n.) A projecting molding round a panel. Same as Bilection. |
bolero | noun (n.) A Spanish dance, or the lively music which accompanies it. |
noun (n.) A kind of small outer jacket, with or without sleeves, worn by women. |
bolete | noun (n.) any fungus of the family Boletaceae. |
boletic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the Boletus. |
boletus | noun (n.) A genus of fungi having the under side of the pileus or cap composed of a multitude of fine separate tubes. A few are edible, and others very poisonous. |
boley | noun (n.) Alt. of Bolye |
borecole | noun (n.) A brassicaceous plant of many varieties, cultivated for its leaves, which are not formed into a compact head like the cabbage, but are loose, and are generally curled or wrinkled; kale. |
bracteole | noun (n.) Same as Bractlet. |
bricole | noun (n.) A kind of traces with hooks and rings, with which men drag and maneuver guns where horses can not be used. |
noun (n.) An ancient kind of military catapult. | |
noun (n.) In court tennis, the rebound of a ball from a wall of the court; also, the side stroke or play by which the ball is driven against the wall; hence, fig., indirect action or stroke. | |
noun (n.) A shot in which the cue ball is driven first against the cushion. |
bronchiole | noun (n.) A minute bronchial tube. |
bunghole | noun (n.) See Bung, n., 2. |
buttonhole | noun (n.) The hole or loop in which a button is caught. |
verb (v. t.) To hold at the button or buttonhole; to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; as, he buttonholed me a quarter of an hour. |
bimolecular | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or formed from, two molecules; as, a bimolecular reaction (a reaction between two molecules). |
briolette | noun (n.) An oval or pearshaped diamond having its entire surface cut in triangular facets. |
cabriole | noun (n.) A curvet; a leap. See Capriole. |
cabriolet | noun (n.) A one-horse carriage with two seats and a calash top. |
cacolet | noun (n.) A chair, litter, or other contrivance fitted to the back or pack saddle of a mule for carrying travelers in mountainous districts, or for the transportation of the sick and wounded of an army. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH OLE (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (le) - English Words That Ends with le:
abatable | adjective (a.) Capable of being abated; as, an abatable writ or nuisance. |
abaxile | adjective (a.) Away from the axis or central line; eccentric. |
abdicable | adjective (a.) Capable of being abdicated. |
abele | noun (n.) The white poplar (Populus alba). |
abhominable | adjective (a.) Abominable. |
abhorrible | adjective (a.) Detestable. |
able | adjective (a.) To make able; to enable; to strengthen. |
adjective (a.) To vouch for. | |
superlative (superl.) Fit; adapted; suitable. | |
superlative (superl.) Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano. | |
superlative (superl.) Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech. | |
superlative (superl.) Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property. |
abolishable | adjective (a.) Capable of being abolished. |
abominable | adjective (a.) Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. |
adjective (a.) Excessive; large; -- used as an intensive. |
abrogable | adjective (a.) Capable of being abrogated. |
absolvable | adjective (a.) That may be absolved. |
absorbable | adjective (a.) Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up. |
abusable | adjective (a.) That may be abused. |
accendible | adjective (a.) Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable. |
accentuable | adjective (a.) Capable of being accented. |
acceptable | adjective (a.) Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us. |
accessible | adjective (a.) Easy of access or approach; approachable; as, an accessible town or mountain, an accessible person. |
adjective (a.) Open to the influence of; -- with to. | |
adjective (a.) Obtainable; to be got at. |
acclimatable | adjective (a.) Capable of being acclimated. |
acclimatizable | adjective (a.) Capable of being acclimatized. |
accommodable | adjective (a.) That may be accommodated, fitted, or made to agree. |
accompanable | adjective (a.) Sociable. |
accomplishable | adjective (a.) Capable of being accomplished; practicable. |
accomptable | adjective (a.) See Accountable. |
accordable | adjective (a.) Agreeing. |
adjective (a.) Reconcilable; in accordance. |
accostable | adjective (a.) Approachable; affable. |
accountable | adjective (a.) Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable; as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct. |
adjective (a.) Capable of being accounted for; explicable. |
accusable | adjective (a.) Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or fault; blamable; -- with of. |
accustomable | adjective (a.) Habitual; customary; wonted. |
acetable | noun (n.) An acetabulum; or about one eighth of a pint. |
achievable | adjective (a.) Capable of being achieved. |
acidifiable | adjective (a.) Capable of being acidified, or converted into an acid. |
acquaintable | adjective (a.) Easy to be acquainted with; affable. |
acquirable | adjective (a.) Capable of being acquired. |
acreable | adjective (a.) Of an acre; per acre; as, the acreable produce. |
actable | adjective (a.) Capable of being acted. |
actionable | adjective (a.) That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable. |
adaptable | adjective (a.) Capable of being adapted. |
addable | adjective (a.) Addible. |
addible | adjective (a.) Capable of being added. |
addle | noun (n.) Liquid filth; mire. |
noun (n.) Lees; dregs. | |
adjective (a.) Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. | |
verb (v. t. & i.) To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain. | |
verb (v. t. & i.) To earn by labor. | |
verb (v. t. & i.) To thrive or grow; to ripen. |
adducible | adjective (a.) Capable of being adduced. |
adjustable | adjective (a.) Capable of being adjusted. |
adminicle | noun (n.) Help or support; an auxiliary. |
noun (n.) Corroborative or explanatory proof. |
administrable | adjective (a.) Capable of being administered; as, an administrable law. |
admirable | adjective (a.) Fitted to excite wonder; wonderful; marvelous. |
adjective (a.) Having qualities to excite wonder united with approbation; deserving the highest praise; most excellent; -- used of persons or things. |
admissible | adjective (a.) Entitled to be admitted, or worthy of being admitted; that may be allowed or conceded; allowable; as, the supposition is hardly admissible. |
admittable | adjective (a.) Admissible. |
adoptable | adjective (a.) Capable of being adopted. |
adorable | adjective (a.) Deserving to be adored; worthy of divine honors. |
adjective (a.) Worthy of the utmost love or respect. |
adustible | adjective (a.) That may be burnt. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH OLE (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 OLE:
English Words which starts with 'o' and ends with 'e':
oatcake | noun (n.) A cake made of oatmeal. |
oathable | adjective (a.) Capable of having an oath administered to. |
obcordate | adjective (a.) Heart-shaped, with the attachment at the pointed end; inversely cordate: as, an obcordate petal or leaf. |
obdurate | adjective (a.) Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked. |
adjective (a.) Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable. | |
verb (v. t.) To harden. |
obdure | adjective (a.) Alt. of Obdured |
verb (v. t.) To harden. |
obbe | noun (n.) See Obi. |
obedible | adjective (a.) Obedient. |
obedience | noun (n.) The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control. |
noun (n.) Words or actions denoting submission to authority; dutifulness. | |
noun (n.) A following; a body of adherents; as, the Roman Catholic obedience, or the whole body of persons who submit to the authority of the pope. | |
noun (n.) A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior. | |
noun (n.) One of the three monastic vows. | |
noun (n.) The written precept of a superior in a religious order or congregation to a subject. |
obeisance | noun (n.) Obedience. |
noun (n.) A manifestation of obedience; an expression of difference or respect; homage; a bow; a courtesy. |
obese | adjective (a.) Excessively corpulent; fat; fleshy. |
obfuscate | adjective (a.) Obfuscated; darkened; obscured. |
verb (v. t.) To darken; to obscure; to becloud; hence, to confuse; to bewilder. |
obimbricate | adjective (a.) Imbricated, with the overlapping ends directed downward. |
objectable | adjective (a.) Such as can be presented in opposition; that may be put forward as an objection. |
objectionable | adjective (a.) Liable to objection; likely to be objected to or disapproved of; offensive; as, objectionable words. |
objective | noun (n.) The objective case. |
noun (n.) An object glass. See under Object, n. | |
noun (n.) Same as Objective point, under Objective, a. | |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to an object. | |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to an object; contained in, or having the nature or position of, an object; outward; external; extrinsic; -- an epithet applied to whatever ir exterior to the mind, or which is simply an object of thought or feeling, and opposed to subjective. | |
adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, the case which follows a transitive verb or a preposition, being that case in which the direct object of the verb is placed. See Accusative, n. |
oblanceolate | adjective (a.) Lanceolate in the reversed order, that is, narrowing toward the point of attachment more than toward the apex. |
oblate | adjective (a.) Flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth is an oblate spheroid. |
adjective (a.) Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders. See Oblate, n. | |
adjective (a.) One of an association of priests or religious women who have offered themselves to the service of the church. There are three such associations of priests, and one of women, called oblates. | |
adjective (a.) One of the Oblati. |
obligable | adjective (a.) Acknowledging, or complying with, obligation; trustworthy. |
obligee | noun (n.) The person to whom another is bound, or the person to whom a bond is given. |
oblique | noun (n.) An oblique line. |
adjective (a.) Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined. | |
adjective (a.) Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister. | |
adjective (a.) Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral. | |
verb (v. i.) To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction. | |
verb (v. i.) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; -- formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left. |
oblite | adjective (a.) Indistinct; slurred over. |
obliterate | adjective (a.) Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects. |
verb (v. t.) To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing. | |
verb (v. t.) To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render imperceptible; as. to obliterate ideas; to obliterate the monuments of antiquity. |
obliterative | adjective (a.) Tending or serving to obliterate. |
obmutescence | noun (n.) A becoming dumb; loss of speech. |
noun (n.) A keeping silent or mute. |
oboe | noun (n.) One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy. |
obole | noun (n.) A weight of twelve grains; or, according to some, of ten grains, or half a scruple. |
obovate | adjective (a.) Inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end downward; as, an obovate leaf. |
obscure | noun (n.) Obscurity. |
adjective (a.) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious. | |
superlative (superl.) Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim. | |
superlative (superl.) Of or pertaining to darkness or night; inconspicuous to the sight; indistinctly seen; hidden; retired; remote from observation; unnoticed. | |
superlative (superl.) Not noticeable; humble; mean. | |
superlative (superl.) Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or blind; as, an obscure passage or inscription. | |
superlative (superl.) Not clear, full, or distinct; clouded; imperfect; as, an obscure view of remote objects. | |
verb (v. i.) To conceal one's self; to hide; to keep dark. |
obsequience | noun (n.) Obsequiousness. |
observable | adjective (a.) Worthy or capable of being observed; discernible; noticeable; remarkable. |
observance | noun (n.) The act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; -- usually with a sense of strictness and fidelity; as, the observance of the Sabbath is general; the strict observance of duties. |
noun (n.) An act, ceremony, or rite, as of worship or respect; especially, a customary act or service of attention; a form; a practice; a rite; a custom. | |
noun (n.) Servile attention; sycophancy. |
observantine | noun (n.) One of a branch of the Order of Franciscans, who profess to adhere more strictly than the Conventuals to the intention of the founder, especially as to poverty; -- called also Observants. |
observative | adjective (a.) Observing; watchful. |
obsolescence | noun (n.) The state of becoming obsolete. |
obsolete | adjective (a.) No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused; neglected; as, an obsolete word; an obsolete statute; -- applied chiefly to words, writings, or observances. |
adjective (a.) Not very distinct; obscure; rudimental; imperfectly developed; abortive. | |
verb (v. i.) To become obsolete; to go out of use. |
obstinate | adjective (a.) Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying unreasonableness. |
adjective (a.) Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate fever; obstinate obstructions. |
obstructive | noun (n.) An obstructive person or thing. |
adjective (a.) Tending to obstruct; presenting obstacles; hindering; causing impediment. |
obstupefactive | adjective (a.) Stupefactive. |
obtainable | adjective (a.) Capable of being obtained. |
obtrusive | adjective (a.) Disposed to obtrude; inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others, or to enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive. |
obverse | adjective (a.) Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf. |
adjective (a.) The face of a coin which has the principal image or inscription upon it; -- the other side being the reverse. | |
adjective (a.) Anything necessarily involved in, or answering to, another; the more apparent or conspicuous of two possible sides, or of two corresponding things. |
obvolute | adjective (a.) Alt. of Obvoluted |
occasionable | adjective (a.) Capable of being occasioned or caused. |
occasive | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the setting sun; falling; descending; western. |
occluse | adjective (a.) Shut; closed. |
occurrence | noun (n.) A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision. |
noun (n.) Any incident or event; esp., one which happens without being designed or expected; as, an unusual occurrence, or the ordinary occurrences of life. |
occurse | noun (n.) Same as Occursion. |
ocellate | adjective (a.) Same as Ocellated. |
ochre | noun (n.) A impure earthy ore of iron or a ferruginous clay, usually red (hematite) or yellow (limonite), -- used as a pigment in making paints, etc. The name is also applied to clays of other colors. |
noun (n.) A metallic oxide occurring in earthy form; as, tungstic ocher or tungstite. | |
noun (n.) See Ocher. |
ochreate | adjective (a.) Alt. of Ochreated |
ocreate | adjective (a.) Alt. of Ocreated |
octahedrite | noun (n.) Titanium dioxide occurring in acute octahedral crystals. |
octane | noun (n.) Any one of a group of metametric hydrocarcons (C8H18) of the methane series. The most important is a colorless, volatile, inflammable liquid, found in petroleum, and a constituent of benzene or ligroin. |
octastyle | adjective (a.) See Octostyle. |
octave | noun (n.) The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival. |
noun (n.) The eighth tone in the scale; the interval between one and eight of the scale, or any interval of equal length; an interval of five tones and two semitones. | |
noun (n.) The whole diatonic scale itself. | |
noun (n.) The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of four verses each; a stanza of eight lines. | |
noun (n.) A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe. | |
adjective (a.) Consisting of eight; eight. |
octene | noun (n.) Same as Octylene. |
octile | noun (n.) Same as Octant, 2. |
octoate | noun (n.) A salt of an octoic acid; a caprylate. |
octodentate | adjective (a.) Having eight teeth. |
octonaphthene | noun (n.) A colorless liquid hydrocarbon of the octylene series, occurring in Caucasian petroleum. |
octopede | noun (n.) An animal having eight feet, as a spider. |
octostyle | noun (n.) An octostyle portico or temple. |
adjective (a.) Having eight columns in the front; -- said of a temple or portico. The Parthenon is octostyle, but most large Greek temples are hexastele. See Hexastyle. |
octosyllable | noun (n.) A word of eight syllables. |
adjective (a.) Octosyllabic. |
octuple | adjective (a.) Eightfold. |
octylene | noun (n.) Any one of a series of metameric hydrocarbons (C8H16) of the ethylene series. In general they are combustible, colorless liquids. |
oculate | adjective (a.) Alt. of Oculated |
odalisque | noun (n.) A female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish sultan. |
ode | noun (n.) A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; esp., now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style. |
odible | adjective (a.) Fitted to excite hatred; hateful. |
odontocete | noun (n.pl.) A subdivision of Cetacea, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.; the toothed whales. |
odontolcae | noun (n. pl.) An extinct order of ostrichlike aquatic birds having teeth, which are set in a groove in the jaw. It includes Hesperornis, and allied genera. See Hesperornis. |
odontolite | noun (n.) A fossil tooth colored a bright blue by phosphate of iron. It is used as an imitation of turquoise, and hence called bone turquoise. |
odontophore | noun (n.) A special structure found in the mouth of most mollusks, except bivalves. It consists of several muscles and a cartilage which supports a chitinous radula, or lingual ribbon, armed with teeth. Also applied to the radula alone. See Radula. |
odontotormae | noun (n.pl.) An order of extinct toothed birds having the teeth in sockets, as in the genus Ichthyornis. See Ichthyornis. |
odorate | adjective (a.) Odorous. |
odorline | noun (n.) A pungent oily substance obtained by redistilling bone oil. |
odyle | noun (n.) See Od. [Archaic]. |
oeillade | noun (n.) A glance of the eye; an amorous look. |
oenanthate | noun (n.) A salt of the supposed /nanthic acid. |
oenanthone | noun (n.) The ketone of oenanthic acid. |
oenanthylate | noun (n.) A salt of /nanthylic acid; as, potassium oenanthylate. |
oenanthylidene | noun (n.) A colorless liquid hydrocarbon, having a garlic odor; heptine. |
offence | noun (n.) See Offense. |
noun (n.) The act of offending in any sense; esp., a crime or a sin, an affront or an injury. | |
noun (n.) The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure. | |
noun (n.) A cause or occasion of stumbling or of sin. |
offense | noun (n.) Alt. of Offence |
offensible | adjective (a.) That may give offense. |
offensive | noun (n.) The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack; aggressive attitude; the act of the attacking party; -- opposed to defensive. |
adjective (a.) Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words. | |
adjective (a.) Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable; revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive sounds. | |
adjective (a.) Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence, used in attacking; -- opposed to defensive; as, an offensive war; offensive weapons. |
offerable | adjective (a.) Capable of being offered; suitable or worthy to be offered. |
offerture | noun (n.) Offer; proposal; overture. |
office | noun (n.) That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the relations of man to man; as, kind offices, pious offices. |
noun (n.) A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by authority and for a public purpose; a position of trust or authority; as, an executive or judical office; a municipal office. | |
noun (n.) A charge or trust, of a sacred nature, conferred by God himself; as, the office of a priest under the old dispensation, and that of the apostles in the new. | |
noun (n.) That which is performed, intended, or assigned to be done, by a particular thing, or that which anything is fitted to perform; a function; -- answering to duty in intelligent beings. | |
noun (n.) The place where a particular kind of business or service for others is transacted; a house or apartment in which public officers and others transact business; as, the register's office; a lawyer's office. | |
noun (n.) The company or corporation, or persons collectively, whose place of business is in an office; as, I have notified the office. | |
noun (n.) The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. | |
noun (n.) Any service other than that of ordination and the Mass; any prescribed religious service. | |
verb (v. t.) To perform, as the duties of an office; to discharge. |
offshore | adjective (a.) From the shore; as, an offshore wind; an offshore signal. |
ogee | noun (n.) A molding, the section of which is the form of the letter S, with the convex part above; cyma reversa. See Illust. under Cyma. |
noun (n.) Hence, any similar figure used for any purpose. |
ogive | noun (n.) The arch or rib which crosses a Gothic vault diagonally. |
ogle | noun (n.) An amorous side glance or look. |
verb (v. t.) To view or look at with side glances, as in fondness, or with a design to attract notice. |
ogre | noun (n.) An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster. |
oilstone | noun (n.) A variety of hone slate, or whetstone, used for whetting tools when lubricated with oil. |
oke | noun (n.) A Turkish and Egyptian weight, equal to about 2/ pounds. |
noun (n.) An Hungarian and Wallachian measure, equal to about 2/ pints. |
okenite | noun (n.) A massive and fibrous mineral of a whitish color, chiefly hydrous silicate of lime. |
oligocene | noun (n.) The Oligocene period. See the Chart of Geology. |
adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain strata which occupy an intermediate position between the Eocene and Miocene periods. |
oligochete | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Oligochaeta. |
oligoclase | noun (n.) A triclinic soda-lime feldspar. See Feldspar. |