Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter O - Page 12
Ointment (n.) That which serves to anoint; any soft unctuous substance used for smearing or anointing; an unguent.
Ointment (n. ) Semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation [syn: ointment, unction, unguent, balm, salve].
Ointment (n. ) Toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin [syn: cream, ointment, emollient].
Ointment, () Various fragrant preparations, also compounds for medical purposes, are so called (Ex. 30:25; Ps. 133:2; Isa. 1:6; Amos 6:6; John 12:3; Rev. 18:13).
Ojibways (n. pl.) (Ethnol.) Same as Chippeways.
Ojo (n.) A spring, surrounded by rushes or rank grass; an oasis. [Southwestern U.S.] -- Bartlett.
Oke (n.) A Turkish and Egyptian weight, equal to about 23/4 pounds.
Oke (n.) An Hungarian and Wallachian measure, equal to about 21/2 pints. Okeh
Okenite (n.) (Min.) A massive and fibrous mineral of a whitish color, chiefly hydrous silicate of lime.
Oker (n.) (Min.) See Ocher.
Okinawa (n.) 沖繩市（日語：沖縄市／おきなわし ，琉球語：古謝／クジャ）位於琉球群島沖繩島中部東岸的城市，位於那霸市東北方約20公里 [1]， 為沖繩縣第二大城市。市區的北部有駐日美軍嘉手納空軍基地和嘉手納彈藥庫，範圍從沖繩市延伸到嘉手納町及恩納村。東南部有沖繩縣綜合運動公園，西南部有沖 繩市營運動公園及市營棒球場，同時為日本職棒廣島東洋鯉魚的春季集訓場地。以沖繩市為主場的職業球隊有日本職業足球聯賽的FC琉球。
由於周圍有包括嘉手納基地的大量美軍基地，市裡具有豐富的國際色彩，市區裡商店招牌常是日語英語一起使用，此外也有濃厚文藝氣息，誕生了許多的音樂家。
Is the second-largest city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, following Naha, the capital city. [1] It is located in the central part of the island of Okinawa, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Naha.
As of December 2012, the city has an estimated population of 138,431 and a population density of 2,625.12 persons per km². [2] The total area is 49.00 km².
Okra (n.) (Bot.) An annual plant ({Abelmoschus esculentus syn. Hibiscus esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo. [Written also ocra and ochra.]
Okra (n.) The pods of the plant okra, used as a vegetable; also, a dish prepared with them; gumbo.
Okra (n.) Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
Okra (n.) Tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus [syn: okra, gumbo, okra plant, lady's-finger, Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus].
Okra (n.) Long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews [syn: gumbo, okra]
-ol () (Chem.) A suffix denoting that the substance in the name of which it appears belongs to the series of alcohols or hydroxyl derivatives, as carbinol, glycerol, etc.
Such compounds contain the hydroxy radical ({-OH).
Olay (n. pl.) Palm leaves, prepared for being written upon with a style pointed with steel. [Written also ola.] -- Balfour (Cyc. of India).
Old (n.) Open country. [Obs.] See World. -- Shak.
Old (a.) 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.
Let not old age disgrace my high desire. -- Sir P. Sidney.
The melancholy news that we grow old. -- Young.
Old (a.) Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship. "An old acquaintance." -- Camden.
Old (a.) Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding; original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise. "The old schools of Greece." -- Milton. "The character of the old Ligurians." -- Addison.
Old (a.) 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.
And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? -- Cen. xlvii. 8.
Note: In this use old regularly follows the noun that designates the age; as, she was eight years old.
Old (a.) Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice.
Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old. -- Milton.
Old (a.) Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to new land, that is, to land lately cleared.
Old (a.) Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes.
Old (a.) More than enough; abundant. [Obs.]
If a man were porter of hell gate, he should have old turning the key. -- Shak.
Old (a.) Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or other qualities belonging to youth; -- used disparagingly as a term of reproach.
Old (a.) Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly.
Old (a.) Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and familiarity. "Go thy ways, old lad." -- Shak.
Old age, Advanced years; the latter period of life.
Old bachelor. See Bachelor, 1.
Old Catholics. See under Catholic.
Old English. See under English. n., 2
Old Nick, Old Scratch, The devil.
Old lady (Zool.), A large European noctuid moth ({Mormo maura).
Old maid. A woman, somewhat advanced in years, who has never been married; a spinster.
Old maid. (Bot.) A West Indian name for the pink-flowered periwinkle ({Vinca rosea).
Old maid. A simple game of cards, played by matching them. The person with whom the odd card is left is the old maid.
Old man's beard. (Bot.) The traveler's joy ({Clematis Vitalba). So named from the abundant long feathery awns of its fruit.
Old man's beard. (Bot.) The Tillandsia usneoides. See Tillandsia.
Old man's head (Bot.) A columnar cactus ({Pilocereus senilis), native of Mexico, covered towards the top with long white hairs.
Old red sandstone (Geol.), A series of red sandstone rocks situated below the rocks of the Carboniferous age and comprising various strata of siliceous sandstones and conglomerates. See Sandstone, and the Chart of Geology.
Old school, A school or party belonging to a former time, or preserving the character, manner, or opinions of a former time; as, a gentleman of the old school; -- used also adjectively; as, Old-School Presbyterians.
Old sledge, An old and well-known game of cards, called also all fours, and high, low, Jack, and the game.
Old+squaw+(Zool.),+A+duck+({Clangula+hyemalis">Old squaw (Zool.), a duck ({Clangula hyemalis) inhabiting.
The northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is varied with black and white and is remarkable for the length of its tail. Called also longtailed duck, south southerly, callow, hareld, and old wife.
Old style. (Chron.) See the Note under Style. Old Testament. See Old Testament under Testament, and see tanak.
Old wife. [In the senses b and c written also oldwife.] A prating old woman; a gossip.
Refuse profane and old wives' fables. -- 1 Tim. iv. 7.
Old wife. (Zool.) The local name of various fishes, as the European black sea bream ({Cantharus lineatus), the American alewife, etc.
Old wife. (Zool.) A duck; the old squaw.
Old World, the Eastern Hemisphere.
Syn: Aged; ancient; pristine; primitive; antique; antiquated; old-fashioned; obsolete. See Ancient.
Old (a.) (Used especially of persons) Having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?" [ant: immature, young].
Old (a.) Of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money" [ant: new].
Old (a.) (Used for emphasis) very familiar; "good old boy"; "same old story".
Old (a.) Skilled through long experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers" [syn: old, older].
Old (a.) Belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover" [syn: erstwhile(a), former(a), old, onetime(a), one-time(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)].
Old (a.) (Used informally especially for emphasis); "a real honest-to-god live cowboy"; "had us a high old time"; "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel" [syn: honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old(a), sure-enough(a)].
Old (a.) Of a very early stage in development; "Old English is also called Anglo Saxon"; "Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century."
Old (a.) Just preceding something else in time or order; "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger" [syn: previous(a), old].
Old (n.) Past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old').
Old, (a.) In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as an _old man_. Discredited by lapse of time and offensive to the popular taste, as an _old_ book.
"Old books? The devil take them!" Goby said. "Fresh every day must be my books and bread." Nature herself approves the Goby rule And gives us every moment a fresh fool. Harley Shum
Old age (n.) [ U ] The period in a person's life when he or she is old.
// She became very depressed in her old age.
Olden (a.) Old; ancient; as, the olden time. "A minstrel of the olden stamp." -- J. C. Shairp.
Olden (v. i.) To grow old; to age. [R.]
She had oldened in that time. -- Thackeray.
Olden (a.) Long past; "olden days."
Old-fashioned (a.) Formed according to old or obsolete fashion or pattern; adhering to old customs or ideas; as, an old-fashioned dress, girl; old-fashioned wire-rimmed glasses. "Old-fashioned men of wit." -- Addison.
This old-fashioned, quaint abode. -- Longfellow.
Old-fashioned (a.) Unacceptable or suboptimum because of having been superseded by something more recent; outmoded[2]; out-of-date. [Narrower terms: old-fashioned, out of fashion(predicate), out of style(predicate), passe, passee.]
Syn: antique, old-hat(predicate), outmoded, out-of-date.
Old-fashioned (a.) Unfashionably out of date; out of style. [Narrower terms: unfashionable (vs. fashionable)].
Syn: demode, out of fashion(predicate), out of style(predicate), passe, passee. old fashioned.
Old fashioned, Old-fashioned (n.) A cocktail consisting of whiskey, bitters, and sugar, garnished with with fruit slices and often a cherry.
Old-fashioned (a.) Out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas" [syn: antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat(p), outmoded, passe, passee].
Old-gentlemanly (a.) Pertaining to an old gentleman, or like one. -- Byron.
Oldish (a.) Somewhat old.
Oldish (a.) Somewhat elderly.
Old lang syne () See Auld lang syne.
Old-maidish (a.) Like an old maid; prim; precise; particular ; overly fastidious.
Syn: fussy, old-womanish.
Old-maidish (a.) Primly fastidious [syn: old-maidish, old-womanish].
Old-maidism (n.) The condition or characteristics of an old maid. -- G. Eliot.
Oldness (n.) The state or quality of being old; old age.
Oldness (n.) The opposite of youngness [ant: youngness].
Oldness (n.) The quality of being old; the opposite of newness [ant: newness].
Oldster (n.) An old person. [Jocular] -- H. Kingsley.
Oldster (n.) An elderly person [syn: oldster, old person, senior citizen, golden ager].
Old-womanish (a.) Like an old woman; anile ; primly fastidious; old-maidish. -- Old`-wom"an*ish*ness, n.
Syn: fussy, old-maidish.
Old-womanish (a.) Primly fastidious [syn: old-maidish, old-womanish].
Olea (n.) (Bot.) A genus of trees including the olive.
Note: The Chinese Olea fragrans, noted for its fragrance, and the American devilwood ({Olea Americana) are now usually referred to another genus ({Osmanthus).
Olea (n.) Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits [syn: Olea, genus Olea].
Oleaceous (a.) (Bot.) 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.
Oleaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to or characteristic of trees or shrubs of the olive family.
Oleaginous (a.) 油質的；油膩的；含油的；阿諛的 Having the nature or qualities of oil; oily; unctuous.
Oleaginous (a.) Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments" [syn: buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous].
Oleaginous (a.) Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; "greasy hamburgers"; "oily fried potatoes"; "oleaginous seeds" [syn: greasy, oily, sebaceous, oleaginous].
Oleaginous (a.) Oily, smooth, sleek.
Disraeli once described the manner of Bishop Wilberforce as "unctuous, oleaginous, saponaceous." And the good prelate was ever afterward known as Soapy Sam. For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it.
Oleaginousness (n.) Oiliness. -- Boyle.
Oleaginousness (n.) Consisting of or covered with oil [syn: greasiness, oiliness, oleaginousness].
Oleaginousness (n.) Smug self-serving earnestness [syn: fulsomeness, oiliness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unctuousness,
unction].
Oleamen (n.) [L.] (Med.) A soft ointment prepared from oil. -- Dunglison.
Oleander (n.) (Bot.) A beautiful evergreen shrub ({Nerium oleander) of the Dogbane family, having clusters of fragrant red, white, or pink flowers. It is a 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.
Note: Every part of the plant is dangerously poisonous, and death has occured from using its wood for skewers in cooking meat.
Oleander (n.) An ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers: native to East Indies but widely cultivated in warm regions [syn: oleander, rose bay, Nerium oleander].
Oleandrine
(n.)
(Chem.) One of several alkaloids found in the leaves of the oleander. ({Nerium
oleander).
Oleaster (n.) (Bot.) The wild olive tree ({Olea Europea, var.
sylvestris).
Oleaster (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.
Oleaster (n.) Any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits.
Oleate (n.) (Chem.) A salt of oleic acid. Some oleates, as the oleate of mercury, are used in medicine by way of inunction.
Olecranal (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the olecranon.
Olecranon (n.) (Anat.) 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.
Olecranon (n.) Process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended [syn: olecranon, olecranon process].
Olefiant (a.) (Chem.) Forming or producing an oil; specifically, designating a colorless gaseous hydrocarbon called ethylene. (olefiant gas). [Archaic] olefin
Olefine (n.) (Chem.) Olefiant gas, or ethylene. See Ethylene. [archaic].
Olefine (n.) Hence: (Chem.) Any one of the series of unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is the type; a member of the alkene series of hydrocarbons; an alkene.
Olefine (n.) Any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon [syn: alkene, olefine, olefin].
Oleic (a.) (Physiol.Chem.) 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[deg] C.
Oleiferous (a.) Producing oil; as, oleiferous seeds.
Olein (n.) (Physiol, Chem.) A fat, liquid at ordinary temperatures, but solidifying at temperatures below 0[deg] C., found abundantly in both the animal and vegetable kingdoms (see Palmitin). It dissolves solid fats, especially at 30-40[deg] 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.
Olein (n.) A naturally occurring glyceride of oleic acid that is found in fats and oils [syn: triolein, olein].
Olent (a.) Scented. [R.] -- R. Browning.
Oleograph (n.) (Chem.) The form or figure assumed by a drop of oil when placed upon water or some other liquid with which it does not mix.
Oleograph (n.) (Painting) A picture produced in oils by a process analogous to that of lithographic printing.
Oleomargarine (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. [Archaic]
Oleomargarine (n.) An artificial butter made by emulsifying a fatty oil with more or less milk and water; it was formerly made predominantly from animal fats, but now is made predominantly or exclusively from vegetable oils, sometimes mixed with animal fats.
Note: Oleomargarine was wrongly so named, as it contains no margarin proper, but olein, palmitin, and stearin, a mixture of palmitin and stearin having formerly been called margarin by mistake.
Compare: Margarine
Margarine (n.) A processed food product used as an inexpensive substitute for butter, made primarily from refined vegetable oils, sometimes including animal fats, and churned with skim milk to form a semisolid emulsion; also called oleomargarine; artificial butter.
The word margarine shall mean all substances, whether compounds or otherwise, prepared in imitation of butter, and whether mixed with butter or not. -- Margarine Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 29).
Margarine (n.) Margarin.
Oleomargarine (n.) A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter [syn: margarine, margarin, oleo, oleomargarine, marge].
Oleometer (n.) (Chem.) An instrument for ascertaining the weight and purity of oil; an elaiometer.
Oleone (n.) (Chem.) An oily liquid, obtained by distillation of calcium oleate, and probably consisting of the ketone of oleic acid.
Oleoptene (n.) (Chem.) See Eleoptene. [R.]
Oleoresin (n.) (Chem.) A natural mixture of a terebinthinate oil and a resin.
Oleoresin (n.) (Med.) 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. -- O`le*o*res"in*ous, a. Oleose
Oleoresin (n.) A naturally occurring mixture of a resin and an essential oil; obtained from certain plants.
Oleose (a.) Alt. of Oleous
Oleous (a.) Oily. [R.] -- Ray. -- Floyer.
Oleosity (n.) The state or quality of being oily or fat; fatness. [R.] -- B. Jonson.
Oleraceous (a.) Pertaining to pot herbs; of the nature or having the qualities of herbs for cookery; esculent. -- Sir T. Browne.
Olf (n.) (Zool.) The European bullfinch. [Prog. Eng.]
Olfaction (n.) (Physiol.) The sense by which the impressions made on the olfactory organs by the odorous particles in the atmosphere are perceived.
Olfaction (n.) The faculty that enables us to distinguish scents [syn: smell, sense of smell, olfaction, olfactory modality].
Olfactive (a.) See Olfactory, a.
Olfactive (a.) Of or relating to olfaction [syn: olfactory, olfactive].
Olfactor (n.) A smelling organ; a nose. [R.]
Olfactory (a.) (Physiol.) Of, pertaining to, or connected with, the sense of smell; as, the olfactory nerves; the olfactory cells.
Olfactory organ (Anat.), An organ for smelling. In vertebrates the olfactory organs are more or less complicated sacs, situated in the front part of the head and lined with epithelium innervated by the olfactory (or first cranial) nerves, and sensitive to odoriferous particles conveyed to it in the air or in water.
Olfactories (n. pl. ) of Olfactory.
Olfactory (n.) An olfactory organ; also, the sense of smell; -- usually in the plural.
Olfactory (a.) Of or relating to olfaction [syn: olfactory, olfactive].
Oliban (n.) (Chem.) See Olibanum.
Olibanum (n.) The fragrant gum resin of various species of Boswellia; Oriental frankincense.
Olibanum (n.) An aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation [syn: frankincense, olibanum, gum olibanum, thus].
Olibene (n.) (Chem.) 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
Olid (a.) Alt. of Olidous.
Olidous (a.) Having a strong, disagreeable smell; fetid. [Obs.] -- Boyle. -- Sir T. Browne.
Olifant (n.) An elephant. [Obs.]
Olifant (n.) An ancient horn, made of ivory.
Oligandrous (a.) (Bot.) Having few stamens.
Oliganthous (a.) (Bot.) Having few flowers.
Oligarch (n.) A member of an oligarchy; one of the rulers in an oligarchical government.
Oligarch (n.) One of the rulers in an oligarchy.
Oligarchy. () This name is given to designate the power which a few citizens of a state have usurped, which ought by the constitution to reside in the people. Among the Romans the government degenerated several times into an oligarchy; for example, under the decemvirs, when they became the only magistrates in the commonwealth.
Oligarchal (a.) Oligarchic. -- Glover. Oligarchic
Oligarchic (a.) Alt. of Oligarchical.
Oligarchical (a.) Of or pertaining to oligarchy, or government by a few. "Oligarchical exiles." -- Jowett (Thucyd.)
Oligarchic (a.) Of or relating to or supporting or characteristic of an oligarchy [syn: oligarchic, oligarchical].
Oligarchist (n.) An advocate or supporter of oligarchy.
Oligarchies (n. pl. ) of Oligarchy.
Oligarchy (n.) 寡頭政治，寡頭政治的執政團 A form of government in which the supreme power is placed in the hands of a few persons; also, those who form the ruling few.
All oligarchies, wherein a few men domineer, do what they list. -- Burton.
Oligarchy (n.) A political system governed by a few people; "one of his cardinal convictions was that Britain was not run as a democracy but as an oligarchy"; "the big cities were notoriously in the hands of the oligarchy of local businessmen."
Oligist (n.) (Min.) 結晶赤鐵礦 Hematite or specular iron ore; -- prob. so called in allusion to its feeble magnetism, as compared with magnetite. Oligist
Oligist (a.) Alt. of Oligistic.
Oligistic (a.) (Min.) Of or pertaining to hematite.
Oligo- () A combining form from Gr. 'oli`gos, few, little, small.
Oligocene (a.) (Geol.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain strata which occupy an intermediate position between the Eocene and Miocene periods.
Oligocene (n.) The Oligocene period. See the Chart of Geology. Oligochaeta
Oligocene (n.) From 40 million to 25 million years ago; appearance of sabertoothed cats [syn: Oligocene, Oligocene epoch].
Oligochaeta (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of Annelida which includes the earthworms and related species, including some small freshwater species.
Compare: Annelida
Annelida (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs.
The principal subdivisions are the Ch[ae]topoda, including the Oligoch[ae]ta or earthworms and Polych[ae]ta or marine worms; and the Hirudinea or leeches. See Ch[ae]topoda.
Oligochaeta (n.) Earthworms [syn: Oligochaeta, class Oligochaeta].
Oligochete (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Oligochaeta. [archaic]
Syn: oligochaetous.
Oligoclase (n.) (Min.) A triclinic soda-lime feldspar. See Feldspar.
Oligoclase (n.) Any of a series of triclinic feldspars that form rocks [syn: plagioclase, oligoclase].
Oligomerous (a.) (Bot.) Having few members in each set of organs; as, an oligomerous flower.
Oligomyoid (a.) (Anat.) Having few or imperfect syringeal muscles; -- said of some passerine birds ({Oligomyodi).
Oligopetalous (a.) Having few petals.
Oligopsony (n.) A market situation in which each of a few buyers exerts a disproportionate influence on the market. Oligopsonistic a.
Oligosepalous (a.) Having few sepals.