Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter O - Page 13

Oligosiderite (n.) (Min.) A meteorite characterized by the presence of but a small amount of metallic iron.

Oligospermous (a.) (Bot.) Having few seeds.

Oligotokous (a.) (Zool.) Producing few young.

Olio (n.) A dish of stewed meat of different kinds. [Obs.]

Besides a good olio, the dishes were trifling. -- Evelyn.

Olio (n.) A mixture; a medley. -- Dryden.

Olio (n.) (Mus.) A collection of miscellaneous pieces.

Olitory (a.) Of or pertaining to, or produced in, a kitchen garden; used for kitchen purposes; as, olitory seeds.

At convenient distance towards the olitory garden. -- Evelyn.

Oliva (n.) (Zool.) A genus of polished marine gastropod shells, chiefly tropical, and often beautifully colored.

Olivaceous (a.) Resembling the olive; of the color of the olive; olive-green.

Olivary (a.) (Anat.) Like an olive.

Olivary body (Anat.), An oval prominence on each side of the medulla oblongata; -- called also olive.

Olivaster (a.) Of the color of the olive; tawny. -- Sir T. Herbert.

Olive (n.) (Bot.) A tree ({Olea Europaea) with small oblong or elliptical leaves, axillary clusters of flowers, and oval, one-seeded drupes. The tree has been cultivated for its fruit for thousands of years, and its branches are the emblems of peace. The wood is yellowish brown and beautifully variegated.

Olive (n.) (Bot.) The fruit of the olive. It has been much improved by cultivation, and is used for making pickles. Olive oil is pressed from its flesh.

Olive (n.) (Zool.) Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; -- so called from the form. See Oliva.

Olive (n.) (Zool.) The oyster catcher. [Prov. Eng.]

Olive (n.) The color of the olive, a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.

Olive (n.) One of the tertiary colors, composed of violet and green mixed in equal strength and proportion.

Olive (n.) (Anat.) An olivary body. See under Olivary.

Olive (n.) (Cookery) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked; as, olives of beef or veal.

Note: Olive is sometimes used adjectively and in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, olive brown, olive green, olive-colored, olive-skinned, olive crown, olive garden, olive tree, olive yard, etc.

Bohemian olive (Bot.), A species of Elaeagnus ({Elaeagnus angustifolia), the flowers of which are sometimes used in Southern Europe as a remedy for fevers.

Olive branch. (a) A branch of the olive tree, considered an emblem of peace.

Olive branch. (b) (Fig.): A child.

To hold out an olive branch, To offer to make peace (with a rival or enemy).

Olive brown, Brown with a tinge of green.

Olive green, A dark brownish green, like the color of the olive.

Olive oil, An oil expressed from the ripe fruit of the olive, and much used as a salad oil, also in medicine and the arts.

Olive ore (Min.), Olivenite.

Wild olive (Bot.), A name given to the oleaster or wild stock of the olive; also variously to several trees more or less resembling the olive.

Olive (a.) Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.

Olive (a.) Of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe.

Olive (n.) Small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil.

Olive (n.) Evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits [syn: olive, European olive tree, Olea europaea].

Olive (n.) Hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork.

Olive (n.) One-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish.

Olive (n.) A yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation.

Olive, () The fruit of the olive-tree. This tree yielded oil which was highly valued. The best oil was from olives that were Plucked before being fully ripe, and then beaten or squeezed (Deut. 24:20; Isa. 17:6; 24:13). It was called "beaten," or "fresh oil" (Ex. 27:20). There were also oil-presses, in which the oil was trodden out by the feet (Micah 6:15). James (3:12) calls the fruit "olive berries." The phrase "vineyards and olives" (Judg. 15:5, A.V.) should be simply "olive-yard," or "olive-garden," as in the Revised Version. (See OIL.)

Olived (a.) Decorated or furnished with olive trees. [R.] -- T. Warton.

Olivenite (n.) (Min.) An olive-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of copper; olive ore.

Olivenite (n.) Rare green to black mineral consisting of hydrated copper arsenate that is found in copper deposits.

Oliver (n.) An olive grove. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.

Oliver (n.) An olive tree. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.

Oliver (n.) A small tilt hammer, worked by the foot.

Oliver (n.) United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938) [syn: Oliver, Joseph Oliver, King Oliver].

Oliver -- U.S. County in North Dakota

Population (2000): 2065

Housing Units (2000): 903

Land area (2000): 723.521638 sq. miles (1873.912360 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 7.671076 sq. miles (19.867996 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 731.192714 sq. miles (1893.780356 sq. km)

Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38

Location: 47.135403 N, 101.391984 W

Headwords:

Oliver

Oliver, ND

Oliver County

Oliver County, ND

Oliver, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin

Population (2000): 358

Housing Units (2000): 128

Land area (2000): 2.046609 sq. miles (5.300694 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.017083 sq. miles (0.044246 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 2.063692 sq. miles (5.344940 sq. km)

FIPS code: 59800

Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55

Location: 46.657291 N, 92.192319 W

ZIP Codes (1990):   

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Headwords:

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Oliver

Oliver, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia

Population (2000): 253

Housing Units (2000): 118

Land area (2000): 0.938340 sq. miles (2.430289 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 0.938340 sq. miles (2.430289 sq. km)

FIPS code: 58100

Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13

Location: 32.522176 N, 81.532458 W

ZIP Codes (1990):   

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Headwords:

Oliver, GA

Oliver

Oliver, PA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania

Population (2000): 2925

Housing Units (2000): 1375

Land area (2000): 2.209047 sq. miles (5.721404 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 2.209047 sq. miles (5.721404 sq. km)

FIPS code: 56704

Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42

Location: 39.914359 N, 79.717139 W

ZIP Codes (1990): 15472

Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Headwords:

Oliver, PA

Oliver

Oliverian (n.) (Eng. Hist.) An adherent of Oliver Cromwell. -- Macaulay.

Olivewood (n.) (Bot.) The wood of the olive.

Olivewood (n.) (Bot.) An Australian name given to the hard white wood of certain trees of the genus Elaeodendron, and also to the trees themselves.

Olivil (n.) (Chem.) A white crystalline substance, obtained from an exudation from the olive, and having a bitter-sweet taste and acid proporties. [Written also olivile.] -- Gregory.

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

Olivine (n.) (Min.) A common name of the yellowish green mineral chrysolite, esp. the variety found in eruptive rocks. It is a silicate of magnesium and iron ({(Mg,Fe)SiO4).

Chrysolite (n.) (Min.) A mineral, composed of silica, magnesia, and iron, of a yellow to green color. It is common in certain volcanic rocks; -- called also olivine and peridot. Sometimes used as a gem. The name was also early used for yellow varieties of tourmaline and topaz.

Olivine (n.) A mineral consisting of magnesium iron silicate; a source of magnesium.

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

Olivite (n.) (Chem.) See Olivin.

Olla (n.) A pot or jar having a wide mouth; a cinerary urn, especially one of baked clay.

Olla (n.) A dish of stewed meat; an olio; an olla-podrida.

Olla (n.) Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper [syn: ola, olla].

Olla, LA -- U.S. town in Louisiana

Population (2000): 1417

Housing Units (2000): 681

Land area (2000): 3.423412 sq. miles (8.866597 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 3.423412 sq. miles (8.866597 sq. km)

FIPS code: 57905

Located within: Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22

Location: 31.899443 N, 92.234774 W

ZIP Codes (1990): 71465

Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Headwords:

Olla, LA

Olla

Olla-podrida (n.) A favorite Spanish dish, consisting of a mixture of several kinds of meat chopped fine, and stewed with vegetables.

Olla-podrida (n.) Any incongruous mixture or miscellaneous collection; an olio. -- B. Jonson.

Ology (n.) A colloquial or humorous name for any science or branch of knowledge.

He had a smattering of mechanics, of physiology, geology, mineralogy, and all other ologies wh                      -- De Quincey.

Ology (n.) An informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge.

Olpe (n.) Originally, a leather flask or vessel for oils or liquids; afterward, an earthenware vase or pitcher without a spout.

Olpe, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas

Population (2000): 504

Housing Units (2000): 215

Land area (2000): 0.314205 sq. miles (0.813786 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 0.314205 sq. miles (0.813786 sq. km)

FIPS code: 52800

Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20

Location: 38.262070 N, 96.169322 W

ZIP Codes (1990): 66865

Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Headwords:

Olpe, KS

Olpe

Olusatrum (n.) (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant, the common Alexanders of Western Europe ({Smyrnium Olusatrum).

Olympiad (n.) (Greek Antiq.)  A period of four years, by which the ancient Greeks reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic games to another, beginning with the victory of Cor[oe]bus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the era of the olympiads.

Olympiad (n.) The quadrennial celebration of the modern Olympic games; as, the first Olympiad (1906). See Olympics.

Syn: Olympic games, Olympics. Olympian.

Olympian (a.) [L. See 1st Olympian, n.] Pertaining to, characteristic of, or fitting for one of the gods on Olympus; grand, majestic, or aloof. 

Olympian (a.) Alt. of Olympic

Olympic (a.) Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods, or to Olympia, a small plain in Elis.

Olympian (prop. n.) [L. See 1st Olympian, a.] A god who dwells on Olympus.

Olympian (prop. n.) An inhabitant of Olympia.

Olympian (prop. n.) An athlete who competes in the Olympics.

Olympian (a.) Of the region of Olympia in Greece or its inhabitants; "Olympian plain" [syn: Olympian, Olympic].

Olympian (a.) Of or pertaining to the greater gods of ancient Greece whose abode was Mount Olympus; "Olympian deities".

Olympian (a.) "His majestic presence"; "olympian detachment"; "olympian beauty and serene composure" [syn: majestic, olympian].

Olympian (a.) Far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents" [syn: exceeding, exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassing].

Olympian (n.) An athlete who participates in the Olympic games

Olympian (n.) A classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans [syn: Olympian, Olympic god].

Olympian (a.) Relating to a mountain in Thessaly, once inhabited by gods, now a repository of yellowing newspapers, beer bottles and mutilated sardine cans, attesting the presence of the tourist and his appetite.

His name the smirking tourist scrawls Upon Minerva's temple walls Where thundered once Olympian Zeus, And marks his appetite's abuse. Averil Joop                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Olympionic (n.) An ode in honor of a victor in the Olympic games. [R.] -- Johnson.

-oma () A suffix used in medical terms to denote a morbid condition of some part, usually some kind of tumor; as in fibroma, glaucoma.

OMA, () Object Management Architecture (OMG)

Omagra (n.)  (Med.) Gout in the shoulder.

Omahas (n. pl.) (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians who inhabited the south side of the Missouri River. They are now partly civilized and occupy a reservation in Nebraska.

Omander wood, () (Bot.) The wood of Diospyros ebenaster, a kind of ebony found in Ceylon.

Omasum (n.) (Anat.)The third division of the stomach of ruminants. See Manyplies, and Illust. under Ruminant. Omber

Omasum (n.) The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant [syn: psalterium, omasum, third stomach].

Omber (n.) Alt. of Ombre

Ombre (n.) A game at cards, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually played by three persons. -- Pope.

When ombre calls, his hand and heart are free, And, joined to two, he fails not to make three. -- Young.

Ombre (n.) (Zool.) A large Mediterranean food fish ({Umbrina cirrhosa): -- called also umbra, and umbrine.

Umbra (n.; pl. Umbrae.) [L., a shadow.] (Astron.) (a) The conical shadow projected from a planet or satellite, on the side opposite to the sun, within which a spectator could see no portion of the sun's disk; -- used in contradistinction from penumbra. See Penumbra.

Ombre (n.) (Zool.) The central dark portion, or nucleus, of a sun spot.

Ombre (n.) (Zool.) The fainter part of a sun spot; -- now more commonly called penumbra.

Ombre (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of sciaenoid foo fishes of the genus Umbrina, especially the Mediterranean species ({Umbrina cirrhosa), which is highly esteemed as a market fish; -- called also ombre, and umbrine.

Umbra+tree+(Bot.),+A+tree+({Phytolacca+dioica"> Umbra tree (Bot.), A tree ({Phytolacca dioica) of the same genus as pokeweed. It is native of South America, but is now grown in southern Europe. It has large dark leaves, and a somber aspect. The juice of its berries is used for coloring wine. -- J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). 

Ombrometer (n.) (Meteorol.) An instrument for measuring the rain that falls; a rain gauge.

Omega (n.) The last letter of the Greek alphabet. See Alpha.

Omega (n.) The last; the end; hence, death.

"Omega! Thou art Lord," they said.    -- Tennyson.

Alpha and Omega, The beginning and the ending; hence, the chief, the whole. -- Rev. i. 8.

The alpha and omega of science.       -- Sir J. Herschel.

Omega (n.) The ending of a series or sequence; "the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end" -- Revelation [syn: omega, Z].

Omega (n.) The last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet.

Omega, () A prototype-based object-oriented language from Austria.

["Type-Safe Object-Oriented Programming with Prototypes - The Concept of Omega", G. Blaschek, Structured Programming 12:217-225, 1991].

Omega, () A successor to TeX extended to handle the Unicode character set. (1997-11-20) 

Omega, () (Rev. 1:8), The last letter in the Greek alphabet. (See A.) 

Omega, () The last letter of the Greek alphabet; long O

Omegoid (a.) Having the form of the Greek capital letter Omega ([Omega]). omelet

Omelet, omelette (n.) (Cookery) A dish consisting of eggs beaten up with a little flour, etc., and cooked in a frying pan until just set into a semisolid consistency; it may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly; as, a plain omelet. When additional ingredients are mixed in, the names of the ingredients may be mentioned in the name of the omelet; as, a ham and cheese omelet; a bacon and cheese omelet.

Western omelet, An omelet containing chopped pieces of ham, onion, and green peppers.

Omelet (n.) Beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly [syn: omelet, omelette].

Omen (n.) An occurrence supposed to portend, or show the character of, some future event; any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing; a foreboding; a presage; an augury.

Bid go with evil omen, and the brand Of infamy upon my name. -- Milton.

Omened (imp. & p. p.) of Omen

Omening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Omen

Omen (v. t.) 預示,預告 To divine or to foreshow by signs or portents; to have omens or premonitions regarding; to predict; to augur; as, to omen ill of an enterprise.

The yet unknown verdict, of which, however, all omened the tragical contents. -- Sir W. Scott.

Omen (n.) A sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle" [syn: omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy].

Omen (v.) Indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict].

Omen (n.) [ C ] 預兆,徵兆,兆頭  Something that is considered to be a sign of how a future event will take place.

// The team's final victory of the season is a good omen for the playoffs, which start next week.

// A bad omen.

// Many people believe that a broken mirror is an omen of bad luck.

Omened (a.) Attended by, or containing, an omen or omens; as, happy-omened day; an ill-omened venture.

Omen (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Omened; p. pr. & vb. n. Omening.] To divine or to foreshow by signs or portents; to have omens or premonitions regarding; to predict; to augur; as, to omen ill of an enterprise.

The yet unknown verdict, of which, however, all omened the tragical contents. -- Sir W. Scott. 

Omental (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to an omentum or the omenta.

Omenta (n. pl. ) of Omentum

Omentum (n.) (Anat.) A free fold of the peritoneum, or one serving to connect viscera, support blood vessels, etc.; an epiploon.

Note: The great, or gastrocolic, omentum forms, in most mammals, a great sac, which is attached to the stomach and transverse colon, is loaded with fat, and covers more or less of the intestines; the caul. The lesser, or gastrohepatic, omentum connects the stomach and  liver and contains the hepatic vessels. The gastrosplenic omentum, or ligament, connects the stomach and spleen.

Omentum (n.) A fold of peritoneum supporting the viscera.

Omer (n.) A Hebrew measure, the tenth of an ephah. See Ephah. -- Ex. xvi. 36.

Omer, () A handful, one-tenth of an ephah= half a gallon dry measure (Ex. 16:22, 32, 33, 36)= "tenth deal."

Omer, MI -- U.S. city in Michigan

Population (2000): 337

Housing Units (2000): 163

Land area (2000): 1.237930 sq. miles (3.206223 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 1.237930 sq. miles (3.206223 sq. km)

FIPS code: 60660

Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26

Location: 44.047898 N, 83.854796 W

ZIP Codes (1990): 48749

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Headwords:

Omer, MI

Omer

Omicron (n.) 希臘字母第15個字母 Lit., the little, or short, O, o; the fifteenth letter of the Greek alphabet.

Omicron (n.) The 15th letter of the Greek alphabet.

Omicron (n.) The fifteenth letter of the Greek alphabet (Ο, ο), transliterated as o..

Ah, yes, the round letters are quite small; yes, the omicrons and omegas seem to hover, there, in the middle of the line.

Omicron Piscium.

Omicron (n.) [Countable]  The 15th letter of the Greek alphabet (O, o).

 Omicron (n.) [Uncountable]  A  variant  (= form)  of the  SARS-CoV-2  virus that was first reported in November 2021 and spread quickly to become the main form of the virus in many places.

These new measures are intended to slow the spread of Omicron.

Omicorn (n.)  The 15th letter of the Greek alphabet -- see  Alphabet Table

Omicron COVID Variant Symptoms, Cause, Precaution & Treatment

February 4, 2022  by  Editorial Team

Omicron COVID Variant Symptoms: On 24 November 2021 (Wednesday) a new COVID Variant was identified in South Africa.

The new COVID Variant is named  Omicron,  WHO or World Health Organization has designated the new COVID Variant as the Variant of concern. After knowing that a new variant of COVID has been identified, the whole world is not panicking about this. Through this article, you will get the detailed information about the  Omicron COVID Variants. We have taken all the details about this variant of concern from a trustable source like who.int.

Omicron COVID Variant

Research from all over the world is now in finding this COVID Variant, actually, there are conducting various studies, in order to understand this variant of concern.

On 26 November 2021 (Friday) the variant of COVID was named as Omicron by the World Health Organizations TAG-VE or Technical Advisory Group on Virus Evolution. The new variant of COVID is also named as B.1.1.529.

In South Africa. Since last week the COVID cases has increased steeply. The growth in cases is because of the new SARS-CoV-2 variant: B.1.1.529. The first case of this COVID Variant was found from a specimen on 9 November 2021 (Tuesday).

Omiletical (a.) Homiletical. [Obs.]

Ominate (v. t. & i.) To presage; to foreshow; to foretoken. [Obs.] -- Dr. H. More.

Omination (n.) The act of ominating; presaging. [Obs.] -- Fuller.

Ominous (a.) Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous dread.

He had a good ominous name to have made a peace. -- Bacon.

In the heathen worship of God, a sacrifice without a heart was accounted ominous. -- South. -- Om"i*nous*ly, adv. -- Om"i*nous*ness, n.

Ominous (a.) Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly" [syn: baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening].

Ominous (a.) Presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven" -- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government" [syn: ill, inauspicious, ominous].

Ominous (a.) 惡兆的;不祥的;不吉利的  Suggesting that something unpleasant is likely to happen.

// There was an ominous silence when I asked whether my contract was going to be renewed.

// The engine had been making an ominous sound all the way from my parents' house.

// Ominous dark clouds.

Omissible (a.) 可以省去的;可以刪掉的 Capable of being omitted; that may be omitted.

Omissible (a.) Capable of being left out.

Omission (n.) [U] 省略;刪除;遺漏;疏忽;失職 The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.

The most natural division of all offenses is into those of omission and those of commission. -- Addison.

Omission (n.) That which is omitted or is left undone.

Omission (n.) A mistake resulting from neglect [syn: omission, skip].

Omission (n.) Something that has been omitted; "she searched the table for omissions".

Omission (n.) Any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases [syn: omission, deletion].

Omission (n.) Neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something.

Omission, () An omission is the neglect to perform what the law requires.

Omission, () When a public law enjoins on certain officers duties to be performed by them for the public, and they omit to perform them, they may be indicted: for example, supervisors of the highways are required to repair the public roads; the neglect to do so will render them liable to be indicted.

Omission, () When a nuisance arises in consequence of an omission, it cannot be abated if it be a private nuisance without giving notice, when such notice can be given. Vide Branches; Commission; Nuisance; Trees.

Omissive (a.) 省略的;遺漏 Leaving out; omitting. -- Bp. Hall. -- O*mis"sive*ly, adv.

Omissive (a.) Characterized by omissions; "omissive crimes".

Omitted (imp. & p. p.) of Omit

Omitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Omit

Omit (v. t.) 遺漏;省略;刪去[+from];忽略不做;忘記 [Y] [+to-v] [+v-ing] To let go; to leave unmentioned; not to insert or name; to drop.

These personal comparisons I omit. -- Bacon.

Omit (v. t.) To forbear or fail to perform or to make use of; to leave undone; to neglect; to pass over.

Her father omitted nothing in her education that might make her the most accomplished woman of her age. -- Addison.

Omit (v.) Prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece" [syn: exclude, except, leave out, leave off, omit, take out] [ant: include].

Omit (v.) Leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten" [syn: neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap] [ant: attend to, take to heart].

Omit (v.) [ T ] (-tt-) (C1) 疏忽,遺漏;刪節,排除 To fail to include or do something.

// She was omitted from the list of contributors to the report.

// The Prince's tour conveniently omitted the most deprived areas of the city.

// [ + to infinitive ] (Formal) She omitted to mention that she would be away next week.

Omittance (n.) The act of omitting, or the state of being omitted; forbearance; neglect. -- Shak.

Omitter (n.) One who omits. -- Fuller.

Ommateal (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to an ommateum.

Ommatea (n. pl. ) of Ommateum

Ommateum (n.) (Zool.) 【動】(昆蟲之)複眼 A compound eye, as of insects and crustaceans.

Ommatidia (n. pl. ) of Ommatidium

Ommatidium (n.) (Zool.) One of the single eyes forming the compound eyes of crustaceans, insects, and other invertebrates ; one of the eyes of an ommateum.

Ommatidium (n.) Any of the numerous small cone-shaped eyes that make up the compound eyes of some arthropods.

Omni- () A combining form denoting all, every, everywhere; as in omnipotent, all-powerful; omnipresent.

Omnibus (n.) A long vehicle, having seats for many people; a bus.

Note: In the 1913 Webster the term omnibus was especially applied to, a vehicle with seats running lengthwise, used in conveying passengers short distances.

Omnibus (n.) (Glass Making) A sheet-iron cover for articles in a leer or annealing arch, to protect them from drafts.

Omnibus (n.) (Printing) A volume containing collected and reprinted works of a single author or on a single theme.

Omnibus (a.) Pertaining to or dealing with a variety of topics at one time; as, omnibus legislation; an omnibus budget bill.

Omnibus bill, A legislative bill which provides for a number of miscellaneous enactments or appropriations. [Parliamentary Cant, U.S.]

Omnibus box, A large box in a theater, on a level with the stage and having communication with it. [Eng.] -- Thackeray.

Omnibus (a.) Providing for many things at once; "an omnibus law"

Omnibus (n.) An anthology of articles on a related subject or an anthology of the works of a single author

Omnibus (n.) A vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; "he always rode the bus to work" [syn: bus, autobus, coach, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle].

Omnicorporeal (a.) Comprehending or including all bodies; embracing all substance. [R.] -- Cudworth.

Omniety (n.) That which is all-pervading or all-comprehensive; hence, the Deity. [R.]

Omniety formed nullity into an essence. -- Sir T. Browne.

Omnifarious (a.) Of all varieties, forms, or kinds. "Omnifarious learning." -- Coleridge.

Omnifarious (a.) Of all varieties or forms or kinds; "omnifarious reading".

Omnific (a.) All-creating. "The omnific word." -- Milton.

Omniform (a.) Having every form or shape. -- Berkeley.

Omniformity (n.) The condition or quality of having every form. -- Dr. H. More.

Omnify (v. t.) To render universal; to enlarge. [R.]

Omnify the disputed point into a transcendent, and you may defy the opponent to lay hold of it. -- Coleridge.

Omnigenous (a.) Consisting of all kinds. [R.]

Omnigraph (n.) A pantograph. [R.]

Omniparient (a.) Producing or bringing forth all things; all-producing. [R.]

Omniparity (n.) Equality in every part; general equality.

Omniparous (a.) Producing all things; omniparient.

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