Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter O - Page 20
Opsimathy (n.) Education late in life. [R.] -- Hales.
Opsiometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the limits of distincts vision in different individuals, and thus determiming the proper focal length of a lens for correcting imperfect sight. -- Brande & C.
Opsonation (n.) A catering; a buying of provisions. [Obs.] -- Bailey.
Optable (a.) That may be chosen; desirable.
Optate (v. i.) To choose; to wish for; to desire.
Optation (n.) The act of optating; a wish.
Optative (a.) Expressing desire or wish.
Optative (n.) Something to be desired.
Optative (n.) The optative mood; also, a verb in the optative mood.
Optatively (adv.) In an optative manner; with the expression of desire.
Optic (a.) The organ of sight; an eye.
Optic (a.) An eyeglass.
Optic (a.) Alt. of Optical.
Optical (a.) Of or pertaining to vision or sight.
Optical (a.) Of or pertaining to the eye; ocular; as, the optic nerves (the first pair of cranial nerves) which are distributed to the retina. See Illust. of Brain, and Eye.
Optical (a.) Relating to the science of optics; as, optical works.
Optically (adv.) By optics or sight; with reference to optics.
Optician (a.) One skilled in optics.
Optician (a.) One who deals in optical glasses and instruments.
Optics (n.) That branch of physical science which treats of the nature and properties of light, the laws of its modification by opaque and transparent bodies, and the phenomena of vision.
Optigraph (a.) A telescope with a diagonal eyepiece, suspended vertically in gimbals by the object end beneath a fixed diagonal plane mirror. It is used for delineating landscapes, by means of a pencil at the eye end which leaves the delineation on paper.
Optimacy (n.) Government by the nobility.
Optimacy (n.) Collectively, the nobility.
Optimate (a.) Of or pertaining to the nobility or aristocracy.
Optimate (n.) A nobleman or aristocrat; a chief man in a state or city.
Optimates (n. pl.) The nobility or aristocracy of ancient Rome, as opposed to the populares.
Optime (n.) One of those who stand in the second rank of honors, immediately after the wranglers, in the University of Cambridge, England. They are divided into senior and junior optimes.
Optimism (n.) 樂觀；樂觀主義 [U] The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature, being the work of God, is ordered for the best, or that the ordering of things in the universe is such as to produce the highest good.
Optimism (n.) A disposition to take the most hopeful view; -- opposed to pessimism.
Optimist (n.) (Metaph.) 樂觀者；樂觀主義者 One who holds the opinion that all events are ordered for the best.
Optimist (n.) One who looks on the bright side of things, or takes hopeful views; -- opposed to pessimist.
Optimist (n.) A person disposed to take a favorable view of things [ant: {pessimist}].
Optimist (n.) A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
A pessimist applied to God for relief.
"Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness," said God.
"No," replied the petitioner, "I wish you to create something that would justify them".
"The world is all created," said God, "but you have overlooked something -- the mortality of the optimist".
Optimistic (a.) (Metaph.) 樂觀的 Of or pertaining to optimism; tending, or conforming, to the opinion that all events are ordered for the best.
Optimistic (a.) Hopeful; sanguine; as, an optimistic view.
Optimistic (a.) Expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds; "in an optimistic mood"; "optimistic plans"; "took an optimistic view" [ant: {pessimistic}].
Optimistic (a.) Expecting the best; "an affirmative outlook" [syn: {affirmative}, {optimistic}].
Optimistic (a.) (B2) 樂觀的 Hoping or believing that good things will happen in the future.
// She is optimistic about her chances of winning a gold medal.
Optimity (n.) The state of being best.
Optimity (n.) (Rare) The quality or fact of being the best or very good; excellence.
Option (n.) The power of choosing; the right of choice or election; an alternative.
Option (n.) The exercise of the power of choice; choice.
Option (n.) A wishing; a wish.
Option (n.) A right formerly belonging to an archbishop to select any one dignity or benefice in the gift of a suffragan bishop consecrated or confirmed by him, for bestowal by himself when next vacant; -- annulled by Parliament in 1845.
Option (n.) A stipulated privilege, given to a party in a time contract, of demanding its fulfillment on any day within a specified limit.
Options trading (n.) The act of engaging in trade of securities, specifically in the options market. Investors are given the choice to buy or sell the security at a specific price by a specific time, but they are not required to do so.
Optional (a.) Involving an option; depending on the exercise of an option; left to one's discretion or choice; not compulsory; as, optional studies; it is optional with you to go or stay.
Optional (n.) See Elective, n.
Optionally (adv.) In an optional manner.
Optocoele (n.) Alt. of Optocoelia.
Optocoelia (n.) The cavity of one of the optic lobes of the brain in many animals.
Optogram (n.) An image of external objects fixed on the retina by the photochemical action of light on the visual purple. See Optography.
Optography (n.) The production of an optogram on the retina by the photochemical action of light on the visual purple; the fixation of an image in the eye. The object so photographed shows white on a purple or red background. See Visual purple, under Visual.
Optometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the distance of distinct vision, mainly for the selection of eveglasses.
Opulence (n.) 豐裕，豐富，豐饒 Wealth; riches; affluence.
Opulence (n.) Wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living [syn: {luxury}, {luxuriousness}, {opulence}, {sumptuousness}].
Opulency (n.) See Opulence.
Opulent (a.) 豐裕的，豐富的，豐饒的 Having a large estate or property; wealthy; rich; affluent; as, an opulent city; an opulent citizen.
Opulent (a.) Rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded dining rooms" [syn: {deluxe}, {gilded}, {grand}, {luxurious}, {opulent}, {princely}, {sumptuous}].
Opulent (a.) 奢華的；豪華的；奢侈的 Expensive and luxurious.
// An opulent lifestyle.
// An opulent hotel.
Opuntia (n.) A genus of cactaceous plants; the prickly pear, or Indian fig.
Opera (n. pl. ) of Opus.
Opus (n.) A work; specif. (Mus.), a musical composition.
Opuscle (n.) Alt. of Opuscule.
Opuscule (n.) A small or petty work.
Opusculum (n.) 小品；音樂小品；文學小品 A minor work (as of literature) — usually used in plural.
Opusculum -- Which is often used in its plural form opuscula -- comes from Latin, where it serves as the diminutive form of the noun opus, meaning "work." In English, opus can refer to any literary or artistic work, though it often specifically refers to a musical piece. Being a diminutive of opus, opusculum logically refers to a short or minor work. Unlike its more famous relation, however, opusculum is most often used for literary works. The Latin plural of opus is opera, which gave us (via Italian) the word we know for a musical production consisting primarily of vocal pieces performed with orchestral accompaniment.
Opusculum (n.; pl. Opuscula.) [L.] An opuscule. -- Smart.
Compare: Opuscule
Opuscule (n.) 小品；小曲；文學小品 A small, minor work.
Opuscule (n.) (Art Terms) (Rare) A small or insignificant artistic work.
Compare: Opuscular
Opuscular ( a.) Of or relating to an opuscule.
Opuscular ( a.) (Rare) Consisting of opuscules; of the nature of an opuscule.
Opuscula (n. pl. ) of Opusculum.
Opusculum (n.) An opuscule. -- Smart.
Opye (n.) Opium.
Oquassa (n.) A small, handsome trout (Salvelinus oquassa), found in some of the lakes in Maine; -- called also blueback trout.
-or () A noun suffix denoting an act; a state or quality; as in error, fervor, pallor, candor, etc.
-or () A noun suffix denoting an agent or doer; as in auditor, one who hears; donor, one who gives; obligor, elevator. It is correlative to -ee. In general -or is appended to words of Latin, and -er to those of English, origin. See -er.
Or (conj.) A particle that marks an alternative; as, you may read or may write, -- that is, you may do one of the things at your pleasure, but not both. It corresponds to either. You may ride either to London or to Windsor. It often connects a series of words or propositions, presenting a choice of either; as, he may study law, or medicine, or divinity, or he may enter into trade.
Or (prep. & adv.) Ere; before; sooner than.
Or (n.) Yellow or gold color, -- represented in drawing or engraving by small dots.
Ora (n.) A money of account among the Anglo-Saxons, valued, in the Domesday Book, at twenty pence sterling.
Orabassu (n.) A South American monkey of the genus Callithrix, esp.
Orach (n.) Alt. of Orache.
Orache (n.) A genus (Atriplex) of herbs or low shrubs of the Goosefoot family, most of them with a mealy surface.
Oracle (n.) 神諭，神諭處，預言 The answer of a god, or some person reputed to be a god, to an inquiry respecting some affair or future event, as the success of an enterprise or battle.
Oracle (n.) Hence: The deity who was supposed to give the answer; also, the place where it was given.
Oracle (n.) The communications, revelations, or messages delivered by God to the prophets; also, the entire sacred Scriptures -- usually in the plural.
Oracle (n.) The sanctuary, or Most Holy place in the temple; also, the temple itself.
Oracle (n.) One who communicates a divine command; an angel; a prophet.
Oracle (n.) Any person reputed uncommonly wise; one whose decisions are regarded as of great authority; as, a literary oracle.
Oracle (n.) A wise sentence or decision of great authority.
Oracled (imp. & p. p.) of Oracle.
Oracling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oracle.
Oracle (v. i.) To utter oracles.
Oracular (a.) Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles; forecasting the future; as, an oracular tongue.
Oracular (a.) Resembling an oracle in some way, as in solemnity, wisdom, authority, obscurity, ambiguity, dogmatism.
Oraculous (a.) Oracular; of the nature of an oracle.
Oragious (a.) Stormy.
Oraison (n.) See Orison.
Oral (a.) Uttered by the mouth, or in words; spoken, not written; verbal; as, oral traditions; oral testimony; oral law.
Oral (a.) Of or pertaining to the mouth; surrounding or lining the mouth; as, oral cilia or cirri.
Oral cavity (n.) The cavity of the mouth; especially : the part of the mouth behind the gums and teeth that is bounded above by the hard and soft palates and below by the tongue and by the mucous membrane connecting it with the inner part of the mandible. [syn: Mouth cavity].
Orally (adv.) In an oral manner.
Orally (adv.) By, with, or in, the mouth; as, to receive the sacrament orally.
Orang (n.) See Orang-outang.
Orange (n.) The fruit of a tree of the genus Citrus ({Citrus Aurantium). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow when ripe.
Note: There are numerous varieties of oranges; as, the bitter orange, which is supposed to be the original stock; the navel orange, which has the rudiment of a second orange imbedded in the top of the fruit; the blood orange, with a reddish juice; and the horned orange, in which the carpels are partly separated.
Orange (n.) (Bot.) The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree.
Orange (n.) The color of an orange; reddish yellow.
Mandarin orange. See Mandarin.
Mock orange (Bot.), Any species of shrubs of the genus Philadelphus, which have whitish and often fragrant blossoms.
Native orange, or Orange thorn (Bot.), An Australian shrub ({Citriobatus parviflorus); also, its edible yellow berries.
Orange bird (Zool.), A tanager of Jamaica ({Tanagra zena"> Orange bird (Zool.), a tanager of Jamaica ({Tanagra zena); -- so called from its bright orange breast.
Orange cowry (Zool.), A large, handsome cowry ({Cypraea aurantia), highly valued by collectors of shells on account of its rarity.
Orange grass (Bot.), An inconspicuous annual American plant ({Hypericum Sarothra), having minute, deep yellow flowers.
Orange oil (Chem.), An oily, terpenelike substance obtained from orange rind, and distinct from neroli oil, which is obtained from the flowers.
Orange pekoe, A kind of black tea.
Orange pippin, An orange-colored apple with acid flavor.
Quito orange, The orangelike fruit of a shrubby species of nightshade ({Solanum Quitoense), native in Quito.
Orange scale (Zool.) Any species of scale insects which infests orange trees; especially, the purple scale ({Mytilaspis citricola), the long scale ({Mytilaspis Gloveri), and the red scale ({Aspidiotus Aurantii}).
Orange (a.) Of or pertaining to an orange; of the color of an orange; reddish yellow; as, an orange ribbon.
Orange (a.) Of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange [syn: orange, orangish].
Orange (n.) Round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
Orange (n.) Orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow [syn: orange, orangeness].
Orange (n.) Any citrus tree bearing oranges [syn: orange, orange tree].
Orange (n.) Any pigment producing the orange color.
Orange (n.) A river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean [syn: Orange, Orange River].
Orange -- U.S. County in Indiana
Population (2000): 19306
Housing Units (2000): 8348
Land area (2000): 399.521148 sq. miles (1034.754978 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 8.680658 sq. miles (22.482801 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 408.201806 sq. miles (1057.237779 sq. km)
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 38.561967 N, 86.517884 W
Headwords:
Orange
Orange, IN
Orange County
Orange County, IN
Orange -- U.S. County in North Carolina
Population (2000): 118227
Housing Units (2000): 49289
Land area (2000): 399.837927 sq. miles (1035.575434 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.374545 sq. miles (3.560056 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 401.212472 sq. miles (1039.135490 sq. km)
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 36.011889 N, 79.097018 W
Headwords:
Orange
Orange, NC
Orange County
Orange County, NC
Orange -- U.S. County in New York
Population (2000): 341367
Housing Units (2000): 122754
Land area (2000): 816.337641 sq. miles (2114.304694 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 22.208142 sq. miles (57.518822 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 838.545783 sq. miles (2171.823516 sq. km)
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 41.406117 N, 74.279480 W
Headwords:
Orange
Orange, NY
Orange County
Orange County, NY
Orange -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000): 84966
Housing Units (2000): 34781
Land area (2000): 356.403745 sq. miles (923.081422 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 23.135833 sq. miles (59.921529 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 379.539578 sq. miles (983.002951 sq. km)
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 30.114604 N, 93.842055 W
Headwords:
Orange
Orange, TX
Orange County
Orange County, TX
Orange -- U.S. County in Vermont
Population (2000): 28226
Housing Units (2000): 13386
Land area (2000): 688.557552 sq. miles (1783.355796 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 3.182089 sq. miles (8.241572 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 691.739641 sq. miles (1791.597368 sq. km)
Located within: Vermont (VT), FIPS 50
Location: 43.995815 N, 72.374886 W
Headwords:
Orange
Orange, VT
Orange County
Orange County, VT
Orange -- U.S. County in Virginia
Population (2000): 25881
Housing Units (2000): 11354
Land area (2000): 341.703767 sq. miles (885.008655 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.703793 sq. miles (4.412804 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 343.407560 sq. miles (889.421459 sq. km)
Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location: 38.241950 N, 78.052767 W
Headwords:
Orange
Orange, VA
Orange County
Orange County, VA
Orange -- U.S. County in Florida
Population (2000): 896344
Housing Units (2000): 361349
Land area (2000): 907.449436 sq. miles (2350.283150 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 96.739535 sq. miles (250.554236 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1004.188971 sq. miles (2600.837386 sq. km)
Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location: 28.547129 N, 81.404159 W
Headwords:
Orange
Orange, FL
Orange County
Orange County, FL
Orange -- U.S. County in California
Population (2000): 2846289
Housing Units (2000): 969484
Land area (2000): 789.404295 sq. miles (2044.547652 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 158.572057 sq. miles (410.699725 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 947.976352 sq. miles (2455.247377 sq. km)
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 33.731518 N, 117.861663 W
Headwords:
Orange
Orange, CA
Orange County
Orange County, CA
Orange, NJ -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New Jersey
Population (2000): 32868
Housing Units (2000): 12665
Land area (2000): 2.205364 sq. miles (5.711866 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.002154 sq. miles (0.005579 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.207518 sq. miles (5.717445 sq. km)
FIPS code: 55020
Located within: New Jersey (NJ), FIPS 34
Location: 40.768300 N, 74.236031 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 07050
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Orange, NJ
Orange
Orange, CA -- U.S. city in California
Population (2000): 128821
Housing Units (2000): 41904
Land area (2000): 23.394909 sq. miles (60.592534 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.505592 sq. miles (1.309478 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 23.900501 sq. miles (61.902012 sq. km)
FIPS code: 53980
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 33.802945 N, 117.832506 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 92665 92666 92668 92669
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Orange, CA
Orange
Orange, CT -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Connecticut
Population (2000): 13233
Housing Units (2000): 4870
Land area (2000): 17.185400 sq. miles (44.509981 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.243378 sq. miles (0.630345 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 17.428778 sq. miles (45.140326 sq. km)
FIPS code: 57670
Located within: Connecticut (CT), FIPS 09
Location: 41.279547 N, 73.025416 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 06477
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Orange, CT
Orange
Orange, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
Population (2000): 3236
Housing Units (2000): 1236
Land area (2000): 3.800982 sq. miles (9.844497 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.800982 sq. miles (9.844497 sq. km)
FIPS code: 58604
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 41.445454 N, 81.475182 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Orange, OH
Orange
Orange, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 18643
Housing Units (2000): 8364
Land area (2000): 20.078322 sq. miles (52.002614 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.686873 sq. miles (1.778993 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 20.765195 sq. miles (53.781607 sq. km)
FIPS code: 54132
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 30.109217 N, 93.759133 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Orange, TX
Orange
Orange, MA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Massachusetts
Population (2000): 3945
Housing Units (2000): 1663
Land area (2000): 6.001500 sq. miles (15.543814 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.013115 sq. miles (0.033968 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.014615 sq. miles (15.577782 sq. km)
FIPS code: 51230
Located within: Massachusetts (MA), FIPS 25
Location: 42.587796 N, 72.308163 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Orange, MA
Orange
Orange, VA -- U.S. town in Virginia
Population (2000): 4123
Housing Units (2000): 1712
Land area (2000): 3.236090 sq. miles (8.381433 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.008480 sq. miles (0.021962 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.244570 sq. miles (8.403395 sq. km)
FIPS code: 59496
Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location: 38.245894 N, 78.109786 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Orange, VA
Orange
Orangeade (n.) A drink made of orange juice and water, corresponding to lemonade; orange sherbet.
Orangeade (n.) Sweetened beverage of diluted orange juice.
Orangeat (n.) Candied orange peel; also, orangeade.
Orangeism (n.) Attachment to the principles of the society of Orangemen; the tenets or practices of the Orangemen.
-men (n. pl. ) of Orangeman.
Orangeman (n.) One of a secret society, organized in the north of Ireland in 1795, the professed objects of which are the defense of the regning sovereign of Great Britain, the support of the Protestant religion, the maintenance of the laws of the kingdom, etc.; -- so called in honor of William, Prince of Orange, who became William III. of England.
Orangeman (n.) A member of a society founded in Ireland in 1795 to uphold Protestantism and the British sovereign.
Orangeroot (n.) (Bot.) An American ranunculaceous plant ({Hidrastis Canadensis), having a yellow tuberous root; -- also called yellowroot, golden seal, etc.
Orangery (n.) A place for raising oranges; a plantation of orange trees.
Orangery (n.) A place where oranges are grown; a plantation of orange trees in warm climes or a greenhouse in cooler areas.
Orangetawny (a. & n.) Deep orange-yellow; dark yellow. -- Shak.