Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter O - Page 28
Ossicula (n. pl. ) of Ossiculum
Ossiculum (n.) (Zool.) Same as Ossicle.
Ossiferous (a.) Containing or yielding bone.
Ossiferous (a.) Containing bones (especially fossil bones); "ossiferous caves".
Ossific (a.) Capable of producing bone; having the power to change cartilage or other tissue into bone.
Ossification (n.) (Physiol.) The formation of bone; the process, in the growth of an animal, by which inorganic material (mainly lime salts) is deposited in cartilage or membrane, forming bony tissue; ostosis.
Note: Besides the natural ossification of growing tissue, there is the so-called accidental ossification which sometimes follows certain abnormal conditions, as in the ossification of an artery.
Ossification (n.) The state of being changed into a bony substance; also, a mass or point of ossified tissue.
Ossification (n.) The developmental process of bone formation.
Ossification (n.) The calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material.
Ossification (n.) The process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior.
Ossification (n.) Hardened conventionality [syn: ossification, conformity].
Ossified (a.) Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues.
Ossified (a.) Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified bureaucratic system" [syn: fossilized, fossilised, ossified].
Ossifrage (n.) (Zool.) The lammergeir.
Ossifrage (n.) (Zool.) The young of the sea eagle or bald eagle. [Obs.]
Compare: Lammergeir, Lammergeier, lammergeyer,
Lammergeir, Lammergeier, lammergeyer, (n.) (Zool.) A very large vulture ({Gypa["e]tus barbatus), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in extent of wings. It is brownish black above, with the under parts and neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and partly on small animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them on stones to obtain the contents, and is therefore called bonebreaker and ossifrage. It is supposed to be the ossifrage of the Bible. Called also bearded vulture and bearded eagle.
Ossifragous (a.) Serving to break bones; bone-breaking.
Ossified (imp. & p. p.) of Ossify
Ossifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ossify
Ossify (v. t.) (Physiol.) To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts.
Ossify (v. t.) (Fig.): To harden; as, to ossify the heart. -- Ruskin.
Ossify (v. i.) (Physiol.) To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue.
Ossify (v.) Become bony; "The tissue ossified"
Ossify (v.) Make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking" [syn: rigidify, ossify, petrify].
Ossify (v.) Cause to become hard and bony; "The disease ossified the tissue".
Ossifying (a.) (Physiol.) Changing into bone; becoming bone; as, the ossifying process.
Ossivorous (a.) Feeding on bones; eating bones; as, ossivorous quadrupeds. -- Derham.
Osspringer (n.) The osprey. [R.]
Ossuarium (n.) [L.] A charnel house; an ossuary. -- Walpole.
-ries (n. pl. ) of Ossuary
Ossuary (n.) A place where the bones of the dead are deposited; a charnel house. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Ossuary (n.) Any receptacle for the burial of human bones.
Ost (n.) See Oast.
OST, () Open System Toolkit (Apollo)
Osteal (a.) Osseous.
Osteal (a.) relating to bone or to the skeleton
Osteal (a.) composed of or containing bone; "osseous tissue" [syn: osseous, osteal, bony].
Ossein (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) The organic basis of bone tissue; the residue after removal of the mineral matters from bone by dilute acid; in embryonic tissue, the substance in which the mineral salts are deposited to form bone; bone collagen; -- called also ostein. Chemically it is the same as collagen.
Ostein (n.) Ossein.
Osteitis (n.) (Med.) Inflammation of bone.
Osteitis (n.) Inflammation of a bone as a consequence of infection or trauma or degeneration.
Osteler (n.) Same as Hosteler. -- Wyclif.
Ostend (v. t.) To exhibit; to manifest. [Obs.]
Mercy to mean offenders we'll ostend. -- J. Webster.
Ostensibility (n.) The quality or state of being ostensible.
Ostensible (a.) 外表的；假裝的；可公開的 Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown. [R.] -- Walpole.
Ostensible (a.) Outwardly appearing to be; shown to be; exhibited; apparent; evident.
Ostensible (a.) Declared; avowed; professed; pretended; -- often used as opposed to real or actual; as, an ostensible reason, motive, or aim. -- D. Ramsay.
Ostensible (a.) Appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty" [syn: apparent(a), ostensible, seeming(a)].
Ostensible (a.) Represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity" [syn: ostensible, ostensive].
Ostensible (a.) Shown; exhibited; declared; avowed; professed; apparent; -- often used as opposed to real or actual; as, an ostensible reason, motive, or aim.
Ostensibly (adv.) 表面上；明顯地 In an ostensible manner; avowedly; professedly; apparently. -- Walsh.
Ostensibly, () We were intended to prevent filibustering into Texas, but really as a menace to Mexico. -- U. S. Grant.
Ostensibly (adv.) From appearances alone; "irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land"; "the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned"; "had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"-Thomas Hardy; "on the face of it the problem seems minor" [syn: apparently, seemingly, ostensibly, on the face of it].
Ostension (n.) (Eccl.) 明示 The showing of the sacrament on the altar in order that it may receive the adoration of the communicants.
Ostension (n.) (pl. -s) An act or process of showing, pointing out, or exhibiting.
Ostension (n.) Exposition of the Host.
Compare : Inference
Inference (n.) 推論，推斷 [U]；推斷的結果；（邏輯上的）結論 [C] The logical process by which new facts are derived from known facts by the application of inference rules.
See also symbolic inference, type inference.
Inference (n.) The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.
Though it may chance to be right in the conclusions, it is yet unjust and mistaken in the method of inference. -- Glanvill.
Inference (n.) That which inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction. -- Milton.
These inferences, or conclusions, are the effects of reasoning, and the three propositions, taken all together, are called syllogism, or argument. -- I. Watts.
Syn: Conclusion; deduction; consequence.
Usage: {Inference}, {Conclusion}. An inference is literally that which is brought in; and hence, a deduction or induction from premises, -- something which follows as certainly or probably true. A conclusion is stronger than an inference; it shuts us up to the result, and terminates inquiry. We infer what is particular or probable; we conclude what is certain. In a chain of reasoning we have many inferences, which lead to the ultimate conclusion. "An inference is a proposition which is perceived to be true, because of its connection with some known fact." "When something is simply affirmed to be true, it is called a proposition; after it has been found to be true by several reasons or arguments, it is called a conclusion." -- I. Taylor.
Inference (n.) The reasoning involved
in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of
circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of
direct observation [syn: {inference}, {illation}].
Inference, () The logical process by which
new facts are derived from known facts by the application of inference rules.
See also symbolic inference, type inference.
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Inference (n.) A conclusion drawn by reason from premises established by proof.
Inference (n.) It is the province of the judge who is to decide upon the facts to draw the inference. When the facts are submitted to the court, the judges draw the inference; when they are to be ascertained by a jury, it is their duty to do so. The witness is not permitted as a general rule to draw an inference, and testify that to the court or jury. It is his duty to state the facts simply as they occurred. Inferences differ from presumptions. (q.v.)
Ostensive (a.) 以實例證示的；清晰顯示的；外表的 Showing; exhibiting.
{Ostensive demonstration} (Math.), A direct or positive demonstration, as opposed to the apagogical or indirect method.
Ostensive (a.) Manifestly demonstrative.
Ostensive (a.) Represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity" [syn: {ostensible}, {ostensive}].
Ostensively (adv.) 表面上地 In an ostensive manner.
-soria (n. pl. ) of Ostensory
-sories (n. pl. ) of Ostensory
Ostensorium (n.) Alt. of Ostensory
Ostensorium (n.) (Roman Catholic Church) A vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration [syn: {monstrance}, {ostensorium}].
Ostensory (n.) 聖禮顯示臺 Same as {Monstrance}.
Compare: Monstrance
Monstrance (n.) （天主教）聖體匣 A transparent pyx, in which the consecrated host is exposed to view.
Monstrance (n.) Proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion [syn: {demonstration}, {monstrance}].
Monstrance (n.) (Roman Catholic Church) A vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration [syn: {monstrance}, {ostensorium}].
Ostent (n.) [古] 1. 表示；表現 fair ~ of love (Shakespeare) 愛之美麗的展示 2. 炫示；炫耀 3. 記號；徵兆 Appearance; air; mien. -- Shak.
Ostent (n.) Manifestation; token; portent. -- Dryden.
We asked of God that some ostent might clear Our cloudy business, who gave us sign. -- Chapman.
Ostentate (v. t.) 炫耀；誇示 To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly.
Ostentation (n.) 虛飾，虛有其表，賣弄 The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense.
Ostentation (n.) A show or spectacle.
Ostentatious (a.) 裝飾表面的，誇示的，華美的 Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful.
Ostentatious (a.) (Disapproving) 鋪張的，擺闊的；炫耀的，賣弄的；招搖的 Too obviously showing your money, possessions, or power, in an attempt to make other people notice and admire you.
// They criticized the ostentatious lifestyle of their leaders.
// An ostentatious gesture/ manner.
Ostentatiousness (n.) 誇張 Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity [syn: {ostentation}, {ostentatiousness}, {pomposity}, {pompousness}, {pretentiousness}, {puffiness}, {splashiness}, {inflation}].
Ostentator (n.) One fond of display; a boaster.
Ostentive (a.) Ostentatious.
Ostentous (a.) Ostentatious.
Osteo- () A combining form of Gr. / a bone.
Osteoarthritis (n.) (Pathology) The most common form of arthritis, usually occurring after middle age, marked by chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints leading to pain, stiffness, and swelling. Also called Degenerative joint disease.
Osteoblast (n.) One of the protoplasmic cells which occur in the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum, and from or around which the matrix of the bone is developed; an osteoplast.
Osteoclasis (n.) The operation of breaking a bone in order to correct deformity.
Osteoclast (n.) A myeloplax.
Osteoclast (n.) An instrument for performing osteoclasis.
Osteocolla (n.) A kind of glue obtained from bones.
Osteocolla (n.) A cellular calc tufa, which in some places forms incrustations on the stems of plants, -- formerly supposed to have the quality of uniting fractured bones.
Osteocommata (n. pl. ) of Osteocomma
Osteocommas (n. pl. ) of Osteocomma
Osteocomma (n.) A metamere of the vertebrate skeleton; an osteomere; a vertebra.
Osteocope (n.) Pain in the bones; a violent fixed pain in any part of a bone.
Osteocranium (n.) The bony cranium, as distinguished from the cartilaginous cranium.
Osteodentine (n.) A hard substance, somewhat like bone, which is sometimes deposited within the pulp cavity of teeth.
Osteogen (n.) The soft tissue, or substance, which, in developing bone, ultimately undergoes ossification.
Osteogenesis (n.) Alt. of Osteogeny
Osteogeny (n.) The formation or growth of bone.
Osteogenetic (a.) Connected with osteogenesis, or the formation of bone; producing bone; as, osteogenetic tissue; the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum.
Osteogenic (a.) Osteogenetic.
Osteographer (n.) An osteologist.
Osteography (n.) The description of bones; osteology.
Osteoid (a.) Resembling bone; bonelike.
Osteolite (n.) A massive impure apatite, or calcium phosphate.
Osteologer (n.) One versed in osteology; an osteologist.
Osteologic (a.) Alt. of Osteological
Osteological (a.) Of or pertaining to osteology.
Osteologist (n.) One who is skilled in osteology; an osteologer.
Osteology (n.) The science which treats of the bones of the vertebrate skeleton.
Osteomata (n. pl. ) of Osteoma
Osteoma (n.) A tumor composed mainly of bone; a tumor of a bone.
Osteomalacia (n.) A disease of the bones, in which they lose their earthy material, and become soft, flexible, and distorted. Also called malacia.
Osteomanty (n.) Divination by means of bones.
Osteomere (n.) An osteocomma.
Osteopath (n.) 整骨醫生 A practitioner of osteopathy.
Osteopath (n.) A therapist who manipulates the skeleton and muscles [syn: {osteopath}, {osteopathist}].
Osteopathy (n.) (Med.) Any disease of the bones. [R.]
Osteopathy (n.) (Med.) 整骨療法；接骨術 A system of treatment based on the theory that diseases are chiefly due to deranged mechanism of the bones, nerves, blood vessels, and other tissues, and can be remedied by manipulations of these parts. Modern practitioners use the therapeutic and diagnostic techniques of modern medicine as well as manipulative procedures.
Osteopathy (n.) Therapy based on the assumption that restoring health is best accomplished by manipulating the skeleton and muscles.
Osteophone (n.) 助聽器；骨導耳機 An instrument for transmission of auditory vibrations through the bones of the head, so as to be appreciated as sounds by persons deaf from causes other than those affecting the nervous apparatus of hearing.
Osteoplast (n.) An osteoblast.
Osteoplastic (a.) Producing bone; as, osteoplastic cells.
Osteoplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the replacement of bone; as, an osteoplastic operation.
Osteoplasty (n.) An operation or process by which the total or partial loss of a bone is remedied.
Osteoporosis (n.) (Pathology) A disorder in which the bones become increasingly porous, brittle, and subject to fracture, owing to loss of calcium and other mineral components, sometimes resulting in pain, decreased height, and skeletal deformities: common in older persons, primarily postmenopausal women, but also associated with long-term steroid therapy and certain endocrine disorders.
Osteopterygious (a.) Having bones in the fins, as certain fishes.
Osteosarcomata (n. pl. ) of Osteosarcoma
Osteosarcoma (n.) A tumor having the structure of a sacroma in which there is a deposit of bone; sarcoma connected with bone.
Osteotome (n.) Strong nippers or a chisel for dividing bone.
Osteotomist (n.) One skilled in osteotomy.
Osteotomy (n.) The dissection or anatomy of bones; osteology.
Osteotomy (n.) The operation of dividing a bone or of cutting a piece out of it, -- done to remedy deformity, etc.
Osteozoa (n. pl.) Same as Vertebrata.
-ries (n. pl. ) of Ostiary
Ostiary (n.) The mouth of a river; an estuary.
Ostiary (n.) One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a porter.
Ostic (a.) Pertaining to, or applied to, the language of the Tuscaroras, Iroquois, Wyandots, Winnebagoes, and a part of the Sioux Indians.
Ostiole (n.) The exterior opening of a stomate. See Stomate.
Ostiole (n.) Any small orifice.
Ostitis (n.) See Osteitis.
Ostia (n. pl. ) of Ostium