Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter O - Page 8
October (n.) The tenth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
October (n.) Ale or cider made in that month.
The country gentlemen had a posset or drink they called October. -- Emerson.
October (n.) The month following September and preceding November [syn: October, Oct].
Octocera (n. pl.) [NL.] Octocerata.
Octocerata (n. pl.) (Zool.) 八腕目（學名：Octopoda）通稱章魚，學名為蛸，屬於軟體動物門頭足綱。章魚是所有頭足綱動物中最聰明的一支，許多科學家會對章魚進行測試其智力的實驗。章魚也是韓國、日本、地中海沿岸國家的傳統食物，對他們的生活有重要影響力。A suborder of Cephalopoda including Octopus, Argonauta, and allied genera, having eight arms around the head; -- called also Octopoda.
Octopoda (n.) pl. [NL.] (Zool.) Same as Octocerata.
Octopoda (n.) pl. [NL.] (Zool.) Same as Arachnida.
Octopoda (n.) Octopuses and paper nautilus [syn: Octopoda, order Octopoda].
Octachord (n.) (Mus.) An instrument of eight strings; a system of eight tones. [Also written octochord.]
Octochord (n.) (Mus.) See Octachord.
Octodecimo (a.) Having eighteen leaves to a sheet; as, an octodecimo form, book, leaf, size, etc.
Octodecimos (n. pl. ) of Octodecimo.
Octodecimo (n.) A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into eighteen leaves; hence; indicating more or less definitely a size of book, whose sheets are so folded; -- usually written 18mo or 18[deg], and called eighteenmo.
Octodentate (a.) Having eight teeth.
Octodont (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Octodontidae, a family of rodents which includes the coypu, and many other South American species.
Octoedrical (a.) See Octahedral. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Octofid (a.) (Bot.) Cleft or separated into eight segments, as a calyx.
Octogamy (n.) A marrying eight times. [R.] -- Chaucer.
Octogenarian (n.) A person eighty years, or more, of age.
Octogenarian (a.) Being from 80 to 89 years old.
Octogenarian (n.) Someone whose age is in the eighties.
Octogenary (a.) Of eighty years of age. "Being then octogenary." -- Aubrey.
Octogild (n.) (Anglo-Saxon Law) A pecuniary compensation for an injury, of eight times the value of the thing.
Octogonal (a.) See Octagonal. [Obs.]
Octogynia (n. pl.) (Bot.) A Linnaean order of plants having eight pistils. Octogynian
Octogynian (a.) (Bot.) Alt. of Octogynous.
Octogynous (a.) (Bot.) Having eight pistils; octagynous.
Octoic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, octane; -- used specifically, to designate any one of a group of acids, the most important of which is called caprylic acid.
Octolocular (a.) (Bot.) Having eight cells for seeds.
Octonaphthene (n.) (Chem.) A colorless liquid hydrocarbon of the octylene series, occurring in Caucasian petroleum.
Octonary (a.) Of or pertaining to the number eight. -- Dr. H. More.
Octonary (n.) The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one [syn: eight, 8, VIII, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, ogdoad, octonary, octet].
Octonocular (a.) Having eight eyes. -- Derham.
Octopede (n.) (Zool.) An animal having eight feet, as a spider.
Octopetalous (a.) (Bot.) Having eight petals or flower leaves.
Octopod (n.) (Zool.) One of the Octocerata.
Octopod (n.) A cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell.
Octopoda (n. pl.) [NL.] (Zool.) Same as Octocerata.
Octopoda (n. pl.) [NL.] (Zool.) Same as Arachnida.
Octopoda (n.) Octopuses and paper nautilus [syn: Octopoda, order Octopoda].
Octopodia (n. pl.) (Zool.) Same as Octocerata.
Octopus (n.) (Zool.) A genus of eight-armed cephalopods, including numerous species, some of them of large size. See Devilfish.
Octopus (n.) (Zool.) Any member of the genus Octopus.
Octopus (n.) (Fig.) Something resembling an octopus in having numerous controlling arms or branches that reach widely and influence many activities; -- used mostly of organizations, such as diversified corporations.
Octopus (n.) Tentacles of octopus prepared as food.
Octopus (n.) Bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles [syn: octopus, devilfish].
Octoradiated (a.) Having eight rays.
Octoroon (n.) The offspring of a quadroon and a white person; a mestee.
Octoroon (n.) An offspring of a quadroon and a white parent; a person who is one-eighth black.
Octospermous (a.) (Bot.) Containing eight seeds.
Octostichous (a.) (Bot.) In eight vertical ranks, as leaves on a stem.
Octostyle (a.) (Arch.) 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.
Octostyle (n.) An octostyle portico or temple. Octosyllabic
Octosyllabic (a.) Alt. of Octosyllabical.
Octosyllabical (a.) Consisting of or containing eight syllables.
Octosyllabic (a.) Having or characterized by or consisting of eight syllables.
Octosyllable (a.) Octosyllabic.
Octosyllable (n.) A word of eight syllables. octothorp
Octosyllable (n.) A verse line having eight syllables or a poem of octosyllabic lines.
Octothorp, Octothorpe (n.) 井字號 A typographic symbol (#) having two vertical lines intersected by two horizontal lines. It is also called the crosshatch, hash, numeral sign and number sign; in the U. S. it is commonly called the pound sign, especially to designate the symbol as used on digital telephone dials, but this can be confusing to Europeans who think of the pound sign as the symbol for the British pound. It is commonly used as a symbol for the word number; as in #36 (meaning: number thirty-six).
Octothorp (n.) Otherwise known as the numeral sign. It has also been used as a symbol for the pound avoirdupois, but this usage is now archaic. In cartography, it is also a symbol for village: eight fields around a central square, and this is the source of its name. Octothorp means eight fields. -- Robert
Bringhurst (The Elements of Typographic Style (2d edition, 1996), Hartley & Marks, Publishers, Point Roberts, WA; Vancouver, BC, Canada, p. 282) [Joel Neely]
Octoyl (n.) (Chem.) A hypothetical radical ({C8H15O), regarded as the essential residue of octoic acid.
Octroi (n.) [F.] A privilege granted by the sovereign authority, as the exclusive right of trade granted to a guild or society; a concession.
Octroi (n.) A tax levied in money or kind at the gate of a French city on articles brought within the walls. [Written also octroy.]
Octroi (n.) A tax on various goods brought into a town.
Octuor (n.) (Mus.) See Octet. [R.]
Octuple (a.) Eightfold.
Octuple (a.) Having eight units or components [syn: octuple, eightfold, eight-fold].
Octyl (n.) (Chem.) A hypothetical hydrocarbon radical regarded as an essential residue of octane, and as entering into its derivatives; as, octyl alcohol.
Octylene (n.) (Chem.) Any one of a series of metameric hydrocarbons ({C8H16) of the ethylene series.
In general they are combustible, colorless liquids.
Octylic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, octyl; as, octylic ether.
Ocular (a.) Depending on, or perceived by, the eye; received by actual sight; personally seeing or having seen; as, ocular proof. -- Shak.
Thomas was an ocular witness of Christ's death. -- South.
Ocular (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the eye; optic.
Ocular (n.) (Opt.) 目鏡 The eyepiece of an optical instrument, as of a telescope or microscope.
Ocular (a.) Of or relating to or resembling the eye; "ocular muscles"; "an ocular organ"; "ocular diseases"; "the optic (or optical) axis of the eye"; "an ocular spot is a pigmented organ or part believed to be sensitive to light" [syn: ocular, optic, optical, opthalmic].
Ocular (a.) Relating to or using sight; "ocular inspection"; "an optical illusion"; "visual powers"; "visual navigation" [syn: ocular, optic, optical, visual].
Ocular (a.) Visible; "be sure of it; give me the ocular proof" -- Shakespeare; "a visual presentation"; "a visual image" [syn: ocular, visual].
Ocular (n.) Combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments [syn: eyepiece, ocular].
Ocular (a.) 眼睛的；視力的 Of or related to the eyes or sight.
Ocularly (adv.) By the eye, or by actual sight.
Oculary (a.) Of or pertaining to the eye; ocular; optic; as, oculary medicines. -- Holland. Oculate
Oculate (a.) Alt. of Oculated.
Oculated (a.) Furnished with eyes.
Oculated (a.) Having spots or holes resembling eyes; ocellated.
Oculiform (a.) In the form of an eye; resembling an eye; as, an oculiform pebble.
Oculina (n.) (Zool.) A genus of tropical corals, usually branched, and having a very volid texture.
Oculinacea (n. pl.) (Zool.) A suborder of corals including many reef-building species, having round, starlike calicles.
Oculist (n.) One skilled in treating diseases of the eye.
Oculist (n.) A person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses [syn: optometrist, oculist].
Oculist (n.) A medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye [syn: ophthalmologist, eye doctor, oculist].
Oculo- () A combining form from L. oculus the eye.
Oculomotor (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the movement of the eye; -- applied especially to the common motor nerves (or third pair of cranial nerves) which supply many of the muscles of the orbit.
Oculomotor (n.) The oculomotor nerve.
Oculomotor (n.) Supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye [syn: oculomotor, oculomotor nerve, nervus oculomotorius, third cranial nerve].
Oculonasal (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the region of the eye and the nose; as, the oculonasal, or nasal, nerve, one of the branches of the ophthalmic.
Oculi (n. pl. ) of Oculus.
Oculus (n.) An eye.
Oculus (n.) (Arch.) A round window, usually a small one.
Oculus (n.) (Bot.) A leaf bud.
Ocypodian (n.) (Zool.) One of a tribe of crabs which live in holes in the sand along the seashore, and run very rapidly, -- whence the name.
Od (n.) (Physics) An alleged force or natural power, supposed, by Reichenbach and others, to produce the phenomena of mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencies, as by magnets, heat, light, chemical or vital action, etc.; -- called also odyle or the odylic force.
That od force of German Reichenbach Which still, from female finger tips, burnt blue. -- Mrs. Browning.
OD (n.) A doctor's degree in optometry [syn: Doctor of Optometry, OD].
OD (n.) The right eye [syn: oculus dexter, OD].
OD, () Optical Disk.
Odalisque (n.) A female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish sultan. [Written also odahlic, odalisk, and odalik.]
Not of those that men desire, sleek Odalisques, or oracles of mode. -- Tennyson. Odalman
Odalisque (n.) A woman slave in a harem.
Odd (a.) Not paired with another, or remaining over after a pairing; without a mate; unmatched; single; as, an odd shoe; an odd glove.
Odd (a.) Not divisible by 2 without a remainder; not capable of being evenly paired, one unit with another; as, 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, etc., are odd numbers.
I hope good luck lies in odd numbers. -- Shak.
Odd (a.) Left over after a definite round number has been taken or mentioned; indefinitely, but not greatly, exceeding a specified number; extra.
Sixteen hundred and odd years after the earth was made, it was destroyed in a deluge. -- T. Burnet.
There are yet missing of your company Some few odd lads that you remember not. -- Shak.
Odd (a.) Remaining over; unconnected; detached; fragmentary; hence, occasional; inconsiderable; as, odd jobs; odd minutes; odd trifles.
Odd (a.) Different from what is usual or common; unusual; singular; peculiar; unique; strange. "An odd action." -- Shak. "An dd expression." -- Thackeray.
Syn: extraordinary; queer.
The odd man, to perform all things perfectly, is, in my poor opinion, Joannes Sturmius. -- Ascham.
Patients have sometimes coveted odd things. -- Arbuthnot.
Locke's Essay would be a very odd book for a man to make himself master of, who would get a reputation by critical writings. -- Spectator.
Syn: Quaint; unmatched; singular; unusual; extraordinary; strange; queer; eccentric; whimsical; fantastical; droll; comical. See Quaint.
Odd (a.) Not divisible by two [syn: odd, uneven] [ant: even].
Odd (a.) Not easily explained; "it is odd that his name is never mentioned."
Odd (a.) An indefinite quantity more than that specified; "invited 30-odd guests."
Odd (a.) Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior" [syn: curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular].
Odd (a.) Of the remaining member of a pair, of socks e.g. [syn: odd, unmatched, unmated, unpaired].
Odd (a.) Not used up; "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions" [syn: leftover, left over(p), left(p), odd, remaining, unexpended].
ODD, () Operator Distance-Dialing.
Odd Fellow () A member of a secret order, or fraternity, styled the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, established for mutual aid and social enjoyment.
Odd fellow (n.) Someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group [syn: kook, odd fellow, odd fish, queer bird, queer duck, odd man out].
Oddities (n. pl. ) of Oddity.
Oddity (n.) The quality or state of being odd; singularity; queerness; peculiarity; as, oddity of dress, manners, and the like.
That infinitude of oddities in him. -- Sterne.
Oddity (n.) That which is odd; as, a collection of oddities.
Oddity (n.) Eccentricity that is not easily explained [syn: oddity, oddness].
Oddity (n.) A strange attitude or habit [syn: oddity, queerness, quirk, quirkiness, crotchet].
Oddity (n.) Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting [syn: curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity].
Oddly (adv.) In an odd manner; unevently. [R.]
Oddly (adv.) In a peculiar manner; strangely; queerly; curiously. "A figure a little more oddly turned." -- Locke.
A great black substance, . . . very oddly shaped. -- Swift.
Oddly (adv.) (Math.) In a manner measured by an odd number.
Oddly (adv.) In a manner differing from the usual or expected; "had a curiously husky voice"; "he's behaving rather peculiarly" [syn: curiously, oddly, peculiarly].
Oddly (adv.) In a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper" [syn: queerly, strangely, oddly, funnily].
Oddness (n.) The state of being odd, or not even.
Take but one from three, and you not only destroy the oddness, but also the essence of that number. -- Fotherby.
Oddness (n.) Singularity; strangeness; eccentricity; irregularity; uncouthness; as, the oddness of dress or shape; the oddness of an event. -- Young.
Oddness (n.) The parity of odd numbers (not divisible by two).
Oddness (n.) Eccentricity that is not easily explained [syn: oddity, oddness].
Odds (a.) Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality; advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances; probability. The odds are often expressed by a ratio; as, the odds are three to one that he will win, i. e. he will win three times out of four "Preeminent by so much odds." -- Milton. "The fearful odds of that unequal fray." -- Trench.
The odds Is that we scarce are men and you are gods. -- Shak.
There appeared, at least, four to one odds against them. -- Swift.
All the odds between them has been the different scope . . . given to their understandings to range in. -- Locke.
Judging is balancing an account and determining on which side the odds lie. -- Locke.
Odds (a.) Quarrel; dispute; debate; strife; -- chiefly in the phrase at odds.
Set them into confounding odds. -- Shak.
I can not speak Any beginning to this peevish odds. -- Shak.
At odds, In dispute; at variance. "These squires at odds did fall." -- Spenser. "He flashes into one gross crime or other, that sets us all at odds." -- Shak.
It is odds, it is probable; same as odds are, but no longer used. [Obs.] -- Jer. Taylor.
odds are it is probable; as, odds are he will win the gold medal.
Odds and ends, that which is left; remnants; fragments; refuse; scraps; miscellaneous articles. "My brain is filled . . . with all kinds of odds and ends." -- W. Irving.
slim odds low odds; poor chances; as, there are slim odds he will win any medal.
Odds (n.) The likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring.
Odds (n.) The ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another; "he offered odds of two to one" [syn: odds, betting odds].
Ode (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.
Hangs odes upon hawthorns and elegies on brambles. -- Shak.
O! run; prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it lowly at his blessed feet. -- Milton.
Ode factor, one who makes, or who traffics in, odes; -- used contemptuously.
Ode (n.) A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
ODE, () Object Database and Environment (AT&T, DB).
ODE, () Online Data Entry.
ODE, () Open Dynamics Engine.
Ode, () An Object-Oriented Database from AT&T which extends C++ and supports fast queries, complex application modelling and multimedia.
Ode uses one integrated data model ({C++ classes) for both database and general purpose manipulation. An Ode database is a collection of persistent objects. It is defined, queried and manipulated using the language O++. O++ programs can be compiled with C++ programs, thus allowing the use of existing C++ code. O++ provides facilities for specifying transactions, creating and manipulating persistent objects, querying the database and creating and manipulating versions.
The Ode object database provides four object compatible mechanisms for manipulating and querying the database. As well as O++ there are OdeView - an X Window System interface; OdeFS (a file system interface allowing objects to be treated and manipulated like normal Unix files); and CQL++, a C++ variant of SQL for easing the transition from relational databases to OODBs such as Ode.
Ode supports large objects (critical for multimedia applications). Ode tracks the relationship between versions of objects and provides facilities for accessing different versions. Transactions can be specified as read-only; such transactions are faster because they are not logged and they are less likely to deadlock. 'Hypothetical' transactions allow users to pose "what-if" scenarios (as with spreadsheets).
EOS, the storage engine of Ode, is based on a client-server architecture. EOS supports concurrency based on multi-granularity two-version two-phase locking; it allows many readers and one writer to access the same item simultaneously. Standard two-phase locking is also available.
Ode supports both a client-server mode for multiple users with concurrent access and a single user mode giving improved performance.
Ode 3.0 is currently being used as the multimedia database engine for AT&T's Interactive TV project. Ode 2.0 has also been distributed to more than 80 sites within AT&T and more than 340 universities. Ode is available free to universities under a non-disclosure agreement. The current version, 3.0, is available only for Sun SPARCstations running SunOS 4.1.3 and Solaris 2.3. Ode is being ported to Microsoft Windows NT, Windows 95 and SGI platforms.
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Odelet (n.) A little or short ode.
Odeon (n.) A kind of theater in ancient Greece, smaller than the dramatic theater and roofed over, in which poets and musicians submitted their works to the approval of the public, and contended for prizes; -- hence, in modern usage, the name of a hall for musical or dramatic performances.
Odeum (n.) [L.] See Odeon.
Odible (a.) Fitted to excite hatred; hateful ; odious. [Obs.] --Bale.
Odic (a.) Of or pertaining to od. See Od. [Archaic] -- Od"ic*al*ly, adv.
Odin (n.) (Northern Mythol.) The supreme deity of the Scandinavians; -- the same as Woden, of the German tribes.
There in the Temple, carved in wood, The image of great Odin stood -- Longfellow.
Odin (n.) (Norse mythology) ruler of the Aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of Frigg; identified with the Teutonic Wotan
ODIN, () Optimale Datenmodelle und algorithmen fuer Ingenieur- und Naturwissenschaften [auf hochleistungsrechnern] (Uni Karlsruhe, Germany, SNI).
Odin, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 1122
Housing Units (2000): 485
Land area (2000): 1.010057 sq. miles (2.616035 sq. km)
Water
area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.010057 sq. miles (2.616035 sq. km)
FIPS code: 55210
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 38.616427 N, 89.053982 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 62870
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Odin, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 125
Housing Units (2000): 66
Land area (2000): 0.362736 sq. miles (0.939483 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.362736 sq. miles (0.939483 sq. km)
FIPS code: 48094
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 43.866568 N, 94.742004 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 56160
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Odinic (a.) Of or pertaining to Odin.
Odious (a.) Hateful; deserving or receiving hatred; as, an odious name, system, vice. "All wickedness will be most odious." -- Sprat.
He rendered himself odious to the Parliament. -- Clarendon.
Odious (a.) Causing or provoking hatred, repugnance, or disgust; offensive; disagreeable; repulsive; as, an odious sight; an odious smell. -- Milton.
The odious side of that polity. -- Macaulay.
Syn: Hateful; detestable; abominable; disgusting; loathsome; invidious; repulsive; forbidding; unpopular. -- O"di*ous`ly. adv. -- O"di*ous*ness, n.
Odious (a.) Unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke [syn: abominable, detestable, execrable, odious].
Odist (n.) A writer of an ode or odes.
Odist (n.) A poet who writes odes.
Odium (n.) Hatred; dislike; as, his conduct brought him into odium, or, brought odium upon him.
Odium (n.) Intense hatred or dislike; loathing; abhorrence.