Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter O - Page 9
Odium (n.) The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness.
She threw the odium of the fact on me. -- Dryden.
Odium (n.) The state of being intensely hated as the result of some despicable action; opprobrium; disrepute; discredit; reproach mingled with contempt; as, his conduct brought him into odium, or, brought odium upon him.
Odium theologicum [L.], The enmity peculiar to contending theologians.
Syn: Hatred; abhorrence; detestation; antipathy.
Usage: Odium, Hatred. We exercise hatred; we endure odium. The former has an active sense, the latter a passive one. We speak of having a hatred for a man, but not of having an odium toward him. A tyrant incurs odium. The odium of an offense may sometimes fall unjustly upon one who is innocent.
I wish I had a cause to seek him there, To oppose his hatred fully. -- Shak.
You have . . . dexterously thrown some of the odium of your polity upon that middle class which you despise. -- Beaconsfield.
Odium (n.) State of disgrace resulting from detestable behavior.
Odium (n.) Hate coupled with disgust [syn: abhorrence, abomination, detestation, execration, loathing, odium].
Odized (imp. & p. p.) of Odize.
Odizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Odize.
Odize (v. t.) To charge with od. See Od. [Archaic]
Odmyl (n.) (Chem.) A volatile liquid obtained by boiling sulphur with linseed oil. It has an unpleasant garlic odor.
Odometer (n.) 里程表 An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure the distance traversed; also, a wheel used by surveyors, which registers the miles and rods traversed.
Odometer (n.) A {hodometer}.
Odometer (n.) A meter that shows mileage traversed [syn: {odometer}, {hodometer}, {mileometer}, {milometer}].
Odometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to the odometer, or to measurements made with it.
Odometrous (a.) Serving to measure distance on a road. [R.] -- Sydney Smith.
Odometry (n.) 測程法 Measurement of distances by the odometer.
Odometry, () The use of motion sensors to determine a robot's change in position relative to some known position. For example, if a robot is traveling in a straight line and if it knows the diameter of its wheels, then by counting the number of wheel revolutions it can determine how far it has traveled. Robots will often have shaft encoders attached to their drive wheels which emit a fixed number of pulses per revolution. By counting these pulses, the processor can estimate the distance traveled.
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Odometer (n.) 里程表，里程計 An instrument attached to a vehicle or connected, as by a flexible cable, to the wheel of a vehicle, which measures the distance traversed.
Odometer (n.) A hodometer.
Compare: Hodometer
Hodometer (n.) 行程表；路程表；回轉表A device for measuring the length of a path, consisting of a wheel of known circumference attached to a rod held in the hand, and pushed along a surface, which is usually the ground or a floor. The number of times the wheel makes a complete circle multiplied by the circumference is a measure of the length of the path traversed. It may be used to measure distances on curved as well as straight paths. A variant which registers the miles and rods traversed is sometimes used by surveyors.
Hodometer (n.) A meter that shows mileage traversed [syn: odometer, hodometer, mileometer, milometer].
Odometer (n.) A meter that shows mileage traversed [syn: odometer, hodometer, mileometer, milometer].
Odonata (n. pl.) (Zool.) 蜻蜓目 The division of insects that includes the dragon flies.
Odonata (n.) Dragonflies and damselflies [syn: Odonata, order Odonata].
Odontalgia (n.) (Med.) 牙痛 Toothache.
Odontalgia (n.) An ache localized in or around a tooth [syn: {toothache}, {odontalgia}].
Odontalgic (a.) Of or pertaining to odontalgia.
Odontalgic (n.) A remedy for the toothache.
Odontalgy (n.) (Med.) Same as Odontalgia.
Odontiasis (n.) Cutting of the teeth; dentition.
Odontiasis (n.) The eruption through the gums of baby teeth [syn: teething, dentition, odontiasis].
Odonto- () A combining form from Gr. 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth.
Odontoblast (n.) (Anat.) One of the more or less columnar cells on the outer surface of the pulp of a tooth; an odontoplast. They are supposed to be connected with the formation of dentine.
Odontoblast (n.) (Zool.) One of the cells which secrete the chitinous teeth of Mollusca.
Odontocete (n. pl.) (Zool.) A subdivision of Cetacea, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.; the toothed whales.
Odontogeny (n.) (Physiol.) Generetion, or mode of development, of the teeth.
Odontograph (n.) An instrument for marking or laying off the outlines of teeth of gear wheels.
Odontographic (a.) Of or pertaining to odontography.
Odontography (n.) A description of the teeth.
Odontoid (a.) (Anat.) Having the form of a tooth; toothlike.
Odontoid (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the odontoid bone or to the odontoid process.
Odontoid bone (Anat.), A separate bone, in many reptiles, corresponding to the odontoid process.
Odontoid process, or Odontoid peg (Anat.), The anterior process of the centrum of the second vertebra, or axis, in birds and mammals. See Axis.
Odontolcae (n. pl.) (Paleon.) An extinct order of ostrichlike aquatic birds having teeth, which are set in a groove in the jaw. It includes Hesperornis, and allied genera. See Hesperornis. [Written also Odontholcae, and Odontoholcae.]
Odontolite (n.) (Min.) A fossil tooth colored a bright blue by phosphate of iron. It is used as an imitation of turquoise, and hence called bone turquoise.
Odontology (n.) The science which treats of the teeth, their structure and development.
Odontology (n.) The branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth [syn: dentistry, dental medicine, odontology].
Odontophora (n. pl.) (Zool.) Same as Cephalophora.
Odontophore (n.) (Zool.) A special structure found in the mouth of most mollusks, except bivalves. It consists of several muscles and a cartilage which supports a chitinous radula, or lingual ribbon, armed with teeth. Also applied to the radula alone. See Radula.
Odontophorous (a.) (Zool.) Having an odontophore.
Odontoplast (n.) (Anat.) An odontoblast.
Odontopteryx (n.) (Paleon.) An extinct Eocene bird having the jaws strongly serrated, or dentated, but destitute of true teeth. It was found near London.
Odontornithes (n. pl.) (Paleon.) A group of Mesozoic birds having the jaws armed with teeth, as in most other vertebrates. They have been divided into three orders: Odontolcae, Odontotormae, and Saururae.
Odontostomatous (a.) (Zool.) Having toothlike mandibles; -- applied to certain insects.
Odontotormae (n. pl.) An order of extinct toothed birds having the teeth in sockets, as in the genus Ichthyornis. See Ichthyornis.
Odor (n.) 氣味；香氣；臭氣 [C]；意味 [C]；名聲，聲譽 [U] [C] Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.
Meseemed I smelt a garden of sweet flowers, That dainty odors from them threw around. -- Spenser.
To be in bad odor, To be out of favor, or in bad repute.
Odor (n.) Any property detected by the olfactory system [syn: olfactory property, smell, aroma, odor, odour, scent].
Odor (n.) The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses" [syn: smell, odor, odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception].
Odorament (n.) A perfume; a strong scent. [Obs.] -- Burton.
Odorant (a.) Yielding odors; fragrant. -- Holland.
Odorant (n.) An odorous substance; especially, a substance with a strong odor added to a dangerous substance, such as natural gas, to provide an easy detection method and a warning; as, ethyl mercaptan is used as an odorant in natural gas and propane to facilitate detection of leaks.
Odorate (a.) Odorous. [Obos.] -- Bacon.
Odorating (a.) Diffusing odor or scent; fragrant.
Odoriferous (a.) 香的；芬芳的；有氣味的；臭的；令人反感的 Bearing or yielding an odor; perfumed; usually, sweet of scent; fragrant; as, odoriferous spices, particles, fumes, breezes. -- Milton. -- {O`dor*if"er*ous*ly}, adv. -- {O`dor*if"er*ous*ness}, n.
Odoriferous (a.) Morally offensive; "odoriferous legislation".
Odoriferous (a.) Emitting an odor; "odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack" [syn: {odoriferous}, {odorous}].
Odoriferous (a.) Having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers" [syn: {odoriferous}, {odorous}, {perfumed}, {scented}, {sweet}, {sweet-scented}, {sweet-smelling}].
Odorine (n.) (Chem.) A pungent oily substance obtained by redistilling bone oil. [Obs.]
Odorless (a.) Free from odor.
Odorous (a.) Having or emitting an odor or scent, esp. a sweet odor; fragrant; sweet-smelling. "Odorous bloom." -- Keble.
Such fragrant flowers do give most odorous smell. -- Spenser. -- O"dor*ous*ly, adv. -- O"dor*ous*ness, n.
Ods (interj.) A corruption of God's; -- formerly used in oaths and ejaculatory phrases. "Ods bodikin." "Ods pity." -- Shak. Odyl
Odyl (n.) Alt. of Odyle
Odyle (n.) (Physics) See Od. [Archaic].
Odylic (a.) (Physics) Of or pertaining to odyle; odic; as, odylic force. [Archaic]
Odyssey (n.) An epic poem attributed to Homer, which describes the return of Ulysses to Ithaca after the siege of Troy.
Oe ()A diphthong, employed in the Latin language, and thence in the English language, as the representative of the Greek diphthong oi. In many words in common use, e alone stands instead of [oe]. Classicists prefer to write the diphthong Oe Separate in Latin words.
Oecoid (n.) (Anat.) The colorless porous framework, or stroma, of red blood corpuscles from which the zooid, or hemoglobin and other substances of the corpuscles, may be dissolved out.
Oecology (n.) (Biol.) The various relations of animals and plants to one another and to the outer world ; -- now more commonly spelled ecology. [Also spelled ecology.]
Oeconomical (a.) See Economical.
Oeconomics (n.) See Economics.
Oeconomy (n.) See Economy.
Oecumenical (a.) 世界範圍的；全基督教的 See {Ecumenical}.
Compare: Ecumenic
Ecumenic, Ecumenical (a.) 一般的；普通的；全基督教會的 General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which concerns the whole church; as, an ecumenical council. [Written also [oe]cumenical.]
Ecumenical Bishop, A title assumed by the popes.
Ecumenical council. See under Council.
Oedema (n.) (Med.) A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue. [Written also edema.]
Oedematous (a.) (Med.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, edema; affected with edema.
Oeiliad (n.) Alt. of Oeillade.
Oeillade (n.) A glance of the eye; an amorous look. [Obs.]
She gave strange oeillades and most speaking looks. -- Shak.
Oelet (n.) An eye, bud, or shoot, as of a plant; an oilet. [Obs.] -- Holland. Oenanthate
Oenanthate (n.) (Chem.) A salt or ester of oenanthic acid; as, testosterone oenanthate is sold as an anabolic steroid; also called enanthate.
Oenanthic (a.) (Chem.) Having, or imparting, the odor characteristic of the bouquet of wine; specifically used, formerly, to designate an acid whose ethereal salts were supposed to occasion the peculiar bouquet, or aroma, of old wine. Cf. Oenanthylic.
Oenanthic acid (Chem.), An acid ({C6H13.CO.OH) obtained from [oe]nanthic ether by the action of alkalies; called also n-heptanoic acid, 1-heptanecarboxylic acid, enanthic acid, enanthylic acid and oenanthylic acid. It has the odor of sour sweat. It has the CAS registry number 111-14-8.
Oenanthic ether, An ethereal substance (not to be confused with the bouquet, or aroma, of wine) found in wine lees, and consisting of a complex mixture of the ethereal salts of several of the higher acids of the acetic acid series. It has an ethereal odor, and it used in flavoring artificial wines and liquors. Called also oil of wine. See Essential oil, under Essential.
Oenanthylic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, oenanthyl; specifically, designating an acid formerly supposed to be identical with the acid in oenanthic ether, but now known to be identical with heptanoic acid.
Note: Oenanthylic and oenanthic are now considered as syonyms (1999).
Oenanthic (a.) (Chemistry) ( In British) Having a smell that is similar to wine.
Oenanthol (n.) (Chem.) An oily substance ({C6H15.CHO) obtained by the distillation of castor oil, recognized as the aldehyde of oenanthylic acid, and hence called also oenanthaldehyde.
Oenanthone (n.) (Chem.) The ketone of oenanthic acid.
Oenanthyl (n.) (Chem.) A hydrocarbon radical formerly supposed to exist in oenanthic acid, now known to be identical with heptyl.
Oenanthylate (n.) (Chem.) A salt of oenanthylic acid; as, potassium oenanthylate.
Oenanthylic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, oenanthyl; specifically, designating an acid formerly supposed to be identical with the acid in oenanthic ether, but now known to be identical with heptoic acid.
Note: Oenanthylic and oenanthic are now considered as syonyms (1999).
Oenanthylidene (n.) (Chem.) A colorless liquid hydrocarbon, having a garlic odor; heptine.
Oenanthylous (a.) (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid formerly supposed to be the acid of oenanthylic ether, but now known to be a mixture of higher acids, especially capric acid. [Obs.]
Oenocyan (n.) (Chem.) The coloring matter of red wines.
Oenology (n.) Knowledge of wine, scientific or practical.
Oenomania (n.) (Med.) Delirium tremens. -- Rayer.
Oenomania (n.) (Med.) Dipsomania.
Oenomel (n.) Wine mixed with honey; mead. [R.]
Oenometer (n.) See Alcoholometer.
Oenophile (n.) A lover or connoisseur of wine.
Oenophile (n.) Someone who appreciates wine [syn: {enophile}, {oenophile}].
Oenophilist (n.) A lover of wine. [R.] -- Thackeray.
Oenothionic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to an acid now called sulphovinic acid or ethyl sulphuric acid.
O'er (prep. & adv.) A contr. of Over. [Poetic]
Oesophagus (n.) Alt. of Oesophageal.
Oesophageal (n.) Same as Esophagus, Esophageal, etc.
Compare: Esophagus
Esophagus (n.) (Anat.) That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and thestomach; the gullet. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive. [Written also [oe]sophagus.] Esopian
Oesophagus (n.) The passage between the pharynx and the stomach [syn: esophagus, oesophagus, gorge, gullet].
Oestrian (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the gadflies.
Oestrian (n.) A gadfly.
Oestrual (a.) (Physiol.) 【醫】 動情期的 Of or pertaining to sexual desire; -- mostly applied to brute animals; as, the oestrual period; oestrual influence.
Oestruation (n.) (Physiol.) The state of being under oestrual influence, or of having sexual desire.
Oestrus (n.) (Zool.) A genus of gadflies. The species which deposits its larvae in the nasal cavities of sheep is oestrus ovis.
Oestrus (n.) A vehement desire.
Oestrus (n.) 發情；發情期 Specifically: (Physiol.) The periodical sexual impulse of animals; the period during which female animals are most receptive to males; heat; rut.
Oestrus (n.) Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity [syn: estrus, oestrus, heat, rut] [ant: anestrum, anestrus, anoestrum, anoestrus].
Oestrus (n.) Type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies [syn: Oestrus, genus Oestrus].
Of (prep.) In a general sense, from, or out from; proceeding from; belonging to; relating to; concerning; -- used in a variety of applications; as:
Of (prep.) Denoting that from which anything proceeds; indicating origin, source, descent, and the like; as, he is of a race of kings; he is of noble blood.
That holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. -- Luke i. 35.
I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you. -- 1 Cor. xi. 23.
Of (prep.) Denoting possession or ownership, or the relation of subject to attribute; as, the apartment of the consul: the power of the king; a man of courage; the gate of heaven. "Poor of spirit." -- Macaulay.
Of (prep.) Denoting the material of which anything is composed, or that which it contains; as, a throne of gold; a sword of steel; a wreath of mist; a cup of water.
Of (prep.) Denoting part of an aggregate or whole; belonging to a number or quantity mentioned; out of; from amongst; as, of this little he had some to spare; some of the mines were unproductive; most of the company.
It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed. -- Lam. iii. 22.
It is a duty to communicate of those blessings we have received. -- Franklin.
Of (prep.) Denoting that by which a person or thing is actuated or impelled; also, the source of a purpose or action; as, they went of their own will; no body can move of itself; he did it of necessity.
For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts. -- Josh. xi. 20.
Of (prep.) Denoting reference to a thing; about; concerning; relating to; as, to boast of one's achievements ; they talked of
many things.
Knew you of this fair work? -- Shak.
Of (prep.) Denoting nearness or distance, either in space or time; from; as, within a league of the town; within an hour of the appointed time.
Of (prep.) Denoting identity or equivalence; -- used with a name or appellation, and equivalent to the relation of apposition; as, the continent of America; the city of Rome; the Island of Cuba.
Of (prep.) Denoting the agent, or person by whom, or thing by which, anything is, or is done; by.
And told to her of [by] some. -- Chaucer.
He taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. -- Luke iv. 15.
[Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil. -- Luke iv. 1, 2.
Note: The use of the word in this sense, as applied to persons, is nearly obsolete.
Of (prep.) Denoting relation to place or time; belonging to, or connected with; as, men of Athens; the people of the Middle Ages; in the days of Herod.
Of (prep.) Denoting passage from one state to another; from. [Obs.] "O miserable of happy." -- Milton.