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  • English Word Octostyle Definition 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.
  • English Word Octostyle Definition An octostyle portico or temple.
  • English Word Octosyllabic Definition Alt. of Octosyllabical
  • English Word Octosyllabical Definition Consisting of or containing eight syllables.
  • English Word Octosyllable Definition Octosyllabic.
  • English Word Octosyllable Definition A word of eight syllables.
  • English Word Octoyl Definition A hypothetical radical (C8H15O), regarded as the essential residue of octoic acid.
  • English Word Octroi Definition A privilege granted by the sovereign authority, as the exclusive right of trade granted to a guild or society; a concession.
  • English Word Octroi Definition A tax levied in money or kind at the gate of a French city on articles brought within the walls.
  • English Word Octuor Definition See Octet.
  • English Word Octuple Definition Eightfold.
  • English Word Octyl Definition A hypothetical hydrocarbon radical regarded as an essential residue of octane, and as entering into its derivatives; as, octyl alcohol.
  • English Word Octylene Definition Any one of a series of metameric hydrocarbons (C8H16) of the ethylene series. In general they are combustible, colorless liquids.
  • English Word Octylic Definition Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, octyl; as, octylic ether.
  • English Word Ocular Definition Depending on, or perceived by, the eye; received by actual sight; personally seeing or having seen; as, ocular proof.
  • English Word Ocular Definition Of or pertaining to the eye; optic.
  • English Word Ocular Definition The eyepiece of an optical instrument, as of a telescope or microscope.
  • English Word Ocularly Definition By the eye, or by actual sight.
  • English Word Oculary Definition Of or pertaining to the eye; ocular; optic; as, oculary medicines.
  • English Word Oculate Definition Alt. of Oculated
  • English Word Oculated Definition Furnished with eyes.
  • English Word Oculated Definition Having spots or holes resembling eyes; ocellated.
  • English Word Oculi Definition of Oculus
  • English Word Oculiform Definition In the form of an eye; resembling an eye; as, an oculiform pebble.
  • English Word Oculina Definition A genus of tropical corals, usually branched, and having a very volid texture.
  • English Word Oculinacea Definition A suborder of corals including many reef-building species, having round, starlike calicles.
  • English Word Oculist Definition One skilled in treating diseases of the eye.
  • English Word Oculo- Definition A combining form from L. oculus the eye.
  • English Word Oculomotor Definition 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.
  • English Word Oculomotor Definition The oculomotor nerve.