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  • English Word Oculonasal Definition 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.
  • English Word Oculus Definition An eye; (Bot.) a leaf bud.
  • English Word Oculus Definition A round window, usually a small one.
  • English Word Ocypodian Definition One of a tribe of crabs which live in holes in the sand along the seashore, and run very rapidly, -- whence the name.
  • English Word Od Definition 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.
  • English Word Odalisque Definition A female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish sultan.
  • English Word Odd Definition Not paired with another, or remaining over after a pairing; without a mate; unmatched; single; as, an odd shoe; an odd glove.
  • English Word Odd Definition 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.
  • English Word Odd Definition Left over after a definite round number has been taken or mentioned; indefinitely, but not greatly, exceeding a specified number; extra.
  • English Word Odd Definition Remaining over; unconnected; detached; fragmentary; hence, occasional; inconsiderable; as, odd jobs; odd minutes; odd trifles.
  • English Word Odd Definition Different from what is usual or common; unusual; singular; peculiar; unique; strange.
  • English Word Odd Fellow Definition A member of a secret order, or fraternity, styled the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, established for mutual aid and social enjoyment.
  • English Word Oddities Definition of Oddity
  • English Word Oddity Definition The quality or state of being odd; singularity; queerness; peculiarity; as, oddity of dress, manners, and the like.
  • English Word Oddity Definition That which is odd; as, a collection of oddities.
  • English Word Oddly Definition In an odd manner; unevently.
  • English Word Oddly Definition In a peculiar manner; strangely; queerly; curiously.
  • English Word Oddly Definition In a manner measured by an odd number.
  • English Word Oddness Definition The state of being odd, or not even.
  • English Word Oddness Definition Singularity; strangeness; eccentricity; irregularity; uncouthness; as, the oddness of dress or shape; the oddness of an event.
  • English Word Odds Definition 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.
  • English Word Odds Definition Quarrel; dispute; debate; strife; -- chiefly in the phrase at odds.
  • English Word Ode Definition 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.
  • English Word Odelet Definition A little or short ode.
  • English Word Odeon Definition 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.
  • English Word Odeum Definition See Odeon.
  • English Word Odfend Definition To transgress the moral or divine law; to commit a crime; to stumble; to sin.
  • English Word Odfend Definition To cause dislike, anger, or vexation; to displease.
  • English Word Odible Definition Fitted to excite hatred; hateful.
  • English Word Odic Definition Of or pertaining to od. See Od.