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- English Word Olden Definition Old; ancient; as, the olden time.
- English Word Olden Definition To grow old; to age.
- English Word Oldish Definition Somewhat old.
- English Word Oldness Definition The state or quality of being old; old age.
- English Word Oldster Definition An old person.
- English Word Olea Definition A genus of trees including the olive.
- English Word Oleaceous Definition Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Oleaceae), mostly trees and shrubs, of which the olive is the type. It includes also the ash, the lilac, the true jasmine, and fringe tree.
- English Word Oleaginous Definition Having the nature or qualities of oil; oily; unctuous.
- English Word Oleaginousness Definition Oiliness.
- English Word Oleamen Definition A soft ointment prepared from oil.
- English Word Oleander Definition A beautiful evergreen shrub of the Dogbane family, having clusters of fragrant red or white flowers. It is native of the East Indies, but the red variety has become common in the south of Europe. Called also rosebay, rose laurel, and South-sea rose.
- English Word Oleandrine Definition One of several alkaloids found in the leaves of the oleander.
- English Word Oleaster Definition The wild olive tree (Olea Europea, var. sylvestris).
- English Word Oleaster Definition Any species of the genus Elaeagus. See Eleagnus. The small silvery berries of the common species (Elaeagnus hortensis) are called Trebizond dates, and are made into cakes by the Arabs.
- English Word Oleate Definition A salt of oleic acid. Some oleates, as the oleate of mercury, are used in medicine by way of inunction.
- English Word Olecranal Definition Of or pertaining to the olecranon.
- English Word Olecranon Definition The large process at the proximal end of the ulna which projects behind the articulation with the humerus and forms the bony prominence of the elbow.
- English Word Olefiant Definition Forming or producing an oil; specifically, designating a colorless gaseous hydrocarbon called ethylene.
- English Word Olefine Definition Olefiant gas, or ethylene; hence, by extension, any one of the series of unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is a type. See Ethylene.
- English Word Oleic Definition Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, oil; as, oleic acid, an acid of the acrylic acid series found combined with glyceryl in the form of olein in certain animal and vegetable fats and oils, such as sperm oil, olive oil, etc. At low temperatures the acid is crystalline, but melts to an oily liquid above 14/ C.
- English Word Oleiferous Definition Producing oil; as, oleiferous seeds.
- English Word Olein Definition A fat, liquid at ordinary temperatures, but solidifying at temperatures below 0¡ C., found abundantly in both the animal and vegetable kingdoms (see Palmitin). It dissolves solid fats, especially at 30-40¡ C. Chemically, olein is a glyceride of oleic acid; and, as three molecules of the acid are united to one molecule of glyceryl to form the fat, it is technically known as triolein. It is also called elain.
- English Word Olent Definition Scented.
- English Word Oleograph Definition The form or figure assumed by a drop of oil when placed upon water or some other liquid with which it does not mix.
- English Word Oleograph Definition A picture produced in oils by a process analogous to that of lithographic printing.
- English Word Oleomargarine Definition A liquid oil made from animal fats (esp. beef fat) by separating the greater portion of the solid fat or stearin, by crystallization. It is mainly a mixture of olein and palmitin with some little stearin.
- English Word Oleomargarine Definition An artificial butter made by churning this oil with more or less milk.
- English Word Oleometer Definition An instrument for ascertaining the weight and purity of oil; an elaiometer.
- English Word Oleone Definition An oily liquid, obtained by distillation of calcium oleate, and probably consisting of the ketone of oleic acid.
- English Word Oleoptene Definition See Eleoptene.