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  • English Word Oleoresin Definition A natural mixture of a terebinthinate oil and a resin.
  • English Word Oleoresin Definition A liquid or semiliquid preparation extracted (as from capsicum, cubebs, or ginger) by means of ether, and consisting of fixed or volatile oil holding resin in solution.
  • English Word Oleose Definition Alt. of Oleous
  • English Word Oleosity Definition The state or quality of being oily or fat; fatness.
  • English Word Oleous Definition Oily.
  • English Word Oleraceous Definition Pertaining to pot herbs; of the nature or having the qualities of herbs for cookery; esculent.
  • English Word Olf Definition The European bullfinch.
  • English Word Olfaction Definition The sense by which the impressions made on the olfactory organs by the odorous particles in the atmosphere are perceived.
  • English Word Olfactive Definition See Olfactory, a.
  • English Word Olfactor Definition A smelling organ; a nose.
  • English Word Olfactories Definition of Olfactory
  • English Word Olfactory Definition Of, pertaining to, or connected with, the sense of smell; as, the olfactory nerves; the olfactory cells.
  • English Word Olfactory Definition An olfactory organ; also, the sense of smell; -- usually in the plural.
  • English Word Oliban Definition See Olibanum.
  • English Word Olibanum Definition The fragrant gum resin of various species of Boswellia; Oriental frankincense.
  • English Word Olibene Definition A colorless mobile liquid of a pleasant aromatic odor obtained by the distillation of olibanum, or frankincense, and regarded as a terpene; -- called also conimene.
  • English Word Olid Definition Alt. of Olidous
  • English Word Olidous Definition Having a strong, disagreeable smell; fetid.
  • English Word Olifant Definition An elephant.
  • English Word Olifant Definition An ancient horn, made of ivory.
  • English Word Oligandrous Definition Having few stamens.
  • English Word Oliganthous Definition Having few flowers.
  • English Word Oligarch Definition A member of an oligarchy; one of the rulers in an oligarchical government.
  • English Word Oligarchal Definition Oligarchic.
  • English Word Oligarchic Definition Alt. of Oligarchical
  • English Word Oligarchical Definition Of or pertaining to oligarchy, or government by a few.
  • English Word Oligarchies Definition of Oligarchy
  • English Word Oligarchist Definition An advocate or supporter of oligarchy.
  • English Word Oligarchy Definition A form of government in which the supreme power is placed in the hands of a few persons; also, those who form the ruling few.
  • English Word Oligist Definition Hematite or specular iron ore; -- prob. so called in allusion to its feeble magnetism, as compared with magnetite.