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  • English Word Ones Definition Once.
  • English Word Oneself Definition A reflexive form of the indefinite pronoun one. Commonly writen as two words, one's self.
  • English Word Onethe Definition Scarcely. See Unnethe.
  • English Word Ongoing Definition The act of going forward; progress; (pl.) affairs; business; current events.
  • English Word Onguent Definition An unguent.
  • English Word Onion Definition A liliaceous plant of the genus Allium (A. cepa), having a strong-flavored bulb and long hollow leaves; also, its bulbous root, much used as an article of food. The name is often extended to other species of the genus.
  • English Word Onirocritic Definition See Oneirocritic.
  • English Word Onliness Definition The state of being alone.
  • English Word Onloft Definition Aloft; above ground.
  • English Word Only Definition One alone; single; as, the only man present; his only occupation.
  • English Word Only Definition Alone in its class; by itself; not associated with others of the same class or kind; as, an only child.
  • English Word Only Definition Hence, figuratively: Alone, by reason of superiority; preeminent; chief.
  • English Word Only Definition In one manner or degree; for one purpose alone; simply; merely; barely.
  • English Word Only Definition So and no otherwise; no other than; exclusively; solely; wholly.
  • English Word Only Definition Singly; without more; as, only-begotten.
  • English Word Only Definition Above all others; particularly.
  • English Word Only Definition Save or except (that); -- an adversative used elliptically with or without that, and properly introducing a single fact or consideration.
  • English Word Onocerin Definition A white crystalline waxy substance extracted from the root of the leguminous plant Ononis spinosa.
  • English Word Onology Definition Foolish discourse.
  • English Word Onomancy Definition Divination by the letters of a name; nomancy.
  • English Word Onomantic Definition Alt. of Onomantical
  • English Word Onomantical Definition Of or pertaining to onomancy.
  • English Word Onomastic Definition Applied to a signature when the body of the instrument is in another's handwriting.
  • English Word Onomasticon Definition A collection of names and terms; a dictionary; specif., a collection of Greek names, with explanatory notes, made by Julius Pollux about A.D.180.
  • English Word Onomatechny Definition Prognostication by the letters of a name.
  • English Word Onomatologist Definition One versed in the history of names.
  • English Word Onomatology Definition The science of names or of their classification.
  • English Word Onomatope Definition An imitative word; an onomatopoetic word.
  • English Word Onomatopoeia Definition The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees; the hiss of a goose; the crackle of fire.
  • English Word Onomatopoeic Definition Onomatopoetic.