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- English Word Onycha Definition An ingredient of the Mosaic incense, probably the operculum of some kind of strombus.
- English Word Onycha Definition The precious stone called onyx.
- English Word Onychia Definition A whitlow.
- English Word Onychia Definition An affection of a finger or toe, attended with ulceration at the base of the nail, and terminating in the destruction of the nail.
- English Word Onychomancy Definition Divination by the nails.
- English Word Onychophora Definition Malacopoda.
- English Word Onyx Definition Chalcedony in parallel layers of different shades of color. It is used for making cameos, the figure being cut in one layer with the next as a ground.
- English Word Oo Definition One.
- English Word Oo Definition A beautiful bird (Moho nobilis) of the Hawaiian Islands. It yields the brilliant yellow feathers formerly used in making the royal robes. Called also yellow-tufted honeysucker.
- English Word Ooecia Definition of Ooecium
- English Word Ooecium Definition One of the special zooids, or cells, of Bryozoa, destined to receive and develop ova; an ovicell. See Bryozoa.
- English Word Oogenesis Definition The development, or mode of origin, of the ova.
- English Word Oogonia Definition of Oogonium
- English Word Oogonium Definition A special cell in certain cryptogamous plants containing oospheres, as in the rockweeds (Fucus), and the orders Vaucherieae and Peronosporeae.
- English Word Oogoniums Definition of Oogonium
- English Word Ooidal Definition Shaped like an egg.
- English Word Ook Definition Oak.
- English Word Oolite Definition A variety of limestone, consisting of small round grains, resembling the roe of a fish. It sometimes constitutes extensive beds, as in the European Jurassic. See the Chart of Geology.
- English Word Oolitic Definition Of or pertaining to oolite; composed of, or resembling, oolite.
- English Word Oological Definition Of or pertaining to oology.
- English Word Oologist Definition One versed in oology.
- English Word Oology Definition The science of eggs in relation to their coloring, size, shape, and number.
- English Word Oolong Definition A fragrant variety of black tea having somewhat the flavor of green tea.
- English Word Oomiac Definition Alt. of Oomiak
- English Word Oomiak Definition A long, broad boat used by the Eskimos.
- English Word Oon Definition One.
- English Word Oones Definition Once.
- English Word Oop Definition To bind with a thread or cord; to join; to unite.
- English Word Oopack Definition Alt. of Oopak
- English Word Oopak Definition A kind of black tea.