University Vocabulary
367,698 words and 113,531 expressions at the university level.
A surname from Abenaki
plural of O'Bansawin
Alternative form of O'Bansawin.
A surname from Irish.
Support for Daniel O'Connell (Dónall Ó Conaill; 1775–1847), Irish political leader who campaigned for Catholic emancipation.
A supporter of Daniel O'Connell (Dónall Ó Conaill; 1775–1847), Irish political leader who campaigned for Catholic emancipation.
plural of O'Connellite
plural of O'Connell.
A mineral comprising mainly zinc, arsenic, and oxygen.
A surname.
plural of O'Doherty
A surname from Irish; variant forms Donahue, Donoghue, Donohue, O'Donohue.
plural of O'Donoghue
plural of O'Donohue
A surname.
present participle and gerund of o'ercome
present participle and gerund of o'erjoy
present participle and gerund of o'erlay
simple past and past participle of o'erload
present participle and gerund of o'erload.
present participle and gerund of o'erthrow
past participle of o'erthrow
third-person singular simple present indicative of o'erthrow
A surname from Irish
A surname from Irish.
plural of O'Halleran
A surname from Irish.
plural of O'Halloran
Of or relating to American artist Georgia O'Keeffe.
A surname from Irish.
plural of O'Loughlin
Of or relating to Eugene O'Neill (1888–1953), American playwright who introduced realism into American drama.
The policies of Terence O'Neill (1914–1990), fourth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.
A supporter of O'Neillism.
plural of O'Neillite
present participle and gerund of o'rethrow
past participle of o'rethrow
third-person singular simple present indicative of o'rethrow
plural of O'Riordan
A surname from Irish.
A surname.
plural of O'Sheridan
A surname from Irish.
Weak of intellect from infancy.
The state or condition of being oafish; stupidity; dullness; folly.
Used in the names of various plants the leaves of which resemble those of the oak.
A town and civil parish with a town council in Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7010).
plural of oakenshaw
Alternative form of Oakeshottian.
Of or relating to Michael Joseph Oakeshott (1901–1990), English philosopher and political theorist.
plural of Oakeshottian
A suburb of Newcastle in the Maitland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
plural of Oaklander
Absence of oars.
The skill of rowing a boat.
A rower; an oarswoman or oarsman
The process of restoring water, soil, and plant life to an environment that has been degraded by soil erosion.
A broad cultural area of pre-Columbian southwestern North America, between Utah and Chihuahua, and bordering the Gulf of California, on the Mexican mainland.
Of or relating to Oasisamerica.
plural of oasthouse
A horse.
plural of oat-burner
plural of oat-opera
plural of oatgrass
One of two (or more) men who have sworn an oath together.
plural of oath-brother
One brought into court to swear to the truth and testify on oath on behalf of the accused, to clear them from suspicion of crime.
plural of oath-helper
Testimony introduced for the purpose of bolstering the credibility of a witness and their testimony, rather than proving or disproving a fact in issue; it is often inadmissible.
plural of oath-ring
Breach or breaking of an oath; perjury.
plural of oathbreach
Someone who breaks an oath; a perjurer.
plural of oathbreaker
The violation of an oath; perjury.
plural of oathmaker
plural of oathtaker
The taking of an oath, or vow.
Of sufficiently good character to be able to swear an oath and be believed.
Resembling or full of oatmeal.
Any extinct fish of the family Obaichthyidae
plural of obaichthyid
plural of Obama-can
Alternative form of ObamaCare.
plural of Obama-con
Resembling or characteristic of Barack Obama (born 1961), American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.
Alternative spelling of Obamamania.
Obsession with or overattention given to US President Barack Obama, especially around the time of the 2008 election; Obamamania.
plural of Obamacrat
Alternative form of Obama-esque.
The decline or fall of the United States caused by the presidency of Barack Obama.
The presidency or political actions of Barack Obama, viewed as detrimental to the United States.
plural of Obamanation
Alternative form of Obama phone.
plural of Obamaphone
plural of Obamatard
To walk about; to wander aimlessly.
simple past and past participle of obambulate
third-person singular simple present indicative of obambulate
present participle and gerund of obambulate
Wandering about; a casual outing.
plural of obambulation
plural of Obamunist
plural of obbligato
Compressed or flattened anteroposteriorly, or in a way opposite to the usual one.
In an obconic manner.
In an obcordate form.
Inversely cordiform; obcordate.
The sensation of numbness that occurs in a limb when it falls asleep due to pressure on a nerve.
plural of obduction
plural of obduracy
In an obdurant manner.
In an obdurate manner; stubbornly, intractably or inflexibly.
The characteristic of being obdurate; stubbornness.
present participle and gerund of obdurate
A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart.
plural of obduration
plural of obdurator
hardness
A particular steroid glycoside.
plural of obedience
One yielding obedience.
plural of obediency
Of or related to obedience; or obedient.
In an obediential manner.
Alternative form of obedientiary.
plural of obedientiar
The holder of a monastic rank or office below that of superior.
In an obedient manner.
Quality of being obedient.
plural of obeisance
plural of obeisancy
In an obeisant manner.
Obsolete form of obeisance.
plural of obeisaunce
A drug with the chemical formula C₁₆H₁₉N₅O₅, currently in Phase III trials for the outpatient treatment of COVID-19 in high risk patients.
Alternative form of obeliskoid.
Resembling or pertaining to an obelisk.
present participle and gerund of obelisk
Resembling an obelisk.
Resembling an obelisk.
A lake below the Oberalp Pass, Uri canton, Switzerland.
A municipality of Garmisch-Partenkirchen district, Upper Bavaria region, Bavaria, Germany.
A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Alternative form of Oberlander.
plural of Oberlaender
A part of Lahnstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
A surname from German.
plural of Oberlander
Alternative form of Oberlander.
plural of Oberlender
A surname from German.
plural of Obermiller
A wandering about.
plural of oberration
A municipality in Unterallgäu, Bavaria, Germany.
A municipality in Oberallgäu district, Bavaria, Germany.
Collectively, the members of a mediaeval Frankish dynasty of Italian nobility comprising Oberto I and descendants; the dynasty itself.
Alternative form of obesogenic.
The action or the result of obesifying
present participle and gerund of obesify
Alternative form of obesogenic.
The creation of obesity
Causing obesity.
The quality of being obesogenic; the ability to cause obesity.
Fear of being fat
plural of obestatin
A particular steroid glycoside.
stubbornness; obduracy.
Which can be obfuscated.
To make dark; to overshadow.
simple past and past participle of obfuscate
third-person singular simple present indicative of obfuscate
third-person singular simple present indicative of obfuscate
present participle and gerund of obfuscate
Relating to or employing obfuscation; obfuscatory.
plural of obfuscation
Agent noun of obfuscate; one who obfuscates.
In an obfuscatory manner; so as to confuse or conceal.
plural of obfuscator
Tending to obfuscate; intended to conceal the truth by confusion.
Synonym of obfuscate.
simple past and past participle of obfusticate
third-person singular simple present indicative of obfusticate
present participle and gerund of obfusticate
Synonym of obfuscation.
A certain CETP inhibitor medication.
An ancient people dwelling along the Maeotian Swamp.
A monoclonal antibody medication designed to treat exposure to anthrax spores.
Synonym of afutuzumab.
Of or relating to an obituary.
One who writes obituaries.
plural of obituarian
plural of obituary
In terms of, or by means of, an obituary.
One who writes obituaries
plural of obituarist
To write an obituary about.
simple past and past participle of obituarize
third-person singular simple present indicative of obituarize
present participle and gerund of obituarize
Based upon the concept of an object.
A vital principle attributed by the primitive mind to inanimate objects.
plural of object-soul
Capable of being put forward as an objection.
plural of objectality
The quality of being objectal.
plural of objectant
The condition of being an object.
That can be objectified.
simple past and past participle of objectify
One who, or that which, objectifies.
plural of objectifier
third-person singular simple present indicative of objectify
present participle and gerund of objectify
plural of objectifying
With objection or disagreement.
In an objectionable manner.
objectionable
One who lodges a legal objection.
plural of objectioner
A policy of objecting to something; opposition.
One who objects to some action or policy.
plural of objectionist
plural of objection
plural of objectist
Of or pertaining to the object of a sentence.
To objectify.
simple past and past participle of objectivate
third-person singular simple present indicative of objectivate
present participle and gerund of objectivate
The conversion of a concept or abstraction into an object.
An object-oriented programming language that adds Smalltalk-style message passing to the C programming language, mainly used on Apple platforms.
The characteristic of being objective; neutrality.
plural of objective
Alternative form of objectivize.
simple past and past participle of objectivise
third-person singular simple present indicative of objectivise
present participle and gerund of objectivise
The state of being objective; objectivity.
plural of objectivism
Of or pertaining to objectivism.
Of or pertaining to objectivism.
plural of objectivist
plural of objectivity
To objectify.
simple past and past participle of objectivize
One who objectivizes.
plural of objectivizer
third-person singular simple present indicative of objectivize
present participle and gerund of objectivize
objectification
simple past and past participle of objectize
third-person singular simple present indicative of objectize
present participle and gerund of objectize
Without a purpose.
Without a purpose.
Resembling an object.
The state of being an object
plural of objectness
A person that is attracted to inanimate objects.
plural of objectophile
A paraphilia involving attraction to objects.
A female objector.
plural of objectress
plural of objectrix
plural of objectsona
In an objectual manner
plural of objicient
The act of objuring; a firm binding by oath.
plural of objuration
Relating to objuration.
simple past and past participle of objurgate
third-person singular simple present indicative of objurgate
present participle and gerund of objurgate
A strong rebuke or scolding.
plural of objurgation
That objurgates; sharply disapproving.
in an objurgative or reproving manner
One who objurgates; a scolder or rebuker.
In an objurgatory manner.
plural of objurgator
Strongly rebuking or scolding.
Of a reversed lanceolate shape: attached to the stem by the pointed end, with the other end rounded.
The state of being oblate
plural of oblateness
Of or pertaining to oblation; oblatory
plural of oblationary
Relating to an oblation
One who makes an offering as an act of worship or reverence.
plural of oblationer
The act of barking at someone or something; (figuratively) the act of ranting at someone or something; an instance of these.
plural of oblatration
simple past and past participle of oblectate
third-person singular simple present indicative of oblectate
present participle and gerund of oblectate
The act of pleasing highly, or state of being greatly pleased; delight.
plural of oblectation
The quality of being obligable.
Alternative spelling of obligately.
plural of obligatee
In an obligate manner.
present participle and gerund of obligate
Pertaining to, or in the nature of, obligation.
plural of obligation
Synonym of obligatory.
In an obligatory manner.
To make (something) obligatory, or more obligatory.
simple past and past participle of obligatorize
third-person singular simple present indicative of obligatorize
plural of obligator
Quality of being obliged.
obligation
plural of obligement
In an obliging manner; so as to oblige another; as a favour to another.
The quality of being obliging; the tendency to cater for the desires of others.
An antisense oligodeoxyribonucleotide being studied as a possible treatment for several types of cancer.
Obsolete form of oblique angle.
Obsolete form of oblique-angled.
plural of obliquangle
Formed of oblique angles.
The act of becoming oblique; a turning to one side; obliquity.
Synonym of obliquity.
plural of obliqueness
plural of obliquity
Characterized by obliquity.
Capable of being obliterated.
Producing obstruction due to inflammation and fibrosis.
simple past and past participle of obliterate
third-person singular simple present indicative of obliterate
second-person singular simple present indicative of obliterate
third-person singular simple present indicative of obliterate
present participle and gerund of obliterate
plural of obliteration
Tending or serving to obliterate.
One who obliterates.
plural of obliterator
Synonym of obliteration.
forgetting; state of being forgotten
forgetful; forgetting
Liability to be forgotten.
simple past and past participle of obliviate
third-person singular simple present indicative of obliviate
present participle and gerund of obliviate
Total removal or erasure.
To send to oblivion; to destroy or eliminate.
simple past and past participle of oblivionate
third-person singular simple present indicative of oblivionate
present participle and gerund of oblivionate
simple past and past participle of oblivion
present participle and gerund of oblivion
To consign to oblivion; to destroy or erase utterly.
simple past and past participle of oblivionize
third-person singular simple present indicative of oblivionize
present participle and gerund of oblivionize
in an oblivious manner
Forgetfulness.
plural of oblocutor
Lazy and apathetic.
Indolent apathy.
A proponent or archetype of Oblomovism; a lazy, apathetic person.
plural of Oblomovist
Indolent apathy.
Of or pertaining to the medulla oblongata.
plural of oblongata.
simple past and past participle of oblongate
third-person singular simple present indicative of oblongate
present participle and gerund of oblongate
The property of being oblong in shape.
The quality of being oblong in shape.
Oblong and rectangular; rectangular but not square.
Containing obloquy; reproachful.
Abusive language.
opposition; resistance
plural of obluctation
The action or an instance of complaining or criticizing.
Silence; inability or refusal to speak.
Silent; unable or refusing to speak.
To cloud or obscure (something).
simple past and past participle of obnebulate
third-person singular simple present indicative of obnebulate
present participle and gerund of obnebulate
Obsolete spelling of obnoxious.
plural of obnoxiety
The quality of being obnoxious.
In an obnoxious manner.
plural of obnoxity.
Covered or darkened as with a cloud; overclouded; obscured.
Obscured; dimmed or hidden with or as if with a cloud.
third-person singular simple present indicative of obnubilate
present participle and gerund of obnubilate
The action of darkening or fact of being darkened, as with a cloud; obscuration.
plural of obnubilation
Overclouded, cloudy.
Synonym of oboeist.
plural of oboe-player
Obsolete spelling of obedience.
Having a reverse pandurate shape, with the sinuosity toward the apex and the broadest part toward the base.
Pyramidal, but having the apex downward; inversely pyramidal.
Having a shape that is in outline like that of a pear, with the base at the narrower end.
A surname from Serbo-Croatian.
plural of Obradovich
An orthorhombic-dipyramidal pea green mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, iron, molybdenum, oxygen, potassium, and sodium.
Having a reverse reniform shape, with the petiole opposite the notch.
plural of obreption
Done or obtained by surprise, with secrecy, or by concealment of the truth.
present participle and gerund of obrogate
The act of obrogating.
Of a reverse sagittate shape, with two pointed lobes extending at the apex.
Quality of being obscene.
plural of obscenery
Synonym of grawlix (“string of typographical symbols used to represent obscenity”).
plural of obscenicon
plural of obscenist
plural of obscenity
Which can be obscured.
Synonym of obscurity.
Employing obscurantism.
plural of obscurantism
plural of obscurantist
In an obscurant (that is, obscuring or obfuscating) way; in such a way as to obscure; obfuscatingly.
plural of obscurant
simple past and past participle of obscurate
third-person singular simple present indicative of obscurate
present participle and gerund of obscurate
The state of being obscured.
plural of obscuration
Tending to obscure; making something unclear or abstruse.
In an obscured manner.
The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured.
plural of obscurement
The state or quality of being obscure.
plural of obscureness
simple past and past participle of obscurify
third-person singular simple present indicative of obscurify
present participle and gerund of obscurify
So as to obscure something.
plural of obscuring
plural of obscurist
plural of obscurity
simple past and past participle of obsecrate
third-person singular simple present indicative of obsecrate
present participle and gerund of obsecrate
An earnest supplication made in the name of God
plural of obsecration
Expressing, or used in, entreaty; supplicatory.
Compliance, obsequiousness, deference, willingness to serve.
plural of obsequence
obsequiousness
plural of obsequent
To be obsequious to (someone).
simple past and past participle of obsequiate
third-person singular simple present indicative of obsequiate
present participle and gerund of obsequiate
obsequiousness
plural of obsequience
Obsequiousness.
In an obsequious manner.
plural of obsequity
The state of being observable.
plural of observable
To a detectable degree, sufficient to be observed.
plural of observance
plural of observancy
Obsolete form of observance.
plural of observandum
A thing to be observed.
Of or pertaining to the Observant branch of Franciscan friars
plural of Observantine
The religious beliefs and practices of the Observants.
Synonym of Observant (“member of Franciscan order”).
plural of Observantist
In an observant manner.
Quality of being observant.
plural of Observant
plural of observation
observant; watchful
plural of observative
An observer.
plural of observatorium
Relating to an observatory.
plural of observatory
An observatory.
plural of observator
Obsolete form of observance.
plural of observaunce
In a way that is observed.
second-person singular simple past indicative of observe
A female observer.
plural of observeress
Without observers.
The office or work of an observer.
plural of observership
Attentively, observantly.
plural of observing
With an obsession.
The quality of being obsessed; obsession.
With an obsession; obsessively.
Marked by obsession
In an obsessional manner.