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   oscheocele
         n 1: swelling of the scrotum [syn: {oscheocele}, {oscheocoele}]

English Dictionary: ossiculum by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oscheocoele
n
  1. swelling of the scrotum
    Synonym(s): oscheocele, oscheocoele
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
osseous labyrinth
n
  1. cavity in the petrous part of the temporal bone that contains the membranous labyrinth
    Synonym(s): bony labyrinth, osseous labyrinth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ossicle
n
  1. a small bone; especially one in the middle ear [syn: ossicle, bonelet, ossiculum]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ossicular
adj
  1. pertaining to the ossicles in the middle ear [syn: ossicular, ossiculate]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ossiculate
adj
  1. pertaining to the ossicles in the middle ear [syn: ossicular, ossiculate]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ossiculum
n
  1. a small bone; especially one in the middle ear [syn: ossicle, bonelet, ossiculum]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oxacillin
n
  1. a form of penicillin resistant to penicillinase and effective against penicillin-resistant staphylococci
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ogeechee lime \O*gee"chee lime`\ [So named from the Ogeechee
      River in Georgia.] (Bot.)
            (a) The acid, olive-shaped, drupaceous fruit of a species
                  of tupelo ({Nyssa capitata}) which grows in swamps in
                  Georgia and Florida.
            (b) The tree which bears this fruit.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ooze leather \Ooze leather\
      Leather made from sheep and calf skins by mechanically
      forcing ooze through them; esp., such leather with a soft,
      finely granulated finish (called sometimes
  
      {velvet finish}) put on the flesh side for special purposes.
            Ordinary ooze leather is used for shoe uppers, in
            bookbinding, etc. Hence
  
      {Ooze calf},
  
      {Ooze finish}, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ossicle \Os"si*cle\, n. [L. ossiculum, dim. of os, ossis, a
      bone.]
      1. A little bone; as, the auditory ossicles in the tympanum
            of the ear.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) One of numerous small calcareous structures
            forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the
            starfishes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Ossiculum \[d8]Os*sic"u*lum\, n.; pl. {Ossicula}. [L., a
      little bone.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Same as {Ossicle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ossiculated \Os*sic"u*la`ted\, a.
      Having small bones.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Salt \Salt\, n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout,
      G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. [?], Russ.
      sole, Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf.
      {Sal}, {Salad}, {Salary}, {Saline}, {Sauce}, {Sausage}.]
      1. The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning
            food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found
            native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation
            and crystallization, from sea water and other water
            impregnated with saline particles.
  
      2. Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning.
  
                     Though we are justices and doctors and churchmen . .
                     . we have some salt of our youth in us. --Shak.
  
      3. Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt.
  
      4. A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar.
  
                     I out and bought some things; among others, a dozen
                     of silver salts.                                 --Pepys.
  
      5. A sailor; -- usually qualified by old. [Colloq.]
  
                     Around the door are generally to be seen, laughing
                     and gossiping, clusters of old salts. --Hawthorne.
  
      6. (Chem.) The neutral compound formed by the union of an
            acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the
            salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol.
  
      Note: Except in case of ammonium salts, accurately speaking,
               it is the acid radical which unites with the base or
               basic radical, with the elimination of hydrogen, of
               water, or of analogous compounds as side products. In
               the case of diacid and triacid bases, and of dibasic
               and tribasic acids, the mutual neutralization may vary
               in degree, producing respectively basic, neutral, or
               acid salts. See Phrases below.
  
      7. Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that
            which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an
            allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken
            with a grain of salt.
  
                     Ye are the salt of the earth.            --Matt. v. 13.
  
      8. pl. Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic,
            especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt.
  
      9. pl. Marshes flooded by the tide. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Above the salt}, {Below the salt}, phrases which have
            survived the old custom, in the houses of people of rank,
            of placing a large saltcellar near the middle of a long
            table, the places above which were assigned to the guests
            of distinction, and those below to dependents, inferiors,
            and poor relations. See {Saltfoot}.
  
                     His fashion is not to take knowledge of him that is
                     beneath him in clothes. He never drinks below the
                     salt.                                                --B. Jonson.
  
      {Acid salt} (Chem.)
            (a) A salt derived from an acid which has several
                  replaceable hydrogen atoms which are only partially
                  exchanged for metallic atoms or basic radicals; as,
                  acid potassium sulphate is an acid salt.
            (b) A salt, whatever its constitution, which merely gives
                  an acid reaction; thus, copper sulphate, which is
                  composed of a strong acid united with a weak base, is
                  an acid salt in this sense, though theoretically it is
                  a neutral salt.
  
      {Alkaline salt} (Chem.), a salt which gives an alkaline
            reaction, as sodium carbonate.
  
      {Amphid salt} (Old Chem.), a salt of the oxy type, formerly
            regarded as composed of two oxides, an acid and a basic
            oxide. [Obsolescent]
  
      {Basic salt} (Chem.)
            (a) A salt which contains more of the basic constituent
                  than is required to neutralize the acid.
            (b) An alkaline salt.
  
      {Binary salt} (Chem.), a salt of the oxy type conveniently
            regarded as composed of two ingredients (analogously to a
            haloid salt), viz., a metal and an acid radical.
  
      {Double salt} (Chem.), a salt regarded as formed by the union
            of two distinct salts, as common alum, potassium aluminium
            sulphate. See under {Double}.
  
      {Epsom salts}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Essential salt} (Old Chem.), a salt obtained by
            crystallizing plant juices.
  
      {Ethereal salt}. (Chem.) See under {Ethereal}.
  
      {Glauber's salt} [or] {salts}. See in Vocabulary.
  
      {Haloid salt} (Chem.), a simple salt of a halogen acid, as
            sodium chloride.
  
      {Microcosmic salt}. (Chem.). See under {Microcosmic}.
  
      {Neutral salt}. (Chem.)
            (a) A salt in which the acid and base (in theory)
                  neutralize each other.
            (b) A salt which gives a neutral reaction.
  
      {Oxy salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from an oxygen acid.
  
      {Per salt} (Old Chem.), a salt supposed to be derived from a
            peroxide base or analogous compound. [Obs.]
  
      {Permanent salt}, a salt which undergoes no change on
            exposure to the air.
  
      {Proto salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from a protoxide base or
            analogous compound.
  
      {Rochelle salt}. See under {Rochelle}.
  
      {Salt of amber} (Old Chem.), succinic acid.
  
      {Salt of colcothar} (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or sulphate
            of iron.
  
      {Salt of hartshorn}. (Old Chem.)
            (a) Sal ammoniac, or ammonium chloride.
            (b) Ammonium carbonate. Cf. {Spirit of hartshorn}, under
                  {Hartshorn}.
  
      {Salt of lemons}. (Chem.) See {Salt of sorrel}, below.
  
      {Salt of Saturn} (Old Chem.), sugar of lead; lead acetate; --
            the alchemical name of lead being Saturn.
  
      {Salt of Seignette}. Same as {Rochelle salt}.
  
      {Salt of soda} (Old Chem.), sodium carbonate.
  
      {Salt of sorrel} (Old Chem.), acid potassium oxalate, or
            potassium quadroxalate, used as a solvent for ink stains;
            -- so called because found in the sorrel, or Oxalis. Also
            sometimes inaccurately called {salt of lemon}.
  
      {Salt of tartar} (Old Chem.), potassium carbonate; -- so
            called because formerly made by heating cream of tartar,
            or potassium tartrate. [Obs.]
  
      {Salt of Venus} (Old Chem.), blue vitriol; copper sulphate;
            -- the alchemical name of copper being Venus.
  
      {Salt of wisdom}. See {Alembroth}.
  
      {Sedative salt} (Old Med. Chem.), boric acid.
  
      {Sesqui salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from a sesquioxide base
            or analogous compound.
  
      {Spirit of salt}. (Chem.) See under {Spirit}.
  
      {Sulpho salt} (Chem.), a salt analogous to an oxy salt, but
            containing sulphur in place of oxygen.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oxycalcium \Ox`y*cal"ci*um\, a. [Oxy
      (a) + calcium.] Of or pertaining to oxygen and calcium; as,
            the oxycalcium light. See {Drummond light}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Drummond light \Drum"mond light`\ [From Thomas Drummond, a
      British naval officer.]
      A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas,
      one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of
      ignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas
      through a flame of alcohol upon a ball or disk of lime; --
      called also {oxycalcium light}, or {lime light}.
  
      Note: The name is also applied sometimes to a heliostat,
               invented by Drummond, for rendering visible a distant
               point, as in geodetic surveying, by reflecting upon it
               a beam of light from the sun.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oxychloric \Ox`y*chlo"ric\, a. [Oxy
      (a) + chloric.] (Chem.)
      (a) Of, pertaining to, or designating in general, certain
            compounds containing oxygen and chlorine.
      (b) Formerly designating an acid now called {perchloric
            acid}. See {Perchloric}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oxychloride \Ox`y*chlo"ride\, n. [Oxy
      (a) + chloride.] (Chem.) A ternary compound of oxygen and
            chlorine; as, plumbic oxychloride.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oxysalt \Ox"y*salt\, n. [Oxy
      (a) + salt.] (Chem.) A salt of an oxyacid, as a sulphate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oxysulphide \Ox`y*sul"phide\, n. (Chem.)
      A ternary compound of oxygen and sulphur.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oxysulphuret \Ox`y*sul"phu*ret\, n. (Chem.)
      An oxysulphide. [Obsolescent]

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      Location: 43.12339 N, 88.44056 W
      Population (1990): 3819 (1607 housing units)
      Area: 9.0 sq km (land), 3.8 sq km (water)
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