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   ocarina
         n 1: egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece
               and finger holes [syn: {ocarina}, {sweet potato}]

English Dictionary: Ochroma lagopus by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
occurrence
n
  1. an event that happens [syn: happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event]
  2. an instance of something occurring; "a disease of frequent occurrence"; "the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
occurrent
adj
  1. presently occurring (either causally or incidentally); "technical terms are rarely occurrent in literature"
n
  1. an event that happens [syn: happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ochroma
n
  1. one species: balsa
    Synonym(s): Ochroma, genus Ochroma
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ochroma lagopus
n
  1. forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts
    Synonym(s): balsa, Ochroma lagopus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ochronosis
n
  1. an accumulation of dark pigment in cartilage and other connective tissue; usually a symptom of alkaptonuria or phenol poisoning
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Oscar Hammerstein
n
  1. United States lyricist who collaborated on many musical comedies (most successfully with Richard Rodgers) (1895-1960)
    Synonym(s): Hammerstein, Oscar Hammerstein, Oscar Hammerstein II
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Oscar Hammerstein II
n
  1. United States lyricist who collaborated on many musical comedies (most successfully with Richard Rodgers) (1895-1960)
    Synonym(s): Hammerstein, Oscar Hammerstein, Oscar Hammerstein II
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Oxyuranus
n
  1. taipans
    Synonym(s): Oxyuranus, genus Oxyuranus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Oxyuranus scutellatus
n
  1. large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia [syn: taipan, Oxyuranus scutellatus]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tailor \Tai"lor\, n. [OF. tailleor, F. tailleur, fr. OF.
      taillier, F. tailler to cut, fr. L. talea a rod, stick, a
      cutting, layer for planting. Cf. {Detail}, {Entail},
      {Retail}, {Tally}, n.]
      1. One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's
            garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer
            garments.
  
                     Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou
                     wert a man's tailor.                           --Shak.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The mattowacca; -- called also {tailor herring}.
            (b) The silversides.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) The goldfish. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Salt-water tailor} (Zo[94]l.), the bluefish. [Local, U. S.]
            --Bartlett.
  
      {Tailor bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            small Asiatic and East Indian singing birds belonging to
            {Orthotomus}, {Prinia}, and allied genera. They are noted
            for the skill with which they sew leaves together to form
            nests. The common Indian species are {O. longicauda},
            which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail coverts
            yellowish green, and the under parts white; and the
            golden-headed tailor bird ({O. coronatus}), which has the
            top of the head golden yellow and the back and wings pale
            olive-green.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Oca \[d8]O"ca\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.)
      A Peruvian name for certain species of Oxalis ({O. crenata},
      and {O. tuberosa}) which bear edible tubers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ocarina \Oc`a*ri"na\, n. [Cf. It. carino pretty.] (Mus.)
      A kind of small simple wind instrument.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Occurrence \Oc*cur"rence\, n. [Cf. F. occurrence. See {Occur}.]
      1. A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway
            collision.
  
                     Voyages detain the mind by the perpetual occurrence
                     and expectation of something new.      --I. Watts.
  
      2. Any incident or event; esp., one which happens without
            being designed or expected; as, an unusual occurrence, or
            the ordinary occurrences of life.
  
                     All the occurrence of my fortune.      --Shak.
  
      Syn: See {Event}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Occurrent \Oc*cur"rent\, a. [L. occurrens, -entis, p. pr. of
      occurrere: cf.F. occurrent. See {Occur}.]
      Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Occurrent \Oc*cur"rent\, n.
      1. One who meets; hence, an adversary. [Obs.] --Holland.
  
      2. Anything that happens; an occurrence. [Obs.]
  
                     These we must meet with in obvious occurrents of the
                     world.                                                --Sir T.
                                                                              Browne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Occur \Oc*cur"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Occurred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Occurring}.] [L. occurrere, occursum; ob (see {Ob-}) +
      currere to run. See {Course}.]
      1. To meet; to clash. [Obs.]
  
                     The resistance of the bodies they occur with.
                                                                              --Bentley.
  
      2. To go in order to meet; to make reply. [Obs.]
  
                     I must occur to one specious objection. --Bentley.
  
      3. To meet one's eye; to be found or met with; to present
            itself; to offer; to appear; to happen; to take place; as,
            I will write if opportunity occurs.
  
                     In Scripture, though the word heir occur, yet there
                     is no such thing as [bd]heir[b8] in our author's
                     sense.                                                --Locke.
  
      4. To meet or come to the mind; to suggest itself; to be
            presented to the imagination or memory.
  
                     There doth not occur to me any use of this
                     experiment for profit.                        --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mahoe \Ma"hoe\, n. (Bot.)
      A name given to several malvaceous trees (species of
      {Hibiscus}, {Ochroma}, etc.), and to their strong fibrous
      inner bark, which is used for strings and cordage.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Corkwood \Cork"wood`\ (k[ocir]rk"w[oocr]d`), n.
      1. The wood of the cork oak. [Obs.]
  
      2. Any one of several trees or shrubs having light or corky
            wood; esp.:
            (a) In the United States, the tree {Leitneria floridana}.
            (b) In the West Indies: (1) Either of the cotton trees
                  {Ochroma lagopus} and {Pariti tiliaceum}. (2) The tree
                  producing the aligator apple. (3) The blolly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Down tree} (Bot.), a tree of Central America ({Ochroma
            Lagopus}), the seeds of which are enveloped in vegetable
            wool.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Corkwood \Cork"wood`\ (k[ocir]rk"w[oocr]d`), n.
      1. The wood of the cork oak. [Obs.]
  
      2. Any one of several trees or shrubs having light or corky
            wood; esp.:
            (a) In the United States, the tree {Leitneria floridana}.
            (b) In the West Indies: (1) Either of the cotton trees
                  {Ochroma lagopus} and {Pariti tiliaceum}. (2) The tree
                  producing the aligator apple. (3) The blolly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Down tree} (Bot.), a tree of Central America ({Ochroma
            Lagopus}), the seeds of which are enveloped in vegetable
            wool.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Harefoot \Hare"foot`\, n.
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A long, narrow foot, carried (that is, produced
            or extending) forward; -- said of dogs.
  
      2. (Bot) A tree ({Ochroma Laqopus}) of the West Indies,
            having the stamens united somewhat in the form of a hare's
            foot.
  
      {Harefoot clover} (Bot.), a species of clover ({Trifolium
            arvense}) with soft and silky heads.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Osiris \O*si"ris\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?]; of Egyptian origin.]
      (Myth.)
      One of the principal divinities of Egypt, the brother and
      husband of Isis. He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal
      cap of Upper Egypt, and was symbolized by the sacred bull,
      called Apis. Cf. {Serapis}. -- {O*sir"i*an}, a.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Oak Run, CA
      Zip code(s): 96069

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   OSI-RM
  
      {Open Systems Interconnect}
  
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Ocran, a disturber; that disorders
  
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