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   Oleaceae
         n 1: trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as
               fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash;
               jasmine; privet; lilac [syn: {Oleaceae}, {family Oleaceae},
               {olive family}]

English Dictionary: Oleaceae by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ology
n
  1. an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oology
n
  1. the branch of zoology that studies eggs (especially birds' eggs and their size, shape, coloration, and number)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
owlish
adj
  1. resembling an owl; solemn and wise in appearance
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   O94logy \O*[94]l"o*gy\, n. [Gr. w,'o`n an egg + -logy.]
      The science of eggs in relation to their coloring, size,
      shape, and number.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oleaceous \O`le*a"ceous\, a. [L. ol[82]aceus of the olive tree.]
      (Bot.)
      Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants
      ({Oleace[91]}), mostly trees and shrubs, of which the olive
      is the type. It includes also the ash, the lilac, the true
      jasmine, and fringe tree.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oleic \O"le*ic\, a. [L. oleum oil: cf. F. ol[82]ique.]
      (Physiol.Chem.)
      Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, oil; as, oleic
      acid, an acid of the acrylic acid series found combined with
      glyceryl in the form of olein in certain animal and vegetable
      fats and oils, such as sperm oil, olive oil, etc. At low
      temperatures the acid is crystalline, but melts to an oily
      liquid above 14[?] C.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oleose \O"le*ose`\, Oleous \O"le*ous\, a. [L. oleosus, fr. oleum
      oil.]
      Oily. [R.] --Ray. Floyer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oleose \O"le*ose`\, Oleous \O"le*ous\, a. [L. oleosus, fr. oleum
      oil.]
      Oily. [R.] --Ray. Floyer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oligo- \Ol"i*go-\
      A combining form from Gr. [?], few, little, small.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ology \Ol"o*gy\, n. [See {-logy}.]
      A colloquial or humorous name for any science or branch of
      knowledge.
  
               He had a smattering of mechanics, of physiology,
               geology, mineralogy, and all other ologies whatsoever.
                                                                              --De Quincey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Owlish \Owl"ish\, a.
      Resembling, or characteristic of, an owl.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Olga, WA
      Zip code(s): 98279

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Oologah, OK
      Zip code(s): 74053

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   OLC
  
      {On-Line Computer system}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   OLGA
  
      Ouf! un Langage pour les Grammaires Attribuees.
  
      Inria, 1985.   Language for specification of attribute
      grammars, used as the input language of the compiler writing
      system FNC-2.   Applicative, strongly typed, polymorphic,
      pattern-matching, modules.
  
  
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