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   Ohm's law
         n 1: electric current is directly proportional to voltage and
               inversely proportional to resistance; I = E/R

English Dictionary: Onoclea struthiopteris by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oncologic
adj
  1. of or relating to or practicing oncology; "oncological nurse"
    Synonym(s): oncological, oncologic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oncological
adj
  1. of or relating to or practicing oncology; "oncological nurse"
    Synonym(s): oncological, oncologic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oncologist
n
  1. a specialist in oncology
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oncology
n
  1. the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of tumors
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
one-celled
adj
  1. having a single cell (and thus not divided into cells)
    Synonym(s): single-celled, one-celled
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Onoclea
n
  1. one species: sensitive fern; in some classifications included in Polypodiaceae
    Synonym(s): Onoclea, genus Onoclea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Onoclea sensibilis
n
  1. beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe; pinnately divided fronds show a slight tendency to fold when touched; pinnules enclose groups of sori in beadlike lobes
    Synonym(s): sensitive fern, bead fern, Onoclea sensibilis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Onoclea struthiopteris
n
  1. tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
    Synonym(s): ostrich fern, shuttlecock fern, fiddlehead, Matteuccia struthiopteris, Pteretis struthiopteris, Onoclea struthiopteris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
onslaught
n
  1. a sudden and severe onset of trouble
  2. (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn"
    Synonym(s): attack, onslaught, onset, onrush
  3. the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written); "a barrage of questions"; "a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake"
    Synonym(s): barrage, bombardment, outpouring, onslaught
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
onycholysis
n
  1. separation of a nail from its normal attachment to the nail bed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Owen Glendower
n
  1. Welsh chieftain who led a revolt against Henry IV's rule in Wales (1359-1416)
    Synonym(s): Glendower, Owen Glendower
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
own goal
n
  1. (soccer) a goal that results when a player inadvertently knocks the ball into the goal he is defending; "the own goal cost them the game"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ohm \Ohm\, n. [So called from the German electrician, G.S. Ohm.]
      (Elec.)
      The standard unit in the measure of electrical resistance,
      being the resistance of a circuit in which a potential
      difference of one volt produces a current of one amp[82]re.
      As defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893,
      and by United States Statute, it is a resistance
      substantially equal to 10^{9} units of resistance of the
      C.G.S. system of electro-magnetic units, and is represented
      by the resistance offered to an unvarying electric current by
      a column of mercury at the temperature of melting ice 14.4521
      grams in mass, of a constant cross-sectional area, and of the
      length of 106.3 centimeters. As thus defined it is called the
      {international ohm}.
  
      {Ohm's law} (Elec.), the statement of the fact that the
            strength or intensity of an electrical current is directly
            proportional to the electro-motive force, and inversely
            proportional to the resistance of the circuit.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Call \Call\, n.
      1. The act of calling; -- usually with the voice, but often
            otherwise, as by signs, the sound of some instrument, or
            by writing; a summons; an entreaty; an invitation; as, a
            call for help; the bugle's call. [bd]Call of the
            trumpet.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     I rose as at thy call, but found thee not. --Milton.
  
      2. A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon
            soldiers or sailors to duty.
  
      3. (Eccl.) An invitation to take charge of or serve a church
            as its pastor.
  
      4. A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of
            the case; a moral requirement or appeal.
  
                     Dependence is a perpetual call upon humanity.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
                     Running into danger without any call of duty.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      5. A divine vocation or summons.
  
                     St. Paul himself believed he did well, and that he
                     had a call to it, when he persecuted the Christians.
                                                                              --Locke.
  
      6. Vocation; employment.
  
      Note: [In this sense, calling is generally used.]
  
      7. A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the
            daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders.
  
                     The baker's punctual call.                  --Cowper.
  
      8. (Hunting) A note blown on the horn to encourage the
            hounds.
  
      9. (Naut.) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his
            mate, to summon the sailors to duty.
  
      10. (Fowling) The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in
            imitation of a bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating
            their note or cry.
  
      11. (Amer. Land Law) A reference to, or statement of, an
            object, course, distance, or other matter of description
            in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a
            corresponding object, etc., on the land.
  
      12. The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or
            any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain
            time agreed on. [Brokers' Cant]
  
      13. See {Assessment}, 4.
  
      {At call}, or {On call}, liable to be demanded at any moment
            without previous notice; as money on deposit.
  
      {Call bird}, a bird taught to allure others into a snare.
  
      {Call boy}
            (a) A boy who calls the actors in a theater; a boy who
                  transmits the orders of the captain of a vessel to
                  the engineer, helmsman, etc.
            (b) A waiting boy who answers a cal, or cames at the
                  ringing of a bell; a bell boy.
  
      {Call note}, the note naturally used by the male bird to call
            the female. It is artificially applied by birdcatchers as
            a decoy. --Latham.
  
      {Call of the house} (Legislative Bodies), a calling over the
            names of members, to discover who is absent, or for other
            purposes; a calling of names with a view to obtaining the
            ayes and noes from the persons named.
  
      {Call to the bar}, admission to practice in the courts.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sale \Sale\, n. [Icel. sala, sal, akin to E. sell. See {Sell},
      v. t.]
      1. The act of selling; the transfer of property, or a
            contract to transfer the ownership of property, from one
            person to another for a valuable consideration, or for a
            price in money.
  
      2. Opportunity of selling; demand; market.
  
                     They shall have ready sale for them.   --Spenser.
  
      3. Public disposal to the highest bidder, or exposure of
            goods in market; auction. --Sir W. Temple.
  
      {Bill of sale}. See under {Bill}.
  
      {Of sale}, {On sale}, {For sale}, to be bought or sold;
            offered to purchasers; in the market.
  
      {To set to sale}, to offer for sale; to put up for purchase;
            to make merchandise of. [Obs.] --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Half \Half\, n.; pl. {Halves}. [AS. healf. See {Half}, a.]
      1. Part; side; behalf. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
  
                     The four halves of the house.            --Chaucer.
  
      2. One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided,
            or considered as divided; -- sometimes followed by of; as,
            a half of an apple.
  
                     Not half his riches known, and yet despised.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                     A friendship so complete Portioned in halves between
                     us.                                                   --Tennyson.
  
      {Better half}. See under {Better}.
  
      {In half}, in two; an expression sometimes used improperly
            instead of in [or] into halves; as, to cut in half.
            [Colloq.] --Dickens.
  
      {In, [or] On}, {one's half}, in one's behalf; on one's part.
            [Obs.]
  
      {To cry halves}, to claim an equal share with another.
  
      {To go halves}, to share equally between two.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Truss \Truss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trussed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Trussing}.] [F. trousser. See {Truss}, n.]
      1. To bind or pack close; to make into a truss. --Shak.
  
                     It [his hood] was trussed up in his wallet.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
      2. To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce
            upon. [Obs.]
  
                     Who trussing me as eagle doth his prey. --Spenser.
  
      3. To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of
            a brace or braces.
  
      4. To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the
            body in cooking it.
  
      5. To execute by hanging; to hang; -- usually with up.
            [Slang.] --Sir W. Scott.
  
      {To truss a person} [or] {one's self}, to adjust and fasten
            the clothing of; especially, to draw tight and tie the
            laces of garments. [Obs.] [bd]Enter Honeysuckle, in his
            nightcap, trussing himself.[b8] --J. Webster (1607).
  
      {To truss up}, to strain; to make close or tight.
  
      {Trussed beam}, a beam which is stiffened by a system of
            braces constituting a truss of which the beam is a chord.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oneself \One`self"\, pron.
      A reflexive form of the indefinite pronoun one. Commonly
      writen as two words, one's self.
  
               One's self (or more properly oneself), is quite a
               modern form. In Elizabethan English we find a man's
               self=one's self.                                    --Morris.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sensitive \Sen"si*tive\, a. [F. sensitif. See {Sense}.]
      1. Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the
            capacity of receiving impressions from external objects;
            as, a sensitive soul.
  
      2. Having quick and acute sensibility, either to the action
            of external objects, or to impressions upon the mind and
            feelings; highly susceptible; easily and acutely affected.
  
                     She was too sensitive to abuse and calumny.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      3.
            (a) (Mech.) Having a capacity of being easily affected or
                  moved; as, a sensitive thermometer; sensitive scales.
            (b) (Chem. & Photog.) Readily affected or changed by
                  certain appropriate agents; as, silver chloride or
                  bromide, when in contact with certain organic
                  substances, is extremely sensitive to actinic rays.
  
      4. Serving to affect the sense; sensible. [R.]
  
                     A sensitive love of some sensitive objects.
                                                                              --Hammond.
  
      5. Of or pertaining to sensation; depending on sensation; as,
            sensitive motions; sensitive muscular motions excited by
            irritation. --E. Darwin.
  
      {Sensitive fern} (Bot.), an American fern ({Onoclea
            sensibilis}), the leaves of which, when plucked, show a
            slight tendency to fold together.
  
      {Sensitive flame} (Physics), a gas flame so arranged that
            under a suitable adjustment of pressure it is exceedingly
            sensitive to sounds, being caused to roar, flare, or
            become suddenly shortened or extinguished, by slight
            sounds of the proper pitch.
  
      {Sensitive joint vetch} (Bot.), an annual leguminous herb
            ({[92]schynomene hispida}), with sensitive foliage.
  
      {Sensitive paper}, paper prepared for photographic purpose by
            being rendered sensitive to the effect of light.
  
      {Sensitive plant}. (Bot.)
            (a) A leguminous plant ({Mimosa pudica}, or {M.
                  sensitiva}, and other allied species), the leaves of
                  which close at the slightest touch.
            (b) Any plant showing motions after irritation, as the
                  sensitive brier ({Schrankia}) of the Southern States,
                  two common American species of Cassia ({C. nictitans},
                  and {C. Cham[91]crista}), a kind of sorrel ({Oxalis
                  sensitiva}), etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ostrich \Os"trich\, n. [OE. ostriche, ostrice, OF. ostruche,
      ostruce, F. autruche, L. avis struthio; avis bird + struthio
      ostrich, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] bird, sparrow. Cf. {Aviary},
      {Struthious}.] [Formerly written also {estrich}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A large bird of the genus {Struthio}, of which {Struthio
      camelus} of Africa is the best known species. It has long and
      very strong legs, adapted for rapid running; only two toes; a
      long neck, nearly bare of feathers; and short wings incapable
      of flight. The adult male is about eight feet high.
  
      Note: The South African ostrich ({Struthio australis}) and
               the Asiatic ostrich are considered distinct species by
               some authors. Ostriches are now domesticated in South
               Africa in large numbers for the sake of their plumes.
               The body of the male is covered with elegant black
               plumose feathers, while the wings and tail furnish the
               most valuable white plumes.
  
      {Ostrich farm}, a farm on which ostriches are bred for the
            sake of their feathers, oil, eggs, etc.
  
      {Ostrich farming}, the occupation of breeding ostriches for
            the sake of their feathers, etc.
  
      {Ostrich fern} (Bot.) a kind of fern ({Onoclea
            Struthiopteris}), the tall fronds of which grow in a
            circle from the rootstock. It is found in alluvial soil in
            Europe and North America.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Onslaught \On"slaught`\, n. [OE. on on + slaught, slaht,
      slaughter. See {Slaughter}.]
      1. An attack; an onset; esp., a furious or murderous attack
            or assault.
  
                     By storm and onslaught to proceed.      --Hudibras.
  
      2. A bloody fray or battle. [Scot.] --Jamieson.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Onslow, IA (city, FIPS 59250)
      Location: 42.10804 N, 91.01368 W
      Population (1990): 216 (102 housing units)
      Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 52321

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Onslow County, NC (county, FIPS 133)
      Location: 34.71450 N, 77.41315 W
      Population (1990): 149838 (47526 housing units)
      Area: 1986.2 sq km (land), 366.7 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Omega-algebraic
  
      In domain theory, a complete partial order is algebraic if
      every element is the lub of some chain of compact elements.
      If the set of compact elements is countable it is
      omega-algebraic.   Usually written with a Greek letter omega
      ({LaTeX} \omega).
  
      (1995-02-03)
  
  
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