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   oblate
         adj 1: having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar
                  diameter; being flattened at the poles [syn: {oblate},
                  {pumpkin-shaped}] [ant: {prolate}, {watermelon-shaped}]
         n 1: a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious
               life

English Dictionary: obliterate	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oblateness n the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles; "the oblateness of the planet" Synonym(s): oblateness, ellipticity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oblation n the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity; "oblations for aid to the poor" Synonym(s): oblation, offering the act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist Synonym(s): Oblation, religious offering
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obliterable adj able to be obliterated completely [syn: obliterable, removable]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obliterate adj reduced to nothingness [syn: blotted out, obliterate, obliterated] v mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech" Synonym(s): kill, obliterate, wipe out make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat" Synonym(s): obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps" Synonym(s): obliterate, efface do away with completely, without leaving a trace
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obliterated adj reduced to nothingness [syn: blotted out, obliterate, obliterated]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obliteration n destruction by annihilating something [syn: annihilation, obliteration] the complete destruction of every trace of something Synonym(s): eradication, obliteration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obliterator n an eliminator that does away with all traces
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
of all time adv at any time; "did you ever smoke?"; "the best con man of all time" Synonym(s): ever, of all time
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
of late adv in the recent past; "he was in Paris recently"; "lately the rules have been enforced"; "as late as yesterday she was fine"; "feeling better of late"; "the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also" Synonym(s): recently, late, lately, of late, latterly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
offload v transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data take the load off (a container or vehicle); "unload the truck"; "offload the van" Synonym(s): unload, unlade, offload
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ophiolatry n the worship of snakes [syn: ophiolatry, {serpent- worship}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oubliette n a dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ovulate v produce and discharge eggs; "women ovulate about once every month"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ovulation n the expulsion of an ovum from the ovary (usually midway in the menstrual cycle) Antonym(s): anovulation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ovulation method n natural family planning in which the fertile period is inferred from changes in the character and quantity of cervical mucus; ovulation is marked by an increase in mucus that becomes sticky and then clearer and slippery Synonym(s): ovulation method of family planning, ovulation method
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ovulation method of family planning n natural family planning in which the fertile period is inferred from changes in the character and quantity of cervical mucus; ovulation is marked by an increase in mucus that becomes sticky and then clearer and slippery Synonym(s): ovulation method of family planning, ovulation method
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Oblatum \[d8]Ob*la"tum\, n.; pl. {Oblata}. [NL. See {Oblate}.] (Geom.) An oblate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis. Cf. {Oblongum}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oblate \Ob*late"\, n. [From {Oblate}, a.] (R.C.Ch.) (a) One of an association of priests or religious women who have offered themselves to the service of the church. There are three such associations of priests, and one of women, called oblates. (b) One of the Oblati.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oblate \Ob*late"\, a. [L. oblatus, used as p. p. of offerre to bring forward, offer, dedicate; ob (see {Ob-}) + latus borne, for tlatus. See {Tolerate}.] 1. (Geom.) Flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth is an oblate spheroid. 2. Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders. See {Oblate}, n. {Oblate ellipsoid} [or] {spheroid} (Geom.), a solid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis; an oblatum. See {Ellipsoid of revolution}, under {Ellipsoid}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oblate \Ob*late"\, a. [L. oblatus, used as p. p. of offerre to bring forward, offer, dedicate; ob (see {Ob-}) + latus borne, for tlatus. See {Tolerate}.] 1. (Geom.) Flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth is an oblate spheroid. 2. Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders. See {Oblate}, n. {Oblate ellipsoid} [or] {spheroid} (Geom.), a solid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis; an oblatum. See {Ellipsoid of revolution}, under {Ellipsoid}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spheroid \Sphe"roid\, n. [L. spheroides ball-like, spherical, Gr. [?][?][?]; [?][?][?][?] sphere + [?][?][?] form: cf. F. sph[82]ro[8b]de.] A body or figure approaching to a sphere, but not perfectly spherical; esp., a solid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about one of its axes. {Oblate spheroid}, {Prolate spheroid}. See {Oblate}, {Prolate}, and {Ellipsoid}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oblateness \Ob*late"ness\, n. The quality or state of being oblate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oblation \Ob*la"tion\, n. [L. oblatio: cf. F. oblation. See {Oblate}.] 1. The act of offering, or of making an offering. --Locke. 2. Anything offered or presented in worship or sacred service; an offering; a sacrifice. A peculiar . . . oblation given to God. --Jer. Taylor. A pin was the usual oblation. --Sir. W. Scott. 3. A gift or contribution made to a church, as for the expenses of the eucharist, or for the support of the clergy and the poor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oblationer \Obla"tioner\, n. One who makes an offering as an act worship or reverence. --Dr. H. More.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oblatrate \Ob*la"trate\, v. i. [L. oblatratus, p. p. of oblatrare to bark against.] To bark or snarl, as a dog. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oblatration \Ob`la*tra"tion\, n. The act of oblatrating; a barking or snarling. --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oblite \Ob"lite\, a. [L. oblitus, p. p. pf oblinere to besmear.] Indistinct; slurred over. [Obs.] [bd]Obscure and oblite mention.[b8] --Fuller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obliterate \Oblit"erate\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obliterate \Oblit"erate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obliterated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Obliterating}.] [L. obliteratus, p. p. of obliterare to obliterate; ob (see {Ob-}) + litera, littera, letter. See {Letter}.] 1. To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing. 2. To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render imperceptible; as. to obliterate ideas; to obliterate the monuments of antiquity. The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that experience are slowly obliterated. --W. Black.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obliterate \Oblit"erate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obliterated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Obliterating}.] [L. obliteratus, p. p. of obliterare to obliterate; ob (see {Ob-}) + litera, littera, letter. See {Letter}.] 1. To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing. 2. To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render imperceptible; as. to obliterate ideas; to obliterate the monuments of antiquity. The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that experience are slowly obliterated. --W. Black.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obliterate \Oblit"erate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obliterated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Obliterating}.] [L. obliteratus, p. p. of obliterare to obliterate; ob (see {Ob-}) + litera, littera, letter. See {Letter}.] 1. To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing. 2. To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render imperceptible; as. to obliterate ideas; to obliterate the monuments of antiquity. The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that experience are slowly obliterated. --W. Black.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obliteration \Oblit`era"tion\, n. [L. obliteratio: cf.F. oblit[82]ration.] The act of obliterating, or the state of being obliterated; extinction. --Sir. M. Hale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obliterative \Oblit"era*tive\, a. Tending or serving to obliterate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obvolute \Ob"volute\, Obvoluted \Ob`volu"ted\, a. [L. obvolutus, p. p. of obvolvere to wrap round; ob (see {Ob-}) + volvere to roll.] Overlapping; contorted; convolute; -- applied primarily, in botany, to two opposite leaves, each of which has one edge overlapping the nearest edge of the other, and secondarily to a circle of several leaves or petals which thus overlap.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obvolute \Ob"volute\, Obvoluted \Ob`volu"ted\, a. [L. obvolutus, p. p. of obvolvere to wrap round; ob (see {Ob-}) + volvere to roll.] Overlapping; contorted; convolute; -- applied primarily, in botany, to two opposite leaves, each of which has one edge overlapping the nearest edge of the other, and secondarily to a circle of several leaves or petals which thus overlap.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flotation \Flo*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. flottation a floating, flottaison water line, fr. flotter to float. See {Flotilla}.] 1. The act, process, or state of floating. 2. The science of floating bodies. {Center of flotation}. (Shipbuilding) (a) The center of any given plane of flotation. (b) More commonly, the middle of the length of the load water line. --Rankine. {Plane, [or] Line}, {of flotation}, the plane or line in which the horizontal surface of a fluid cuts a body floating in it. See {Bearing}, n., 9 (c) . {Surface of flotation} (Shipbuilding), the imaginary surface which all the planes of flotation touch when a vessel rolls or pitches; the envelope of all such planes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Late \Late\, adv. [AS. late. See {Late}, a.] 1. After the usual or proper time, or the time appointed; after delay; as, he arrived late; -- opposed to {early}. 2. Not long ago; lately. 3. Far in the night, day, week, or other particular period; as, to lie abed late; to sit up late at night. {Of late}, in time not long past, or near the present; lately; as, the practice is of late uncommon. {Too late}, after the proper or available time; when the time or opportunity is past.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
9. Denoting the agent, or person by whom, or thing by which, anything is, or is done; by. And told to her of [by] some. --Chaucer. He taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. --Luke iv. 15. [Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil. --Luke iv. 1, 2. Note: The use of the word in this sense, as applied to persons, is nearly obsolete. 10. Denoting relation to place or time; belonging to, or connected with; as, men of Athens; the people of the Middle Ages; in the days of Herod. 11. Denoting passage from one state to another; from. [Obs.] [bd]O miserable of happy.[b8] --Milton. 12. During; in the course of. Not be seen to wink of all the day. --Shak. My custom always of the afternoon. --Shak. Note: Of may be used in a subjective or an objective sense. [bd]The love of God[b8] may mean, our love for God, or God's love for us. Note: From is the primary sense of this preposition; a sense retained in off, the same word differently written for distinction. But this radical sense disappears in most of its application; as, a man of genius; a man of rare endowments; a fossil of a red color, or of an hexagonal figure; he lost all hope of relief; an affair of the cabinet; he is a man of decayed fortune; what is the price of corn? In these and similar phrases, of denotes property or possession, or a relation of some sort involving connection. These applications, however all proceeded from the same primary sense. That which proceeds from, or is produced by, a person or thing, either has had, or still has, a close connection with the same; and hence the word was applied to cases of mere connection, not involving at all the idea of separation. {Of consequence}, of importance, value, or influence. {Of late}, recently; in time not long past. {Of old}, formerly; in time long past. {Of one's self}, by one's self; without help or prompting; spontaneously. Why, knows not Montague, that of itself England is safe, if true within itself? --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
9. Denoting the agent, or person by whom, or thing by which, anything is, or is done; by. And told to her of [by] some. --Chaucer. He taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. --Luke iv. 15. [Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil. --Luke iv. 1, 2. Note: The use of the word in this sense, as applied to persons, is nearly obsolete. 10. Denoting relation to place or time; belonging to, or connected with; as, men of Athens; the people of the Middle Ages; in the days of Herod. 11. Denoting passage from one state to another; from. [Obs.] [bd]O miserable of happy.[b8] --Milton. 12. During; in the course of. Not be seen to wink of all the day. --Shak. My custom always of the afternoon. --Shak. Note: Of may be used in a subjective or an objective sense. [bd]The love of God[b8] may mean, our love for God, or God's love for us. Note: From is the primary sense of this preposition; a sense retained in off, the same word differently written for distinction. But this radical sense disappears in most of its application; as, a man of genius; a man of rare endowments; a fossil of a red color, or of an hexagonal figure; he lost all hope of relief; an affair of the cabinet; he is a man of decayed fortune; what is the price of corn? In these and similar phrases, of denotes property or possession, or a relation of some sort involving connection. These applications, however all proceeded from the same primary sense. That which proceeds from, or is produced by, a person or thing, either has had, or still has, a close connection with the same; and hence the word was applied to cases of mere connection, not involving at all the idea of separation. {Of consequence}, of importance, value, or influence. {Of late}, recently; in time not long past. {Of old}, formerly; in time long past. {Of one's self}, by one's self; without help or prompting; spontaneously. Why, knows not Montague, that of itself England is safe, if true within itself? --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Offlet \Off"let\, n. [Off + let.] A pipe to let off water.
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Opalotype \Opal"otype\, n. [Opal + -type.] (Photog.) A picture taken on [bd]milky[b8] glass.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opelet \Ope"let\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A bright-colored European actinian ({Anemonia, [or] Anthea, sulcata}); -- so called because it does not retract its tentacles.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ophiolatry \O`phiol"atry\, n. [Gr. 'o`fis serpent + [?] worship.] The worship of serpents.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ople tree \O"ple tree`\ [L. opulus a kind of maple tree.] The witch-hazel. [Obs.] --Ainsworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oppilate \Op"pi*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Oppilated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Oppilating}.] [L. oppilatus, p. p. of oppilare to stop up; ob (see {Ob-}) + pilare to ram down, to thrust.] To crowd together; to fill with obstructions; to block up. [Obs.] --Cockeram.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oppilate \Op"pi*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Oppilated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Oppilating}.] [L. oppilatus, p. p. of oppilare to stop up; ob (see {Ob-}) + pilare to ram down, to thrust.] To crowd together; to fill with obstructions; to block up. [Obs.] --Cockeram.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oppilate \Op"pi*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Oppilated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Oppilating}.] [L. oppilatus, p. p. of oppilare to stop up; ob (see {Ob-}) + pilare to ram down, to thrust.] To crowd together; to fill with obstructions; to block up. [Obs.] --Cockeram.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oppilation \Op`pi*la"tion\, n. [L. oppilatio: cf. F. opilation.] The act of filling or crowding together; a stopping by redundant matter; obstruction, particularly in the lower intestines. --Jer. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oppilative \Op`pilative\, a. [Cf. F. opilatif. See {Oppilate}.] Obstructive. [Obs.] --Sherwood.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opplete \Opplete"\, Oppleted \Opplet"ed\, a. [L. oppletus, p. p. of opplere to fill up; ob (see {Ob-}) + plere to fill.] Filled; crowded. [Obs.] --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opplete \Opplete"\, Oppleted \Opplet"ed\, a. [L. oppletus, p. p. of opplere to fill up; ob (see {Ob-}) + plere to fill.] Filled; crowded. [Obs.] --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oppletion \Op*ple"tion\, n. The act of filling up, or the state of being filled up; fullness. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Owelty \Ow"el*ty\, n. [OF. oelt[82], ivelt[82].] (Law) Equality; -- sometimes written {ovelty} and {ovealty}. --Burrill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Owelty \Ow"el*ty\, n. [OF. oelt[82], ivelt[82].] (Law) Equality; -- sometimes written {ovelty} and {ovealty}. --Burrill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ovulate \O"vu*late\, a. (Biol.) Containing an ovule or ovules.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ovulation \O`vu*la"tion\, n. (Phisiol.) The formation of ova or eggs in the ovary, and the discharge of the same. In the mammalian female the discharge occurs during menstruation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ovulite \O"vu*lite\, n. [Ovum + -lite.] A fossil egg.