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   Omar Khayyam
         n 1: Persian poet and mathematician and astronomer whose poetry
               was popularized by Edward Fitzgerald's translation
               (1050-1123)

English Dictionary: one-horse by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
on a regular basis
adv
  1. in a regular manner; "letters arrived regularly from his children"
    Synonym(s): regularly, on a regular basis
    Antonym(s): irregularly, on an irregular basis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
on request
adv
  1. on the occasion of a request; "advice was free for the asking"
    Synonym(s): for the asking, on request
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
on your guard
adj
  1. vigilant; "on guard against con artists"; "must remain on your guard in such a situation"
    Synonym(s): on guard, on one's guard(p), upon one's guard(p), on your guard
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
one-horse
adj
  1. small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"
    Synonym(s): jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oneiric
adj
  1. of or relating to or suggestive of dreams
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oneirism
n
  1. absentminded dreaming while awake [syn: reverie, revery, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, air castle, castle in the air, castle in Spain]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
onerous
adj
  1. not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule"
    Synonym(s): burdensome, onerous, taxing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
onerously
adv
  1. in an onerous manner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
onerousness
n
  1. unwelcome burdensome difficulty [syn: burdensomeness, heaviness, onerousness, oppressiveness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
onrush
n
  1. (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn"
    Synonym(s): attack, onslaught, onset, onrush
  2. a forceful forward rush or flow; "from the bow she stared at the mesmerising onrush of the sea where it split and foamed"; "the explosion interrupted the wild onrush of her thoughts"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
own right
n
  1. by title vested in yourself or by virtue of qualifications that you have achieved; "a peer in his own right"; "a leading sports figure in his own right"; "a fine opera in its own right"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
owner-occupied
adj
  1. lived in by the owner; "one owner-occupied and three rental apartments"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
owner-occupier
n
  1. an occupant who owns the home that he/she lives in
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ownership
n
  1. the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others
  2. the act of having and controlling property
    Synonym(s): possession, ownership
  3. the state or fact of being an owner
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scoter \Sco"ter\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. scote to plow up.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus
      {Oidemia}.
  
      Note: The European scoters are {Oidemia nigra}, called also
               {black duck}, {black diver}, {surf duck}; and the
               velvet, or double, scoter ({O. fusca}). The common
               American species are the velvet, or white-winged,
               scoter ({O. Deglandi}), called also {velvet duck},
               {white-wing}, {bull coot}, {white-winged coot}; the
               black scoter ({O. Americana}), called also {black
               coot}, {butterbill}, {coppernose}; and the surf scoter,
               or surf duck ({O. perspicillata}), called also
               {baldpate}, {skunkhead}, {horsehead}, {patchhead},
               {pishaug}, and spectacled coot. These birds are
               collectively called also {coots}. The females and young
               are called gray coots, and brown coots.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Origan \Or"i*gan\, d8Origanum \[d8]O*rig"a*num\, n. [L.
      origanum, Gr. [?], [?], prob. fr. 'o`ros, mountain + [?]
      brightness, beauty. Cf. {Organy}.] (Bot.)
      A genus of aromatic labiate plants, including the sweet
      marjoram ({O. Marjorana}) and the wild marjoram ({O.
      vulgare}). --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Horseback \Horse"back`\, n.
      1. The back of a horse.
  
      2. An extended ridge of sand, gravel, and bowlders, in a
            half-stratified condition. --Agassiz.
  
      {On horseback}, on the back of a horse; mounted or riding on
            a horse or horses; in the saddle.
  
                     The long journey was to be performed on horseback.
                                                                              --Prescott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   One-horse \One"-horse`\, a.
      1. Drawn by one horse; having but a single horse; as, a
            one-horse carriage.
  
      2. Second-rate; inferior; small. [Slang, U.S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oneirocritic \O*nei`ro*crit`ic\, n. [Cf.F. oneirocritique. See
      {Oneirocritic}, a.]
      An interpreter of dreams. --Bp. Warburton. Addison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oneirocritic \O*nei`ro*crit`ic\, Oneirocritical
   \O*nei`ro*crit`ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]; [?] a dream + [?] critical,
      fr. [?] to discern.]
      Of or pertaining to the interpretation of dreams. --Addison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oneirocritic \O*nei`ro*crit`ic\, Oneirocritical
   \O*nei`ro*crit`ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]; [?] a dream + [?] critical,
      fr. [?] to discern.]
      Of or pertaining to the interpretation of dreams. --Addison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oneirocriticism \O*nei`ro*crit`i*cism\, Oneirocritics
   \O*nei`ro*crit`ics\, n.
      The art of interpreting dreams.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oneirocriticism \O*nei`ro*crit`i*cism\, Oneirocritics
   \O*nei`ro*crit`ics\, n.
      The art of interpreting dreams.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oneiroscopist \O`nei*ros"co*pist\, n.
      One who interprets dreams.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oneiroscopy \O`nei*ros"co*py\, n. [Gr. [?] a dream + -scopy.]
      The interpretation of dreams.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Onerous \On"er*ous\, a. [L. onerosus, fr. onus, oneris, a load,
      burden: cf.F. on[82]reux.]
      Burdensome; oppressive. [bd]Too onerous a solicitude.[b8]
      --I. Taylor.
  
      {Onerous cause} (Scots Law), a good and legal consideration;
            -- opposed to {gratuitous}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Onerous \On"er*ous\, a. [L. onerosus, fr. onus, oneris, a load,
      burden: cf.F. on[82]reux.]
      Burdensome; oppressive. [bd]Too onerous a solicitude.[b8]
      --I. Taylor.
  
      {Onerous cause} (Scots Law), a good and legal consideration;
            -- opposed to {gratuitous}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Onerously \On"er*ous*ly\, adv.
      In an onerous manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Onirocritic \O*ni`ro*crit`ic\, a.
      See {Oneirocritic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Onrush \On"rush`\, n.
      A rushing onward.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ownership \Own"er*ship\, n.
      The state of being an owner; the right to own; exclusive
      right of possession; legal or just claim or title;
      proprietorship.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Onarga, IL (village, FIPS 56081)
      Location: 40.71312 N, 88.01325 W
      Population (1990): 1281 (510 housing units)
      Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 60955
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