English Dictionary: Oligochaeta | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
O94logical \O`[94]*log"ic*al\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to o[94]logy. | |
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O94logist \O*[94]l"o*gist\, n. One versed in o[94]logy. | |
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Oil \Oil\ (oil), n. [OE. oile, OF. oile, F. huile, fr. L. oleum; akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Olive}.] Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication, illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily consistency; as, oil of vitriol. Note: The mineral oils are varieties of petroleum. See {Petroleum}. The vegetable oils are of two classes, {essential oils} (see under {Essential}), and {natural oils} which in general resemble the animal oils and fats. Most of the natural oils and the animal oils and fats consist of ethereal salts of glycerin, with a large number of organic acids, principally stearic, oleic, and palmitic, forming respectively stearin, olein, and palmitin. Stearin and palmitin prevail in the solid oils and fats, and olein in the liquid oils. Mutton tallow, beef tallow, and lard are rich in stearin, human fat and palm oil in palmitin, and sperm and cod-liver oils in olein. In making soaps, the acids leave the glycerin and unite with the soda or potash. {Animal oil}, {Bone oil}, {Dipple's oil}, etc. (Old Chem.), a complex oil obtained by the distillation of animal substances, as bones. See {Bone oil}, under {Bone}. {Drying oils}, {Essential oils}. (Chem.) See under {Drying}, and {Essential}. {Ethereal oil of wine}, {Heavy oil of wine}. (Chem.) See under {Ethereal}. {Fixed oil}. (Chem.) See under {Fixed}. {Oil bag} (Zo[94]l.), a bag, cyst, or gland in animals, containing oil. {Oil beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle of the genus {Meloe} and allied genera. When disturbed they emit from the joints of the legs a yellowish oily liquor. Some species possess vesicating properties, and are used instead of cantharides. {Oil box}, [or] {Oil cellar} (Mach.), a fixed box or reservoir, for lubricating a bearing; esp., the box for oil beneath the journal of a railway-car axle. {Oil cake}. See under {Cake}. {Oil cock}, a stopcock connected with an oil cup. See {Oil cup}. {Oil color}. (a) A paint made by grinding a coloring substance in oil. (b) Such paints, taken in a general sense. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cake \Cake\ (k[amac]k), n. [OE. cake, kaak; akin to Dan. kage, Sw. & Icel. kaka, D. koek, G. kuchen, OHG. chuocho.] 1. A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake. 2. A sweetened composition of flour and other ingredients, leavened or unleavened, baked in a loaf or mass of any size or shape. 3. A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake; as buckwheat cakes. 4. A mass of matter concreted, congealed, or molded into a solid mass of any form, esp. into a form rather flat than high; as, a cake of soap; an ague cake. Cakes of rusting ice come rolling down the flood. --Dryden. {Cake urchin} (Zo[94]l), any species of flat sea urchins belonging to the {Clypeastroidea}. {Oil cake} the refuse of flax seed, cotton seed, or other vegetable substance from which oil has been expressed, compacted into a solid mass, and used as food for cattle, for manure, or for other purposes. {To have one's cake dough}, to fail or be disappointed in what one has undertaken or expected. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Oil \Oil\ (oil), n. [OE. oile, OF. oile, F. huile, fr. L. oleum; akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Olive}.] Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication, illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily consistency; as, oil of vitriol. Note: The mineral oils are varieties of petroleum. See {Petroleum}. The vegetable oils are of two classes, {essential oils} (see under {Essential}), and {natural oils} which in general resemble the animal oils and fats. Most of the natural oils and the animal oils and fats consist of ethereal salts of glycerin, with a large number of organic acids, principally stearic, oleic, and palmitic, forming respectively stearin, olein, and palmitin. Stearin and palmitin prevail in the solid oils and fats, and olein in the liquid oils. Mutton tallow, beef tallow, and lard are rich in stearin, human fat and palm oil in palmitin, and sperm and cod-liver oils in olein. In making soaps, the acids leave the glycerin and unite with the soda or potash. {Animal oil}, {Bone oil}, {Dipple's oil}, etc. (Old Chem.), a complex oil obtained by the distillation of animal substances, as bones. See {Bone oil}, under {Bone}. {Drying oils}, {Essential oils}. (Chem.) See under {Drying}, and {Essential}. {Ethereal oil of wine}, {Heavy oil of wine}. (Chem.) See under {Ethereal}. {Fixed oil}. (Chem.) See under {Fixed}. {Oil bag} (Zo[94]l.), a bag, cyst, or gland in animals, containing oil. {Oil beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle of the genus {Meloe} and allied genera. When disturbed they emit from the joints of the legs a yellowish oily liquor. Some species possess vesicating properties, and are used instead of cantharides. {Oil box}, [or] {Oil cellar} (Mach.), a fixed box or reservoir, for lubricating a bearing; esp., the box for oil beneath the journal of a railway-car axle. {Oil cake}. See under {Cake}. {Oil cock}, a stopcock connected with an oil cup. See {Oil cup}. {Oil color}. (a) A paint made by grinding a coloring substance in oil. (b) Such paints, taken in a general sense. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Oil gas}, inflammable gas procured from oil, and used for lighting streets, houses, etc. {Oil gland}. (a) (Zo[94]l.) A gland which secretes oil; especially in birds, the large gland at the base of the tail. (b) (Bot.) A gland, in some plants, producing oil. {Oil green}, a pale yellowish green, like oil. {Oil of brick}, empyreumatic oil obtained by subjecting a brick soaked in oil to distillation at a high temperature, -- used by lapidaries as a vehicle for the emery by which stones and gems are sawn or cut. --Brande & C. {Oil of talc}, a nostrum made of calcined talc, and famous in the 17th century as a cosmetic. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. {Oil of vitriol} (Chem.), strong sulphuric acid; -- so called from its oily consistency and from its forming the vitriols or sulphates. {Oil of wine}, [OE]nanthic ether. See under {[OE]nanthic}. {Oil painting}. (a) The art of painting in oil colors. (b) Any kind of painting of which the pigments are originally ground in oil. {Oil palm} (Bot.), a palm tree whose fruit furnishes oil, esp. {El[91]is Guineensis}. See {El[91]is}. {Oil sardine} (Zo[94]l.), an East Indian herring ({Clupea scombrina}), valued for its oil. {Oil shark} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The liver shark. (b) The tope. {Oil still}, a still for hydrocarbons, esp. for petroleum. {Oil test}, a test for determining the temperature at which petroleum oils give off vapor which is liable to explode. {Oil tree}. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus {Ricinus} ({R. communis}), from the seeds of which castor oil is obtained. (b) An Indian tree, the mahwa. See {Mahwa}. (c) The oil palm. {To burn the midnight oil}, to study or work late at night. {Volatle oils}. See {Essential oils}, under {Essential}. | |
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]: | |
Oligist \Ol"i*gist\, n. [See {Oligist}, a.] (Min.) Hematite or specular iron ore; -- prob. so called in allusion to its feeble magnetism, as compared with magnetite. | |
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Oligist \Ol"i*gist\, Oligistic \Ol`i*gis"tic\, a. [Gr. [?], superl. of [?] few, little: cf. F. oligiste.] (Min.) Of or pertaining to hematite. | |
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Hematite \Hem"a*tite\, n. [L. haematites, Gr. [?] bloodlike, fr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood.] (Min.) An important ore of iron, the sesquioxide, so called because of the red color of the powder. It occurs in splendent rhombohedral crystals, and in massive and earthy forms; -- the last called red ocher. Called also {specular iron}, {oligist iron}, {rhombohedral iron ore}, and {bloodstone}. See {Brown hematite}, under {Brown}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Oligist \Ol"i*gist\, Oligistic \Ol`i*gis"tic\, a. [Gr. [?], superl. of [?] few, little: cf. F. oligiste.] (Min.) Of or pertaining to hematite. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Oligocene \Ol"i*go*cene\, a. [Oligo- + Gr. [?] new, recent.] (Geol.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain strata which occupy an intermediate position between the Eocene and Miocene periods. -- n. The Oligocene period. See the Chart of {Geology}. | |
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d8Annelida \[d8]An*nel"i*da\, n. pl. [NL. See {Annelid}.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. The principal subdivisions are the {Ch[91]topoda}, including the {Oligoch[91]ta} or earthworms and {Polych[91]ta} or marine worms; and the {Hirudinea} or leeches. See {Ch[91]topoda}. | |
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Oligochete \Ol"i*go*chete\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the Oligoch[91]ta. | |
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Oligoclase \Ol"i*go*clase\, n. [Oligo- + Gr. [?] fracture, fr. [?] to break.] (Min.) A triclinic soda-lime feldspar. See {Feldspar}. | |
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Oligosepalous \Ol`i*go*sep"al*ous\, a. [Oligo- + sepal.] (Bot.) Having few sepals. | |
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Oligosiderite \Ol`i*go*sid"er*ite\, n. [Oligo- + siderite.] (Min.) A meteorite characterized by the presence of but a small amount of metallic iron. | |
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Skink \Skink\, n. [L. scincus, Gr. [?][?][?][?].] [Written also {scink}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless lizards of the family {Scincid[91]}, common in the warmer parts of all the continents. Note: The officinal skink ({Scincus officinalis}) inhabits the sandy plains of South Africa. It was believed by the ancients to be a specific for various diseases. A common slender species ({Seps tridactylus}) of Southern Europe was formerly believed to produce fatal diseases in cattle by mere contact. The American skinks include numerous species of the genus {Eumeces}, as the blue-tailed skink ({E. fasciatus}) of the Eastern United States. The ground skink, or ground lizard ({Oligosoma laterale}) inhabits the Southern United States. | |
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Oligospermous \Ol`i*go*sper"mous\, a. [Oligo- + Gr. [?] a seed.] (Bot.) Having few seeds. | |
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Olosega, AS (village, FIPS 60100) Location: 14.20121 S, 169.59969 W Population (1990): 201 (47 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 42.8 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OLE custom controls (OLE) custom control allowing infinite extension of the {Microsoft Access} control set. OCX is similar in purpose to {VBX} used in {Visual Basic}. Available OCX's include "Scroll Bar Control", "Calendar Control", and "Data Outline Control". [Details?] (1995-12-05) | |
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O-Logic An {object-oriented} deductive language/database system. |