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occipital
adj 1: of or relating to the occiput; "occipital bone"

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
occipital bone n a saucer-shaped membrane bone that forms the back of the skull
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occipital cortex n that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the head Synonym(s): occipital lobe, occipital cortex
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occipital gyrus n any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum
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occipital lobe n that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the head Synonym(s): occipital lobe, occipital cortex
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occipital protuberance n prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone
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occipital vein n a vein that drains the occipital region [syn: {occipital vein}, vena occipitalis]
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occipitomastoid suture n the suture between the occipital and the temporal bones; a continuation of the lamboid suture
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occiput n back part of the head or skull
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occupation n the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business" Synonym(s): occupation, business, job, line of work, line the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power Synonym(s): occupation, military control any activity that occupies a person's attention; "he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game" the act of occupying or taking possession of a building; "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal" Synonym(s): occupation, occupancy, moving in the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied; "during the German occupation of Paris"
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occupation licence n a license to pursue a particular occupation [syn: occupation license, occupation licence]
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occupation license n a license to pursue a particular occupation [syn: occupation license, occupation licence]
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occupational adj of or relating to the activity or business for which you are trained; "occupational hazard"
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occupational disease n disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts) Synonym(s): occupational disease, industrial disease
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occupational group n a body of people doing the same kind of work [syn: occupational group, vocation]
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occupational hazard n any condition of a job that can result in illness or injury
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occupational safety and health act n a law passed by the United States Congress that created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment Synonym(s): occupational safety and health act, federal job safety law
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration n a government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment Synonym(s): Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA
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occupational therapy n therapy based on engagement in meaningful activities of daily life, especially to enable or encourage participation in such activities in spite of impairments or limitations in physical or mental functions
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occupied adj held or filled or in use; "she keeps her time well occupied"; "the wc is occupied" Antonym(s): unoccupied seized and controlled as by military invasion; "the occupied countries of Europe" Antonym(s): unoccupied resided in; having tenants; "not all the occupied (or tenanted) apartments were well kept up" Synonym(s): occupied, tenanted having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation" Synonym(s): engaged, occupied
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os capitatum n the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus Synonym(s): capitate, capitate bone, os capitatum
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os scaphoideum n the largest wrist bone on the thumb side [syn: {scaphoid bone}, os scaphoideum, navicular]
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ossified adj set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified bureaucratic system" Synonym(s): fossilized, fossilised, ossified
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oxybutyric acid n hydroxy derivative of butyric acid [syn: {hydroxybutyric acid}, oxybutyric acid]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Silky, [or] Silk-bark}, {oak}, an Australian tree ({Grevillea robusta}). {Green oak}, oak wood colored green by the growth of the mycelium of certain fungi. {Oak apple}, a large, smooth, round gall produced on the leaves of the American red oak by a gallfly ({Cynips confluens}). It is green and pulpy when young. {Oak beauty} (Zo[94]l.), a British geometrid moth ({Biston prodromaria}) whose larva feeds on the oak. {Oak gall}, a gall found on the oak. See 2d {Gall}. {Oak leather} (Bot.), the mycelium of a fungus which forms leatherlike patches in the fissures of oak wood. {Oak pruner}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pruner}, the insect. {Oak spangle}, a kind of gall produced on the oak by the insect {Diplolepis lenticularis}. {Oak wart}, a wartlike gall on the twigs of an oak. {The Oaks}, one of the three great annual English horse races (the Derby and St. Leger being the others). It was instituted in 1779 by the Earl of Derby, and so called from his estate. {To sport one's oak}, to be [bd]not at home to visitors,[b8] signified by closing the outer (oaken) door of one's rooms. [Cant, Eng. Univ.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Occiput \Oc"ci*put\, n.; pl. L. {Occipita}, E. {Occiputs}. [L., fr. ob (see {Ob-}) + caput head. See {Chief}.] 1. (Anat.) The back, or posterior, part of the head or skull; the region of the occipital bone. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A plate which forms the back part of the head of insects.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Occipital \Occip"ital\, a. [Cf. F. occipital.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the occiput, or back part of the head, or to the occipital bone. {Occipital bone} (Anat.), the bone which forms the posterior segment of the skull and surrounds the great foramen by which the spinal cord leaves the cranium. In the higher vertebrates it is usually composed of four bones, which become consolidated in the adult. {Occipital point} (Anat.), the point of the occiput in the mesial plane farthest from the ophryon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Occipital \Occip"ital\, n. (Anat.) The occipital bone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Occipital \Occip"ital\, a. [Cf. F. occipital.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the occiput, or back part of the head, or to the occipital bone. {Occipital bone} (Anat.), the bone which forms the posterior segment of the skull and surrounds the great foramen by which the spinal cord leaves the cranium. In the higher vertebrates it is usually composed of four bones, which become consolidated in the adult. {Occipital point} (Anat.), the point of the occiput in the mesial plane farthest from the ophryon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Occipital \Occip"ital\, a. [Cf. F. occipital.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the occiput, or back part of the head, or to the occipital bone. {Occipital bone} (Anat.), the bone which forms the posterior segment of the skull and surrounds the great foramen by which the spinal cord leaves the cranium. In the higher vertebrates it is usually composed of four bones, which become consolidated in the adult. {Occipital point} (Anat.), the point of the occiput in the mesial plane farthest from the ophryon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Occipito- \Occip"ito-\ [See {Occiput}.] A combining form denoting relation to, or situation near, the occiput; as, occipito-axial; occipito-mastoid.
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Occipitoaxial \Occip`itoax"ial\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the occipital bone and second vertebra, or axis.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Occiput \Oc"ci*put\, n.; pl. L. {Occipita}, E. {Occiputs}. [L., fr. ob (see {Ob-}) + caput head. See {Chief}.] 1. (Anat.) The back, or posterior, part of the head or skull; the region of the occipital bone. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A plate which forms the back part of the head of insects.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Occiput \Oc"ci*put\, n.; pl. L. {Occipita}, E. {Occiputs}. [L., fr. ob (see {Ob-}) + caput head. See {Chief}.] 1. (Anat.) The back, or posterior, part of the head or skull; the region of the occipital bone. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A plate which forms the back part of the head of insects.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Occupate \Oc"cu*pate\, v. t. [L. occupatus, p. p. of occupare. See {Occupy}.] To occupy. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Occupation \Oc`cu*pa"tion\, n. [L. occupatio: cf.F. occupation.] 1. The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant. 2. That which occupies or engages the time and attention; the principal business of one's life; vocation; employment; calling; trade. Absence of occupation is not rest. --Cowper. {Occupation bridge} (Engin.), a bridge connecting the parts of an estate separated by a railroad, a canal, or an ordinary road. Syn: Occupancy; possession; tenure; use; employment; avocation; engagement; vocation; calling; office; trade; profession.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Occupation \Oc`cu*pa"tion\, n. [L. occupatio: cf.F. occupation.] 1. The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant. 2. That which occupies or engages the time and attention; the principal business of one's life; vocation; employment; calling; trade. Absence of occupation is not rest. --Cowper. {Occupation bridge} (Engin.), a bridge connecting the parts of an estate separated by a railroad, a canal, or an ordinary road. Syn: Occupancy; possession; tenure; use; employment; avocation; engagement; vocation; calling; office; trade; profession.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Occupy \Oc"cupy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Occupied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Occupying}.] [OE. occupien, F. occuper, fr.L. occupare; ob (see {Ob-}) + a word akin to capere to take. See {Capacious}.] 1. To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess. Woe occupieth the fine [/end] of our gladness. --Chaucer. The better apartments were already occupied. --W. Irving. 2. To hold, or fill, the dimensions of; to take up the room or space of; to cover or fill; as, the camp occupies five acres of ground. --Sir J. Herschel. 3. To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of; to employ; to busy. An archbishop may have cause to occupy more chaplains than six. --Eng. Statute (Hen. VIII. ) They occupied* themselves about the Sabbath. --2 Macc. viii. 27. 4. To do business in; to busy one's self with. [Obs.] All the ships of the sea, with their mariners, were in thee to occupy the merchandise. --Ezek. xxvii. 9. Not able to occupy their old crafts. --Robynson (More's Utopia). 5. To use; to expend; to make use of. [Obs.] All the gold that was occupied for the work. --Ex. xxxviii. 24. They occupy not money themselves. --Robynson (More's Utopia). 6. To have sexual intercourse with. [Obs.] --Nares.
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Ocypodian \O`cypo"dian\, n. [Gr. 'wky`s swift + poy`s, podo`s, foot.] (Zo[94]l.) One of a tribe of crabs which live in holes in the sand along the seashore, and run very rapidly, -- whence the name.
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Ossified \Os"si*fied\, a. Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues.
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Ossify \Os"si*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ossified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ossifying}.] [L. os, ossis, bone + -fy: cf. F. ossifier. See {Osseous}.] 1. (Physiol.) To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts. 2. Fig.: To harden; as, to ossify the heart. --Ruskin.
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Ox \Ox\ ([ocr]ks), n.; pl. {Oxen}. [AS. oxa; akin to D. os. G. ochs, ochse, OHG. ohso, Icel. oxi, Sw. & Dan. oxe, Goth. a[a3]hsa, Skr. ukshan ox, bull; cf. Skr. uksh to sprinkle. [root]214. Cf. {Humid}, {Aurochs}.] (Zo[94]l.) The male of bovine quadrupeds, especially the domestic animal when castrated and grown to its full size, or nearly so. The word is also applied, as a general name, to any species of bovine animals, male and female. All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field. --Ps. viii. 7. Note: The castrated male is called a steer until it attains its full growth, and then, an ox; but if castrated somewhat late in life, it is called a stag. The male, not castrated, is called a bull. These distinctions are well established in regard to domestic animals of this genus. When wild animals of this kind are spoken of, ox is often applied both to the male and the female. The name ox is never applied to the individual cow, or female, of the domestic kind. Oxen may comprehend both the male and the female. {Grunting ox} (Zo[94]l.), the yak. {Indian ox} (Zo[94]l.), the zebu. {Javan ox} (Zo[94]l.), the banteng. {Musk ox}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Musk}. {Ox bile}. See {Ox gall}, below. {Ox gall}, the fresh gall of the domestic ox; -- used in the arts and in medicine. {Ox pith}, ox marrow. [Obs.] --Marston. {Ox ray} (Zo[94]l.), a very large ray ({Dicerobatis Giorn[91]}) of Southern Europe. It has a hornlike organ projecting forward from each pectoral fin. It sometimes becomes twenty feet long and twenty-eight feet broad, and weighs over a ton. Called also {sea devil}. {To have the black ox tread on one's foot}, to be unfortunate; to know what sorrow is (because black oxen were sacrificed to Pluto). --Leigh Hunt.
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Oxbiter \Ox"bit`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The cow blackbird. [Local, U. S.]
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Oxybutyric \Ox`ybutyr"ic\, a. [Oxy (b) + butyric.] (Chem.) Hydroxybutyric; designating any one of a group of metameric acids ({C3H6.OH.CO2H}).