Oxylebius pictus
1: greenling with whitish body marked with black bands [syn: {painted greenling}, {convict fish}, {convictfish}]
oxymoron
1: conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence') [also: {oxymora} (pl)]
oxyphenbutazone
1: an anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Tandearil) used to treat arthritis and bursitis [syn: {Tandearil}]
oxyphencyclimine
1: an anticholinergic drug (trade name Daricon) used in treating peptic ulcers [syn: {Daricon}]
oxytetracycline
1: a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections [syn: {hydroxytetracycline}, {oxytetracycline hy...
oxytetracycline hydrochloride
1: a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections [syn: {oxytetracycline}, {hydroxytetracycline}, ...
oxytocic
1: a drug that induces labor by stimulating contractions of the muscles of the uterus [syn: {oxytocic drug}]
oxytocic drug
1: a drug that induces labor by stimulating contractions of the muscles of the uterus [syn: {oxytocic}]
oxytocin
1: hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk [syn: {Pitocin}]
oxytone
1: word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable
Oxytropis
1: large widely-distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and racemose or spicate flowers each having a pealike corolla with a clawed petal [syn: {genus Oxytropis}]
Oxytropis lambertii
1: tufted locoweed of southwestern United States having purple or pink to white flowers [syn: {purple locoweed}, {purple loco}]
Oxyura
1: ruddy duck [syn: {genus Oxyura}]
Oxyura jamaicensis
1: reddish-brown stiff-tailed duck of North America and northern South America [syn: {ruddy duck}]
Oxyuranus
1: taipans [syn: {genus Oxyuranus}]
Oxyuridae
1: pinworms [syn: {family Oxyuridae}]
oyabun
1: a Japanese supervisor
oyster
1: marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters 2: edible body of any of numerous oysters [syn: {huitre}] 3: a small muscle on each side of the back of...
oyster agaric
1: edible agaric with a soft grayish cap growing in shelving masses on dead wood [syn: {oyster mushroom}, {oyster fungus}, {Pleurotus ostreatus}]
oyster bank
1: a workplace where oysters are bred and grown [syn: {oyster bed}, {oyster park}]
oyster bar
1: a bar (as in a restaurant) that specializes in oysters prepared in different ways
oyster bed
1: a workplace where oysters are bred and grown [syn: {oyster bank}, {oyster park}]
oyster catcher
1: black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc. [syn: {oystercatcher}]
oyster crab
1: tiny soft-bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oysters [syn: {Pinnotheres ostreum}]
oyster fish
1: a variety of toadfish [syn: {oyster-fish}, {oysterfish}]
oyster fungus
1: edible agaric with a soft grayish cap growing in shelving masses on dead wood [syn: {oyster mushroom}, {oyster agaric}, {Pleurotus ostreatus}]
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oyster mushroom
1: edible agaric with a soft grayish cap growing in shelving masses on dead wood [syn: {oyster fungus}, {oyster agaric}, {Pleurotus ostreatus}]
oyster park
1: a workplace where oysters are bred and grown [syn: {oyster bed}, {oyster bank}]
oyster plant
1: edible root of the salsify plant [syn: {salsify}] 2: Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United Stat...
oyster-fish
1: a variety of toadfish [syn: {oyster fish}, {oysterfish}]
oystercatcher
1: black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc. [syn: {oyster catcher}]
oysterfish
1: a variety of toadfish [syn: {oyster fish}, {oyster-fish}]
oysters Rockefeller
1: oysters spread with butter and spinach and seasonings and baked on the half shell
oz.
1: a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams [syn: {ounce}]
ozaena
1: a chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures [syn: {ozena}]
Ozark chinkapin
1: shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwest United States [syn: {Ozark chinquapin}, {chinquapin}, {Castanea ozarkensis}]
Ozark chinquapin
1: shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwest United States [syn: {Ozark chinkapin}, {chinquapin}, {Castanea ozarkensis}]
Ozark Mountains
1: an area of low mountains in northwestern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma [syn: {Ozarks}, {Ozark Plateau}]
Ozark Plateau
1: an area of low mountains in northwestern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma [syn: {Ozarks}, {Ozark Mountains}]
Ozark sundrops
1: evening-opening primrose of south central United States [syn: {Missouri primrose}, {Oenothera macrocarpa}]
Ozarks
1: an area of low mountains in northwestern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma [syn: {Ozark Mountains}, {Ozark Plateau}]
Ozawa
1: United States conductor (born in Japan in 1935) [syn: {Seiji Ozawa}]
ozena
1: a chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures [syn: {ozaena}]
ozocerite
1: a waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum; some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles [syn: {ader wax}, {earth wax}, {mineral wax}, {ozoke...
ozokerite
1: a waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum; some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles [syn: {ader wax}, {earth wax}, {mineral wax}, {ozoce...
ozone
1: a colorless gas (O3) soluble in alkalis and cold water; a strong oxidizing agent; can be produced by electric discharge in oxygen or by the action of ultraviolet radiation on oxygen in the stratosp...
ozone hole
1: an area of the ozone layer (near the poles) that is seasonally depleted of ozone
ozone layer
1: a layer in the stratosphere (at approximately 20 miles) that contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sun [syn: {ozonosphere}]
ozone sickness
1: illness that can occur to persons exposed to ozone in high-altitude aircraft; characterized by sleepiness and headache and chest pains and itchiness
ozonide
1: any of a class of unstable chemical compounds resulting from the addition of ozone to a double bond in an unsaturated compound
Ozonium
1: form genus of imperfect fungi [syn: {genus Ozonium}]
ozonosphere
1: a layer in the stratosphere (at approximately 20 miles) that contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sun [syn: {ozone layer}]
Ozothamnus
1: genus of Australian shrubs and perennial herbs; sometimes included in genus Helichrysum [syn: {genus Ozothamnus}]
Ozothamnus secundiflorus
1: shrub with white woolly branches and woolly leaves having fragrant flowers forming long sprays; flowers suitable for drying; sometimes placed in genus Helichrysum [syn: {cascade everlasting}, {Heli...
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