off-duty
1: not performing or scheduled for duties; "He's off every Tuesday"; "he was off duty when it happened"; "an off-duty policeman" [syn: {off(p)}, {off duty(p)}, {off-duty(a)}]
off-guard
1: not prepared or vigilant; "the blow caught him napping"; "caught in an off-guard moment"; "found him off his guard" [syn: {napping}, {off-guard(a)}, {off guard(p)}, {off one's guard(p)}, {off his g...
off-hand
1: without preparation; "I don't know the figures off-hand" [syn: {ex tempore}]
off-key
1: inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key" [syn: {false}, {sour}]
off-licence
1: a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere [syn: {package store}, {liquor store}]
off-limits
1: barred to a designated group; "that area is off-limits" [syn: {out-of-bounds(p)}]
off-line
1: not on a regular route of a transportation system; "an off-line ticket office" [ant: {on-line}] 2: not connected to a computer network; "off-line resources" [ant: {on-line}]
off-line equipment
1: electronic equipment not in direct communication (or under the control of) the central processing unit [syn: {auxiliary equipment}]
off-line operation
1: a operation performed by off-line equipment not under the control of the central processing unit [syn: {auxiliary operation}]
off-peak
1: of a period of less than maximal use or demand or activity; "off-peak telepone rates"; "off-peak fares" [ant: {peak}]
off-putting
1: causing annoyance or repugnance; "an off-putting remark" 2: tending to repel; "The trappings of upper-class life are off-putting and sterile"- Elizabeth Hess
off-road
1: designed for or used for or taking place on trails and beaches etc instead of public roads; "off-road vehicles such as dune buggies"; "off-road sports such as snowmobiling"
off-roader
1: a bicycle with a sturdy frame and fat tires; originally designed for riding in mountainous country [syn: {mountain bike}, {all-terrain bike}]
off-season
1: not in the most active period; "off-season hotel rates are lower" n : the season when travel is least active and rates are lowest [ant: {high season}]
off-site
1: taking place or located away from the site; "an off-site waste treatment operation" [ant: {on-site}]
off-speed pitch
1: a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball [syn: {change-up}, {change-of-pace}, {change-of-pace ball}]
off-street
1: not on the streets; "off-street parking"; "off-street unloading of vehicles" [ant: {on-street}]
off-the-clock
1: overtime without extra compensation; "she often has to work off-the-clock"
off-the-cuff
1: with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "o...
off-the-peg
1: (especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock; "a ready-made jacket"; "ready-to-wear clothes" [syn: {off-the-rack}, {off-the-shelf}, {ready-to-wear}]
off-the-rack
1: (especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock; "a ready-made jacket"; "ready-to-wear clothes" [syn: {off-the-shelf}, {off-the-peg}, {ready-to-wear}]
off-the-shelf
1: (especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock; "a ready-made jacket"; "ready-to-wear clothes" [syn: {off-the-rack}, {off-the-peg}, {ready-to-wear}]
off-the-shoulder
1: not covering the shoulders (especially inthe case of a blouse or dress)
off-the-wall
1: conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "...
off-white
1: tending toward white [syn: {whitish}] n : a shade of white the color of bleached bones [syn: {bone}, {ivory}, {pearl}]
offal
1: viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans
offbeat
1: informal terms; strikingly unconventional [syn: {far-out}, {kinky}, {quirky}, {way-out}]
Offenbach
1: French composer of many operettas and an opera (1819-1880) [syn: {Jacques Offenbach}]
offence
1: the action of attacking an enemy [syn: {offense}, {offensive}] 2: the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score [syn: {offense}] [ant: {defense}, {defense}] 3: a feeling of anger caus...
offenceless
1: incapable of offending or attacking [syn: {offenseless}]
offend
1: cause to feel resentment or indignation; "Her tactless remark offended me" [syn: {pique}] 2: act in disregard of laws and rules; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civi...
offended
1: hurt or upset; "she looked offended"; "face had a pained and puzzled expression" [syn: {pained}]
offender
1: a person who transgresses moral or civil law [syn: {wrongdoer}]
offending
1: offending against or breaking a law or rule; "contracts offending against the statute were canceled" [ant: {unoffending}]
offense
1: a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others [syn: {discourtesy}, {offence}, {offensive activity}] 2: a feeling of anger caused by being offended; "he ...
offenseless
1: incapable of offending or attacking [syn: {offenceless}]
offensive
1: violating or tending to violate or offend against; "violative of the principles of liberty"; "considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity" [syn: {violative}] 2: for the purpose...
offensive activity
1: a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others [syn: {discourtesy}, {offense}, {offence}]
offensively
1: in an unpleasantly offensive manner; "he smelled offensively unwashed" [ant: {inoffensively}] 2: in an obnoxious manner; "he said so in one of his more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences...
offensiveness
1: the quality of being offensive [syn: {odiousness}, {distastefulness}]
offer price
1: (stock market) the price at which a broker is willing to sell a certain security
offer up
1: present as an act of worship; "offer prayers to the gods" [syn: {offer}]
offerer
1: someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection [syn: {offeror}]
offering
1: something offered (as a proposal or bid); "noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds" [syn: {offer}] 2: money contributed to a religious organization 3: the verbal act of ...
offering protection
1: in a protective manner; "he bent protectively over the woman" [syn: {protectively}, {giving protection}]
offeror
1: someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection [syn: {offerer}]
offertory
1: the offerings of the congregation at a religious service 2: the part of the Eucharist when bread and wine are offered to God
offhand
1: with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "o...
offhanded
1: with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "o...
offhandedly
1: without previous thought or preparation; "couldn't give the figures offhand"; "we decided offhand to go to Canada"; "she had made these remarks offhandedly" [syn: {offhand}, {offhanded}] 2: in a ca...
office
1: place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed; "he rented an office in the new building" [syn: {business office}] 2: an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intel...
office block
1: a building containing offices where work is done [syn: {office building}]
office boy
1: a young man who is employed to do odd jobs in a business office
office building
1: a building containing offices where work is done [syn: {office block}]
Office of Homeland Security
1: an independent agency established by and accountable to the President in 2001; develops and implements a national strategy to make the United States safe from terrorist threats or attacks [syn: {Ho...
Office of Intelligence Support
1: agency that oversees the intelligence relationships of the Treasury's offices and bureaus and provides a link between the Intelligence Community and officials responsible for international economic...
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Office of Naval Intelligence
1: the military intelligence agency that provides for the intelligence and counterintelligence and investigative and security requirements of the United States Navy [syn: {ONI}]
office staff
1: professional or clerical workers in an office; "the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard" [syn: {office}]
officeholder
1: someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust; "he is an officer of the court"; "the club elected its officers for the coming year" [syn: {officer}] 2: the offi...
officer
1: any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command; "an officer is responsible for the lives of his men" [syn: {military officer}] 2: someone who is appointed or elected ...
official
1: having official authority or sanction; "official permission"; "an official representative" [ant: {unofficial}] 2: of or relating to an office; "official privileges" 3: verified officially; "the ele...
official document
1: (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right [syn: {legal document}, {legal instrument}, {instrument}]
official immunity
1: personal immunity accorded to a public official from liability to anyone injured by actions that are the consequence of exercing official authority
officialdom
1: people elected or appointed to administer a government [syn: {government officials}]
officialese
1: the style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscure
officialise
1: make official; "We officialized our relationship" [syn: {officialize}]
officialize
1: make official; "We officialized our relationship" [syn: {officialise}]
officially
1: in an official role; "officially, he is in charge"; "officially responsible" [ant: {unofficially}] 2: with official authorization; "the club will be formally recognized" [syn: {formally}]
officiant
1: a clergyman who officiates at a religious ceremony or service
officiate
1: act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding; "Who officiated at your wedding?" 2: perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function; "His wife...
officiating
1: the act of umpiring; "the officiating was excellent" [syn: {umpirage}, {officiation}, {refereeing}]
officiation
1: the act of umpiring; "the officiating was excellent" [syn: {umpirage}, {officiating}, {refereeing}] 2: the performance of a religious or ceremonial or public duty
officious
1: intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's business" [syn: {inter...
officiously
1: in an officious manner; "nothing so fatal as to strive too officiously for an abstract quality like beauty"
officiousness
1: aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation [syn: {intrusiveness}, {meddlesomeness}]
offing
1: the near or foreseeable future; "there was a wedding in the offing" 2: the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area; "there was a ship in the offing"
offish
1: lacking cordiality; unfriendly; "a standoffish manner" [syn: {standoffish}]
offload
1: transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data 2: take the load off (a container or vehicle); "unload the truck"; "offload the van" [syn: {unload}]
offprint
1: a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication [syn: {reprint}, {separate}]
offsaddle
1: remove the saddle from; "They unsaddled their mounts" [syn: {unsaddle}] [ant: {saddle}]
offset
1: the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" [syn: {beginning}, {commencement}, {first}, {outset}, {get-go}, {...
offset printing
1: a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper [syn: {offset}]
offsetting balance
1: a minimum credit balance that a bank may require a borrower to keep on deposit as a condition for granting a loan; a common requirement for establishing a line of credit at a bank; "the compensatin...
offshoot
1: a natural consequence of development [syn: {outgrowth}, {branch}, {offset}]
offshore
1: (of winds) coming from the land; "offshore winds" [ant: {inshore}] 2: at some distance from the shore; "offshore oil reserves"; "an offshore island" adv : away from shore; away from land; "cruising...
offshore rig
1: drilling rig consisting of an offshore platform (floating or fixed to the sea bed) from which many oil wells can be bored radially [syn: {drilling platform}]
offside
1: illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck; "the touchdown was nullified because the left tackle was offside" [syn: {offsides}] [ant: {onside}] adv : illegally in advan...
offsides
1: illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck; "the touchdown was nullified because the left tackle was offside" [syn: {offside}] [ant: {onside}]
offspring
1: the immediate descendants of a person; "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue" [syn: {progeny}, {issue}] 2: something that comes into existence as a result; "industrialism p...
offstage
1: situated or taking place in the area of a stage not visible to the audience; "offstage noises" [ant: {onstage}] 2: withheld from public view or attention; "offstage political meetings" n : a stage ...
Ofo
1: a member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in Mississippi 2: a Siouan language spoken by the Ofo people
oft
1: many times at short intervals; "we often met over a cup of coffee" [syn: {frequently}, {often}, {oftentimes}, {ofttimes}] [ant: {rarely}, {infrequently}]
often
1: many times at short intervals; "we often met over a cup of coffee" [syn: {frequently}, {oftentimes}, {oft}, {ofttimes}] [ant: {rarely}, {infrequently}] 2: frequently or in great quantities; "I don'...
oftener
1: more often or more frequently
oftenness
1: the number of occurrences within a given time period (usually 1 second); "the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second" [syn: {frequency}, {frequence}]
oftentimes
1: many times at short intervals; "we often met over a cup of coffee" [syn: {frequently}, {often}, {oft}, {ofttimes}] [ant: {rarely}, {infrequently}]
ofttimes
1: many times at short intervals; "we often met over a cup of coffee" [syn: {frequently}, {often}, {oftentimes}, {oft}] [ant: {rarely}, {infrequently}]
Ogalala
1: a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota [syn: {Oglala}] 2: a Siouan language spoken by the Oglala people [syn: {Oglala}]
Ogcocephalidae
1: batfishes: sluggish bottom-dwelling spiny fishes [syn: {family Ogcocephalidae}]
Ogden
1: English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957) [syn: {C. K. Ogden}, {Charles Kay Ogden}] 2: a town in northern Utah settled by Mormons
Ogden Nash
1: United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971) [syn: {Nash}]
ogdoad
1: the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one [syn: {eight}, {8}, {VIII}, {eighter}, {eighter from Decatur}, {octad}, {octonary}, {octet}]
ogee arch
1: a pointed arch having an S-shape on both sides [syn: {keel arch}]
ogive
1: front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere [syn: {nose cone}]
Oglala
1: a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota [syn: {Ogalala}] 2: a Siouan language spoken by the Oglala people [syn: {Ogalala}]
ogle
1: look at with amorous intentions
ogler
1: a viewer who gives a flirtatious or lewd look at another person
ogre
1: a cruel wicked and inhuman person [syn: {monster}, {fiend}, {devil}, {demon}] 2: (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings
ogress
1: (folklore) a female ogre
OH
1: a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region [syn: {Ohio}, {Buckeye State}]
Ohio
1: a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region [syn: {Buckeye State}, {OH}] 2: a river that is formed in western Pennsylvania and flows westward to become a tributary o...
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