OCCURSION
OCCUR'SION, noun [Latin occursio, from occurro, to meet.] A meeting of bodies; a clash.
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OCEAN
OCEAN, noun o'shun. [Latin oceanus; Gr.; Heb. to encompass, whence a circle. This is probably an error. The word seems to have for its origin greatness or extent.]1. The vast bo...
OCEANIC
OCEANIC, adjective oshean'ic. Pertaining to the ocean.
OCELLATED
O'CELLATED, adjective [Latin ocellatus, from ocellus, a little eye.]1. Resembling an eye.2. Formed with the figues of little eyes.
OCELOT
O'CELOT, noun the Mexican panther.
OCHER
O'CHER, noun [Latin ochra; Gr. from pale.]A variety of clay deeply colored by the oxyd of iron. Its most common colors are red, yellow and brown. It is used as a pigment.
OCHEROUS
O'CHEROUS, adjective1. Consisting of ocher; as ocherous matter.2. Resembling ocher; as an ocherous color.
OCHIMY
OCH'IMY, noun [corrupted from alchimy.] A mixed base metal.
OCHLOCRACY
OCHLOC'RACY, noun [Gr. the people or a multitude, and to govern.]A form of government in which the multitude or common people rule.
OCHREY
O'CHREY, adjective Partaking of ocher. [Not used.]
OCHROITS
OCH'ROITS, noun Cerite.
OCRA
O'CRA, noun A viscous vegetable substance in the West Indies, used in soups, etc.It is obtained by boiling the green pods of the Hibiscus esculentus. also, the name of the plant...
OCTACHORD
OC'TACHORD, noun an instrument or system of eight sounds.
OCTAGON
OC'TAGON, noun [Gr. eight and angle.]1. In geometry, a figure of eight sides and eight angles. When the sides and angles are equal, it is a regular octagon which may be inscribe...
OCTAGONAL
OCTAG'ONAL, adjective Having eight sides and eight angles.
OCTAHEDRAL
OCTAHE'DRAL, adjective [See octahedron.] Having eight equal sides.
OCTAHEDRITE
OCTAHE'DRITE, noun Pyramidical ore of titanium.
OCTAHEDRON
OCTAHE'DRON, noun [Gr. eight and a base.]In geometry, a solid contained by eight equal and equilateral triangles. it is one of the five regular bodies.
OCTANDER
OCTAN'DER, noun [Gr. eight, and a male.] In botany, a plant having eight stamens.
OCTANDRIAN
OCTAN'DRIAN, noun Having eight stamens.
OCTANGULAR
OCTAN'GULAR, adjective [Latin octo, eight, and angular.] Having eight angles.
OCTANT
OC'TANT, noun [Latin octans, an eighth part, from octo, eight.]In astronomy, that aspect of two planets in which they are distant from each other the eighth part of a circle or ...
OCTAVE
OC'TAVE, adjective [infra.] Denoting eight.OC'TAVE, noun [Latin octavus, eighth.]1. The eighth day after a festival.2. Eight days together after a festival.3. In music, an eight...
OCTAVO
OCTA'VO, noun [Latin octavus, eighth.] A book in which a sheet is folded into eight leaves. The word is used as a noun or an adjective. We say, an octavo or an octavo volume. Th...
OCTENNIAL
OCTEN'NIAL, adjective [Latin octo, eight, and annus, year.]1. Happening every eighth year.2. Lasting eight years.
OCTILE
OC'TILE, noun The same as octant, supra.
OCTOBER
OCTO'BER, noun [Latin from octo, eighth; the eighth month of the primitive Roman year which began in march.]The tenth month of the year in our calendar, which follows that of Nu...