ONENESS
ONENESS, noun wun'ness. [from one.] Singleness in number; individuality; unity; the quality of being one.Our God is one, or rather very oneness
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ONERARY
ON'ERARY, adjective [Latin onerarius, from onus, a load; onero, to load.]Fitted or intended for the carriage of burdens; comprising a burden.
ONERATE
ON'ERATE, verb transitive [Latin onero, from onus, a burden.] To load; to burden.
ONERATION
ONERA'TION, noun The act of loading.
ONEROUS
ON'EROUS, adjective [Latin onerosus, from onus, a load.1. Burdensome; oppressive.2. In Scots law, being for the advantage of both parties; as an onerous contract; opposed to gra...
ONION
ONION, noun un'yun.A plant of the genus Allium; and particularly, its bulbous root, much used as an article of food.
ONIROCRITIC
ONIROCRIT'IC, adjective Having the power of interpreting dreams or pretending to judge of future events signified by dreams.My oneirocritical correspondent.
ONKOTOMY
ONKOT'OMY, noun [Gr. tumor, and to cut.]In surgery, the opening of a tumor or abscess.
ONLY
ONLY, adjective1. Single; one along; as, John was the only man present.2. This and no other. This is an only child.3. This above all others. He is the only man for music.ONLY, a...
ONOMANCY
ON'OMANCY, noun [Gr. name, and divination.] Divination by the letters of a name.Destinies were superstitiously, by onomancy deciphered out of names.
ONOMANTIC
ONOMAN'TIC,ONOMAN'TICAL, adjective Predicting by names, or the letters composing names.
ONOMANTICAL
ONOMAN'TICAL, a. Predicting by names, or the letters composing names.
ONOMATOPE
ON'OMATOPE,ON'OMATOPY, noun [Gr. name, and to make.]1. In grammar and rhetoric, a figure in which words are formed to resemble the sound made by the thing signified; as, to buzz...
ONOMATOPY
ON'OMATOPY, n. [Gr. name, and to make.]1. In grammar and rhetoric, a figure in which words are formed to resemble the sound made by the thing signified; as, to buzz, as bees; to...
ONSET
ON'SET, noun [on and set.]1. A rushing or setting upon; a violent attack; assault; a storming; appropriately, the assault of an army or body of troops upon an enemy or a fort.Th...
ONSLAUGHT
ONSLAUGHT, noun on'slaut. [on and slay.] Attack; storm; onset. [Not used.]
ONTOLOGIC
ONTOLOG'ICONTOLOG'ICAL, adjective [See Ontology.] Pertaining to the science of being in general and its affections.
ONTOLOGICAL
ONTOLOG'ICAL, a. [See Ontology.] Pertaining to the science of being in general and its affections.
ONTOLOGIST
ONTOL'OGIST, noun One who treats of or considers the nature and qualities of being in general.
ONTOLOGY
ONTOL'OGY, noun [Gr. from and discourse.]That part of the science of metaphysics which investigates and explains the nature and essence of all beings, their qualities and attrib...
ONWARD
ON'WARD, adverb [Latin versus.]1. Toward the point before or in front; forward; progressively; in advance; as, to move onwardNot one looks backward, onward still he goes.2. In a...
ONYCHA
ON'YCHA, noun [from Gr.] Supposed to be the odoriferous shell of the onyxfish, or the onyx. Exodus 30:34.
ONYX
ON'YX, noun [Gr. a nail. Latin onyx] A semi-pellucid gem with variously colored zones or veins, a variety of chalcedony.
OOLITE
O'OLITE, noun [Gr. an egg, and stone, from its resemblance to the roes of fish.]Egg-stone, a variety of concreted carbonate of lime; oviform limestone.
OOZE
OOZE, verb intransitive ooz. [The origin of this word is not easily ascertained. Heb. See Issue.]To flow gently; to percolate, as a liquid through the pores of a substance, or t...
OOZING
OOZ'ING, participle present tense Flowing gently; percolating.
OOZY
OOZ'Y, adjective Miry; containing soft mud; resembling ooze; as the oozy bed of a river.