Webster's Dictionary 1913

2323

Outwork (2)

Out″work′ (?), n.(Fort.) A minor defense constructed beyond the main body of a work, as a ravelin, lunette, hornwork, etc. Wilhelm.

2324

Outworth

Out‐worth″ (?), v. t. To exceed in worth.

2325

Outwrest

Out‐wrest″ (?), v. t. To extort; to draw from or forth by violence. Spenser.

2326

Outwrite

Out‐write″ (?), v. t. To exceed or excel in writing.

2327

Outzany

Out‐za″ny (?), v. t. To exceed in buffoonery. B. Jonson.

2328

Ouvarovite

Ou‐va″ro‐vite (?), n. [Named from the Russian Count Uvaroff.] (Min.) Chrome garnet.

2329

Ouze

Ouze (?), n. & v. See Ooze.

2330

Ouzel

Ou″zel (?), n.(Zoöl.) Same as Ousel.The mellow ouzel fluted in the elm. Tennyson.

2331

Ova

‖O″va (?), n. pl. See Ovum.

2332

Oval

O″val (?), a. [F. ovale, fr. L. ovum egg. Cf. Egg, Ovum.] 1. Of or pertaining to eggs; done in the egg, or inception; as, oval conceptions.2. Having the figure of an egg; oblong...

2333

Oval (2)

O″val, n. A body or figure in the shape of an egg, or popularly, of an ellipse.Cassinian oval(Geom.), the locus of a point the product of whose distances from two fixed points i...

2334

Ovalbumin

{ O′val‐bu″min (ō′văl‐bū″mĭn), O′val‐bu″men (ō′văl‐bū″mĕn), } n. [Ovum + albumin.] (Physiol. Chem.) The albumin from the white of eggs; egg albumin; — in distinction from serum ...

2335

Ovaliform

O‐val″i‐form (?), a. [Oval + -form.] Having the form of an egg; having a figure such that any section in the direction of the shorter diameter will be circular, and any in the d...

2336

Ovally

O″val‐ly (?), adv. In an oval form.

2337

Ovant

O″vant (?), a. [L. ovans triumphant, p. pr. of ovare to exult.] Exultant. Holland.

2338

Ovarian

{ O‐va″ri‐an (?), O‐va″ri‐al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to an ovary.

2339

Ovariole

O‐va″ri‐ole (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of the tubes of which the ovaries of most insects are composed.

2340

Ovariotomist

O‐va′ri‐ot″o‐mist (?), n. One who performs, or is skilled in, ovariotomy.

2341

Ovariotomy

O‐va′ri‐ot″o‐my (?), n. [Ovarium + Gr. τέμνειν to cut.] (Surg.) The operation of removing one or both of the ovaries; oöphorectomy.

2342

Ovarious

O‐va″ri‐ous (?), a. Consisting of eggs; as, ovarious food. Thomson.

2343

Ovaritis

‖O′va‐ri″tis (?), n. [NL. See Ovarium, and -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the ovaries.

2344

Ovarium

‖O‐va″ri‐um (?), n.; pl. L. Ovaria (#), E. Ovariums (#). An ovary. See Ovary.

2345

Ovary

O″va‐ry (ō″vȧ‐ry̆), n.; pl.Ovaries (–rĭz). [NL. ovarium, fr. L. ovum egg: cf. F. ovaire. See Oval.] 1. (Bot.) That part of the pistil which contains the seed, and in most flower...

2346

Ovate

O″vate (?), a. [L. ovatus, from ovum egg. See Oval.]1. Shaped like an egg, with the lower extremity broadest.2. (Bot.) Having the shape of an egg, or of the longitudinal section...

2347

Ovate-acuminate

O″vate–a‐cu″mi‐nate (?), a. Having an ovate form, but narrowed at the end into a slender point.

2348

Ovate-cylindraceous

O″vate–cyl′in‐dra″ceous (?), a. Having a form intermediate between ovate and cylindraceous.

2349

Ovate-lanceolate

O″vate–lan″ce‐o‐late (?), a. Having a form intermediate between ovate and lanceolate.