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- English Word Oryx Definition A genus of African antelopes which includes the gemsbok, the leucoryx, the bisa antelope (O. beisa), and the beatrix antelope (O. beatrix) of Arabia.
- English Word Oryza Definition A genus of grasses including the rice plant; rice.
- English Word Os Definition A bone.
- English Word Os Definition A mouth; an opening; an entrance.
- English Word Os Definition One of the ridges of sand or gravel found in Sweden, etc., supposed by some to be of marine origin, but probably formed by subglacial waters. The osar are similar to the kames of Scotland and the eschars of Ireland. See Eschar.
- English Word Osage orange Definition An ornamental tree of the genus Maclura (M. aurantiaca), closely allied to the mulberry (Morus); also, its fruit. The tree was first found in the country of the Osage Indians, and bears a hard and inedible fruit of an orangelike appearance. See Bois d'arc.
- English Word Osages Definition A tribe of southern Sioux Indians, now living in the Indian Territory.
- English Word Osanne Definition Hosanna.
- English Word Osar Definition of Os
- English Word Osar Definition See 3d Os.
- English Word Oscan Definition Of or pertaining to the Osci, a primitive people of Campania, a province of ancient Italy.
- English Word Oscan Definition The language of the Osci.
- English Word Oscillancy Definition The state of oscillating; a seesaw kind of motion.
- English Word Oscillaria Definition A genus of dark green, or purplish black, filamentous, fresh-water algae, the threads of which have an automatic swaying or crawling motion. Called also Oscillatoria.
- English Word Oscillate Definition To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway.
- English Word Oscillate Definition To vary or fluctuate between fixed limits; to act or move in a fickle or fluctuating manner; to change repeatedly, back and forth.
- English Word Oscillated Definition of Oscillate
- English Word Oscillating Definition of Oscillate
- English Word Oscillating Definition That oscillates; vibrating; swinging.
- English Word Oscillation Definition The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and forward, like a pendulum; vibration.