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  • non-computer — a programmable electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Mainframes, desktop and laptop computers, tablets, and smartphones are some of the different types of computers. Compare analog computer, digital computer.
  • noncorporate — Not corporate.
  • nondescripts — Plural form of nondescript.
  • nonoperating — Not operating.
  • nonoperative — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
  • nonpermanent — existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
  • nonpetroleum — not containing any petroleum based substance
  • nonrepentant — Not repentant.
  • north platte — a river flowing from N Colorado through SE Wyoming and W Nebraska into the Platte. 618 miles (995 sq. km) long.
  • northern spy — an American variety of red-striped apple that ripens in autumn or early winter.
  • note-perfect — (of a singer or musician) able to sing or play without making any errors
  • obreptitious — having the characteristics of acquiring something by deceitful means
  • obstreperate — to be extremely noisy or to create a resounding din
  • obstreperous — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
  • office party — a party or informal social gathering for all the employees in a particular organization or department
  • offset paper — paper used in a printing method in which the impression is made onto an intermediate surface, such as a rubber blanket, which transfers it to the paper
  • offset press — a printing press used in the offset process, whereby a printing the impression is made onto an intermediate surface, such as a rubber blanket, which transfers it to the paper
  • on the prowl — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
  • on the ropes — a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
  • oophorectomy — the operation of removing one or both ovaries; ovariectomy.
  • open circuit — a discontinuous circuit through which no current can flow.
  • open cluster — a comparatively young, irregularly shaped group of stars, often numbering up to several hundred, and held together by mutual gravitation; usually found along the central plane of the Milky Way and other galaxies.
  • open slather — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
  • open texture — the failure of natural languages to determine future usage, particularly the ability of predicates to permit the construction of borderline cases
  • open trailer — any dog that barks or bays on the trail of its quarry.
  • open verdict — law: coroner's jury finding
  • open-hearted — unreserved, candid, or frank: open-hearted advice.
  • operatically — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
  • operationism — the doctrine that the meaning of a scientific term, concept, or proposition consists of the operation or operations performed in defining or demonstrating it.
  • operatorless — Without an operator (person who operates); fully automatic.
  • operatorship — (in the oil and gas industries) the right to operate a well, field, or other oil source.
  • optic center — a point about ten percent above the exact center of a printed page or layout.
  • optical grep — vgrep
  • optometrical — the practice or profession of examining the eyes, by means of suitable instruments or appliances, for defects in vision and eye disorders in order to prescribe corrective lenses or other appropriate treatment.
  • optometrists — Plural form of optometrist.
  • oreopithecus — a genus of fossil primate from the Miocene coal deposits of Italy, formerly considered to be a possible hominid.
  • organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
  • ornithopters — Plural form of ornithopter.
  • orthographer — a person versed in orthography or spelling.
  • orthopaedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
  • orthopaedist — Alternative spelling of orthopedist.
  • orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
  • orthopterans — Plural form of orthopteran.
  • orthopterist — someone who studies the Orthoptera
  • orthopteroid — (zoology) Any of the insects historically included in the order Orthoptera, including the cockroaches, earwigs, praying mantises, etc.
  • orthopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Orthoptera, an order of insects, including the cockroaches, mantids, walking sticks, crickets, grasshoppers, and katydids, characterized by leathery forewings, membranous hind wings, and chewing mouthparts.
  • osmoreceptor — A sensory receptor, primarily found in the hypothalamus of most homeothermic organisms, that detects changes in osmotic pressure.
  • osteoporosis — a disorder in which the bones become increasingly porous, brittle, and subject to fracture, owing to loss of calcium and other mineral components, sometimes resulting in pain, decreased height, and skeletal deformities: common in older persons, primarily postmenopausal women, but also associated with long-term steroid therapy and certain endocrine disorders.
  • osteoporotic — of, relating to, or caused by osteoporosis.
  • outer planet — any of the four planets with orbits outside the orbit of Mars, namely, the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
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