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11-letter words containing off

  • off the bat — straight away, from the very start
  • off the map — no longer important or in existence (esp in the phrase wipe off the map)
  • off the top — from gross income
  • off-licence — a license permitting the sale of sealed bottles of alcoholic beverages to be taken away from the premises by the purchaser.
  • off-license — a license permitting the sale of sealed bottles of alcoholic beverages to be taken away from the premises by the purchaser.
  • off-message — straying from or contradicting the central theme or official message of a political, business, or other organization: The last speaker was way off-message with his bad jokes and irrelevant anecdotes.
  • off-putting — provoking uneasiness, dislike, annoyance, or repugnance; disturbing or disagreeable.
  • off-reserve — located on or living in a place that is not part of a designated Indian reserve
  • off-roading — driving on unmade terrain
  • off-the-job — done, received, or happening away from or while not at one's job: off-the-job research.
  • off-the-peg — ready-to-wear.
  • offenceless — Alternative form of offenseless.
  • offenseless — without offense.
  • offensively — causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying: offensive television commercials.
  • offer price — cost of sth being offered for sale
  • offertories — Plural form of offertory.
  • offhandedly — cavalierly, curtly, or brusquely: to reply offhand.
  • office girl — a girl or young woman employed in an office to run errands, do odd jobs, etc.
  • office park — a complex of office buildings located on land planted with lawns, trees, bushes, etc.
  • office work — work normally carried out in an office, for example clerical or administrative work for an organization
  • officership — a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.
  • officialdom — the class or entire body of officials; officials as a whole.
  • officialese — a style of language used in some official statements, often criticized for its use of polysyllabic jargon and obscure, pretentiously wordy phrasing.
  • officialise — to make official; place under official authority or control.
  • officialism — excessive attention to official regulations and routines.
  • officialize — to make official; place under official authority or control.
  • officiating — Present participle of officiate Serving in an official capacity or serving as an official at a contest.
  • officiation — to perform the office of a member of the clergy, as at a divine service.
  • officiously — objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome: an officious person.
  • offscouring — Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
  • offset well — An offset well is a wellbore which is close to a proposed well, and which provides information for planning the proposed well.
  • offset-line — something that counterbalances, counteracts, or compensates for something else; compensating equivalent.
  • offshoreman — a person who works offshore, especially on an offshore oil rig.
  • oval office — the office of the president of the United States, located in the White House.
  • pass off as — If you pass something off as another thing, you convince people that it is that other thing.
  • pension off — a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc.: a retirement pension.
  • post office — an office or station of a government postal system at which mail is received and sorted, from which it is dispatched and distributed, and at which stamps are sold or other services rendered.
  • section off — If an area is sectioned off, it is separated by a wall, fence, or other barrier from the surrounding area.
  • sending-off — If there is a sending-off during a game of football, a player is told to leave the field by the referee, as a punishment for seriously breaking the rules.
  • showing-off — behaviour designed to impress people
  • shuffle off — to walk without lifting the feet or with clumsy steps and a shambling gait.
  • sign off on — to indicate approval or acceptance of (a plan, statement, etc.) by, or as if by, signing or initialing it
  • slacken off — If something slackens off, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
  • squeeze off — If you squeeze off a shot, you fire a bullet from a gun.
  • standoffish — somewhat aloof or reserved; cold and unfriendly.
  • take office — come to power
  • telling-off — If you give someone a telling-off, you tell them that you are very angry with them about something they have done.
  • the offense — the team that has possession of the ball
  • the offside — the side of a vehicle nearest the centre of the road (in Britain, the right side)
  • ticking off — If you give someone a ticking off, you speak angrily to them because they have done something wrong.
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