11-letter words starting with o
- octapeptide — An oligopeptide having eight amino acids.
- octodecimos — Plural form of octodecimo.
- octonocular — eight-eyed
- octuplicate — a group, series, or set of eight identical copies (usually preceded by in).
- odaxelagnia — (rare) A paraphilia in which biting or being bitten leads to sexual arousal.
- odd man out — a method of selecting or eliminating a person from a group, as by matching coins, especially in preparation for playing a game.
- odd or even — any of various games of chance in which one bets on an odd or even number, as one in which two players alternately draw from a pile of an odd number of counters any desired number up to a prearranged limit, the object being to have drawn an odd number of counters at the end of the game.
- odd pricing — a strategy whereby retail prices are set at levels a little less than a round number, for example $19.99, £8.98, £99.95
- odd-job man — An odd-job man is a man who is paid to do various jobs such as cleaning or repairing things, usually in someone's home.
- odd-looking — If you describe someone or something as odd-looking, you think that they look strange or unusual.
- odd-pinnate — pinnate with an odd terminal leaflet.
- odious debt — sovereign debt incurred through activities which do not serve the best interests of the nation, esp when incurred by a despotic, tyrannical, or otherwise unjust and oppresive regime. Such debts are typically considered invalid and written off after the regime is deposed
- odonatology — the study of insects, such as dragonflies, that belong to the zoological group Odonata
- odontoblast — one of a layer of cells lining the pulp cavity of a tooth, from which dentin is formed.
- odontocetes — Plural form of odontocete.
- odontogenic — the development of teeth.
- odontograph — an instrument for laying out the forms of gear teeth or ratchets.
- odontopathy — (pathology) Any disease that affects the teeth.
- odontophore — a structure in the mouth of most mollusks over which the radula is drawn backward and forward in the process of breaking up food.
- odoriferous — yielding or diffusing an odor.
- odynophagia — Severe pain in mouth or esophagus when attempting to swallow.
- oecumenical — general; universal.
- oedipus rex — a tragedy (c430 b.c.) by Sophocles.
- oenological — Of or pertaining to oenology, the study of wine.
- oenophilist — a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
- oesophageal — esophageal.
- of all time — If you say that someone or something is, for example, the best writer of all time, or the most successful film of all time, you mean that they are the best or most successful that there has ever been.
- of one mind — If a number of people are of one mind, of like mind, or of the same mind, they all agree about something.
- of that ilk — of the place of the same name: used to indicate that the person named is proprietor or laird of the place named
- of the hour — most prominent at this time
- off balance — If you are off balance, you are in an unsteady position and about to fall.
- 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 the air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- 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.