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11-letter words starting with o

  • 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.
  • oil derrick — derrick (def 2).
  • oil embargo — a prohibition of the trade of petroleum from one country to another
  • oil gilding — gilding of glass or ceramic ware by using a size of japan or lacquer.
  • oil of cade — a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
  • oil varnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
  • oil-burning — that uses paraffin, esp as a domestic fuel
  • oillionaire — a millionaire whose wealth is derived from the petroleum industry.
  • oktoberfest — a traditional festival held each October in Munich, Germany.
  • old british — Brythonic as used before a.d. 800.
  • old castile — a region in N Spain: formerly a province.
  • old country — the original home country of an immigrant or a person's ancestors, especially a European country.
  • old english — Also called Anglo-Saxon. the English language of a.d. c450–c1150. Abbreviation: OE.
  • old flemish — the Flemish language before c1300.
  • old frisian — the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
  • old hickory — Jackson1
  • old iranian — any of the Iranian languages spoken or written until the first century a.d.
  • old italian — the Italian language of the 10th to the 14th centuries. Abbreviation: OIt.
  • old kingdom — the period in the history of ancient Egypt, 2780–2280 b.c., comprising the 3rd to 6th dynasties, characterized by the predominance of Memphis.
  • old persian — an ancient West Iranian language attested by cuneiform inscriptions. Abbreviation: OPers.
  • old russian — Russian as used in documents before 1600. Abbreviation: ORuss.
  • old scratch — the devil; Satan.
  • old soldier — a former soldier or veteran
  • old spanish — the Spanish language of the 12th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OSp.
  • old swedish — the language of Sweden as spoken and written from about 1225 to 1500.
  • old windsor — a royal residence in the time of Edward the Confessor, 3 km (2 miles) southeast of the town of Windsor in Berkshire
  • old-looking — having an old appearance
  • old-maidish — characteristic of or resembling an old maid.
  • olde worlde — Olde worlde is used to describe places and things that are or seem to be from an earlier period of history, and that look interesting or attractive.
  • olethreutid — any of numerous brown or gray moths of the family Olethreutidae having mottled or banded wings and forewings, each with a truncated tip, including many crop pests, as the codling moth or oriental fruit moth.
  • olfactology — the medical science which studies the sense of smell
  • olfactories — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
  • olfactorily — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
  • oligarchies — Plural form of oligarchy.
  • oligochaete — any of various annelids of the family Oligochaeta, including earthworms and certain small, freshwater species, having locomotory setae sunk directly in the body wall.
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