6-letter words starting with o
- occupy — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- occurs — to happen; take place; come to pass: When did the accident occur?
- oceans — Plural form of ocean.
- ocelli — a type of simple eye common to invertebrates, consisting of retinal cells, pigments, and nerve fibers.
- ocelot — a spotted leopardlike cat, Felis pardalis, ranging from Texas through South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in the U.S.
- ochone — an expression of sorrow or regret
- ochrea — ocrea.
- ochred — to color or mark with ocher.
- ocicat — a breed of large short-haired cat with a spotted coat
- ockham — William of, died 1349? English scholastic philosopher.
- ocreae — a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- octads — Plural form of octad.
- octane — any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 1 8 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- octans — (of a fever) occurring every eighth day.
- octant — the eighth part of a circle.
- octave — Music. a tone on the eighth degree from a given tone. the interval encompassed by such tones. the harmonic combination of such tones. a series of tones, or of keys of an instrument, extending through this interval.
- octavo — a book size of about 6 × 9 inches (16 × 23 cm), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 8 leaves or 16 pages. Symbol: 8vo, 8°.
- octets — Plural form of octet.
- octile — (statistics) Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into eight equally numerous subsets.
- octopi — any octopod of the genus Octopus, having a soft, oval body and eight sucker-bearing arms, living mostly at the bottom of the sea.
- octroi — (formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- ocular — of, relating to, or for the eyes: ocular movements.
- oculo- — indicating the eye
- oculus — an eye.
- oddest — differing in nature from what is ordinary, usual, or expected: an odd choice.
- oddish — rather odd; queer.
- oddity — an odd or remarkably unusual person, thing, or event.
- odelet — A little or short ode.
- odense — a seaport on Fyn island, in S Denmark.
- odessa — a seaport in S Ukraine, on the Black Sea.
- odetta — (Odetta Holmes) 1930–2008, U.S. folk singer.
- odette — a female given name.
- odious — deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable.
- odisha — a state in E India. 60,136 sq. mi. (155,752 sq. km). Capital: Bhubaneshwar.
- odored — Simple past tense and past participle of odor.
- odours — Plural form of odour.
- odylic — od.
- oecist — a person who colonizes, particularly in Ancient Greece
- oedema — edema.
- oeneus — a king of Calydon believed to have been the first man to cultivate grapes.
- oenone — a nymph of Mount Ida who was the wife of Paris, but was deserted by him for Helen.
- oerter — Alfred A ("Al") 1936–2007, U.S. track and field athlete: four-time Olympic discus champion.
- oeuvre — the works of a writer, painter, or the like, taken as a whole.
- of age — the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to: trees of unknown age; His age is 20 years.
- of all — You use of all to emphasize the words 'first' or 'last', or a superlative adjective or adverb.
- of his — belonging to or associated with him
- of kin — related
- of old — belonging to the ancient past
- off of — so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come off.
- offaly — a county in Leinster, in the central Republic of Ireland. 760 sq. mi. (1970 sq. km). County seat: Tullamore.