8-letter words starting with o
- oligemia — Alt form olig\u00e6mia.
- oligomer — a polymer molecule consisting of a small number of monomers.
- oliguria — scantiness of urine due to diminished secretion.
- oliguric — of or relating to oliguria
- oliphant — Margaret Wilson, 1828–97, Scottish novelist.
- olivares — Conde-Ducque de, title of Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimental. 1587–1645, Spanish statesman: court favourite and prime minister (1621–43) of Philip IV. His attempts to establish Hapsburg domination of Europe ended in failure
- olivette — a large floodlight having a single bulb.
- olivetti — (company) A large Italian company producing office machinery, computers and printers. Olivetti took a controlling stake in Acorn Computers in September 1985. Olivetti computers were once marketed in USA with the ATT brand name.
- olivinic — of, relating to, or containing olivine
- olongapo — a port in the Philippines, on SW Luzon.
- oltipraz — 4-methyl-5-(2-pyrazinyl)-3-dithiolethione, a schistosomicide drug also used in tumour prevention.
- olykoeks — doughnut.
- olympiad — a period of four years reckoned from one celebration of the Olympic Games to the next, by which the Greeks computed time from 776 b.c.
- olympian — pertaining to Mount Olympus or dwelling thereon, as the gods of classical Greece.
- olynthus — an ancient city in NE Greece, on the Chalcidice Peninsula.
- omadhaun — a foolish man or boy
- omdurman — a city in central Sudan, on the White Nile opposite Khartoum: British victory 1898.
- omelette — eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
- omicrons — Plural form of omicron.
- omission — the act of omitting.
- omissive — neglecting; leaving out.
- omitting — to leave out; fail to include or mention: to omit a name from a list.
- ommateum — compound eye.
- omniarch — A ruler of the world.
- omnicode — Thompson, 1956. Ran on IBM 650.
- omniform — Having every form or shape.
- omnimode — of all functions
- omnivora — a group of omnivorous mammals
- omnivore — someone or something that is omnivorous.
- omnivory — the state of being omnivorous
- omohyoid — a muscle found in the shoulder
- omophagy — The eating of raw food, especially raw meat.
- omoplate — the shoulder blade
- omphalic — Of or pertaining to the umbilicus, or navel.
- omphalo- — navel, umbilicus
- omphalos — the navel; umbilicus.
- on a jar — (of a door) slightly open; ajar
- on alert — If soldiers or police are on alert, they are ready to deal with anything that may happen.
- on board — provided, occurring, etc., on a vehicle: among the ship's many onboard services.
- on cover — an entire envelope that has been postmarked
- on draft — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- on drums — playing drums
- on earth — (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- on faith — through trust; without proof or evidence
- on guard — prepared, at the ready
- on leave — taking time off
- on merit — If you judge something or someone on merit or on their merits, your judgment is based on what you notice when you consider them, rather than on things that you know about them from other sources.
- on offer — on sale at discount price
- on order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- on paper — a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.