8-letter words starting with o
- occupate — (obsolete) To occupy.
- occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- occupier — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- occupies — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- occuring — Misspelling of occurring, the present participle of occur.
- occurred — to happen; take place; come to pass: When did the accident occur?
- oceanaut — aquanaut.
- oceanian — the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia. About 3,450,000 sq. mi. (8,935,500 sq. km).
- oceanite — A variety of picrite that is chiefly composed of olivine phenocrysts.
- oceanog. — oceanography
- ocellate — (of a spot or marking) eyelike.
- ocherous — any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- ochidore — a crab, variously the shore crab (Carcinus Maenas), spider crab (esp of the family Maioidea), or swimming crab (esp of the family Portunidae)
- ochlesis — any disease caused by overcrowding.
- ochozath — Ahuzzath.
- ochozias — Ahaziah.
- ochreous — ocher.
- ockeghem — Johannes [yoh-hah-nuh s] /yoʊˈhɑ nəs/ (Show IPA), Okeghem, Jean d'.
- ockerism — the conduct or actions that are characteristic of an ocker
- ockodols — one's feet when wearing boots
- ocmulgee — a river in NW Georgia, flowing SE to join the Oconee River and form the Altamaha River. 255 miles (410 km) long.
- ocotillo — a spiny, woody shrub, Fouqueria splendens, of arid regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a tight cluster of red flowers at the tip of each branch.
- octagons — Plural form of octagon.
- octalogy — (rare) # A set of eight works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as eight individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- octaloop — (genetics) An eight-base hairpin loop motif.
- octangle — octangular.
- octanoic — (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to octanoic acid or its derivatives.
- octantal — relating to an octant
- octapody — (in poetic metre) a line, stanza, or piece of poetic writing that contains eight feet
- octarchy — a government by eight persons.
- octaroon — Alternative spelling of octoroon.
- octavian — (Octavian) died a.d. 964, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 955–964.
- octavius — a male given name.
- octeract — (mathematics) A eight-dimensional hypercube.
- octodont — (zoology) Of or pertaining to the Octodontidae, a family of rodents including the degu (Octodon degus) and 12 other South American species.
- octofoil — double quatrefoil.
- octomino — (geometry) A polyomino made up of eight squares.
- octonary — pertaining to the number 8.
- octonion — (mathematics) A nonassociative extension of a quaternion.
- octopods — Plural form of octopod.
- octopoid — of or like an octopus
- octopole — (physics) A multipole configuration with eight equal charges arranged in a circular pattern.
- octopush — the game of underwater hockey, in which two teams attempt to push a weighted object along the floor of a swimming pool
- octoroon — a person having one-eighth black ancestry, with one black great-grandparent; the offspring of a quadroon and a white person.
- octuples — Plural form of octuple.
- octuplet — a group, series, or combination of eight related items.
- octuplex — relating to a form of telegraphy in which eight communications can be sent along one wire at the same time
- oculists — Plural form of oculist.
- odd jobs — Odd jobs are various small jobs that have to be done in someone's home, such as cleaning or repairing things.
- oddballs — Plural form of oddball.