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Webster Dictionary :: Onkotomy

ONKOT'OMY, n. [Gr. tumor, and to cut.] In surgery, the opening of a tumor or abs...

Webster Dictionary :: Only

ONLY, a. 1. Single; one along; as, John was the only man present. 2. This and no...

Webster Dictionary :: Onomancy

ON'OMANCY, n. [Gr. name, and divination.] Divination by the letters of a name. D...

Webster Dictionary :: Onomantic

ONOMAN'TIC, ONOMAN'TICAL, a. Predicting by names, or the letters composing names.

Webster Dictionary :: Onomatope

ON'OMATOPE, ON'OMATOPY, n. [Gr. name, and to make.] 1. In grammar and rhetoric, ...

Webster Dictionary :: Onset

ON'SET, n. [on and set.] 1. A rushing or setting upon; a violent attack; assault...

Webster Dictionary :: Onslaught

ONSLAUGHT, n. on'slaut. [on and slay.] Attack; storm; onset. [Not used.]

Webster Dictionary :: Ontologic

ONTOLOG'IC ONTOLOG'ICAL, a. [See Ontology .] Pertaining to the science of being ...

Webster Dictionary :: Ontologist

ONTOL'OGIST, n. One who treats of or considers the nature and qualities of being...

Webster Dictionary :: Ontology

ONTOL'OGY, n. [Gr. from and discourse.] That part of the science of metaphysics ...

Webster Dictionary :: Onward

ON'WARD, adv. [L. versus.] 1. Toward the point before or in front; forward; prog...

Webster Dictionary :: Onycha

ON'YCHA, n. [from Gr.] Supposed to be the odoriferous shell of the onyxfish, or ...

Webster Dictionary :: Onyx

ON'YX, n. [Gr. a nail. L. onyx.] A semi-pellucid gem with variously colored zone...

Webster Dictionary :: Oolite

O'OLITE, n. [Gr. an egg, and stone, from its resemblance to the roes of fish.] E...

Webster Dictionary :: Ooze

OOZE, v.i. ooz. [The origin of this word is not easily ascertained. Heb. See Iss...

Webster Dictionary :: Oozing

OOZ'ING, ppr. Flowing gently; percolating.

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