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nutrient

adjective · of or providing nourishment

Example: good nourishing stew

nutritionally

adverb · with regard to nutrition

Example: nutritionally, her new diet is suicide

nutritionist's calorie

noun · a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food

nuttily

adverb · in a mildly insane manner

Example: the old lady is beginning to behave quite dottily

nutty

adjective · informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

Example: it used to drive my husband balmy

nuzzle

verb · dig out with the snout

Example: the pig nuzzled the truffle

nyctaginia capitata

noun · viscid branched perennial of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having tuberous roots and deep red flowers

nylons

noun · women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk)

nymphomaniacal

adjective · (used of women) affected with excessive sexual desire

nyssaceae

noun · a family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees

o'clock

adverb · according to the clock

Example: it's three o'clock in Tokyo now

o'er

adverb · throughout a period of time

Example: stay over the weekend

oaten

adjective · of or related to or derived from oats

Example: oaten bread

obduracy

noun · resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible

obdurate

adjective · showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

Example: his flinty gaze

obdurately

adverb · in a stubborn unregenerate manner

Example: she remained stubbornly in the same position

obediently

adverb · in an obedient manner

Example: obediently she slipped off her right shoe and stocking

obese

adjective · excessively fat

Example: a weighty man

objectionably

adverb · in an obnoxious manner

Example: he said so in one of his more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences

objectively

adverb · with objectivity

Example: we must look at the facts objectively

objurgate

verb · censure severely

Example: She chastised him for his insensitive remarks

oblateness

noun · the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles

Example: the oblateness of the planet

obligate

adjective · restricted to a particular condition of life

Example: an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen

obligatorily

adverb · in a manner that cannot be evaded

Example: the ministry considers that contributions to such a fund should be met from voluntary donations rather than from rates compulsorily levied.

oblique

adjective · indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading

Example: used devious means to achieve success

obliquely

adverb · at an oblique angle

Example: the sun shone aslant into his face

oblong woodsia

noun · a common rock-inhabiting fern of northern temperate regions having rusty-brown stipes and lanceolate pinnate fronds

obnoxiously

adverb · in an obnoxious manner

Example: he said so in one of his more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences

obscenely

adverb · in a lewd and obscene manner

Example: he had seen how in their dances the white men and women held one another obscenely

obsequiously

adverb · in an obsequious manner

Example: she acts obsequiously toward her boss

observably

adverb · in a noticeable manner

Example: he changed noticeably over the years

observe

verb · stick to correctly or closely

Example: The pianist kept time with the metronome

observed

adjective · discovered or determined by scientific observation

Example: variation in the ascertained flux depends on a number of factors

obsessed

adjective · having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something

Example: became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle

obsessively

adverb · in a compulsive manner

Example: he cleaned his shoes compulsively after every walk

obsolesce

verb · become obsolete, fall into disuse

Example: This word has not obsolesced, although it is rarely used

obsolete

adjective · no longer in use

Example: obsolete words

obstinately

adverb · in a stubborn unregenerate manner

Example: she remained stubbornly in the same position

obstreperously

adverb · in manner that attracts attention

Example: obstreperously, he demanded to get service

obstruct

verb · block passage through

Example: obstruct the path

obstructively

adverb · in an obstructive manner

Example: he acted very obstructively when we tried to carry out our project

obtrude

verb · thrust oneself in as if by force

Example: The colors don't intrude on the viewer

obtund

verb · reduce the edge or violence of

Example: obtunded reflexes

obturate

verb · block passage through

Example: obstruct the path

obturator vein

noun · a vein formed by the union of tributaries that drain the hip joints and thigh muscles; empties into the internal iliac vein

obtusely

adverb · in a stupid manner

Example: he had so rapaciously desired and so obtusely expected to find her alone

obviate

verb · prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening

Example: Let's avoid a confrontation

obviously

adverb · unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')

Example: the answer is obviously wrong

occasionally

adverb · now and then or here and there

Example: he was arrogant and occasionally callous

occidentalise

verb · make western in character

Example: The country was Westernized after it opened up

occidentalize

verb · make western in character

Example: The country was Westernized after it opened up

occluded

adjective · (of a substance) taken into and retained in another substance

Example: the sorbed oil mass

occupied

adjective · having ones attention or mind or energy engaged

Example: she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities

occur

verb · come to pass

Example: What is happening?

oceangoing

adjective · used on the high seas

Example: seafaring vessels

ocher

adjective · of a moderate orange-yellow color