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old sledge

noun · a form of all fours in which a total of seven points is game

old style font

noun · a typeface (based on an 18th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes

old-line

adjective · adhering to conservative or reactionary principles

Example: an oldline senator

old-man-of-the-woods

noun · edible mild-tasting mushroom found in coniferous woodlands of eastern North America

old-time

adjective · attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)

Example: houses with quaint thatched roofs

olden

adjective · long past

Example: olden days

oldwife

noun · a common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United States

olecranon

noun · process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended

oligarchical

adjective · of or relating to or supporting or characteristic of an oligarchy

oligochaete worm

noun · hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body

oliver goldsmith

noun · Irish writer of novels and poetry and plays and essays (1728-1774)

ominous

adjective · presaging ill fortune- P.B.Shelley

Example: ill omens

ominously

adverb · in an ominous manner

Example: the sun darkened ominously

omphalocele

noun · protrusion of the intestine and omentum through a hernia in the abdominal wall near the navel; usually self correcting after birth

omphalotus

noun · a genus of fungi with a depressed disc in the cap

on

adjective · in operation or operational

Example: left the oven on

on all fours

adverb · on hands and knees

Example: he got down on all fours to play with his grandson

on and off

adverb · not regularly

Example: they phone each other off and on

on approval

adverb · for examination (with an option to buy)

Example: they took the VCR on approval

on average

adverb · typically

Example: on average he watches three movies a week

on base

adverb · on first or second or third base

Example: Their second homer with Bob Allison aboard

on board

adverb · on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle

on camera

adverb · within range of a movie or television camera

Example: the senator didn't realize that he was speaking on camera

on earth

adverb · used with question words to convey surprise

Example: what on earth are you doing?

on faith

adverb · with trust and confidence

Example: we accepted him on faith

on fire

adjective · lighted up by or as by fire or flame

Example: forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning

on hand

adjective · readily available

Example: there will be a wealth of information on hand from the lawyers

on it

adverb · on that

Example: text and commentary thereon

on occasion

adverb · now and then or here and there

Example: he was arrogant and occasionally callous

on purpose

adverb · with intention; in an intentional manner

Example: he used that word intentionally

on request

adverb · on the occasion of a request

Example: advice was free for the asking

on that

adverb · on that

Example: text and commentary thereon

on the button

adjective · being precise with regard to a prescribed or specified criterion

Example: his guess was on the nose

on the coattails

adverb · immediately following or undeservedly benefiting from

Example: the CEO resigned on the coattails of the scandal

on the contrary

adverb · contrary to expectations

Example: he didn't stay home; on the contrary, he went out with his friends

on the dot

adverb · just as it should be

Example: `Precisely, my lord,' he said

on the face of it

adverb · from appearances alone-Thomas Hardy

Example: irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land

on the one hand

adverb · from one point of view

Example: on the one hand, she is a gifted chemist

on the other hand

adverb · (contrastive) from another point of view

Example: on the other hand, she is too ambitious for her own good

on the road

noun · travelling about

Example: they took the show on the road

on the sly

adverb · in a furtive manner

Example: the soldiers were furtively crawling through the night

on the spot

adverb · without delay or immediately

Example: we hired her on the spot

on the spur of the moment

adverb · on impulse; without premeditation

Example: he decided to go to Chicago on the spur of the moment

on the way

adverb · on a route to some place

Example: help is on the way

on the wing

adverb · flying through the air

Example: we saw the ducks in flight

on time

adverb · at the expected time

Example: she always arrives on time

on-key

adjective · in tune; accurate in pitch

Example: a true note

on-line

adjective · being in progress now

Example: on-line editorial projects

once

adverb · on one occasion

Example: once I ran into her

once in a while

adverb · now and then or here and there

Example: he was arrogant and occasionally callous