<B>odoriferous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>giving forth an odor, especially a pleasant odor; fragrant. <BR> <I>Ex. The rose is an odoriferous flower.</I> (SYN) aromatic. <DD><B> 2. </B>giving forth an unpleasant or foul odor. <BR> <I>Ex. an odoriferous slum; ... warehouses, ships, and smell of tar, and other odoriferous circumstances of fishery and the sea (John Galt).</I> (SYN) malodorous. adv. <B>odoriferously.</B> noun <B>odoriferousness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="odorize">
<B>odorize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to give fragrance to; perfume. <BR> <I>Ex. The raw product would be dried ... for testing, odorizing, and onward transmission (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="odorless">
<B>odorless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> without an odor; having no odor. <BR> <I>Ex. Pure water is odorless.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="odorofsanctity">
<B>odor of sanctity,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a sweet odor said to have been exhaled from the bodies of certain saints at death or on disinterment, and held to be evidence of their sanctity. <DD><B> 2. </B>established reputation for sanctity or holiness. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the odor of its sanctity--and golly how it stank (G. K. Chesterton).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="odorosity">
<B>odorosity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality of being odorous; odorousness. </DL>
<A NAME="odorous">
<B>odorous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> giving forth or having an odor, especially a pleasant odor; sweet-smelling; fragrant. <BR> <I>Ex. Spices are odorous. ... the odorous breath of morn (Milton).</I> (SYN) aromatic. adv. <B>odorously.</B> noun <B>odorousness.</B> </DL>
<B>Odyssean, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or like the Odyssey or its hero. </DL>
<A NAME="odysseus">
<B>Odysseus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the hero of Homer's <I>Odyssey,</I> a king of Ithaca, known for his wisdom and shrewd resourcefulness; Ulysses. </DL>
<A NAME="odyssey">
<B>Odyssey, </B>noun, pl. <B>-seys.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a long Greek epic poem describing the adventures and wandering of Odysseus (Ulysses) during the ten years after the Trojan War and of his final return home to Ithaca. Homer is supposed to be its author. <DD><B> 2. </B>Also, <B>odyssey.</B> (Figurative.) any long series of wanderings and adventures. <BR> <I>Ex. "The Grapes of Wrath" tells of the odyssey of migratory workers to California.</I> </DL>
<B>OE</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>Also, <B>O.E.,</B> Office of Education. <DD><B> 2. </B>Also, <B>OE.,</B> Old English (Anglo-Saxon). </DL>
<A NAME="oecd">
<B>OECD</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (an organization established in 1961 to succeed the OEEC). </DL>
<A NAME="oecumenic">
<B>oecumenic, </B>adjective. =ecumenic.</DL>
<A NAME="oecumenical">
<B>oecumenical, </B>adjective. =ecumenical.</DL>
<A NAME="oecumenicalism">
<B>oecumenicalism, </B>noun. =ecumenicalism.</DL>
<A NAME="oecumenicity">
<B>oecumenicity, </B>noun. =ecumenicity.</DL>
<A NAME="oed">
<B>OED</B> (no periods) or <B>O.E.D.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Oxford English Dictionary. Also, <B>N.E.D.</B> </DL>
<B>Oedipal</B> or <B>oedipal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of, having to do with, or characteristic of Oedipus or the Oedipus complex. <BR> <I>Ex. [He] has succeeded in a most difficult biographical enterprise--to write of a famous father without ... indulging in Oedipal iconoclasm (Time).</I> adv. <B>Oedipally.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="oedipus">
<B>Oedipus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Legend.) a king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father and married his mother. When he learned this, he blinded himself and passed the rest of his life wandering miserably. </DL>
<A NAME="oedipuscomplex">
<B>Oedipus complex,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Psychoanalysis.) a strong childhood attachment, especially by a male child, for the parent of the opposite sex. According to Freudian theory, it is a normal phase of personality development, but it is sometimes carried over into adulthood and then becomes a psychoneurotic tendency. </DL>
<A NAME="oeec">
<B>OEEC</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> Organization for European Economic Cooperation (an organization established in 1948 to administer the European Recovery Program, succeeded in 1961 by the OECD). </DL>
<A NAME="oeildeboeuf">
<B>oeil-de-boeuf, </B>noun, pl. <B>oeils-de-boeuf</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a small round or oval window, as in a frieze. <DD><B> 2. </B>(literally) bull's-eye. </DL>
<A NAME="oeillade">
<B>oeillade, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) an amorous or flirtatious glance; ogle. </DL>
<A NAME="oem">
<B>OEM</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> original equipment manufacturer (company that manufactures or assembles component parts of machinery or equipment). </DL>
<A NAME="oenological">
<B>oenological, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with oenology. </DL>
<A NAME="oenologist">
<B>oenologist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person skilled in oenology; wine connoisseur. </DL>
<A NAME="oenology">
<B>oenology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the art of making wine; knowledge or study of wines. Also, <B>enology.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="oenomel">
<B>oenomel, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a drink made of wine and honey, drunk by the ancient Greeks. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) language or thought combining strength and sweetness. </DL>
<A NAME="oenone">
<B>Oenone, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Legend.) a nymph of Mt. Ida, who became the wife of Paris, but was deserted by him when he fell in love with Helen of Troy. </DL>
<A NAME="oenophile">
<B>oenophile, </B>noun. =oenophilist.</DL>
<A NAME="oenophilist">
<B>oenophilist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a lover of wine; an expert on wines. </DL>
<A NAME="oeo">
<B>OEO</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> Office of Economic Opportunity (an antipoverty agency of the U.S. government, established in 1964). </DL>
<B>Oerlikon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of certain 20-millimeter automatic aircraft or antiaircraft cannon which shoot greased ammunition. </DL>
<A NAME="oersted">
<B>oersted, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the unit of magnetic intensity in the centimeter-gram-second system, equivalent to the intensity of the force of one dyne acting in a vacuum on a magnetic pole of unit strength at a distance of one centimeter. <DD><B> 2. </B>a former unit of magnetic reluctance. </DL>
<A NAME="oes">
<B>OES</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> Office of Economic Stabilization. </DL>
<A NAME="oesophagus">
<B>oesophagus, </B>noun, pl. <B>-gi.</B> =esophagus.</DL>
<A NAME="oestradiol">
<B>oestradiol, </B>noun. =estradiol.</DL>
<A NAME="oestrin">
<B>oestrin, </B>noun. =estrin.</DL>
<A NAME="oestriol">
<B>oestriol, </B>noun. =estriol.</DL>
<A NAME="oestrogen">
<B>oestrogen, </B>noun. =estrogen.</DL>
<A NAME="oestrone">
<B>oestrone, </B>noun. =estrone.</DL>
<A NAME="oestrous">
<B>oestrous, </B>adjective. =estrous.</DL>
<A NAME="oestrus">
<B>oestrus, </B>noun. =estrus.</DL>
<A NAME="oeuvre">
<B>oeuvre, </B>noun, pl. <B>oeuvres.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a literary or artistic work; lifework of an artist. <DD><B> 2. </B>(literally) work. </DL>
<A NAME="of">
<B>of, </B>preposition.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>belonging to. <BR> <I>Ex. the children of a family, a friend of his boyhood, the news of the day, the captain of a ship, the cause of the quarrel. One half of the fraction one fourth is one eighth.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>made from. <BR> <I>Ex. a house of bricks, castles of sand.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>that has; with; containing. <BR> <I>Ex. a house of six rooms.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>that has as a quality. <BR> <I>Ex. a look of pity, a word of encouragement, a woman of good judgment.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>that is; named. <BR> <I>Ex. the city of Chicago.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>away from; from. <BR> <I>Ex. north of Boston, to shoot wide of the mark, to take leave of a friend.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>having to do with; in regard to; concerning; about. <BR> <I>Ex. to think well of someone, to be fond of, to be fifteen years of age, to be hard of heart, hard of hearing, short of stature.</I> <DD><B> 8. </B>that is used for or has as a purpose. <BR> <I>Ex. a house of prayer.</I> <DD><B> 9. </B>by. <BR> <I>Ex. the writings of Shakespeare, Darwin, Freud, the symphonies of Beethoven.</I> <DD><B> 10. </B>owing to; as a result of having or using; through. <BR> <I>Ex. to die of a disease, to expect much of a new medicine.</I> <DD><B> 11. </B>out of. <BR> <I>Ex. She came of a noble family. His second marriage ... took place in 1922 and there was a son of the marriage (London Times).</I> <DD><B> 12. </B>among. <BR> <I>Ex. a friend of mine, a mind of the finest. Two of us went and two of us stayed at home.</I> <DD><B> 13. </B>during. <BR> <I>Ex. of late years.</I> <DD><B> 14. </B>(in telling time) before. <BR> <I>Ex. ten minutes of six.</I> <DD><B> 15. </B><I>Of</I> connects nouns and adjectives having the meaning of a verb with the noun which would be the object of the verb; indicating the object or goal (especially of a verbal noun). <BR> <I>Ex. the eating of fruit, his drinking of milk, the love of truth, in search of a ball, a hall smelling of onions, a man sparing of words.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="of">
<B>of-,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (prefix.) the form of <B>ob-</B> before <I>f,</I> as in <I>offer.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="of">
<B>OF</B> (no periods), <B>O.F.,</B> or <B>OF.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Old French. </DL>
<A NAME="ofay">
<B>ofay, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) (used in an unfriendly way). <DD><I>noun </I> a white person. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or belonging to a white person; white. </DL>
