<B>oxygenize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to treat with oxygen; combine with oxygen; oxygenate. </DL>
<A NAME="oxygenizement">
<B>oxygenizement, </B>noun. =oxidation.</DL>
<A NAME="oxygenizer">
<B>oxygenizer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> thing that oxidates or converts into an oxide. </DL>
<A NAME="oxygenless">
<B>oxygenless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having no oxygen. <BR> <I>Ex. Sea creatures never before known may lurk in deep, nearly oxygenless basins beneath the Gulf of California (Science News).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="oxygenmask">
<B>oxygen mask,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a device worn over the nose and mouth through which oxygen is supplied from an attached container. Oxygen masks are used by aviators at high altitudes, by submarine crews, and by people suffering respiratory emergencies. <DD><B> 2. </B>a mask for a device that supplies air for breathing. </DL>
<A NAME="oxygenous">
<B>oxygenous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> consisting of or containing oxygen; oxygenic. </DL>
<A NAME="oxygentent">
<B>oxygen tent,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small tent that can be filled with a mixture of oxygen and air, used in treating pneumonia and other diseases. An oxygen tent is usually transparent and placed over the head and shoulders of a patient who has difficulty breathing. </DL>
<A NAME="oxyhemoglobin">
<B>oxyhemoglobin</B> or <B>oxyhaemoglobin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the combination of hemoglobin and oxygen in arterial blood. Oxyhemoglobin gives arterial blood its bright red color. </DL>
<A NAME="oxyhydrogen">
<B>oxyhydrogen, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of, having to do with, or using a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen. <BR> <I>Ex. By 1875 ... limelight--created by directing an oxyhydrogen flame against a block of lime enclosed in a lamp with a powerful lens--had made its appearance (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="oxyhydrogentorch">
<B>oxyhydrogen torch,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tool with a very hot flame for welding or cutting through metals. It uses a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen. </DL>
<A NAME="oxymel">
<B>oxymel, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mixture of acetic acid or vinegar and honey, formerly used in medicines. <BR> <I>Ex. The patient took a draught made with oxymel of squills (Tobias Smollett).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="oxymoron">
<B>oxymoron, </B>noun, pl. <B>-mora,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a figure of speech in which words of opposite meaning or suggestion are used together. Examples. <BR> <I>Ex. a wise fool, cruel kindness, to make haste slowly. Perhaps it is an oxymoron ... to say that the President was both resolute and restrained (Richard B. Russell).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="oxymorphone">
<B>oxymorphone, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a semisynthetic narcotic used as an analgesic. </DL>
<A NAME="oxymuriaticacidgas">
<B>oxymuriatic acid gas,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the name given to chlorine before its recognition as an element. </DL>
<A NAME="oxyphil">
<B>oxyphil, </B>noun. =acidophil.</DL>
<A NAME="oxyphilic">
<B>oxyphilic, </B>adjective. =acidophilic.</DL>
<A NAME="oxysalt">
<B>oxysalt, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a salt containing oxygen in place in other electronegative radicals, BiOCl. </DL>
<A NAME="oxysulfid">
<B>oxysulfid</B> or <B>oxysulphid, </B>noun. =oxysulfide.</DL>
<A NAME="oxysulfide">
<B>oxysulfide</B> or <B>oxysulphide, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a sulfide compound in which one part of the sulfur is replaced by oxygen. </DL>
<A NAME="oxytetracycline">
<B>oxytetracycline, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an antibiotic obtained from a soil microorganism, which is effective against a wide range of disease organisms, including bacteria, viruses, and protozoa; Terramycin. <BR> <I>Ex. Injecting livestock ... with ... oxytetracycline permits the high temperature aging of meat, without spoilage (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
<B>oxytocic, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> hastening childbirth, especially by stimulating the contraction of the uterine muscles. <DD><I>noun </I> an oxytocic drug or medicine. </DL>
<A NAME="oxytocin">
<B>oxytocin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a hormone of the pituitary gland effecting contraction of the uterus in childbirth and stimulating lactation. </DL>
<A NAME="oxytone">
<B>oxytone, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> having an acute accent on the last syllable. <DD><I>noun </I> an oxytone word. </DL>
<A NAME="oxyuriasis">
<B>oxyuriasis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> infestation with pinworms; enterobiasis. </DL>
<A NAME="oy">
<B>oy</B> or <B>oye, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) a grandchild. Also, <B>oe.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="oyer">
<B>oyer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a hearing; criminal trial (abbreviation of <I>oyer and terminer</I>). <DD><B> 2a. </B>the hearing in court of some document demanded by one party, which the other is compelled to produce (make profert of). <DD><B> b. </B>such a demand. </DL>
<A NAME="oyerandterminer">
<B>oyer and terminer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) a hearing and determining; a trial. It is used in England of a writ directing the holding of a court or commission of assize to try indictable offenses, and in the United States of various higher criminal courts. </DL>
<A NAME="oyez">
<B>oyez</B> or <B>oyes, </B>interjection, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> "hear! attend!" a cry uttered, usually three times, by a public or court crier to command silence and attention before a proclamation is made. </DL>
<A NAME="oyster">
<B>oyster, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a kind of mollusk much used as food, having a rough, irregular shell in two halves. Oysters are found in shallow water along seacoasts. There are several kinds. Some kinds yield pearls. <DD><B> 2. </B>an oyster-shaped bit of dark meat found on either side of the back of a fowl. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Informal. Figurative.) a very reserved or uncommunicative person. <BR> <I>Ex. Secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster (Dickens).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) something from which to take or derive advantage. <BR> <I>Ex. The world's mine oyster, Which I with sword will open (Shakespeare).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="oysterage">
<B>oysterage, </B>noun. =oyster bed.</DL>
<A NAME="oysterbed">
<B>oyster bed,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a place where oysters breed or are cultivated. </DL>
<A NAME="oystercatcher">
<B>oyster catcher,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various wading birds of world-wide distribution that are black and white, have red, wedge-shaped bills for opening shellfish, and grow to about 20 inches long. </DL>
<A NAME="oystercrab">
<B>oyster crab,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small crab that lives harmlessly within the shell of a live oyster. Related kinds live similarly in mussels and scallops. </DL>
<A NAME="oystercracker">
<B>oyster cracker,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small, round or hexagonal, salted cracker eaten with oysters, soup, an appetizer, or the like. </DL>
<A NAME="oysterfarm">
<B>oyster farm,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a place where oysters are raised for the market. </DL>
<A NAME="oystergray">
<B>oyster gray,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a slightly dark, silvery color. </DL>
<A NAME="oystering">
<B>oystering, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> having to do with taking or cultivating oysters. <BR> <I>Ex. ... near the oystering grounds of Louisiana ... (Atlantic).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> the business of taking oysters. <BR> <I>Ex. Oystering was his livelihood.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="oysterleaf">
<B>oyster leaf,</B> =sea lungwort.</DL>
<A NAME="oysterman">
<B>oysterman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a man who gathers, sells, or raises oysters. <DD><B> 2. </B>a boat or ship used to gather oysters. </DL>
<A NAME="oystermushroom">
<B>oyster mushroom,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an edible mushroom with white gills and one-sided stalks that grows in clusters on stumps or partly decayed trees. </DL>
<B>oyster rake,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a rake with a long handle and long, curved teeth, used for gathering oysters from oyster beds. </DL>
<A NAME="oysterrock">
<B>oyster rock,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an oyster bed, often containing masses of old shells. </DL>
<A NAME="oysterroot">
<B>oysterroot, </B>noun. =salsify.</DL>
<A NAME="oystertongs">
<B>oyster tongs,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an implement for dredging up oysters. </DL>
<A NAME="oysterwhite">
<B>oyster white,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> white with greenish-gray or yellowish-gray tinge. </DL>
<A NAME="oz">
<B>Oz,</B> noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a wizard or magician. <BR> <I>Ex. The bassooned-voiced Oz of fast, painless money feels a bit betrayed himself these days (Adam Zagarin).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a magical place. <BR> <I>Ex. Miami became to Haitians what Los Angeles has become to the rural poor of Mexico: Oz (David Rieff).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>Australia. <DD><I>adj. </I> Australian. <BR> <I>Ex. He also enlisted the help of the white Oz rockers Paul Kelley and Peter Garnett (Rolling Stone).</I> </DL>
<B>Ozalid, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Trademark.) a process for making copies of documents and drawings on a chemically treated paper on which the original material is reproduced by the action of ultraviolet light. </DL>
<B>ozocerite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mineral, a waxlike fossil resin of brownish-yellow color and aromatic odor, consisting of a mixture of natural hydrocarbons, and sometimes occurring in sandstones; mineral wax. It is used in making candles and for insulating electrical conductors. </DL>
<A NAME="ozokerite">
<B>ozokerite, </B>noun. =ozocerite.</DL>
<A NAME="ozone">
<B>ozone, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a form of oxygen produced by electricity and present in the air, especially after a thunderstorm. Ozone has a sharp, pungent odor like that of weak chlorine. It is a strong oxidizing agent and is produced commercially for use in bleaching and in sterilizing water. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal, Figurative.) pure air that is refreshing. </DL>
<A NAME="ozonelayer">
<B>ozone layer,</B> =ozonosphere.</DL>
<A NAME="ozoner">
<B>ozoner, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) a drive-in motion-picture theater. </DL>
<A NAME="ozonesonde">
<B>ozonesonde, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a radiosonde designed to measure the distribution of ozone above the earth. </DL>
