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Operating
- verb - being in effect or operation; "de facto apartheid is still operational even in the `new' African nations"- Leslie Marmon Silko; "bus service is in operation during the emergency"; "the company had several operating divisions"
- direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"
- handle and cause to function; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever"
- happen; "What is going on in the minds of the people?"
- involved in a kind of operation; "the operating conditions of the oxidation pond"
- keep engaged; "engaged the gears"
- perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense
- perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore"
- perform surgery on; "The doctors operated on the patient but
Oppugning
- verb - challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of; "We must question your judgment in this matter"
- question, dispute
Ordaining
- verb - appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"
- invest with ministerial or priestly authority; "The minister was ordained only last month"
- issue an order
- order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"
Organling
- - A large kind of sea fish; the orgeis.
Orienting
- verb - adjust to a specific need or market; "a magazine oriented towards young people"; "tailor your needs to your surroundings"
- be oriented; "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward"
- cause to point; "Orient the house towards the West"
- determine one's position with reference to another point; "We had to orient ourselves in the forest"
- familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances; "The dean of students tries to orient the freshmen"
- positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually; "noticed the bee's momentary orienting pause before heading back to the hive"; "an orienting program for new employees"
Orphaning
- verb - deprive of parents
Ossifying
- verb - become bony; "The tissue ossified"
- cause to become hard and bony; "The disease ossified the tissue"
- make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"
Outcrying
- verb - shout louder than
- utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!' he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost"
Outfacing
- verb - overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring; "He simply stared down his opponent"
Outfoxing
- unknown - getting the better of
- outmanoeuvring or outsmarting