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Orthoepies
- noun - a term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the `correct' pronunciation of words and its relation to `correct' orthography
- the way a word or a language is customarily spoken; "the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners"; "that is the correct pronunciation"
Orthoepist
- noun - a practitioner of orthoepy (especially one of the 17th or 18th century scholars who proposed to reform English spelling so it would reflect pronunciation more closely)
Orthoptics
- noun - treatment of defects of binocular vision (such as strabismus and amblyopia) by nonsurgical measures (especially by exercises to strengthen the eye muscles)
Orthoptist
- noun - a specialist in orthoptics
Oscitation
- - The act of yawning or gaping.
Osculating
- verb - be intermediate between two taxonomic groups; "These species osculate"
- have at least three points in common with; "one curve osculates the other"; "these two surfaces osculate"
- touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.; "The newly married couple kissed"; "She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room"
Osculation
- noun - (mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent
- the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
Osmaterium
- - One of a pair of scent organs which the larvae of certain butterflies emit from the first body segment, either above or below.
Osmiridium
- noun - a hard and corrosion resistant mineral that is a natural alloy of osmium and iridium (usually containing small amounts of rhodium and platinum); used in needles and pen nibs etc.
Osphradium
- - The olfactory organ of some Mollusca. It is connected with the organ of respiration.