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Orphaning
- verb - deprive of parents
Orthicons
- noun - a now obsolete picture pickup tube in a television camera; electrons emitted from a photoemissive surface in proportion to the intensity of the incident light are focused onto the target causing secondary emission of electrons
Orthotone
- - Retaining the accent; not enclitic; -- said of certain indefinite pronouns and adverbs when used interrogatively, which, when not so used, are ordinarilly enclitic.
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"
Osteogeny
- - The formation or growth of bone.
Out Front
- adverb - leading or ahead in a competition; "the horse was three lengths ahead going into the home stretch"; "ahead by two pawns"; "our candidate is in the lead in the polls"; "way out front in the race"; "the advertising campaign put them out front in sales"
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