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Onomastics
- noun - the branch of lexicology that studies the forms and origins of proper names
Opalescent
- adjective - having a play of lustrous rainbow colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster"
Opalescing
- verb - exhibit a play of colors like that of an opal; "This nitrate opalesces under certain conditions"
- reflect light or colors like an opal; "Distant clouds opalesce like pale brocade"; "raindrops caught in a sunbeam seem to opalesce"
Open Sight
- noun - rear gunsight having an open notch instead of a peephole or telescope
Oppressing
- verb - cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"
- come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
Oppression
- noun - a feeling of being oppressed
- the act of subjugating by cruelty; "the tyrant's oppression of the people"
- the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted"
Oppressive
- adjective - marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights"
- weighing heavily on the senses or spirit; "the atmosphere was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows"
Oppressors
- noun - a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures
Oral Smear
- noun - alimentary tract smear of material obtained from the mouth