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Nullipore
- - A name for certain crustaceous marine algae which secrete carbonate of lime on their surface, and were formerly thought to be of animal nature. They are now considered corallines of the genera Melobesia and Lithothamnion.
Nullities
- noun - something that is null (especially an enactment that has no legal validity)
- the state of nonexistence
Obbligati
- unknown - Instrumental parts not to be omitted
Obbligato
- noun - a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission
- a persistent but subordinate motif
Obeliscal
- - Formed like an obelisk.
Occludent
- - Serving to close; shutting up. -- n. That which closes or shuts up.
Occluding
- verb - block passage through; "obstruct the path"
- Close together, of teeth
- To close, shut or stop up
Occlusion
- noun - (dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed
- (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube;
- closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel)
- the act of blocking
Occlusive
- adjective - a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it;
- tending to occlude
Ocellated
- adjective - having ocelli