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Obscure
- adjective - difficult to find; "hidden valleys"; "a hidden cave"; "an obscure retreat"
- make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"
- make obscure or unclear; "The distinction was obscured"
- make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"
- make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"
- marked by difficulty of style or expression; "much that was dark is now quite clear to me"; "those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure"
- not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of sci
Observe
- verb - behave as expected during of holidays or rites;
- conform one's action or practice to;
- discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "
- follow with the eyes or the mind;
- make mention of;
- observe with care or pay close attention to;
- show respect towards;
- stick to correctly or closely;
- watch attentively;
Onshore
- adjective - (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land; "an inshore breeze"; "an onshore gale"; "sheltered from seaward winds"
- on or toward the land; "they were living onshore"
- on the edge of the land; "an onshore lighthouse"
Onstage
- adjective - on the stage; "it was time for her to go onstage"
- situated or taking place on the area of a stage visible to the audience
Oospore
- noun - a thick-walled sexual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi
Orsedue
- - Leaf metal of bronze; Dutch metal. See under Dutch.
Ossicle
- noun - a small bone; especially one in the middle ear
Passade
- unknown - Repeated to-and-fro movement of a horse over the same ground in dressage.
Passage
- noun - a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus"
- a journey usually by ship; "the outward passage took 10 days"
- a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass; "the nasal passages"
- a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
- a short section of a musical composition
- a way through or along which someone or something may pass
- the act of passing from one state or place to the next
- the act of passing something to another person
- the motion of one object relative to another; "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets"
- the passing of a law by a legislative body
Passive
- adjective - expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb; "academics seem to favor passive sentences"
- lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith
- peacefully resistant in response to injustice; "passive resistance"
- the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb; "`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice"; "`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive"