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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
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  • obedience/ə(ʊ)ˈbiːdɪəns/nounB2Doing as you are told.
  • obituary/əˈbɪt͡ʃʊ(ə)ɹi/nounB2A published account of the life of someone who has recently died.
  • object/ˈɒb.d͡ʒɛkt/nounA16 meaningsA thing you can see and touch; a material item.
  • objection/əbˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/nounB2A stated reason for disagreeing with or opposing something.
  • obligation/ˌɒb.lɪˈɡeɪ.ʃn̩/nounB22 meaningsSomething you must do because of duty, law or a promise.
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/ˌɒbzəˈveɪʃn̩/
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Careful watching, or a remark about what was seen.
  • observatory/əbˈzɜːvət(ə)ɹi/nounB2A building from which the sky is studied.
  • observer/əbˈzɝvɚ/nounB22 meaningsSomebody who watches in an official role.
  • obstacle/ˈɒbstəkəl/nounB2Something standing in the way.
  • obstruction/əbˈstɹʌk.ʃən/nounB2Something that blocks the way, or the blocking itself.
  • occupation/ˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃən/nounB22 meaningsThe control of a country by a foreign army.
  • octagon/ˈɒktəɡ(ə)n/nounB2A flat shape with eight straight sides.
  • odds/ɑdz/nounB22 meaningsThe likelihood of something happening.
  • off-licencenounB2A shop licensed to sell alcohol to take away.
  • off-seasonnounB2The quiet months when few tourists come.
  • offender/əˈfen.də(ɹ)/nounB22 meaningsA person who has broken the rules or the law.
  • offensive/əˈfɛnsɪv/nounB23 meaningsA large planned attack.
  • offering/ˈɒfəɹɪŋ/nounB24 meaningsSomething given to a god, a temple or a church as an act of worship.
  • officer/ˈɒf.ɪ.sə/nounA22 meaningsA person holding a position of authority in the armed forces or police.
  • ointment/ˈɔɪntm(ə)nt/nounB2A greasy healing preparation rubbed onto the skin.
  • olive/ˈɒ.lɪv/nounB22 meaningsA small bitter Mediterranean fruit eaten cured or pressed for oil.
  • omannounB2The peaceful Gulf country of Muscat, deserts, and dramatic coasts.
  • omission/ə(ʊ)ˈmɪʃ.ən/nounB2+2 meaningsSomething that has been left out.
  • omnivore/ˈɒmnɪvɔː/nounB2An animal that eats both plants and meat.
  • one/wʌn/nounA13 meaningsThe number 1, the first and smallest whole counting number.
  • one-way systemnounB2A pattern of streets where traffic goes only one way.
  • ooze/uːz/verbB22 meaningsTo flow out very slowly and thickly.
  • open mindnounB2A readiness to consider what you do not already think.
  • open ratenounB2What share of an email's recipients opened it.
  • open waternounB2Swimming in a lake, a river or the sea.
  • opening/ˈəʊ.pə.nɪŋ/nounB24 meaningsThe first planned moves of a game, especially chess.
  • opening nightnounB2The first public performance of a production.
  • opera/ˈɒp.ə.ɹə/nounB2A play in which every word is sung, with an orchestra.
  • operating system/ˈɒpəˌɹeɪtɪŋ ˌsɪstəm/nounB2The program that runs the machine and everything on it.
  • operator/ˈɒpəˌɹeɪtə/nounB2Somebody who works a machine or a service.
  • opinion/əˈpɪn.jən/nounB13 meaningsWhat somebody thinks about something.
  • opponent/əˈpəʊ.nənt/nounB22 meaningsThe person or team you are playing or competing against.
  • opposition/ˌɒp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/nounB22 meaningsThe parties in a parliament that are not in government.
  • orchard keepernounB2The person who tends a plantation of fruit trees.
  • orchestra/ˈɔː.kɪs.tɹə/nounB2A large group of classical musicians.
  • orchid/ˈɔː.kɪd/nounB2A flowering plant with elaborate blooms.
  • ordeal/ɔːˈdiːl/nounB2A painful experience that has to be got through.
  • order ticketnounB2The printed slip telling the kitchen what to cook.
  • organ/ˈɔːɡən/nounB23 meaningsA part of the body with a particular function, such as the heart or the liver.
  • organic farmingnounB2Growing food without artificial chemicals.
  • organism/ˈɔː.ɡə.nɪ.zəm/nounB2Any single living thing.
  • organistnounB2Somebody who plays the large keyboard instrument in a church.
  • orientation/ˌɔː.ɹi.ənˈteɪ.ʃən/nounB24 meaningsThe direction something faces or the way it is positioned.
  • origin/ˈɒɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn/nounB22 meaningsThe point something first came from.
  • ornament/ˈɔː(ɹ)nəmənt/nounB22 meaningsA small object kept only because it is pretty.
  • ounce/aʊns/nounB2A unit of weight, a sixteenth of a pound.
  • out-traynounB2The tray where finished work waits to be collected.
  • outburst/ˌaʊ̯tˈbɝst/nounB2+2 meaningsA sudden violent release of feeling.
  • outcast/ˈaʊtkɑːst/nounB2Somebody pushed out of a group.
  • outcome/ˈaʊtkʌm/nounB2How something finally ends up.
  • outlaw/ˈaʊt.lɔː/nounB12 meaningsSomebody living outside the protection of the law.
  • outlet/ˈaʊtlɛt/nounB25 meaningsA shop that sells a particular company's goods, or one that sells them cheaply.
  • outline/ˈaʊtlaɪn/nounB23 meaningsThe line showing the shape of something.
  • outlook/ˈaʊtˌlʊk/nounC12 meaningsThe general way a person expects things to go.
  • output/ˈaʊtpʊt/nounB2+2 meaningsWhat a system or a worker produces.