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

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  • oaky/ˈoʊki/adjectiveC2Tasting of the wooden barrel it aged in.
  • oarlocknounC2The fitting an oar pivots in.
  • obdurate/ˈɒbdʒʊɹɪt/adjectiveC2Stubbornly refusing to be moved or softened.
  • obeisance/əˈbiː.səns/nounC2A bow or gesture of deep respect.
  • objectivity/ˌɒbd͡ʒɛkˈtɪvɪti/nounC12 meaningsThe ability to judge something without letting your own feelings or interests affect the result.
  • oblique/əˈbliːk/
adjective
C2
Slanting, or expressed indirectly.
  • obsequious/əbˈsiːkwi.əs/adjectiveC2Fawning and over-eager to please.
  • obstreperous/əbˈstɹɛp.əɹ.əs/adjectiveC2Noisy and difficult to control.
  • obtain/əbˈteɪn/verbB22 meaningsTo get something, often with effort.
  • obtrude/əbˈtɹuːd/verbC2To push yourself forward where you are not wanted.
  • obviate/ˈɒb.viˌeɪt/verbC2To remove the need for something.
  • oceanic/ˌəʊʃiˈænɪk/adjectiveC12 meaningsBelonging to the open sea.
  • octave/ˈɒktɪv/nounC2The interval between one musical note and the next of the same name.
  • octogenarian/ˌɑktəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/nounC2Somebody between eighty and ninety years old.
  • oddmentsnounC2Small leftover items of various kinds.
  • officious/əˈfɪʃəs/adjectiveC2Fussily using small authority to interfere.
  • offing/ˈɒfɪŋ/nounC2The near future, in the phrase in the offing.
  • oldsternounC2A person well on in years, of either sex, spoken of informally but without mockery.
  • opacity/oʊˈpæsɪti/nounC2The quality of letting no light or sense through.
  • opaque/əʊˈpeɪk/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsImpossible to see through; letting no light pass.
  • opulence/ˈɒp.jʊl.əns/nounC2Great wealth shown off in luxury.
  • opulent/ˈɒpjʊlənt/adjectiveC2Richly and showily luxurious.
  • orbit/ˈɔː.bɪt/nounB1+2 meaningsThe path one body travels around another in space.
  • orcanounC2The black and white whale that hunts in groups.
  • ordain/ɔɹˈdeɪn/verbC12 meaningsTo make somebody a priest.
  • orders/ˈɔː.dəz/nounB12 meaningsInstructions that must be obeyed.
  • ormolu/ˈɔː(ɹ)məˌluː/nounC2Gilded bronze used to decorate furniture.
  • ornate/ɔɹˈneɪt/adjectiveC2Covered in rich, complicated decoration.
  • ostensible/ɒˈstɛns.ɪ.bəl/adjectiveC2Given as the reason, though not the real one.
  • ostensibly/ɒˈstɛn.sɪ.bli/adverbC2As it is made to appear, though the truth may differ.
  • oubliette/uːbliˈɛt/nounC2A dungeon reached only through a hole above.
  • outmodedadjectiveC2No longer in use because better ways exist.
  • overlay/ˌəʊ.vəˈleɪ/nounC2A layer placed on top of something else.
  • overlock/ˈəʊvəˌlɒk/verbC2To finish a raw edge so it cannot fray.
  • overweening/əʊvəˈwiːnɪŋ/adjectiveC2Showing far too high an opinion of yourself.