: egg
oidium
oology
oogenesis
oogonium
ortho-
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o-1Chem.
an abridgment of ortho-.
o-2
o-3
var. of oo-: oidium.
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O- /ō-/ (chem)
prefix
Signifying ortho-
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1. the 15th letter of the English alphabet. There are two o's in Ohio.
2. any sound represented by this letter.
3. (used as a symbol) the 15th, or more usually the 14th, of a series (either I or J being omitted).
4. zero.
5. a mere nothing.
anything shaped like the letter O: »
May we cram Within this wooden O [theater] the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt? (Shakespeare).
–interj.
= oh! (Cf. ↑oh): »
O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light (Francis Scott Key).
–n.
an exclamation of oh: »
O's of admiration (Thackeray).
╂[Middle English O]
a person whose name begins with the prefix O'-: »
Ireland her O's, her Macs let Scotland boast (Henry Fielding).
o' «uh, oh», preposition.
1. of: »
man-o'-war, o'clock, will-o'-the-wisp.
2. on: »
Being knocked o' the head... (Richard Brinsley Sheridan).
O',
prefix. descendant, used as a prefix in Irish family names, as in O'Connell, »
O'Connor, O'Neil.
╂[< Irish ó descendant]
o-,
o (no period),
1. ohm.
2. octavo.
o.,
an abbreviation for the following:
1. off.
2. officer.
3. order.
4. Baseball. outs or putouts (in scoring).
O (no period),
1. oxygen (chemical element).
2. one of the four major blood types or groups widely used to determine blood compatibility in transfusions. A person with O type blood can receive blood of the O group only.
3. (in international flag code) man lost overboard.
O.,
an abbreviation for the following:
1. Ocean.
2. Octavo.
3. Ohio.
4. Old.
5. Ontario.
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abbr. [used in combination] Chemistry ortho-
o-xylene
Useful english dictionary. 2012.