Ocelli () of Ocellus

Ocellus () A little eye; a minute simple eye found in many invertebrates.

Ocellus () An eyelike spot of color, as those on the tail of the peacock.

Oceloid () Resembling the ocelot.

Ocelot () An American feline carnivore (Felis pardalis). It ranges from the Southwestern United States to Patagonia. It is covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches, which are variously arranged. The ground color varies from reddish gray to tawny yellow.

Ocher () Alt. of Ochre

Ochre () A impure earthy ore of iron or a ferruginous clay, usually red (hematite) or yellow (limonite), -- used as a pigment in making paints, etc. The name is also applied to clays of other colors.

Ochre () A metallic oxide occurring in earthy form; as, tungstic ocher or tungstite.

Ocherous () Alt. of Ochreous

Ochreous () Of or pertaining to ocher; containing or resembling ocher; as, ocherous matter; ocherous soil.

Ochery () Ocherous.

Ochimy () See Occamy.

Ochlesis () A general morbid condition induced by the crowding together of many persons, esp. sick persons, under one roof.

Ochlocracy () A form of government by the multitude; a mobocracy.

Ochlocratic () Alt. of Ochlocratical

Ochlocratical () Of or pertaining to ochlocracy; having the form or character of an ochlocracy; mobocratic.

Ochraceous () Ocherous.

Ochre () See Ocher.

Ochreaee () of Ochrea

Ochrea () A greave or legging.

Ochrea () A kind of sheath formed by two stipules united round a stem.

Ochreate () Alt. of Ochreated

Ochreated () Wearing or furnished with an ochrea or legging; wearing boots; booted.

Ochreated () Provided with ochrea, or sheathformed stipules, as the rhubarb, yellow dock, and knotgrass.

Ochreous () See Ocherous.

Ochrey () See Ochery.

Ochroleucous () Yellowish white; having a faint tint of dingy yellow.

Ochry () See Ochery.

Ochymy () See Occamy.

Ocra () See Okra.

Ocrea () See Ochrea.

Ocreate () Alt. of Ocreated

Ocreated () Same as Ochreate, Ochreated.

Octa- () A prefix meaning eight. See Octo-.

Octachord () An instrument of eight strings; a system of eight tones.

Octad () An atom or radical which has a valence of eight, or is octavalent.

Octaedral () See Octahedral.

Octaemeron () A fast of eight days before a great festival.

Octagon () A plane figure of eight sides and eight angles.

Octagon () Any structure (as a fortification) or place with eight sides or angles.

Octagonal () Having eight sides and eight angles.

Octagynous () Having eight pistils or styles; octogynous.

Octahedral () Having eight faces or sides; of, pertaining to, or formed in, octahedrons; as, octahedral cleavage.

Octahedrite () Titanium dioxide occurring in acute octahedral crystals.

Octahedron () A solid bounded by eight faces. The regular octahedron is contained by eight equal equilateral triangles.

Octamerous () Having the parts in eights; as, an octamerous flower; octamerous mesenteries in polyps.

Octander () One of the Octandria.

Octandria () A Linnaean class of plants, in which the flowers have eight stamens not united to one another or to the pistil.

Octandrian () Alt. of Octandrous

Dictionary

Featured Acronyms

Autumn

Lucas

Jasmine