Obluctation () A struggle against; resistance; opposition.

Obmutescence () A becoming dumb; loss of speech.

Obmutescence () A keeping silent or mute.

Obnoxious () Subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; -- with to.

Obnoxious () Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible; blameworthy.

Obnoxious () Offensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious statesman; a minister obnoxious to the Whigs.

Obnubilate () To cloud; to obscure.

Oboe () One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy.

Oboist () A performer on the oboe.

Obolary () Possessing only small coins; impoverished.

Obole () A weight of twelve grains; or, according to some, of ten grains, or half a scruple.

Obolize () See Obelize.

Obolo () A copper coin, used in the Ionian Islands, about one cent in value.

Oboli () of Obolus

Obolus () A small silver coin of Athens, the sixth part of a drachma, about three cents in value.

Obolus () An ancient weight, the sixth part of a drachm.

Obomegoid () Obversely omegoid.

Oboval () Obovate.

Obovate () Inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end downward; as, an obovate leaf.

Obreption () The act of creeping upon with secrecy or by surprise.

Obreption () The obtaining gifts of escheat by fraud or surprise.

Obreptitious () Done or obtained by surprise; with secrecy, or by concealment of the truth.

Obrogate () To annul indirectly by enacting a new and contrary law, instead of by expressly abrogating or repealing the old one.

Obrok () A rent.

Obrok () A poll tax paid by peasants absent from their lord's estate.

Obscene () Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing of presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene language; obscene pictures.

Obscene () Foul; fifthy; disgusting.

Obscene () Inauspicious; ill-omened.

Obscenities () of Obscenity

Obscenity () That quality in words or things which presents what is offensive to chasity or purity of mind; obscene or impure lanquage or acts; moral impurity; lewdness; obsceneness; as, the obscenity of a speech, or a picture.

Obscurant () One who obscures; one who prevents enlightenment or hinders the progress of knowledge and wisdom.

Obscurantism () The system or the principles of the obscurants.

Obscurantist () Same as Obscurant.

Obscuration () The act or operation of obscuring; the state of being obscured; as, the obscuration of the moon in an eclipse.

Obscure () Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim.

Obscure () Of or pertaining to darkness or night; inconspicuous to the sight; indistinctly seen; hidden; retired; remote from observation; unnoticed.

Obscure () Not noticeable; humble; mean.

Obscure () Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or blind; as, an obscure passage or inscription.

Obscure () Not clear, full, or distinct; clouded; imperfect; as, an obscure view of remote objects.

Obscured () of Obscure

Obscuring () of Obscure

Obscure () To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.

Obscure () To conceal one's self; to hide; to keep dark.

Obscure () Obscurity.

Obscurely () In an obscure manner.

Obscurement () The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured; obscuration.

Obscureness () Obscurity.

Obscurer () One who, or that which, obscures.

Obscurity () The quality or state of being obscure; darkness; privacy; inconspicuousness; unintelligibleness; uncertainty.

Obsecrated () of Obsecrate

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