situated away from the center or axis.

humorously vulgar; mildly obscene; risque; as, an off-color joke.

A day when things go poorly; as, I guess this is one of my off-days.

not performing or available for duties at the given moment; as, an off-duty policeman. Oposite of on-duty, working, and on-the-job.

not watching for possible danger; not alert; as, caught in an off-guard moment.

Deviating from the proper pitch; -- of a musical note or series of notes; as, an off-key note; to sing off-key.

a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere.

barred to a designated group; as, the topless bar is off-lints to military personnel.

Not connected; -- of computers or computer peripherals normally connected or intended to be connected to other computers by a communications line; as, we can't print the document because the printer is off-line.

Having less than maximal use or demand or activity; -- of a period of time occurring as a defined part of a time cycle; as, off-peak telepone rates are available at night and on weekends; off-peak fares.

hard to deal with.

designed for or used for or taking place on trails and beaches etc., instead of public roads; as, off-road vehicles; off-road sports such as snowmobiling.

a bicycle with a sturdy frame and fat tires; originally designed for riding in mountainous country; amountain bike.

of or relating to a season of less than maximum demand; as, off-season hotel rates are lower.

Taking place or located away from the specified site; as, an off-site waste treatment operation. Opposite to on-site.

Not performed on the streets; as, off-street parking; off-street unloading of vehicles. Opposite of on-street.

with little or no preparation or forethought; unrehearsed; extemporaneous; offhand.

Intended to be worn without alterations; ready-to-wear; -- of clothing. Contrasted with made-to-order, custom-made.

Made in large quantities and intended to be used without modifications; -- similar to off-the-rack, but not restricted to clothing. Opposite of custom-made, made-to-order, or one-of-a-kind.

a grayish white.

The rejected or waste parts of any process, especially the inedible parts of a butchered animal, such as the viscera.

That which is cut off.

See Offense.

The act of offending in any sense; esp., a crime or a sin, an affront or an injury.

incapable of offending or attacking; harmless.

To transgress the moral or divine law; to commit a crime; to stumble; to sin.

An offender.

One who offends; one who violates any law, divine or human; a wrongdoer.

A woman who offends.

Causing offense; displeasing; wrong; as, an offenseful act.

Unoffending; inoffensive.

That may give offense.

Assault; attack.

The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack; aggressive attitude; the act of the attacking party; -- opposed to defensive.

The act of offering, bringing forward, proposing, or bidding; a proffer; a first advance.

Capable of being offered; suitable or worthy to be offered.

One who offers; esp., one who offers something to God in worship.

The act of an offerer; a proffering.

The act of offering, or the thing offered.

Offer; proposal; overture.

Instant; unprepared; ready; extemporaneous; unrehearsed; as, an offhand speech; offhand excuses; an offhand comment. In an offhand manner; as, he replied offhand.

same as offhand and off-the-cuff.

To perform, as the duties of an office; to discharge.

A person who holds an office; an officeholder.

One who holds an office; an officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.

To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over.

One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive officer or attendant.

The body of all people elected or appointed to administer a government, taken collectively.

the formal and often obscure style of writing characteristic of some government officials; bureaucratese; -- it is characterized by euphemisms, circumlocutions, vague abstractions, and circumlocutions.

The state of being official; a system of official government; also, adherence to office routine; red-tapism.

See Officialty.

to render official; as, we officialized our relationship.

By the proper officer; by virtue of the proper authority; in pursuance of the special powers vested in an officer or office; as, accounts or reports officially verified or rendered; letters officially communicated; persons officially notified.

The charge, office, court, or jurisdiction of an official.

The officer who officiates or performs an office, as the burial office.

Of or pertaining to an office or an officer; official.

To discharge, perform, or supply, as an official duty or function.

One who officiates.

Used in a shop, or belonging to it.

Pertaining to, or being in accordance with, duty.

Shy or distant in manner; aloof; stand-offish.

A pipe to let off water.

A reprint or excerpt.

That which is scoured off; hence, refuse; rejected matter; that which is vile or despised.

Removed scum; refuse; dross.

To make an offset.

A printing technique in which a lithographic image on an inked metal or stone plate is transferred first to a rubber sheet (usually on a cylinder) before transfer to the paper. Called also offset lithography.

Compensating for.

That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree.

From the shore; as, an offshore wind; an offshore signal.

Illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck; -- in sports such as football or hockey; as, the touchdown was nullified because the left tackle was offside.

That part of a landscape which recedes from the spectator into the distance.

Act of taking off; specif., the taking off or purchase of goods.

Frequent; often; repeated.

Frequent; common; repeated.

Frequency.

Frequently; often.

Frequently; often.

Frequently; often; many times.

Compar. of Oft.

Frequently; often.

Same as Ogham.

A thing made up of eight parts.

A poem of eight lines.

Snarling; grumbling.

A particular kind of writing practiced by the ancient Irish, and found in inscriptions on stones, metals, etc.

The arch or rib which crosses a Gothic vault diagonally.

An amorous side glance or look.

One who ogles.

See Olio.

An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster.

Resembling an ogre; having the character or appearance of an ogre; suitable for an ogre.

A female ogre.

The character or manners of an ogre.

Of or pertaining to Ogyges, a mythical king of ancient Attica, or to a great deluge in Attica in his days; hence, primeval; of obscure antiquity.

An exclamation expressing various emotions, according to the tone and manner, especially surprise, pain, sorrow, anxiety, or a wish. See the Note under O.

A resident of Ohio.

The standard unit in the measure of electrical resistance, being the resistance of a circuit in which a potential difference of one volt produces a current of one amp/re. As defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893, and by United States Statute, it is a resistance substantially equal to 109 units of resistance of the C. G. S. system of electro-magnetic units, and is represented by the resistance offered to an unvarying electric current by a column of mercury at the temperature of melting ice 14.4521 grams in mass, of a constant cross-sectional area, and of the length of 106.3 centimeters. As thus defined it is called the international ohm.

An instrument for indicating directly the electrical resistance of a circuit in ohms.

An exclamation of surprise, etc.

A genus of minute fungi which form a floccose mass of filaments on decaying fruit, etc. Many forms once referred to this genus are now believed to be temporary conditions of fungi of other genera, among them the vine mildew (O/dium Tuckeri), which has caused much injury to grapes.

To smear or rub over with oil; to lubricate with oil; to anoint with oil.

A geographical region from which petroleum is extracted.

A layer of oil floating on water; -- usually petroleum or fuel oil which has leaked from a ship.

A layer of oil floating on water or covering the shoreline of a body of water; -- usually petroleum which has leaked from an oil tanker.

A ship having large compartments, designed to transport crude oil over the ocean.

A well{3} from which petroleum is or has been extracted; a well{3} drilled deeply into an oil-bearing geological formation specifically for the purpose of obtaining petroleum.

containing oils; -- of geological formations; as, oil-bearing shale.

Using oil as a fuel; as, an oil-fired furnace.

A heating or cooking device that burns oil (such as kerosine) as a fuel.

Silk treated with oil to make it water-tight; -- it is used to make raincoats.

See Guacharo.

A small can with a long spout used to apply oil to machinery, for purposes of lubrication.

Cloth rendered waterproof by treatment with oil or paint, and used for marking garments, covering tables, shelves, floors, etc.

Covered or treated with oil; dressed with, or soaked in, oil.

One who deals in oils.

The business, the place of business, or the goods, of a maker of, or dealer in, oils.

A very large deep-water snake mackerel (Ruvettus pretiosus).

The quality of being oily.

A small opening or loophole, sometimes circular, used in mediaeval fortifications. A small circular opening, and ring of moldings surrounding it, used in window tracery in Gothic architecture.