A beautiful evergreen shrub (Nerium oleander) of the Dogbane family, having clusters of fragrant red, white, or pink flowers. It is a native of the East Indies, but the red variety has become common in the south of Europe. Called also rosebay, rose laurel, and South-sea rose.
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A genus of tropical epiphytic or terrestrial ferns; also classed as the family Polypodiaceae.
One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems.
One of several cardiac glycosides (C32H48O9) found in oleander (Nerium oleander).
One of several alkaloids found in the leaves of the oleander (Nerium oleander).
A large genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or small trees with large daisylike flowers.
The wild olive tree (Olea Europea, var. sylvestris). Any species of the genus Elaeagus. See Eleagnus. The small silvery berries of the common species (Elaeagnus hortensis) are called Trebizond dates, and are made into cakes by the Arabs.
A salt of oleic acid. Some oleates, as the oleate of mercury, are used in medicine by way of inunction.
Of or pertaining to the olecranon.
The large process at the proximal end of the ulna which projects behind the articulation with the humerus and forms the bony prominence of the elbow.
Forming or producing an oil; specifically, designating a colorless gaseous hydrocarbon called ethylene (olefiant gas).
Olefiant gas, or ethylene. See Ethylene.
Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, oil; as, oleic acid, an acid of the acrylic acid series found combined with glyceryl in the form of olein in certain animal and vegetable fats and oils, such as sperm oil, olive oil, etc. At low temperatures the acid is crystalline, but melts to an oily liquid above 14/ C.
Producing oil; as, oleiferous seeds.
A fat, liquid at ordinary temperatures, but solidifying at temperatures below 0/ C., found abundantly in both the animal and vegetable kingdoms (see Palmitin). It dissolves solid fats, especially at 30-40/ C. Chemically, olein is a glyceride of oleic acid; and, as three molecules of the acid are united to one molecule of glycerol to form the fat, it is technically known as triolein. It is also called elain.
Scented.
The form or figure assumed by a drop of oil when placed upon water or some other liquid with which it does not mix.
Art or process of producing the pictures known as oleographs.
A liquid oil made from animal fats (esp. beef fat) by separating the greater portion of the solid fat or stearin, by crystallization. It is mainly a mixture of olein and palmitin with some little stearin.
An instrument for ascertaining the weight and purity of oil; an elaiometer.
An oily liquid, obtained by distillation of calcium oleate, and probably consisting of the ketone of oleic acid.
See Elaeoptene.
A natural mixture of a terebinthinate oil and a resin.
The state or quality of being oily or fat; fatness.
Oily.
Pertaining to pot herbs; of the nature or having the qualities of herbs for cookery; esculent.
The European bullfinch.
The sense by which the impressions made on the olfactory organs by the odorous particles in the atmosphere are perceived.
See Olfactory, a.
A smelling organ; a nose.
An olfactory organ; also, the sense of smell; -- usually in the plural.
genus consisting of one species; in some classification systems it is included in the genus Polyboatrya.
See Olibanum.
The fragrant gum resin of various species of Boswellia; Oriental frankincense.
A colorless mobile liquid of a pleasant aromatic odor obtained by the distillation of olibanum, or frankincense, and regarded as a terpene; -- called also conimene.
Having a strong, disagreeable smell; fetid.
An elephant.
Having few stamens.
Having few flowers.
A member of an oligarchy; one of the rulers in an oligarchical government.
Oligarchic.
Of or pertaining to oligarchy, or government by a few.
An advocate or supporter of oligarchy.
A form of government in which the supreme power is placed in the hands of a few persons; also, those who form the ruling few.
Hematite or specular iron ore; -- prob. so called in allusion to its feeble magnetism, as compared with magnetite.
Of or pertaining to hematite.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain strata which occupy an intermediate position between the Eocene and Miocene periods. The Oligocene period. See the Chart of Geology.
An order of Annelida which includes the earthworms and related species, including some small freshwater species.
Any of an order of hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids (including the earthworms) having bristles borne singly along the length of the body; a member of the Oligochaeta.
Of or pertaining to the Oligochaeta.
Of or pertaining to the Oligochaeta.
A triclinic soda-lime feldspar. See Feldspar.
A molecule composed of a small number of linked monomer units; a short polymer; -- compounds called oligomers have less than one hundred monomer units and usually less than thirty. Oligomers of increasing length are called dimer, trimer, tetramer, pentamer, hexamer, heptamer, octamer, nonamer, decamer, etc. In colloquial laboratory jargon, they may also be referred to as nine-mer, ten-mer, eleven-mer, twelve-mer, etc., especially for oligomers of greater than eight units.
Having few members in each set of organs; as, an oligomerous flower.
Having few or imperfect syringeal muscles; -- said of some passerine birds (Oligomyodi).
Having few petals.
Having few sepals.
A meteorite characterized by the presence of but a small amount of metallic iron.
Having few seeds.
Producing few young.
A dish of stewed meat of different kinds.
Of or pertaining to, or produced in, a kitchen garden; used for kitchen purposes; as, olitory seeds.
A genus of polished marine gastropod shells, chiefly tropical, and often beautifully colored.
Resembling the olive; of the color of the olive; olive-green.
Like an olive.
Of the color of the olive; tawny.
Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.
Decorated or furnished with olive trees.
An olive-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of copper (Cu2(AsO4)(OH)); olive ore.
A small tilt hammer, worked by the foot.
An adherent of Oliver Cromwell.
The wood of the olive. An Australian name given to the hard white wood of certain trees of the genus Elaeodendron, and also to the trees themselves.
A white crystalline substance, obtained from an exudation from the olive, and having a bitter-sweet taste and acid proporties.
A complex bitter gum, found on the leaves of the olive tree; -- called also olivite.
A common name of the yellowish green mineral chrysolite, esp. the variety found in eruptive rocks. It is a silicate of magnesium and iron ((Mg,Fe)SiO4).
See Olivin.
A pot or jar having a wide mouth; a cinerary urn, especially one of baked clay.
A favorite Spanish dish, consisting of a mixture of several kinds of meat chopped fine, and stewed with vegetables.
A European cave-dwelling aquatic salamander (Proteus anguinus) with permanent external gills.
A colloquial or humorous name for any science or branch of knowledge.
Originally, a leather flask or vessel for oils or liquids; afterward, an earthenware vase or pitcher without a spout.
An umbelliferous plant, the common Alexanders of Western Europe (Smyrnium Olusatrum).
A period of four years, by which the ancient Greeks reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic games to another, beginning with the victory of Cor/bus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b. c.; as, the era of the olympiads.
Pertaining to, characteristic of, or fitting for one of the gods on Olympus; grand, majestic, or aloof.
Worship of the Olympian gods, esp. as a dominant cult or religion.
Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods, or to Olympia, a small plain in Elis.
An ode in honor of a victor in the Olympic games.
A mountain in Northeastern Greece; -- it was believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the gods.
A mystic syllable or ejaculation used by Hindus and Buddhists in religious rites, -- orig. among the Hindus an exclamation of assent, like Amen, then an invocation, and later a symbol of the trinity formed by Vishnu, Siva, and Brahma.
Gout in the shoulder.
A tribe of Indians who inhabited the south side of the Missouri River. They are now partly civilized and occupy a reservation in Nebraska.
A native or inhabitant of Oman.
The third division of the stomach of ruminants. See Manyplies, and Illust. under Ruminant.
A large Mediterranean food fish (Umbrina cirrhosa): -- called also umbra, and umbrine.
A game at cards, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually played by three persons.
An instrument for measuring the rain that falls; a rain gauge.
A battle (1898) in which an Anglo-Egyptian army under Lord Kitchener defeated the Sudanese.
The last letter of the Greek alphabet. See Alpha.
Having the form of the Greek capital letter Omega (/).
A dish consisting of eggs beaten up with a little flour, etc., and cooked in a frying pan until just set into a semisolid consistency; it may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly; as, a plain omelet. When additional ingredients are mixed in, the names of the ingredients may be mentioned in the name of the omelet; as, a ham and cheese omelet; a bacon and cheese omelet
To divine or to foreshow by signs or portents; to have omens or premonitions regarding; to predict; to augur; as, to omen ill of an enterprise.
Attended by, or containing, an omen or omens; as, happy-omened day; an ill-omened venture.
Of or pertaining to an omentum or the omenta.
A free fold of the peritoneum, or one serving to connect viscera, support blood vessels, etc.; an epiploon.
A Hebrew measure, the tenth of an ephah. See Ephah.
Lit., the little, or short, O, o; the fifteenth letter of the Greek alphabet.
Homiletical.
To presage; to foreshow; to foretoken.
The act of ominating; presaging.
Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous dread.
Capable of being omitted; that may be omitted.
The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.
Leaving out; omitting.
To let go; to leave unmentioned; not to insert or name; to drop.
The act of omitting, or the state of being omitted; forbearance; neglect.
One who omits.
Of or pertaining to an ommateum.
A compound eye, as of insects and crustaceans.
One of the single eyes forming the compound eyes of crustaceans, insects, and other invertebrates; one of the eyes of an ommateum.
A long vehicle, having seats for many people; a bus.
Pertaining to or dealing with a variety of topics at one time; as, omnibus legislation; an omnibus budget bill.
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