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.

Comprehending or including all bodies; embracing all substance.

That which is all-pervading or all-comprehensive; hence, the Deity.

Of all varieties, forms, or kinds.

All-creating.

Having every form or shape.

The condition or quality of having every form.

To render universal; to enlarge.

Consisting of all kinds.

A pantograph.

Producing or bringing forth all things; all-producing.

Equality in every part; general equality.

Producing all things; omniparient.

Capable of enduring all things.

Perception of everything.

Perceiving everything.

The state of being omnipotent; almighty power; hence, one who is omnipotent; the Deity.

Able in every respect and for every work; unlimited in ability; all-powerful; almighty; as, the Being that can create worlds must be omnipotent.

In an omnipotent manner.

Presence in every place at the same time; unbounded or universal presence; ubiquity.

Omnipresence.

Present in all places at the same time; ubiquitous; as, the omnipresent Jehovah.

Implying universal presence.

Prevalent everywhere or in all things.

The quality or state of being omniscient; the quality of knowing everything; -- an attribute peculiar to God.

Omniscience.

Having universal knowledge; knowing all things; infinitely knowing or wise; as, the omniscient God.

All-knowing.

Beholding everything; capable of seeing all things; all-seeing.

The aggregate value of the different stocks in which a loan to government is now usually funded.

A miscellaneous collection of things or persons; a confused mixture; a medley; a hodgepodge.

Wandering anywhere and everywhere.

A group of ungulate mammals including the hog and the hippopotamus. The term is also sometimes applied to the bears, and to certain passerine birds.

All-devouring; eating everything indiscriminately; as, omnivorous vanity; an omnivorous intellect.

Of or pertaining to the shoulder and the hyoid bone; as, the omohyoid muscle.

Eating raw flesh; using uncooked meat as food; as, omophagic feasts, rites.

The shoulder blade, or scapula.

The part of the carapace of a crustacean situated behind the cervical groove.

Of or pertaining to the omosternum.

The anterior element of the sternum which projects forward from between the clavicles in many batrachians and is usually tipped with cartilage. In many mammals, an interarticular cartilage, or bone, between the sternum and the clavicle.

Of, pertaining to, or expressed from, unripe fruit; as, omphacine oil.

Of or pertaining to the umbilicus, or navel.

A hernia at the navel.

The central part of the hilum of a seed, through which the nutrient vessels pass into the rhaphe or the chalaza; -- called also omphalodium.

Divination by means of a child's navel, to learn how many children the mother may have.

Omphalomesenteric.

Of or pertaining to the umbilicus and mesentery; omphalomesaraic; as, the omphalomesenteric arteries and veins of a fetus.

A name of the Hesychasts, from their habit of gazing upon the navel.

An optical glass that is convex on both sides.

The navel.

The operation of dividing the navel-string.

Mellow, as land.

Forward, in progression; onward; -- usually with a verb of motion; as, move on; go on; the beat goes on.

They say, or it is said. A flying report; rumor; as, it is a mere on dit.

Malfunctioning or inoperable; -- of machinery and devices.

Menstruating; -- of women.

performing or available for duties; as, her on-duty hours were 11p.m. to 7 a.m.. Opposite of off-duty.

A hanger-on.

In tune; striking or singing the proper notes. Opposite of off-key.

a license to sell liquor for consumption on the premises.

connected by a communications line to a computer. Opposite of off-line.

A person who observes an event; a looker-on; a spectator.

Looking on or forward.

Taking place or located at the indicated site; as, on-site inspection. Opposed to off-site.