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-bearing; producing all 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.

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.

at the sides of streets; as, on-street parking is prohibited at rush hour. Opposite of off-street.

Being or occurring at the place or time in question; as, an on-the-scene newscast.

A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery.

The dauw.

A form of drum used by the Chippewa indians.

Same as Oenothera, a genus of plants consisting of the evening primrose.

The female of the onager.

Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Onagraceae or Onagrarieae), which includes the fuchsia, the willow-herb (Epilobium), and the evening primrose (/nothera).

Self-pollution; masturbation.

A nocturnal South American monkey (Callithrix discolor), noted for its agility; -- called also ventriloquist monkey.

For one time; by limitation to the number one; not twice nor any number of times more than one.

a swift cursory examination or inspection; as, I gave him the once-over.

An infection with nematodes of the genus Onchocerca, especially Onchocerca volvulus. Untreated, such infections can cause serious dermatological problems, and in advanced cases may lead to blindness. In certain areas of tropical Africa the blindness caused by onchocerciasis is called river blindness.

A genus of fishes including the sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; and coho salmon.

A genus of tropical orchidaceous plants, the flower of one species of which (Oncidium Papilio) resembles a butterfly.

An instrument for registering the changes observable with an oncometer.

An instrument for measuring the variations in size of the internal organs of the body, as the kidney, spleen, etc.

the beginning or early stages; the onset.

In cost accounting, expenditure which is involved in the process of manufacture or the performance of work and which cannot be charged directly to any particular article manufactured or work done (as where different kinds of goods are produced), but must be allocated so that each kind of goods or work shall bear its proper share.

The opening of an abscess, or the removal of a tumor, with a cutting instrument.

A genus of rodents including the muskrat (Ondatra zibethica).

Hatred; fury; envy.

The record of an ondograph.

An instrument for autographically recording the wave forms of varying currents, esp. rapidly varying alternating currents.

An electric wave meter.

Wavy; having the surface marked by waves or slightly depressed furrows; as, ondoyant glass.

To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite; to assimilite.

having only one dimension; as, a line is a one-dimensional object; a one-dimensional array.

Relating to or having or hearing with only one ear; monaural. Opposite of binaural.

Having only one sharp edge; single-edged; -- of cutting instruments, mostly swords and razor blades. Opposed to double-edged.