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Outscout

To overpower by disdain; to outface.

Outsee

To see beyond; to excel in certainty of seeing; to surpass in foresight.

Outsell

To exceed in amount of sales; to sell more than.

Outsentry

A sentry who guards the entrance or approach to a place; an outguard.

Outset

A setting out, starting, or beginning.

Outsettler

One who settles at a distance, or away, from others.

Outshine

To surpass in splendor, excellence, or achievement.

Outshoot

To exceed or excel in shooting; to shoot beyond.

Outside

On or to the outside (of); without; on the exterior; as, to ride outside the coach; he stayed outside.

outside-group

Of or pertaining to marriage outside a class or tribe, in cultures where that is required by custom or law.

Outsider

One not belonging to the concern, institution, party, etc., spoken of; one disconnected in interest or feeling.

Outsit

To remain sitting, or in session, longer than, or beyond the time of; to outstay.

Outskirt

A part remote from the center, and near the outer edge; border; -- usually in the plural; as, the outskirts of a town.

Outslide

To slide outward, onward, or forward; to advance by sliding.

Outsole

The outside sole of a boot or shoe.

Outspoken

Speaking, or spoken, freely, openly, candidly, or boldly; as, an outspoken man; an outspoken rebuke.

Outspread

To spread out; to expand; -- usually as a past part. or adj.

Outstand

To resist effectually; to withstand; to sustain without yielding.

Outstanding

That stands out; undischarged; uncollected; not paid; as, outstanding obligations.

Outstare

To excel or overcome in staring; to face down.

Outstay

To stay beyond or longer than.

Outstreet

A street remote from the center of a town.

Outstrike

To strike out; to strike faster than.

Outstrip

To go faster than; to outrun; to advance beyond; to leave behind.

outtake

A portion of a recorded performance which is eliminated in the editing process and is not included in the final commercial presentation. The recording may be audio or visual or both, but is usually of a film or television performance. Outtakes often include mistakes or lower quality performances, and sometimes blunders. The latter type are occasionally presented separately to the public for amusement.

Outtalk

To overpower by talking; to exceed in talking; to talk down.

Outtell

To surpass in telling, counting, or reckoning.

Outterm

An external or superficial thing; outward manner; superficial remark, etc.

Outtongue

To silence by talk, clamor, or noise.

Outtravel

To exceed in speed or distance traveled.

Outvote

To exceed in the number of votes given; to defeat by votes.

Outwalk

To excel in walking; to leave behind in walking.

Outwall

The exterior wall; the outside surface, or appearance.

outward-bound

travelling away from a port or station; as, outward-bound ships. Opposite of inward-bound or inbound.

outward-developing

Developing away from an axis, as in a flower cluster in which the oldest flowers are in the center, the youngest near the edge.

outward-moving

moving or directed away from center, especially when spinning or traveling in a curve.

outwardness

concern with outward things or material objects (esp the body and its appearance) as opposed to the mind or the spirit or ideal concepts; as, hearty showmanship and all-around outwardness.

Outwards Outward

From the interior part; in a direction from the interior toward the exterior; out; to the outside; beyond; off; away; as, a ship bound outward.

Outwear

To wear out; to consume or destroy by wearing.

Outwind

To extricate by winding; to unloose.

Outwing

To surpass, exceed, or outstrip in flying.

Outwit

The faculty of acquiring wisdom by observation and experience, or the wisdom so acquired; -- opposed to inwit.

Outwork

A minor defense constructed beyond the main body of a work, as a ravelin, lunette, hornwork, etc.

Outwrest

To extort; to draw from or forth by violence.

Oval

A body or figure in the shape of an egg, or popularly, of an ellipse.

Ovalbumen Ovalbumin

The albumin from white of eggs; egg albumin; -- in distinction from serum albumin. See Albumin.

Ovaliform

Having the form of an egg; having a figure such that any section in the direction of the shorter diameter will be circular, and any in the direction of the longer diameter will be oval.

Ovariole

One of the tubes of which the ovaries of most insects are composed.

Ovariotomy

The operation of removing one or both of the ovaries; oophorectomy.

Ovarious

Consisting of eggs; as, ovarious food.

Ovary

That part of the pistil which contains the seed, and in most flowering plants develops into the fruit. See Illust. of Flower.

Ovate-acuminate

Having an ovate form, but narrowed at the end into a slender point.

Ovate-oblong

Oblong, with one end narrower than the other; ovato-oblong.

Ovate-rotundate

Having a form intermediate between that of an egg and a sphere; roundly ovate.

Ovate-subulate

Having an ovate form, but with a subulate tip or extremity.

Ovation

A lesser kind of triumph allowed to a commander for an easy, bloodless victory, or a victory over slaves.

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