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.

an eightht part.

having or showing only one eye; as, one-eyed Jacks are wild; the three one-eyed Cyclopes of Greek myth.

A fifth part.

A quarter; a fourth part.

one of two equal parts of a divisible whole; a half; a century and one half.

Employing one hand; as, the one-hand alphabet. See Dactylology.

A game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only one hit.

Drawn by one horse; having but a single horse; as, a one-horse carriage.

a seventh part.

Having one side only, or one side prominent.

a sixth part.

an early ballroom dance, precursor to the foxtrot.

a tenth part.

one of three equal parts of a divisible whole.

Ahead of a friend or competitor in some competitive activity.

The attitude or practice of trying to keep one step ahead of a friend or competitor; vigorous competitiveness.

Legally permitting movement or travel in one direction only; -- of paths, especially roads; as, one-way streets.

Designed for or restricted to a single person; same as one-man, but used when the person in question is female, or to avoid sexist language; as, a one-woman submarine; a one-woman show.

completing its life cycle within a year.

The herb Paris. See Herb Paris, under Herb.

A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the region near Oneida Lake in the State of New York, and forming part of the Five Nations. Remnants of the tribe now live in New York, Canada, and Wisconsin.

An interpreter of dreams.

Of or pertaining to the interpretation of dreams.

The art of interpreting dreams.

Divination by means of dreams.

One who interprets dreams.

The interpretation of dreams.

The state of being one or single.

See Only.

The state of being at one or reconciled.

The state of being one; singleness in number; individuality; unity.

Fitted for, or carrying, a burden.

To load; to burden.

The act of loading.

Burdensome; oppressive.

In an onerous manner.

Once.

A reflexive form of the indefinite pronoun one. Commonly written as two words, one's self.

Scarcely. See Unnethe.

The act of going forward; progress; (pl.) affairs; business; current events.

Occurring at present; progressing; in progress; continuing; not past, completed, or future; as, an ongoing petition drive; an ongoing effort.

An unguent.

A liliaceous plant of the genus Allium (Allium cepa), having a strong-flavored bulb and long hollow leaves; also, its bulbous root, much used as an article of food. The name is often extended to other species of the genus.

A dome with a pointed top, its width often extending beyond the width of the tower it covers; -- a style of architecture characteristic of Russian Orthodox churches.

See Oneirocritic.

The type genus of the Oniscidae, consisting of woodlice that cannot roll into a ball.

The state of being alone.

Aloft; above ground.

Save or except (that); -- an adversative used elliptically with or without that, and properly introducing a single fact or consideration.

A white crystalline waxy substance extracted from the root of the leguminous plant Ononis spinosa.

A genus consisting of only species: the sensitive fern; in some classifications it is included in the Polypodiaceae.

Foolish discourse.

Divination by the letters of a name; nomancy.

Of or pertaining to onomancy.

Applied to a signature when the body of the instrument is in another's handwriting.

A collection of names and terms; a dictionary; specif., a collection of Greek names, with explanatory notes, made by Julius Pollux about a. d. 180.

Prognostication by the letters of a name.

One versed in the history of names.

The science of names or of their classification.

An imitative word; an onomatopoetic word.

The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees; the hiss of a goose; the crackle of fire.

Onomatopoetic.

Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia; characterized by onomatopoeia; imitative; as, an onomatopoetic writer or word.

Onomatopoeia.

See Onomancy.

A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting what is now a part of the State of New York. They were the central or head tribe of the Five Nations.

A rushing onward.

To assault; to set upon.

coming from the sea toward the land; -- of winds and weather; as, an onshore gale. Opposed to offshore.

Not offside; being within the prescribed area of play.

An attack; an onset; esp., a furious or murderous attack or assault.

A single farmhouse; a steading.

On the top of; upon; on. See On to, under On, prep.

Of or pertaining to ontogenesis; as, ontogenetic phenomena.

Ontogenetic.

The history of the individual development of an organism; the sequence of events involved in the development of an organism; the history of the evolution of the germ; the development of an individual organism, -- in distinction from phylogeny, or evolution of the tribe. Called also henogenesis, henogeny.

Ontological.

Of or pertaining to ontology.

In an ontological manner.

One who is versed in or treats of ontology.

That department of the science of metaphysics which investigates and explains the nature and essential properties and relations of all beings, as such, or the principles and causes of being.

A burden; an obligation.

Toward a point before or in front; forward; progressively; as, to move onward.

Progress; advancement.

Onward.

Any.

A whitlow. An affection of a finger or toe, attended with ulceration at the base of the nail, and terminating in the destruction of the nail.

Divination by the nails.

Malacopoda.

Any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms; a member of the Onychophora, also called Malacopoda. See Malacopoda.

bearing a name; as, articles in magazines are usually onymous. Opposite of anonymous.

Chalcedony in parallel layers of different shades of color. It is used for making cameos, the figure being cut in one layer with the next as a ground.

Deep, jet-black.

One.

Any of several beautiful birds of the genus Moho, including the extinct Moho nobilis. They are honey-eaters native to the Hawaiian Islands. It yields the brilliant yellow feathers formerly used in making the royal robes. Called also yellow-tufted honeysucker.

One of the special zooids, or cells, of Bryozoa, destined to receive and develop ova; an ovicell. See Bryozoa.

The development, or mode of origin, of the ova.

A special cell in certain cryptogamous plants containing oospheres, as in the rockweeds (Fucus), and the orders Vaucherieae and Peronosporeae.

Shaped like an egg.

Oak.

A variety of limestone, consisting of small round grains, resembling the roe of a fish. It sometimes constitutes extensive beds, as in the European Jurassic. See the Chart of Geology.

Of or pertaining to oolite; composed of, or resembling, oolite.

Of or pertaining to oology.

One versed in oology.