Bearing eggs; oviferous.

See Ovine.

Of or pertaining to sheep; consisting of sheep.

An artificial division of vertebrates, including those that lay eggs; -- opposed to Vivipara.

Generation by means of ova. See Generation.

Producing young from eggs; as, an oviparous animal, in which the egg is generally separated from the animal, and hatched after exclusion; -- opposed to viviparous.

To deposit or lay (an egg).

The depositing of eggs, esp. by insects.

The organ with which many insects and some other animals deposit their eggs. Some ichneumon files have a long ovipositor fitted to pierce the eggs or larvae of other insects, in order to lay their own eggs within the same.

A Graafian follicle; any sac containing an ovum or ova. The inner layer of the fibrous wall of a Graafian follicle.

The old theory that the egg contains the whole embryo of the future organism and the germs of all subsequent offsprings and is merely awakened to activity by the spermatozoon; -- opposed to spermism or animalculism.

A believer in ovism. Same as Ovulist.

A germinal vesicle.

An uncommon name for riboflavin, also called vitamin B2.

A solid resembling an egg in shape.

Resembling an egg in shape; egg-shaped; ovate; as, an ovoidal apple.

A round, convex molding. See Illust. of Column.

That branch of natural history which treats of the origin and functions of eggs.

Yolk; egg yolk.

An organ which produces both ova and spermatozoids; an hermaphrodite gland.

Oviparous, but hatching the egg while it is within the body, as some fishes and reptiles.

Relating or belonging to an ovule; as, an ovular growth.

Pertaining to ovules.

Containing an ovule or ovules.

To produce ova and discharge them from an ovary or ovarian follicle.

The formation of ova or eggs in the ovary, and the discharge of the same. In the human female the discharge occurs about halfway between menstruation times.

The rudiment of a seed. It grows from a placenta, and consists of a soft nucleus within two delicate coatings. The attached base of the ovule is the hilum, the coatings are united with the nucleus at the chalaza, and their minute orifice is the foramen. An ovum.

Producing ovules.

A believer in the theory (called encasement theory), current during the last century, that the egg was the real animal germ, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa simply gave the impetus which caused the unfolding of the egg, in which all generations were inclosed one within the other. Also called ovist.

A fossil egg.

An ovule.

A more or less spherical and transparent cell, which by a process of multiplication and growth develops into a mass of cells, constituting a new individual like the parent; an egg, spore, germ, or germ cell. See Illust. of Mycropyle.

See Ouch.

To possess; to have, as the rightful owner; to own.

Equal.

Equality; -- sometimes written ovelty and ovealty.

Own.

A follower of Robert Owen, who tried to reorganize society on a socialistic basis, and established an industrial community on the Clyde, Scotland, and, later, a similar one in Indiana.

Anywhere.

Had or held under obligation of paying; due.

To pry about; to prowl.

Having eyes like an owl's.

One who owls; esp., one who conveys contraband goods. See Owling, n.

An abode or a haunt of owls.

A small owl; especially, the European species (Athene noctua), and the California flammulated owlet (Megascops flammeolus).

The offense of transporting wool or sheep out of England contrary to the statute formerly existing.

Resembling, or characteristic of, an owl.

Affected wisdom; pompous dullness.

Glimmering or imperfect light.

To hold as property; to have a legal or rightful title to; to be the proprietor or possessor of; to possess; as, to own a house.

having an owner; often used in combination; as, state-owned railways. Opposite of unowned.

One who owns; a rightful proprietor; one who has the legal or rightful title, whether he is the possessor or not.

a motorist who owns the vehicle that he/she drives.

lived in by the owner; -- of dwellings.

a occupant who owns the home that he/she lives in.

Without an owner.

The state of being an owner; the right to own; exclusive right of possession; legal or just claim or title; proprietorship.

The aurochs.

Tanner's ooze. See Ooze, 3.

The male of bovine quadrupeds, especially the domestic animal when castrated and grown to its full size, or nearly so. The word is also applied, as a general name, to any species of bovine animals, male and female.

See Oxyacid.

a salt or ester of oxalacetic acid.

A dicarboxylic acid (HO.CO.CO.CH2.CO.OH).

A complex nitrogenous substance C3N3H5O3 obtained from alloxan (or when urea is fused with ethyl oxamate), as a stable white crystalline powder; -- called also oxaluramide.

A white crystalline nitrogenous substance (C6H4N4O5) obtained by the reduction of parabanic acid; -- called also leucoturic acid.

A salt of oxalic acid.

Same as Glyoxal.

A poisonous nitrogenous base (C6H10N2) obtained indirectly from oxamide as a thick transparent oil which has a strong narcotic odor, and a physiological action resembling that of atropine. It is probably related to pyridine.

Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, sorrel, or oxalis; specifically, designating an acid found in, and characteristic of, oxalis, and also certain plant of the Buckwheat family.

See Glyoxaline.

A genus of plants, mostly herbs, with acid-tasting trifoliolate or multifoliolate leaves; -- called also wood sorrel.

A yellow mineral consisting of oxalate of iron.

Same as Oxalan.

A salt of oxaluric acid.

Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid related to the ureids, and obtained from parabanic acid as a white silky crystalline substance.

A hydrocarbon radical (C2O2) regarded as a residue of oxalic acid and occurring in derivatives of it. An old name for carbonyl. An old name for carboxyl.

A salt of oxamic acid.

Ethyl oxamate, obtained as a white scaly crystalline powder.

Methyl oxamate, obtained as a pearly white crystalline substance.

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid NH2.CO.CO.HO obtained as a fine crystalline powder, intermediate between oxalic acid and oxamide. Its ammonium salt is obtained by boiling oxamide with ammonia.

A white crystalline neutral substance (C2O2(NH2)2) obtained by treating ethyl oxalate with ammonia. It is the acid amide of oxalic acid. Formerly called also oxalamide.

One of a series of bases containing the amido and the isonitroso groups united to the same carbon atom.

A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, obtained indirectly by the action of cyanogen on aniline, and regarded as an anilide of oxamic acid; -- called also phenyl oxamide.

A salt of oxanilic acid.

Pertaining to, or derived from, oxalic acid and aniline; -- used to designate an acid obtained in white crystalline scales by heating these substances together.

A white crystalline substance, resembling oxanilamide, obtained by heating aniline oxalate, and regarded as a double anilide of oxalic acid; -- called also diphenyl oxamide.

A poisonous bulbous plant (Buphane toxicaria) of the Cape of Good Hope.

The dunlin. The sanderling. An African weaver bird (Textor alector).

The cow blackbird.

A frame of wood, bent into the shape of the letter U, and embracing an ox's neck as a kind of collar, the upper ends passing through the bar of the yoke; also, anything so shaped, as a bend in a river.

The oxeye daisy. See under Daisy. The corn camomile (Anthemis arvensis). A genus of composite plants (Buphthalmum) with large yellow flowers.

Having large, full eyes, like those of an ox.

The gadfly of cattle.

Of or pertaining to the city or university of Oxford, England.

See Bovate.

A goad for driving oxen.

Literally, the head of an ox (emblem of cuckoldom); hence, a dolt; a blockhead.

Same as Bear's-foot.

A large heart-shaped cherry, either black, red, or white.

The skin of an ox, or leather made from it.

See Oxide.

Capability of being converted into an oxide.

Capable of being converted into an oxide.

To oxidize.

The act or process of oxidizing, or the state or result of being oxidized.

of or pertaining to oxidation; accompanied by oxidation.

An oxidizer.

A binary compound of oxygen with an atom or radical, or a compound which is regarded as binary; as, iron oxide, ethyl oxide, nitrogen oxide, etc.

Same as oxidize and oxidized.

Capable of being oxidized.

The process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons. The process always occurs accompanied by reduction.

To combine with oxygen, or subject to the action of oxygen, or of an oxidizing agent. To combine with oxygen or with more oxygen; to add oxygen to; as, to oxidize nitrous acid so as to form nitric acid. To remove hydrogen from (anything), as by the action of oxygen; as, to oxidize alcohol so as to form aldehyde. To subject to the action of oxygen or of an oxidizing agent, so as to bring to a higher grade, as an -ous compound to an -ic compound; as, to oxidize mercurous chloride to mercuric chloride.

combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen; as, the oxidized form of iodine.

Oxidation.

An agent employed in oxidation, or which facilitates or brings about combination with oxygen; as, nitric acid, chlorine, bromine, etc., are strong oxidizers.

Existing in the state of a protoxide; -- said of an oxide.

One of a series of isonitroso derivatives obtained by the action of hydroxylamine on aldehydes or ketones.

A white crystalline nitrogenous substance (C8H7NO) of the indol group, obtained by the reduction of dioxindol. It is a so-called lactam compound.

Pertaining to, or designating, certain compounds of iodine and oxygen.

Characteristic of, or like, an ox.