Words beginning with O

Oily, greasy.

Nerium oleander, a notoriously poisonous shrub in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, but nonetheless widely grown as an ornamental, ha…

Of or pertaining to the olecranon.

The bony process at the top of the ulna forming the point of the elbow.

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A female given name from Russian, Ukrainian, or Belarusian.

A government run by and for only a few, often the aristocracy, the wealthy, or their friends and associates.

A locality in the Mid-Western council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

A mountain in East Jerusalem, the Mount of Olives.

A female given name from Latin.

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Ellipsis of Olivier salad.

An ancient city in Greece, home of the ancient Olympic Games.

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The highest mountain in Greece; in Ancient Greek mythology the home of the gods.

A mantra associated with Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, the primary mantra of Tibetan Buddhism.

A town in and the county town of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref H 4572).

A member of a tribe of Native Americans currently residing in northeastern Nebraska and western Iowa.

Chef's choice.

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Sultanate of Oman. Capital: Muscat.

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A Spanish card game, usually played by three people. It involves forty cards, omitting the ranks of 8, 9 and 10.

An appointed official whose duty is to investigate complaints, generally on behalf of individuals such as consumers or taxpayers, ag…

The largest city in Sudan. Part of the capital, Khartoum.

The twenty-fourth letter of the Classical and the Modern Greek alphabet, and the twenty-eighth letter of the Old and the Ancient Gre…

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A substituted benzimidazole (trademark Losec, Prilosec) which is a proton pump inhibitor and inhibits secretion of gastric acid, bei…