English Wordbook/O
From The Anglish Moot
Staff O of the English Wordbook.
| obedient | adj | hearsome |
| obedience | n | hearsomeness |
| obelisk | n | stonerock |
| obfuscate | vt | becloud |
| objective | n | goal |
| obligate | vb | bind, make |
| obliged | adj | beholden, fain |
| oblique | adj | slanting |
| obliquely | adv | aslant, athwart |
| oblivion | n | forgottenhood |
| obscene | adj | foul, smutty |
| obscure | vb | darkle, overshadow |
| obscure | adj | unlit, swart |
| obsequious | adj | fawning |
| observant | adj | watchful |
| observe | vb | watch, follow, keep, mind |
| obsess | vb | dwell(on) |
| obstacle | n | hindrance |
| obstinate | adj | headstrong, wayward |
| obstruct | vb | hinder, waylay, forslow |
| obstruction | n | hindering, hitch, snag |
| obstructive | adj | hindersome |
| obtain | vb | get, win, come by |
| obvious | adj | straightforward |
| occasion | n | marked time, time |
| occasionally | adv | sometimes |
| occident | n | west |
| occidental | adj | western |
| occupied | adj | busy |
| occur | vb | happen, befall, come about |
| occurence | n | happening |
| ocean | n | (great) sea, the blue moor, the floatway, sailroad, the bree, the brine, the foam |
| october | n | winterfulth, huntingmonth |
| odds | n | otherness (at odds) |
| odour | n | smell, stench |
| oecosystem | n | lifemesh |
| oenophilia | n | winelust |
| oesophagus | n | maw, foodpipe |
| offend | vb | do wrong, do amiss,upset, gall, wound |
| offer | vb | bequeath |
| officer | n | sheriff, beadle |
| official | n | steward, sheriff, reeve |
| ointment | n | salve |
| okay | adj | alright |
| old fashioned | adj | stick-in-the-mud |
| old fogey | n | stick-in-the-mud |
| oleaginous | adj | oily |
| olfactory | adj | smell |
| omen | n | foretoken, foreboding |
| ominous | adj | foreboding |
| omit | vb | leave out, outleave, drop |
| omnipotence | n | all-might, almightihood |
| omnipotent | adj | almighty |
| omniscient | adj | all-knowing |
| onanism | n | onandom |
| operate | vb | work, run |
| operate, medically | vb | do cutwork |
| operating system | n | working setup |
| opinion | n | belief, thought, think-so |
| opportune | adj | timely, well-timed |
| oppose | vb | gainstand, thwart |
| as opposed to | phrase | as athwart from |
| opposite | n | gainmatch, thwartmatch |
| opposite | adj | overright(nb. Dorset), athwart(with object), fornent (Northern) |
| opposition | n | gainstanders, gainstanding, thwarter |
| in opposition to | phrase | standing against, set to thwart. |
| oppressed | adj | downtrodden |
| optics | n | lightlore |
| optimum | adj | best |
| optimist | n | yaysayer |
| orchid | n | bollockwort (Middle English 'beallocwirt'), wombbloom, wombblossom |
| order(command) | n | behest |
| order(as in "out of order") | n | kilter |
| orderly | adj | smooth, well-run, shipshape, trim, spotless |
| orbit | vb & n | path-bow, world-bow |
| orgy, sexual | n | gangbang, sunderfuck, clusterfuck, wild-work |
| orient | n | east |
| oriental | adj | eastern |
| orifice | n | hole, mouth, opening, outlet |
| origin | n | wellspring, root, dawn, beginning, birth, stem, wherefrom, whencecome, fromth |
| original | adj | first, new, fresh |
| original | n | firstling |
| originate | vb | stem |
| ornithology | n | birdlore |
| orthographically | adj | spellingwise |
| orthography | n | spelling |
| osteology | n | bonelore |
| outcry | n | uproar |
| outmanoeuvre | vb | outsmart, outshine, outwit |
| outperform | vb | outdo, outshine |
| overburden | vb | weigh down |
| overcharge | vb | overload, overfraught |
| overemphasize | vb | overplay |
| oviraptor philoceratops | n | eggsnatcher |
| ovum | n | egg |
| oxygen | n | sourstuff, breath of life |
