Odontogeny () Generetion, or mode of development, of the teeth.

Odontograph () An instrument for marking or laying off the outlines of teeth of gear wheels.

Odontographic () Of or pertaining to odontography.

Odontography () A description of the teeth.

Odontoid () Having the form of a tooth; toothlike.

Odontoid () Of or pertaining to the odontoid bone or to the odontoid process.

Odontolcae () An extinct order of ostrichlike aquatic birds having teeth, which are set in a groove in the jaw. It includes Hesperornis, and allied genera. See Hesperornis.

Odontolite () A fossil tooth colored a bright blue by phosphate of iron. It is used as an imitation of turquoise, and hence called bone turquoise.

Odontology () The science which treats of the teeth, their structure and development.

Odontophora () Same as Cephalophora.

Odontophore () A special structure found in the mouth of most mollusks, except bivalves. It consists of several muscles and a cartilage which supports a chitinous radula, or lingual ribbon, armed with teeth. Also applied to the radula alone. See Radula.

Odontophorous () Having an odontophore.

Odontoplast () An odontoblast.

Odontopteryx () An extinct Eocene bird having the jaws strongly serrated, or dentated, but destitute of true teeth. It was found near London.

Odontornithes () A group of Mesozoic birds having the jaws armed with teeth, as in most other vertebrates. They have been divided into three orders: Odontolcae, Odontotormae, and Saururae.

Odontostomatous () Having toothlike mandibles; -- applied to certain insects.

Odontotormae () An order of extinct toothed birds having the teeth in sockets, as in the genus Ichthyornis. See Ichthyornis.

Odor () Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.

Odorament () A perfume; a strong scent.

Odorant () Yielding odors; fragrant.

Odorate () Odorous.

Odorating () Diffusing odor or scent; fragrant.

Odoriferous () Bearing or yielding an odor; perfumed; usually, sweet of scent; fragrant; as, odoriferous spices, particles, fumes, breezes.

Odorline () A pungent oily substance obtained by redistilling bone oil.

Odorless () Free from odor.

Odorous () Having or emitting an odor or scent, esp. a sweet odor; fragrant; sweet-smelling.

Ods () A corruption of God's; -- formerly used in oaths and ejaculatory phrases.

Odyl () Alt. of Odyle

Odyle () See Od. [Archaic].

Odylic () Of or pertaining to odyle; odic; as, odylic force.

Odyssey () An epic poem attributed to Homer, which describes the return of Ulysses to Ithaca after the siege of Troy.

Oe () a diphthong, employed in the Latin language, and thence in the English language, as the representative of the Greek diphthong oi. In many words in common use, e alone stands instead of /. Classicists prefer to write the diphthong oe separate in Latin words.

Oecoid () The colorless porous framework, or stroma, of red blood corpuscles from which the zooid, or hemoglobin and other substances of the corpuscles, may be dissolved out.

Oecology () The various relations of animals and plants to one another and to the outer world.

Oeconomical () See Economical.

Oeconomics () See Economics.

Oeconomy () See Economy.

Oecumenical () See Ecumenical.

Oedema () A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue.

Oedematous () Pertaining to, or of the nature of, edema; affected with edema.

Oeiliad () Alt. of Oeillade

Oeillade () A glance of the eye; an amorous look.

Oelet () An eye, bud, or shoot, as of a plant; an oilet.

Oenanthate () A salt of the supposed /nanthic acid.

Oenanthic () Having, or imparting, the odor characteristic of the bouquet of wine; specifically used, formerly, to designate an acid whose ethereal salts were supposed to occasion the peculiar bouquet, or aroma, of old wine. Cf. Oenanthylic.

Oenanthol () An oily substance obtained by the distillation of castor oil, recognized as the aldehyde of oenanthylic acid, and hence called also oenanthaldehyde.

Oenanthone () The ketone of oenanthic acid.

Oenanthyl () A hydrocarbon radical formerly supposed to exist in oenanthic acid, now known to be identical with heptyl.

Oenanthylate () A salt of /nanthylic acid; as, potassium oenanthylate.

Oenanthylic () Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, oenanthyl; specifically, designating an acid formerly supposed to be identical with the acid in oenanthic ether, but now known to be identical with heptoic acid.

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