Obvolute () Alt. of Obvoluted

Obvoluted () Overlapping; contorted; convolute; -- applied primarily, in botany, to two opposite leaves, each of which has one edge overlapping the nearest edge of the other, and secondarily to a circle of several leaves or petals which thus overlap.

Oby () See Obi.

Oca () A Peruvian name for certain species of Oxalis (O. crenata, and O. tuberosa) which bear edible tubers.

Occamy () An alloy imitating gold or silver.

Occasion () A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident.

Occasion () A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance; convenience.

Occasion () An occurrence or condition of affairs which brings with it some unlooked-for event; that which incidentally brings to pass an event, without being its efficient cause or sufficient reason; accidental or incidental cause.

Occasion () Need; exigency; requirement; necessity; as, I have no occasion for firearms.

Occasion () A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.

Occasioned () of Occasion

Occasioning () of Occasion

Occasion () To give occasion to; to cause; to produce; to induce; as, to occasion anxiety.

Occasionable () Capable of being occasioned or caused.

Occasional () Of or pertaining to an occasion or to occasions; occuring at times, but not constant, regular, or systematic; made or happening as opportunity requires or admits; casual; incidental; as, occasional remarks, or efforts.

Occasional () Produced by accident; as, the occasional origin of a thing.

Occasionalism () The system of occasional causes; -- a name given to certain theories of the Cartesian school of philosophers, as to the intervention of the First Cause, by which they account for the apparent reciprocal action of the soul and the body.

Occasionality () Quality or state of being occasional; occasional occurrence.

Occasionally () In an occasional manner; on occasion; at times, as convenience requires or opportunity offers; not regularly.

Occasionate () To occasion.

Occasioner () One who, or that which, occasions, causes, or produces.

Occasive () Of or pertaining to the setting sun; falling; descending; western.

Occecation () The act of making blind, or the state of being blind.

Occident () The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west; -- opposed to orient. Specifically, in former times, Europe as opposed to Asia; now, also, the Western hemisphere.

Occidental () Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western; -- opposed to oriental; as, occidental climates, or customs; an occidental planet.

Occidental () Possessing inferior hardness, brilliancy, or beauty; -- used of inferior precious stones and gems, because those found in the Orient are generally superior.

Occidentals () Western Christians of the Latin rite. See Orientals.

Occiduous () Western; occidental.

Occipital () Of or pertaining to the occiput, or back part of the head, or to the occipital bone.

Occipital () The occipital bone.

Occipito- () A combining form denoting relation to, or situation near, the occiput; as, occipito-axial; occipito-mastoid.

Occipitoaxial () Of or pertaining to the occipital bone and second vertebra, or axis.

Occipita () of Occiput

Occiputs () of Occiput

Occiput () The back, or posterior, part of the head or skull; the region of the occipital bone.

Occiput () A plate which forms the back part of the head of insects.

Occision () A killing; the act of killing.

Occlude () To shut up; to close.

Occlude () To take in and retain; to absorb; -- said especially with respect to gases; as iron, platinum, and palladium occlude large volumes of hydrogen.

Occludent () Serving to close; shutting up.

Occludent () That which closes or shuts up.

Occluse () Shut; closed.

Occlusion () The act of occluding, or the state of being occluded.

Occlusion () The transient approximation of the edges of a natural opening; imperforation.

Occrustate () To incrust; to harden.

Occult () Hidden from the eye or the understanding; inviable; secret; concealed; unknown.

Occult () To eclipse; to hide from sight.

Occultation () The hiding of a heavenly body from sight by the intervention of some other of the heavenly bodies; -- applied especially to eclipses of stars and planets by the moon, and to the eclipses of satellites of planets by their primaries.

Occultation () Fig.: The state of being occult.

Occulted () Hidden; secret.

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