One (n.) A single person or thing.
One (indef. pron.) Any person, indefinitely; a person or body; as, what one would have well done, one should do one's self.
One (v. t.) To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite; to assimilite.
Oneberry (n.) The herb Paris. See Herb Paris, under Herb.
One-hand (a.) Employing one hand; as, the one-hand alphabet. See Dactylology.
One-horse (a.) Drawn by one horse; having but a single horse; as, a one-horse carriage.
One-horse (a.) Second-rate; inferior; small.
Oneidas (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the region near Oneida Lake in the State of New York, and forming part of the Five Nations. Remnants of the tribe now live in New York, Canada, and Wisconsin.
Oneirocritic (a.) An interpreter of dreams.
Oneirocritic (a.) Alt. of Oneirocritical
Oneirocritical (a.) Of or pertaining to the interpretation of dreams.
Oneirocriticism (n.) Alt. of Oneirocritics
Oneirocritics (n.) The art of interpreting dreams.
Oneiromancy (n.) Divination by means of dreams.
Oneiroscopist (n.) One who interprets dreams.
Oneiroscopy (n.) The interpretation of dreams.
Oneliness (n.) The state of being one or single.
Onely (a.) See Only.
Onement (n.) The state of being at one or reconciled.
Oneness (n.) The state of being one; singleness in number; individuality; unity.
Onerary (a.) Fitted for, or carrying, a burden.
Onerated (imp. & p. p.) of Onerate
Onerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Onerate
Onerate (v. t.) To load; to burden.
Oneration (n.) The act of loading.
Onerous (a.) Burdensome; oppressive.
Onerously (adv.) In an onerous manner.
Ones (adv.) Once.
Oneself (pron.) A reflexive form of the indefinite pronoun one. Commonly writen as two words, one's self.
One-sided (a.) Having one side only, or one side prominent; hence, limited to one side; partial; unjust; unfair; as, a one-sided view or statement.
One-sided (a.) Growing on one side of a stem; as, one-sided flowers.
Onethe (adv.) Scarcely. See Unnethe.
Ongoing (n.) The act of going forward; progress; (pl.) affairs; business; current events.
Onguent (n.) An unguent.
On-hanger (n.) A hanger-on.
Onion (n.) A liliaceous plant of the genus Allium (A. cepa), having a strong-flavored bulb and long hollow leaves; also, its bulbous root, much used as an article of food. The name is often extended to other species of the genus.
Onirocritic (a.) See Oneirocritic.
Onliness (n.) The state of being alone.
Onloft (adv.) Aloft; above ground.
On-looker (n.) A looker-on.
On-looking (a.) Looking on or forward.
Only (a.) One alone; single; as, the only man present; his only occupation.
Only (a.) Alone in its class; by itself; not associated with others of the same class or kind; as, an only child.
Only (a.) Hence, figuratively: Alone, by reason of superiority; preeminent; chief.
Only (a.) In one manner or degree; for one purpose alone; simply; merely; barely.
Only (a.) So and no otherwise; no other than; exclusively; solely; wholly.
Only (a.) Singly; without more; as, only-begotten.
Only (a.) Above all others; particularly.
Only (conj.) Save or except (that); -- an adversative used elliptically with or without that, and properly introducing a single fact or consideration.
Onocerin (n.) A white crystalline waxy substance extracted from the root of the leguminous plant Ononis spinosa.
Onology (n.) Foolish discourse.
Onomancy (n.) Divination by the letters of a name; nomancy.
Onomantic (a.) Alt. of Onomantical
Onomantical (a.) Of or pertaining to onomancy.
Onomastic (a.) Applied to a signature when the body of the instrument is in another's handwriting.
Onomasticon (n.) A collection of names and terms; a dictionary; specif., a collection of Greek names, with explanatory notes, made by Julius Pollux about A.D.180.
Onomatechny (n.) Prognostication by the letters of a name.
Onomatologist (n.) One versed in the history of names.
Onomatology (n.) The science of names or of their classification.
Onomatope (n.) An imitative word; an onomatopoetic word.
Onomatopoeia (n.) The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees; the hiss of a goose; the crackle of fire.
Onomatopoeic (a.) Onomatopoetic.
Onomatopoetic (a.) Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia; characterized by onomatopoeia; imitative; as, an onomatopoetic writer or word.
Onomatopy (n.) Onomatopoeia.
Onomomancy (n.) See Onomancy.
Onondagas (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting what is now a part of the State of New York. They were the central or head tribe of the Five Nations.
Onrush (n.) A rushing onward.
Onset (n.) A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
Onset (n.) A setting about; a beginning.
Onset (n.) Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
Onset (v. t.) To assault; to set upon.
Onset (v. t.) To set about; to begin.
Onslaught (n.) An attack; an onset; esp., a furious or murderous attack or assault.
Onslaught (n.) A bloody fray or battle.
Onstead (n.) A single farmhouse; a steading.
Onto (prep.) On the top of; upon; on. See On to, under On, prep.
Ontogenesis (n.) Alt. of Ontogeny
Ontogeny (n.) The history of the individual development of an organism; the history of the evolution of the germ; the development of an individual organism, -- in distinction from phylogeny, or evolution of the tribe. Called also henogenesis, henogeny.
Ontogenetic (a.) Of or pertaining to ontogenesis; as, ontogenetic phenomena.
Ontogenic (a.) Ontogenetic.
Ontologic (a.) Ontological.
Ontological (a.) Of or pertaining to ontology.
Ontologically (adv.) In an ontological manner.
Ontologist (n.) One who is versed in or treats of ontology.
Ontology (n.) That department of the science of metaphysics which investigates and explains the nature and essential properties and relations of all beings, as such, or the principles and causes of being.
Onus (n.) A burden; an obligation.
Onward (a.) Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward course, progress, etc.
Onward (a.) Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.
Onward (adv.) Toward a point before or in front; forward; progressively; as, to move onward.
Onwardness (n.) Progress; advancement.
Onwards (adv.) Onward.
Ony (a.) Any.
Onycha (n.) An ingredient of the Mosaic incense, probably the operculum of some kind of strombus.
Onycha (n.) The precious stone called onyx.
Onychia (n.) A whitlow.
Onychia (n.) An affection of a finger or toe, attended with ulceration at the base of the nail, and terminating in the destruction of the nail.
Onychomancy (n.) Divination by the nails.
Onychophora (n. pl.) Malacopoda.
Onyx (n.) Chalcedony in parallel layers of different shades of color. It is used for making cameos, the figure being cut in one layer with the next as a ground.
Oo (a.) One.