Obversant (a.) Conversant; familiar.
Obverse (a.) Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf.
Obverse (a.) The face of a coin which has the principal image or inscription upon it; -- the other side being the reverse.
Obverse (a.) Anything necessarily involved in, or answering to, another; the more apparent or conspicuous of two possible sides, or of two corresponding things.
Obversely (adv.) In an obverse manner.
Obversion (n.) The act of turning toward or downward.
Obversion (n.) The act of immediate inference, by which we deny the opposite of anything which has been affirmed; as, all men are mortal; then, by obversion, no men are immortal. This is also described as "immediate inference by privative conception."
Obverted (imp. & p. p.) of Obvert
Obverting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obvert
Obvert (v. t.) To turn toward.
Obviated (imp. & p. p.) of Obviate
Obviating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obviate
Obviate (v. t.) To meet in the way.
Obviate (v. t.) To anticipate; to prevent by interception; to remove from the way or path; to make unnecessary; as, to obviate the necessity of going.
Obviation (n.) The act of obviating, or the state of being obviated.
Obvious (a.) Opposing; fronting.
Obvious (a.) Exposed; subject; open; liable.
Obvious (a.) Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as, an obvious meaning; an obvious remark.
Obvolute (a.) Alt. of Obvoluted
Obvoluted (a.) 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 (n.) See Obi.
Oca (n.) A Peruvian name for certain species of Oxalis (O. crenata, and O. tuberosa) which bear edible tubers.
Occamy (n.) An alloy imitating gold or silver.
Occasion (n.) A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident.
Occasion (n.) A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance; convenience.
Occasion (n.) 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 (n.) Need; exigency; requirement; necessity; as, I have no occasion for firearms.
Occasion (n.) A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
Occasioned (imp. & p. p.) of Occasion
Occasioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Occasion
Occasion (v. t.) To give occasion to; to cause; to produce; to induce; as, to occasion anxiety.
Occasionable (a.) Capable of being occasioned or caused.
Occasional (a.) 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 (a.) Produced by accident; as, the occasional origin of a thing.
Occasionalism (n.) 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 (n.) Quality or state of being occasional; occasional occurrence.
Occasionally (adv.) In an occasional manner; on occasion; at times, as convenience requires or opportunity offers; not regularly.
Occasionate (v. t.) To occasion.
Occasioner (n.) One who, or that which, occasions, causes, or produces.
Occasive (a.) Of or pertaining to the setting sun; falling; descending; western.
Occecation (n.) The act of making blind, or the state of being blind.
Occident (n.) 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 (a.) Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western; -- opposed to oriental; as, occidental climates, or customs; an occidental planet.
Occidental (a.) Possessing inferior hardness, brilliancy, or beauty; -- used of inferior precious stones and gems, because those found in the Orient are generally superior.
Occidentals (n.pl.) Western Christians of the Latin rite. See Orientals.
Occiduous (a.) Western; occidental.
Occipital (a.) Of or pertaining to the occiput, or back part of the head, or to the occipital bone.
Occipital (n.) The occipital bone.
Occipito- () A combining form denoting relation to, or situation near, the occiput; as, occipito-axial; occipito-mastoid.
Occipitoaxial (a.) Of or pertaining to the occipital bone and second vertebra, or axis.
Occipita (pl. ) of Occiput
Occiputs (pl. ) of Occiput
Occiput (n.) The back, or posterior, part of the head or skull; the region of the occipital bone.
Occiput (n.) A plate which forms the back part of the head of insects.
Occision (n.) A killing; the act of killing.
Occlude (v. t.) To shut up; to close.
Occlude (v. t.) To take in and retain; to absorb; -- said especially with respect to gases; as iron, platinum, and palladium occlude large volumes of hydrogen.
Occludent (a.) Serving to close; shutting up.
Occludent (n.) That which closes or shuts up.
Occluse (a.) Shut; closed.
Occlusion (n.) The act of occluding, or the state of being occluded.
Occlusion (n.) The transient approximation of the edges of a natural opening; imperforation.
Occrustate (v. t.) To incrust; to harden.
Occult (a.) Hidden from the eye or the understanding; inviable; secret; concealed; unknown.
Occult (v. t.) To eclipse; to hide from sight.
Occultation (n.) 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 (n.) Fig.: The state of being occult.
Occulted (a.) Hidden; secret.
Occulted (a.) Concealed by the intervention of some other heavenly body, as a star by the moon.
Occulting (n.) Same as Occultation.
Occultism (n.) A certain Oriental system of theosophy.
Occultist (n.) An adherent of occultism.
Occultly (adv.) In an occult manner.
Occultness (n.) State or quality of being occult.
Occupancy (n.) The act of taking or holding possession; possession; occupation.
Occupant (n.) One who occupies, or takes possession; one who has the actual use or possession, or is in possession, of a thing.
Occupant (n.) A prostitute.
Occupate (v. t.) To occupy.
Occupation (n.) The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant.
Occupation (n.) That which occupies or engages the time and attention; the principal business of one's life; vocation; employment; calling; trade.
Occupier (n.) One who occupies, or has possession.
Occupier (n.) One who follows an employment; hence, a tradesman.
Occupied (imp. & p. p.) of Occupy
Occupying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Occupy
Occupy (v. t.) To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess.
Occupy (v. t.) To hold, or fill, the dimensions of; to take up the room or space of; to cover or fill; as, the camp occupies five acres of ground.
Occupy (v. t.) To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of; to employ; to busy.
Occupy (v. t.) To do business in; to busy one's self with.
Occupy (v. t.) To use; to expend; to make use of.
Occupy (v. t.) To have sexual intercourse with.
Occupy (v. i.) To hold possession; to be an occupant.
Occupy (v. i.) To follow business; to traffic.
Occurred (imp. & p. p.) of Occur
Occurring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Occur
Occur (v. i.) To meet; to clash.
Occur (v. i.) To go in order to meet; to make reply.
Occur (v. i.) To meet one's eye; to be found or met with; to present itself; to offer; to appear; to happen; to take place; as, I will write if opportunity occurs.
Occur (v. i.) To meet or come to the mind; to suggest itself; to be presented to the imagination or memory.
Occurrence (n.) A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.
Occurrence (n.) Any incident or event; esp., one which happens without being designed or expected; as, an unusual occurrence, or the ordinary occurrences of life.