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NITROMETHANE n.
A nitro derivative of methane obtained as a mobile liquid; -- called also nitrocarbol.
OFFHAND a. 2 definitions
Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech; offhand excuses. -- adv.
ON-HANGER n.
A hanger-on.
ONE-HAND a.
Employing one hand; as, the one-hand alphabet. See Dactylology.
OPEN-HANDED a.
Generous; liberal; munificent. -- O"pen-hand`ed*ness, n. J. S. Mill.
ORCHANET n.
Same as Alkanet, 2. Ainsworth.
ORPHAN n. 3 definitions
ved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living. Orphans' court (Law), a court in some of the States of the Union, having jurisdiction over the estates and persons of orphans or other wards. Bouvier.
ORPHANAGE n. 2 definitions
The state of being an orphan; orphanhood; orphans, collectively.
ORPHANCY n.
Orphanhood. Sir P. Sidney.
ORPHANET n.
A little orphan. Drayton.
ORPHANHOOD n.
The state or condition of being an orphan; orphanage.
ORPHANISM n.
Orphanhood. [R.]
ORPHANOTROPHISM n.
The care and support of orphans. [R.] Cotton Mather (1711).
ORPHANOTROPHY n. 2 definitions
A hospital for orphans. [R.] A. Chalmers.
OULACHAN n.
Same as Eulachon.
OVERCHANGE n.
Too much or too frequent change; fickleness. [R.] Beau. & Fl.
OVERHAND n. 4 definitions
The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery. He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me. Sir T. More.
OVERHANDLE v.
To handle, or use, too much; to mention too often. Shak.
OVERHANG v. 7 definitions
To impend or hang over. [R.] Beau. & Fl.
OXAMETHANE n.
Ethyl oxamate, obtained as a white scaly crystalline powder.
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