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Lanceolate in the reversed order, that is, narrowing toward the point of attachment more than toward the apex.

Flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth is an oblate spheroid.

The quality or state of being oblate.

To cloud; to obscure. [Obs.] Burton. -- Ob*nu"bi*la"tion, n. [Obs.] Beddoes.

Same as Ocellated.

Marked with eyelike spots of color; as, the ocellated blenny. Ocellated turkey (Zoöl.), the wild turkey of Central America (Meleagris ocellata).

Having spots or holes resembling eyes; ocellated.

A salt of oenanthylic acid; as, potassium oenanthylate.

The shoulder blade, or scapula.

Closed by a lid or cover, as the capsules of the mosses.

To crowd together; to fill with obstructions; to block up. [Obs.] Cockeram.

That which is orbiculate; especially, a solid the vertical section of which is oval, and the horizontal section circular.

he form of an orb; having a circular, or nearly circular, or a spheroidal, outline. Orbiculate leaf (Bot.), a leaf whose outline is nearly circular.

uating manner; to change repeatedly, back and forth. The amount of superior families oscillates rather than changes, that is, it fluctuates within fixed limits. Dc Quincey.

on with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See Osculant.

Having small bones.

Having a form intermediate between ovate and lanceolate.

Having an ovate form, but with a subulate tip or extremity.

Too late; exceedingly late.

Containing an ovule or ovules.