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Not vernacular. A nonvernacular expression. Sir W. Hamilton.

Of or pertaining to the nucleolus of a cell.

Of or pertaining to coin or money; pecuniary; as, the nummulary talent.

Possessing only small coins; impoverished. [R.] Lamb.

See Obstuseangular.

Having an obtuse angle; as, an obtuse-angled triangle.

Of or pertaining to ocelli.

Having eight angles; eight-angled. -- Oc*tan"gu*lar*ness, n.

Having eight cells for seeds.

Having eight eyes. Derham.

perceived by, the eye; received by actual sight; personally seeing or having seen; as, ocular proof. Shak. Thomas was an ocular witness of Christ's death. South.

By the eye, or by actual sight.

Of or pertaining to the eye; ocular; optic; as, oculary medicines. Holland.

Opaque. [Obs.] Sterne.

The principal opercular bone or operculum of fishes.

Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles; forecasting the future; as, an oracular tongue.

Resembling or having the form of an orb; spherical; circular; orbiculate. -- Or*bic"u*lar*ly, adv. -- Or*bic"u*lar*ness, n. Orbicular as the disk of a planet. De Quincey.

A genus of dark green, or purplish black, filamentous, fresh- water algæ, the threads of which have an automatic swaying or crawling motion. Called also Oscillatoria.

Too large; too great.

Excess of size or bulk.