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OENANTHOL n.
ily substance obtained by the distillation of castor oil, recognized as the aldehyde of oenanthylic acid, and hence called also oenanthaldehyde.
OENANTHONE n.
The ketone of oenanthic acid.
OENANTHYL n.
A hydrocarbon radical formerly supposed to exist in oenanthic acid, now known to be identical with heptyl.
OENANTHYLATE n.
A salt of oenanthylic acid; as, potassium oenanthylate.
OENANTHYLIC a.
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, oenanthyl; specifically, designating an acid formerly supposed to be identical with the acid in oenanthic ether, but now known to be identical with heptoic acid.
OENANTHYLIDENE n.
A colorless liquid hydrocarbon, having a garlic odor; heptine.
OENANTHYLOUS a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid formerly supposed to be the acid of oenanthylic ether, but now known to be a mixture of higher acids, especially capric acid. [Obs.]
ONANISM n.
Self-pollution; masturbation.
OPPUGNANCY n.
The act of oppugning; opposition; resistance. Shak.
OPPUGNANT a. 2 definitions
Tending to awaken hostility; hostile; opposing; warring. "Oppugnant forces." I. Taylor. -- n.
ORDINANCE n. 5 definitions
Orderly arrangement; preparation; provision. [Obs.] Spenser. They had made their ordinance Of victual, and of other purveyance. Chaucer.
ORDINAND n.
One about to be ordained.
ORDINANT a. 2 definitions
Ordaining; decreeing. [Obs.] Shak.
ORDNANCE n.
, a general term for all weapons and appliances used in war. All the battlements their ordnance fire. Shak. Then you may hear afar off the awful roar of his [Rufus Choate's] rifled ordnance. E. Ererett. Ordnance survey, the official survey of Great Britain and Ireland, conducted by the ordnance department.…
ORDONNANCE n.
he parts of any composition with regard to one another and the whole. Their dramatic ordonnance of the parts. Coleridge.
ORDONNANT a.
Of or pertaining to ordonnance. Dryden.
ORIGINANT a.
Originating; original. [R.] An absolutely originant act of self will. Prof. Shedd.
OUANANICHE n.
A small landlocked variety of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar ounaniche) of Lake St. John, Canada, and neighboring waters, noted for its vigor and activity, and habit of leaping from the water when hooked.
PENANCE n. 4 definitions
Pain; sorrow; suffering. [Obs.] "Joy or penance he feeleth none." Chaucer.
PENANCELESS a.
Free from penance. [R.]
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