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1,009 words match “OON”

OON a.
One. [Obs.] Chaucer.
OONES adv.
Once. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ABOON prep.
and adv. Above. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Aboon the pass of Bally-Brough. Sir W. Scott. The ceiling fair that rose aboon. J. R. Drake.
ACTINOZOON; ACTINOZOOEN n.
One of the Actinozoa.
AFTERNOON n.
The part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening.
ANTIMONSOON n.
The upper, contrary-moving current of the atmosphere over a monsoon.
ASWOON adv.
In a swoon. Chaucer.
ASWOONED adv.
In a swoon.
BABOON n.
of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera Cynocephalus and Papio; the dog-faced ape. Baboons have dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are mostly African. See Mandrill, and Chacma, and Drill an ape.
BABOONERY n.
Baboonish behavior. Marryat.
BABOONISH a.
Like a baboon.
BALLOON n. 9 definitions
utline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure. Air balloon, a balloon for aërial navigation. -- Balloon frame (Carp.), a house frame constructed altogether of small timber. -- Balloon net, a variety of woven lace in which the weft threads are twisted in a peculiar manner around the…
BALLOON FISH n.
A fish of the genus Diodon or the genus Tetraodon, having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus. See Globefish, and Bur fish.
BALLOONED a.
Swelled out like a balloon.
BALLOONER n.
One who goes up in a balloon; an aëronaut.
BALLOONING n. 2 definitions
The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them.
BALLOONING SPIDER n.
A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries the spider aloft.
BALLOONIST n.
An aëronaut.
BALLOONRY n.
The art or practice of ascending in a balloon; aëronautics.
BARRACOON n.
A slave warehouse, or an inclosure where slaves are quartered temporarily. Du Chaillu.
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