obduracy
1: resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible [syn: {adamance}, {unyieldingness}]
obdurate
1: stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing [syn: {cussed}, {obstinate}, {unrepentant}] 2: showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart" [syn...
obdurately
1: in a stubborn unregenerate manner; "she remained stubbornly in the same position" [syn: {stubbornly}, {pig-headedly}, {mulishly}, {obstinately}, {cussedly}]
obeah
1: a religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas [syn: {obi}]
obeche
1: the wood of an African obeche tree; used especially for veneering 2: large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged s...
obechi
1: large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood [syn: {obeche}, {arere}, ...
obedience
1: the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person [syn: {obeisance}] [ant: {disobedience}] 2: the trait of being willing to obey [ant: {disobedience}] 3: behavior in...
obedience plant
1: white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch [syn: {arrowroot}, {American arrowroot}, {Maranta arundinaceae}]
obedient
1: dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies...are heavily ta...
obedient plant
1: North American plant having a spike of two-lipped pink or white flowers [syn: {false dragonhead}, {false dragon head}, {Physostegia virginiana}]
obediently
1: in an obedient manner; "obediently she slipped off her right shoe and stocking" [syn: {yieldingly}] [ant: {disobediently}]
obeisance
1: bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame [syn: {bow}, {bowing}] 2: the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person [syn: {obe...
obelion
1: the craniometric point on the sagittal suture near the lamboid suture
obelisk
1: a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top 2: a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote [syn: {dagger}]
obese
1: excessively fat; "a weighty man" [syn: {corpulent}, {weighty}, {rotund}]
obesity
1: more than average fatness [syn: {fleshiness}]
obesity diet
1: a diet designed to help you lose weight (especially fat) [syn: {reducing diet}]
obey
1: be obedient to [ant: {disobey}]
obfuscate
1: make obscure or unclear [ant: {clarify}]
obfuscation
1: confusion resulting from failure to understand [syn: {bewilderment}, {puzzlement}, {befuddlement}, {mystification}, {bafflement}, {bemusement}] 2: the activity of obscuring people's understanding, ...
obi
1: a religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas [syn: {obeah}]
obiism
1: belief in a kind of sorcery that originated in Africa and is practiced in the West Indies
obit
1: a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography [syn: {obituary}, {necrology}]
obiter dictum
1: an incidental remark [syn: {passing comment}] 2: an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding [syn: {dictum}]
obituary
1: a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography [syn: {obit}, {necrology}]
object
1: a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" [syn: {physical object}] 2: the goal intended to be attained (and which is believe...
object ball
1: the billiard ball first struck by the cue ball
object code
1: the machine-language output of a compiler that is ready for execution on a particular computer
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object glass
1: the lens or system of lenses nearest the object being viewed [syn: {objective}]
object language
1: a computer language into which something written in another computer language is to be translated [syn: {target language}] 2: the language into which a text written in another language is to be tra...
object lesson
1: punishment intended as a warning to others; "they decided to make an example of him" [syn: {example}, {deterrent example}, {lesson}]
object of the verb
1: the object that receives the direct action of the verb [syn: {direct object}]
object program
1: a fully compiled or assembled program ready to be loaded into the computer [syn: {target program}] [ant: {source program}]
object-oriented database
1: a database in which the operations carried out on information items (data objects) are considered part of their definition
object-oriented programing language
1: (computer science) a programming language that enables the programmer to associate a set of procedures with each type of data structure; "C++ is an object-oriented programming language that is an e...
object-oriented programming language
1: (computer science) a programming language that enables the programmer to associate a set of procedures with each type of data structure; "C++ is an object-oriented programming language that is an e...
objectification
1: the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing 2: a concrete representation of an abstract idea or principle
objectify
1: make external or objective, or give reality to; "language externalizes our thoughts" [syn: {exteriorize}, {exteriorise}, {externalize}, {externalise}] 2: make impersonal or present as an object; "W...
objection
1: the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest [syn: {expostulation}, {remonstrance}] 2: the speech act of objecting 3: the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of disse...
objectionable
1: causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and objectionable person" [syn: {obnoxious}, {unpleasant}] 2: liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to; "a thoroughly u...
objectionableness
1: the quality of being hateful [syn: {hatefulness}, {obnoxiousness}]
objectionably
1: in an obnoxious manner; "he said so in one of his more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences" [syn: {offensively}, {obnoxiously}]
objective
1: undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; "an objective appraisal"; "objective evidence" [syn: {nonsubjective}] [ant: {subjective}] 2: serving as or indicating the obj...
objective case
1: the category of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb [syn: {accusative}, {accusative case}]
objectively
1: with objectivity; "we must look at the facts objectively" [ant: {subjectively}]
objectiveness
1: judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices [syn: {objectivity}]
objectivity
1: judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices [syn: {objectiveness}]
objector
1: a person who dissents from some established policy [syn: {dissenter}, {dissident}, {protester}, {contestant}]
objet d'art
1: a work of art of some artistic value; "this store sells only objets d'art"; "it is not known who created this piece" [syn: {art object}, {piece}]
objurgate
1: express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated" [syn: {condemn}, {reprobate}, {decry}, {excoriate}] 2: censure severely; "She chastised him for...
objurgation
1: rebuking a person harshly [syn: {chiding}, {scolding}, {tongue-lashing}]
oblanceolate
1: of a leaf shape; having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base
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