obstructed
1: shut off to passage or view or hindered from action; "a partially obstructed passageway"; "an obstructed view"; "justice obstructed is not justice" [ant: {unobstructed}]
obstructer
1: someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take [syn: {obstructionist}, {obstructor}, {resister}, {thwarter}] 2: any structure that makes progress difficult [syn: {obstruc...
obstruction
1: any structure that makes progress difficult [syn: {obstructor}, {obstructer}, {impediment}, {impedimenta}] 2: the state or condition of being obstructed [syn: {blockage}] 3: something immaterial th...
obstruction of justice
1: impeding those who seek justice in a court (as by trying to influence or intimidate any juror or witness or officer of the court); can result in a finding of contempt of court
obstructionist
1: someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take [syn: {obstructor}, {obstructer}, {resister}, {thwarter}]
obstructive
1: preventing movement; "the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street" [syn: {clogging}, {hindering}, {impeding}]
obstructively
1: in an obstructive manner; "he acted very obstructively when we tried to carry out our project" [syn: {hinderingly}]
obstructor
1: someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take [syn: {obstructionist}, {obstructer}, {resister}, {thwarter}] 2: any structure that makes progress difficult [syn: {obstruc...
obtain
1: come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?" 2: receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie ...
obtainable
1: capable of being obtained; "savings of up to 50 percent are obtainable" [syn: {gettable}, {getable}, {procurable}]
obtainment
1: the act of obtaining [syn: {obtention}]
obtention
1: the act of obtaining [syn: {obtainment}]
obtrude
1: push to thrust outward [syn: {push out}, {thrust out}] 2: thrust oneself in as if by force; "The colors don't intrude on the viewer" [syn: {intrude}]
obtrude upon
1: to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy" [syn: {intrude on}, {invade}, {encroach upon}]
obtrusive
1: undesirably noticeable; "the obtrusive behavior of a spoiled child"; "equally obtrusive was the graffiti" [syn: {noticeable}] [ant: {unobtrusive}] 2: sticking out; protruding
obtrusively
1: in an obtrusive manner [ant: {unobtrusively}]
obtrusiveness
1: an unwelcome conspicuousness [ant: {unobtrusiveness}]
obtund
1: reduce the edge or violence of; "obtunded reflexes"
obturate
1: block passage through; "obstruct the path" [syn: {obstruct}, {impede}, {occlude}, {jam}, {block}, {close up}] [ant: {free}]
obturator
1: a prosthesis used to close an opening (as to close an opening of the hard palate in cases of cleft palate)
obturator vein
1: a vein formed by the union of tributaries that drain the hip joints and thigh muscles; empties into the internal iliac vein [syn: {vena obturatoria}]
obtuse
1: of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees [ant: {acute}] 2: of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex 3: lacking in insight or discernment; "too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior"; "a purbl...
obtuse triangle
1: a triangle that contains an obtuse interior angle [syn: {obtuse-angled triangle}]
obtusely
1: in a stupid manner; "he had so rapaciously desired and so obtusely expected to find her alone" [syn: {dumbly}, {densely}]
obtuseness
1: the quality of being slow to understand [syn: {dullness}, {dulness}] 2: the quality of lacking a sharp edge or point [ant: {acuteness}]
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obverse
1: the more conspicuous of two alternatives or cases or sides; "the obverse of this issue" 2: the side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or design [ant: {reverse}]
obviate
1: do away with [syn: {rid of}, {eliminate}] [ant: {necessitate}] 2: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" [syn...
obviating
1: made impossible [syn: {preclusive}, {obviating(a)}]
obviation
1: the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively [syn: {forestalling}, {preclusion}]
obvious
1: easily perceived or understood; "obvious errors" [ant: {unobvious}] 2: easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind; "a perceptible sense of expectation in the court"; "an obvious (or palp...
obviously
1: unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest...
obviousness
1: the property of being easy to see and understand [syn: {noticeability}, {noticeableness}, {patency}]
oca
1: South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers [syn: {oka}, {Oxalis tuberosa}, {Oxalis crenata}]
ocarina
1: egg-shaped terra-cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes [syn: {sweet potato}]
Occam
1: English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349) [syn: {William of Occam}, {Ockham}, {William of Ockham}]
Occam's Razor
1: the principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be preferred [syn: {Ockham's Razor}, {principle of parsimony}, {law of parsimony}]
occasion
1: an event that occurs at a critical time; "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on special occasions" [syn: {juncture}] 2: a vaguely specified social event; "the...
occasional
1: occurring from time to time; "took an occasional glass of wine" [syn: {occasional(a)}] 2: occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals; "episodic in his affections"; "occasional headaches"...
occasionally
1: now and then or here and there; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees"; "they visit New York on occasion"; "now and again she ...
occasions
1: something you have to do; "he minded his own specialized occasions"
Occident
1: the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North and South America [syn: {West}] 2: the hemisphere that includes North and South America [syn: {western hemisphere}, {New World}]
occidental
1: denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the Western Hemisphere; "occidental civilization"; "Hesperian culture" [syn: {Hesperian}] n 1: a native inhabitant of the Occident 2: an artifi...
occidentalise
1: make western in character; "The country was Westernized after it opened up" [syn: {occidentalize}, {westernize}, {westernise}] [ant: {orientalize}, {orientalize}]
Occidentalism
1: the scholarly knowledge of Western cultures and languages and people 2: the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Western civilizations
occidentalize
1: make western in character; "The country was Westernized after it opened up" [syn: {occidentalise}, {westernize}, {westernise}] [ant: {orientalize}, {orientalize}]
occipital
1: of or relating to the occiput; "occipital bone"
occipital bone
1: a saucer-shaped membrane bone that forms the back of the skull
occipital gyrus
1: any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum
occipital lobe
1: that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the head
occipital vein
1: a vein that drains the occipital region [syn: {vena occipitalis}]
occipitomastoid suture
1: the suture between the occipital and the temporal bones; a continuation of the lamboid suture
occiput
1: back part of the head or skull [also: {occipita} (pl)]
Occitan
1: the medieval dialects of Langue d'oc (southern France) [syn: {Provencal}]
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