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1: block passage through; "obstruct the path" [syn: {obstruct}, {obturate}, {impede}, {jam}, {block}, {close up}] [ant: {free}]

1: closed off; "an occluded artery" 2: (of a substance) taken into and retained in another substance; "the sorbed oil mass"; "large volumes of occluded hydrogen in palladium" [syn: {sorbed}]

1: (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft [syn: {occlusion}]

1: closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel) 2: (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft [syn: {occluded front}] 3: (dentistry) the normal spat...

1: tending to occlude n : a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated" [syn: {stop consonant}, {stop}, {plosive con...

1: hidden and difficult to see; "an occult fracture"; "occult blood in the stool" 2: having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "myster...

1: occult practices and techniques; "he is a student of the occult" [syn: {occult}]

1: one celestial body obscures another [syn: {eclipse}]

1: the study of the supernatural 2: a belief in supernatural powers and the possibility of bringing them under human control

1: a believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts

1: an act of being a tenant or occupant [syn: {tenancy}] 2: the act of occupying or taking possession of a building; "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal" [syn: {occ...

1: the percentage of all rental units (as in hotels) are occupied or rented at a given time

1: someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there [syn: {resident}, {occupier}]

1: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business" [syn: {business}, {job}, {line of work}, {line}] 2: the control of a country by military forces of a...

1: a license to pursue a particular occupation [syn: {occupation license}]

1: a license to pursue a particular occupation [syn: {occupation licence}]

1: of or relating to the activity or business for which you are trained; "occupational hazard"

1: disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts) [syn: {industrial disease}]

1: a body of people doing the same kind of work [syn: {vocation}]

1: any condition of a job that can result in illness or injury

1: a law passed by the United States Congress that created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their empl...

1: a government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment [syn: {OSHA}]

1: physical therapy involving the therapeutic use of crafts and hobbies for the rehabilitation of handicapped or convalescing patients (especially for emotionally disturbed patients)

{occupy}

1: someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there [syn: {resident}, {occupant}] 2: a member of a military force who is residing in a conquered foreign country

1: be present in; be inside of [syn: {inhabit}] 2: keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection" [syn: {busy}] 3: live (in a certain place) [syn: {reside}, {lodge in}] 4: occupy t...

1: come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" [syn: {happen}, {hap}, {go on}, {pass off}, {pass}, {fall out}, {come...

{occur}

1: an event that happens [syn: {happening}, {natural event}] 2: an instance of something occurring; "a disease of frequent occurrence"; "the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets"

{occur}

1: a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere 2: anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume [syn: {sea}]

1: the bottom of a sea or ocean [syn: {ocean floor}, {seabed}, {sea bottom}, {Davy Jones's locker}, {Davy Jones}]

1: the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction

1: the bottom of a sea or ocean [syn: {ocean bottom}, {seabed}, {sea bottom}, {Davy Jones's locker}, {Davy Jones}]

1: a large commercial ship (especially one that carries passengers on a regular schedule) [syn: {liner}]

1: North Atlantic rockfish [syn: {redfish}, {rosefish}] 2: large fish of northern Atlantic coasts of America and Europe [syn: {rosefish}, {Sebastodes marinus}]

1: common along northeastern coast of North America [syn: {Macrozoarces americanus}]

1: a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state [syn: {Rhode Island}, {Little Rhody}, {RI}]

1: among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters [syn: {sunfish}, {mola...

1: an act of traveling by water [syn: {voyage}]

{oceanarium}

1: a skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research [syn: {aquanaut}]

1: land bordering an ocean

1: used on the high seas; "seafaring vessels" [syn: {seafaring}, {seagoing}]

1: a large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago) [syn: {Oceanica}]

1: relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean; "oceanic islands like Bermuda"; "oceanic currents"; "oceanic birds"; "pelagic organisms"; "pelagic whaling" [syn: {pelagic}] 2: ...

1: a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor [syn: {trench}, {deep}]

1: bird of the open seas [syn: {pelagic bird}]

1: fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna [syn: {bonito}, {Katsuwonus pelamis}]

1: large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin; worldwide distribution; most dangerous shark [syn: {whitetip shark}, {white-tipped shark}, {Carcharinus longimanus}]

1: a large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago) [syn: {Oceania}]

1: (Greek mythology) sea nymph who was a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys

{oceanid}

1: a genus of Hydrobatidae [syn: {genus Oceanites}]

1: medium-sized storm petrel [syn: {Mother Carey's chicken}, {Mother Carey's hen}]

1: a scientist who studies physical and biological aspects of the seas

1: the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans

1: (Greek mythology) god of the stream that flowed around the earth in ancient mythology

1: having ocelli

1: wild turkey of Central America and northern South America [syn: {Agriocharis ocellata}, {turkey}]