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1: octopuses and paper nautilus [syn: {order Octopoda}]

1: a family of Octopoda [syn: {family Octopodidae}]

1: tentacles of octopus prepared as food 2: bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles [syn: {devilfish}] [also: {octopi} (pl)]

1: an offspring of a Quadroon and a White parent; a person who is one-eighth Black

1: having or consisting of line of eight syllables; "octosyllabic verse" 2: having or characterized by or consisting of eight syllables

1: a verse line having eight syllables or a poem of octosyllabic lines

1: a tax on various goods brought into a town

1: having eight units or components [syn: {eightfold}]

1: of or relating to or resembling the eye; "ocular muscles"; "an ocular organ"; "ocular diseases"; "the optic (or optical) axis of the eye"; "an ocular spot is a pigmented organ or part believed to b...

1: one of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball [syn: {eye muscle}]

{oculus}

1: a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses [syn: {optometrist}] 2: a medical doctor specializing in the treatment of diseases of the eye [syn: {ophth...

1: supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye [syn: {oculomotor nerve}, {nervus oculomotorius}, {third cranial nerve}]

1: supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye [syn: {oculomotor}, {nervus oculomotorius}, {third cranial nerve}]

1: a form of muscular dystrophy that usually begins between early adulthood and middle age and first affects muscles of the eyelid and throat; progresses slowly with swallowing problems common as the ...

1: the organ of sight [syn: {eye}, {optic}] [also: {oculi} (pl)]

1: the right eye [syn: {OD}]

1: the left eye [syn: {OS}]

1: snappers [syn: {genus Ocyurus}]

1: superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail [syn: {yellowtail}, {yellowtail snapper}]

1: a doctor's degree in optometry [syn: {Doctor of Optometry}] 2: the right eye [syn: {oculus dexter}]

1: a woman who cohabits with an important man [syn: {concubine}, {courtesan}, {doxy}, {paramour}]

1: not divisible by two [ant: {even}] 2: not easily explained; "it is odd that his name is never mentioned" 3: an indefinite quantity more than that specified; "invited 30-odd guests" 4: beyond or dev...

1: someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group [syn: {kook}, {odd fish}, {queer bird}, {queer duck}, {odd man out}]

1: someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group [syn: {kook}, {odd fellow}, {queer bird}, {queer duck}, {odd man out}]

1: Norwegian chemist noted for his research on organic molecules (1897-1981) [syn: {Hassel}]

1: someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group [syn: {kook}, {odd fellow}, {odd fish}, {queer bird}, {queer duck}]

1: a system of checking for errors in computer functioning [syn: {parity check}, {redundant check}]

1: not regular or skilled; "found only odd-job employment" [syn: {odd-job(a)}]

1: a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks [syn: {handyman}, {jack of all trades}]

1: caliper having the points on its legs both curve in the same direction

1: a leaf shape; pinnate with a single leaflet at the apex [syn: {imparipinnate}]

1: pinnate with a single leaflet at the apex

1: placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot [syn: {perissodactyl}, {perissodactyl mammal}] [ant: {even-toed ungulate}]

1: a person with an unusual or odd personality [syn: {eccentric}, {eccentric person}, {flake}, {geek}]

1: somewhat strange

1: eccentricity that is not easily explained [syn: {oddness}] 2: a strange attitude or habit [syn: {queerness}, {quirk}, {quirkiness}, {crotchet}] 3: something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting ...

1: in a manner differing from the usual or expected; "had a curiously husky voice"; "he's behaving rather peculiarly" [syn: {curiously}, {peculiarly}] 2: in a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed shee...

1: curious (or funny or interesting or odd or strange) though it may seem; "curiously enough, he didn't recognize his old friend"; "interestingly enough, America is now dependent on Africa for a large...

1: a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold [syn: {end}, {remainder}, {remnant}] 2: something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting [syn: {curio}, {curiosity}, {oddity...

1: a motley assortment of things [syn: {odds and ends}, {melange}, {farrago}, {ragbag}, {hodgepodge}, {mishmash}, {mingle-mangle}, {hotchpotch}, {omnium-gatherum}]

1: eccentricity that is not easily explained [syn: {oddity}]

1: the probability of a specified outcome [syn: {likelihood}, {likeliness}] [ant: {unlikelihood}, {unlikelihood}] 2: the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another; "he offered ...

1: a motley assortment of things [syn: {oddments}, {melange}, {farrago}, {ragbag}, {hodgepodge}, {mishmash}, {mingle-mangle}, {hotchpotch}, {omnium-gatherum}]

1: someone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race) [syn: {handicapper}]

1: having a better than even chance of success; "the odds-on favorite"

1: a lyric poem with complex stanza forms

{odeum}

1: a European river; flows into the Baltic Sea [syn: {Oder River}]

1: a European river; flows into the Baltic Sea [syn: {Oder}]

1: a port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea [syn: {Odessa}]

1: a port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea [syn: {Odesa}] 2: a city in western Texas

1: United States playwright (1906-1963) [syn: {Clifford Odets}]

1: (Norse mythology) ruler of the Aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of Frigg; identified with the Teutonic Wotan

1: unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke [syn: {abominable}, {detestable}, {exe...

1: in an offensive and hateful manner; "I don't know anyone who could have behaved so abominably" [syn: {detestably}, {repulsively}, {abominably}]

1: the quality of being offensive [syn: {offensiveness}, {distastefulness}]

1: state of disgrace resulting from detestable behavior 2: hate coupled with disgust [syn: {abhorrence}, {abomination}, {detestation}, {execration}, {loathing}]

1: pope who called for the First Crusade (1042-1099) [syn: {Urban II}]

1: Germanic barbarian leader who ended the western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493) [syn: {Odovacar}, {Odovakar}]