Name Report For First Name ONA:

ONA

First name ONA's origin is Irish. ONA means "one". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with ONA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of ona.(Brown names are of the same origin (Irish) with ONA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with ONA - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming ONA

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES ONA AS A WHOLE:

onaedo epona monaeka abellona cairistiona catriona donalda raonaid desmona ilona kekona keona kona dona donata mona simona tonalnan xiuhtonal onatah winona ivona mabonagrain napona konane donatello tonauac zipactonal alastriona aldona allona alona anemona avarona briona brona carona caylona deona devona diona ejona fiona gliona halona jonalyn jonalynn jonathena jonati jonay kiona kionah leona leonarda mairona onawa oona oonagh ramona riona rona saxona senona tonasha wenona wilona avonaco conaire conall conan conant conary cronan donaghy donahue donal donald donall donato donavan donavon fionan honani honaw jonah jonam jonas jonatan jonathan jonathen jonathon jonathyn leonardo lonato mabonaqain macdonald maonaigh ronal ronald ronaldo ronan sikyahonaw vipponah yehonadov zionah ionache yehonado donagh donat wenonah yona xylona solona iliona desdemona seonaid raonaild lona iona donatien albiona ronat ionanna rimona tivona tziyona yarkona yonah leonard conal

NAMES RHYMING WITH ONA (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (na) - Names That Ends with na:

abena adanna asmina ayana crispina fana hasana hasina makena tarana uchenna urenna zahina zena zwena alhena hana rihana sana' thana' aitana agana inina nena raina bozena jana jirina gelsomina fukayna levina jaakkina jaana katariina durandana falerina methena nanna ghleanna kyna armina johanna katharina luana aegina aetna akilina alcina aretina athena celena corinna echidna filipina irena ivanna jarina luigina philana philomena polyxena pyrena rena stephana syna trina yalena iolana kaimana kalena kina mahina malana mana moana oliana olina adamina adena ivana jardena dhana meena ernesztina hajna karolina krisztina zigana annapurna channa dakshina drisana janna karuna pithasthana rana ratna sakujna sanjna savarna

NAMES RHYMING WITH ONA (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (on) - Names That Begins with on:

ondrus onella onfroi oni onida onilee onille onit onora onslow onslowe onuris onyebuchi

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ONA:

First Names which starts with 'o' and ends with 'a':

o'shea oana oba obelia ocelfa octa octavia octha oda odakota odanda odeda odeletta odelia odelina odelinda odella odelyna odessa odiana odila odilia odra odysseia offa ofra ogaleesha oifa okhmhaka okimma okpara oksana ola oldwina oleda oleisia olena oleta oletha olexa olga olimpia olinda olita oliveria olivia olya olympia oma omayda omusa opalina ophelia ophra oppida ora ordella orea orelia orenda oria oriana orianna orithyia orla orlena orlina ornetta orquidea orquidia ortygia orva orzora osana osberga osburga osla osra otha othma otka ottavia otthilda ottila ottilia otylia ovadya oxa oya ozanna

English Words Rhyming ONA

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES ONA AS A WHOLE:

aberrationaladjective (a.) Characterized by aberration.

ablutionaryadjective (a.) Pertaining to ablution.

abortionaladjective (a.) Pertaining to abortion; miscarrying; abortive.

absonantadjective (a.) Discordant; contrary; -- opposed to consonant.

abstractionaladjective (a.) Pertaining to abstraction.

accessionaladjective (a.) Pertaining to accession; additional.

actionableadjective (a.) That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable.

actionarynoun (n.) Alt. of Actionist

additionalnoun (n.) Something added.
 adjective (a.) Added; supplemental; in the way of an addition.

additionaryadjective (a.) Additional.

adjectionaladjective (a.) Pertaining to adjection; that is, or may be, annexed.

aeronautnoun (n.) An aerial navigator; a balloonist.

aeronauticadjective (a.) Alt. of Aeronautical

aeronauticaladjective (a.) Pertaining to aeronautics, or aerial sailing.

aeronauticsnoun (n.) The science or art of ascending and sailing in the air, as by means of a balloon; aerial navigation; ballooning.

affectionaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the affections; as, affectional impulses; an affectional nature.

affectionateadjective (a.) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother.
 adjective (a.) Kindly inclined; zealous.
 adjective (a.) Proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender; as, the affectionate care of a parent; affectionate countenance, message, language.
 adjective (a.) Strongly inclined; -- with to.

affectionatedadjective (a.) Disposed; inclined.

affectionatenessnoun (n.) The quality of being affectionate; fondness; affection.

alcyonaceanoun (n. pl.) A group of soft-bodied Alcyonaria, of which Alcyonium is the type. See Illust. under Alcyonaria.

alcyonarianoun (n. pl.) One of the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, and Gorgonacea.

altisonantadjective (a.) High-sounding; lofty or pompous.

amblygonaladjective (a.) Obtuse-angled.

anconaladjective (a.) Alt. of Anconeal

anonanoun (n.) A genus of tropical or subtropical plants of the natural order Anonaceae, including the soursop.

anonaceousadjective (a.) Pertaining to the order of plants including the soursop, custard apple, etc.

anticonstitutionaladjective (a.) Opposed to the constitution; unconstitutional.

antimonarchistnoun (n.) An enemy to monarchial government.

antimonatenoun (n.) A compound of antimonic acid with a base or basic radical.

antinationaladjective (a.) Antagonistic to one's country or nation, or to a national government.

antiphonalnoun (n.) A book of antiphons or anthems.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs.

antiphonarynoun (n.) A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are contained.

apneumonanoun (n. pl.) An order of holothurians in which the internal respiratory organs are wanting; -- called also Apoda or Apodes.

apparitionaladjective (a.) Pertaining to an apparition or to apparitions; spectral.

apportionatenessnoun (n.) The quality of being apportioned or in proportion.

appositionaladjective (a.) Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically.

archidiaconaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to an archdeacon.

argonautnoun (n.) Any one of the legendary Greek heroes who sailed with Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the Golden Fleece.
 noun (n.) A cephalopod of the genus Argonauta.
 noun (n.) One of those who went to California in search of gold shortly after it was discovered there in 1848.

argonautanoun (n.) A genus of Cephalopoda. The shell is called paper nautilus or paper sailor.

argonauticadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Argonauts.

armisonantadjective (a.) Alt. of Armisonous

ascensionaladjective (a.) Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive; tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon.

asiphonatenoun (n.) An asiphonate mollusk.
 adjective (a.) Destitute of a siphon or breathing tube; -- said of many bivalve shells.

asiphonatanoun (n. pl.) Alt. of Asiphonida

asonantadjective (a.) Not sounding or sounded.

associationaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to association, or to an association.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to the theory held by the associationists.

assonancenoun (n.) Resemblance of sound.
 noun (n.) A peculiar species of rhyme, in which the last acce`ted vow`l and tnose whioh follow it in one word correspond in sound with the vowels of another word, while the consonants of the two words are unlike in sound; as, calamo and platano, baby and chary.
 noun (n.) Incomplete correspondence.

assonantadjective (a.) Having a resemblance of sounds.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to the peculiar species of rhyme called assonance; not consonant.

assonantaladjective (a.) Assonant.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ONA (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (na) - English Words That Ends with na:


abunanoun (n.) The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.

acarinanoun (n. pl.) The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange.

achatinanoun (n.) A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa.

alcannanoun (n.) An oriental shrub (Lawsonia inermis) from which henna is obtained.

alhennanoun (n.) See Henna.

aluminanoun (n.) One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and three of oxygen, Al2O3.

alumnanoun (n. fem.) A female pupil; especially, a graduate of a school or college.

amphirhinanoun (n. pl.) A name applied to the elasmobranch fishes, because the nasal sac is double.

amphisbaenanoun (n.) A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either way.
 noun (n.) A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form, without legs, and with both ends so much alike that they appear to have a head at each, and ability to move either way. See Illustration in Appendix.

anginanoun (n.) Any inflammatory affection of the throat or faces, as the quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath.

annanoun (n.) An East Indian money of account, the sixteenth of a rupee, or about 2/ cents.

antennanoun (n.) A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and in some species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and also feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of other arthropods and of annelids.

antilegomenanoun (n. pl.) Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena.

araneinanoun (n. pl.) The order of Arachnida that includes the spiders.

arenanoun (n.) The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered with sand.
 noun (n.) Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life.
 noun (n.) "Sand" or "gravel" in the kidneys.

arnanoun (n.) Alt. of Arnee

avenanoun (n.) A genus of grasses, including the common oat (Avena sativa); the oat grasses.

avifaunanoun (n.) The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region.

banananoun (n.) A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa.

bandannanoun (n.) Alt. of Bandana

bandananoun (n.) A species of silk or cotton handkerchief, having a uniformly dyed ground, usually of red or blue, with white or yellow figures of a circular, lozenge, or other simple form.
 noun (n.) A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed of a uniform red or dark color, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure.

becunanoun (n.) A fish of the Mediterranean (Sphyraena spet). See Barracuda.

belladonnanoun (n.) An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its fruit are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due to the alkaloid atropine which it contains. Called also deadly nightshade.
 noun (n.) A species of Amaryllis (A. belladonna); the belladonna lily.

bellonanoun (n.) The goddess of war.

bimananoun (n. pl.) Animals having two hands; -- a term applied by Cuvier to man as a special order of Mammalia.

bolognanoun (n.) A city of Italy which has given its name to various objects.
 noun (n.) A Bologna sausage.

campagnanoun (n.) An open level tract of country; especially "Campagna di Roma." The extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome.

campananoun (n.) A church bell.
 noun (n.) The pasque flower.
 noun (n.) Same as Gutta.

cannanoun (n.) A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet. See Cane, 4.
 noun (n.) A genus of tropical plants, with large leaves and often with showy flowers. The Indian shot (C. Indica) is found in gardens of the northern United States.

cantilenanoun (n.) See Cantabile.

carinanoun (n.) A keel
 noun (n.) That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of two petals, commonly united, which incloses the organs of fructification
 noun (n.) A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.
 noun (n.) The keel of the breastbone of birds.

casuarinanoun (n.) A genus of leafless trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are large, producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, called beefwood from its color.

catenanoun (n.) A chain or series of things connected with each other.

cavatinanoun (n.) Originally, a melody of simpler form than the aria; a song without a second part and a da capo; -- a term now variously and vaguely used.

chinanoun (n.) A country in Eastern Asia.
 noun (n.) China ware, which is the modern popular term for porcelain. See Porcelain.

cinchonanoun (n.) A genus of trees growing naturally on the Andes in Peru and adjacent countries, but now cultivated in the East Indies, producing a medicinal bark of great value.
 noun (n.) The bark of any species of Cinchona containing three per cent. or more of bitter febrifuge alkaloids; Peruvian bark; Jesuits' bark.

concertinanoun (n.) A small musical instrument on the principle of the accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the two hexagonal heads.

coquinanoun (n.) A soft, whitish, coral-like stone, formed of broken shells and corals, found in the southern United States, and used for roadbeds and for building material, as in the fort at St. Augustine, Florida.

coralligenanoun (n. pl.) Same as Anthozoa.

coronanoun (n.) A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.
 noun (n.) The projecting part of a Classic cornice, the under side of which is cut with a recess or channel so as to form a drip. See Illust. of Column.
 noun (n.) The upper surface of some part, as of a tooth or the skull; a crown.
 noun (n.) The shelly skeleton of a sea urchin.
 noun (n.) A peculiar luminous appearance, or aureola, which surrounds the sun, and which is seen only when the sun is totally eclipsed by the moon.
 noun (n.) An inner appendage to a petal or a corolla, often forming a special cup, as in the daffodil and jonquil.
 noun (n.) Any crownlike appendage at the top of an organ.
 noun (n.) A circle, usually colored, seen in peculiar states of the atmosphere around and close to a luminous body, as the sun or moon.
 noun (n.) A peculiar phase of the aurora borealis, formed by the concentration or convergence of luminous beams around the point in the heavens indicated by the direction of the dipping needle.
 noun (n.) A crown or circlet suspended from the roof or vaulting of churches, to hold tapers lighted on solemn occasions. It is sometimes formed of double or triple circlets, arranged pyramidically. Called also corona lucis.
 noun (n.) A character [/] called the pause or hold.

cremonanoun (n.) A superior kind of violin, formerly made at Cremona, in Italy.

cromornanoun (n.) A certain reed stop in the organ, of a quality of tone resembling that of the oboe.

curtananoun (n.) The pointless sword carried before English monarchs at their coronation, and emblematically considered as the sword of mercy; -- also called the sword of Edward the Confessor.

czarevnanoun (n.) The title of the wife of the czarowitz.

czarinanoun (n.) The title of the empress of Russia.

damiananoun (n.) A Mexican drug, used as an aphrodisiac.

diananoun (n.) The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified with the Greek goddess Artemis.

dipneumonanoun (n. pl.) A group of spiders having only two lunglike organs.

discinanoun (n.) A genus of Branchiopoda, having a disklike shell, attached by one valve, which is perforated by the peduncle.

diurnanoun (n. pl.) A division of Lepidoptera, including the butterflies; -- so called because they fly only in the daytime.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ONA (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (on) - Words That Begins with on:


onagernoun (n.) A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery.
 noun (n.) A wild ass, especially the koulan.

onagganoun (n.) The dauw.

onagraceousadjective (a.) Alt. of Onagrarieous

onagrarieousadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Onagraceae or Onagrarieae), which includes the fuchsia, the willow-herb (Epilobium), and the evening primrose (/nothera).

onanismnoun (n.) Self-pollution; masturbation.

onapponoun (n.) A nocturnal South American monkey (Callithrix discolor), noted for its agility; -- called also ventriloquist monkey.

oncidiumnoun (n.) A genus of tropical orchidaceous plants, the flower of one species of which (O. Papilio) resembles a butterfly.

oncographnoun (n.) An instrument for registering the changes observable with an oncometer.

oncometernoun (n.) An instrument for measuring the variations in size of the internal organs of the body, as the kidney, spleen, etc.

oncotomynoun (n.) The opening of an abscess, or the removal of a tumor, with a cutting instrument.

ondenoun (n.) Hatred; fury; envy.

on ditnoun (n.) A flying report; rumor; as, it is a mere on dit.
  () They say, or it is said.

onenoun (n.) A single unit; as, one is the base of all numbers.
 noun (n.) A symbol representing a unit, as 1, or i.
 noun (n.) A single person or thing.
 noun (indef. pron.) Any person, indefinitely; a person or body; as, what one would have well done, one should do one's self.
 adjective (a.) Being a single unit, or entire being or thing, and no more; not multifold; single; individual.
 adjective (a.) Denoting a person or thing conceived or spoken of indefinitely; a certain. "I am the sister of one Claudio" [Shak.], that is, of a certain man named Claudio.
 adjective (a.) Pointing out a contrast, or denoting a particular thing or person different from some other specified; -- used as a correlative adjective, with or without the.
 adjective (a.) Closely bound together; undivided; united; constituting a whole.
 adjective (a.) Single in kind; the same; a common.
 adjective (a.) Single; inmarried.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite; to assimilite.

oneberrynoun (n.) The herb Paris. See Herb Paris, under Herb.

oneidasnoun (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the region near Oneida Lake in the State of New York, and forming part of the Five Nations. Remnants of the tribe now live in New York, Canada, and Wisconsin.

oneirocriticadjective (a.) An interpreter of dreams.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Oneirocritical

oneirocriticaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the interpretation of dreams.

oneirocriticismnoun (n.) Alt. of Oneirocritics

oneirocriticsnoun (n.) The art of interpreting dreams.

oneiromancynoun (n.) Divination by means of dreams.

oneiroscopistnoun (n.) One who interprets dreams.

oneiroscopynoun (n.) The interpretation of dreams.

onelinessnoun (n.) The state of being one or single.

onelyadjective (a.) See Only.

onementnoun (n.) The state of being at one or reconciled.

onenessnoun (n.) The state of being one; singleness in number; individuality; unity.

oneraryadjective (a.) Fitted for, or carrying, a burden.

oneratingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Onerate

onerationnoun (n.) The act of loading.

onerousadjective (a.) Burdensome; oppressive.

oneselfnoun (pron.) A reflexive form of the indefinite pronoun one. Commonly writen as two words, one's self.

ongoingnoun (n.) The act of going forward; progress; (pl.) affairs; business; current events.

onguentnoun (n.) An unguent.

onionnoun (n.) A liliaceous plant of the genus Allium (A. cepa), having a strong-flavored bulb and long hollow leaves; also, its bulbous root, much used as an article of food. The name is often extended to other species of the genus.

onirocriticadjective (a.) See Oneirocritic.

onlinessnoun (n.) The state of being alone.

onlyadjective (a.) One alone; single; as, the only man present; his only occupation.
 adjective (a.) Alone in its class; by itself; not associated with others of the same class or kind; as, an only child.
 adjective (a.) Hence, figuratively: Alone, by reason of superiority; preeminent; chief.
 adjective (a.) In one manner or degree; for one purpose alone; simply; merely; barely.
 adjective (a.) So and no otherwise; no other than; exclusively; solely; wholly.
 adjective (a.) Singly; without more; as, only-begotten.
 adjective (a.) Above all others; particularly.
  (conj.) Save or except (that); -- an adversative used elliptically with or without that, and properly introducing a single fact or consideration.

onocerinnoun (n.) A white crystalline waxy substance extracted from the root of the leguminous plant Ononis spinosa.

onologynoun (n.) Foolish discourse.

onomancynoun (n.) Divination by the letters of a name; nomancy.

onomanticadjective (a.) Alt. of Onomantical

onomanticaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to onomancy.

onomasticadjective (a.) Applied to a signature when the body of the instrument is in another's handwriting.

onomasticonnoun (n.) A collection of names and terms; a dictionary; specif., a collection of Greek names, with explanatory notes, made by Julius Pollux about A.D.180.

onomatechnynoun (n.) Prognostication by the letters of a name.

onomatologistnoun (n.) One versed in the history of names.

onomatologynoun (n.) The science of names or of their classification.

onomatopenoun (n.) An imitative word; an onomatopoetic word.

onomatopoeianoun (n.) The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees; the hiss of a goose; the crackle of fire.

onomatopoeicadjective (a.) Onomatopoetic.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ONA:

English Words which starts with 'o' and ends with 'a':

oblongatanoun (n.) The medulla oblongata.

ocanoun (n.) A Peruvian name for certain species of Oxalis (O. crenata, and O. tuberosa) which bear edible tubers.

ochreanoun (n.) A greave or legging.
 noun (n.) A kind of sheath formed by two stipules united round a stem.

ocranoun (n.) See Okra.

ocreanoun (n.) See Ochrea.

octandrianoun (n.pl.) A Linnaean class of plants, in which the flowers have eight stamens not united to one another or to the pistil.

octoceranoun (n.pl.) Octocerata.

octoceratanoun (n.pl.) A suborder of Cephalopoda including Octopus, Argonauta, and allied genera, having eight arms around the head; -- called also Octopoda.

octogynianoun (n.pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having eight pistils.

octopodanoun (n.pl.) Same as Octocerata.
 noun (n.pl.) Same as Arachnida.

octopodianoun (n.pl.) Same as Octocerata.

oculinanoun (n.) A genus of tropical corals, usually branched, and having a very volid texture.

oculinaceanoun (n.pl.) A suborder of corals including many reef-building species, having round, starlike calicles.

odonatanoun (n. pl.) The division of insects that includes the dragon flies.

odontalgianoun (n.) Toothache.

odontophoranoun (n.pl.) Same as Cephalophora.

oedemanoun (n.) A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue.

oenomanianoun (n.) Delirium tremens.
 noun (n.) Dipsomania.

oinomanianoun (n.) See oenomania.

okranoun (n.) An annual plant (Abelmoschus, / Hibiscus, esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo.
 noun (n.) The pods of the plant okra, used as a vegetable; also, a dish prepared with them; gumbo.

oleanoun (n.) A genus of trees including the olive.

oligochaetanoun (n. pl.) An order of Annelida which includes the earthworms and related species.

olivanoun (n.) A genus of polished marine gastropod shells, chiefly tropical, and often beautifully colored.

ollanoun (n.) A pot or jar having a wide mouth; a cinerary urn, especially one of baked clay.
 noun (n.) A dish of stewed meat; an olio; an olla-podrida.

omagranoun (n.) Gout in the shoulder.

omeganoun (n.) The last letter of the Greek alphabet. See Alpha.
 noun (n.) The last; the end; hence, death.

omnivoranoun (n. pl.) A group of ungulate mammals including the hog and the hippopotamus. The term is also sometimes applied to the bears, and to certain passerine birds.

onychanoun (n.) An ingredient of the Mosaic incense, probably the operculum of some kind of strombus.
 noun (n.) The precious stone called onyx.

onychianoun (n.) A whitlow.
 noun (n.) An affection of a finger or toe, attended with ulceration at the base of the nail, and terminating in the destruction of the nail.

onychophoranoun (n. pl.) Malacopoda.

oothecanoun (n.) An egg case, especially those of many kinds of mollusks, and of some insects, as the cockroach. Cf. Ooecium.

oozoanoun (n. pl.) Same as Acrita.

operanoun (n.) A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music forms an essential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting of recitative, arials, choruses, duets, trios, etc., with orchestral accompaniment, preludes, and interludes, together with appropriate costumes, scenery, and action; a lyric drama.
 noun (n.) The score of a musical drama, either written or in print; a play set to music.
 noun (n.) The house where operas are exhibited.
  (pl. ) of Opus

operculanoun (n. pl.) See Operculum.
  (pl. ) of Operculum

operettanoun (n.) A short, light, musical drama.

ophidianoun (n. pl.) The order of reptiles which includes the serpents.
  (pl. ) of Ophidion

ophiomorphanoun (n. pl.) An order of tailless amphibians having a slender, wormlike body with regular annulations, and usually with minute scales imbedded in the skin. The limbs are rudimentary or wanting. It includes the caecilians. Called also Gymnophiona and Ophidobatrachia.

ophiuranoun (n.) A genus of ophiurioid starfishes.

ophiuridanoun (n. pl.) Same as Ophiurioidea.

ophiurioideanoun (n. pl.) Alt. of Ophiuroidea

ophiuroideanoun (n. pl.) A class of star-shaped echinoderms having a disklike body, with slender, articulated arms, which are not grooved beneath and are often very fragile; -- called also Ophiuroida and Ophiuridea. See Illust. under Brittle star.

ophthalmianoun (n.) An inflammation of the membranes or coats of the eye or of the eyeball.

opisthobranchianoun (n. pl.) Alt. of Opisthobranchiata

opisthobranchiatanoun (n. pl.) A division of gastropod Mollusca, in which the breathing organs are usually situated behind the heart. It includes the tectibranchs and nudibranchs.

opisthoglyphanoun (n. pl.) A division of serpents which have some of the posterior maxillary teeth grooved for fangs.

optocoelianoun (n.) The cavity of one of the optic lobes of the brain in many animals.

opuntianoun (n.) A genus of cactaceous plants; the prickly pear, or Indian fig.

oquassanoun (n.) A small, handsome trout (Salvelinus oquassa), found in some of the lakes in Maine; -- called also blueback trout.

oranoun (n.) A money of account among the Anglo-Saxons, valued, in the Domesday Book, at twenty pence sterling.
  (pl. ) of Os

orbiculanoun (n.) Same as Discina.

orbulinanoun (n.) A genus of minute living Foraminifera having a globular shell.

orchestranoun (n.) The space in a theater between the stage and the audience; -- originally appropriated by the Greeks to the chorus and its evolutions, afterward by the Romans to persons of distinction, and by the moderns to a band of instrumental musicians.
 noun (n.) The place in any public hall appropriated to a band of instrumental musicians.
 noun (n.) Loosely: A band of instrumental musicians performing in a theater, concert hall, or other place of public amusement.
 noun (n.) Strictly: A band suitable for the performance of symphonies, overtures, etc., as well as for the accompaniment of operas, oratorios, cantatas, masses, and the like, or of vocal and instrumental solos.
 noun (n.) A band composed, for the largest part, of players of the various viol instruments, many of each kind, together with a proper complement of wind instruments of wood and brass; -- as distinguished from a military or street band of players on wind instruments, and from an assemblage of solo players for the rendering of concerted pieces, such as septets, octets, and the like.
 noun (n.) The instruments employed by a full band, collectively; as, an orchestra of forty stringed instruments, with proper complement of wind instruments.

oreosomanoun (n. pl.) A genus of small oceanic fishes, remarkable for the large conical tubercles which cover the under surface.

organistanoun (n.) Any one of several South American wrens, noted for the sweetness of their song.

orgyianoun (n.) A genus of bombycid moths whose caterpillars (esp. those of Orgyia leucostigma) are often very injurious to fruit trees and shade trees. The female is wingless. Called also vaporer moth.

ornithodelphianoun (n. pl.) Same as Monotremata.

ornithopodanoun (n. pl.) An order of herbivorous dinosaurs with birdlike characteristics in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind legs, which in some genera had only three functional toes, and supported the body in walking as in Iguanodon. See Illust. in Appendix.

ornithosaurianoun (n. pl.) An order of extinct flying reptiles; -- called also Pterosauria.

ornithoscelidanoun (n. pl.) A group of extinct Reptilia, intermediate in structure (especially with regard to the pelvis) between reptiles and birds.

orthopn/anoun (n.) Alt. of Orthopny

orthopodanoun (n. pl.) An extinct order of reptiles which stood erect on the hind legs, and resembled birds in the structure of the feet, pelvis, and other parts.

orthopteranoun (n. pl.) An order of mandibulate insects including grasshoppers, locusts, cockroaches, etc. See Illust. under Insect.

oryzanoun (n.) A genus of grasses including the rice plant; rice.

oscillarianoun (n.) A genus of dark green, or purplish black, filamentous, fresh-water algae, the threads of which have an automatic swaying or crawling motion. Called also Oscillatoria.

oscillatorianoun (n. pl.) Same as Oscillaria.

osteocollanoun (n.) A kind of glue obtained from bones.
 noun (n.) A cellular calc tufa, which in some places forms incrustations on the stems of plants, -- formerly supposed to have the quality of uniting fractured bones.

osteocommanoun (n.) A metamere of the vertebrate skeleton; an osteomere; a vertebra.

osteomanoun (n.) A tumor composed mainly of bone; a tumor of a bone.

osteomalacianoun (n.) A disease of the bones, in which they lose their earthy material, and become soft, flexible, and distorted. Also called malacia.

osteosarcomanoun (n.) A tumor having the structure of a sacroma in which there is a deposit of bone; sarcoma connected with bone.

osteozoanoun (n. pl.) Same as Vertebrata.

ostraceanoun (n. pl.) A division of bivalve mollusks including the oysters and allied shells.

ostracodanoun (n. pl.) Ostracoidea.

ostracoideanoun (n. pl.) An order of Entomostraca possessing hard bivalve shells. They are of small size, and swim freely about.

ostreanoun (n.) A genus of bivalve Mollusca which includes the true oysters.

otalgianoun (n.) Pain in the ear; earache.

otorrh/anoun (n.) A flow or running from the ear, esp. a purulent discharge.

ovanoun (n. pl.) See Ovum.
  (pl. ) of Ovum

overseaadjective (a.) Beyond the sea; foreign.
 adverb (adv.) Alt. of Overseas

oviparanoun (n. pl.) An artifical division of vertebrates, including those that lay eggs; -- opposed to Vivipara.

ovoplasmanoun (n.) Yolk; egg yolk.

oxyammonianoun (n.) Same as Hydroxylamine.

oxyopianoun (n.) Alt. of Oxyopy

oxyrhynchanoun (n. pl.) The maioid crabs.

ozenanoun (n.) A discharge of fetid matter from the nostril, particularly if associated with ulceration of the soft parts and disease of the bones of the nose.

ocarinanoun (n.) A kind of small simple wind instrument.