o : Idioms & Phrases


Cat o' nine tails

  • an instrument of punishment consisting of nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a handle; formerly used to flog offenders on the bare back.
Webster 1913

cat-o'-nine-tails

  • noun a whip with nine knotted cords
    cat.
    • British sailors feared the cat
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group o

  • noun the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens
    group O; O.
    • people with type O blood are universal donors
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hop-o'-my-thumb

Hop"-o'-my-thumb", Hop"-thumb" noun (Also<
  • Hop-o'-my-thumb
  • Hop-thumb
)
Definitions
  1. A very diminutive person. Colloq. liwell.
Webster 1913

i o u

I O U
Etymology
i. e., I owe you.
Definitions
  1. A paper having on it these letters, with a sum named, and duly signed; -- in use in England as an acknowledgment of a debt, and taken as evidence thereof, but not amounting to a promissory note; a due bill. Wharton. Story.
Webster 1913

jack-o'-lantern

  • noun a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground
    friar's lantern; ignis fatuus; jack-o'-lantern.
  • noun lantern carved from a pumpkin
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Jack"-o'-lan`tern noun
Definitions
  1. See Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack.
Webster 1913

jack-o-lantern

  • noun a large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks; the gills are luminescent
    Omphalotus illudens; jack-a-lantern; jack-o-lantern.
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jack-o-lantern fungus

  • noun a large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks; the gills are luminescent
    Omphalotus illudens; jack-a-lantern; jack-o-lantern.
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Jack-with-a-lantern, Jack-o'-lantern

  • . (a) An ignis fatuus; a will-o'-the-wisp . "[Newspaper speculations] supplying so many more jack-o'-lanterns to the future historian." Lowell. (b) A lantern made of a pumpkin so prepared as to show in illumination the features of a human face, etc.
Webster 1913

jell-o

  • noun fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder
    jello.
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Land o' cakes

  • Scotland.
Webster 1913

light-o'-love

  • noun a woman inconstant in love
    light-of-love.
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Light"-o'-love` noun
Definitions
  1. An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters. Nares. "Best sing it to the tune of light-o'-love." Shak.
  2. Hence: A light or wanton woman. Beau. & Fl.
Webster 1913

O dear, ∧ O dear me!

  • corrupted fr. F. O Dieu! or It. O Dio! O God! O Dio mio! O my God! Wyman, exclamations expressive of various emotions, but usually promoted by surprise, consternation, grief, pain, etc.
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o level

  • noun the basic level of a subject taken in school
    General Certificate of Secondary Education; GCSE.
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o ring

  • noun a gasket consisting of a flat ring of rubber or plastic; used to seal a joint against high pressure
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os breve

  • noun a bone that is of approximately equal dimension in all directions
    short bone.
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os capitatum

  • noun the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus
    capitate; capitate bone.
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os frontale

  • noun the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits
    forehead; frontal bone.
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os hamatum

  • noun the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers
    hamate bone; unciform bone; hamate.
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os hyoideum

  • noun a U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles
    hyoid bone; hyoid.
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os ischii

  • noun one of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium
    ischial bone; ischium.
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os longum

  • noun in limbs of vertebrate animals: a long cylindrical bone that contains marrow
    long bone.
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os lunatum

  • noun one of the eight small wrist bones
    semilunar bone; lunate bone.
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os nasale

  • noun an elongated rectangular bone that forms the bridge of the nose
    nasal bone; nasal.
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os palatinum

  • noun either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits
    palatine; palatine bone.
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os pisiforme

  • noun a small wrist bone that articulates only with the triquetral
    pisiform bone; pisiform.
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os pubis

  • noun one of the three sections of the hipbone; together these two bones form the front of the pelvis
    pubic bone; pubis.
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os scaphoideum

  • noun the largest wrist bone on the thumb side
    scaphoid bone; navicular.
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os sesamoideum

  • noun any of several small round bones formed in a tendon where it passes over a joint
    sesamoid bone; sesamoid.
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os sphenoidale

  • noun butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull
    sphenoid; sphenoid bone.
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os tarsi fibulare

  • noun the largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel
    heelbone; calcaneus.
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os temporale

  • noun a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear
    temporal bone.
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os trapezium

  • noun the wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals
    trapezium bone; trapezium.
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os trapezoideum

  • noun the wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones
    trapezoid; trapezoid bone.
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os triquetrum

  • noun a wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bones
    triquetral; triquetral bone; cuneiform bone; pyramidal bone.
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os zygomaticum

  • noun the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek
    jugal bone; malar; malar bone; cheekbone; zygomatic; zygomatic bone.
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Peep-o'-day boys

  • the Irish insurgents of 1784; so called from their visiting the house of the loyal Irish at day break in search of arms. Cant
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penicillin o

  • noun a penicillin that is similar in antibiotic action to penicillin G but is obtained differently
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tam-o'-shanter

  • noun a woolen cap of Scottish origin
    tam; tammy.
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To get the best o

  • f, to gain an advantage over, whether fairly or unfairly.
Webster 1913

type o

  • noun the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens
    group O; O.
    • people with type O blood are universal donors
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vitre-o-electic

Vit`re-o-e*lec"tic adjective
Etymology
See Vitreous, and Electric.
Definitions
  1. (Physics) Containing or exhibiting positive, or vitreous, electricity.
Webster 1913

will-o'-the-wisp

  • noun a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground
    friar's lantern; ignis fatuus; jack-o'-lantern.
  • noun an illusion that misleads
    ignis fatuus.
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Will"-o'-the-wisp` noun
Definitions
  1. See Ignis fatuus.
Webster 1913