Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z off In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point. offa Off of. offal The internal organs of an animal (entrails or innards), used as food. offald vile, wicked, mean offaling offal offally Containing or consisting of offal. offaly A county of Ireland. offbeam Not in line with excited parallel neurofibers. offbear To carry off from the moulding-table and place on the ground to dry. offbeat The beats not normally accented in a measure. offbeatness The quality of being offbeat. offboard To alight, especially from public transit or an aircraft. offcap To take off the cap by way of obeisance or salutation. offcast To cast off; shed. Offchurch A village and civil parish (served by Eathorpe, Hunningham, Offchurch and Wappenbury Joint Parish Council) east of Leamington Spa in Warwick district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3565). offcome That which comes off or the act or process of coming off; emission. offcomer A newcomer to a place. offcoming coming or casting off; retiring, shedding, detaching or emitting offcumden Someone not from the area; an incomer, an outsider. offcut To cut off. offcutting An offcut; a piece that has been cut off. offdiagonal That is not an element on the diagonal of a square matrix. Offenbach An independent city in Hesse. Official name: Offenbach am Main Offenbachian Of or relating to Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880), German-born French composer, cellist and impresario. Offenburg A town, the administrative seat of Ortenaukreis district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. offence UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada standard spelling of offense. offenceful offensive offencelessness Absence of offence. offend To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult. offendable Capable of being offended. offendant An offender. offendedly In an offended manner. offendedness The state or quality of being offended. offendee One who is offended. offender One who gives or causes offense, or does something wrong. offending The act of committing an offence. offendotron A person who makes it their business to take offense wherever possible. offendress A woman who offends; a female offender offense A crime or sin. offenseful offensive; displeasing. offenseless Unoffending; innocent; inoffensive; harmless. offenselessly In an offenseless manner. offenselessness Absence of offense. offensensitivity Inappropriately high sensitivity to perceived offense. offensible That may give offense; offensive. offension Assault; attack, offensive; offense. offensive Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, sadness, or indignation. offensively In an offensive manner. offensiveness The quality of being offensive. offensivity The act or status of committing a criminal offense. offer A proposal that has been made. offerable Capable of being offered offeree One to whom an offer is made. offerer One who offers. offering The act by which something is offered. offerless Without offer offeror One who makes an offer to another; someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection. Offerton A hamlet and civil parish (served by Abney, Abney Grange, Offerton and Highlow Parish Council) in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2181). offertorial Relating to an offering, or the ritual of offertory. offertory A prayer said or sung as an anthem while offerings of bread and wine are placed on the altar during the Roman Catholic Mass or the Anglican Communion service. offerture offer; proposal offglide A phase while the articulators are moving away from their position in articulating a speech sound. offgoing Departing; going away. Offham A small village in Hamsey parish, Lewes district, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ3912). offhand Without planning or thinking ahead. offhanded In a casual or curt style, without preparation or thought; impromptu, offhand. offhandedly In or with an offhand manner. offhandedness The property of being offhand. offhold To retain. office A ceremonial duty or service, particularly officebearer Synonym of officeholder. officeful The amount that fills an office. Officegate A 2001 controversy leading to the resignation of Henry McLeish, First Minister of Scotland, who had illicitly sublet his constituency office. officegoer One who works in an office, an officer. officeholder A person who holds an office, especially one appointed or elected to a public office. officeholding The holding of an office (formal role). officeless Without an office (room or building where business is carried out). officelike Resembling or characteristic of an office (room or building where clerical work is done). officer One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations. officeress A female officer. officerhood The role or status of an officer. officerial Of or relating to officers. officerism The attitudes and behaviour of an officer. officerless Without an officer. officerlike Resembling, characteristic of, or befitting an officer. officerly Like or befitting an officer. officership The position or role of an officer. officescape The landscape within an office; a landscape of offices. officeseeker A candidate for office, often specifically political office officeseeking Wishing to gain a certain position, often in politics. officeship The position or role of holding an office. officetel a multi-purpose building in Korea with both residential and commercial units officeward Toward an office. officewear Clothes designed to be worn while working in an office. officewide Throughout an office. officey Officelike; resembling or pertaining to an office. official Of or about an office or public trust. officialate A diocesan tribunal. officialdom The people elected to government or employed in the civil service. officialese The typical language of officials or official documents; legalistic and pompous language. officialhood The state or condition of being official; officiality officialis A kind of civil servant in Ancient Rome; a member of the staff of a governor or other high dignitary. officialism The rigid, perfunctory and literal adherence to official duties and regulations officialist A supporter of officialism. officiality The charge, office, court, or jurisdiction of an official. officialization The process or result of officializing. officialize To make official. officially In an official manner; according to official rules or regulations. officialness The quality of being official. officialship The position or role of an official. officiant A person who officiates at a religious ceremony (in Christianity, at any ceremony other than the Eucharist). officiary Of or pertaining to an office or an officer; official. officiate To perform the functions of some office. officiation The act of officiating. officiator A person who officiates. officina A monetary office that issues coins. officinal Medicinal. officinalisinin A particular steroid glycoside. officinally In officinal terms. officious Obliging, attentive, eager to please. officiously in an officious manner officiousness The quality of being officious. Offield A surname. offing The area of the sea in which a ship can be seen in the distance from land, excluding the parts nearest the shore, and beyond the anchoring ground. Offington A neighbourhood and ward in Worthing borough, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1305). offish Aloof, standoffish. offishly In an offish manner. offishness Quality of being offish. offkey in an off-key manner offlay To offset. offlead To lead off or away. offlet A pipe to drain or let off water. Offley A civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL148262). offline Of a system, currently not connected (generally electrically) to a larger network. For example, a power plant which is not connected to the grid, or a computer which is not connected to the Internet or to any other communications service. offlineable Capable of being used offline to some degree. offlineness The state or quality of being offline. offliner A person who is offline; one not using the Internet or similar service. offlist Not on a mailing list or newsgroup. offload To unload. offloader One who, or that which, offloads. offloading The act by which something is offloaded. offly awfully Offner A surname from German. offness The quality of being off (in various senses). Offord The Offords, the twin villages of Offord Cluny and Offord D'Arcy in Huntingdonshire, England. offprint A reproduction of a single article from a journal or similar publication. offput A postponement; the act of putting something off for later. offputtingly In an offputting manner. offretite A hexagonal prismatic form of zeolite Offringa A surname.