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 offsaddle To unsaddle; remove the saddle from. offscape The distant part of a view, garden etc.; the background. offscour To remove by, or as if by, scouring; to scrub away. offscouring Refuse removed from something by scouring. offscraping The detachment and accumulation of sediments from the subducting oceanic plate onto the overriding plate. offscreen Existing or happening outside the frame of the cinema or television screen. offscum Refuse; scum. offsend A dismissal; the act of sending away. offset Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent. offsettable Capable of being offset. offsetter One who, or that which, offsets. offsetting The use of one thing to offset another; the practice of compensating for or counterbalancing one thing or amount by another contrary thing or amount offshell That does not conform to classical physics. offshoot Something which shoots off or separates from a main stem or branch of a plant. offshooting An offshoot; a diversion or branching off. offshorable Capable of being offshored. offshore Moving away from the shore. offshorer An organization that sends work abroad, hiring foreign labour as a substitute for local labour. offshoring The location of a business in another country for tax purposes or lowering production costs, as the labor. offshorization The act of moving capital to offshore accounts, or relocating business to a foreign country with a more lenient tax regime. offside In an illegal position ahead of the ball, puck, etc. offsider A partner, assistant, or deputy. offsite Away from a main location; in a place not owned by a particular organisation. offski away; not here; off offsmite To strike off; cut off. offsplit To split off; secede. offspring A person's daughter or son; a person's child. offspringing Springing off or outward; developing from something else. offspringless Without offspring. offstage Of or relating to that part of a stage not visible to the audience. offstand To endure against; stand or ward off; defend against; withstand; resist. offstanding Standing off; standing or situated at a distance; distant; far removed; remote. offstream Not located on a streambed. offsuit Of two or more cards, not of the same suit. offtake To take off; take away, remove. offtaker One who offtakes. offthrow The act of throwing off; (by extension) liberation Offwell A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY1999). offwing Occurring with the engines removed from the aircraft. offworld Not on Earth. offy An off-licence. oficina A nitrate-producing factory in a Spanish-speaking country. oflag A German prisoner-of-war camp for officers only. ofloxacin A fluoroquinolone antibiotic C₁₈H₂₀FN₃O₄ composed of equal quantities of levofloxacin and dextrofloxacin, that is a broad-spectrum antibacterial agent that is used in topical solution for otic or ophthalmic use or is administered orally or intravenously for other uses. ofo An Igbo staff of authority. Ofoten A district of Nordland, Norway. ofrenda A shrine of offerings to one's ancestors set up on the Day of the Dead. oft often; frequently; not rarely often Frequently; many times on different occasions. oftenly often oftenness The quality of happening often; frequency. oftens Synonym of often. oftentide Often; frequently. oftentime (elsewhere, archaic) Synonym of oftentimes. oftentimes Frequently; often. oftenwhiles often; frequently Oftersheim A municipality of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. oftest Most often (superlative form of oft: most oft) oftimes (elsewhere, archaic) Alternative form of ofttimes. oftness The quality of happening often; frequency. ofttime often ofttimes (elsewhere, archaic) Often, frequently. oftwhiles Often; oftentimes. ofuda A type of talisman or amulet issued by a Shinto shrine. Ofudesaki The main scripture in Tenrikyo. ofurace A particular fungicide. og Anything associated with an earlier, more traditional, and perceivedly more authentic era. oga A chief, employer, or superior. ogac Synonym of Greenland cod. Ogaden A region in eastern Ethiopia. Ogadenia A proposed state seeking secession from Ethiopia. ogaire A young Celtic lord. Ogallala A city, the county seat of Keith County, Nebraska, United States. Oganessian A surname from Armenian. oganessium A rejected name for oganesson. oganesson The chemical element (symbol Og) with atomic number 118. It is the heaviest known element. Highly radioactive, it does not occur naturally. Originally expected to be a noble gas, it is now predicted to be a reactive metallic solid, and a semiconductor or a post-transition metal. ogas A surname from Spanish. Ogasawara A village and subprefecture of Tokyo prefecture, Japan. Ogata A surname from Japanese. Ogawa A surname from Japanese. ogbanje In Igbo folklore, an evil spirit that is born into a family to bring them misfortune. Ogbomosho A city in Oyo State, Nigeria. Ogboni A fraternal institution indigenous to the Yoruba-speaking polities of Nigeria, Benin and Togo, as well as among the Edo people. It performs a range of political, religious and judicial functions. Ogbonna A surname from Igbo. ogbono The almond-like seeds of Irvingia gabonensis, used to thicken soup, etc. Ogborn A surname from Old English. Ogbu A surname. Ogburn A surname. ogcocephalid Any member of the family Ogcocephalidae. ogday dog (insult) Ogden A habitational surname from Old English. Ogdensburg A ghost town in Peninsula Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, named after the Ogden family. ogdensburgite An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and zinc. ogdoad A thing made up of eight parts. ogdoastich A poem of eight lines. ogdohedral Having hemimorphic trigonal pyramidal symmetry ogdohedry The condition of being ogdohedral Oge A surname ogee A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape. Ogeechee A blackwater river in Georgia, United States. ogeed Having an ogee. Ogema A town in Saskatchewan, Canada. Ogg An open bitstream container file format for audio, video, and other multimedia content. ogganition A snarling or grumbling. Oggerino A surname from Italian. ogglesome Awesome; dreadful. oggy A Cornish pasty. ogham A single character in this alphabet. oghamic In, of, or pertaining to Ogham. oghamist Someone who specialises in the academic study of Ogham inscriptions. oghi An Armenian spirit distilled from fruits or berries. Oghur A language family, a subfamily of Turkic, of which Chuvash is the only surviving member. Oghuric Of or relating to the Oghur language family. Oghuz A group of south-western Turkic people, including the Turks and Turkmens ogi A fermented cereal porridge from West Africa, typically made from maize, sorghum, or millet. Ogier A surname from French. Ogikubo A neighborhood of Suginami, Tokyo prefecture, Japan. Ogilvie A surname from Scottish Gaelic. Ogilvy A surname from Scottish Gaelic. ogin A large body of water including the sea or the ocean. Ogino A surname from Japanese. ogival Having the curved, pointed shape of an ogive. ogive The curve of a cumulative distribution function. ogived Having an ogive. Oglala One of the seven subtribes of the Lakota people, living mainly on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Oglaza A surname. ogle To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously. ogler One who ogles. ogles A surname. Ogleshield A washed-rind cow's-milk cheese from Somerset. Oglethorpe A surname from Old Norse. Ogliastra A province of Sardinia, Italy Ogliastran Of or related to Ogliastra. Ogliastrian Of or related to Ogliastra. ogling Action of the verb to ogle. Ogmic Written in, or relating to, Ogham. Ogmios A Celtic god of eloquence. Ogmore A river in Bridgend borough county borough, southern Wales, which flows into the Bristol Channel at Ogmore-by-Sea. Ognen A transliteration of the Macedonian male given name Огнен (Ognen) Ognibene A surname from Italian. Ognjen A male given name from the Slavic languages. Ognjoljub A male given name from the Slavic languages. Ognjomir A male given name from the Slavic languages. Ognjoslav A male given name from the Slavic languages. ogo ogonori Ogod A barangay of Donsol, Sorsogon, Philippines. ogogoro A strong alcoholic drink of West Africa, distilled from the juice of raffia palm trees. ogonek A hook-shaped diacritical mark ⟨◌̨⟩ attached underneath a vowel, typically to indicate nasalization, as in Ąą, Ęę, Įį, Ǫǫ or Ųų. Ogoni A member of an ethnic group from southeastern Nigeria, famous for their fight against oil industry exploitation. Ogoniland The region of southeastern Nigeria inhabited by the Ogoni people.