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 obversely In an obverse manner. obversion The act of turning toward or downward. obvert To turn so as to show another side. obviable Capable of being obviated. obviate To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary. obviation The act of obviating; deterrence or prevention. obviative A grammatical marker that distinguishes a relatively non-salient referent in a given context from a relatively salient (proximate) one. obviatively In an obviative manner. obviativity The quality of being obviative. obviator One who obviates. obviosity The quality of being obvious. obvious Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory. obviously In an obvious or clearly apparent manner. obviousness The characteristic of being obvious. obvoid Egg-shaped and solid, with the narrow end at the base. obvolute overlapping; contorted; convoluted obvolve To enfold or wrap around; to cover by wrapping. obvolvent Curved downward or inward. Obwalden A canton of Switzerland. obzocky Awkward; unattractive; out of place; lopsided; misshapen. oc Officer of the Order of Canada. oca Any member of the species Oxalis tuberosa (syn. Oxalis crenata), which bear edible tubers. Ocaina A Witotoan language spoken in Peru and Colombia. Ocala A city, the county seat of Marion County, Florida. OCaml A general-purpose, multi-paradigm programming language based on the Caml dialect of ML. Ocampo A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician]. ocaperidone An antipsychotic drug. ocarina A woodwind musical instrument that is closed at both sides to produce an enclosed space, and punctured with finger holes. ocarinist Someone who plays the ocarina. Ocasek A surname from Czech. Ocasio A surname. occabot Tobacco. occaecation An act of going blind. occamy An alloy imitating gold or silver. Occaneechi A group of Native Americans who lived in the 17th century primarily on Occoneechee Island and east of the confluence of the Dan and Roanoke rivers, near current-day Clarksville, Virginia. occasion A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance. occasionable Capable of being occasioned or caused occasionably occasionally occasional Occurring or appearing irregularly from time to time, but not often; incidental. occasionalism A metaphysical doctrine that holds that all events are occasioned (caused) by God. occasionalist A proponent of occasionalism. occasionalistic Of or relating to the doctrine of occasionalism. occasionality The quality of being occasional. occasionally On occasion: at relatively infrequent intervals, from time to time, sometimes. occasionalness The quality of being occasional. occasionate To occasion. occasionless Without occasion. occasionwear clothing to be worn on special occasions occasive Of or pertaining to the setting sun occecation The act of making blind occhio A sound hole occhiolism The awareness of the small scope of one's own perspective and the way it limits one's ability to fully understand the world. occident The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west. occidental Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western. occidentalism The habits and attitudes of westerners. occidentalist One who studies occidental languages. occidentality The quality of being occidental. occidentalization The process or result of occidentalizing. occidentalize To convert or adapt to Western culture. occidentally In an occidental manner. occidentosis An increase in social inequality that occurs when the widespread adoption of Western technology results in job losses and factory owners gaining wealth. occidentotropism An expression (sometimes a figure of speech) with an inclination toward western civilization (i.e. the occident). occidiofungin An actin-binding antifungal glycopeptide present in a Burkholderia bacterium occiduous Western; occidental. occipital Of, pertaining to, or located within or near the occiput (back of the head) or the occipital bone. occipitalgia pain in the occiput occipitalis A muscle of the head that arises from the lateral two-thirds of the superior nuchal lines and from the mastoid part of the temporal bone, inserts into the galea aponeurotica, and acts to move the scalp; it is sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle. occipitalisation Connection with the occipital bone occipitalised Modified by occipitalisation occipitally In relation to the occiput or the occipital bone. occipitoanterior Having the occiput facing anteriorly or anterolaterally. occipitoatlantal Relating to the occiput and the atlas. occipitoatlantoaxial Relating to the articulation of the occiput and atlas with the axis. occipitoatloid Relating to, or connecting the occipital bone and the atlas occipitoaxial Of or pertaining to the occipital bone and second vertebra, or axis. occipitobregmatic Of or relating to the occiput and the bregma. occipitocervical Relating to the occiput and the neck. occipitocortical Relating to the occiput and the cerebral cortex occipitocranial Relating to the occiput and the cranium occipitofacial Of or relating to the occiput and the face. occipitofrontal Of or pertaining to the occipital and frontal bones of the skull. occipitofrontalis A large flat muscle on each side of the vertex of the skull, consisting of an occipital portion (arising from the occipital and temporal bones) and a frontal portion that are separated by the epicranial aponeurosis, and serving to draw the scalp backwards, raising the eyebrows and wrinkling the forehead. occipitofrontally In an occipitofrontal manner. occipitoiliac Of or relating to the occiput and the ilium. occipitolateral Having the occiput facing laterally. occipitolaterally In an occipitolateral manner. occipitomastoid Relating to, or connecting the occipital and mastoid bones occipitomental Of or relating to (the distance between) the chin and the occiput. occipitonasal Relating to, or between, the occipital bone and the nose occipitonuchal Of or relating to the occiput and the back of the neck. occipitoparietal Relating to the occipital and the parietal bones occipitoparietotemporal Synonym of parietooccipitotemporal. occipitopontine occipital and pontine occipitoposterior Having the occiput facing posteriorly or posterolaterally. occipitosacral occipital and sacral occipitoscapular Of or relating to the occiput and the scapula. occipitosphenoidal occipital and sphenoidal occipitotemporal Of or pertaining to the occiput and temporal lobe. occipitothalamic Of or relating to the occiput and the thalamus. occipitotransverse Having the occiput facing transversely (i.e. laterally). occipitoventral occipital and ventral occiput The back part of the head or skull. occision A killing; the act of killing. Occitan Someone of the regional culture that speaks this language; an inhabitant of Occitania. Occitania A cultural region in southwestern Europe where Occitan has historically been spoken, consisting of southern France, parts of Catalonia in Spain, and some valleys in northwestern Italy. Occitanic Of or relating to Occitan. Occitanie Occitania: an administrative region in southern France. Occitanism Occitan regionalism; the belief that the Occitania region of France should be given autonomy or independence. Occitanist A supporter of Occitanism; an Occitan regionalist. Occitanity The quality of being Occitan. occludable Able to be occluded. occludant Something that occludes. occlude To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.). occluded closed or obstructed occludent Serving to occlude or close. occluder An object that partially or completely impedes the amount of light reaching the eye. occludin Any of a family of plasma-membrane proteins located at tight junctions occlupanid Synonym of bread clip. occlusal On the side of a tooth which mates with the opposing tooth. occlusally Within, or associated with an occlusion occluse shut; closed occlusion The process of occluding, or something that occludes. occlusional Of or relating to occlusion. occlusive That tends to occlude. occlusively In an occlusive manner. occlusiveness The condition of being occlusive. occlusivity The condition of being occlusive occlusobuccal occlusal and buccal occlusocervically In the occlusocervical dimension or orientation. occlusogingival Relating to the occlusal and gingival sides of a tooth occlusometer A gnathodynamometer. occlusoproximal occlusal and proximal occlusor A muscle that closes an opening. Occopirmus The Prussian sky god. Occoquan A river in Virginia, United States, a tributary of the Potomac. occult To cover or hide from view. occultate To make occult or hidden. occultation An astronomical event that occurs when one celestial object is hidden by another celestial object that passes between it and the observer when the nearer object appears larger and completely hides the more distant object. occulted Hidden; secret. occulter Any object, natural or man-made, that blocks the light of an object from an observer, typically used in reference to astronomical events. occultic Of or pertaining to the occult. occultically In an occultic manner. occultism The study of the supernatural occultist A person who practises or studies occultism; a practitioner of, or person learned in, the occult. occultistic Related to occultists or to occultism occultive Related to or involving the occult or secret knowledge. occultly In an occult manner. occultness The state or condition of being occult. occultural Of or pertaining to the occult; occultic. occulture The appropriation by a subculture of occult themes (New Age, etc.) in opposition to the dominant culture.