oat cell carcinoma

highly malignant carcinoma composed of small round or egg-shaped cells with little cytoplasm; lung cancers are frequently oat cell carcinomas ;

oatcake

thin flat unleavened cake of baked oatmeal ;

oates

United States writer (born in 1938) ; English conspirator who claimed that there was a Jesuit plot to assassinate Charles II (1649-1705) ;

oath

a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury ; profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted" ; a solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior; "they took an oath of allegiance" ;

oatmeal

meal made from rolled or ground oats ; porridge made of rolled oats ;

oatmeal cookie

cookies containing rolled oats ;

oaxaca

a city of southeastern Mexico ;

oaxaca de juarez

a city of southeastern Mexico ;

ob

the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother ; a major river of western Siberia; flows generally northward and westward to the Gulf of Ob and the Kara Sea ;

ob river

a major river of western Siberia; flows generally northward and westward to the Gulf of Ob and the Kara Sea ;

obadiah

an Old Testament book telling Obadiah's prophecies; the shortest book in the Christian Bible ; a Hebrew minor prophet ;

obbligato

a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission ; a persistent but subordinate motif ;

obduracy

resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible ;

obeah

a religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas ;

obeche

large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood ; the wood of an African obeche tree; used especially for veneering ;

obechi

large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood ;

obedience

behavior intended to please your parents; "their children were never very strong on obedience"; "he went to law school out of respect for his father's wishes" ; the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person ; the trait of being willing to obey ;

obedience plant

white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch ;

obedient plant

North American plant having a spike of two-lipped pink or white flowers ;

obeisance

the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person ; bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame ;

obelion

the craniometric point on the sagittal suture near the lamboid suture ;

obelisk

a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top ; a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote ;

oberson

(Middle Ages) the king of the fairies and husband of Titania in medieval folklore ;

obesity

more than average fatness ;

obesity diet

a diet designed to help you lose weight (especially fat) ;

obfuscation

darkening or obscuring the sight of something ; the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered ; confusion resulting from failure to understand ;

obi

a religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas ;

obidoxime chloride

a chloride used as an antidote for nerve gases such as sarin or VX ;

obiism

belief in a kind of sorcery that originated in Africa and is practiced in the West Indies ;

obit

a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography ;

obiter dictum

an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding ; an incidental remark ;

obituary

a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography ;

object

a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" ; the focus of cognitions or feelings; "objects of thought"; "the object of my affection" ; the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children" ; (grammar) a constituent that is acted upon; "the object of the verb" ;

object-oriented database

a database in which the operations carried out on information items (data objects) are considered part of their definition ;

object-oriented database management system

a database management system designed to manage an object-oriented database ;

object-oriented programing language

(computer science) a programming language that enables the programmer to associate a set of procedures with each type of data structure; "C++ is an object-oriented programming language that is an extension of C" ;

object-oriented programming language

(computer science) a programming language that enables the programmer to associate a set of procedures with each type of data structure; "C++ is an object-oriented programming language that is an extension of C" ;

object ball

the billiard ball that is intended to be the first ball struck by the cue ball ;

object code

the machine-language output of a compiler that is ready for execution on a particular computer ;

object glass

the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed ;