a simplification that goes too far (to the point of misrepresentation)
ordeal
Noun
a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control
ordeal
Noun
a severe or trying experience
outlet
Noun
activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
outlet
Noun
an opening that permits escape or release
outlet
Noun
a place of business for retailing goods
outlet
Noun
receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices
offspring
Noun
any immature animal
offspring
Noun
something that comes into existence as a result
offspring
Noun
the immediate descendants of a person
orphan
Noun
a young animal without a mother
orphan
Noun
the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column
orphan
Noun
a child who has lost both parents
orphan
Noun
someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision
orphan
Verb
deprive of parents
orthomyxovirus
Noun
a group of viruses including those causing influenza
obligate anaerobe
Noun
an organism that cannot grow in the presence of oxygen
onion yellow-dwarf virus
Noun
the virus that produces stunting and yellowing of the leaves of onion plants
order oedogoniales
Noun
simple or branched filamentous freshwater green algae
ovipositor
Noun
egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in many female insects and some fishes
ostracoderm
Noun
extinct fish-like jawless vertebrate having a heavily armored body
osteostracan
Noun
extinct jawless fish of the Devonian with armored head
oceanic whitetip shark
Noun
large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin
ortolan
Noun
brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy
ortolan bunting
Noun
brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy
oscine bird
Noun
passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
ostrich
Noun
fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet
ostrich
Noun
a person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand)
ouzel
Noun
common black European thrush
ousel
Noun
common black European thrush
ovenbird
Noun
small brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay nests
ovenbird
Noun
American warbler
oriole
Noun
American songbird
oriole
Noun
mostly tropical songbird
orchard oriole
Noun
the male is chestnut-and-black
olm
Noun
European aquatic salamander with permanent external gills that lives in caves
olympic salamander
Noun
small large-eyed semiaquatic salamander of the United States Northwest
owl
Noun
nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
owlet
Noun
young owl
osprey
Noun
large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years
obstetrical toad
Noun
European toad whose male carries the fertilized eggs wrapped around its hind legs until they hatch
olive ridley
Noun
olive-colored sea turtle of tropical Pacific and Indian and the southern Atlantic oceans
ornithischian
Noun
herbivorous dinosaur with a pelvis like that of a bird
ornithischian dinosaur
Noun
herbivorous dinosaur with a pelvis like that of a bird
ornithopod
Noun
bipedal herbivorous dinosaur
ornithopod dinosaur
Noun
bipedal herbivorous dinosaur
ornithomimid
Noun
lightly built medium-sized dinosaur having extremely long limbs and necks with small heads and big brains and large eyes