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one-dimensional language |
Noun
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a programming language whose expressions are represented by strings of characters |
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opera bouffe |
Noun
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opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken |
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opera comique |
Noun
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opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken |
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operetta |
Noun
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a short amusing opera |
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organization chart |
Noun
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a chart showing the lines of responsibility between departments of a large organization |
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ostinato |
Noun
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a musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition |
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officialese |
Noun
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the style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscure |
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opus |
Noun
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a musical work that has been created |
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overture |
Noun
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orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio |
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overture |
Noun
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a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others |
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overture |
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something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows |
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oldie |
Noun
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a song that was formerly popular |
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octet |
Noun
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a musical composition written for eight performers |
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octet |
Noun
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eight people considered as a unit |
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octet |
Noun
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a set of eight similar things considered as a unit |
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octet |
Noun
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eight performers or singers who perform together |
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octet |
Noun
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the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one |
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octette |
Noun
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a musical composition written for eight performers |
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octette |
Noun
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eight people considered as a unit |
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octette |
Noun
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a set of eight similar things considered as a unit |
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octette |
Noun
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eight performers or singers who perform together |
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oratorio |
Noun
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a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text |
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onomatopoeia |
Noun
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using words that imitate the sound they denote |
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orinasal phone |
Noun
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a speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open, as heard in French nasal vowels |
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orinasal |
Noun
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a speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels) |
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oxymoron |
Noun
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conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence') |
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outcry |
Noun
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a loud utterance |
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outcry |
Verb
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utter aloud |
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outcry |
Verb
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shout louder than |
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octameter |
Noun
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a verse line having eight metrical feet |
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octosyllable |
Noun
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a verse line having eight syllables or a poem of octosyllabic lines |
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oral communication |
Noun
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(language) communication by word of mouth |
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ottava rima |
Noun
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a stanza of eight lines of heroic verse with the rhyme scheme abababcc |
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obstruent |
Noun
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a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth |
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orison |
Noun
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reverent petition to a deity |
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out-of-court settlement |
Noun
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resolution of a dispute prior to the rendering of a final decision by the trial court |
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oral exam |
Noun
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an examination conducted by spoken communication |
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oral examination |
Noun
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an examination conducted by spoken communication |
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olive branch |
Noun
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something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace |
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oratory |
Noun
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addressing an audience formally, usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous |
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output signal |
Noun
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signal that comes out of an electronic system |
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oration |
Noun
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an instance of oratory |
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oral presentation |
Noun
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delivering an address to a public audience |
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out-of-body experience |
Noun
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the dissociative experience of observing yourself from an external perspective as though your mind or soul had left and was observing your body |
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outcome |
Noun
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something that results |
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outcome |
Noun
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a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon |
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one-off |
Noun
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a happening that occurs only once and is not repeated |
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opening night |
Noun
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the first performance (as of a theatrical production) |
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occurrence |
Noun
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an event that happens |
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occurrence |
Noun
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an instance of something occurring |