Four Letter Words Starting with an "O"

Dr. Ravi P. Reddy (India)
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  1. oast
    a kiln for drying hops
  2. oath
    a solemn promise regarding your future acts or behavior
  3. obey
    comply with; do what one is told
  4. obit
    a notice of someone's death
  5. oboe
    a slender double-reed instrument
  6. odds
    the likelihood of a thing occurring
  7. odor
    any property detected by the sense of smell
  8. ogee
    a molding that (in section) has the shape of an S with the convex part above and the concave part below
  9. ogle
    stare or look at, especially with amorous intentions
  10. ogre
    (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings
  11. oily
    containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
  12. oink
    the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
  13. okay
    good or acceptable
  14. okeh
    a show of acceptance or approval
  15. okra
    a flowering plant with tall stalks and edible green seed pods used in cooking
  16. oleo
    a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
  17. olla
    leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper
  18. ombu
    fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves
  19. omen
    a sign of a thing about to happen
  20. omit
    leave undone or leave out
  21. once
    on one occasion
  22. only
    without any others being included or involved
  23. onus
    a burdensome or difficult concern
  24. onyx
    a chalcedony with alternating black and white bands
  25. ooze
    pass gradually or leak or as if through small openings
  26. oozy
    leaking out slowly
  27. opah
    large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean
  28. opal
    a translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica
  29. open
    affording free passage or access
  30. opus
    a musical work that has been created
  31. orad
    toward the mouth or oral region
  32. oral
    using speech rather than writing
  33. orca
    predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
  34. orgy
    a wild gathering
  35. oryx
    large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns
  36. orzo
    pasta shaped like pearls of barley
  37. otic
    of or relating to near the ear
  38. oust
    remove from a position or office
  39. ouzo
    a Greek liquor flavored with anise
  40. oval
    rounded like an egg
  41. oven
    kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
  42. over
    beyond the top or upper surface or edge
  43. Ovid
    Roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love
  44. ovum
    the female reproductive cell; the female gamete
  45. oxen
    domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
Created on Sat Mar 02 02:08:29 EST 2013

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