Fifth letter of a Nasdaq stock symbol specifying that it is the company's second class of preferred shares.

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interjection of fear, surprise, admiration, etc.; see oh.

blood type, 1926, originally "zero," denoting absence of A and B agglutinogens.

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1. The 15th letter of the English Alphabet. 2. Slang for an "ounce", in reference to drugs. 3. Abbreviation for "orgasm". 4. Abbreviation for "oh" [..]

The last letter in the Swedish Alphabet.

an ounce

Umlaut. Sounds a bit like the i in "girl".

An Imperial TIE (Twin Ion Engine) Fighter from Star Wars, represented with ASCII. |-o-| is the ubiquitous version seen in the films, manufactured by Sienar Fleet Systems. Spaces are designated with an [..]

The absolute value of the variable 'o'. Also similar to the word, lol.

The cool way of righting "LOL"

to make words sound spanish

Smiley for boring or going to sleep

This is a duck, it is formed on the internet by means of characters !

A mid-word contraction for "of a". Used to make bad situations seem more funny.

The act / face of being surprised.

what one looks like when one inserts a cucumber up one's ass.

A emoticon that uses the cap O. Used after an internet comment designed to shock or surprise the reader. As if to say "Oh!" Or, used to indicate surprise or shock by the author of a [..]

An bizzare emoticon of being surprised.

asshole, male or female body part

*.* Text face of meaning greatly confused, shocked, or surprised.

the 27th letter

This face is usually used by those that are bored depicting that one is half asleep with one eye open.

1) a blow up doll; a doll you insert your penis in and have sex with until it pops. 2) a suprised face; a face you make when something suprises you, sometimes confused with =0

o The act of being surprised or shocked.

A face used in AOL Instant Messanger (AIM) to either express suprise, or idiocy.

A face that is the answer to anything. It has multiple expressions also.

A shocked smily usually written in a text or over MSN.

The smiley. Made up of a "=" and a "o". yep.

Mr Bones smiley. from the South African comedy Mr Bones.

obviosly a dude gettin a bj more common in internet slang, IM, or txting

1. A Gorillaz 2. Cucumber up the ass

see monobrow

Means you worship someone.

Means you praise someone, for saying something

A face to express annoyance, sarcasm, or frustation. It can fit many situations, really. It is a sort of wink but more of an angry/annoyed wink; not a flirtatious wink. It can be kind of a way of maki [..]

A smileyfied *monocle*, with the monocle worn on the left side allowing for most efficient monocling. It conveys both surprise and irritation, as well as fox hunts.

The sad and shocked face.

A way to make a beastly turtle.

A literate person expressing they're hatred toward "gangsters".

A face that is like "o.o" except this one has a bit of drool on its mouth

Mesmerized drooling face.

Having a really small dick. Usually meaning lame people.

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oligosaccharides A small chain of carbohydrate monomers.

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Organic Matter

, atomic weight 15.9994, in the non-metals group VI along with sulfur. A component of the water molecule (H2

Obstacle

GOLF TERMS LETTER O

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Orisha/orix

Organong kawayan N bamboo organ

Election season, management style, and the metal fabricator

Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms shocked

 a circle.

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Optional - cataloger may decide whether to enter

Yelling

This letter, or a circle, was used by Medieval scribes to denote triple meter. This symbol came into use through the idea that the circle was the most perfect of all figures, and the number three was [..]

"Oh, nooooooo!" (a la Mr. Bill)

lefin fiber  is a manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is any long-chain synthetic polymer composed of at least 85% by weight of ethylene, propylene, or other olefin units. Olefin f [..]

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ophthalmologist (ahf-thal-MAH-loh-jist). Physician (MD) specializing in diagnosis and treatment of refractive, medical and surgical problems related to eye diseases and disorders.

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ONLINE BOOKING SYSTEM

OEM

Offline approval

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Off the plan - buying a property - usually an apartment - from seeing the plans, before it is even built.

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Oil.

Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) A federal agency established under the Financial Institutions and Deposit Insurance System Amendment Act to supervise all federally regulated financial institutions. These include all banks, all federally incorporated or registered insurance, trust and loan companies, co-operative credit [..]

Observational study, Off-label, Open or Open label trial

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Open Graph API (Facebook): Facebook’s Open Graph API connects external websites with Facebook through such elements as ‘Like’ functions. It makes the whole Web more ‘social’

Odd Lot:

Ombre: describes when a color fades in stages (usually down the length of a garment) from deeply saturated to nearly white

 

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Outcome evaluation

Open source

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(n) a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth [..]

OFDM   Overlay   Out-of-band emission  

Ocular Hypertension Elevated intraocular pressure.

oceanographythe study of the world's oceans, including physical, chemical, geologic and biological aspects.

oceanography the study of the world's oceans, including physical, chemical, geologic and biological aspects.

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   [ Back To Top ] OHM The unit of measurement for electrical resistance or opposition to current flow.

Return to Top O & M - Operation and maintenance expenses. By far, in an electric utility, the largest part of O & M is fuel expenses used in the production of electricity. Other elements that make up the O & M total are transmission and distribution.

 

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This letter represents an eye, and is called in Hebrew ain (an eye).

The fifteen O’s are fifteen prayers beginning with the letter O (See Horæ Beatissimæ Virginis Mariæ.)

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On-Demand Self Service – A cloud computing service model by which a customer can provision additional cloud resources on-demand, without involving the service provider. Resources are typically provisioned through an online control panel. On-Premise – On Premise technology is software or infrastructure that is run on computers on the premises (in th [..]

sheet. Printed sheet representing final inking adjustments approved before production run begins.

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obsidian Dark-colored volcanic glass. Usually has the same chemical composition as the extrusive igneous rock, rhyolite.

OFFSET-LATERAL, PARALLEL The distance the ends of a hose assembly are displaced in relation to each other as the result of connecting two misaligned terminations in a system or intermittent fixture required in a hose application.

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Orientation: A program offered at the beginning of the semester to introduce new students to familiarize them with the campus community.

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opera Drama that is primarily sung, accompanied by instrumental ensemble, and staged.

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omaggio – homage, celebration

octave A musical term denoting an interval of pitch between two pitches whose frequencies are related in the approximate ratio of 2:1. Since exact octaves are frequently not always precisely related by a 2:1 frequency ratio, psychoacousticians have also defined the octave as the pitch interval between two tones such that one tone is perceived as du [..]

off beat - similar to "upbeat". The beats that are not stressed. This word is also used to describe a musician that may play out of time.

Octave shift

Octatonic Scale – a “scale” consisting of an alternation between “whole steps” and “half steps” between successive pitches. See also: “scale”, “whole steps”, “half steps”.

This page provides an alphabetical listing of some of the basic hiking, backpacking, mountaineering, camping, and archaeological terms that one might encounter while preparing for an adventure in canyon country. The definitions on these pages are meant only as a beginning, a point from which to get familiar as quickly as possible with the jargon of [..]

Odds: Set by a bookmaker, odds determine how much a successful wager will return.

Oat Bran: The outer husk of the oat grain. The bran of many grains is normally discarded during the milling process, which is unfortunate, since it contains the bulk of the dietary fiber of the grain, along with a large amount of useful minerals. When the bran is left on, the grain is marketed as “whole grain,” and in the case of oat bran, the bran [..]

Ofqual – Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator, the organisation responsible for regulating qualifications, examinations and national curriculum tests in England.

Man overboard. See also: Signals. Search for Flag books on Amazon.co.uk

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OPA 90 OPA 90 is the abbreviation for the U.S. Oil Pollution Act of 1990

Orphan Policy

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The person who is not the primary or principal driver of the vehicle.

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OCN (Oncology certified nurse)

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Oedema

In windows, refers to the operating sash or portion of a given window.

Oral vaccine

open-label trial: a clinical trial in which doctors and participants know which vaccine is being administered to all participants. [1]

Oligohaline

Onset PeriodThe period between consumption of food and the first signs of illness and where incubation of the microoganism has not taken place within the body.

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, sb. ‘a round O;’ a stupid or silly fellow; a softy.

 

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oath a sworn acknowledgement to speak the truth

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html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel">OC: FBI talk for Organized Crime.

Oath

Objectivity [Law / Research Methods]

Occult Omnipotence Omnipresence Omniscience Opus Dei Original Sin Orthodox

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Obliquity - The axis of Earth's rotation tilted all year perpendicular to the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun. The angle is 23.5°. Because of this angle on December 22 the northern [..]

&nbsp: &nbsp: o interj. "oh," s.v. o int. (sb., v.) OED. KEY: o@interj

interj 389 o 389

num. "(as adj.) one," s.v. o, oo numeral a. OED. KEY: o@num_adj

num_adj 195 o 173 oo 22

prep.(2) "on, upon," s.v. o, o' prep.\1 OED. KEY: o@prep2

prep2 31 a 27 o 4

 

 

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OBSObservation(s)

 

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) An independent bureau of the Treasury Department and the oldest federal financial regulatory body. The OCC oversees the nation's federally chartered banks and promotes a system of bank supervision and regulation that promotes safety and soundness by requiring that national banks adhere to sound m [..]

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) – is an international economic organisation of 34 countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade.

O-type star – A hot, massive blue star that emits strongly at ultraviolet wavelengths and has a surface temperature of roughly between 28,000 to 40,000 Kelvin’s.

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Open Burning – the uncontrolled burning of waste materials in the open, in outdoor incinerators, or in an open dump, either intentionally or accidentally.

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Booking class - use varies depending upon airline

oceanography a science that deals with the oceans including the physics and chemistry of their waters, marine biology, and the exploitation of their resources

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Occupational exposure

 

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Oil.   

Abbreviation for Oil

Odorant - A chemical compound added to natural gas to produce a detectable, unpleasant odor to alert households should they have even a small leak in the house piping. Odorants are also used in liquids or gases being stored or transported to detect leaks.

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1 (Det)  suffix on nouns generally indicating information status in the discourse  «Tanahlok amaakatok Chahtahaakok náasooton imakanoochiikat istíisafòokon híichataskat `Amahilkaski!' homankok. T [..]

2 (Neg)  verb suffix to the ultimately derived stem in negatives  «Batli > bátko. To hit > not hit.»

3 (Asp)  verb suffix indicating perfective events; can occur on main clauses and often used on nonfinal clauses to indicate sequencing of events Var: -bi after /o/  «`Isnon chibilo àaloliti' mank [..]

4 (Cop)  marks rheme/focus on nouns or verbs Var: -oo  «Paanifóot onkoomok akkáamiifon piɬɬon áɬkat istittanówwatók Chahta imoolamok Chahta imoolóot ommitoolo. They were going around in a boat on a cr [..]

Open rate

 

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On-time filer

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Oddball – Any object that normally wouldn’t be affiliated with sports or athletes yet has their likeness, image, name, or autograph on it. Examples could include an autographed beer can, a Wheaties Bo [..]

before many words beginning with a vowel. * The formine-pro|*h?ebhi.

A blood type that lacks A or B antigens and may only receive transfusions of similar type O blood, but may donate to all (neglecting Rh factor). Synonym: universal donor.

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obaudire:

oil the glove, one-man show/rodeo/tug of war/band, one gun salute, one man...

the octagon, one-eyed monster/sailor/trouser trout/night crawler/wonder weasel/wonder worm,

Online marketing

Oedipus complex: A psychoanalytical complex of males; desire to possess the mother sexually and to exclude the father. Can be reversed to be appropriate to female desire. Organic intellectuals:

off-balance-sheet finance

Orchidectomy