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Oolite, n.

    1. Egg-stone.
    2. Roestone.
    3. Pisolite, pea-grit, pea-stone.

Ooze, n. Mire, slime, mud.

Ooze, v. n. Percolate, filter, transude, exude, strain, drain, leak.

Ooze, v. a. Drip, drop, shed, distil.

Oozy, a. Miry, slimy, muddy.

Opacity, n.

    1. Opaqueness, want of transparency.
    2. Darkness, obscurity.

Opalescence, n. Iridescence, lustre.

Opalescent, a. Iridescent, irisated, polychromatic, nacreous.

Opaque, a. Not transparent.

Opaqueness, n. Opacity, want of transparency.

Ope, v. a. and v. n. (Poetical.) Open.

Open, v. a.

    1. Unclose, lay open, make open, render free of access.
    2. Spread, expand.
    3. Exhibit, explain, interpret.
    4. Begin, commence, enter upon, initiate.
    5. Show, bring to knowledge.
    6. Reveal, disclose.