orbit period
— Noun
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~ the time it takes to complete one full orbit around a celestial body; "the orbit period depends on the altitude of the satellite"
overtime period
— Noun
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~ a period of overtime play to resolve a tie; e.g. basketball
order Perissodactyla
— Noun
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~ nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms
order Peronosporales
— Noun
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~ order of chiefly parasitic lower fungi: Albuginaceae and Peronosporaceae and Pythiaceae
Oliver Hazard Perry
— Noun
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~ United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812; brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry (1785-1819)
one-person
— Adjective
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~ designed for or restricted to a single person; "a one-man show"; "a one-person tent"; "Sarah Silverman's hilarious one-woman show"
oral personality
— Noun
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~ (psychoanalysis) a personality characterized either by generous optimism or aggressive and ambitious selfishness; formed in early childhood by fixation during the oral stage of development
obsessive-compulsive personality
— Noun
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~ personality characterized by a strong need to repeat certain acts or rituals
Oxalis pes-caprae
— Noun
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~ South African bulbous wood sorrel with showy yellow flowers
Orbignya phalerata
— Noun
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~ tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory
order Phallales
— Noun
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~ order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid; sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes
oral phase
— Noun
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~ (psychoanalysis) the first sexual and social stage of an infant's development; the mouth is the focus of the libido and satisfaction comes from suckling and chewing and biting
order Phasmatodea
— Noun
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~ in some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects
order Phasmida
— Noun
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~ in some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects
organic phenomenon
— Noun
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~ (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals
optical phenomenon
— Noun
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~ a physical phenomenon related to or involving light