order Rickettsiales
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~ pleomorphic Gram-negative microorganisms
olive ridley
— Noun
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~ olive-colored sea turtle of tropical Pacific and Indian and the southern Atlantic oceans
oil rig
— Noun
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~ rig used in drilling for oil or gas
offshore rig
— Noun
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~ drilling rig consisting of an offshore platform (floating or fixed to the sea bed) from which many oil wells can be bored radially
oil rigger
— Noun
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~ someone who works on an oil rig
ottava rima
— Noun
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~ a stanza of eight lines of heroic verse with the rhyme scheme abababcc
orange rind
— Noun
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~ the rind of an orange
O ring
— Noun
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~ a gasket consisting of a flat ring of rubber or plastic; used to seal a joint against high pressure
Ob River
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~ a major river of western Siberia; flows generally northward and westward to the Gulf of Ob and the Kara Sea
Orinoco River
— Noun
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~ a South American river 1,500 miles long; flows into the South Atlantic
Orange River
— Noun
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~ a river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean
Ottawa river
— Noun
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~ a river in southeastern Canada that flows along the boundary between Quebec and Ontario to the Saint Lawrence River near Montreal
Ouachita River
— Noun
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~ a river that rises in western Arkansas and flows southeast into eastern Louisiana to become a tributary of the Red River
Ouse River
— Noun
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~ a river in northeastern England that flows generally southeastward to join the Trent River and form the Humber
Osage River
— Noun
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~ a river in Missouri that is a tributary of the Missouri River
Ohio River
— Noun
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~ a river that is formed in western Pennsylvania and flows westward to become a tributary of the Mississippi River
Oder River
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~ a European river; flows into the Baltic Sea
oriental roach
— Noun
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~ dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
off-roader
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~ a bicycle with a sturdy frame and fat tires; originally designed for riding in mountainous country
Otto Robert Frisch
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~ British physicist (born in Austria) who with Lise Meitner recognized that Otto Hahn had produced a new kind of nuclear reaction which they named nuclear fission; Frisch described the explosive potential of a chain nuclear reaction (1904-1979)