Nouns in english starting with O

• Oliver Heaviside — Noun – English ～ English physicist and electrical engineer who helped develop telegraphic and telephonic communications; in 1902 (independent of A. E. Kennelly) he suggested the existence of an atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves back to earth (1850-1925)
• Oliver Cromwell — Noun – English ～ English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)
• Olivier — Noun – English ～ English actor best know for his Shakespearean roles (1907-1989)
• olivine — Noun – English ～ a mineral consisting of magnesium iron silicate; a source of magnesium
• olla — Noun – English ～ leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper
• Ollari — Noun – English ～ a Dravidian language spoken in south central India
• olm — Noun – English ～ European aquatic salamander with permanent external gills that lives in caves
• Olmec — Noun – English ～ a member of an early Mesoamerican civilization centered around Veracruz that flourished between 1300 and 400 BC
• olmsted — Noun – English ～ United States landscape architect primarily responsible for the design of Central Park in New York City (1822-1903)
• ology — Noun – English ～ an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge
• Olympia — Noun – English ～ capital of the state of Washington; located in western Washington on Puget Sound
• Olympia — Noun – English ～ a plain in Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese; the chief sanctuary of Zeus and the site of the original Olympian Games
• olympiad — Noun – English ～ one of the four-year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece for twelve centuries beginning in 776 BC
• Olympiad — Noun – English ～ the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country
• Olympian Games — Noun – English ～ the ancient Panhellenic celebration at Olympia in honor of Zeus; held every 4 years beginning in 776 BC
• olympian — Noun – English ～ an athlete who participates in the Olympic games
• Olympian — Noun – English ～ a classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans
• Olympic god — Noun – English ～ a classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans
• Olympic Games — Noun – English ～ the ancient Panhellenic celebration at Olympia in honor of Zeus; held every 4 years beginning in 776 BC
• Olympic Games — Noun – English ～ the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country

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