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Revision as of 01:38, 24 January 2012

Staff O of the English Wordbook.

Basic abbreviations: att'd=attested, OE=Old English, NHG=New High German, Du.=Dutch

For a full list of etymological and other abbreviations used in these wordlists, see Forshortenings.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z



obedient adj hearsome
obedience n hearsomeness
obelisk n stonerock (<OE stanrocc)
obfuscate vt becloud
obituary n death(s)writ
objectionable adj

forwarply (Calque of NHG verwerflich)

object n gainstand
objective n goal
obligate vb bind, make
obligation n binding, making, needness (OE néadignes)
obliged adj beholden, fain
oblique adj slanting
obliquely adv aslant, athwart
oblivion n

forgottenhood

obscene adj foul, smutty
obscure vb bedim, befog, befuddle, bethester, darken, darkle, overmist, overshadow
obscure adj dim, unclear, unlit, swart, overmisted shady
obsequious adj cowering, cringing, beggarly, bootlicking, brownnosing, fawning, groveling, sniveling, spineless
observant adj underlookly, mindful, godfearing, watchful, bewitting
observe vb underlook on (on seperable), waretake, bewit, watch, follow, keep, look at, mind
obsess vb dwell(on)
obstacle n hindrance, hinderness
obstinate adj cranky, balky, bullish, bullheaded, dogged, headstrong, mulish, strong-minded, stubborn, unbending, unflinching, unyielding, wayward, willful
obstruct vb hinder, hold up, waylay, forslow
obstruction n hindering, hinderness, hitch, snag
obstructive adj hindersome
obtain vb underfang [past underfeng, ppt underfangen] (<OE underfón), beshape [past -shope, ppt -shapen] (Cf. NHG beschaffen), get, win, come by, get, nim
obvious adj openseely, straightforward
occasion n sele (att'd < OE sæl), marked time, time, mal
occasionally adv sometimes, now and then
occident n west
occidental adj western
occupied adj busy, besat
occur vb happen, befall, come about, betide
occurence n come-about, happening
ocean n (great) sea, the blue moor, the floatway, sailroad, the bree, the brine, the foam, fivelstream, fivelway (OE fifelwæg)
october n winterfulth, huntingmonth
octopus n armfish
odds n otherness (at odds)
odour n smell, stench
oecosystem n lifemesh
oenophilia n winelust
oesophagus n maw, foodpipe
offend vb do wrong, do amiss,upset, gall, wound
offer vb bequeath, agive
offering n agiving, laq (OE lác)
office n ambight (<OE ambiht; c.f. OHG ambaht, NHG Amt, Ic. ambátt, Dan embede, Goth andbahti)
officer n sheriff, beadle

official

official language

n

steward, sheriff, reeve

besteering shiretounge

oil n fattybree
ointment n salve
okay adj alright
old fashioned adj stick-in-the-mud
old fogey n stick-in-the-mud
Old Testament n Old Bond, Lawsetness (OE ǽgesetnes), Law-Giving
oleaginous adj

oily

olfactory adj smell
-ology suffix -lore, -alogy (alog + -y)
omen n foretoken, foreboding
ominous adj foreboding
omit vb underlet (Cf. NHG unterlassen), leave out, outleave, drop
omnipotence n all-might, almightihood, almightiness, allwald, alwaldihood
omnipotent adj almighty
omniscient adj all-knowing
onanism n onandom, wansowing
onion n ramson
operate vb bedrive (Calque of NHG betreiben), work, run
operate, medically vb do cutwork
operating system n working setup
opinion n belief, thought, think-so, insight, penny's worth, pworth ( contraction of PW)
opportune adj timely, well-timed, haplike (OE gehæplice)
opportunity n opening
oppose vb gainstand, thwart, witherstand (Cf. NHG widerstehen), sake (<OE sacan)
as opposed to phrase as athwart from, over-against
opposite n gainmatch, thwartmatch
opposite adj overright(nb. Dorset), athwart(with object), fornent (Northern)
opposition n gainstanders, gainstanding, thwarter, witherstand (Cf. NHG Widerstand), againsthood
in opposition to phrase standing against, set to thwart.
oppressed adj downtrodden
optics n lightlore
optimum adj best
optimism n yaysaying, hopethinking
optimist n yaysayer, hopethinker
optional adj freechoicey, freewantly
oral adj mouthly (Cf. NHG mündlich)
orange (color) adj yellowred (<OE geoluhread, duskhue, dusk
orangutan n fireape, redape
orchestra n greatswaygroup
orchid n ballockwort (<ME beallocwirt), wombbloom, wombblossom
ordain vb tee (<OE teon), set up to happen
order (command) n behest
order (as in "out of order") n kilter
order (command) vb behote [past -hight, ppt -hoten] (<OE behatan)
order (send/ask for) vb bespeak (att'd), bestell (Calque of NHG bestellen)
order (religious organization) n brotherhood, fellowship
orderly adj smooth, well-run, shipshape, trim, spotless
ordination n hading (OE hádung)
orbit vb & n path-bow, world-bow, wharveway
organ, body & tool n. workern (calque)
organ, musical n. swinworkern (synthesised from calque)
organize vb stight
orgy, sexual n sunderfuck, clusterfuck
orient n east
oriental adj eastern
orifice n hole, mouth, opening, outlet
origin n

upspring (<OE upspring - origin, birth, rising up; in the Merr.-Web online wordbook)

outspring, wellspring, root, dawn, beginning, birth, stem, wherefrom, whencecome, fromth, andstanding (cf. NHG Entstehung)

or (<OE ór)

original adj first, new, fresh, fromthly
original n firstling
originate vb stem, andstand (cf. NHG entstehen)
ornament vb bedeck, deck, trim, gling (OE gleng)
ornithology n birdlore
orthodox adj by-the-book, (religiously) lieful (OE léafful)
orthographically adj spellingwise
orthography n spelling
osteology n bonelore
ostrich n racebird
outcry n uproar
outmanoeuvre vb outsmart, outshine, outwit
outperform vb outdo, outshine
overbalance vb (be)tip(ped)
overcharge vb overload, overweigh
overemphasize vb overplay, overshow
oviraptor philoceratops n eggsnatcher
ovum n eggling
oxygen n windstuff, breath of life, sourwater-maker
oyster n clam