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1. [**oak**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/oak.md) noun (oak, oaks; also oak tree); adjective (made of oak) An oak is a big tree with hard wood that can live for hundreds of years.
2. [**oar**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/oar.md) noun (an oar, oars) An oar is a long pole with a flat blade at one end, used to row a boat.
3. [**oath**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/oath.md) noun (an oath, oaths) 1) An oath is a serious promise, often in front of others or in a court, that you will tell the truth or do something: "the witness took…
4. [**obedience**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/obedience.md) noun (obedience, uncountable) Doing what you are told by someone in charge, or following rules and laws.
5. [**obedient**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/obedient.md) adjective (obedient; more obedient) 1) Doing what you are told by a parent, teacher, rule or owner. 2) (of animals) Trained to follow commands, as in "an obedient dog".
6. [**obeisance**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/obeisance.md) noun (obeisances) (formal, old use) A low bow or other sign of respect to someone important.
7. [**obey**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/obey.md) verb (obey, obeys, obeyed, obeying) 1) To do what a person, rule or law tells you to do.
8. [**object**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/object.md) noun (an object, objects); verb (object, objects, objected, objecting) An object (OB-ject) is a thing you can see and touch that is not alive.
9. [**objection**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/objection.md) noun (an objection, objections) An objection is a reason you give for not agreeing with something or not liking a plan.
10. [**oblation**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/oblation.md) noun A gift or offering made to God, often of grain or food, brought to the altar.
11. [**oblique**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/oblique.md) adjective (oblique; more oblique); noun (an oblique — UK, the slash sign /) Oblique means slanting, not straight up and not flat; at an angle.
12. [**obscure**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/obscure.md) adjective (obscure, more obscure, most obscure); verb (obscure, obscures, obscured, obscuring) Not well known (an obscure singer, an obscure village).
13. [**obscurity**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/obscurity.md) noun (obscurities) 1) The state of being hidden, unknown or unclear. 2) The state of not being famous or well known.
14. [**observe**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/observe.md) verb (observe, observes, observed, observing) To observe is to watch something carefully to learn about it.
15. [**observed**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/observed.md) verb (past and past participle of «observe»: observe, observes, observed, observing); adjective (observed) Watched or looked at carefully, often to learn something.
16. [**obstacle**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/obstacle.md) noun (an obstacle, obstacles) 1) Something in your way that stops you or makes it hard to go forward. 2) A problem or difficulty that makes it hard to do something.
17. [**obstinate**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/obstinate.md) adjective (obstinate, more obstinate, most obstinate) Stubborn; refusing to change your mind or to do as you are told.
18. [**obstinately**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/obstinately.md) adverb (obstinately) In a stubborn way, refusing to change or give way.
19. [**obtain**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/obtain.md) verb (obtain, obtains, obtained, obtaining) 1) (formal) To get something, especially by effort or by asking. 2) (formal, rare) To exist or be in use (of rules).
20. [**obvious**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/obvious.md) adjective (obvious, more obvious, most obvious) 1) Easy to see, notice or understand; clear to everyone. 2) Too easy or expected; not clever (an obvious joke).
21. [**obviously**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/obviously.md) adverb (obviously) In a way that is easy to see or understand; clearly.
22. [**occasion**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/occasion.md) noun (an occasion, occasions); verb (occasion, occasioned — formal) A particular time when something happens (on this occasion).
23. [**occasions**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/occasions.md) noun, plural of occasion (an occasion, occasions); verb (occasion, formal) Times when something happens: «on three occasions» means three times.
24. [**occult**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/occult.md) adjective Hidden, secret, or magical, and known only to a few.
25. [**occultism**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/occultism.md) noun Belief in or study of hidden or magical powers.
26. [**occultist**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/occultist.md) noun A person who studies or practices hidden or magical arts.
27. [**occupation**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/occupation.md) noun (an occupation, occupations) An occupation is a job or the kind of work a person does.
28. [**occupied**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/occupied.md) verb (past of «occupy»: occupy, occupies, occupied, occupying); adjective (occupied) Being used by someone, not free (the toilet is occupied, an occupied seat).
29. [**occupy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/occupy.md) verb (occupy, occupies, occupied, occupying) 1) To live in or use a building, room or space. 2) To fill time or keep someone busy. 3) To take control of a place by force, such as an…
30. [**occur**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/occur.md) verb (occur, occurs, occurred, occurring) 1) (formal) To happen, especially without being planned. 2) To be found or to exist somewhere. 3) occur to someone: to come into someone's…
31. [**occurrence**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/occurrence.md) noun (an occurrence, occurrences) 1) Something that happens; an event. 2) The fact of something happening or how often it happens (the occurrence of storms). 3) (formal)…
32. [**odious**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/odious.md) adjective 1) Odious means very unpleasant, hateful, so that people cannot bear it. 2) Odious describes a person who is spiteful and unkind.
33. [**odour**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/odour.md) noun (an odour, odours) — UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland spelling; odor in the USA An odour is a smell, often an unpleasant one: "a strange odour came from the bin".
34. [**of**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/of.md) preposition; casual spelling «a» or «o'» (lotta, cuppa, o'clock) Of links a part to the whole it belongs to: a piece of cake, 3 of the apples.
35. [**off**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/off.md) preposition, adverb; adjective (the light is off; the milk is off) Off means away from a surface or from a place: take it off the table.
36. [**offence**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/offence.md) noun (an offence, offences) An offence is a crime or an act that breaks a law or rule.
37. [**offend**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/offend.md) verb (offend, offends, offended, offending) To make someone upset, hurt or annoyed by what you say or do.
38. [**offended**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/offended.md) verb, past of offend; adjective (feel offended) 1) Feeling hurt, upset or insulted by what someone said or did. 2) Past form of offend: made someone upset. 3) (formal) Broke a law.
39. [**offender**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/offender.md) noun (an offender, offenders) A person who has broken the law or done a crime.
40. [**offer**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/offer.md) verb (offer, offers, offered, offering); noun (an offer, offers) To offer is to say you will give something to someone, or to hold it out for them to take.
41. [**offering**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/offering.md) noun (an offering, offerings); verb form (offering — from offer) An offering is something you give, especially as a gift.
42. [**office**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/office.md) noun (an office, offices) An office is a room or building where people work at desks, often with computers and papers.
43. [**officer**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/officer.md) noun (an officer, officers) An officer is a police officer, a person whose job is to keep people safe and make them obey the law.
44. [**offshoot**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/offshoot.md) noun (offshoot, offshoots) An offshoot is a branch or shoot that grows out from the main stem of a plant.
45. [**offspring**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/offspring.md) noun (offspring — same form for one and many) 1) Offspring are the young of an animal or plant: its babies or seeds. 2) (formal or jokey) A person's offspring are their children.
46. [**oft**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/oft.md) adverb (old use; no forms) 1) (old use) Oft means often, many times. 2) Oft is used in poems and fairy tales to sound old-fashioned.
47. [**often**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/often.md) adverb (often, more often, most often; also oftener) 1) Often means many times. If you often play, you play a lot. 2) «How often» asks how many times something happens in a time, like each…
48. [**oftentimes**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/oftentimes.md) adverb Many times; often. An old-fashioned word.
49. [**oil**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/oil.md) noun (oil — uncountable; oils — kinds of oil); verb (oil, oils, oiled) A thick, slippery liquid that does not mix with water, from plants or animals, used in cooking: olive oil.
50. [**ointment**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ointment.md) noun (an ointment, ointments; ointment — uncountable) A smooth, greasy cream rubbed on the skin to heal cuts, burns, rashes or sore places.
51. [**old**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/old.md) adjective (old, older, oldest; elder, eldest for family); noun (the old — old people) Old tells how long someone or something has lived or been: «Tom is 7 years old».
52. [**older**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/older.md) adjective (comparative of old) 1) Older means having lived more years than someone else. 2) Older means made or used longer ago than something else: «an older house».
53. [**olive**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/olive.md) noun (an olive, olives; olive, uncountable for colour/oil); adjective (olive — colour) An olive is a small oval fruit, green or black, with a stone inside, that grows on olive trees and is eaten or pressed for oil.
54. [**omission**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/omission.md) noun (an omission, omissions) 1) Something that has been left out or not done. 2) The act of leaving something out (the omission of a word).
55. [**omit**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/omit.md) verb (omit, omits, omitted, omitting) 1) To leave something out, on purpose or by mistake. 2) (formal) To fail to do something: «He omitted to tell us.»
56. [**omnipotent**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/omnipotent.md) adjective Having power over everything, able to do all things.
57. [**on**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/on.md) preposition, adverb; adjective (the light is on; the game is on) On means touching the top or side of something: on the table, on the wall.
58. [**once**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/once.md) adverb (once); conjunction (once); noun (the once — casual) 1) Once means one time. 2) Once means at some time in the past: «Once there was a king». 3) Once can also mean «as soon as»: «Once you…
59. [**one**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/one.md) number (one, ones); pronoun (one, ones; one another); determiner; adjective (the one and only) One is the number 1, the first and smallest whole number above zero.
60. [**ongoing**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ongoing.md) adjective Still happening and not finished yet.
61. [**onion**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/onion.md) noun (an onion, onions) A round vegetable with layers, papery brown, red or white skin and a strong smell and taste, used in cooking.
62. [**online**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/online.md) adjective (online); adverb (online) 1) Connected to the internet or done on it: "online games". 2) As an adverb, on the internet: "We shop online."
63. [**only**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/only.md) adverb (only); adjective (only); conjunction (only — informal: but) 1) Only means no more than, or just one. «Only 3 are left» means just 3 are left. 2) Only means nothing or nobody else: «Only Sam knew».…
64. [**ontological**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ontological.md) adjective About what exists and how things are, the nature of being.
65. [**onward**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/onward.md) adverb (onward, onwards); adjective (onward) 1) Onward means forward, going further on. 2) Onward means from a time and later: «from Monday onward». 3) An onward journey is the next…
66. [**onyx**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/onyx.md) noun A stone with bands of color, often black and white, used as a gem.
67. [**open**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/open.md) verb (open, opens, opened, opening); adjective (open); noun in «in the open» To open is to move something so you can go in or see inside: open a door, open a box.
68. [**opening**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/opening.md) noun (an opening, openings); verb form (open, opens, opened, opening); adjective (the opening scene) An opening is a gap or hole that something can pass through.
69. [**operation**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/operation.md) noun (operation, operations) In maths, an operation is a way of working with numbers: add, subtract, multiply or divide.
70. [**opinion**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/opinion.md) noun (an opinion, opinions) An opinion is what you think or believe about something; it may not be the same as what others think.
71. [**opposed**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/opposed.md) adjective (opposed); verb past form (oppose → opposed) If you are opposed to something, you are against it.
72. [**opposing**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/opposing.md) adjective (opposing); verb form (oppose, opposes, opposed, opposing) Being against someone or something in a game, fight or argument (the opposing team).
73. [**opposite**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/opposite.md) noun (opposite, opposites); adjective (opposite); preposition and adverb (opposite) The opposite is the thing that is as different as can be: up is the opposite of down.
74. [**opposition**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/opposition.md) noun (opposition — uncountable; the Opposition) Opposition is strong disagreement with a plan or idea, often shown by speaking or acting against it.
75. [**oppress**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/oppress.md) verb (oppresses, oppressed, oppressing) 1) To oppress people is to treat them cruelly and unfairly, keeping them under hard control.
76. [**oppressed**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/oppressed.md) adjective (oppressed); verb form (past tense and past participle of oppress: oppress, oppresses, oppressed, oppressing); noun (the oppressed) Treated in a cruel and unfair way by people with power, and not given freedom or rights.
77. [**oppression**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/oppression.md) noun (no plural) 1) Oppression is cruel and unfair treatment of people, keeping them down and taking away their freedom.
78. [**oppressor**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/oppressor.md) noun A person who treats others cruelly and unfairly and uses power to keep them down.
79. [**opprobrium**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/opprobrium.md) noun Public shame or disgrace, bad name.
80. [**optical**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/optical.md) adjective (optical); adverb (optically) 1) To do with seeing and the eyes. 2) To do with light and how it travels, or with instruments that use light, such as lenses, microscopes…
81. [**opus**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/opus.md) noun A Latin word meaning a work, especially a piece of writing or music.
82. [**or**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/or.md) conjunction Or gives a choice between two or more things: tea or juice?
83. [**oracle**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/oracle.md) noun (an oracle, oracles) 1) In ancient Greece and Rome, a priest or priestess through whom people believed the gods gave advice or told the future, or the holy…
84. [**orb**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/orb.md) noun (an orb, orbs) An orb is a ball or round object, especially one that glows.
85. [**orbit**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/orbit.md) noun (an orbit, orbits); verb (orbit, orbits, orbited, orbiting) An orbit is the curved path of a planet, moon or satellite going around a star or planet.
86. [**ordain**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ordain.md) verb (ordain, ordains, ordained, ordaining) To ordain someone is to make them a priest, minister or rabbi in a special religious ceremony.
87. [**ordained**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ordained.md) verb past form (ordain, ordains, ordained, ordaining); adjective (ordained) Ordained means made a priest, minister or religious leader in a special ceremony.
88. [**order**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/order.md) noun (order, orders); verb (order, orders, ordered, ordering) Order is the way things follow one after another: in alphabetical order, in order of size.
89. [**ordering**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ordering.md) noun The way things are put in order; arranging or arrangement.
90. [**ordinance**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ordinance.md) noun A rule or law that must be kept, especially one given by an authority.
91. [**ordinary**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ordinary.md) adjective; noun (out of the ordinary) 1) Ordinary means normal, usual or plain; not special or different. 2) «Out of the ordinary» means unusual or surprising.
92. [**ore**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ore.md) noun (ore, ores) 1) Ore is rock or earth that has a useful metal in it, like iron or copper, which people dig up and take the metal out of.
93. [**organ**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/organ.md) noun (an organ, organs) A part of the body that has a special job, like the heart, lungs, brain, stomach or skin.
94. [**organize**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/organize.md) verb To arrange things in a neat and sensible order.
95. [**orient**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/orient.md) verb (orient, orients, oriented, orienting); noun (the Orient) To find out or work out where you are or which way you are facing, as in "orient yourself with a map".
96. [**oriental**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/oriental.md) adjective (oriental; Oriental); noun (an Oriental — old-fashioned, offensive) From or to do with the countries of East Asia, like China, Japan and Korea.
97. [**orifice**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/orifice.md) noun An opening in the body, such as the mouth, nose or ears.
98. [**origin**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/origin.md) noun (an origin, origins) The origin of something is where or how it began.
99. [**original**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/original.md) adjective (original); noun (an original, originals) First; existing at the beginning, before changes: «the original plan».
100. [**originality**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/originality.md) noun (no plural) 1) Originality is being new and different, not copied from others.

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