Vocabulary : Oblong-ovate to Oboist

Oblong-ovate : Between oblong and ovate, but inclined to the latter.
Oblongum : A prolate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its greater axis. Cf. Oblatum, and see Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid.
Obloquious : Containing obloquy; reproachful
Obloquy : Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that casts contempt on men or their actions; blame; reprehension. ;; Cause of reproach; disgrace.
Obluctation : A struggle against; resistance; opposition.

Obmutescence : A becoming dumb; loss of speech. ;; A keeping silent or mute.
Obnoxious : Subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; -- with to. ;; Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible; blameworthy. ;; Offensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious statesman; a minister obnoxious to the Whigs.
Obnubilate : To cloud; to obscure.
Oboe : One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy.
Oboist : A performer on the oboe.

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