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_ convenience; suitableness of circumstances to any end
OPPRE'SS, _v.a._ crush by hardship or unreasonable severity; overpower;
subdue
OPPRE'SSOR, _s._ one who harasses others with unreasonable or unjust
severity
O'PTICAL, _a._ relating to the science of optics
O'PTICS, _s._ the science of the nature and laws of vision
O'PULENT, _a._ rich
O'RACLE, _s._ something delivered by supernatural wisdom; the place
where, or persons of whom, the determinations of heaven are inquired
O'RAL, _a._ delivered by mouth; not written
O'RATOR, _s._ a public speaker; a man of eloquence
O'RBIT, _s._ a circle; path of a heavenly body
O'RCHARD, _s._ a garden of fruit trees
O'RCHIS, _s._ a kind of flowering plant
O'RDER, _s._ method; regularity; command; a rank or class; rule
O'RDINANCE, _s._ law; rule; appointment
O'RDINARY, _a._ established; regular; common; of low rank
O'RDNANCE, _s._ cannon; great guns
O'RGAN, _s._ natural instrument: as the tongue is the organ of speech. A
musical instrument
ORGA'NIC, _a._ consisting of various parts co-operating with each other
O'RGANISM, _s._ organic structure
O'RIENT, _a._ eastern; oriental; bright; gaudy
ORI'GINAL, _a.


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