_ primitive; first
O'RNAMENT, _v.a._ embellish; decorate
OSCILLA'TION, _a._ the act of moving backward or forward like a pendulum
O'SSEOUS, _a._ bony; resembling bone
OSTENTA'TION, _s._ outward show; pride of riches or power
OSTRICH, _s._ a large bird
OTHERWISE, _ad._ in a different manner; by other causes; in other
respects
OU'TLET, _s._ passage outward
OU'TSET, _s._ setting out; departure
OU'TWARD, _a._ external; opposed to _inward_.
OVERFLO'W, _v.a._ deluge; drown; overrun; fill beyond the brim
OVERTA'KE, _v.a._ catch anything by pursuit; come up to something going
before
OVERTHRO'W, _v.a._ turn upside down; throw down; ruin; defeat; destroy
OVERWHE'LM, _v.a._ crush underneath something violent and weighty;
overlook gloomily
PACI'FIC, _a._ mild; gentle; appeasing
PA'LACE, _a._ a royal house
PA'LTRY, _a._ worthless; contemptible; mean
PA'RADISE, _s._ the blissful region in which the first pair were placed;
any place of felicity
PA'RALLEL, _a._ extending in the same direction; having the same
tendency
PARALLE'LOGRAM, _s._ in geometry, a right-lined four-sided figure, whose
opposite sides are parallel and equal
PA'RAPET, _s.
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