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One (wŭn), indef. pron. Any person, indefinitely; a person or body; as, what one would have well done, one should do one's self.
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It was well worth one's while. Hawthorne.
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Against this sort of condemnation one must steel one's self as one best can. G. Eliot.
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One is often used with some, any, no, each, every, such, a, many a, another, the other, etc. It is sometimes joined with another, to denote a reciprocal relation.
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When any one heareth the word. Matt. xiii. 19.
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She knew every one who was any one in the land of Bohemia. Compton Reade.
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The Peloponnesians and the Athenians fought against one another. Jowett (Thucyd. ).
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The gentry received one another. Thackeray.
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One, v. t. To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite; to assimilite. [Obs.]
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The rich folk that embraced and oned all their heart to treasure of the world. Chaucer.
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Oneberry (?), n. (Bot.) The herb Paris. See Herb Paris, under .
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one-dimensional adj. having only one dimension; as, a line is a one-dimensional object; a one-dimensional array.
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2. Seeming to have only one dimension; lacking depth; as, one-dimensional characters.
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one-eared adj. Relating to or having or hearing with only one ear; monaural. Opposite of binaural.
Syn. -- monaural.
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one-edged adj. Having only one sharp edge; single-edged; -- of cutting instruments, mostly swords and razor blades. Opposed to double-edged.
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one-eyed adj. having or showing only one eye; as, one-eyed Jacks are wild; the three one-eyed Cyclopes of Greek myth.
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one-fifth n. A fifth part.
Syn. -- fifth, fifth part, twenty percent.
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one-fourth n. A quarter; a fourth part.
Syn. -- fourth, quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern.
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one-half n. one of two equal parts of a divisible whole; a half; a century and one half.
Syn. -- half.
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one-hand, one-handed (?), a. Employing one hand; as, the one-hand alphabet. See .
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one-hitter n. (Baseball) A game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only one hit.
Syn. -- 1-hitter.
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one-horse (?), a. 1. Drawn by one horse; having but a single horse; as, a one-horse carriage.
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2. Second-rate; inferior; small; as, a one-horse town. [Slang, U.S.]
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Oneidas (?), prop. n. pl.; sing. Oneida (�). (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the region near Oneida Lake in the State of New York, and forming part of the Five Nations. Remnants of the tribe now live in New York, Canada, and Wisconsin.
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one-eighth n. an eightht part.
Syn. -- eighth.
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Oneirocritic (?), n. [Cf. F. oneirocritique. See , a.] An interpreter of dreams. Bp. Warburton. Addison.
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{ Oneirocritic (?), Oneirocritical (?), } a. [Gr. �; � a dream + � critical, fr. � to discern.] Of or pertaining to the interpretation of dreams. Addison.
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{ Oneirocriticism (?), Oneirocritics (?), } n. The art of interpreting dreams.
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Oneiromancy (?), n. [Gr. � a dream + -mancy.] Divination by means of dreams. De Quincey.
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Oneiroscopist, n. One who interprets dreams.
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Oneiroscopy (?), n. [Gr. � a dream + -scopy.] The interpretation of dreams.
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Oneliness (?), n. The state of being one or single. [Obs.] Cudworth.
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Onely (?), a. See . [Obs.] Spenser.
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Onement (?), n. The state of being at one or reconciled. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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Oneness, n. The state of being one; singleness in number; individuality; unity.
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Our God is one, or rather very oneness. Hooker.
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Onerary (?), a. [L. onerarius, fr. onus, oneris, load, burden: cf. F. onéraire.] Fitted for, or carrying, a burden. Johnson.
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Onerate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Onerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Onerating.] [L. oneratus, p. p. pf onerare.] To load; to burden. [Obs.] Becon.
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Oneration (?), n. The act of loading. [Obs.]
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Onerous (?), a. [L. onerosus, fr. onus, oneris, a load, burden: cf. F. onéreux.] Burdensome; oppressive. “Too onerous a solicitude.” I. Taylor.
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Coloq. Onerous cause (Scots Law), a good and legal consideration; -- opposed to gratuitous.
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Onerously, adv. In an onerous manner.
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Ones (ōns), adv. Once. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Oneself (wŭnsĕlf), pron. A reflexive form of the indefinite pronoun one. Commonly written as two words, one's self.
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One's self (or more properly oneself), is quite a modern form. In Elizabethan English we find a man's self = one's self. Morris.
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one-seventh n. a seventh part.
Syn. -- seventh.
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One-sided (?), a. 1. Having one side only, or one side prominent.
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2. Hence: Limited to one side; favoring one person or side over another; partial; unjust; unfair; as, a one-sided view or statement. [wns=5] “Unguarded and one-sided language.” T. Arnold.
Syn. -- biased, colored, slanted.
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3. Having one team or party greatly superior; strongly favoring only one side; uneven; imbalanced; unequal; as, a one-sided contest; -- of contests, generally. [wns=4]
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4. (Bot.) Growing on one side of a stem; as, one-sided flowers.
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5. Using only one side, or having only one side usable; as, one-sided printing; one-sided film; -- used mostly of sheets of material used for printing or imaging.
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6. Performed by only one party or side; -- of actions directly affecting more than one party. Opposite of multilateral. [wns=2]
Syn. -- unilateral (vs. bilateral).
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7. out of proportion in shape.
Syn. -- ill-proportioned, lopsided.
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8. Not reversible or capable of having either side out; -- of cloth fabrics or clothing. Opposite of reversible. [wns=1]
Syn. -- nonreversible.
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-- One-sidedly, adv. -- One-sidedness, n.
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one-sixth n. a sixth part.
Syn. -- sixth.
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one-step n. an early ballroom dance, precursor to the foxtrot.
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one-tenth n. a tenth part.
Syn. -- tenth, tenth part, ten percent.
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Onethe (?), adv. Scarcely. See . [Obs.] Chaucer.
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one-third n. one of three equal parts of a divisible whole.
Syn. -- third, tierce.
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one-up a. Ahead of a friend or competitor in some competitive activity.
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one-upmanship n. The attitude or practice of trying to keep one step ahead of a friend or competitor; vigorous competitiveness.
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one-way adj. 1. Legally permitting movement or travel in one direction only; -- of paths, especially roads; as, one-way streets.
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2. (Transportation) Pertaining to or valid for transportation in one direction between two points; as, a one-way ticket; a one-way fare. Opposed to round-trip.
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one-woman adj. Designed for or restricted to a single person; same as one-man, but used when the person in question is female, or to avoid sexist language; as, a one-woman submarine; a one-woman show.
Syn. -- one-man, one-person.
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one-year adj. 1. completing its life cycle within a year. [prenominal]
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Ongoing (?), n. The act of going forward; progress; (pl.) affairs; business; current events.
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The common ongoings of this our commonplace world, and everyday life. Prof. Wilson.
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ongoing (?), a. Occurring at present; progressing; in progress; continuing; not past, completed, or future; as, an ongoing petition drive; an ongoing effort.
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Onguent (?), n. [F.] An unguent.
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On-hanger (?), n. A hanger-on.
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Onion (?), n. [F. ognon, fr. L. unio oneness, unity, a single large pearl, an onion. See , .] 1. (Bot.) A liliaceous plant of the genus Allium (Allium cepa), having a strong-flavored bulb and long hollow leaves; also, its bulbous root, much used as an article of food. The name is often extended to other species of the genus.
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2. The flavor of an onion{1}.
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Coloq. Onion fish (Zoöl.), the grenadier. -- Coloq. Onion fly (Zoöl.) a dipterous insect whose larva feeds upon the onion; especially, Anthomyia ceparum and Ortalis flexa. -- Coloq. Welsh onion . (Bot.) See . -- Coloq. Wild onion (Bot.), a name given to several species of the genus Allium.
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onion dome (?), n. (Architecture) A dome with a pointed top, its width often extending beyond the width of the tower it covers; -- a style of architecture characteristic of Russian Orthodox churches.
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onionskin (?), n. [Onion + skin.] A kind of thin but strong translucent paper with a glossy finish.
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Onirocritic (?), a. See .
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Oniscus prop. n. The type genus of the Oniscidae, consisting of woodlice that cannot roll into a ball.
Syn. -- genus Oniscus.
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on-key adj. (Music) In tune; striking or singing the proper notes. Opposite of off-key.
Syn. -- true.
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on-license n. a license to sell liquor for consumption on the premises.
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online, on-line adj. 1. 1 (Computers) connected by a communications line to a computer. Opposite of off-line.
Syn. -- online, on line(predicate).
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2. [prenominal] being in progress now; ongoing; as, on-line editorial projects. [Colloq.]
Syn. -- in progress(predicate), ongoing, on line(predicate).
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Onliness (?), n. The state of being alone. [Obs.]
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Onloft (?), adv. Aloft; above ground. [Obs.]
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She kept her father's life onloft. Chaucer.
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On-looker (?), n. A person who observes an event; a looker-on; a spectator.
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On-looking, a. Looking on or forward.
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Only (?), a. [OE. only, anly, onlich, AS. ānlic, i.e., onelike. See , , a.] 1. One alone; single; as, the only man present; his only occupation.
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2. Alone in its class; by itself; not associated with others of the same class or kind; as, an only child.
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3. Hence, (figuratively): Alone, by reason of superiority; preëminent; chief. “Motley's the only wear.” Shak.
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Only (?), adv. [See , a.] 1. In one manner or degree; for one purpose alone; simply; merely; barely.
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And to be loved himself, needs only to be known. Dryden.
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2. So and no otherwise; no other than; exclusively; solely; wholly. “She being only wicked.” Beau. & Fl.
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Every imagination . . . of his heart was only evil. Gen. vi. 5.
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3. Singly; without more; as, only-begotten.
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4. Above all others; particularly. [Obs.]
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His most only elected mistress. Marston.
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Only, conj. Save or except (that); -- an adversative used elliptically with or without that, and properly introducing a single fact or consideration.
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He might have seemed some secretary or clerk . . . only that his low, flat, unadorned cap . . . indicated that he belonged to the city. Sir W. Scott.
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Onocerin (?), n. [NL. Ononis, the generic name of the plant + L. cera wax.] (Chem.) A white crystalline waxy substance extracted from the root of the leguminous plant Ononis spinosa.
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Onoclea prop. n. A genus consisting of only species: the sensitive fern; in some classifications it is included in the Polypodiaceae.
Syn. -- genus Onoclea.
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onology (?), n. [Gr. � an ass + -logy.] Foolish discourse. [R.]
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onomancy (?), n. [Gr. 'onoma name + -mancy. Cf. .] Divination by the letters of a name; nomancy. [R.] Camden.
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{ Onomantic (?), Onomantical (?), } a. Of or pertaining to onomancy. [R.]
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Onomastic (?), a. [Gr. �, from � to name, 'onoma name.] (Law) Applied to a signature when the body of the instrument is in another's handwriting. Burrill.
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Onomasticon (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � (sc.�), fr. �. See .] A collection of names and terms; a dictionary; specif., a collection of Greek names, with explanatory notes, made by Julius Pollux about a. d. 180.
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Onomatechny (?), n. [Gr. 'onoma + � art.] Prognostication by the letters of a name.
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Onomatologist (?), n. One versed in the history of names. Southey.
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Onomatology (?), n. [Gr. 'onoma, 'onomatos + -logy.] The science of names or of their classification.
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Onomatope (?), n. [See .] An imitative word; an onomatopoetic word.
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Onomatopœia (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. �; 'onoma, 'onomatos, a name + poiei^n to make.] (Philol.) The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees; the hiss of a goose; the crackle of fire.
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☞ It has been maintained by some philologist that all primary words, especially names, were formed by imitation of natural sounds, but this is not believed by most.
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Onomatopœic (?), a. Onomatopoetic. Whitney.
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Onomatopoetic (?), a. Of or pertaining to onomatopœia; characterized by onomatopœia; imitative; as, an onomatopoetic writer or word. Earle.
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Onomatopy (?), n. Onomatopœia.
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Onomomancy (?), n. See .
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Onondagas (?), n. pl.; sing. Onondaga (�). (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting what is now a part of the State of New York. They were the central or head tribe of the Five Nations.
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Onrush (?), n. A rushing onward.
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Onset (?), n. [On + set.] 1. A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army. Milton.
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The onset and retire
Of both your armies. Shak.
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Who on that day the word of onset gave. Wordsworth.
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2. A setting about; a beginning; -- used especially of diseases or pathological symptoms. Shak.
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There is surely no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things. Bacon.
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3. Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage. [Obs.] Johnson.
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Onset, v. t. 1. To assault; to set upon. [Obs.]
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2. To set about; to begin. [Obs.] Carew.
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onshore adj. coming from the sea toward the land; -- of winds and weather; as, an onshore gale. Opposed to offshore.
Syn. -- inshore, seaward.
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2. On the edge of the land; near the shoreline; as, an onshore lighthouse.
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onside adj. (Sports) Not offside; being within the prescribed area of play. offside
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onside kick (Football) A kickoff in which the kicking team attempts to kick the ball only so far as is legally required (beyond the 50-yard line), so as to have a better chance to recover the kicked ball itself; -- it is a risky type of play used only when the kicking team is losing and there is little time left to play.
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on-site adj. Taking place or located at the indicated site; as, on-site inspection. Opposed to off-site.
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Onslaught (?), n. [OE. on on + slaught, slaht, slaughter. See .] 1. An attack; an onset; esp., a furious or murderous attack or assault.
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By storm and onslaught to proceed. Hudibras.
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2. A bloody fray or battle. [Scot.] Jamieson.
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Onstead (?), n. [Possibly a corruption of homestead.] A single farmhouse; a steading. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Grose. Jamieson.
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on-street adj. at the sides of streets; as, on-street parking is prohibited at rush hour. Opposite of off-street.
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on the rag (?), pred. a. Menstruating; -- of women. [vulgar slang]
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on-the-scene on-the-spot adj. Being or occurring at the place or time in question; as, an on-the-scene newscast.
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Onto (?), prep. [On + to. Cf. .] On the top of; upon; on. See On to, under , prep.
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{ Ontogenesis (?), Ontogeny (?), } n. [See , and .] (Biol.) The history of the individual development of an organism; the sequence of events involved in the development of an organism; the history of the evolution of the germ; the development of an individual organism, -- in distinction from phylogeny, or evolution of the tribe. Called also henogenesis, henogeny.
Syn. -- growth, growing, maturation, development.
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Ontogenetic (?), a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to ontogenesis; as, ontogenetic phenomena. -- Ontogenetically (#), adv.
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Ontogenic (?), a. (Biol.) Ontogenetic.
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Ontologic (?), a. Ontological.
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Ontological (?), a. [Cf. F. ontologique.] Of or pertaining to ontology.
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Ontologically, adv. In an ontological manner.
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Ontologist (?), n. [Cf. F. ontologiste.] One who is versed in or treats of ontology. Edin. Rev.
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Ontology (?), n. [Gr. � the things which exist (pl.neut. of �, �, being, p. pr. of � to be) + -logy: cf. F. ontologie.] 1. That department of the science of metaphysics which investigates and explains the nature and essential properties and relations of all beings, as such, or the principles and causes of being.
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2. (Computers) A systematic arrangement of all of the important categories of objects or concepts which exist in some field of discourse, showing the relations between them. When complete, an ontology is a categorization of all of the concepts in some field of knowledge, including the objects and all of the properties, relations, and functions needed to define the objects and specify their actions. A simplified ontology may contain only a hierarchical classification (a ) showing the type subsumption relations between concepts in the field of discourse. An ontology may be visualized as an abstract graph with nodes and labeled arcs representing the objects and relations. The concepts included in an ontology and the hierarchical ordering will be to a certain extent arbitrary, depending upon the purpose for which the ontology is created. This arises from the fact that objects are of varying importance for different purposes, and different properties of objects may be chosen as the criteria by which objects are classified. In addition, different degrees of aggregation of concepts may be used, and distinctions of importance for one purpose may be of no concern for a different purpose.
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Onus (?), n. [L.] A burden; an obligation.
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Coloq. Onus probandi (�) [L.], obligation to furnish evidence to prove a thing; the burden of proof.
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Onward (?), a. 1. Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward course, progress, etc.
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2. Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.
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Within a while, Philoxenus came to see how onward the fruits were of his friend's labor. Sir P. Sidney.
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Onward, adv. Toward a point before or in front; forward; progressively; as, to move onward.
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Not one looks backward, onward still he goes. Pope.
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Onwardness, n. Progress; advancement.
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Onwards (?), adv. [See .] Onward.
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Ony (?), a. Any. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Onycha (?), n. [NL., from L. onyx, -ychis, onyx, also, a kind of mussel, Gr. �, �. See .]
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1. An ingredient of the Mosaic incense, probably the operculum of some kind of strombus. Ex. xxx. 34.
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2. The precious stone called onyx. [R.]
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Onychia (?), n. [NL. See .] (Med.) (a) A whitlow. (b) An affection of a finger or toe, attended with ulceration at the base of the nail, and terminating in the destruction of the nail.
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Onychomancy (?), n. [Gr. �, �, a finger nail + -mancy: cf. F. onychomancie.] Divination by the nails.
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Onychophora (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. �, �, a claw + �.] (Zoöl.) Malacopoda.
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onychophoran n. Any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms; a member of the Onychophora, also called Malacopoda. See .
Syn. -- velvet worm, peripatus.
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onymous adj. bearing a name; as, articles in magazines are usually onymous. Opposite of anonymous.
Syn. -- signed.
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Onyx (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. � a claw, finger nail, a veined gem. See , and cf. .] 1. (Min.) Chalcedony in parallel layers of different shades of color. It is used for making cameos, the figure being cut in one layer with the next as a ground.
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2. Same as Mexican onyx.
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3. A deep jet-black color.
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Coloq. Onyx marble , Coloq. Mexican onyx , a banded variety of marble or calcium carbonate resembling onyx. It is obtained from Mexico in various colors ranging from white to deep black.
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onyx (?), a. Deep, jet-black.
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Oo, a. One. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Oö (?), n. [Hawaiian.] (Zoöl.) A beautiful bird (Moho nobilis) of the Hawaiian Islands. It yields the brilliant yellow feathers formerly used in making the royal robes. Called also yellow-tufted honeysucker.
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Oœcium (?), n.; pl. Oœcia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. w,'on an egg + � a house.] (Zoöl.) One of the special zooids, or cells, of Bryozoa, destined to receive and develop ova; an ovicell. See .
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Oögenesis (?), n. [Gr. w,'on an egg + E. genesis.] (Physiol.) The development, or mode of origin, of the ova.
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Oögonium (?), n.; pl. L. Oögonia (#), E. Oögoniums (#). [NL., fr. Gr. w,'on an egg + � offspring.] (Bot.) A special cell in certain cryptogamous plants containing oöspheres, as in the rockweeds (Fucus), and the orders Vaucherieæ and Peronosporeæ.
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Ooidal (?), a. [Gr. �; w,'on an egg + e'i^dos form.] (Biol.) Shaped like an egg.
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Ook (ōk), n. Oak. [Obs.] “A branched ook.” Chaucer.
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Oölite (?), n. [Gr. w,'on an egg + -lite: cf. F. oölithe. So named from its resemblance to the roe of fish.] (Geol.) A variety of limestone, consisting of small round grains, resembling the roe of a fish. It sometimes constitutes extensive beds, as in the European Jurassic. See the Chart of .
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Oölitic (?), a. [Cf. F. oölithique.] Of or pertaining to oölite; composed of, or resembling, oölite.
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Oölogical (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to oölogy.
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Oölogist (?), n. One versed in oölogy.
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Oölogy (?), n. [Gr. w,'on an egg + -logy.] The science of eggs in relation to their coloring, size, shape, and number.
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Oolong (?), n. [Chinese, green dragon.] A fragrant variety of black tea having somewhat the flavor of green tea. [Written also oulong.]
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{ Oomiac, Oomiak} (?), n. A long, broad boat used by the Eskimos.
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Oon (ōn), a. One. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Oones (ōns), adv. Once. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Oop (�p), v. t. [Etymol. uncertain.] To bind with a thread or cord; to join; to unite. [Scot.] Jamieson.
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{ Oopack, Oopak} (?), n. [So named from a district in China.] A kind of black tea.
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Oöphore (?), n. [Gr. � egg-bearing; w,'on an egg + ferein to bear.] (Bot.) An alternately produced form of certain cryptogamous plants, as ferns, mosses, and the like, which bears antheridia and archegonia, and so has sexual fructification, as contrasted with the sporophore, which is nonsexual, but produces spores in countless number. In ferns the oöphore is a minute prothallus; in mosses it is the leafy plant.
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Oöphorectomy (?), n. [Gr. w,'on egg + ferein to bear + � a cutting out.] (Surg.) Ovariotomy.
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Oöphoric (?), a. (Bot.) Having the nature of, or belonging to, an oöphore.
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Oöphoridium (?), n.; pl. L. Oöphorida (#), E. Oöphoridiums (#). [NL., dim. fr. Gr. �. See .] (Bot.) The macrosporangium or case for the larger kind of spores in heterosporous flowerless plants.
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Oöphoritis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. w,'on egg + ferein to bear + -itis.] (Med.) Ovaritis.
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Oöphyte (?), n. [Gr. w,'on an egg + fyton a plant.] (Bot.) Any plant of a proposed class or grand division (collectively termed oöphytes or Oöphyta), which have their sexual reproduction accomplished by motile antherozoids acting on oöspheres, either while included in their oögonia or after exclusion.
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☞ This class was at first called Oösporeæ, and is made to include all algæ and fungi which have this kind of reproduction, however they may differ in all other respects, the contrasted classes of Thallophytes being Protophytes, Zygophytes, and Carpophytes. The whole system has its earnest advocates, but is rejected by many botanists. See .
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