English Words Starting With O

• odd-jobman

  nounC1
  /ˈɒd dʒɒbˌmæn/A person, usually a man, who is paid to do various small, temporary, or unskilled tasks.
• odd-lotter

  nounC2 / Very Low Frequency
  /ˈɒd ˌlɒt.ə/An investor who buys or sells securities in quantities smaller than the standard trading unit or board lot.
• odd-man rush

  nounMedium
  /ˈɒd ˌmæn ˈrʌʃ/A fast break in ice hockey where the attacking team has more players (typically 2-on-1 or 3-on-2) than the defending team in the vicinity of the puck.
• oddball

  adjectivenounMedium
  /ˈɒdbɔːl/A person who is strange, eccentric, or unconventional.
• oddfellow

  nounLow
  /ˌɒdˈfeləʊ/A member of a friendly society or fraternal organization, originally the Independent Order of Oddfellows.
• oddity

  nounB2
  /ˈɒdɪti/A person, thing, or event that is strange, unusual, or peculiar.
• oddment

  nounLow
  /ˈɒdmənt/A leftover piece or fragment; an item that remains after the main parts have been used, removed, or sold.
• odds

  nounplural-nounB2
  /ɒdz/The probability or chance that something will happen, often expressed numerically; a situation where success is unlikely or the chances are unequal.
• odds and ends

  nounplural-nounB1
  /ˌɒdz‿ən ˈendz/Miscellaneous small items, usually of little individual value or importance.
• odds and sods

  plural-nounC1
  /ˌɒdz ən ˈsɒdz/An assortment of miscellaneous or leftover items; a collection of small, varied, often unimportant things.
• oddside

  nounVery Low / Obscure
  /ˈɒdsaɪd/The less common, unconventional, or unexpected side, aspect, or position of something.
• oddsmaker

  nounLow
  /ˈɒdzmeɪkə/A person who calculates and establishes the betting odds for events, primarily in sports or gambling.
• ode on a grecian urn

  nounLow
  /ˌəʊd ɒn ə ˌɡriːʃən ˈɜːn/The title of a famous romantic poem by John Keats (1819), meditating on an ancient Greek urn as a timeless artistic object.
• ode to a nightingale

  nounLow (as a fixed title/phrase). The individual words 'ode' and 'nightingale' are low-frequency.
  /ˌəʊd tə ə ˈnaɪtɪŋɡeɪl/The title of a famous poem by John Keats (1819), a lyrical expression of the poet's complex reflections on mortality, art, and transcendence inspired by the song of a nightingale.
• ode to the west wind

  nounC1/C2
  /ˌəʊd tə ðə ˌwest ˈwɪnd/The title of a major 1820 Romantic poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley. It refers to a lyrical, exalted poem dedicated to or inspired by the powerful westerly wind.
• odea

  nounC2
  /əʊd/A lyric poem, often in elevated style and addressed to a particular subject.
• odelsting

  nounExtremely Low
  /ˈəʊdəlstɪŋ/A specific chamber or house within a bicameral parliamentary system, historically used in Norway.
• odense

  nounlow
  /ˈəʊðənsə/A city in Denmark, the third largest city in the country.
• oder

  nounHigh
  /ˈɔːdə(r)/A common misspelling of 'order', which refers to an arrangement, sequence, command, or request.
• oder-neisse line

  nounC2
  /ˌəʊdə ˈnaɪsə ˌlaɪn/The post-World War II border between Germany and Poland, formed by the Oder and Neisse rivers.

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