| ousel | (noun) common black European thrush | Synonyms: blackbird, European blackbird, merl, merle, ouzel, Turdus merula |
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| ouster | (noun) the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out | Synonyms: ousting |
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| (noun) a wrongful dispossession | - |
| (noun) a person who ousts or supplants someone else | Synonyms: ejector |
| ousting | (noun) the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out | Synonyms: ouster |
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| out | (noun) (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball | - |
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| outage | (noun) a temporary suspension of operation (as of computers) | - |
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| (noun) the amount of something (as whiskey or oil) lost in storage or transportation | - |
| outback | (noun) the bush country of the interior of Australia | - |
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| outboard | (noun) internal-combustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat | Synonyms: outboard motor |
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| (noun) a motorboat with an outboard motor | Synonyms: outboard motorboat |
| outbreak | (noun) a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition) | Synonyms: eruption, irruption |
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| outbuilding | (noun) a building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building | - |
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| outburst | (noun) a sudden violent disturbance | Synonyms: tumultuous disturbance |
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| (noun) an unrestrained expression of emotion | Synonyms: blowup, ebullition, effusion, gush |
| (noun) a sudden intense happening | Synonyms: burst, flare-up |
| outcast | (noun) a person who is rejected (from society or home) | Synonyms: castaway, Ishmael, pariah |
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| outcaste | (noun) a person belonging to no caste | - |
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| outcome | (noun) something that results | Synonyms: final result, result, resultant, termination |
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| (noun) a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | Synonyms: consequence, effect, event, issue, result, upshot |
| outcrop | (noun) the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land | Synonyms: outcropping, rock outcrop |
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| outcropping | (noun) the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land | Synonyms: outcrop, rock outcrop |
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| outcry | (noun) a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition | Synonyms: call, cry, shout, vociferation, yell |
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| outdoors | (noun) where the air is unconfined | Synonyms: open, open air, out-of-doors |
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| outdoorsman | (noun) a male person who spends time outdoors (e.g., hunting or fishing) | - |
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| outdoorsperson | (noun) a person who spends time outdoors (e.g., hunting or fishing) | - |
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| outdoorswoman | (noun) a woman who spends time outdoors (e.g., hunting and fishing) | - |
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| outercourse | (noun) sexual stimulation without vaginal penetration | - |
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| outerwear | (noun) clothing for use outdoors | Synonyms: overclothes |
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| outfall | (noun) the outlet of a river or drain or other source of water | - |
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| outfield | (noun) the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases | - |
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| outfielder | (noun) (baseball) a person who plays in the outfield | - |
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| (noun) a fielder in cricket who is stationed in the outfield | - |
| outfit | (noun) gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose | Synonyms: kit |
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| (noun) a set of clothing (with accessories) | Synonyms: getup, rig, turnout |
| (noun) any cohesive unit such as a military company | - |
| outfitter | (noun) a shop that provides equipment for some specific purpose | - |
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| (noun) someone who sells men's clothes | - |
| outfitting | (noun) the act of renovating and fitting out a ship | - |
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| outflow | (noun) the discharge of a fluid from some container | Synonyms: escape, leak, leakage |
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| (noun) a natural flow of ground water | Synonyms: fountain, natural spring, outpouring, spring |
| (noun) the process of flowing out | Synonyms: effluence, efflux |
| outgo | (noun) money paid out; an amount spent | Synonyms: expenditure, outlay, spending |
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| outgoer | (noun) someone who leaves one country to settle in another | Synonyms: emigrant, emigre, emigree |
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| outgrowth | (noun) a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant | Synonyms: appendage, process |
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| (noun) the gradual beginning or coming forth | Synonyms: emergence, growth |
| (noun) a natural consequence of development | Synonyms: branch, offset, offshoot |
| outhouse | (noun) a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate | Synonyms: earth-closet, jakes, privy |
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| outing | (noun) a journey taken for pleasure | Synonyms: excursion, expedition, jaunt, junket, pleasure trip, sashay |
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| (noun) a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering | Synonyms: field day, picnic |
| outlander | (noun) a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country | Synonyms: alien, foreigner, noncitizen |
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| outlandishness | (noun) strikingly out of the ordinary | Synonyms: bizarreness, weirdness |
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| outlaw | (noun) someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime | Synonyms: criminal, crook, felon, malefactor |
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| outlawry | (noun) illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law | Synonyms: lawlessness |
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| outlay | (noun) the act of spending or disbursing money | Synonyms: disbursal, disbursement, spending |
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| (noun) money paid out; an amount spent | Synonyms: expenditure, outgo, spending |
| outlet | (noun) activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion | Synonyms: release, vent |
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| (noun) an opening that permits escape or release | Synonyms: exit, issue, way out |
| (noun) a place of business for retailing goods | Synonyms: mercantile establishment, retail store, sales outlet |
| (noun) receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices | Synonyms: electric outlet, electric receptacle, electrical outlet, wall plug, wall socket |
| outlier | (noun) an extreme deviation from the mean | - |
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| (noun) a person who lives away from his place of work | - |
| outline | (noun) a schematic or preliminary plan | Synonyms: schema, scheme |
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| (noun) a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory | Synonyms: abstract, precis, synopsis |
| (noun) the line that appears to bound an object | Synonyms: lineation |
| outlook | (noun) the act of looking out | Synonyms: lookout |
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| (noun) belief about (or mental picture of) the future | Synonyms: expectation, prospect |
| (noun) a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations | Synonyms: mentality, mind-set, mindset |
| outpatient | (noun) a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated | - |
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| outport | (noun) a subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port (but usually farther from the center of trade) | - |
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| outpost | (noun) a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops | - |
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| (noun) a settlement on the frontier of civilization | Synonyms: frontier settlement |
| (noun) a station in a remote or sparsely populated location | Synonyms: outstation |
| outpouring | (noun) a large flow | Synonyms: flood, overflow |
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| (noun) the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written) | Synonyms: barrage, bombardment, onslaught |
| (noun) the pouring forth of a fluid | Synonyms: discharge, run |
| (noun) a sudden rapid flow (as of water) | Synonyms: flush, gush |
| (noun) a natural flow of ground water | Synonyms: fountain, natural spring, outflow, spring |
| output | (noun) production of a certain amount | Synonyms: yield |
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| (noun) final product; the things produced | Synonyms: end product |
| (noun) what is produced in a given time period | Synonyms: outturn, turnout |
| (noun) signal that comes out of an electronic system | Synonyms: output signal |
| (noun) the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time) | Synonyms: production, yield |
| outrage | (noun) the act of scandalizing | Synonyms: scandalisation, scandalization |
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| (noun) a wantonly cruel act | - |
| (noun) a disgraceful event | Synonyms: scandal |
| (noun) a feeling of righteous anger | Synonyms: indignation |
| outrageousness | (noun) the quality of being outrageous | Synonyms: enormity |
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| (noun) excessive excess | Synonyms: exorbitance |
| outreach | (noun) the act of reaching out | - |
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| outrider | (noun) an escort who rides ahead (as a member of the vanguard) | - |
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| outrigger | (noun) a stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or float parallel to the hull | - |
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| outset | (noun) the time at which something is supposed to begin | Synonyms: beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, showtime, start, starting time |
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| outside | (noun) the outer side or surface of something | Synonyms: exterior |
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| (noun) the region that is outside of something | Synonyms: exterior |
| outsider | (noun) someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group | Synonyms: foreigner |
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| (noun) a contestant (human or animal) not considered to have a good chance to win | - |
| outsize | (noun) an unusual garment size (especially one that is very large) | - |
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| outskirt | (noun) a part of the city far removed from the center | Synonyms: fringe |
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| outskirts | (noun) outlying areas (as of a city or town) | - |
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| outsole | (noun) the outer sole of a shoe or boot that is the bottom of the shoe and makes contact with the ground | - |
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| outspokenness | (noun) the trait of being blunt and outspoken | Synonyms: frankness |
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| outstation | (noun) a station in a remote or sparsely populated location | Synonyms: outpost |
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| outstroke | (noun) the stroke of an engine piston moving toward the crankshaft | - |
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| outtake | (noun) a scene that is filmed but is not used in the final editing of the film | - |
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| outthrust | (noun) an outcropping of rock that extends outward | - |
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| outturn | (noun) what is produced in a given time period | Synonyms: output, turnout |
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| outwardness | (noun) the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior | Synonyms: externality |
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| (noun) a concern with or responsiveness to outward things (especially material objects as opposed to ideal concepts) | - |
| (noun) concern with outward things or material objects as opposed to the mind and spirit | - |
| outwork | (noun) subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main fortified area | - |
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| ouzel | (noun) common black European thrush | Synonyms: blackbird, European blackbird, merl, merle, ousel, Turdus merula |
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| ouzo | (noun) a Greek liquor flavored with anise | - |
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| oval | (noun) a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it | Synonyms: ellipse |
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| ovalbumin | (noun) the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water | Synonyms: albumen, egg white, white |
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| ovariectomy | (noun) surgical removal of one or both ovaries | Synonyms: oophorectomy |
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| ovaritis | (noun) inflammation of the ovaries | - |
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| ovary | (noun) (vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone | - |
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| (noun) the organ that bears the ovules of a flower | - |
| ovation | (noun) enthusiastic recognition (especially one accompanied by loud applause) | Synonyms: standing ovation |
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| oven | (noun) kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting | - |
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| ovenbird | (noun) American warbler; builds a dome-shaped nest on the ground | Synonyms: Seiurus aurocapillus |
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| (noun) small brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay nests | - |
| ovenware | (noun) heat-resistant dishware in which food can be cooked as well as served | - |
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| over | (noun) (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch | - |
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| overabundance | (noun) a quantity that is more than what is appropriate | Synonyms: overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance |
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| (noun) the state of being more than full | Synonyms: excess, surfeit |
| overachievement | (noun) better than expected performance (better than might have been predicted from intelligence tests) | - |
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| overachiever | (noun) a student who attains higher standards than the IQ indicated | - |
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| overacting | (noun) poor acting by a ham actor | Synonyms: hamming |
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| overactivity | (noun) excessive activity | - |
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| overage | (noun) a surplus or excess of money or merchandise that is actually on hand and that exceeds expectations | - |
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| overall | (noun) (usually plural) work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps) | - |
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| (noun) a loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work | Synonyms: boilers suit, boilersuit |
| overanxiety | (noun) excessive anxiety | - |
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| overappraisal | (noun) an appraisal that is too high | Synonyms: overestimate, overestimation, overvaluation |
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| overbearingness | (noun) the trait of being imperious and overbearing | Synonyms: domineeringness, imperiousness |
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| overbid | (noun) a bid that is higher than preceding bids | - |
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| (noun) (bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand) | Synonyms: overcall |
| overbite | (noun) (dentistry) malocclusion in which the upper teeth extend abnormally far over the lower teeth | - |
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| overburden | (noun) an excessive burden | Synonyms: overload |
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| (noun) the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits | - |
| overcall | (noun) (bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand) | Synonyms: overbid |
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| overcapitalisation | (noun) (business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants) | Synonyms: overcapitalization |
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| overcapitalization | (noun) (business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants) | Synonyms: overcapitalisation |
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| overcast | (noun) a cast that falls beyond the intended spot | - |
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| (noun) a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling | Synonyms: overcasting |
| (noun) the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds | Synonyms: cloud cover, cloudiness |
| (noun) gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover | Synonyms: cloudiness |
| overcasting | (noun) a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling | Synonyms: overcast |
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| overcharge | (noun) a price that is too high | - |
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| overclothes | (noun) clothing for use outdoors | Synonyms: outerwear |
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