| abocclusion | (noun) the condition in which the upper teeth do not touch the lower teeth when biting | - |
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| bocce | (noun) Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court | Synonyms: bocci, boccie |
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| bocci | (noun) Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court | Synonyms: bocce, boccie |
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| boccie | (noun) Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court | Synonyms: bocce, bocci |
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| bocconia | (noun) small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-tinted green flowers | Synonyms: Bocconia frutescens, tree celandine |
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| (noun) herb of China and Japan widely cultivated for its plumelike panicles of creamy white flowers | Synonyms: Macleaya cordata, plume poppy |
| broccoli | (noun) branched green undeveloped flower heads | - |
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| (noun) plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds | Synonyms: Brassica oleracea italica |
| chiocciole | (noun) a type of pasta that is elbow-shaped. | - |
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| coccal | (adjective) of or pertaining to or resembling a coccus | - |
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| cocci | (noun) any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria | Synonyms: coccus |
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| coccidioidomycosis | (noun) an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules | Synonyms: coccidiomycosis, desert rheumatism, valley fever |
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| coccidiomycosis | (noun) an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules | Synonyms: coccidioidomycosis, desert rheumatism, valley fever |
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| coccidiosis | (noun) (veterinary medicine) infestation with coccidia | - |
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| coccidium | (noun) parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates | Synonyms: eimeria |
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| coccobacillus | (noun) a bacterial cell intermediate in morphology between a coccus and a bacillus; a very short bacillus | - |
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| coccoid | (adjective) spherical; like a coccus | - |
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| coccus | (noun) any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria | Synonyms: cocci |
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| coccygeal | (adjective) of or relating to or near the coccyx | - |
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| coccyx | (noun) the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes | Synonyms: tail bone |
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| cooccur | (verb) go with, fall together | Synonyms: co-occur, coincide |
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| cooccurring | (adjective) occurring or operating at the same time | Synonyms: co-occurrent, coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, simultaneous |
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| cryptococcosis | (noun) a fungal infection characterized by nodular lesions--first in the lungs and spreading to the nervous system | - |
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| diplococcus | (noun) Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs | - |
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| echinococcosis | (noun) infestation with larval echinococci (tapeworms) | Synonyms: hydatid disease, hydatidosis |
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| echinococcus | (noun) tapeworms whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals | - |
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| finocchio | (noun) aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads | Synonyms: fennel, Florence fennel |
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| floccose | (adjective) (of plants) having tufts of soft woolly hairs | - |
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| flocculate | (verb) form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass | - |
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| (verb) cause to become a fluffy or lumpy aggregate | - |
| flocculation | (noun) the process of flocculating; forming woolly cloudlike aggregations | - |
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| flocculator | (noun) An apparatus used in the process of flocculation. | - |
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| floccule | (noun) a small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid | Synonyms: floc |
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| flocculent | (adjective) having a fluffy character or appearance | Synonyms: woolly, wooly |
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| gnocchi | (noun) (Italian) a small dumpling made of potato or flour or semolina that is boiled or baked and is usually served with a sauce or with grated cheese | - |
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| gonococcus | (noun) the pus-producing bacterium that causes gonorrhea | Synonyms: Neisseria gonorrhoeae |
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| malocclusion | (noun) (dentistry) a condition in which the opposing teeth do not mesh normally | - |
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| moccasin | (noun) soft leather shoe; originally worn by Native Americans | Synonyms: mocassin |
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| morocco | (noun) a soft pebble-grained leather made from goatskin; used for shoes and book bindings etc. | - |
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| nonoccurrence | (noun) absence by virtue of not occurring | - |
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| occasion | (noun) an event that occurs at a critical time | Synonyms: juncture |
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| (noun) a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people | Synonyms: affair, function, social affair, social function, social gathering, social occasion |
| (noun) a rational motive for a belief or action | Synonyms: ground, reason |
| (noun) an opportunity to do something | - |
| (noun) the time of a particular event | - |
| (verb) give occasion to | - |
| occasional | (adjective) occurring from time to time | - |
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| (adjective) occurring on a temporary or irregular basis | Synonyms: casual |
| (adjective) recurring or reappearing from time to time | Synonyms: periodic |
| (adjective) occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals | Synonyms: episodic |
| occasionally | (adverb) sporadically and infrequently | Synonyms: at times, from time to time, now and again, now and then, on occasion, once in a while |
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| occasions | (noun) something you have to do | - |
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| occident | (noun) the hemisphere that includes North America and South America | Synonyms: western hemisphere |
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| occidental | (adjective) denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the western hemisphere | Synonyms: Hesperian |
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| occidentalise | (verb) make western in character | Synonyms: occidentalize, westernise, westernize |
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| occidentalism | (noun) the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Western civilizations | - |
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| occidentalize | (verb) make western in character | Synonyms: occidentalise, westernise, westernize |
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| occipital | (adjective) of or relating to the occiput | - |
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| occiput | (noun) back part of the head or skull | - |
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| occlude | (verb) block passage through | Synonyms: block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate |
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| occluded | (adjective) (of a substance) taken into and retained in another substance | Synonyms: sorbed |
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| (adjective) closed off | - |
| occlusion | (noun) the act of blocking | Synonyms: blockage, closure |
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| (noun) an obstruction in a pipe or tube | Synonyms: block, blockage, closure, stop, stoppage |
| (noun) (dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed | - |
| (noun) (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft | Synonyms: occluded front |
| (noun) closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel) | - |
| occlusive | (adjective) tending to occlude | - |
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| (noun) a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it | Synonyms: plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant |
| occult | (adjective) having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding | Synonyms: mysterious, mystic, mystical, orphic, secret |
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| (adjective) hidden and difficult to see | - |
| (noun) supernatural practices and techniques | Synonyms: occult arts |
| (noun) supernatural forces and events and beings collectively | Synonyms: supernatural |
| (verb) hide from view | - |
| (verb) cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention | Synonyms: eclipse |
| (verb) become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished | - |
| occultation | (noun) one celestial body obscures another | Synonyms: eclipse |
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| occultism | (noun) a belief in supernatural powers and the possibility of bringing them under human control | - |
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| (noun) the study of the supernatural | - |
| occultist | (noun) a believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts | - |
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| occupancy | (noun) an act of being a tenant or occupant | Synonyms: tenancy |
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| (noun) the act of occupying or taking possession of a building | Synonyms: moving in, occupation |
| occupant | (noun) someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there | Synonyms: occupier, resident |
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| occupation | (noun) the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money | Synonyms: business, job, line, line of work |
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| (noun) the act of occupying or taking possession of a building | Synonyms: moving in, occupancy |
| (noun) the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power | Synonyms: military control |
| (noun) any activity that occupies a person's attention | - |
| (noun) the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied | - |
| occupational | (adjective) of or relating to the activity or business for which you are trained | - |
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| occupied | (adjective) held or filled or in use | - |
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| (adjective) seized and controlled as by military invasion | - |
| (adjective) having ones attention or mind or energy engaged | Synonyms: engaged |
| (adjective) resided in; having tenants | Synonyms: tenanted |
| occupier | (noun) someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there | Synonyms: occupant, resident |
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| (noun) a member of a military force who is residing in a conquered foreign country | - |
| occupy | (verb) consume all of one's attention or time | Synonyms: absorb, engage, engross |
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| (verb) march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation | Synonyms: invade |
| (verb) require (time or space) | Synonyms: take, use up |
| (verb) keep busy with | Synonyms: busy |
| (verb) assume, as of positions or roles | Synonyms: fill, take |
| (verb) live (in a certain place) | Synonyms: lodge in, reside |
| (verb) occupy the whole of | Synonyms: fill |
| (verb) be on the mind of | Synonyms: concern, interest, worry |
| occur | (verb) come to pass | Synonyms: come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, pass, pass off, take place |
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| (verb) come to one's mind; suggest itself | Synonyms: come |
| (verb) to be found to exist | - |
| occurrence | (noun) an event that happens | Synonyms: happening, natural event, occurrent |
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| (noun) an instance of something occurring | - |
| occurrent | (adjective) presently occurring (either causally or incidentally) | - |
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| (noun) an event that happens | Synonyms: happening, natural event, occurrence |
| pneumococcal | (adjective) of or derived from or caused by bacteria of the genus pneumococcus | - |
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| pneumococcus | (noun) bacterium causing pneumonia in mice and humans | Synonyms: Diplococcus pneumoniae |
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| preoccupancy | (noun) the act of taking occupancy before someone else does | Synonyms: preoccupation |
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| (noun) the mental state of being preoccupied by something | Synonyms: absorption, engrossment, preoccupation |
| preoccupation | (noun) the act of taking occupancy before someone else does | Synonyms: preoccupancy |
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| (noun) the mental state of being preoccupied by something | Synonyms: absorption, engrossment, preoccupancy |
| (noun) an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention | - |
| preoccupied | (adjective) having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something | Synonyms: haunted, obsessed, taken up |
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| (adjective) deeply absorbed in thought | Synonyms: bemused, lost |
| preoccupy | (verb) engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively | - |
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| (verb) occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance | - |
| roccella | (noun) a source of the dye archil and of litmus | Synonyms: Roccella tinctoria |
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| sirocco | (noun) a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand | Synonyms: dust storm, duster, sandstorm |
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| soccer | (noun) a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal | Synonyms: association football |
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| staphylococcal | (adjective) of or relating to the staphylococcus bacteria | - |
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| staphylococci | (noun) spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections | Synonyms: staph, staphylococcus |
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| staphylococcus | (noun) spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections | Synonyms: staph, staphylococci |
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| streptococcal | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by streptococci | Synonyms: strep, streptococcic |
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| streptococci | (noun) spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis | Synonyms: strep, streptococcus |
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| streptococcic | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by streptococci | Synonyms: strep, streptococcal |
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| streptococcus | (noun) spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis | Synonyms: strep, streptococci |
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| toccata | (noun) a baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style | - |
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| unoccupied | (adjective) not held or filled or in use | - |
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| (adjective) not seized and controlled | - |
| (adjective) not leased to or occupied by a tenant | Synonyms: untenanted |