nunjah
Alternative form of nanja.

nuplex
An industrial complex that operates on nuclear power.

nuraghe
A dry-stone round megalithic tower found in Sardinia.

nuraghes
plural of nuraghe

nuraghi
plural of nuraghe

nurhag
A nuraghe.

nurhags
plural of nurhag

nurseries
plural of nursery

nursery
A place where nursing (“breastfeeding”) or the raising of children is carried on.
A place where nursing (“breastfeeding”) or the raising of children is carried on.
A place where nursing (“breastfeeding”) or the raising of children is carried on.
A place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
A place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
A place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
A place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
Something which educates and nurtures.
Ellipsis of nursery cannon (“a carom shot involving balls that are very close together”).
Someone or something that is nursed; a nursling.
The act of nursing or rearing.

nutfarm
An insane asylum.

nutfarms
plural of nutfarm

nuthouse
A hospital for the mentally ill.

nuthouses
plural of nuthouse

nutricline
A zone within which nutrient levels decline rapidly with depth of water

nutriclines
plural of nutricline

nutteries
plural of nuttery

nuttery
An orchard where nuts are grown.
Craziness or zaniness.

nyanza
A lake (in Africa).

nyanzas
plural of nyanza

nye
A brood or flock of pheasants.

nyes
plural of nye

nymphaeum
A shrine consecrated to water nymphs, often with a fountain.

nymphaeums
plural of nymphaeum

nympheum
Alternative form of nymphaeum.

nympheums
plural of nympheum

nympholepsia
Alternative form of nympholepsy.

nympholepsies
plural of nympholepsy

nympholepsy
A frenzied state of (usually erotic) emotion, especially concerning something or someone unattainable.

nynanthean
Any sea anemone in the suborder Nynantheae

nynantheans
plural of nynanthean

oakenshaw
A grove of oaks.

oakenshaws
plural of oakenshaw

oart
A coconut plantation.

oarts
plural of oart

oases
plural of oasis

oasis
A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert.
A quiet, peaceful place or situation separated from surrounding noise or bustle.
A place or situation of fruitfulness or abundance separated from surrounding barrenness or scarcity.

oasises
plural of oasis

obeliscolychnies
plural of obeliscolychny

obeliscolychny
A lighthouse.

oblivescence
forgetting; state of being forgotten

occidentosis
An increase in social inequality that occurs when the widespread adoption of Western technology results in job losses and factory owners gaining wealth.

oceanbed
Synonym of seabed.

oceanbeds
plural of oceanbed

oceanet
A small ocean.

oceanets
plural of oceanet

oceanography
The exploration and scientific study of the oceans and ocean floor.

oceanwater
The water of the ocean.

ocque
Alternative form of oka (“weight unit”)

ocques
plural of ocque

octetonium
A color singlet bound state of color-octet scalars.

octostyle
A temple or portico with eight columns in front.

octostyles
plural of octostyle

octothorn
Alternative form of octothorpe, the symbol #.

octothorns
plural of octothorn

octothorp
Alternative spelling of octothorpe.

octothorpe
The hash or square symbol #, used mainly in telephony and computing.

octothorpes
plural of octothorpe

octothorps
plural of octothorp

odditorium
A shop or museum exhibiting unusual curiosities.

odditoriums
plural of odditorium

odonym
An identifying name given to a street; a street name.

odonyms
plural of odonym

oeci
plural of oecus

oecist
A founder of a colony.

oecists
plural of oecist

oecus
An apartment, room, or hall in an ancient Roman dwelling house.

oekist
Alternative form of oecist.

oekists
plural of oekist

officership
The position or role of an officer.

officeship
The position or role of holding an office.

officetel
a multi-purpose building in Korea with both residential and commercial units

officetels
plural of officetel

officialship
The position or role of an official.

offscape
The distant part of a view, garden etc.; the background.

offscapes
plural of offscape

offskip
Obsolete form of offscape.

offskips
plural of offskip

offy
An off-licence.
An off break.
An off spinner.

ofrenda
A shrine of offerings to one's ancestors set up on the Day of the Dead.

ofrendas
plural of ofrenda

ofuda
A type of talisman or amulet issued by a Shinto shrine.

ofudas
plural of ofuda

oggin
Alternative spelling of ogin.

oggins
plural of oggin

ogin
A large body of water including the sea or the ocean.

ohu
A kind of rural commune established in New Zealand under a government scheme of the mid-1970s.

ohus
plural of ohu

oikist
Alternative form of oecist.

oikists
plural of oikist

oikonym
A type of toponym denoting a settlement or its part.

oikonyms
plural of oikonym

oilworks
A factory producing oil (whether petroleum, oil shale, or vegetable oils).

oka
A former Turkish, Egyptian, Hungarian, and Romanian unit of weight, usually of a little more than a kilogram.
A unit of volume in Egypt (and formerly Turkey) corresponding to about 1.2 litres.

okas
plural of oka

okiya
The lodging-house of a geisha.

okiyas
plural of okiya

okka
Alternative form of oka.

okkas
plural of okka

oligogyny
The situation where an ant colony has multiple egg-laying queens, but they remain far apart from one another in the nest.

oligorepeat
A section of several repeats in a chromosome

oligorepeats
plural of oligorepeat

oliveyard
An olive grove.

ombrifuge
A refuge from rain, especially an umbrella.

ombudsmanship
The position or office of an ombudsman.

omnibox
An enhanced address bar in a web browser that can also accept certain text commands.

omniboxes
plural of omnibox

omphalism
A tendency to place the capital of a country at its geographical centre, or to increase the powers of central government at the expense of local government.

omrah
A noble of the Mughal Empire or other Muslim Indian state.

omrahs
plural of omrah

omuramba
A watercourse, which may be dry much of the year, in the Kalahari Desert.

onbeat
The first and third beats in a bar of four-four time.

onbeats
plural of onbeat

onchocercoma
A nodule containing Onchocerca in river blindness (onchocerciasis).

onchocercomas
plural of onchocercoma

onchocercomata
plural of onchocercoma

onkoi
plural of onkos

onkos
A kind of headdress in Ancient Greek theatre.
A corpuscle or atom.

onomatoid
In the philosophy of reism, any name denoting a state, relation, property, etc. rather than a body.

onomatoids
plural of onomatoid

openside
The space on the side of the pitch with the larger distance between the breakdown/set piece and the touchline.
Ellipsis of openside flanker.

opensides
plural of openside

ophidiaria
plural of ophidiarium

ophidiarium
A place for keeping snakes.

ophiolite
An assemblage of mafic and ultramafic rock fragments of the ocean lithosphere that has been tectonically moved onto a continental margin or island.

ophiolites
plural of ophiolite

ophryon
The point in the brow just above the optic foramen, or eyesocket, and glabella.

ophryons
plural of ophryon

opisthodome
Alternative spelling of opisthodomos.

opisthodomes
plural of opisthodome

opisthodomoi
plural of opisthodomos

opisthodomos
A porch at the rear of a temple, set against the blank back wall of the cella.

oppida
plural of oppidum

oppidum
A large, defended Iron Age settlement associated with the Celtic La Tène culture.

oppie
Diminutive of op shop.

oquassa
A type of blueback trout, Salvelinus oquassa, specifically those found in the Rangeley Lakes Region of Maine. Now considered to be the same species as the Sunapee trout.

oquassas
plural of oquassa

orangerie
Alternative form of orangery.

orangeries
plural of orangery
plural of orangerie

orangery
A greenhouse in which orange trees are grown.
A garden or plantation where orange trees are grown.

orarion
A deacon's stole in the Eastern Orthodox Church.