Starting with O

A pleasant or peaceful area or period in the midst of a difficult or hectic place or situation

Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action

Obeying or willing to obey

Deferential respect

Make obscure, unclear or unintelligible

Degrade to the status of a mere object

Arousing distaste or opposition, unpleasant or offensive

Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts

Not dependent on the mind for existence, actual

An article of artistic worth

Rebuke severely, scold

Required by a legal, moral, or other rule, compulsory

Not expressed or done in a direct way

The practice of deliberately preventing the facts or full details of something from becoming known

Not clearly expressed or easily understood

Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

Quick to notice or perceive things

The state of being obsessed with someone or something

Of the nature of an obsession

No longer produced or used, out of date

Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action

Severe or complete constipation

Noisy and difficult to control

A thing that impedes or prevents passage or progress

Become noticeable in an unwelcome and intrusive way

Noticeable or prominent in an unwelcome or intrusive way

Dull the sensitivity of, blunt, deaden

Blunt in form, not sharp or acute

The opposite or counterpart of a fact or truth

Alter a proposition so as to infer another proposition with a contradictory predicate

Remove a need or difficulty

Occurring, appearing or done infrequently and irregularly

The countries of Europe and America

Stop, close up or obstruct an opening, passage etc

Government by the mob

Fear of crowds

A group or series of eight

Polygon having eight angles and eight sides

A solid figure having eight faces

Consisting of or divided in eight parts

Of the age of 80 years or between 80 and 90 years

Extremely unpleasant, repulsive

General or widespread hatred or disgust incurred by someone as a result of their actions

Toothache

Any long series of wanderings

A connoisseur of wine

Perform the duties of any office or position

Assertive of authority in a domineering way

Stare at in a lecherous manner

Rick in, covered with, or producing oil

Form of government in which the power is vested in a few, or in a dominant class or clique

A state of limited competition, in which a market is shared by a small number of producers or sellers

A state of the market in which only a small number of buyers exists for a product

An event regarded as a portent of good or evil

The code of silence adhered to by members of the mafia

Giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen

Someone or something that has been left out or excluded

To leave out

Comprising or relating to all sorts or varieties

Having unlimited power

Widely or constantly encountered, widespread

Knowing everything

A collection of miscellaneous people or things

Eating both animal and plant foods

Involving a great deal of effort, trouble or difficulty

The beginning of something, especially something unpleasant

Relating to entities and facts about them, relating to real as opposed to phenomenal existence

A burden, responsibility

Burden of proof

Not able to be seen through; not transparent

The abnormal fear of snakes

To hold or express an opinion

Especially convenient or appropriate for a particular action or event

Inflicting harsh and authoritarian treatment

Harsh criticism or censure, public disgrace arising from shameful conduct

Question the truth or validity of

A person who begins to learn or study only late in life

Best or most favourable

Make the best or most effective use of a situation or resource

Hopefulness and confidence about the future or success of something

Great wealth of luxuriousness

An artistic work, especially one on a large scale

A person or thing regarded as an infallible authority on something

Relating to or resembling an oracle

To make a oration, hold forth

A formal speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion

The exercise of eloquence in public speaking

A sphere or globe

Like an orb, circular etc

Plan or coordinate the elements of a situation to produce a desired effect

Neatly and methodically arranged

Relating to the order of something in a series

An authoritative order

Munitions

Of or concerning desire or appetite

Mouth or aperture

Elaborately or highly decorated

Of a person's voice, resonant and imposing

Following or conforming to the traditional or generally accepted rules or beliefs of a religion, philosophy or practice

Move or swing back and forth in a regular rhythm

Yawning from drowsiness

To kiss

The process of gradual or unconscious assimilation of ideas, knowledge etc

Consisting of or turned into bone

To convert into, or harden like bone

Stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so

Directly demonstrative

Characterised by pretentious or showy display, designed to impress

Exclude from a society or group

Earache

Serving no practical purpose or result

Drive out or expel someone from a position or place

Looking or sounding bizarre or unfamiliar

A person or thing situated away or detached from the main body or system

Shockingly bad or excessive

Unusual and typically rather shocking

Frank in stating one's opinions, especially if they are shocking or controversial

Egg-shaped

Excessive abundance

Done or shown openly, plainly apparent

An introduction to something more substantial

A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction