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10 Language-to-English DictionariesOasis
A fertile or green spot in a desert, made so by the presence of water.
On the spectrum
Describing a person who has been diagnosed with or exhibits traits associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Open a Pandora's box
To perform an action that small or seemingly harmless in itself, but which unexpectedly generates a vast and uncontrollable cascade of severe problems and complications.
Ophthalmology
The branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of disorders and diseases of the eye.
Orthography
The conventional spelling system of a language.
Oscillation
Movement back and forth at a regular speed.
Out-of-sight
Exceedingly good, excellent, or remarkable; fantastic.
Ovation
A sustained and enthusiastic display of appreciation, approval, or acclaim, typically manifesting as loud and prolonged applause.
Overpower
To defeat or gain control over someone or something by superior force, strength, or numbers.
Oversample
To sample at a rate significantly higher than the Nyquist rate in signal processing, or to survey a larger or disproportionate number of respondents from a specific demographic group in statistics.
organ-stop
A component of a pipe organ that controls a particular set of pipes of the same timbre, operated by a knob or lever.