Glossary · Adjectives · O
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Opportuneadjectivesuitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purposecandidate
Opportunistadjectivetaking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefitcandidate
Opportunisticadjectivetaking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefitcandidate
Oraladjectivea stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated in the mouthcandidate
Orderedadjectivemarked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of partscandidate
Ordinaryadjectivenot exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degreecandidate
Organicadjectiveof or relating to foodstuff grown or raised without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides or hormonescandidate
Orientatingadjectivepositioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectuallycandidate
Orientingadjectivepositioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectuallycandidate
Orthomolecularadjectivedesignating or relating to a form of treatment of mental disorders that seeks to restore biochemical balance in the body with large doses of vitamins and mineralscandidate
Orwellianadjectiveresembling the totalitarian political methods critqued in the works of George Orwell, particularly in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four; these are characterized by the use of misleading terminology, propaganda, censorship, totalitarianism, surveillance and repressioncandidate