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Oestrogennouna general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristicsverified
Oestrusnounapplies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activityverified
Off-Axis ReflectornounMWEa reflecting telescope with the mirror slightly tilted to throw the image to the side where it can be viewedverified
Off-CardnounRefers to data that is not stored within the PIV card or computation that is not done by the Integrated Circuit Chip (ICC) of the PIV card.DataRegulatedCUI
Off-line AttacknounMWEAn attack where the Attacker obtains some data (typically by eavesdropping on an authentication protocol run, or by penetrating a system and stealing security files) that he/she is able to analyze in a system of his/her own choosing.Threat
Off-line CryptosystemnounMWECryptographic system in which encryption and decryption are performed independently of the transmission and reception functions.Capability
Off-Line EquipmentnounMWEelectronic equipment not in direct communication (or under the control of) the central processing unitverified
Off-Line OperationnounMWEa operation performed by off-line equipment not under the control of the central processing unitverified
Off-Speed PitchnounMWEa baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastballverified
Offer PricenounMWE(stock market) the price at which a broker is willing to sell a certain securityverified
Officenounthe actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or groupverified
Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC)nounMWEThe Office of Foreign Assets Control, United States Department of the Treasury, administers and enforces economic sanctions programs primarily against countries and groups of individuals such as terrorists and narcotics traffickers. The sanctions can be either comprehensive or selective, using the blocking of assets and trade restrictions to accomplish foreign policy and national security goals.OrganizationRegulated
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)nounMWEThe Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, administers and enforces economic sanctions programs primarily against countries and groups of individuals such as terrorists and narcotics traffickers. The sanctions can be either comprehensive or selective, using the blocking of assets and trade restrictions to accomplish foreign policy and national security goals.OrganizationRegulated
Officeholdernounsomeone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trustverified
Official DocumentnounMWE(law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some rightverified
Official ImmunitynounMWEpersonal immunity accorded to a public official from liability to anyone injured by actions that are the consequence of exerting official authorityverified
Official InformationnounMWEAll information in the custody and control of a U.S. government department or agency that was acquired by U.S. government employees as a part of their official duties or because of their official status and has not been cleared for public release.DataRegulatedCUI
Officialesenounthe style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscureverified
Offingnounthe part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring areaverified
Offline LearningnounMWEimplies ... a static dataset that [one] know[s] from the start and the parameters of [one's] machine learning algorithm are adjusted to the whole dataset at once often loading the whole dataset into memory or in batches.Process
Offset PrintingnounMWEa plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paperverified
Offsetting BalancenounMWEa minimum credit balance that a bank may require a borrower to keep on deposit as a condition for granting a loanverified
Offshore RignounMWEdrilling rig consisting of an offshore platform (floating or fixed to the sea bed) from which many oil wells can be bored radiallyverified
offsite backupnounMWEA backup process or facility that stores backup data or applications external to the organization or core IT environmentProcessRegulated
Offsite rotationnounMWEUsed for backup and/or disaster recovery; moving a copy of the most current database, information, file, or tape to an offsite storage facility to be used only in an emergency.ProcessRegulated
Ogeenouna molding that (in section) has the shape of an S with the convex part above and the concave part belowverified
Ogivenounfront consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphereverified
Ohmnouna unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampereverified
Oil BeetlenounMWEany of various beetles that exude an oily substance from the leg joints that deters enemiesverified
Oil CakenounMWEmass of e.g. linseed or cottonseed or soybean from which the oil has been pressedverified
Oil CartelnounMWEa cartel of companies or nations formed to control the production and distribution of oilverified
Oil FilternounMWEa filter that removes impurities from the oil used to lubricate an internal-combustion engineverified
Oil FuturenounMWEpetroleum bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future dateverified
Oil of WintergreennounMWEoil or flavoring obtained from the creeping wintergreen or teaberry plantverified