"I have good news and bad news," the defense lawyer says to his client.
"Whats the bad news?"
The lawyer says, "Your blood matches the DNA found at the murder scene."
"Dammit!" cries the client. "What"s the good news?"
"Well," the lawyer says, "Your cholesterol is down to 140."
acid n. Very poisonous and sour acid found in sorrel and rhubarb leaves. [greek oxalis wood sorrel]
OXFORD
blue adj. & n. (as adj. Often hyphenated) a dark blue, often with a purple tinge.
OXHIDE
n. - hide of an ox.
- leather from this.
OXTAIL
n. Tail of an ox, often used in making soup.
OXYGEN
n. Tasteless odourless gaseous element essential to plant and animal life. [greek oxus sharp, *-gen (because it was thought to be present in all acids)]
- tent n. Tentlike enclosure supplying a patient with air rich in oxygen.
OYSTER
white adj. & n. (as adj. Often hyphenated) greyish white.
- —n. - bivalve mollusc, esp. An edible kind, sometimes producing a pearl.
- symbol of all one desires (the world is my oyster).
