A policeman spots a woman driving and knitting at the same time. Driving up beside her, he shouts out the window...
"Pull over!"
"No," she shouts back, "a pair of socks!"
n. Si unit of electrical resistance. [ohm, name of a physicist]
OHO
int. Expressing surprise or exultation. [from *o4, *ho]
OHP
abbr. Overhead projector.
OID
suffix forming adjectives and nouns, denoting form or resemblance (asteroid; rhomboid; thyroid). [greek eidos form]
OIL
of turpentine n. Volatile pungent oil distilled from turpentine, used as a solvent in mixing paints and varnishes, and in medicine.
- rig n. Structure with equipment for drilling an oil well.
- slick n. Patch of oil, esp. On the sea.
- well n. Well from which mineral oil is drawn.
- —n. - any of various viscous, usu. Inflammable liquids insoluble in water (cooking oil; drill for oil).
- petroleum.
- (in comb.) Using oil as fuel (oil-heater).
- a (usu. In pl.) = *oil-paint. B picture painted in oil-paints. —v. - apply oil to; lubricate.
- impregnate or treat with oil (oiled silk). oil the wheels help make things go smoothly. [latin oleum olive oil]
OLD
adj. (older, oldest) 1 a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. B not young or near its beginning.
- made long ago.
- long in use.
- worn, dilapidated, or shabby from the passage of time.
- having the characteristics of age (child has an old face).
- practised, inveterate (old offender).
- belonging to the past; lingering on; former (old times; old memories; our old house).
- dating from far back; long established or known; ancient, primeval (an old family; old friends; old as the hills).
- (appended to a period of time) of age (is four years old; four-year-old boy; a four-year-old). 10 (of a language) as used in former or earliest times. 11 colloq. As a term of affection or casual reference (good old charlie; old thing). oldish adj. Oldness n. [old english]
- age n. Later part of normal life.
- bill n. Slang 1 the police.
- a policeman.
- boy n. - former male pupil of a school.
- colloq. A elderly man. B (as a form of address) = *old man.
- boy network n. Colloq. Preferment in employment, esp. Of fellow ex-pupils of public schools.
- country n. (prec. By the) native country of colonists etc.
- girl n. - former female pupil of a school.
- colloq. A elderly woman. B affectionate term of address to a girl or woman.
- glory n. Us us national flag.
- gold adj. & n. (as adj. Often hyphenated) dull brownish-gold colour.
- guard n. Original, past, or conservative members of a group.
- hand n. Person with much experience.
- hat adj. Colloq. Hackneyed.
- lady n. Colloq. One's mother or wife.
- maid n. - derog. Elderly unmarried woman.
- prim and fussy person.
- man n. Colloq. - one's husband or father.
- affectionate form of address to a boy or man.
- man's beard n. Wild clematis, with grey fluffy hairs round the seeds.
- master n. - great artist of former times, esp. Of the 13th–17th c. In europe.
- painting by such a painter.
- nick n. Colloq. The devil.
- norse n. - germanic language from which the scandinavian languages are derived.
- language of norway and its colonies until the 14th c.
- school n. Traditional attitudes or people having them.
- school tie n. Excessive loyalty to traditional values and to former pupils of one's own, esp. Public, school.
- soldier n. (also old stager or timer) experienced person.
- style n. Dating reckoned by the julian calendar.
- testament n. Part of the bible containing the scriptures of the hebrews.
- timer var. Of *old soldier.
- wives' tale n. Unscientific belief.
- woman n. Colloq. - one's wife or mother.
- fussy or timid man.
- world n. Europe, asia, and africa.
- year n. Year just ended or ending.
ONC
abbr. Ordinary national certificate.
OND
abbr. Ordinary national diploma.
ONE
another pron. Each the other or others (as a formula of reciprocity: love one another).
- —adj. - single and integral in number.
- (with a noun implied) a single person or thing of the kind expressed or implied (one of the best; a nasty one).
- particular but undefined, esp. As contrasted with another (that is one view; one night last week).
- only such (the one man who can do it).
- forming a unity (one and undivided).
- identical; the same (of one opinion). —n. - a lowest cardinal number. B thing numbered with it.
- unity; a unit (one is half of two; came in ones and twos).
