Oe -abbr

  1. oersted

OECD -abbr

  1. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OED -abbr

  1. Oxford English Dictionary

oe·di·pal ['e-də-pəl, 'ē-] -adj, adv

  1. of, relating to, or resulting from the Oedipus complex

Oe·di·pus [-pəs] -n

  1. the son of Laius and Jocasta who in fulfillment of an oracle unknowingly kills his father and marries his mother

Oedipus -adj

  1. oedipal

Oedipus complex -n

  1. the positive libidinal feelings of a child toward the parent of the opposite sex and hostile or jealous feelings toward the parent of the same sex that may be a source of adult personality disorder when unresolved

oeildeboeuf [,ə(r)-də-'bəf] -n

  1. oculus

oeil·lade [,ə(r)-'yäd, œ-] -n

  1. a glance of the eye
  2. ogle

OEM [,ō-(,)ē-'em] -n

  1. one that produces complex equipment (as a computer system) from components usu. bought from other manufacturers

Oe·no·ne [ē-'nō-nē] -n

  1. a nymph who is abandoned by her husband Paris for Helen of Troy

oe·no·phile ['ē-nə-,fī(-ə)l] -n

  1. a lover or connoisseur of wine

OEO -abbr

  1. Office of Economic Opportunity

OER -abbr

  1. officer efficiency report

oer·sted ['ər-stəd] -n

  1. the unit of magnetic field strength in the centimeter-gram-second system

oeu·vre ['ə(r)-vrə, 'œvrᵊ] -n

  1. a substantial body of work constituting the lifework of a writer, an artist, or a composer