Oe -abbr

  1. oersted

OECD -abbr

  1. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

oe·cu·men·i·cal [,e-kyə-'me-ni-kəl, -kyü-] -adj, adv

(variant of ecumenical)

  1. worldwide or general in extent, influence, or application
  2. of, relating to, or representing the whole of a body of churches
  3. promoting or tending toward worldwide Christian unity or cooperation

OED -abbr

  1. Oxford English Dictionary

oe·de·ma [i-'dē-mə] -n, adj

(variant of edema)

  1. an abnormal infiltration and excess accumulation of serous fluid in connective tissue or in a serous cavity called also dropsy
  2. watery swelling of plant organs or parts
  3. any of various plant diseases characterized by such swellings

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

oenology [ē-'nä-lə-jē] -n, adj

(variant of enology)

  1. a science that deals with wine and wine making

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

oe·soph·a·gus [i-'sä-fə-gəs] -n, adj

(variant of esophagus)

  1. a muscular tube that in humans is about nine inches (23 centimeters) long and passes from the pharynx down the neck between the trachea and the spinal column and behind the left bronchus where it pierces the diaphragm slightly to the left of the middle line and joins the cardiac end of the stomach

oestr- -comb form

(variant of estr-)

  1. estrus
    • estro gen

oeu·vre ['ə(r)-vrə, 'œvrᵊ] -n

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