Oe -abbr
- oersted
OECD -abbr
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
oe·cu·men·i·cal [,e-kyə-'me-ni-kəl, -kyü-] -adj, adv
(variant of ecumenical)
- worldwide or general in extent, influence, or application
- of, relating to, or representing the whole of a body of churches
- promoting or tending toward worldwide Christian unity or cooperation
OED -abbr
- Oxford English Dictionary
oe·de·ma [i-'dē-mə] -n, adj
(variant of edema)
- an abnormal infiltration and excess accumulation of serous fluid in connective tissue or in a serous cavity called also dropsy
- watery swelling of plant organs or parts
- any of various plant diseases characterized by such swellings
oe·di·pal ['e-də-pəl, 'ē-] -adj, adv
- of, relating to, or resulting from the Oedipus complex
Oe·di·pus [-pəs] -n
- the son of Laius and Jocasta who in fulfillment of an oracle unknowingly kills his father and marries his mother
Oedipus -adj
- oedipal
Oedipus complex -n
- 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
- oculus
oeil·lade [,ə(r)-'yäd, œ-] -n
- a glance of the eye
- ogle
OEM [,ō-(,)ē-'em] -n
- 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)
- a science that deals with wine and wine making
Oe·no·ne [ē-'nō-nē] -n
- a nymph who is abandoned by her husband Paris for Helen of Troy
oe·no·phile ['ē-nə-,fī(-ə)l] -n
- a lover or connoisseur of wine
OEO -abbr
- Office of Economic Opportunity
OER -abbr
- officer efficiency report
oer·sted ['ər-stəd] -n
- 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)
- 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-)
- estrus
oeu·vre ['ə(r)-vrə, 'œvrᵊ] -n
- a substantial body of work constituting the lifework of a writer, an artist, or a composer