noun
- A nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust.
- synonyms: oxygen, O, atomic number 8
- The 15th letter of the Roman alphabet.
- The blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens.
- usage: "people with type O blood are universal donors"
- A mouth or mouthlike opening.
- A hard brittle blue-grey or blue-black metallic element that is one of the platinum metals; the heaviest metal known.
- synonyms: osmium, atomic number 76
- Computer science. ( software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services)
- synonyms: operating system
- The left eye.
- synonyms: oculus sinister
- Rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates.
- synonyms: bone
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