oblast
n.
5Russ oblast‘6 an administrative subdivision, or region, of a republic in the U.S.S.R.

oblate 1
adj.
5ModL oblatus < OB3 + 3latus as in prolatus (see PROLATE): from being thrust forward at the equator6 Geom. flattened at the poles !an oblate spheroid"

oblate 2
n.
5ML oblatus, offered, thrust forward < pp. of L offerre: see OFFER6 R.C.Ch. a person dedicated to the religious life; esp., a person living in or associated with a religious community but not bound by vows

oblectation. 1. the act of pleasing highly; the state of being greatly pleased; delight.

obnubilation - here’s all I could find:
AUTHOR'S DESCRIPTION: Pauciloquent Obnubilation is a small app that lets the user find 26 obscure English words and their definitions hidden away beneath a further obscuring alphabetic screen.

Obtruncate - to cut the head off

obturator - a device to keep gas from escaping from breech of Civil War breech loading cannon.

In urology, a “J” shaped metal sound that fits into a rubber catheter to facilitate passing it into the bladder. When the lecturer in Urology mentioned passing a sound up
the urethra, student beside me whispered: “Is this old bastard trying to kid ;us?” I had diffic;ulty keeping a straight face, mentally picturing the lecturer with penis meatus between; his lips, going “twee…..”


Obvelation - figure of speech, covering as if with a veil

obvolute
adj.
5L obvolutus, pp. of obvolvere, to wrap around < ob3 (see OB3) + volvere, to roll: see WALK6 having overlapping margins: said of leaves or petals: also ob4vo[lu#tive
ob#vo[lu4tion
n.
odometer
n.
5Fr odom\tre < Gr hodometros < hodos, way (see 3ODE1) + metron, MEASURE6 an instrument for measuring the distance traveled by a vehicle

I wonder how many people still say “speedometer then they should say “odometer”.

I wonder how many people still say “speedometer then they should say “odometer”.

Dunno. Depends on how many people are measuring velocity rather than distance travelled, I suppose.

I wonder how many people still say “speedometer then they should say “odometer”.



How tachy!

I think I can gauge the reaction to that one...

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Just tryin to keep you honest, Dr Bill.

Dear Faldage: poor oblast. You; not only beheaded it twic;e, you quartered it.
Since you treated "ast" as a word, what is an Astlochgucker?

an Astlochgucker

I dunno, Dr Bill. I ast my old German perfessor, but he din't know.

Ast = branch, Astloch = knothole, Astlochgucker = knothole or keyhole peeper.

So is an astlochgucker one of those trembling elderly people peeking out at the world in a miniaturized kind of atrophied tunnel vision? I knew someone like that. Pitiful. Truly pitiful. Just didn't have a term for her. But astlochgucker is perfect if I understand you correctly.

knowing bill as we do, wouldn't you expect something along the lines of a peeping Tom?!

Would you so revile those innocent youngsters in the knothole club?

From your view of the event, tsuwm, please tell us, was Lady Godiva riding side saddle, or (Heaven forbid) riding astride?

Wordwind,

QED..

Quod est defecatum . For instance, when I saw WO'N's post about "gasses" no one had replied. By the time my post was up, there were eight ahead ;of me. How could post etiquette be observed in that situation?