Glossary — O
- obsession
- a persistent disturbing preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or
feeling; broadly: compelling motivation [an obsession with profits] (entered
the language around 1680; from Latin obsessus, pp. of obsidere to frequent
or besiege) [Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary; see cue/www=Merriam-Webster
OnLine]
- oes
- yes (language=Cymraeg); nag = "no"
- olli
- a ball of hard rubber, weighing a half-kilogram, used in tlaxtli
(language=Olmec)
- olloman/i
- player/s of tlaxtli, so
called because they play with an olli (language=Olmec)
- omasum
- The third division of the stomach of a ruminant animal, located between
the abomasum and the reticulum; also called "manyplies." (language=Latin
omsum, bullock's tripe, probably of Celtic origin). "In the most
advanced ruminants, the much enlarged stomach consists of four parts. These
include the large rumen (or paunch), the reticulum, the omasum (psalterium
or manyplies)—which are all believed to be derived from the esophagus—and
the abomasum (or reed), which corresponds to the stomach of other mammals.
The omasum is almost absent in chevrotains. Camels have a three-chambered
stomach, lacking the separation of omasum and abomasum; the rumen and
reticulum are equipped with glandular pockets separated by muscular walls
having sphincters (valves) and glands. The esophagus opens into the rumen,
not into the area between rumen and reticulum; these and other differences
suggest that camels evolved the ruminating habit independently of the true
ruminants. The total stomach of the domestic ox (Bos taurus) occupies nearly
three-quarters of the abdominal cavity, and, even in medium-sized cattle,
the rumen alone can have a capacity of 95 to 285 litres (25 to 75 gallons),
having undergone a tremendous growth in early life, with the changeover from
a milk diet. / Food taken into the rumen is later regurgitated into the
mouth and completely masticated, then swallowed again and passed to the
reticulum, omasum, and abomasum. The regurgitation and chewing in the mouth
is called rumination." [Encyclopædia Britannica; see cue/www=britannica.com]
- örömlány
- whore, bitch, chippy (language=Magyar; pronunciation: ö is short, as in French de, neuf, similar to English the) [see cue/www=MTA SZTAKI, the Computer and Automation Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences]
