Ouvarovite
(Ou*va"ro*vite) n. [Named from the Russian Count Uvaroff.] (Min.) Chrome garnet.
Ouze
(Ouze) n. & v. See Ooze. [Obs.]
Ouzel
(Ou"zel) n. (Zoöl.) Same as Ousel.
The mellow ouzel fluted in the elm.
Tennyson. Ova
(||O"va) n. pl. See Ovum.
Oval
(O"val) a. [F. ovale, fr. L. ovum egg. Cf. Egg, Ovum.]
1. Of or pertaining to eggs; done in the egg, or inception; as, oval conceptions. [Obs.]
2. Having the figure of an egg; oblong and curvilinear, with one end broader than the other, or with both
ends of about the same breadth; in popular usage, elliptical.
3. (Bot.) Broadly elliptical.
Oval chuck (Mech.), a lathe chuck so constructed that work attached to it, and cut by the turning tool
in the usual manner, becomes of an oval form.
Oval
(O"val), n. A body or figure in the shape of an egg, or popularly, of an ellipse.
Cassinian oval (Geom.), the locus of a point the product of whose distances from two fixed points is
constant; — so called from Cassini, who first investigated the curve. Thus, in the diagram, if P moves
so that P A.P B is constant, the point P describes a Cassinian oval. The locus may consist of a single
closed line, as shown by the dotted line, or of two equal ovals about the points A and B.
Ovalbumin
(O`val*bu"min O`val*bu"men) n. [Ovum + albumin.] (Physiol. Chem.) The albumin from
white of eggs; egg albumin; — in distinction from serum albumin. See Albumin.
Ovaliform
(O*val"i*form) a. [Oval + -form.] Having the form of an egg; having a figure such that any
section in the direction of the shorter diameter will be circular, and any in the direction of the longer
diameter will be oval.
Ovally
(O"val*ly) adv. In an oval form.
Ovant
(O"vant) a. [L. ovans triumphant, p. pr. of ovare to exult.] Exultant. [Obs.] Holland.
Ovarian
(O*va"ri*an O*va"ri*al) a. Of or pertaining to an ovary.
Ovariole
(O*va"ri*ole) n. (Zoöl.) One of the tubes of which the ovaries of most insects are composed.
Ovariotomist
(O*va`ri*ot"o*mist) n. One who performs, or is skilled in, ovariotomy.
Ovariotomy
(O*va`ri*ot"o*my) n. [Ovarium + Gr. to cut.] (Surg.) The operation of removing one or
both of the ovaries; oöphorectomy.
Ovarious
(O*va"ri*ous) a. Consisting of eggs; as, ovarious food. [R.] Thomson.
Ovaritis
(||O`va*ri"tis) n. [NL. See Ovarium, and -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the ovaries.
Ovarium
(||O*va"ri*um) n.; pl. L. Ovaria E. Ovariums [NL.] An ovary. See Ovary.
Ovary
(O"va*ry) n.; pl. Ovaries [NL. ovarium, fr. L. ovum egg: cf. F. ovaire. See Oval.]
