Reverse Dictionary: OBT – OCZ

OBTAIN – adjectives
– IMPETRANT † that impetrates or obtains …1624
obtain – nouns 
– AFFECTATION † a striving after, aiming at; a desire to obtain, earnest pursuit …1549
obtain – person
– ANGLER a person who seeks to obtain or ‘angles’ for something …1622
obtain – verbs 
– ABCAP to get, to obtain …M19 UK criminal’s sl.
– AFFECT † to aim at, to aspire to, to make for; to seek to obtain or attain …1483
– BACK-DOOR to obtain without authorization …a1989 US military sl.
– BAG to seize for oneself; to grab; to obtain …1818 sl.
– BE HEART AND HAND FOR A THING to be eagerly bent on accomplishing or obtaining a thing …Bk1902 Eng. dial. 
– CADGE to obtain by begging; to beg …1811 sl.
– CAPTATE † to catch at, to strive to obtain, to seek after …1628
– CATCH † 1. to receive, to get, to obtain …c1205
† 2. to obtain by exertion; to attain, to get possession of …1382
– CHASE UP to make efforts to find or obtain quickly …1950s sl.
– CLIP to obtain (money) by deception or cheating sl.
– COP of objects: to obtain, to purchase, to acquire …M19 sl.
– DIG OUT to research and discover; to find and obtain …1611 UK sl.
– DIG UP to research and discover; to find and obtain …1611 UK sl.
– ETTLE to attempt, to endeavour; to strive after, to struggle hard to obtain …1725 Sc.
– FAKE A PICTURE to obtain an effect by some adroit, unorthodox means …c1860 artistic usage
– FALL to have fall to one’s share; to obtain, to win, to gain …1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– FALL INTO to come upon, to obtain …1930s
– FANG † to get, to obtain, to procure; also, to get together; to collect …1340-70
– FANIGGLE to wangle, to manoeuvre, to obtain by devious means …1930s Amer. dial.
– FINAGLE to wangle, to manoeuvre, to obtain by devious means; to get or achieve by trickery, craftiness, or persuasion …1922 Amer. dial.
– FINAGLE AROUND to wangle, to manoeuvre, to obtain by devious means …1930 Amer. dial.
– GAFF to get hold of …1905 Amer. dial.
– GET THE HARE’S FOOT TO LICK to obtain very little …1818
– HOCK to get hold of, to obtain …1960s NZ sl.
– HUSTLE to obtain after a diligent effort, especially one using unorthodox, if not illegal means …1840 US sl.
– IMPETRATE to obtain by request or entreaty; to procure …1533-4
– IMPORT † to obtain, to gain, to win a victory …1598
– MOOCH to obtain, as by begging, to beg; also, to steal …1857 Amer. sl.
– MUMP to obtain by begging …L17 sl.
– NAB to obtain for oneself; to grab …M19 US sl.
– NAIL to take or obtain for oneself; to secure; to make sure of …1732 sl., orig. criminals’ usage
– OBSEEK †* to seek to obtain …1646
– OFGO † to gain, to win, to obtain; to obtain by merit, to deserve, to earn …c1000
– OFSERVE † to deserve, to merit; to obtain by deserving; to earn …a1225
– PROMOTE in the circus or carnival: to obtain illegally something that is badly needed …1980 US sl.
– PULL IT OFF to accomplish or obtain, esp. something remarkable, unique, or outrageous …Bk1974 Amer. sl. 
– PULL OFF to accomplish or obtain, esp. something remarkable, unique, or outrageous …1887 UK sl.
– QUARRY to obtain or extract by laborious methods …1860 
– RAISE to obtain, to get hold of …20C sl.
– RAME † to obtain by persistent asking …1500-20 Sc.
– SCAINGE to obtain anything by long and serious effort; generally used in a bad sense …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCARE TOGETHER to obtain, usually with some difficulty and possibly by threatening the supplier …M19 US sl.
– SCARE UP to obtain with effort …colloq.
– SCORE to obtain something desired, esp. to purchase an illegal drug …1914 colloq.
– SCRINCH to obtain with difficulty …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SHARP to obtain by swindling, to steal …L17 colloq.
– SNAFFLE to seize for oneself; to grab; to obtain …1902 sl.
– SNAKE to get or obtain a thing furtively or surreptitiously; to steal or pilfer; to cheat a person out of something …a1861
– SUIT † to aim at; to seek to obtain …1559-60 Sc.
– TAIN †* to obtain, to get …1501
– TAKE † to infer, to deduce; to obtain as a result …c1380
– TAKE OFF to obtain, such as money …1960s US Black & criminals’ sl.
– TAKE OUT † to obtain or enjoy completely …1631
– TILL † to labour after, to seek after, to provide; to get by effort, to obtain, acquire or earn by labour; later, to get, to obtain …a900
– UMBRACE †* to surround; to obtain …c1350
– WANGLE to obtain something by deceitful or devious means …1888 sl., orig. printers’ usage
 
OBTAINABLE – adjectives
– HAVEABLE * that can be had; obtainable …a1641
 
OBTAINED – adjectives
– ACQUISITE † acquired; gained, gotten, obtained for oneself …1532
– CHERCHED scrounged, obtained … World War I Amer. sl.
– IMPETRABLE † that may be obtained …1616
– IMPETRATE † obtained by request, esp. by application to an authority …1528
– OBTENT † obtained, procured …1432-50
– UNHAD not yet obtained …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
obtained – nouns
– EASY LAY anything that is easily obtained …1920s sl.
– INTAKE gain, profit; anything gathered in or obtained …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– MONEY FROM HOME something easily obtained …Bk1913 Amer. dial. ​
 
OBTAINING – adjectives
– IMPETRATIVE * having the quality of obtaining by or as by request …1612-15
– IMPETRATORY having the quality of obtaining by or as by request …1612-15
– OBREPTITIOUS characterized by obreption; containing a false statement made for the sake of obtaining something …1611
 
OBTAINING – nouns  (includes OBTAINMENT)
– ADEPTION † an obtaining, gaining, or attainment …1548
– IMPETRATION the act of obtaining or procuring by request or entreaty …1518
– OBREPTION the obtaining or trying to obtain something by craft or deceit …1611
– OBTAINAL * obtainment …1803
– OBTAINANCE * obtainment …1846
– OBTENTION the act of obtaining; obtainment …1624 
– WANGLE an act of obtaining deceitfully …1915 sl.
 
OBVIOUS – adjectives
– BREME † brilliant, shining, bright; hence, clearly seen, evident, apparent, obvious …c1340
– CONSPECTABLE †* easy to be seen; obvious …1730
– EYELY †* visible or apparent to the eye; evident, obvious …1561
– ILLUSTRIOUS † clearly manifest, evident, or obvious …1654
– KENABLE obvious, easily recognizable …1891 Sc.
– LIKE A COUNTRY DUNNY glaringly obvious, standing out …1954 Aust. sl.
– OB obvious …1980s sl.
– PALPABLE easily perceived; open to recognition; plain, evident, apparent, obvious, manifest …1545
– PLAIN AS A PACKSTAFF, AS † a plain as a pikestaff, quite obvious and unmistakable …1542
– PLAIN AS PARRITCH self-evident, obvious to all, as clear as crystal (parritch = porridge) …1761 Sc.
– PLAIN AS THE BALLS ON A TALL DOG very obvious …1967 US sl.
– PLAIN AS THE NOSE ON ONE’S FACE perfectly plain or obvious …1655
– SOD-OFF very obvious …2000 UK sl.
– STANDS OUT LIKE A BLACK CROW IN A BUCKET OF MILK obvious, extremely clear …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
obvious – nouns 
– VISIBILITY an obvious fact, something apparent …1834 Sc.
obvious – verbs 
– SEE THROUGH A LADDER to see what is obvious …1852
obvious – phrases
– IF YOUR AUNT HAD BALLS, SHE’D BE YOUR UNCLE used as a rejoinder to a speaker who has just finished a long and laborious explanation of the obvious …20C sl.
– IF MY AUNT HAD BEEN A MAN, SHE’D HAVE BEEN MY UNCLE used as a rejoinder to a speaker who has just finished a long and laborious explanation of the obvious …M17 sl.
– NOT ABLE TO SEE BEYOND THE END OF ONE’S NOSE not able to see the most obvious things …c1950 Amer. dial.
 
OBVIOUSLY – adverbs
– PALPABLY so as to be felt, plainly seen, observed, etc.; clearly, obviously, manifestly …1584
 
OCCASION – nouns
– ACHESOUN † occasion, reason, purpose, motive …c1330
– KAISHIN occasion, reason, cause …1908 Sc.
– KANT opportunity, occasion …1929 Sc.
– OCCASIONET † a small occasion …1592 nonce word
– OFFER an occasion, opportunity …1848 Ireland
– TID a fit or favourable time of season; an opportunity, occasion …1721 Sc. ​
– TOOM † time convenient or proper for doing something; opportunity, occasion …a1300
occasion – verbs 
– ILLATE †* to bring upon, occasion, cause …1533
– IMPORT † to bring about, to cause, to occasion; to involve as a consequence or result …1550
 
OCCASIONAL – adjectives
– ANTRIN occasional, rare …1785 Sc.
– AUNTERIN occasional, rare …1785 Sc.
– DAIMEN rare, occasional …1790 Sc.
– HAPPENING casual, chance, occasional …1895 Sc.
– OCCASIONARY †* occasional, made for particular occasions …1702
– POPPIN’ occasional, casual, turning or popping up by chance …1900 Sc.
 
OCCASIONALLY – adverbs
– AT THE EDGE OF A TIME from time to time, occasionally …1898 Sc.
– AT TIMES AND AGAIN at various times, occasionally …1864
– BETIMES occasionally, now and then …1913 Amer. dial.
– BY TIMES occasionally …1841 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– EFTSOON † from time to time, occasionally, repeatedly …1398 obs. or arch.
– EFTSOONS † from time to time, occasionally, repeatedly …1398 obs. or arch.
– EVERY FOOT ANON every now and then, at intervals …1790 Eng. dial.
– EVERY-LIKE from time to time, every now and then, occasionally …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– EVERY ONCE AN OCCASION now and again, once in a while …1953 Amer. dial.
– EVERY WHILE STITCH every now and then, at intervals …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– EVERY WHIP AND TRIP every now and then, at intervals …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– EVERY WHIP AND TURN every now and then, at intervals …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– EVERY WHIP AND WHILE every now and then, at intervals …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– EVERY WHIP’S WHILE every now and then, at intervals …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– EVERY WOKE AND JIT every now and then, at intervals …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– HAND AWHILE now and then …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ODDLINS here and there, occasionally …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ODDLY occasionally, now and then, here and there …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ONCE AND AWAY now and again, at intervals, occasionally …1890 Eng. dial.
– ONCE AND OCCASIONALLY now and again, once in a while …1953 Amer. dial.
– ONCE IN A COON’S AGE seldom; occasionally …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ONCE IN A DOG’S AGE seldom; occasionally …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ONCE IN A MONTH OF SUNDAYS seldom; occasionally …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ONCE IN A WAY seldom; occasionally …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ONCE IN A WEEK OF SUNDAYS seldom; occasionally …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ONCE IN OCCASION now and again, once in a while …1953 Amer. dial.
– PASSINGLY † occasionally; temporarily …1828 Sc.
– SEMI-OCCASIONAL seldom; occasionally …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SEMI-OCCASIONALLY seldom; occasionally …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TIDE-WISE † at times, now and then …1611
– TIME AND TIME occasionally, from time to time …1900 Eng. dial.
– UPON TIMES now and then, occasionally …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– YERNE † willingly, gladly; occasionally, wilfully …c888
 
OCCASIONED – adjectives
– OCCASIONATE † occasioned, brought about …1471
 
OCCIDENTAL – person
– BIG NOSE an Occidental …1942 US sl.
 
OCCULT – adjectives
– SIBYLLINE oracular, occult, mysterious …1817
– TALISMANIC magical, occult, potent …1678
– TALISMANICAL magical, occult, potent …1650
– TALISMANTIC magical, occult, potent …1814 nonce word
occult – nouns 
– HIDDEN HAND a secret or occult influence, esp. of a malignant character
occult – person
– CABBALIST one skilled in mystic arts or learning – an occultist…a1592
occult – verbs 
– APPORT to produce or transport by supposedly occult means …M20​
 
OCCUPANCY – nouns
– OCCUPANCE * occupancy, occupying …1814
 
OCCUPATION – nouns
– DAILY DOZEN one’s work, occupation …1930s sl.
– FACULTY † that in which anyone is skilled; an art, trade, occupation, profession …c1386 obs. exc. arch. ​
– GAFF a job, an occupation …1910s sl.
– GAIT one’s trade or occupation …M19 US sl.
– GIG work; any job or occupation …1950s Amer. sl.
– LURK a job or occupation …1916 Aust. & NZ sl.
– NUMBER a job or occupation …1948 sl.
– RACKET a job, an occupation, not necessarily illegal …1891 sl.
– SITE a job or occupation …1930 US nautical usage
– THRIFT work, occupation, employment, business …1798 Sc.
occupation – person 
– HABERDASHER one who deals with something; one who engages in an activity or occupation …1592
– IDLEMAN * one who has no occupation …1832
– OCCUPATIONER † one engaged in an occupation …1592 
 
OCCUPIED – adjectives/adverbs
– AGAIT of a person: going on with work; busy, occupied, engaged upon …1865 Eng. dial.
– AGATE of a person: going on with work; busy, occupied, engaged upon …1865 Eng. dial.
– HAND-BOUND fully occupied, very busy …1856 Eng. dial.
– NEGOTIOUS †* fully or constantly occupied or busy …1642
– OCCUPATE † occupied; taken into and held in possession …1605
– SISEL † occupied, engaged …c1325
– THRANG busy; occupied; absorbed in work, etc.; of work: pressing …1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– THRONG busy; occupied; absorbed in work, etc.; of work: pressing …1781 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
– YERN † earnestly occupied or engaged, busy about something …a1300
occupied – nouns
– RAT-KILLING. whatever one is occupied with at the moment; present business, occupation, or work-at-hand; miscellaneous tasks …1967 Amer. dial.
occupied – verbs 
– HAVE IN OCCUPATION † to be occupied or busied with …a1340
 
OCCUPY – verbs
– OCCUPATE † to occupy …1547
– OFSIT † to sit upon, to occupy, to repress …c888
– TENT ABOUT to occupy oneself …1888 Eng. dial.
 
OCCUPYING – adjectives
– OCCUPAND † occupying …1567 Sc.
– OCCUPATIVE * characterized by occupying or being occupied …1656
 
OCCUR – verbs
– BELAMP † to happen, to occur, to befall …a1000
– BELIMP † to happen, to occur, to befall …a1000
– COOK to occur, to happen, to take place …1940s Amer. sl.
– CROP UP to occur or appear, esp. unexpectedly …colloq.
– FALL to befall, to betide; to happen, to occur …1743 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– FALL FORTH † to happen; to occur …1604
– FALL INTO A PERSON’S HEART † to occur to him …c1340
– HAP to happen, to come to pass, to occur, to chance …1340-70 arch.
– OBVENE †* to occur, to befall, to happen …1654
– SUCCEED † to happen, to come to pass, to take place …1537
 
OCCURRENCE – nouns
– ACCIDENT † an occurrence, incident, event …c1374
– BEFALLING happening, occurrence, event …c1374
– BEING † occurrence, happening …1624
– BETIDING † happening, occurrence …c1374
– CASE † a thing that befalls or happens to anyone; an event, occurrence, hap, or chance …a1225
– HAPMENT an event, an occurrence, esp. an ill event; a misfortune, an accident …1842 Eng. dial.
– HAPPEN an accident; an occurrence …1875 Eng. dial.
– HAPPEN-CHANCE a matter of casual occurrence …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– INSTANCE an event, occurrence; curiosity …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– OCCURRENCY †* an occurrence, that which occurs or presents itself …1656
– OCCURRENT † something that occurs ore meets one; an event, an occurrence …1538
– PARAPHERNALLY a long rambling story; a tedious rigmarole; any event, affair, occurrence …1828 Sc.
– TIDING † something that happens; an event, incident, occurrence …c1205 obs. or arch.
– TIMING † happening, occurrence; good or ill fortune; an event, an occurrence …c1250
 
OCCURRING – adjectives
– OCCURRENT * that occurs or happens; occurring …1535
– UNDERGROWING † arising, occurring …a1440
 
OCEAN – adjectives  (also see SEA)
– ABYSSAL of unsearchable depth, unfathomable; belonging to the lowest depths of ocean …1691
– OCEANINE †* belonging to the ocean or main sea …1656
– OCEANOUS †* pertaining to the ocean …1730
– ON THE NOSE of ocean water: polluted …1991 Aust. sl.
– SUBOCEANIC beneath the ocean …1858
ocean – adverbs 
– OCEANWAYS * by way of the ocean …a1649
ocean – nouns
– BIG BROOK the ocean …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BIG DITCH the ocean …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BIG DRINK the ocean …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BIG LAKE the ocean …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BIG MAMA the ocean …1991 US sl.
– BIG POND the ocean …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BIG POOL the ocean …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BIG PUDDLE the ocean …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BIG WATER, THE the ocean …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BRINY, THE the ocean, the sea …1865 colloq.
– CUPBOARD, THE the ocean …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DAVY JONES’S LOCKER the ocean, esp. as the grave of all who perish at sea …US Civil War usage
– DEEP, THE the ocean …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DITCH the Atlantic Ocean …M19 sl.
– DITCH, THE the ocean …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DRINK the ocean …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FROG POND the ocean …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GREAT BASIN, THE the ocean …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GREAT LAKE, THE the ocean …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HERRING-POND the sea or ocean, esp. the North Atlantic ocean …1686 humorous
– MAIN the high sea, the open ocean …1579, now poetic
– MAIN FLOOD † high water; a large or full-flowing body of water; the ocean or ‘main sea’, the high sea …c1303
– MILL POND the ocean …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MOANA the ocean …1972 Hawaii
– NEPTUNE the sea or ocean …c1385
– OCEANET † a small ocean …1681
– OCEANOGRAPHY the study of the ocean, its form, physical features, and phenomena …1883
– OCEANOLOGY the study of the ocean, its form, physical features, and phenomena …1864
– OGGIN the ocean …2003 Antarctica usage
– OLD SALTY the ocean …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– POND the ocean …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– POOL the ocean …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PUDDLE, THE the Atlantic Ocean; the ocean …c1880 colloq.
– SALT CHUCK the ocean …1868 Amer. dial.
– SALT POND the ocean …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– WATER, THE the ocean …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
ocean – person
– OCEANOGRAPHER one who studies or is versed in oceanography (see nouns) …1886
 
OCELOT – nouns
– PANTHER-CAT the ocelot …1895
 
OCTAGON – adjectives
– EIGHT-SQUARE † having eight equal sides; octagonal …1538 obs. exc. nautical usage
– OCTAGONIAN † belonging to an octagon …1813
octagon – nouns 
– EIGHT-SQUARE an octagonal figure …1794
– OCTANGLE † a figure with eight angles, an octagon …1651
octagon – verbs 
– EIGHT-SQUARE to fashion into octagonal shape …1794
 
OCTOPUS – adjectives
– OCTOPEAN pert. to or like an octopus …1896
octopus – nouns 
– DEVILFISH an octopus …1933 Amer. dial.
– MANY-FEET † a cephalopod having eight or ten arms or tentacles, as an octopus or a cuttle-fish …1591
– OCCI an octopus …1968 Aust. sl.
– OCCY an octopus …1968 Aust. sl.
– OCKIE an octopus …Aust. sl.
– OCKY an octopus …1968 Aust. sl.
– OCTO an octopus …1910s Aust. sl.