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Eau De Vie: All spirits distilled from fermented fruits, starting with wine-based Cognac and armagnac.

Oil Hardening: The process of quenching in oil when heat treating alloy steel to bring out certain qualities.

Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA) Of 1990: OWBPA amended the ADEA prohibiting all employers from age discrimination in employee benefits programs by either providing equal benefits for older and younger workers or by spending an equa . . . View Full Definition

Oligonucleotide: A molecule usually composed of 25 or fewer nucleotides: used as a dna synthesis primer.

Offsides: When a player enters the attacking zone before the puck, and that player touches the puck.

Oligosaccharide: A carbohydrate that consists of only a few linked monosaccharide units.

Offside Pass: A type of offside violation occuring when a player passes the puck from his defending zone to a teammate across the red center line, play is stopped for a face-off; also known as an offside pass.

Off The Deck: From the fairway or ground (mainly used in reference to hitting a driver off the ground rather than on a tee)

Off Glide: In linguistics, the second-half of a diphthong sound.

Off-Floor Order: Used for listed equity securities. (1) Order to buy or sell a security that originates off the floor of an exchange; customer orders originating with brokers, as distinguished from orders pl . . . View Full Definition