From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Od \Od\, noun [G., fr. Gr. ? passage.] (Physics) An alleged force or natural power, supposed, by Reichenbach and others, to produce the phenomena of mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencies, as by magnets, heat, light, chemical or vital action, etc.; -- called also {odyle} or the {odylic force}. [Archaic]
That od force of German Reichenbach Which still, from female finger tips, burnt blue. --Mrs. Browning.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a doctor's degree in optometry [syn: {Doctor of Optometry}]
2: the right eye [syn: {oculus dexter}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
o.d.
verb
1: dose too heavily; "The rock star overdosed and was found dead in his hotel room" [syn: {overdose}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
139 Moby Thesaurus words for "OD": AB, ADC, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, CO, Dylan, Flying Dutchman, Neptune, Poseidon, Varuna, able seaman, able-bodied seaman, aide, aide-de-camp, asphyxiate, be brought down, be felled, be killed, be struck down, be traumatized, bluejacket, boatswain, break out, brigadier, brigadier general, buccaneer, captain, catch, catch cold, chicken colonel, chief engineer, chief mate, chief of staff, choke, collapse, colonel, come down with, commandant, commander, commander in chief, commanding officer, commissioned officer, commit hara-kiri, commit suicide, company officer, contract, deck officer, deep-sea man, drown, erupt, exec, executive officer, fair-weather sailor, famish, fever, field marshal, field officer, first lieutenant, fisherman, five-star general, four-star general, general, general officer, generalissimo, get, go into shock, hearty, jack, jack afloat, jack-tar, jacky, jemadar, junior officer, lieutenant, lieutenant colonel, lieutenant general, limey, lobsterman, major, major general, marechal, mariner, marshal, master, mate, matelot, naval officer, navigating officer, navigator, officer, one-star general, orderly officer, overdose, patron, pipes, pirate, privateer, quartermaster, risaldar, run a temperature, sailing master, sailor, salt, sea dog, sea rover, seafarer, seafaring man, seaman, second mate, senior officer, shavetail, shipman, shipmaster, sicken, sirdar, skipper, smother, staff officer, starve, strangle, subahdar, subaltern, sublieutenant, suffocate, take, take an overdose, take ill, tar, the Old Man, the brass, three-star general, top brass, two-star general, viking, watch officer, water dog, whaler, windjammer, windsailor
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
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