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The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, published by Houghton Mifflin Company
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ovum (in biology)
owl (bird)
owl's claws (perennial plant)
owl's clover (New World plants of the genus Orthocarpus)
oxalic acid (in chemistry)
oxalis (plant, herb)
Oxbridge (Oxford and Cambridge universities)
oxeye (plant, flower)
Oxford movement (Protestantism, England)
oxide (in chemistry)
oxo- (prefix)
Oxonian (characteristic of Oxford or Oxford University)
oxpecker (bird)