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81Oldenburg — /ohl deuhn berrg /; for 2, 3 also Ger. /ohl deuhn boorddk /, n. 1. Claes (Thure) /klows toor euh/, born 1929, U.S. sculptor, born in Sweden. 2. a former state in NW Germany, now part of Lower Saxony. 3. a city in Lower Saxony in NW Germany:… …
82Grand Ole Opry — /ohl op ree/ a successful radio show from Nashville, Tenn., first broadcast on Nov. 28, 1925, noted for its playing of and continuing importance to country music. * * * Country music radio show in Nashville, Tenn. , U.S. Founded in 1925 by George …
83Olbers — /ohl beuhrz/; Ger. /awl berdds/, n. Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus /huyn rddikh vil helm mah te oos/, 1758 1840, German astronomer and physician. * * * …
84Olbers' paradox — /ohl beuhrz/, Astron. the paradox that if the universe consisted of an infinite number of stars equally distributed through space, then every line of sight would come from a star and the night sky would glow uniformly, which is observationally… …
85olden — /ohl deuhn/, adj. Literary. 1. of or pertaining to the distant past or bygone times; ancient. 2. old. [1350 1400; ME; see OLD, EN2] * * * …
86older — /ohl deuhr/, adj. a comparative of old. Syn. OLDER, ELDER imply having greater age than something or someone else. OLDER is the usual form of the comparative of old: This building is older than that one. ELDER, now greatly restricted in… …
87oldest — /ohl dist/, adj. a superlative of old. * * * …
88Oldham — /ohl deuhm/; locally /ow deuhm/, n. a city in Greater Manchester, in NW England. 228,400. * * * ▪ England, United Kingdom urban area and metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, England. The historic town of Oldham… …
89oldie — /ohl dee/, n. Informal. a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past. Also, oldy. [1870 75; OLD + IE] * * * …
90oldish — /ohl dish/, adj. somewhat old: an oldish man. [1660 70; OLD + ISH1] * * * …
