Oed

Entertainment / Literature / Oed: The standard abbreviation among scholars for The Oxford English Dictionary, a huge twenty+ volume set that functions as an historical dictionary--generally considered the most authoritative and scholarly dictionary of English available. See Oxford English Dictionary.
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Oedema (Edema)

Health / First Aid / Oedema (Edema): Swelling in the lower legs and ankles. Oedema is caused by a fluid build-up in the body. MORE

Oedipal Complex

Entertainment / Literature / Oedipal Complex: The late Victorian and early twentieth-century psychologist Freud argued that male children, jealous of sharing their mother's attention with a father-figure, would come to possess a subconscious ince MORE

Oedipus Complex

Science / Psychiatry / Oedipus Complex: Attachment of the child to the parent of the opposite sex, accompanied by envious and aggressive feelings toward the parent of the same sex. These feelings are largely repressed (i.e., made unconsciou MORE

Miasma

Entertainment / Literature / Miasma: Literally referring to a stench or bad smell, the Greek term also metaphorically indicates a sort of ceremonial taint or spiritual stain that can result from various sorts of impurity. The ancient Gre MORE

Trilogy

Entertainment / Literature / Trilogy: A group of three literary works that together compose a larger narrative. Early types of trilogy resulted from the common practice of Athenian playwrights, who would submit tragedies as groups of thre MORE

Riddle

Entertainment / Literature / Riddle: A universal form of literature in which a puzzling question or a conundrum is presented to the reader. The reader is often challenged to solve this enigma, which requires ingenuity in discovering the MORE