Definitions

o

[oh] / oʊ /

ADVERB

huggermugger

Synonyms

WEAK

behind closed doors behind someone's back by stealth clandestinely confidentially covertly furtively hush-hush in camera in confidence in holes and corners in secret in strict confidence insidiously intimately obscurely on the Q.T.

NOUN

get-up-and-go

Synonyms

STRONG

activity animation application ardor birr dash drive endurance enterprise exertion fire force forcefulness fortitude go hardihood initiative intensity juice life liveliness might moxie muscle

Antonyms

STRONG

apathy dullness helplessness idleness impotence inability inactivity incompetence indifference indolence ineffectiveness inefficiency laziness lethargy powerlessness uselessness weakness

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This gene family was recently named KELT7, and we confirm the 8 copies present in P. o. wallikeri, but show that P. o. curtisi has 9 copies, two of which are pseudogenes.

From Nature • Jan. 24, 2017

Using a new reference genome for P. malariae and a manually curated draft P. o. curtisi genome, we are now able to accurately place these species within the Plasmodium phylogeny.

From Nature • Jan. 24, 2017

Reality is that you are giving up your family time by doing the o. t. when they need you at work.

From Time • May 3, 2013

“If you dey come give am ticket to leave this here country, I will disappear o. I will not even stop home for pick my bag.”

From Washington Post

“God should bless the man o. Me I hope I will also meet a mentor when I graduate,” Chetachi said.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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