occurring twice in a three month period BIQUARTERLY 154, 159
occurring at the end of a three month period QUARTERLY 159
occurring twice a year BIANNUAL 73,153
occurring twice a year SEMIANNUAL 59, 73
occurring twice a year SEMIYEARLY 59
occurring once every two weeks BIWEEKLY 154
occurring once every three weeks TRIWEEKLY 158
occurring once every two months BIMONTHLY 154
occurring once every three months TRIMONTHLY 157
occurring once a year ANNUAL 73
occurring once every two years BIENNIAL 73, 154
occurring once every two years BIYEARLY 154
occurring once every three years TRIENNIAL 74, 157
occurring once every four years QUADRENNIAL 73,158
once every five years QUINQUENNIAL 73,160
occurring once every six years SEXENNIAL 74, 161
occurring once every seven years SEPTENNIAL 74,162
occurring once every eight years OCTENNIAL 73,162
occurring once every ten years DECENNIAL 73, 163
occurring once every fifteen years QUINDECENNIAL 73,160,164
occurring once every twenty years VICENNIAL 74
occurring once every fifty years SEMICENTENNIAL 43, 59, 74
occurring once everyone hundred years CENTENNIAL 43, 73
occurring once every one hundred and fifty years SESQUICENTENNIAL 43, 74
occurring once every two hundred years BICENTENNIAL 42, 73,153
occurring once every three hundred years TERCENTENARY 43, 74
occurring once every three hundred years TRICENTENNIAL 43,74,156
occurring once every four hundred years QUADRICENTENNIAL 43,73,158
occurring once every five hundred years QUINCENTENNIAL 43,73,160
occurring once every six hundred years SEXCENTENARY 43, 74,161
oceanic sediment produced from land TERRIGENOUS 88, 90
oculomotor nerve OCULOMOTOR 175
ode sung by a single voice MONODY 151
offensively arrogant INSOLENT 7
offensively bold Saucy IMPUDENT 5
offer PROFFER 16
officer in the Roman army commanding one hundred men CENTURION 43
official chair of a bishop CATHEDRA 13
official chair of a position CATHEDRA 13
official copy TRANSCRIPT 63,96
official in charge of an institution PROVOST 18
official public order EDICT 65, 70
offspring PROGENY 16,87
offspring of a mortal and a god DEMIGOD 58
offspring of one person POSTERITY 15
often encountered Ubiquitous OMNIPRESENT 176
omen observed in birds AUSPICES 29, 204
omission of an unstressed vowel at the beginning of a word APHESIS 19
omission of conjunctions for rhetorical effect ASYNDETON 4, 105
omission of letters from the beginning of a word APHAERESIS 19
omission of letters from the beginning of a word APHERESIS 19
omission of letters from the middle of a word SYNCOPE 107
omission of letters from the end of a word APOCOPE 19
omit ELIDE 70
omit a vowel or syllable in pronunciation ELIDE 70
on the alert Watchful QUI VIVE 37
one axis UNIAXIAL 30,153
one axis MONAXIAL 30,151
one carpel MONOCARPELLARY 42,151
one color MONOCHROMATIC 48,151
one color HOMOCHROMATIC 48, 101
one cycle MONOCYCLIC 57,151
one cycle around an axis REVOLUTION 214
one day only EPHEMERAL 74
one direction only UNIDIRECTIONAL 153
one ear only MONAURAL 151

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