O Flashcards
(20 cards)
What ‘O’ is a house containing a hop drying kiln?
Oast
What ‘O’ is a black woodwind instrument with a double reed?
Oboe
What ‘O’ is used to mean the start of a war, of a disease, or of violence?
Outbreak
What ‘O’ is a horse at very long odds, thought unlikely to be placed?
Outsider
What ‘O’ is where the French Fleet was sunk in 1940?
Oran
What ‘O’ does a woman sometimes promise she will do when she gets married?
Obey
What ‘O’ goes before head, hear and heat?
Over
What ‘O’ is the decision of a cricket umpire when a batsman is dismissed LBW?
Out
What ‘O’ is the basis of porridge?
Oatmeal
What ‘O’ is a red or yellow earth pigment?
Ochre
What ‘O’ results in `no rooms’ and is the curse of package tour hotels?
Overbooking
What ‘O’ is sometimes one-sixteenth, and sometimes one-twelfth of a pound?
Ounce
What ‘O’ is used to propel a rowing boat?
Oar
What ‘O’ is white that has a grubby or grey tinge?
Off (White)
What ‘O’ is successfully to offer more money than someone else at an auction?
Outbid
What ‘O’ means turned into stone: but is used for people who are callous, unprogressive and set in their ways?
Ossified
What ‘O’ means to do what you’re told - if anyone ever does nowadays?
Obey
What ‘O’ is a person whose conscience will not allow him to take part in war?
Objector
What ‘O’ goes before post, look and standing?
Out
What ‘O’ goes before haul, look and board?
Over
