od

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

od, n. [G., fr. Gr. passage.].

 An alleged force or natural power, supposed, by Reichenbach and others, to produce the phenomena of mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencies, as by magnets, heat, light, chemical or vital action, etc.; -- called also odyle or the odylic force.  [1913 Webster]
"That od force of German Reichenbach
Which still, from female finger tips, burnt blue."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

od, abbr. ordnance datum.

od, n. & v. esp. US sl.
--n. an overdose, esp. of a narcotic drug.
--v.intr. (OD's, OD'd, OD'ing) take an overdose.

Etymology

abbr.

od, n. a hypothetical power once thought to pervade nature and account for various scientific phenomena.

od, n. (as int. or in oaths) archaic = GOD.

Etymology

corruption

THESAURUS

od

AB, ADC, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, CO, Dylan, Flying Dutchman, Neptune, Poseidon, Varuna, able seaman, able-bodied seaman, aide, aide-de-camp, asphyxiate, be brought down, be felled, be killed, be struck down, be traumatized, bluejacket, boatswain, break out, brigadier, brigadier general, buccaneer, captain, catch, catch cold, chicken colonel, chief engineer, chief mate, chief of staff, choke, collapse, colonel, come down with, commandant, commander, commander in chief, commanding officer, commissioned officer, commit hara-kiri, commit suicide, company officer, contract, deck officer, deep-sea man, drown, erupt, exec, executive officer, fair-weather sailor, famish, fever, field marshal, field officer, first lieutenant, fisherman, five-star general, four-star general, general, general officer, generalissimo, get, go into shock, hearty, jack, jack afloat, jack-tar, jacky, jemadar, junior officer, lieutenant, lieutenant colonel, lieutenant general, limey, lobsterman, major, major general, marechal, mariner, marshal, master, mate, matelot, naval officer, navigating officer, navigator, officer, one-star general, orderly officer, overdose, patron, pipes, pirate, privateer, quartermaster, risaldar, run a temperature, sailing master, sailor, salt, sea dog, sea rover, seafarer, seafaring man, seaman, second mate, senior officer, shavetail, shipman, shipmaster, sicken, sirdar, skipper, smother, staff officer, starve, strangle, subahdar, subaltern, sublieutenant, suffocate, take, take an overdose, take ill, tar, the Old Man, the brass, three-star general, top brass, two-star general, viking, watch officer, water dog, whaler, windjammer, windsailor

ROGET THESAURUS

od

Master

N master, padrone, lord, lord paramount, commander, commandant, captain, chief, chieftain, sirdar, sachem, sheik, head, senior, governor, ruler, dictator, leader, boss, cockarouse, sagamore, werowance, lord of the ascendant, cock of the walk, cock of the roost, gray mare, mistress, potentate, liege, liege lord, suzerain, sovereign, monarch, autocrat, despot, tyrant, oligarch, crowned head, emperor, king, anointed king, majesty, imperator, protector, president, stadholder, judge, ceasar, kaiser, czar, tsar, sultan, soldan, grand Turk, caliph, imaum, shah, padishah, sophi, mogul, great mogul, khan, lama, tycoon, mikado, tenno, inca, cazique, voivode, landamman, seyyid, Abuna, cacique, czarowitz, grand seignior, prince, duke, archduke, doge, elector, seignior, marland, margrave, rajah, emir, wali, sheik nizam, nawab, empress, queen, sultana, czarina, princess, infanta, duchess, margravine, czarevna, czarita, maharani, rani, rectrix, regent, viceroy, exarch, palatine, khedive, hospodar, beglerbeg, three-tailed bashaw, pasha, bashaw, bey, beg, dey, scherif, tetrarch, satrap, mandarin, subahdar, nabob, maharajah, burgrave, laird, collector, commissioner, deputy commissioner, woon, the authorities, the powers that be, the government, staff, etat major, aga, official, man in office, person in authority, sircar, sirkar, Sublime Porte, marshal, field marshal, marechal, general, generalissimo, commander in chief, seraskier, hetman, lieutenant general, major general, colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, centurion, skipper, lieutenant, first lieutenant, second lieutenant, sublieutenant, officer, staff officer, aide-de-camp, brigadier, brigade major, adjutant, jemidar, ensign, cornet, cadet, subaltern, noncommissioned officer, warrant officer, sergeant, sergeant major, color sergeant, corporal, corporal major, lance corporal, acting corporal, drum major, captain general, dizdar, knight marshal, naik, pendragon, mayor, mayoralty, prefect, chancellor, archon, provost, magistrate, syndic, alcalde, alcaid, burgomaster, corregidor, seneschal, alderman, councilman, committeeman, councilwoman, warden, constable, portreeve, lord mayor, officer, dewan, fonctionnaire, admiral, admiralty, rear admiral, vice admiral, port admiral, commodore, captain, commander, lieutenant, ensign, skipper, mate, master, officer of the day, OD, navarch, da locum melioribus, der Furst ist der erste Diener seines Staats, the prince is the first servant of his state, lord of thy presence and no land beside.