Index of English words, starting with "oc"

(1) - Octastyle (a.) See Octostyle.

(1) - Octateuch (n.) A collection of eight books; especially, the first eight books of the Old Testament.

(1) - Octave (a.) Consisting of eight; eight.
(2) - Octave (n.) A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe.
(3) - Octave (n.) The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of four verses each; a stanza of eight lines.
(4) - Octave (n.) The whole diatonic scale itself.
(5) - Octave (n.) The eighth tone in the scale; the interval between one and eight of the scale, or any interval of equal length; an interval of five tones and two semitones.
(6) - Octave (n.) The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival.

(1) - Octavo (a.) Having eight leaves to a sheet; as, an octavo form, book, leaf, size, etc.
(2) - Octavo (n.) A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into eight leaves; hence, indicating more or less definitely a size of book so made; -- usually written 8vo or 8¡.