On Christmas Eve, Santa Claus is omnipotent.
I do not pretend to be omniscient, but I am positive about this fact.
Some animals, including humans, are omnivorous and eat both meat and vegetables; others are either carnivorous or herbivorous.
He asked for an assistant because his work load was too onerous.
Words like "rustle" and "gargle" are illustrations of onomatopoeia.
We suffered many casualties during unexpected onslaght of the enemy troops.
The emperor was spared the onus of signing the surrender papers; instead, he relegated the assignment to his generals.
The Ancient Mariner admired the opalescent sheen on the water.
The opaque window kept the sunlight out of the room.
By such opiates, she made the people forget their difficulties and accept their unpleasant circumstances.
You have come at an opportune moment for I need a new secretary.
Forget about ethics! He's such an opportunist that he'll vote in favor of any deal that will give him a break.
He refused to defend himself against the slander and opprobrium hurled against him by the newspapers; he preferred to rely on his record.
The patient took the prescription given him by his oculist to the optician.
The pessimist says the glass is half-empty; the optimist says it is half-full.
If you wait for the optimum moment to act, you may never begin your project .
I was impressed by the range of optional accessories for my microcomputer that were available.
Although an optometrist is qualified to treat many eye disorders, she may not use medicinesor surgery in her examinations.
The glitter and opulence of the ballroom took Cinderella's breath away.
Although many critics hailed his Fifth Symphony, he did not regard it as his major opus.
Oedipus could not understand the oracular warning he received.
The Glee Club decided to present an oratorio during their recital.
The king ordained that no foreigner should be allowed to enter the city.
Terry Anderson spoke movingly of his long ordeal as a hostage in Lebanon.
Passing a red light is a violation of a city ordinance.
The candidate for ordination had to meet with the bishop and the diocean officers before being judged ready to be ordained a deacon.
Philip spent his first day in Denver orienting himself to the city.
Freshman orientation provides the incoming students with an opportunity to learn about their new environment and their place in it.
The Howe Caverns were discovered when someone observed that a cold wind was issuing from an orifice in the hillside.
Furniture of the Baroque period can be recognized by its ornate carvings.
Auduborn's drawings of American bird life have been of interest not only to the ornithologists but also to the general public.
Faced with a problem, he preferred to take an orthodox approach rather than shock anyone.
Many of us find English orthography difficult to master because so many of our words are written phonetically.
It is interesting to note how public opinion oscillates between the extremes of optimism and pessimism.
The hollow "soft spot" found at the top of the infant's skull gradually closes as new osseus tissue fills in the gap.
When he called his opponent a "bonehead," he implied that his adversary's brain had ossified and that he was not capable of clear thinking.
Although the ostensible purpose of this expedition is to discover new lands, we are really interested in finding new markets for our products.
Trump's latest casino in Atlantic City is the most ostentatious gambling place in the East: it easily outglitters its competitors.
As soon as the newspapers carried the story of his connection with the criminals, his friends began to ostracize him.
The world wondered if Aquino would be able to oust Marcos from office.
The eccentric professor who engages in markedly outlandish behavior is a stock figure in novels with an academic setting.
Unconcerned about keeping in style, Lenore was perfectly happy to wear outmoded clothes as long as they were clean and unfrayed.
Living outskirts of Boston, Sarah sometimes felt as if she were cut off from the cultural heart of the city.
The candidate was too outspoken to be a successful politician; he had not yet learned to weigh his words carefully.
Jesse Owens easily outstripped his competitors to win the gold metal at the Olympic Games.
By disguising himself as an old woman, Holmes was able to outwit his pursuers and escape capture.
When Placido Domingo came on stage in the first act of La Boheme, he was greeted by a tremendous ovation.
Certain of her own importance and of the unimportance of everyone else, Lady Bracknell was intolerably overbearing in manner. "In choosing a husband," she said, "good birth is of overbearing importance; compared to that, neither wealth nor talent signifie
According to the United States Constitution, a person must commit an overt act before he may be tried for treason.
His overweening pride in his accomplishments was not justified.
When Kate heard the news of the sudden tragedy, she became too overwrought to work and had to leave the office early.
At Easter she had to cut out hundreds of brightly colored ovoid shapes.
It is necessary for the engineers of NASA to overhaul the rocket everyday; otherwise, an incident similar to that of Challenger accident might happen.
The elephant is probably the best-known pachyderm.
The pacifists urged that we reduce our military budget and recall our troops stationed overseas.
Dentists criticize the practice of giving fussy children sweets to pacify them.
paeans celebrating the victory filled the air.
The new high-frequency word list is the result of painstaking efforts on the part of our research staff.
Neither Jack's underbaked opinions nor his overcooked casseroles were palatable to me.
He proudly showed us through his palatial home.
The professor of paleontology had a superb collection of fossils.
At the present time, art supply stores are selling a paper palette that may be discarded after use.
Using chemical reagents, scientists have been able to restore the original writings on many palimpsests.
The study of word lists can eventually pall and put one to sleep.
The weary traveler went to sleep on his straw pallet.
If we cannot cure this disease at present, we can, at least try to palliate the symptoms.
Because his occupation required that he work at night and sleep during the day, he had an exceptionally pallid complexion.
I cannot understand how you could overlook such a palpable blunder.
As he became excited, his heart began to palpitate more and more erratically.
This is a paltry sum to pay for such a masterpiece.
Hoping for a rave review of his new show, the playwright was miserable when the critics panned it unanimously.
There is no easy panacea that will solve our complicated international situation.
Many performers imitate Noel Coward, but few have his panache and sense of style.
They feared the AIDS epidemic would soon reach pandemic proportions.
When the ships collided in the harbor, pandemonium broke out among the passengers.
The reviewer accused the makers of Lethal Weapon of pandering to the masses' taste of violence.
The modest hero blushed to hear the speakers delivering panegyrics about his valorous act.
On a clear day, from the top of the World Trade Center you can get a panoramic view of New York City and neighboring stretches of New Jersey and Long Island.
Because he worked in pantomime, the clown could be understood wherever he appeared.
The ancient Egyptians were among the first to write on papyrus.
Let us apply to our own conduct the lesson that this parable teaches.
Pavlov's experiment in which he trains a dog to salivate on hearing a bell is a paradigm of the conditioned-response experiment in behavioal psychology.
Wordworth's "The child is father to the man" is an example of paradox.
The class disliked him because the teacher was always pointing him out as a paragon of virtue.
There is a striking parallelism between the twins.
We need to define the parameters of the problem.
Proper nutrition and hygiene are of paramount importance in adolescent development and growth.
She sought a divorce on the grounds that her husband had a paramour in another town.
Suffering from paranois, he claimed everyone was out to get him; ironically, his claim was accurate; even paranoids have enemies.
His desk was cluttered with paper, pen, ink, dictionary and other paraphernalia of the writing craft.
In 250 words or less, paraphrase this article.
The tapeworm is an example of the kind of parasite that may infest the human body.
The parched desert landscape seemed hostile to life.
I am not a pariah to be shunned and ostracized.
I find your analogy inaccurate because I do not see the parity between the two illustrations.
All this legal parlance confuses me; I need an interpreter.
The peace parley has not produced the anticipated truce.
Although Jane Austen writes novels set in small rural communities, her concerns are universal, not parochial.
We enjoyed the clever parodies of popular songs that the chorus sang.
