Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
Occam’s razor
occas.
occasion
occasional
occasionalism
occasionally
occasionwear
Occident
occident
Occidental
occidental
occidentalize
occipita
occipital
occipital bone
occipital lobe
occiput
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

obvolute
ob·vo·lute [ óbvə lt ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
overlapping: describes leaves or petals that are folded so as to overlap each other
[Mid-18th century. < Latin obvolutus, past participle of obvolvere "wrap around" < volvere "to roll"]

ob·vo·lu·tion [ òbvə lsh'n ] noun
ob·vo·lu·tive [ óbvə ltiv ] adjective
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft