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Obtuse
- adjective - (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex
- lacking in insight or discernment; "too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior"; "a purblind oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the dustbin"- Jasper Griffin
- of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"
Octads
- noun - the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
Octane
- noun - any isomeric saturated hydrocarbon found in petroleum and used as a fuel and solvent
Octans
- noun - the constellation that includes the southern celestial pole
Octant
- noun - a measuring instrument for measuring angles to a celestial body; similar to a sextant but with 45 degree calibration
- an eighth part of the circumference of a circle
Octave
- noun - a feast day and the seven days following it
- a musical interval of eight tones
- a rhythmic group of eight lines of verse
- Eight line poem
Octavo
- noun - the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves
Octets
- noun - a musical composition written for eight performers
- a set of eight similar things considered as a unit
- eight people considered as a unit
- eight performers or singers who perform together
- the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one