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Oxleas Wood Oxleas Wood is one of the few remaining areas of ancient deciduous forest in the London Borough of Greenwich in southeast London, dating back over 8,000 years. It is part of a larger area on the south side of Shooter's Hill: other parts are Jack Wood, Sheperdleas Wood, Oxleas Meadows, Falconwood Field and Eltham Park North (the latter being divided by the A2 main road from its southern section).
Oxley Creek, Queensland Oxley Creek is situated in south east Queensland, Australia and is one of the major tributaries of the Brisbane River with an estimated 260 square kilometres in area. Water from the catchment area flows into Oxley Creek as it flows through the low hills in Beaudesert Shire, and other local government areas of Logan City, Ipswich and into Brisbane.
Oxley, Queensland Oxley is a south-western suburb of Brisbane named after the early Australian explorer John Oxley. The suburb supports a mix of residential and industrial land use as well as a small number of shops in two commercial districts.
Oxley, Wolverhampton Oxley is a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, and a ward of Wolverhampton City Council. It is situated in the north of the city, bordering South Staffordshire and the Bushbury North, Bushbury South and Low Hill, St Peter's and Tettenhall Regis wards.
Oxnard (Amtrak station) The Oxnard Transportation Center is an Amtrak and Metrolink rail station in the community of Oxnard, California. It is served by Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner from San Luis Obispo to San Diego, Amtrak's Coast Starlight from Los Angeles Union Station to Seattle, Washington, and Metrolink's Ventura County Line from Los Angeles Union Staton to Montalvo.
Oxnard Field Oxnard Field (also known at various times as Albuquerque Airport and Albuquerque Army Air Field) was the first airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It served as the home of commercial aviation in Albuquerque from 1928 to 1929 and remained in use for other purposes until 1948.
Oxnard High School Oxnard High School, or OHS as it is commonly referred to, is a public four-year high school serving grades 9-12 in Oxnard, California. The school is the oldest in the Oxnard Union High School District, and is the oldest public high school in all of Ventura County.
Oxnard Plain The Oxnard Plain is a large coastal plain in southwest Ventura County, California bounded by the Santa Monica Mountains, the Santa Susana Mountains, and Oak Ridge to the east, the Topatopa Mountains to the north, Santa Clara River Valley to the northeast and the Pacific Ocean to the south and west. The Oxnard Plain is also home to the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura Metro Area which includes the cities of Oxnard, Ventura, Camarillo, Port Hueneme and Santa Paula, as well as the unincorporated towns of Channel Islands, El Rio, Montalvo, Saticoy and Somis.
Oxnard Union High School District Oxnard Union High School District is a high school district for public schools in Oxnard, California that also serves the surrounding unincorporated areas of El Rio, Channel Islands and Somis as well as the cities of Port Hueneme and Camarillo
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA is the metropolitan designation given to the Ventura County Area by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The OMB bases its names for metropolitan areas on their dominant cities, but locals generally refer to the area simply as "Ventura County".
Oxnard, California Oxnard is the largest city in Ventura County, California in terms of population. It is located in the heart of the fertile Oxnard Plain, and is one of the world's most important agricultural centers, with its distinction as the strawberry and lima bean capital.
Oxon Hill-Glassmanor, Maryland Oxon Hill-Glassmanor is a census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland. The combination is arbitrary, and in the mind of most local people there are two separate communities: Oxon Hill and Glassmanor.
Oxon Hoath Oxon Hoath is a manor house with 73 acres (295,000 m²) of grounds in Kent (just outside Hadlow, near Tonbridge) in the "West Kent Rural Conservation Area". The spelling "Oxen Hoath" is a common alternative.
Oxossi Oxossi, (alternately Ochossi or Oshossi) is the orixa of the forest, and one of the three Guerrero, or warrior orixas. He is a hunter, and his role as an often solitary figure in the wilderness lends him another role as a shaman.
Oxpecker The oxpecker consists of two species of bird which comprise the subfamily Buphaginae within the starling family Sturnidae (some ornithologists regard them as a separate family Buphagidae). Oxpeckers are endemic to sub-Saharan African savannah.
Oxshott Oxshott is a village in Surrey, England with a growing population of around 1,501. It is situated in fields and woodlands between Esher and Leatherhead on the A244, five minutes by car to both the A3 (Portsmouth Road) and the M25 London Orbital motorway.
Oxshott Heath Oxshott Heath is a heathland in Oxshott, Surrey, England having an interesting geology where the London Clay stratum meets the overlying sand stratum and emerges to the surface. This has created a sand escarpment, from which views to Box Hill (near Dorking) can be made out to the South.
Oxshott Woods Oxshott Woods is a small wooded area to the North of Oxshott in the English county of Surrey, containing Oxshott Heath. This woodland contains both deciduous and coniferous trees, notably: mature and young oak; beech; silver birch; birch; and Scots Pine.
Oxted hockey club Oxted Hockey Club is based in Oxted, Surrey, England. Formed of 4 men's hockey teams, 1 development side, 2 ladies teams with 2 vets sides, we provide training of high standard for adults of all ability that are willing to play, and also training for a number of junior sides, ranging from a few five year olds to our under eighteens.
Oxted School Oxted School is a mixed comprehensive secondary school in the town of Oxted, Surrey It was opened in 1929 as the first mixed grammar school in Surrey and now has over 2000 pupils aged 11-18 (Years 7-13). The current headteacher is Mrs Margaret Hawley, who was appointed in 2000 replacing Mr Roger Coles who had held the position since 1981.
Oxton, Nottinghamshire Oxton is a small, quaint village in Nottinghamshire, UK, with a little over 500 residents. It is located 5 miles West of Southwell, 5 miles north of Lowdham, 10 miles NE of Nottingham and 2 miles NE of Calverton, and lies on the B6386, and is very close to the A6097 trunk road.
Oxumaré In Candomblé mythology, an Afro-American religion widely practiced in Brazil, Òsùmàrè is the rainbow-serpent in nagô language, and it is the mobility, the activity, one of its functions is to control the forces that direct the movement. He is the lord of all elongated things.
Oxy-fuel combustion Oxy-fuel combustion is the process of firing a fossil-fueled power plant with an oxygen-enriched gas mix instead of air. Almost all of the nitrogen is removed from input air, yielding a stream that is approximately 95% oxygen.
Oxy-fuel welding and cutting Oxy-fuel welding of metal is commonly called oxyacetylene welding since acetylene is the predominant choice for a fuel, or often simply gas welding. In gas welding and cutting, the heat needed to melt the metal comes from a fuel gas burning with oxygen in a torch.
Oxyanion An oxyanion or oxoanion is a negatively charged polyatomic ion that contains oxide. Oxyanions can be viewed as the conjugate base of a corresponding oxyacid, although both components are not necessarily stable.
Oxyathres of Heraclea Oxyathres (in Greek Oξυαθρης; died 284 BC) was a son of Dionysius, tyrant of Heraclea and of Amastris, the daughter of the brother of Darius III Codomannus, also called Oxyathres. He succeeded, together with his brother Clearchus, to the sovereignty of Heraclea on the death of Dionysius, 306 BC: but the government was administered by Amastris during the minority of her two sons.
Oxyathres of Persia Oxyathres (in Greek Oξυαθρης; in Old Persian Vaxšuvarda; lived 4th century BC) was a brother of the Persian king Darius III Codomannus. He was distinguished for his bravery, and in the battle of Issus, 333 BC, took a prominent part in the combat in defence of the king, when attacked by the Macedonian cavalry under Alexander himself, as shown in the celebrated Alexander Mosaic found in Pompeii.
Oxybelis aeneus Oxybelis aeneus, the Horsewhip, is a snake which ranges from the southern United States, through Mexico to northern South America and Trinidad and Tobago. It feeds mainly on lizards, but also eats frogs and birds.
Oxybii The Oxybii (Ὀξύβιοι) were a Ligurian tribe living on the Mediterranean coast of France near Massallia. The border with the Ligurian Deciates (Δεκιῆται) being to the west of Antipolis and east of Forum Julii (Smith, entry on Oxybii).
Oxybutynin Oxybutynin is an anticholinergic medication used to relieve urinary and bladder difficulties, including frequent urination and inability to control urination (urge incontinence), by decreasing muscle spasms of the bladder. It competitively antagonizes the M1, M2, and M3 subtypes of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor.
Oxycodone Oxycodone is a potent and potentially addictive opioid analgesic medication synthesized from thebaine. Its name is derived from codeine - the chemical structures are very similar, differing only in that the hydrogen on the codeine is oxidised to a hydroxyl group, hence 'oxy' and the hydroxyl group from the codeine becomes a ketone group, hence 'oxycodone.
Oxydol Oxydol is the name of a laundry detergent sold in the United States. It was created in 1927 and manufactured by Procter & Gamble, who sold the brand in 2000 to Redox Brands, a marketing company founded by former Procter & Gamble employees.
Oxygen (film) Oxygen is 1999 film, directed and written by Richard Shephard. The film follows a troubled and (unbeknownst to her husband) masochistic cop, Madeline Foster (played by Maura Tierney) as she pursues a kidnapper who calls himself Harry Houdini (Adrien Brody).
Oxygen bar The oxygen bar is a trend among night clubs that started in the late 1990s. Patrons inhale 50-99% oxygen from filtered or bottled air through a tube for 1-20 minutes, typically paying dollars per minute (the composition of the atmosphere we normally breathe is 78% nitrogen (N2), 21% oxygen (O2), and less than 1% of other gases and particulate matter).
Oxygen boost An oxygen boost is a a very particular and [not so] delicate approach to oxygenation in intensive care patients that consists of squeezing the reservoir bag of the non-rebreather mask in a sharp and sudden manner as to help rapid flow of high flow oxygen in a sudden manner.
Oxygen concentrator An oxygen concentrator, also called an oxygen generator, is a device used to provide oxygen to a patient at substantially higher concentrations than those of ambient air, used as an alternative to tanks of compressed oxygen. Oxygen concentrators are also used to provide an economical source of oxygen in industrial processes.
Oxygen cycle The oxygen cycle is the biogeochemical cycle that describes the movement of oxygen within and between its three main reservoirs:fa the atmosphere, the biosphere, and the lithosphere. The main driving factor of the oxygen cycle is [photosynthesis], which is responsible for the modern Earth's atmosphere and life as we know it.
Oxygen isotope ratio cycle Oxygen isotope ratio cycles are cyclical variations in the ratio of the mass of oxygen with an atomic weight of 18 to the mass of oxygen with an atomic weight of 16 present in calcite of the oceanic floor as determined by core samples. The ratio is linked to water temperature of ancient oceans, which in turn reflects ancient climates.
Oxygen Music Works Oxygen Music Works or OMW, was an American/English independent record label and subsidiary of Canadian K-tel Records. The label featured primarily electronic dance music and hip hop artists such as Kurtis Mantronik, and Daniel Wang.
Oxygen sensor An oxygen sensor is an electronic device that measures the proportion of oxygen (O2) in the gas or liquid being analyzed. The sensing element is usually made with a zirconium ceramic bulb coated on both sides with a thin layer of platinum and comes in both heated and unheated forms.
Oxygen toxicity Oxygen toxicity or oxygen toxicity syndrome (also known as the "Paul Bert effect") is severe hyperoxia caused by breathing oxygen at elevated partial pressures. The high concentration of oxygen damages cells.
Oxygen Transmission Rate Oxygen Transmission Rate, abbreviated as OTR, is the measurement of the amount of oxygen gas that passes through a substance over a given period. It is mostly carried out on non-porous materials, where the mode of transport is diffusion, but there are a growing number of applications where the transmission rate also depends on flow through apertures of some description.
Oxygen window in technical diving The oxygen window is Physiology and Medicine of Diving (2004), Bennet and Elliot the difference between the partial pressure of oxygen (ppO2) in body tissues and the ppO2 in the gas breathed. It is caused by metabolic consumption of oxygen.
Oxygen-free copper Oxygen-free copper, commonly abbreviated as OFC, is a manufacturing process of copper cables. The process produces more pure copper, resulting in slightly higher conductivity than cables manufactured from unprocessed copper.
Oxygenation Oxygenation refers to the amount of oxygen in a medium. In blood it may be taken to be synonymous with saturation, which describes the degree to which the oxygen-carrying capacity of haemoglobin is utilised, normally 98-100%.
Oxygent Oxygent was a human blood substitute designed for surgical applications by the Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp.. As of February of 2005, the substance has not been approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as questions have been raised over its safety.
Oxyglobin Similar to Hemopure, Oxyglobin is also developed by Biopure and is an oxygen-therapeutic based on chemically stabilized bovine hemoglobin. However, unlike Hemopure, which is for human use, Oxyglobin is intended for the veterinary market, and is used to treat anemia in dogs.
Oxychem Oxychem (more formally called Occidental Chemical Corporation) is the chemicals division of the Occidental Petroleum Corporation. It is based in Dallas, Texas and is a major producer of commodity chemicals such as potassium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide, as well as plastics such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
Oxyliquit An oxyliquit is an explosive material made of a mixture of liquid oxygen (LOX) with a suitable fuel, usually carbon (as lampblack) or some organic chemical (eg. a mixture of soot and naphthalene), wood meal, or aluminium powder or sponge; the material is capable of absorbing several times its weight of LOX.
Oxylus In Greek mythology, Oxylus was a one-eyed man from Aetolia who met Temenus, son of Aristomaches, on a road. Temenus had been told by an oracle to look out for a man with three eyes, and Oxylus, having one eye himself and riding a horse or mule with two more, matched that description.
Oxymercuration reaction The oxymercuration reaction is an electrophilic addition organic reaction that transforms an alkene into a neutral alcohol. In oxymercuration, the alkene reacts with mercuric acetate (AcO-Hg-OAc) in aqueous solution to yield the addition of an acetoxymercuri (HgOAc) group and a hydroxy (OH) group across the double bond.
Oxymetholone Oxymetholone (Anadrol), is a synthetic anabolic steroid developed by Syntex in 1960. Its primary clinical applications include treatment of osteoporosis and anaemia, as well as stimulating muscle growth in undernourished or underdeveloped patients.
Oxymonad The Oxymonads are a group of flagellated protozoa found exclusively in the intestines of termites and other wood-eating insects. Along with the similar parabasalid flagellates, they harbor the symbiotic bacteria that are responsible for breaking down cellulose.
Oxymorphone Oxymorphone (Opana, Numorphan) or 14-Hydroxydihydromorphinone is a powerful semi-synthetic opioid analgesic that is derived from thebaine, and is approximately 6-8 times more potent than morphine. Clinically, it is administered as its hydrochloride salt via injection, or suppository; typically in dosages of 1 mg (injected) to 5 mg (suppository).
Oxyrhynchus Oxyrhynchus (Greek: Οξύρρυγχος; "sharp-snouted or sharp-nosed"; ancient Egyptian Per-Medjed; modern Egyptian Arabic el-Bahnasa) is an archaeological site in Egypt, considered one of the most important ever discovered. For the past century, the area around Oxyrhynchus has been continually excavated, yielding an enormous collection of papyrus texts dating from the time of the Ptolemaic and Roman periods of Egyptian history.
Oxyrhynchus Gospels The Oxyrhynchus Gospels are two fragmentary manuscripts (British Library accession numbers 840 and 1224), which throw light on early non-canonical Gospel traditions of Christianity for scholars, but which are ignored by most Christians due to their being extremely fragmentary. They were each discovered among the rich finds of discarded papyri at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt.
Oxyrhynchus hymn The Oxyrhynchus hymn is the earliest known manuscript of a Christian hymn to contain both lyrics and musical notation. It is found on Papyrus 1786 of the Oxyrhynchus papyri, now kept at the Papyrology Rooms of the Sackler Library, Oxford.
Oxytocin Oxytocin (Greek: "quick birth") is a mammalian hormone that also acts as a neurotransmitter in the brain. In women, it is released mainly after distension of the cervix and vagina during labor, and after stimulation of the nipples, facilitating birth and breastfeeding, respectively.
Oxytropis campestris Oxytropis campestris is a plant native to the western United States and Canada, sometimes grown as an ornamental plant. The plant grows perennially, with an acaulescent forb reaching 20 to 50 cm in height and has a taproot.
Oxyurinae Oxyurinae is a sub-family of the duck, goose and swan family of birds, Anatidae. Most of its members are stiff-tailed ducks, which have, as their name implies, long stiff tail feathers, which are erected when the bird is at rest.
OXES OXES (Born August 16, 1999) are a Baltimore instrumental rock band. Its members are part of what's known as "the Baltimore Rowdy Collective" who stage practical jokes usually involving a confrontational and outlandish racket in public places.
OXO (human) Oxo (born Dublin, Ireland circa 1977) is a notable Irish eccentric, performance artist, musician and comedian. He also writes for Ireland's Hot Press magazine and initially came to prominence following a very public dispute with Kerrang!
OXO OVO OXO OVO is the pseudonym of a Melbourne-based graffiti artist, active in the late 1990s and early 2000s. OXO OVO's graffiti consists of cryptic, vaguely subversive slogans, usually spraypainted on walls, hoardings or advertising surfaces.
OXO Tower The OXO Tower is a building with a prominent tower on the south bank of the River Thames in London, England in the London Borough of Southwark. The building currently has a set of bijou arts and crafts shops on the ground and first floors, and a well-known restaurant on the 8th (at the top of the tower).
Oy Insinööritoimisto Ratas Oy Insinööritoimisto Ratas was a front (posing as an engineering consulting firm) through which about 1200 Finns were recruited for military service in Germany during the spring of 1941, in the interim period of peace between the Continuation and Winter Wars.
Oyakodon , literally "parent-and-child donburi", is a Japanese donburi, or rice bowl dish, in which chicken, egg, green onion, and other ingredients are all simmered together in a sauce and then served on top of a large bowl of rice. The name of the dish, parent and child donburi, is a poetic reflection of the fact that both chicken and egg are used in the dish.
Oyama v. California Oyama v. State of California, , was a case in which the United States Supreme Court decided that specific provisions of the 1913 and 1920 California Alien Land Laws abridged Fred Oyama’s rights and privileges guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment and by his status as an American citizen.
Oyano, Kumamoto Ōyano (大矢野町; -machi) was a town located in Amakusa District, Kumamoto, Japan. On March 31, 2004 the town merged with three other towns from the district forming the city of Kami-Amakusa and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Oyapoc Oyapoc was a short-lived English settlement somewhere in modern-day Guyana), which was established in 1620 under Governor Roger North and abandoned in the same year. The British would only take over the whole region much later, after several Dutch colonies had existed in Guyana.
Oyashio Current The Oyashio Current (also named 'Oya Siwo') is a cold subarctic ocean current that flows south and circulates counterclockwise in the western North Pacific Ocean. It collides with the Kuroshio Current off the eastern shore of Japan to form the North Pacific Current (or Drift).
Oye Como Va "Oye Como Va" is a song written and composed by Latin jazz and mambo musician Tito Puente and popularized by Carlos Santana's cover of the song in 1970 on his album Abraxas, helping to catapult Santana into stardom with the song reaching #13 on the Billboard Top 100."Carlos Santana," Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Accessed October 1, 2006).
Oyeyemi Olodo Oyeyemi Olodo is the Director General/Publisher of The Integrity Magazine. Born to Late Chief (Barrister) Salimonu Olodo a native of Ode-omu and Princess (Mrs) Mobolade Olodo a native of Ife on November 12 in Islington, London.
Oymyakon Oymyakon (Оймякон in Cyrillic, alternative spellings: Oimekon, Oimyakon, Oymiakon, Oimiakon, Oimjakon, Ojmiakon, Ojmjakon, Ojmyakon, Oymjakon) is a village located along the Indigirka River in the north-east of the Sakha Republic in Eastern Siberia, Russia, at .It has about 800 inhabitants.
Oyne Oyne is a small village (not much bigger than a hamlet in some eyes) set in rural Aberdeenshire at the bottom of Bennachie in Scotland. The village has limited local resources but has a reasonably frequent daily bus service to Inverurie (8 miles away) and to Huntly.
Oyo State Ọyọ State is an inland state in south-western Nigeria, with its capital at Ibadan. It is bounded in the north by Kwara State, in the east by Osun State, in the south by Ogun State and in the west partly by Ogun State and partly by the Republic of Benin.
Oyonnax Rugby Union sportive Oyonnax Rugby is a French rugby union club from Oyonnax in the Ain département of the région Rhône-Alpes, currently competing in the second level of the French league system (Pro D2). They play at Stade Charles-Mathon (capacity 6,000).
Oyotunji Oyotunji African Village is a village located near Sheldon, Beaufort County, South Carolina that was founded by the late Oba Efuntola Oseijeman Adelabu Adefunmi I in 1970, as part of a "New World Yoruba" initiative.
Oyster bar The term Oyster Bar describes either a facility within a restaurant or bar, or a category of restaurant that specializes in serving fresh oysters. The oysters are shucked on site and normally behind a counter, within sight of the customers.
Oyster Bay High School Oyster Bay High School has been the representative for the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central School District for almost 100 years. It is located in Oyster Bay, New York and has been standing since the early 1900s.
Oyster Bay, New South Wales Oyster Bay is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Oyster Bay is located 26km south of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire.
Oyster Bay, New York Oyster Bay is the name of a hamlet and census-designated place on the North Shore of Long Island in Nassau County in the state of New York, USA. The hamlet is also the site of a station on the Long Island Rail Road and the eastern termination point of that branch of the railroad.
Oyster card The Oyster card is a form of electronic ticketing used on Transport for London and National Rail services within the Greater London area of England. The card was first issued to the public in 2003 with a limited range of features and there continues to be a phased introduction of further functions.
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station Oyster Creek nuclear power station is a single unit thermal boiling water reactor power plant located on an 800-acre site adjacent to the Oyster Creek in the Forked River section of Lacey Township in Ocean County, New Jersey. Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Station is the oldest operating power plant in the United States.
Oyster Farmer Oyster Farmer is a 2004 Australian romantic comedy / drama film about a young man who runs away to the Hawkesbury River and gets a job with eighth generation oyster famers. It was written and directed by Anna Reeves, and stars Alex O'Loughlin and Diana Glenn.
Oyster omelette Oyster omelette is a Chinese dish which originated in Fujian. It is also popular in places with Fujianese influences such as in Guangdong, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan (where it is often sold in night markets).
Oyster pirate Oyster pirate is a term rarely if ever encountered outside of accounts of the life of Jack London. It is often mentioned without any explanation ("he was a jailbird, sailor, seal-hunter, oyster pirate, novelist, laundry worker, yachtsman, and coal shoveler"), as if everyone knew the meaning of the term.
Oyster Point City Center City Center at Oyster Point is one of the fastest-growing central business districts in the Oyster Point section of Newport News, Virginia. It is a 52-acre high density mixed-use development that has 230,000 Sq.
Oyster Run The Oyster Run is a motorcycle rally held annually each September since 1981 in Anacortes, Washington. It is the largest rally in the Pacific Northwestwith 2006 attendance estimated in the tens of thousands [http://www.
Oyster sauce Oyster sauce () is a viscous] dark brown [[sauce commonly used in Chinese and Filipino cuisine. Oyster sauce is prepared from oysters, brine, umami flavour enhancers such as MSG, and typically contains chemical preservatives to increase its shelf life.
Oyster toadfish The oyster toadfish, Opsanus tau, also known as the ugly toad or the oyster cracker, is a fish of the family Batrachoididae. The maximum length of the toadfish is about 38 cm; the most common recorded length of an oyster toadfish is about 30 cm.
Oyster vermicelli Oyster vermicelli (Chinese: 蚵仔麵線, Pronunciations: Kèzái miànxiàn (in Mandarin), ô-á mī-sòaⁿ (in Min Nan) ) is a kind of noodle soup that is popular in Taiwan and Xiamen. Its main ingredients are oysters and Taiwanese vermicelli, made to be tasty and full of aroma.
Oystercatcher The Oystercatchers are a group of waders; they form the family Haematopodidae, which has a single genus, Haematopus. They are large obvious and noisy plover-like birds, with strong bills used for smashing or prising open molluscs.
Oysterhaven Oysterhaven is a sea-inlet on the coast of County Cork, Ireland; it is the inlet immediately to the east of Kinsale harbour. The land bordering the northern and eastern sides of the inlet is also known as Oysterhaven.
Oysterhead Oysterhead is a supergroup rock band featuring guitarist Trey Anastasio of Phish, bassist Les Claypool of Primus, and drummer Stewart Copeland of The Police. The style and sound of the band is a unique, somewhat eclectic mix between Anastasio's jam band style, the bass-oriented funk metal music of Claypool, and the reggae-influenced beats of Copeland.
Oysters Rockefeller Oysters Rockefeller is a famous oyster dish created at the New Orleans institution Antoine's. Antoine´s was founded in 1840 by Antoine Alciatore, who moved to New Orleans, after two frustrating years in New York, to open a restaurant of his own.
OYAP OYAP Trust, formerly the Oxfordshire Youth Arts Partnership, has been working in the UK since 1998 to further the education of young people through participation in the arts, allowing them to develop skills, confidence and self-esteem, and giving the most vulnerable young people access to mainstream education, arts and training opportunities.
Oz (magazine) Oz was first published as a satirical humour magazine between 1963–69 in Sydney, Australia and, in its second and more famous incarnation, became a "psychedelic hippy" magazine from 1967 to 1973 in London. Strongly identified as part of the underground press, it was the subject of two celebrated obscenity trials, one in Australia in 1964 and the other in the UK in 1971.
Oz Bengur Oz Bengur was a candidate in Maryland's 3rd Congressional District (Baltimore-Annapolis area) that was being vacated by Congressman Ben Cardin. Bengur has served as treasurer of the Maryland Democratic Party, and competed in the Democratic Primary on September 12th.
Oz Clarke Oz Clarke is a well-known British wine expert, television and radio personality and author of many books on wine. He first appeared on television was as a resident wine expert on the BBC2 Food and Drink programme together with Jilly Goolden.
Oz Fox Oz Fox (born Richard Alfonso Martinez) is the lead guitarist of the Christian metal band Stryper. Martinez claimed the name Oz Fox in honor of Ozzy Osbourne due to being able to emulate the vocals of the Osbourne while playing Black Sabbath covers in his pre-Stryper days.

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