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onion seedUsed other than as an idiom: A seed produced by an onion plant.Rate it:
onion seedThe strong-flavored seed of black caraway or nigella, Nigella sativa, which is deep black with flat sides, like those of the onion.Rate it:
only daughterUsed other than as an idiom: see only, daughter.Rate it:
only daughterThe sole female among siblings.Rate it:
only fools and horses workPhilosophy of life that people who do not look for an easy way of earning a living are foolish.Rate it:
only game in townThe only opportunity, activity, or resource available.Rate it:
only Nixon could go to ChinaOnly a politician or leader with an impeccable reputation of upholding particular political values could do an action in seeming defiance of them without jeopardizing his support or credibility.Rate it:
only sonUsed other than as an idiom: see only, son.Rate it:
only sonA sole male child among multiple siblings.Rate it:
only the good die youngAlternative form of the good die young.Rate it:
only the tip of the icebergTip of the iceberg speaks to the relative size of an Atlantic iceberg as the exposed tip above the seas' surface is only one eighth of the actual vertical size of the entire mass. Seven eighths of the ice is below the sea level.Rate it:
only time will tellAlternative form of time will tell.Rate it:
onoAbbreviation of or nearest offer.Rate it:
onoAbbreviation of over and out.Rate it:
ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny(biology, social sciences, art, philosophy) The physical, cultural, moral, or intellectual development of each individual passes through stages similar to the developmental stages of that individual's species, society, or civilization.1905, J. A. Harris, "The Importance of Investigations of Seedling Stages," Science, New Series, vol. 22, no. 554, p. 186:With reference to seedling stages the statement that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny must be made with great reserve.1961, M. E. Wolfgang, "Pioneers in Criminology: Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909)," The Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Police Science, vol. 52, no. 4, p. 367:Haeckel maintained that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny, and this idea was incorporated by Lombroso into his parallelism between the criminal and the child.2002, B. S. Jackson, "Models in Legal History: The Case of Biblical Law," Journal of Law and Religion, vol. 18, no. 1, p. 11:For even if we accept that "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny," those responsible for the drafting of ancient legal documents were not children, and are hardly to be endowed with some form of infantile mentality.Rate it:
onwards and upwardsThings are getting betterRate it:

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