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Offensive or disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency, especially relating to sexual matters.

Not discovered or known about; uncertain.

The action or process of observing something or someone carefully.

Plural of observation; multiple remarks or comments based on what one has noticed.

To notice or perceive something and register it as being significant.

Past tense and past participle of observe; watched or noticed something.

A person who watches or notices something.

Present participle of observe; the act of watching or noticing something carefully.

Preoccupied or filled with thoughts of something or someone to a troubling extent.

An idea or thought that continually preoccupies or intrudes on a person's mind.

Of the nature of an obsession; preoccupying one's thoughts excessively.

A thing that blocks one's way or prevents or hinders progress.

Plural of obstacle; multiple things that block progress or hinder movement.

A thing that impedes or blocks; a blockage.

To get, acquire, or secure something.

Past tense and past participle of obtain; got or acquired something.

Easily perceived or understood; clear and self-evident.

In a way that is easily perceived or understood; clearly.

A particular time or instance of an event.

Occurring, appearing, or done infrequently and irregularly.

At infrequent or irregular intervals; now and then.

Plural of occasion; multiple particular times or instances of events.

A job or profession.

(Of a space or seat) Being used by someone.

To reside or have one's place of business in a building.

To happen; to take place.

Past tense and past participle of occur; happened or took place.

Third person singular present of occur; happens or takes place.

A very large expanse of sea, especially one of the five main areas into which the sea is divided geographically.

Plural of ocean; the five major bodies of salt water (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic).

An abbreviation for October, the tenth month of the year.

A cephalopod mollusk with eight sucker-bearing arms, a soft sac-like body, and strong beak-like jaws.

(noun, informal) An overdose, especially of a narcotic drug.

Strange or unusual; different from what is expected or ordinary.

In a strange or unusual manner.

The probability or likelihood of something happening or being the case.

Expressing the relationship between a part and a whole.

Away from a place or position.

(British spelling) A breach of a law or rule; an illegal act or crime.

(transitive) To cause someone to feel hurt, upset, or insulted.

Feeling hurt, upset, or resentful because of a perceived insult or disrespectful treatment.

A person who commits an illegal act or breaks a rule.

Plural of offender; people who commit illegal acts or break rules.

(American spelling) A breach of a law or rule; an illegal act or crime.

(adjective) Causing someone to feel hurt, upset, or insulted.

To present something for acceptance or rejection.

Past tense and past participle of "offer"; presented something for acceptance or rejection.

(noun) Something presented as a gift, especially to a deity or for a religious purpose.

(noun, plural) Proposals or expressions of willingness to do something or give something.

A room or building where people work, typically at desks.