OA

"OA" is a common misspelling or typo for: boa, oaf, oak, oar, oat, ova, ox.

Specialty Definition: OA

Domain	Definition
Census	(Office Automation) The integration of all information functions in the office, which includes word processing, data processing, electronic mail, graphics, and desktop publishing. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Oa

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Oa is a fictional planet located at the center of the universe in DC Comics.

One of the oldest planets, Oa serves as the home and headquarter to a race of blue-skinned powerful humanoids who have dubbed themselves the Guardians of the Universe who administer the Green Lantern Corps.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Oa."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: OA

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
OA	English	Operational Approval	N/A
OA	German	Ausgaben die sich zwingend aus dem Vertrag oder den aufgrund des Vertrages erlassenen Rechtsakten ergeben	European Union, Finance
OA	Swedish	Operationsanalys	Computing, Meteorology & Standards
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: OA

Synonyms by domain: ocular albinism (medicine), office automation (computing), Olympic Airways (transportation), Operating Assembly (engineering & technology, labor), Operational Approval (military & defense), operator access (computing), Optical Absorption (physics), Outgoing Access (computing, post & telecom).

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Crosswords: OA

English words defined with "OA": One-valued function. (references)

Non-English Usage: "OA" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Bavarian (egg).

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Modern Usage: OA

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	OA jagt Oberärztin (1999)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: OA

Domain	Title
References	OA System Plaza Company, Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Analytical Chemistry in Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing. Ed by W.S. Lyon. Based on Pap Pres at the Conf Held Oct 4-6, 1977, Spons by Analytical Chem Div, oa (reference) Boats That Float: Learning the Oa Sound (Power Phonics/Phonics for the Real World) (reference) El secret d'Hiva Oa (reference) Oa (Vowel Blends) (reference) Three Tragedies by Renaissance Women: The Tragedie of Iphigeneia/the Tragedie Oa Antonie/the Tragedie of Mariam (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Moeletsi Oa Basotho (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Fugitive Vol. 6 Nightmare at North Oa (reference) Orvis Hooked On Fly Fishing, OA Trevelin Lodge, Argentina (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Oa a Reggea Tip [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: OA

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Debutante reading with cat and owl:] ahh, abash, accouchment, ape, acorn, oa. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: OA

"OA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 94.64% of the time. "OA" is used about 56 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	94.64%	53	46,657
Noun (common)	3.57%	2	245,945
Noun (singular)	1.79%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	56	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: OA

Country	Name
Japan	OA System Plaza Company, Limited
	(more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: OA

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
how oa	175	ceremony oa	3
2003 fsis.usda.gov oa recall rnr028 rnrfiles	13	bsa oa	3
4m oa	11	kauna oa	3
hiva oa	8	america bank oa	3
news oa	6	m210.7.pdf manual oa	3
oa patch	6	hagen oa	2
meeting oa	6	grey oa sheet	2
oa computer	5	group oa	2
cdmd oa	5	ceremony eagle oa	2
12004 codfa5 dba drms11i html main oa page.htm	4	4m oa skyhawk	2
bsa.org oa	4	boy joke oa scout	2
oa online	4	oa rheumatoid	2
fsis.usda.gov oa recall	4	10 oa	2
93 oa	4	gray oa sheet	2
1771 oa	4	h.o.w oa	2
flaps oa	3
		h.o.w oa	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: OA

Language		Translations for "OA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Japanese Kanji		エンボス� 工 (auction, audience, audience survey, audio, audiometer, audio-visual, audition, auditorium, Austin, Australia, Australopithecus, Austria, authentic, authority, authorization, authorize, auto, auto door, auto focus, auto parlor, auto player, auto show, autobacks, autobiography, autocamping, auto-changer, autocracy, autocross, automatic, automatic clutch, automatic control, automatic stop, automatic transmission, automatic tuning deck, auto-nurse, autopilot, auxin, custom-made, eau de Cologne, embossment, enlargement, enrich, haute couture, made-to-order, motorcycle race, motorcycle), oak, oaks, oats, ocean, ocean race, oceanaut, Odin, office automation, office lady, ogre, OK, OL, old girl, orc, orchard, orchestra, orchestra box, order, order entry system, order made, ordinary, organdy, organization, organize, organizer, orgasm, orgy, orgy party, orthodox, ostrich). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		オーエー (office automation). (various references)

Manx		Meayl Eeley (Mull of Oa). (various references)

Pig Latin		oaay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: OA

Derivations
	Words beginning with "OA": oaf, oafish, oafishly, oafishness, oafishnesses, oafs, oak, oaken, oaklike, oakmoss, oakmosses, oaks, oakum, oakums, oar, oared, oarfish, oarfishes, oaring, oarless, oarlike, oarlock, oarlocks, oars, oarsman, oarsmanship, oarsmanships, oarsmen, oarswoman, oarswomen, oases, oasis, oast, oasthouse, oasthouses, oasts, oat, oatcake, oatcakes, oaten, oater, oaters, oath, oaths, oatlike, oatmeal, oatmeals, oats, oaves. (additional references)
	Words ending with "OA": anoa, balboa, bilboa, boa, cocoa, curacoa, ectozoa, entozoa, epizoa, feijoa, genoa, goa, halloa, hilloa, holloa, hulloa, jerboa, keitloa, koa, metazoa, moa, proa, protozoa, quinoa, spermatozoa, sporozoa, stoa, whoa, zoa. (additional references)
	Words containing "OA": aboard, aboveboard, abroach, abroad, afloat, airboat, airboats, aircoach, aircoaches, alloantibodies, alloantibody, alloantigen, alloantigens, aminoaciduria, aminoacidurias, anoas, anthozoan, anthozoans, antibillboard, anticoagulant, anticoagulants, antifoam, antifoaming, antipoaching, apoapsides, apoapsis, approach, approachabilities, approachability, approachable, approached, approaches, approaching, archaeoastronomies, archaeoastronomy, armload, armloads, astarboard, autoantibodies, autoantibody, autoloading, backboard, backboards, balboas, bareboat, bareboats, bargeboard, bargeboards, baseboard, baseboards, beaverboard. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: OA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words containing the letters "a-o"
	+1 letter: abo, ado, ago, avo, azo, boa, goa, hao, koa, moa, oaf, oak, oar, oat, oca, oka, ora, ova, tao, zoa.
	+2 letters: abos, ados, aeon, aero, agio, agog, agon, ahoy, aloe, alow, also, alto, ambo, ammo, amok, anoa, anon, apod, arco, arvo, atom, atop, auto, avos, avow, awol, axon, azon, boar, boas, boat, bola, bora, bota, calo, capo, chao, ciao, coal, coat, coax, coca, coda, cola, coma, coxa, dado, dago, dato, doat, dona, dopa, fado, fano, faro, foal, foam, fora, gaol, goad, goal, goas, goat, halo, hoar, hoax, hora, hoya, iota, jato, jiao, jota, kaon, kayo, koan, koas, kola, load, loaf, loam, loan, loca, lota, mako, mano, mayo, moan, moas, moat, mola, mora, moxa, naoi, naos, noma, nona, nota, nova, oafs, oaks, oars, oast, oath, oats, obia, ocas, odea, ofay, ogam, ohia, okas, okay, okra, olea, olla, opah, opal, orad, oral, orca, orra, osar, ossa, oval, prao, proa, rato, road, roam, roan, roar, rota, sago, soak, soap, soar, soda, sofa, soja, sola, soma, sora, soya, stoa, taco, taos, taro, toad, toea, toga, tola, tora, whoa, woad, yoga, zoea.
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