| old key | |
| old man | |
| old woman | |
| om | |
| omelette | |
| omg | |
| on! arrow | |
| oncoming automobile | |
| oncoming bus | |
| oncoming fist | |
| oncoming police car | |
| oncoming taxi | |
| one o’clock | |
| one-storey | |
| one-storeyed | |
| one-thirty | |
| on-line service | |
| on the dole | |
| open-air theatre | |
| open book | |
| open file folder | |
| open goods truck | |
| open hands | |
| open line | |
| open lock | |
| open mailbox with lowered flag | |
| open mailbox with raised flag | |
| open point | |
| open wagon | |
| operating theatre | |
| optical disc | |
| optical fibre | |
| orange book | |
| ore-carrying wagon | |
| organisation | |
| organisation of work | |
| organosulphur compound | |
| orientate | |
| orthodox cross | |
| orthopaedics | |
| orthopaedist | |
| ostracise | |
| outbox tray | |
| outer home signal | |
| out of order | |
| over | |
| overfertilisation | |
| overhead railway | |
| overlap | |
| overseas | |
| British English |