Definition of onus

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Onus (n.) A burden; an obligation.

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Bonus :: Bonus (n.) A premium given for a loan, or for a charter or other privilege granted to a company; as the bank paid a bonus for its charter..
Catelectrotonic :: Catelectrotonic (a.) Relating to, or characterized by, catelectrotonus..
Anelectrotonus :: Anelectrotonus (n.) The condition of decreased irritability of a nerve in the region of the positive electrode or anode on the passage of a current of electricity through it.
Catelectrotonus :: Catelectrotonus (n.) The condition of increased irritability of a nerve in the region of the cathode or negative electrode, on the passage of a current of electricity through it..
Hemionus :: Hemionus (n.) A wild ass found in Thibet; the kiang.
Galvanotonus :: Galvanotonus (n.) Same as Electrotonus.
Bonus :: Bonus (n.) An extra dividend to the shareholders of a joint stock company, out of accumulated profits..
Cone :: Cone (n.) A shell of the genus Conus, having a conical form..
Conusant :: Conusant (a.) See Cognizant.
Powen :: Powen (n.) A small British lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeoides, or C. ferus); -- called also gwyniad and lake herring..
Nonusance :: Nonusance (n.) Neglect of using; failure to use.
Phototonus :: Phototonus (n.) A motile condition in plants resulting from exposure to light.
Dziggetai :: Dziggetai (n.) The kiang, a wild horse or wild ass of Thibet (Asinus hemionus)..
Electrotonic :: Electrotonic (a.) Relating to electrotonus; as, the electrotonic condition of a nerve..
Pleurothotonus :: Pleurothotonus (n.) A species of tetanus, in which the body is curved laterally..
Roundfish :: Roundfish (n.) A lake whitefish (Coregonus quadrilateralis), less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska..
Conus :: Conus (n.) A Linnean genus of mollusks having a conical shell. See Cone, n., 4..
Clarisonus :: Clarisonus (a.) Having a clear sound.
Pedipalpi :: Pedipalpi (n pl.) A division of Arachnida, including the whip scorpions (Thelyphonus) and allied forms. Sometimes used in a wider sense to include also the true scorpions..
Cumshaw :: Cumshaw (n.) A present or bonus; -- originally applied to that paid on ships which entered the port of Canton.
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