Definition of onus

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Onus (n.) A burden; an obligation.

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Conus :: Conus (n.) A Linnean genus of mollusks having a conical shell. See Cone, n., 4..
Conusor :: Conusor (n.) See Cognizor.
Gwiniad :: Gwiniad (n.) A fish (Coregonus ferus) of North Wales and Northern Europe, allied to the lake whitefish; -- called also powan, and schelly..
Sycophancy :: Syconus (n.) A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig..
Electrotonic :: Electrotonic (a.) Relating to electrotonus; as, the electrotonic condition of a nerve..
Nonusance :: Nonusance (n.) Neglect of using; failure to use.
Conus :: Conus (n.) A cone.
Pleurothotonus :: Pleurothotonus (n.) A species of tetanus, in which the body is curved laterally..
Parrot :: Parrot (n.) Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus, and other genera of the family Psittacidae, as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories. They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako (P. erithacus) of Africa (see Jako), and the species of Amazon, or green, parrots (Chrysotis) of America, are examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases..
Woodchat :: Woodchat (n.) A European shrike (Enneoctonus rufus). In the male the head and nape are rufous red; the back, wings, and tail are black, varied with white..
Premium :: Premium (n.) Something offered or given for the loan of money; bonus; -- sometimes synonymous with interest, but generally signifying a sum in addition to the capital..
Roundfish :: Roundfish (n.) A lake whitefish (Coregonus quadrilateralis), less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska..
Cumshaw :: Cumshaw (n.) A present or bonus; -- originally applied to that paid on ships which entered the port of Canton.
Electrotonus :: Electrotonus (n.) The modified condition of a nerve, when a constant current of electricity passes through any part of it. See Anelectrotonus, and Catelectrotonus..
Electrotonize :: Electrotonize (v. t.) To cause or produce electrotonus.
Mistonusk :: Mistonusk (n.) The American badger.
Bonuses :: Bonuses (pl. ) of Bonu.
Onus :: Onus (n.) A burden; an obligation.
Dziggetai :: Dziggetai (n.) The kiang, a wild horse or wild ass of Thibet (Asinus hemionus)..
Lavaret :: Lavaret (n.) A European whitefish (Coregonus laveretus), found in the mountain lakes of Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland..
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