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The most popular wood for constructing barrels. Oak imparts flavors and tannin to wines during the barrel aging process; home winemakers can also accomplish this by using oak chips or powder.
Ãâó: www.grapestompers.com/glossary.htm
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| oatmeal |
A colloid-containing grain that soothes the skinand can be very helpful for itchy skin conditions. Oatmeal is often included in face masks and soaps because it absorbs oil from the skin's surface and lessens redness of irritating acne-prone skin. Non-irritating oatmeal soaps are a good choice for people with sensitive skin.
Ãâó: skincarerx.org/dictpg2.html
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| OA |
The agent at origin who handles the estimating, scheduling, conducting of a survey, packing and loading of a shipment at the place of departure. The origin agent and booking agent may or may not be one and the same.
Ãâó: www.aarnold.net/terminology.htm
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| oasis |
The AIS online production environment is called OASIS. All the central administrative applications run within this mainframe environment.
Ãâó: www.payroll.ucla.edu/pps/glossary.asp
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| OAE |
) This is a test that measures how well a child's cochlea, or inner ear works. A soft rubber ear piece is placed in the baby's outer ear and makes a soft clicking sound. Healthy ears will "echo" the click sound back to a microphone inside the ear piece that is in the baby's ear.
Ãâó: www.newborn-hearing-screening.org/glossary.htm
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