impeded or plagued by obstacles.

plural of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

(law) Interference with the administration of law and justice, as by ignorance of a justification, fraud of evidential validity, or not disclosing discovery of facts, or by doing damage to a witness, officer, juror.

(computer security) Relying on a potential attacker's lack of knowledge will maintain security.

A policy of deliberately planning or designing a product with a limited useful life, so it will become obsolete or nonfunctional after a certain period.

A member of a Franciscan order that strictly observes the rules of St. Francis.

(gastroenterology) An obstruction of the intestines which prevents normal digestion.

(astronomy) The extent of a universe within the cosmological horizon of an observer.

preoccupation with self; egocentrism; selfishness

plural of observable universe