| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| orabassu | noun | A South American monkey of the genus Callithrix, esp. |
| oracling | present participle & vb. noun | of Oracle |
| oracular | adjective | Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles; forecasting the future; as, an oracular tongue., Resembling an oracle in some way, as in solemnity, wisdom, authority, obscurity, ambiguity, dogmatism. |
| oragious | adjective | Stormy. |
| orangeat | noun | Candied orange peel; also, orangeade. |
| orangery | noun | A place for raising oranges; a plantation of orange trees. |
| orangite | An orange-yellow variety of the mineral thorite, found in Norway. | |
| oratorio | noun | A more or less dramatic text or poem, founded on some Scripture nerrative, or great divine event, elaborately set to music, in recitative, arias, grand choruses, etc., to be sung with an orchestral accompaniment, but without action, scenery, or costume, although the oratorio grew out of the Mysteries and the Miracle and Passion plays, which were acted., Performance or rendering of such a composition. |
| oratress | noun | A woman who makes public addresses. |
| orbation | noun | The state of being orbate, or deprived of parents or children; privation, in general; bereavement. |
| orbicula | noun | Same as Discina. |
| orbitary | adjective | Situated around the orbit; as, the orbitary feathers of a bird. |
| orbitude | noun | Alt. of Orbity |
| orbulina | noun | A genus of minute living Foraminifera having a globular shell. |
| orcadian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Orkney Islands. |
| orchanet | noun | Same as Alkanet, 2. |
| orchises | plural | of Orchis |
| orchitis | noun | Inflammation of the testicles. |
| ordained | imp. & past participle | of Ordain |
| ordainer | noun | One who ordains. |
| ordalian | adjective | Of or pertaining to trial by ordeal. |
| ordering | p pr. & vb. noun | of Order, Disposition; distribution; management. |
| ordinand | noun | One about to be ordained. |
| ordinant | adjective | Ordaining; decreeing., One who ordains. |
| ordinary | adjective | According to established order; methodical; settled; regular., Common; customary; usual., Of common rank, quality, or ability; not distinguished by superior excellence or beauty; hence, not distinguished in any way; commonplace; inferior; of little merit; as, men of ordinary judgment; an ordinary book., An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right, and not by deputation., One who has immediate jurisdiction in matters ecclesiastical; an ecclesiastical judge; also, a deputy of the bishop, or a clergyman appointed to perform divine service for condemned criminals and assist in preparing them for death., A judicial officer, having generally the powers of a judge of probate or a surrogate., The mass; the common run., That which is so common, or continued, as to be considered a settled establishment or institution., Anything which is in ordinary or common use., A dining room or eating house where a meal is prepared for all comers, at a fixed price for the meal, in distinction from one where each dish is separately charged; a table d’hote; hence, also, the meal furnished at such a dining room., A charge or bearing of simple form, one of nine or ten which are in constant use. The bend, chevron, chief, cross, fesse, pale, and saltire are uniformly admitted as ordinaries. Some authorities include bar, bend sinister, pile, and others. See Subordinary. |
| ordinate | adjective | Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical., The distance of any point in a curve or a straight line, measured on a line called the axis of ordinates or on a line parallel to it, from another line called the axis of abscissas, on which the corresponding abscissa of the point is measured., To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize. |
| ordnance | noun | Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, and howitzers; artillery; sometimes, a general term for all weapons and appliances used in war. |
| ordovian | adjective & noun | Ordovician. |
| ordurous | adjective | Of or pertaining to ordure; filthy. |
| oreodont | adjective | Resembling, or allied to, the genus Oreodon. |
| oreosoma | noun pl. | A genus of small oceanic fishes, remarkable for the large conical tubercles which cover the under surface. |
| organdie | noun | Alt. of Organdy |
| organism | noun | Organic structure; organization., An organized being; a living body, either vegetable or animal, compozed of different organs or parts with functions which are separate, but mutually dependent, and essential to the life of the individual. |
| organist | noun | One who plays on the organ., One of the priests who organized or sung in parts. |
| organity | noun | Organism. |
| organize | verb t. | To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being; organized matter; — in this sense used chiefly in the past participle., To arrange or constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize; to get into working order; — applied to products of the human intellect, or to human institutions and undertakings, as a science, a government, an army, a war, etc., To sing in parts; as, to organize an anthem. |
| organule | noun | One of the essential cells or elements of an organ. See Sense organule, under Sense. |
| orgulous | adjective | See Orgillous. |
| oriental | adjective | Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned with the East or Orientalism; — opposed to occidental; as, Oriental countries., A native or inhabitant of the Orient or some Eastern part of the world; an Asiatic., Eastern Christians of the Greek rite. |
| oriflamb | noun | Alt. of Oriflamme |
| origanum | noun | A genus of aromatic labiate plants, including the sweet marjoram (O. Marjorana) and the wild marjoram (O. vulgare). |
| original | adjective | Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as, the original state of man; the original laws of a country; the original inventor of a process., Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original process; the original text of Scripture., Having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; inventive; as, an original genius., Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter., Origin; commencement; source., That which precedes all others of its class; archetype; first copy; hence, an original work of art, manuscript, text, and the like, as distinguished from a copy, translation, etc., An original thinker or writer; an originator., A person of marked eccentricity., The natural or wild species from which a domesticated or cultivated variety has been derived; as, the wolf is thought by some to be the original of the dog, the blackthorn the original of the plum. |
| oriskany | adjective | Designating, or pertaining to, certain beds, chiefly limestone, characteristic of the latest period of the Silurian age. |
| orkneyan | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Orkney islands. |
| ornament | noun | That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment., To adorn; to deck; to embellish; to beautify; as, to ornament a room, or a city. |
| ornately | adverb | In an ornate manner. |
| ornature | noun | Decoration; ornamentation. |
| ornithic | adjective | Of or pertaining to birds; as, ornithic fossils. |
| ornitho- | A combining form fr. Gr. /, /, a bird. | |
| ornithon | noun | An aviary; a poultry house. |
| orphaned | imp. & past participle | of Orphan |
| orphancy | noun | Orphanhood. |
| orphanet | noun | A little orphan. |
| orpiment | noun | Arsenic sesquisulphide, produced artificially as an amorphous lemonyellow powder, and occurring naturally as a yellow crystalline mineral; — formerly called auripigment. It is used in king’s yellow, in white Indian fire, and in certain technical processes, as indigo printing. |
| orreries | plural | of Orrery |
| orseille | noun | See Archil. |
| orsellic | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in certain lichens, and called also lecanoric acid. |
| orthodox | adjective | Sound in opinion or doctrine, especially in religious doctrine; hence, holding the Christian faith; believing the doctrines taught in the Scriptures; — opposed to heretical and heterodox; as, an orthodox Christian., According or congruous with the doctrines of Scripture, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, or the like; as, an orthodox opinion, book, etc., Approved; conventional. |
| orthoepy | noun | The art of uttering words correctly; a correct pronunciation of words; also, mode of pronunciation. |
| orthogon | noun | A rectangular figure. |
| orthopny | noun | Specifically, a morbid condition in which respiration can be performed only in an erect posture; by extension, any difficulty of breathing. |
| orvietan | noun | A kind of antidote for poisons; a counter poison formerly in vogue. |
| oryctere | noun | The aard-vark. |