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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

orange-red
orangish-red adjective of red tinged with orange

orange-sized
adjective having the approximate size of an orange

orangeade
noun sweetened beverage of diluted orange juice

Orangeman
noun a member of a society founded in Ireland in 1795 to uphold Protestantism and the British sovereign

orangery
noun a place where oranges are grown; a plantation of orange trees in warm climes or a greenhouse in cooler areas

orangewood
noun fine-grained wood of an orange tree; used in fine woodwork

orangutan
orang noun large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits

oration
noun an instance of oratory; `he delivered an oration on the decline of family values`

orator
speechmaker noun a person who delivers a speech or oration

oratorical
adjective characteristic of an orator or oratory; `oratorical prose`; `harangued his men in an oratorical way`- Robert Graves

oratory
noun addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous); `he loved the sound of his own oratory`

orb web
noun a circular spider web

orb-weaving
adjective of spiders who weave circular webs

orb-weaving spider
noun a spider that spins a circular (or near circular) web

orbiculate
orbicular adjective circular or nearly circular

orbiculate leaf
noun circular or nearly circular leaf

Orbignya
genus Orbignya noun palms of southern Mexico to northern South America: babassu palm

Orbison
Roy Orbison noun United States composer and rockabilly tenor popular in the 1950s (1936-1988)

orbit
celestial orbit noun the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another; `he plotted the orbit of the moon`

orbit
noun the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom

orbit period
noun the time it takes to complete one full orbit around a celestial body; `the orbit period depends on the altitude of the satellite`

orbital
adjective of or relating to an orbit; `orbital revolution`; `orbital velocity`

orbital plane
noun (astronomy) the plane on which a body is orbiting

orbital rotation
orbital motion noun motion of an object in an orbit around a fixed point; `satellites in orbital rotation`

orbitale
orbital point noun the craniometric point at the lowest point on the lower edge of the orbit

orchard grass
cocksfoot noun widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass

orchard oriole
Icterus spurius noun the male is chestnut-and-black

Orchestia
genus Orchestia noun type genus of the family Orchestiidae

Orchestiidae
family Orchestiidae noun beach fleas

orchestra
noun seating on the main floor in a theater

orchestra pit
noun lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers

orchestral
adjective relating to or composed for an orchestra; `orchestral score`

orchestrated
adjective arranged for performance by an orchestra

orchestration
noun an arrangement of a piece of music for performance by an orchestra or band

orchestrator
noun an arranger who writes for orchestras

orchid
orchidaceous plant noun any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors

Orchidaceae
family Orchidaceae noun enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers

Orchidales
order Orchidales noun order of plants with irregular flowers having minute seeds: Orchidaceae; Burmanniaceae

orchidalgia
noun pain in the testes

orchidectomy
orchiectomy noun surgical removal of one or both testicles

orchidlike
orchid-like adjective having a flower that resembles an orchid

orchil
archil noun a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens

orchiopexy
noun operation to bring an undescended testicle into the scrotum

orchis
noun any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes

Orchis papilionaceae
noun Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip

orchitis
noun inflammation of one or both testes; characterized by pain and swelling

orchotomy
noun surgical incision into the testis to obtain material for analysis (as in cases of abnormally low sperm count)

Orcinus
genus Orcinus noun killer whales

Ord kangaroo rat
Dipodomys ordi noun most widely distributed kangaroo rat: plains and mountain areas of central and western United States

ordain
verb order by virtue of superior authority; decree; `The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews`; `the legislature enacted this law in 1985`

ordained
adjective invested with ministerial or priestly functions; `an ordained priest`

ordainer
noun a cleric who ordains; a cleric who admits someone to holy orders

ordeal
trial by ordeal noun a primitive method of determining a person`s guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence

order
ordering noun the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement; `there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list`

order
parliamentary law noun a body of rules followed by an assembly

order arms
noun a position in the manual of arms; the rifle is held vertically on the right side with the butt on the ground; often used as a command

order book
noun a book in which customers` orders are entered; usually makes multiple copies of the order

order Chelonia
Testudinata noun tortoises and turtles

order form
noun a form to use when placing an order

order Myxobacteria
Myxobacterales noun an order of higher bacteria

order of magnitude
magnitude noun a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10

order of magnitude
noun a degree in a continuum of size or quantity; `it was on the order of a mile`; `an explosion of a low order of magnitude`

order of the day
noun the order of business for an assembly on a given day

Order of the Purple Heart
Purple Heart noun a United States military decoration awarded to any member of the armed forces who is wounded in action

order paper
order book noun a printed copy of the order of the day

ordered
orderly adjective marked by system or regularity or discipline; `a quiet ordered house`; `an orderly universe`; `a well regulated life`

orderer
systematizer noun an organizer who puts things in order; `Aristotle was a great orderer of ideas`

ordering
order noun logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; `we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation`

orderliness
methodicalness noun the quality of appreciating method and system

orderly
systematic adjective not haphazard; `a series of orderly actions at regular hours`

orderly sergeant
noun the first sergeant of a company; duties formerly included the conveyance of orders

ordinal
adjective of or relating to a taxonomic order; `family and ordinal names of animals and plants`

ordinal number
ordinal noun the number designating place in an ordered sequence

ordinand
noun a person being ordained

ordinariness
noun the quality of being commonplace and ordinary

ordinary
adjective not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; `ordinary everyday objects`; `ordinary decency`; `an ordinary day`; `an ordinary wine`

ordinary
noun an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel

ordinary annuity
noun an annuity paid in a series of more or less equal payments at the end of equally spaced periods

ordinary bicycle
noun an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel

ordinate
noun the value of a coordinate on the vertical axis

ordinate
verb bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation; `align the wheels of my car`; `ordinate similar parts`

ordination
ordinance noun the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders; `the rabbi`s family was present for his ordination`

ordnance
ordnance store noun military supplies

Ordnance Survey
noun the official cartography agency of the British government

Ordovician
Ordovician period noun from 500 million to 425 million years ago; conodonts and ostracods and algae and seaweeds

ore
noun a monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden; 100 ore equal 1 krona

ore bed
noun a stratum of ore

Oread
noun (Greek mythology) one of the mountain nymphs

Oreamnos
genus Oreamnos noun mountain goats

Orectolobidae
family Orectolobidae noun nurse sharks and carpet sharks

Orectolobus
genus Orectolobus noun carpet sharks

oregano
marjoram noun aromatic Eurasian perennial

Oregon
Beaver State noun a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific

Oregon ash
Fraxinus latifolia noun timber tree of western North America yielding hard light wood; closely related to the red ash

Oregon cedar
Port Orford cedar noun large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet

Oregon crab apple
Malus fusca noun small tree or shrub of western United States having white blossoms and tiny yellow or red fruit

Oregon grape
hollygrape noun ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries

Oregon holly grape
hollygrape noun ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries

Oregon maple
big-leaf maple noun maple of western North America having large 5-lobed leaves orange in autumn

Oregon white oak
Oregon oak noun small deciduous tree of western North America with crooked branches and pale grey bark