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Webster Dictionary :: Orology

OROL'OGY, n. [Gr. a mountain, and discourse.] The science or description of moun...

Webster Dictionary :: Orphan

OR'PHAN, n. [Gr.] A child who is bereaved of father or mother or of both. OR'PHA...

Webster Dictionary :: Orphanage

OR'PHANAGE, OR'PHANISM, n. The state of an orphan.

Webster Dictionary :: Orphanotrophy

ORPHANOT'ROPHY, n. [Gr. orphan, and food.] A hospital for orphans.

Webster Dictionary :: Orphean

OR'PHEAN, OR'PHEUS, n. A fish found in the Mediterranean, broad, flat and thick,...

Webster Dictionary :: Orphic

OR'PHIC, a. Pertaining to Orpheus, the poet and musician; as Orphic hymns.

Webster Dictionary :: Orpiment

OR'PIMENT, n. [L. auripigmentum; aurum, gold, and pigmentum.] Sulphuret of arsen...

Webster Dictionary :: Orpine

OR'PINE, n. A plant of the genus Sedum, lesser houseleek or live-long. The basta...

Webster Dictionary :: Orrach

OR'RACH, n. A plant of the genus Atriplex, used as a substitute for spinage. Wil...

Webster Dictionary :: Orrery

OR'RERY, n. A machine so constructed as to represent by the movements of its par...

Webster Dictionary :: Orris

OR'RIS, n. 1. The plant iris, of which orris See ms to be a corruption; fleur de...

Webster Dictionary :: Ort

ORT, n. A fragment; refuse.

Webster Dictionary :: Ortalon

OR'TALON, n. A small bird of the genus Alauda.

Webster Dictionary :: Orthite

OR'THITE, n. [Gr. straight.] A mineral occurring in straight layers in felspath ...

Webster Dictionary :: Orthoceratite

ORTHOCER'ATITE, n. [Gr. straight, and a horn.] The name of certain fossil unival...

Webster Dictionary :: Orthodox

OR'THODOX, a. [See Orthodoxy .] 1. Sound in the christian faith; believing the g...

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