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ORTHOP'NY, n. [Gr. right, erect, and breath; to breathe.] 1. A species of asthma...
OR'TIVE, a. [L. ortivus, from ortus, orior, to rise.] Rising, or eastern. The or...
OR'TOLAN, n. [L. hortulanus, from hortus, a garden.] A bird of the genus Emberiz...
ORTS, n. Fragments; pieces; refuse.
OR'VAL, n. The herb clary.
ORVIE'TAN, n. An antidote or counter poison. [Not used.]
ORYCTOGNOS'TIC, a. Pertaining to oryctognosy.
ORYCTOG'NOSY, n. [Gr. fossil, and knowledge.] That branch of mineralogy which ha...
ORYCTOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. fossil, and to describe.] That part of natural history in...
ORYCTOL'OGY, n. [Gr. fossil, and discourse.] That part of physics which treats o...
OS'CHEOCELE, n. [Gr. the scrotum, and a tumor.] A rupture in the scrotum; scrota...
OS'CILLATE, v.i. [L. oscillo, from ant. cillo, Gr. to move.] To swing; to move b...
OSCILLA'TION, n. [L. oscillatio.] Vibration; a moving backward and forward, or s...
OS'CILLATORY, a. Moving backward and forward like a pendulum; swinging; as an os...
OS'CITANCY, n. [L. oscito, to yawn, from os, the mouth.] 1. The act of gaping or...
OS'CITANT, a. 1. Yawning; gaping. 2. Sleepy; drowsy; dull; sluggish.