Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter O - Page 20
Opsimath (n.) (pl. -s) A person who begins to learn late in life.
Opsimathy (n.) 晚年教育 Education late in life. [R.] -- Hales.
Opsiometer (n.) [醫] 視力計 An instrument for measuring the limits of distincts vision in different individuals, and thus determiming the proper focal length of a lens for correcting imperfect sight. -- Brande & C.
Opsonation (n.) A catering; a buying of provisions. [Obs.] -- Bailey.
Optable (a.) That may be chosen; desirable. [Obs.] -- Cockeram.
Optate (v. i.) To choose; to wish for; to desire. [Obs.] -- Cotgrave.
Optation (n.) The act of optating; a wish. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Optative (a.) Expressing desire or wish. -- Fuller.
Optative mood (Gram.), That mood or form of a verb, as in Greek, Sanskrit, etc., in which a wish or desire is expressed.
Optative (n.) Something to be desired. [R.] -- Bacon.
Optative (n.) (Gram.) The optative mood; also, a verb in the optative mood.
Optative (a.) Indicating an option or wish.
Optative (a.) Relating to a mood of verbs in some languages; "optative verb endings."
Optative (n.) A mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs [syn: optative mood, optative].
Optatively (adv.) In an optative manner; with the expression of desire. [R.]
God blesseth man imperatively, and man blesseth God optatively. -- Bp. Hall.
Optic, Optical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or using vision or sight; as, optical illusions.
Syn: ocular, optic, visual.
The moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views. -- Milton.
Optic, Optical (a.) Of or pertaining to the eye; ocular; as, the optic nerves (the first pair of cranial nerves) which are distributed to the retina; the optic (or optical) axis of the eye. See Illust. of Brain, and Eye.
Optic, Optical (a.) Relating to the science of optics or to devices designed to assist vision; as, optical works; optical equipment.
Optic angle (Opt.), The angle included between the optic axes of the two eyes when directed to the same point; -- sometimes called binocular parallax.
Optic axis. (Opt.) (a) A line drawn through the center of the eye perpendicular to its anterior and posterior surfaces.
In a normal eye it is in the direction of the optic axis that objects are most distinctly seen.
Optic axis. (Opt.) (b) The line in a doubly refracting crystal, in the direction of which no double refraction occurs. A
uniaxial crystal has one such line, a biaxial crystal has two.
Optical circle (Opt.), A graduated circle used for the measurement of angles in optical experiments.
Optical square, A surveyor's instrument with reflectors for laying off right angles.
Optic (n.) The organ of sight; an eye.
The difference is as great between The optics seeing, as the object seen. -- Pope.
Optic (n.) An eyeglass. [Obs.] -- Herbert. Optic
Optic (a.) Of or relating to or resembling the eye; "ocular muscles"; "an ocular organ"; "ocular diseases"; "the optic (or optical) axis of the eye"; "an ocular spot is a pigmented organ or part believed to be sensitive to light" [syn: ocular, optic, optical, opthalmic].
Optic (a.) Relating to or using sight; "ocular inspection"; "an optical illusion"; "visual powers"; "visual navigation" [syn: ocular, optic, optical, visual].
Optic (n.) The organ of sight [syn: eye, oculus, optic].
Optic (a.) Alt. of Optical.
Optical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or using vision or sight; as, optical illusions.
Syn: ocular, optic, visual.
The moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views. -- Milton.
Optical (a.) Of or pertaining to the eye; ocular; as, the optic nerves (the first pair of cranial nerves) which are distributed to the retina. See Illust. of Brain, and Eye.
Optical (a.) Relating to the science of optics or to devices designed to assist vision; as, optical works; optical equipment.
Optic angle (Opt.), The angle included between the optic axes of the two eyes when directed to the same point; -- sometimes called binocular parallax.
Optic axis. (Opt.) (a) A line drawn through the center of the eye perpendicular to its anterior and posterior surfaces.
In a normal eye it is in the direction of the optic axis that objects are most distinctly seen.
Optic axis. (Opt.) (b) The line in a doubly refracting crystal, in the direction of which no double refraction occurs. A uniaxial crystal has one such line, a biaxial crystal has two.
Optical circle (Opt.), A graduated circle used for the measurement of angles in optical experiments.
Optical square, A surveyor's instrument with reflectors for laying off right angles.
Optical (a.) Of or relating to or involving light or optics; "optical supplies."
Optical (a.) Relating to or using sight; "ocular inspection"; "an optical illusion"; "visual powers"; "visual navigation" [syn: ocular, optic, optical, visual].
Optical (a.) Of or relating to or resembling the eye; "ocular muscles"; "an ocular organ"; "ocular diseases"; "the optic (or optical) axis of the eye"; "an ocular spot is a pigmented organ or part believed to be sensitive to light" [syn: ocular, optic, optical, opthalmic].
Optically (adv.) By optics or sight.
Optically (adv.) With reference to optics.
Optically active, Optically inactive (Chem. Physics), terms used of certain isomeric substances which, while identical with each other in other respects, differ in this, viz., that they do or do not produce right-handed or left-handed circular polarization of light. See optical activity.
Optically positive, Optically negative. See under Refraction.
Optically (adv.) In an optical manner; "optically distorted."
Optician (a.) One skilled in optics. [R.] -- A. Smith.
Optician (a.) One who deals in optical glasses and instruments.
Optician (n.) A worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision [syn: optician, lens maker].
Optics (n.) That branch of physical science which treats of the nature and properties of light, the laws of its modification by opaque and transparent bodies, and the phenomena of vision.
Optics (n.) The branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light.
Optics (n.) Optical properties; "the optics of a telescop."
Optigraph (a.) A telescope with a diagonal eyepiece, suspended vertically in gimbals by the object end beneath a fixed diagonal plane mirror. It is used for delineating landscapes, by means of a pencil at the eye end which leaves the delineation on paper.
Optimacy (n.) Government by the nobility. [R.] -- Howell.
Optimacy (n.) Collectively, the nobility. [R.]
Optimate (a.) Of or pertaining to the nobility or aristocracy. [R.]
Optimate (n.) A nobleman or aristocrat; a chief man in a state or city. [R.] -- Chapman.
Optimates (n. pl.) The nobility or aristocracy of ancient Rome, as opposed to the populares.
Optime (n.) One of those who stand in the second rank of honors, immediately after the wranglers, in the University of Cambridge, England. They are divided into senior and junior optimes.
Optimism (n.) (Metaph.) 樂觀；樂觀主義 [U] The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature, being the work of God, is ordered for the best, or that the ordering of things in the universe is such as to produce the highest good.
Optimism (n.) A habitual tendency or a present disposition to take the most hopeful view of future events, and to expect a favorable outcome even when unfavorable outcomes are possible; -- opposed to pessimism.
Optimism (n.) The optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well [ant: pessimism].
Optimism (n.) A general disposition to expect the best in all things [ant: pessimism].
Optimism (n.) What a programmer is full of after fixing the last bug and before discovering the next last bug. Fred Brooks's book The Mythical Man-Month (See Brooks's Law) contains the following paragraph that describes this extremely well:
All programmers are optimists. Perhaps this modern sorcery especially attracts those who believe in happy endings and fairy godmothers.
Perhaps the hundreds of nitty frustrations drive away all but those who habitually focus on the end goal. Perhaps it is merely that computers are young, programmers are younger, and the young are always optimists.
But however the selection process works, the result is indisputable: ? This time it will surely run,? or ?I just found the last bug.?.
See also Lubarsky's Law of Cybernetic Entomology.
Optimism, () What a programmer is full of after fixing the last bug and just before actually discovering the *next* last bug. Fred Brooks's book "{The Mythical Man-Month" contains the following paragraph that describes this extremely well.
All programmers are optimists. Perhaps this modern sorcery especially attracts those who believe in happy endings and fairy god-mothers. Perhaps the hundreds of nitty frustrations drive away all but those who habitually focus on the end goal. Perhaps it is merely that computers are young, programmers are younger, and the young are always optimists. But however the selection process works, the result is indisputable: "This time it will surely run," or "I just found the last bug.".
See also Lubarsky's Law of Cybernetic Entomology.
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Optimism, (n.) The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong. It is held with greatest tenacity by those most accustomed to the mischance of falling into adversity, and is most acceptably expounded with the grin that apes a smile. Being a blind faith, it is inaccessible to the light of disproof – an intellectual disorder, yielding to no treatment but death. It is hereditary, but fortunately not contagious.
Optimist (n.) (Metaph.) 樂觀者；樂觀主義者 One who holds the opinion that all events are ordered for the best.
Optimist (n.) One who looks on the bright side of things, or takes hopeful views; one who experiences optimism[2]; -- opposed to pessimist.
Optimist (n.) A person disposed to take a favorable view of things [ant: {pessimist}].
Optimist (n.) A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
A pessimist applied to God for relief.
"Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness," said God.
"No," replied the petitioner, "I wish you to create something that would justify them."
"The world is all created," said God, "but you have overlooked something -- the mortality of the optimist."
Optimistic (a.) (Metaph.) 樂觀的 Of or pertaining to optimism; tending, or conforming, to the opinion that all events are ordered for the best.
Optimistic (a.) Hopeful; sanguine; as, an optimistic view.
Optimistic (a.) Expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds; "in an optimistic mood"; "optimistic plans"; "took an optimistic view" [ant: {pessimistic}].
Optimistic (a.) Expecting the best; "an affirmative outlook" [syn: {affirmative}, {optimistic}].
Optimistic (a.) (B2) 樂觀的 Hoping or believing that good things will happen in the future.
// She is optimistic about her chances of winning a gold medal.
Optimity (n.) [U] The state of being best. [R.] -- Bailey.
Optimity (n.) (Rare) The quality or fact of being the best or very good; excellence.
Option (n.) The power of choosing; the right of choice or election; an alternative.
There is an option left to the United States of America, whether they will be respectable and prosperous, or contemptible and miserable, as a nation. -- Washington.
Option (n.) The exercise of the power of choice; choice.
Transplantation must proceed from the option of the people, else it sounds like an exile. -- Bacon.
Option (n.) A wishing; a wish. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Option (n.) (Ch. of Eng.) A right formerly belonging to an archbishop to select any one dignity or benefice in the gift of a suffragan bishop consecrated or confirmed by him, for bestowal by himself when next vacant; -- annulled by Parliament in 1845.
Option (n.) (Stock Exchange) A stipulated privilege, given to a party in a time contract, of demanding its fulfillment on any day within a specified limit; also, the contract giving that privelege; as, an option to buy a stock at a given price; to exercise an option.
Note: A person owning a stock may sell to another person an option or right to buy that stock at some specified price within a specified period of time, and in return will get a premium in consideration for giving the option. If the option price (the strike price) is above the market value for the entire period in which the option is valid, the option is typically not exercised, and expires with no need on the part of the stock owner to transfer the actual stock itself. If however the stock price rises above the option price, the holder of the option may exercise the option, and buy the stock at the specificed price, and may in turn resell the stock at the current market value, perhaps making a net profit on the transaction. The original holder of the stock will receive, in addition to the price at which the stock is sold, the price of the option, and will generally receive more money than if the stock itself were sold at the time that the option was sold. The actual profits for the transaction will depend on the fees that brokers charge for conducting the sales of options and stocks.
Buyer's option, An option allowed to one who contracts to buy stocks at a certain future date and at a certain price, to demand the delivery of the stock (giving one day's notice) at any previous time at the market price.
Seller's option, An option allowed to one who contracts to deliver stock art a certain price on a certain future date, to deliver it (giving one day's notice) at any previous time at the market price. Such options are privileges for which a consideration is paid.
Local option. See under Local.
Syn: Choice; preference; selection.
Usage: Option, Choice. Choice is an act of choosing; option often means liberty to choose, and implies freedom from constraint in the act of choosing.
Option (n.) The right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited.
Option (n.) One of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there no other alternative"; "my only choice is to refuse" [syn: option, alternative, choice].
Option (n.) The act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick" [syn: choice, selection, option, pick].
Command line option
Option
(Or "option", "flag", "switch", "option switch") An argument to a command that modifies its function rather than providing data. Options generally start with "-" in Unix or "/" in MS-DOS. This is usually followed by a single letter or occasionally a digit. More recently, GNU software adopted the --longoptionname style, usually in addition to traditional, single-character, -x style equivalents.
Some commands require each option to be a separate argument, introduced by a new "-" or "/", others allow multiple option letters to be concatenated into a single argument with a single "-" or "/", e.g. "ls -al". A few Unix commands (e.g. ar, tar) allow the "-" to be omitted. Some options may or must be followed by a value, e.g. "cc prog.c -o prog", sometimes with and sometimes without an intervening space. getopt and getopts are commands for parsing command line options. There is also a C library routine called getopt for the same purpose.
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Option. Choice; Election; (q.v.) where the subject is considered.
Options trading (n.) The act of engaging in trade of securities, specifically in the options market. Investors are given the choice to buy or sell the security at a specific price by a specific time, but they are not required to do so.
Optional (a.) Involving an option; depending on the exercise of an option; left to one's discretion or choice; not compulsory; as, optional studies; it is optional with you to go or stay.
Optional (n.) See Elective, n.
If to the former the movement was not optional, it was the same that the latter chose when it was optional. -- Palfrey.
Original writs are either optional or peremptory. -- Blackstone.
Optional (a.) Possible but not necessary; left to personal choice [ant: obligatory].
Optionally (adv.) In an optional manner.
Optionally (adv.) In an optional manner; "this rule is applied optionally" [ant: obligatorily].
Optocoele (n.) Alt. of Optocoelia.
Optocoelia (n.) (Anat.) The cavity of one of the optic lobes of the brain in many animals. -- B. G. Wilder.
Optogram (n.) (Physiol.) An image of external objects fixed on the retina by the photochemical action of light on the visual purple. See Optography.
Optography (n.) (Physiol.) The production of an optogram on the retina by the photochemical action of light on the visual purple; the fixation of an image in the eye. The object so photographed shows white on a purple or red background. See Visual purple, under Visual.
Optometer (n.) (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the distance of distinct vision, mainly for the selection of eveglasses.
Opulence (n.) 豐裕，豐富，豐饒 Wealth; riches; affluence. -- Swift
Opulence (n.) Wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living [syn: {luxury}, {luxuriousness}, {opulence}, {sumptuousness}].
Opulency (n.) See Opulence. -- Shak.
Opulent (a.) 豐裕的，豐富的，豐饒的 Having a large estate or property; wealthy; rich; affluent; as, an opulent city; an opulent citizen. -- Op"u*lent*ly, adv.
Opulent (adv.) I will piece Her opulent throne with kingdoms. -- Shak.
Opulent (a.) Rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded dining rooms" [syn: {deluxe}, {gilded}, {grand}, {luxurious}, {opulent}, {princely}, {sumptuous}].
Opulent (a.) 奢華的；豪華的；奢侈的 Expensive and luxurious.
// An opulent lifestyle.
// An opulent hotel.
Opuntia (prop. n.) [NL.] (Bot.) A genus of cactaceous plants; the prickly pear, or Indian fig.
Opuntia (n.) Large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears [syn: Opuntia, genus Opuntia].
Opera (n. pl. ) of Opus.
Opus (n.) A work; specif. (Mus.), A musical composition.
Note: Each composition, or set of pieces, as the composer may choose, is called an opus, and they are numbered in the order of their issue. (Often abbrev. to op.)
Opus incertum. [L.] (Arch.) See under Incertum. Opuscle
Opus (n.) A musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements" [syn: musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music].
Opus, () A Honeywell operating system promised as a sop to customers after canning Multics in 1985. Opus was to provide everything Multics had and more, plus total Level 6/{DPS6"> compatibility with the Level 6/{DPS6 operating system.
"Opus" was a code name, the system was officially named VS3 (short for HVS R3 or Honeywell Virtual System Release Three).
It was to run on the DPS6-plus hardware known internally as the MRX and HRX, and be all things to all people.
The hardware was a dud (though it did run the native DPS6 software just fine), and the goal was, shall we say, ambitious. The effort was cancelled by Bull in 1987, in favor of another project going on in France.
Opera (n.) A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music forms an essential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting of recitative, arias, choruses, duets, trios, etc., with orchestral accompaniment, preludes, and interludes, together with appropriate costumes, scenery, and action; a lyric drama.
Opera (n.) The score of a musical drama, either written or in print; a play set to music.
Opera (n.) The house where operas are exhibited.
Opera bouffe [F. op['e]ra opera + bouffe comic, It. buffo],
Opera buffa [It.], Light, farcical, burlesque opera.
Opera box, A partially inclosed portion of the auditorium
of an opera house for the use of a small private party.
Opera comique [F.], Comic or humorous opera.
Opera flannel, A light flannel, highly finished. -- Knight.
Opera girl or Opera girls (Bot.), An East Indian plant ({Mantisia saltatoria) of the Ginger family, sometimes seen in hothouses. It has curious flowers which have some resemblance to a ballet dancer, whence the popular name.
Called also dancing girls.
Opera glass, A short telescope with concave eye lenses of low power, usually made double, that is, with a tube and set of glasses for each eye; a lorgnette; -- so called because adapted for use at the opera, theater, etc.
Opera hat, A gentleman's folding hat.
Opera house, Specifically, a theater devoted to the performance of operas.
Opera seria [It.], Serious or tragic opera; grand opera.
Opera (n.) A drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes.
Opera (n.) A commercial browser.
Opera (n.) A building where musical dramas are performed [syn: opera, opera house].
OPERA, () Open PLC European Research Alliance (org., PLC, Europe).
OPERA, (n.) A play representing life in another world, whose inhabitants have no speech but song, no motions but gestures and no postures but attitudes. All acting is simulation, and the word _simulation_ is from _simia_, an ape; but in opera the actor takes for his model _Simia audibilis_ (or _Pithecanthropos stentor_) -- the ape that howls.
The actor apes a man -- at least in shape; The opera performer apes and ape.
Opuscle (n.) Alt. of Opuscule.
Opuscule (n.) A small or petty work.
Opusculum (n.) 小品；音樂小品；文學小品 A minor work (as of literature) — usually used in plural.
Opusculum -- Which is often used in its plural form opuscula -- comes from Latin, where it serves as the diminutive form of the noun opus, meaning "work." In English, opus can refer to any literary or artistic work, though it often specifically refers to a musical piece. Being a diminutive of opus, opusculum logically refers to a short or minor work. Unlike its more famous relation, however, opusculum is most often used for literary works. The Latin plural of opus is opera, which gave us (via Italian) the word we know for a musical production consisting primarily of vocal pieces performed with orchestral accompaniment.
Opusculum (n.; pl. Opuscula.) [L.] An opuscule. -- Smart.
Compare: Opuscule
Opuscule (n.) 小品；小曲；文學小品 A small, minor work.
Opuscule (n.) (Art Terms) (Rare) A small or insignificant artistic work.
Compare: Opuscular
Opuscular ( a.) Of or relating to an opuscule.
Opuscular ( a.) (Rare) Consisting of opuscules; of the nature of an opuscule.
Opuscula (n. pl. ) of Opusculum.
Opusculum (n.) An opuscule. -- Smart.
Opye (n.) Opium. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Oquassa (n.) (Zool.) A small, handsome trout ({Salvelinus oquassa), found in some of the lakes in Maine; -- called also blueback trout.
-or () A noun suffix denoting an act; a state or quality; as in error, fervor, pallor, candor, etc.
-or () A noun suffix denoting an agent or doer; as in auditor, one who hears; donor, one who gives; obligor, elevator. It is correlative to -ee. In general -or is appended to words of Latin, and -er to those of English, origin. See -er.
Or (conj.) A particle that marks an alternative; as, you may read or may write, -- that is, you may do one of the things at your pleasure, but not both. It corresponds to either. You may ride either to London or to Windsor. It often connects a series of words or propositions, presenting a choice of either; as, he may study law, or medicine, or divinity, or he may enter into trade.
If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount. -- Cowper.
Note: Or may be used to join as alternatives terms expressing unlike things or ideas (as, is the orange sour or sweet?), or different terms expressing the same thing or idea; as, this is a sphere, or globe.
Note: Or sometimes begins a sentence. In this case it expresses an alternative or subjoins a clause differing from the foregoing. "Or what man is there of you, who, if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a stone?" -- Matt. vii. 9 (Rev. Ver.).
Or for either is archaic or poetic.
Maugre thine heed, thou must for indigence Or steal, or beg, or borrow thy dispence. -- Chaucer.
Or (prep. & adv.) Ere; before; sooner than. [Obs.]
But natheless, while I have time and space, Or that I forther in this tale pace. -- Chaucer.
Or ever, Or ere. See under Ever, and Ere.
Or (n.) (Her.) Yellow or gold color, -- represented in drawing or engraving by small dots.
OR (n.) A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific [syn: Oregon, Beaver State, OR].
OR (n.) A room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations; "great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic" [syn: operating room, OR, operating theater, operating theatre, surgery].
OR, () Observation Report (CC).
OR, () Originator / Recipient (X.400, MOTIS), "O/R."
OR, () The Boolean function which is true if any of its arguments are true. Its truth table is:
A | B | A OR B
--+---+---------
F | F | F
F | T | T
T | F | T
T | T | T
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OR. () This syllable in the termination of words has an active signification, and usually denotes the doer of an act; as, the grantor, he who makes a grant; the vendor, he who makes a sale; the feoffor, he who makes a feoffment. Litt. s. 57; 1 Bl. Com. 140, n.
Ora (n.) A money of account among the Anglo-Saxons, valued, in the Domesday Book, at twenty pence sterling.
Os (n.; pl.) Ora. [L.] A mouth; an opening; an entrance.
Os (n.; pl.) Osar. (Geol.) One of the ridges of sand or gravel found in Sweden, etc., supposed by some to be of marine origin, but probably formed by subglacial waters. The osar are similar to the kames of Scotland and the eschars of Ireland. See Eschar.
Os (n.) (Chem.) The chemical symbol for the element osmium.
Os (n.) A mouth or mouthlike opening.
Os (n.) A hard brittle blue-grey or blue-black metallic element that is one of the platinum metals; the heaviest metal known [syn: osmium, Os, atomic number 76].
Os (n.) (Computer science) Software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services [syn: operating system, OS].
Os (n.) The left eye [syn: oculus sinister, OS].
Os (n.) Rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates [syn: bone, os].
OS, () Operating System.
OS, () [Operating System] n. An abbreviation heavily used in email, occasionally in speech.
OS (n.) obs. On ITS, an output spy. See OS and JEDGAR in Appendix A.
OS, () Operating system.
ITS], an output spy. See "{OS and JEDGAR"> 2. [obsolete, ITS], an output spy. See "{OS and JEDGAR".
OS, () An operating system from IBM for their System/360 line of hardware announced in 1964. OS was planned with several flavours that were supposed to be compatible. OS was late, memory hungry and not able to reach the marketing objectives of IBM for the 360/30, the planned successor of the IBM 1401. IBM then decided to design a new operating system for the low end machines which they called DOS/360.
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Orabassu (n.) (Zool.) A South American monkey of the
genus Callithrix, esp. Callithrix Moloch. Orach
Orach (n.) Alt. of Orache.
Orache (n.) (Bot.) A genus ({Atriplex) of herbs or low shrubs of the Goosefoot family, most of them with a mealy surface.
Garden orache, A plant ({Atriplex hortensis"> Garden orache, a plant ({Atriplex hortensis), often used as a pot herb; -- also called mountain spinach.
Compare: Atriplex
Atriplex (n.) A genus of plants of the goosefoot family ({Chenopodiaceae); its members include species called orach and saltbush.
Syn: genus Atriplex.
Oracle (n.) 神諭，神諭處，預言 The answer of a god, or some person reputed to be a god, to an inquiry respecting some affair or future event, as the success of an enterprise or battle.
Whatso'er she saith, for oracles must stand. -- Drayton.
Oracle (n.) Hence: The deity who was supposed to give the answer; also, the place where it was given.
The oracles are dumb; No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. -- Milton.
Oracle (n.) The communications, revelations, or messages delivered by God to the prophets; also, the entire sacred Scriptures -- usually in the plural.
The first principles of the oracles of God. -- Heb. v. 12.
Oracle (n.) (Jewish Antiq.) The sanctuary, or Most Holy place in the temple; also, the temple itself. -- 1 Kings vi. 19.
Siloa's brook, that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God. -- Milton.
Oracle (n.) One who communicates a divine command; an angel; a prophet.
God hath now sent his living oracle Into the world to teach his final will. -- Milton.
Oracle (n.) Any person reputed uncommonly wise; one whose decisions are regarded as of great authority; as, a literary oracle. "Oracles of mode." -- Tennyson.
The country rectors . . . thought him an oracle on points of learning. -- Macaulay.
Oracle (n.) A wise pronouncement or decision considered as of great authority.
Oracled (imp. & p. p.) of Oracle.
Oracling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oracle.
Oracle (v. i.) To utter oracles. [Obs.]
Oracular (a.) Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles; forecasting the future; as, an oracular tongue.
Oracular (a.) Resembling an oracle in some way, as in solemnity, wisdom, authority, obscurity, ambiguity, dogmatism.
They have something venerable and oracular in that unadorned gravity and shortness in the expression.
-- Pope. -- O*rac"u*lar*ly, adv. -- O*rac"u*lar*ness, n.
Oraculous (a.) Oracular; of the nature of an oracle. [R.] "Equivocations, or oraculous speeches." -- Bacon. "The oraculous seer." -- Pope. -- O*rac"u*lous*ly, adv. -- O*rac"u*lous*ness, n.
Oragious (a.) Stormy. [R.]
Oraison (n.) See Orison. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Oral (a.) Uttered by the mouth, or in words; spoken, not written; verbal; as, oral traditions; oral testimony; oral law.
Oral (a.) Of or pertaining to the mouth; surrounding or lining the mouth; as, oral cilia or cirri.
Oral (a.) Using speech rather than writing; "an oral tradition"; "an oral agreement" [syn: oral, unwritten].
Oral (a.) Of or relating to or affecting or for use in the mouth; "oral hygiene"; "an oral thermometer"; "an oral vaccine."
Oral (a.) Of or involving the mouth or mouth region or the surface on which the mouth is located; "the oral cavity"; "the oral mucous membrane"; "the oral surface of a starfish" [ant: aboral].
Oral (a.) A stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated in the mouth; fixation at this stage is said to result in dependence, selfishness, and aggression [ant: anal, anal retentive].
Oral (n.) An examination conducted by spoken communication [syn: oral, oral exam, oral examination, viva voce, viva].
ORAL. () Something spoken in contradistinction to something written; as oral evidence, which is evidence delivered verbally by a witness,
Oral cavity (n.) The opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; "he stuffed his mouth with candy" [syn: mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris].
Oral cavity (n.) The cavity of the mouth; especially : the part of the mouth behind the gums and teeth that is bounded above by the hard and soft palates and below by the tongue and by the mucous membrane connecting it with the inner part of the mandible. [syn: Mouth cavity].
Orally (adv.) In an oral manner. -- Tillotson.
Orally (adv.) By, with, or in, the mouth; as, to receive the sacrament orally. [Obs.] -- Usher.
Orally (adv.) (Of drugs) Through the mouth rather than through injection; by_mouth; "he was administered the drug orally."
Orally (adv.) By spoken rather than written means; "these stories were transmitted by word of mouth" [syn: orally, by word of mouth].
Orang (n.) (Zool.) See Orang-outang.
Orang-outang, Orang-utan (n.) (Zool.) An arboreal anthropoid ape ({Pongo pygmaeus, formerly Simia satyrus), which inhabits Borneo and Sumatra. Often called simply orang. It is now an endangered species. [Written also orangutan, orangutang, orang-utan, ourang-utang, and oran-utan.]
Note: It is over four feet high, when full grown, and has very long arms, which reach nearly or quite to the ground when the body is erect. Its color is reddish brown. In structure, it closely resembles man in many respects.
Orang (n.) Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits [syn: orangutan, orang, orangutang, Pongo pygmaeus].
Orange (n.) The fruit of a tree of the genus Citrus ({Citrus Aurantium). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow when ripe.
Note: There are numerous varieties of oranges; as, the bitter orange, which is supposed to be the original stock; the navel orange, which has the rudiment of a second orange imbedded in the top of the fruit; the blood orange, with a reddish juice; and the horned orange, in which the carpels are partly separated.
Orange (n.) (Bot.) The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree.
Orange (n.) The color of an orange; reddish yellow.
Mandarin orange. See Mandarin.
Mock orange (Bot.), Any species of shrubs of the genus Philadelphus, which have whitish and often fragrant blossoms.
Native orange, or Orange thorn (Bot.), An Australian shrub ({Citriobatus parviflorus); also, its edible yellow berries.
Orange bird (Zool.), A tanager of Jamaica ({Tanagra zena"> Orange bird (Zool.), a tanager of Jamaica ({Tanagra zena); -- so called from its bright orange breast.
Orange cowry (Zool.), A large, handsome cowry ({Cypraea aurantia), highly valued by collectors of shells on account of its rarity.
Orange grass (Bot.), An inconspicuous annual American plant ({Hypericum Sarothra), having minute, deep yellow flowers.
Orange oil (Chem.), An oily, terpenelike substance obtained from orange rind, and distinct from neroli oil, which is obtained from the flowers.
Orange pekoe, A kind of black tea.
Orange pippin, An orange-colored apple with acid flavor.
Quito orange, The orangelike fruit of a shrubby species of nightshade ({Solanum Quitoense), native in Quito.
Orange scale (Zool.) Any species of scale insects which infests orange trees; especially, the purple scale ({Mytilaspis citricola), the long scale ({Mytilaspis Gloveri), and the red scale ({Aspidiotus Aurantii}).
Orange (a.) Of or pertaining to an orange; of the color of an orange; reddish yellow; as, an orange ribbon.
Orange (a.) Of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange [syn: orange, orangish].
Orange (n.) Round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
Orange (n.) Orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow [syn: orange, orangeness].
Orange (n.) Any citrus tree bearing oranges [syn: orange, orange tree].
Orange (n.) Any pigment producing the orange color.
Orange (n.) A river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean [syn: Orange, Orange River].
Orange -- U.S. County in Indiana
Population (2000): 19306
Housing Units (2000): 8348
Land area (2000): 399.521148 sq. miles (1034.754978 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 8.680658 sq. miles (22.482801 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 408.201806 sq. miles (1057.237779 sq. km)
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 38.561967 N, 86.517884 W
Headwords:
Orange
Orange, IN
Orange County
Orange County, IN
Orange -- U.S. County in North Carolina
Population (2000): 118227
Housing Units (2000): 49289
Land area (2000): 399.837927 sq. miles (1035.575434 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.374545 sq. miles (3.560056 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 401.212472 sq. miles (1039.135490 sq. km)
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 36.011889 N, 79.097018 W
Headwords:
Orange
Orange, NC
Orange County
Orange County, NC
Orange -- U.S. County in New York
Population (2000): 341367
Housing Units (2000): 122754
Land area (2000): 816.337641 sq. miles (2114.304694 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 22.208142 sq. miles (57.518822 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 838.545783 sq. miles (2171.823516 sq. km)
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 41.406117 N, 74.279480 W
Headwords:
Orange
Orange, NY
Orange County
Orange County, NY
Orange -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000): 84966
Housing Units (2000): 34781
Land area (2000): 356.403745 sq. miles (923.081422 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 23.135833 sq. miles (59.921529 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 379.539578 sq. miles (983.002951 sq. km)
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 30.114604 N, 93.842055 W
Headwords:
Orange
Orange, TX
Orange County
Orange County, TX
Orange -- U.S. County in Vermont
Population (2000): 28226
Housing Units (2000): 13386
Land area (2000): 688.557552 sq. miles (1783.355796 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 3.182089 sq. miles (8.241572 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 691.739641 sq. miles (1791.597368 sq. km)
Located within: Vermont (VT), FIPS 50
Location: 43.995815 N, 72.374886 W
Headwords:
Orange
Orange, VT
Orange County
Orange County, VT
Orange -- U.S. County in Virginia
Population (2000): 25881
Housing Units (2000): 11354
Land area (2000): 341.703767 sq. miles (885.008655 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.703793 sq. miles (4.412804 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 343.407560 sq. miles (889.421459 sq. km)
Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location: 38.241950 N, 78.052767 W
Headwords:
Orange
Orange, VA
Orange County
Orange County, VA
Orange -- U.S. County in Florida
Population (2000): 896344
Housing Units (2000): 361349
Land area (2000): 907.449436 sq. miles (2350.283150 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 96.739535 sq. miles (250.554236 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1004.188971 sq. miles (2600.837386 sq. km)
Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location: 28.547129 N, 81.404159 W
Headwords:
Orange
Orange, FL
Orange County
Orange County, FL
Orange -- U.S. County in California
Population (2000): 2846289
Housing Units (2000): 969484
Land area (2000): 789.404295 sq. miles (2044.547652 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 158.572057 sq. miles (410.699725 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 947.976352 sq. miles (2455.247377 sq. km)
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 33.731518 N, 117.861663 W
Headwords:
Orange
Orange, CA
Orange County
Orange County, CA
Orange, NJ -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New Jersey
Population (2000): 32868
Housing Units (2000): 12665
Land area (2000): 2.205364 sq. miles (5.711866 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.002154 sq. miles (0.005579 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.207518 sq. miles (5.717445 sq. km)
FIPS code: 55020
Located within: New Jersey (NJ), FIPS 34
Location: 40.768300 N, 74.236031 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 07050
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Orange, NJ
Orange
Orange, CA -- U.S. city in California
Population (2000): 128821
Housing Units (2000): 41904
Land area (2000): 23.394909 sq. miles (60.592534 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.505592 sq. miles (1.309478 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 23.900501 sq. miles (61.902012 sq. km)
FIPS code: 53980
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 33.802945 N, 117.832506 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 92665 92666 92668 92669
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Orange, CA
Orange
Orange, CT -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Connecticut
Population (2000): 13233
Housing Units (2000): 4870
Land area (2000): 17.185400 sq. miles (44.509981 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.243378 sq. miles (0.630345 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 17.428778 sq. miles (45.140326 sq. km)
FIPS code: 57670
Located within: Connecticut (CT), FIPS 09
Location: 41.279547 N, 73.025416 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 06477
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Orange, CT
Orange
Orange, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
Population (2000): 3236
Housing Units (2000): 1236
Land area (2000): 3.800982 sq. miles (9.844497 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.800982 sq. miles (9.844497 sq. km)
FIPS code: 58604
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 41.445454 N, 81.475182 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Orange, OH
Orange
Orange, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 18643
Housing Units (2000): 8364
Land area (2000): 20.078322 sq. miles (52.002614 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.686873 sq. miles (1.778993 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 20.765195 sq. miles (53.781607 sq. km)
FIPS code: 54132
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 30.109217 N, 93.759133 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Orange, TX
Orange
Orange, MA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Massachusetts
Population (2000): 3945
Housing Units (2000): 1663
Land area (2000): 6.001500 sq. miles (15.543814 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.013115 sq. miles (0.033968 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.014615 sq. miles (15.577782 sq. km)
FIPS code: 51230
Located within: Massachusetts (MA), FIPS 25
Location: 42.587796 N, 72.308163 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Orange, MA
Orange
Orange, VA -- U.S. town in Virginia
Population (2000): 4123
Housing Units (2000): 1712
Land area (2000): 3.236090 sq. miles (8.381433 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.008480 sq. miles (0.021962 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.244570 sq. miles (8.403395 sq. km)
FIPS code: 59496
Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location: 38.245894 N, 78.109786 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Orange, VA
Orange
Orangeade (n.) A drink made of orange juice and water, corresponding to lemonade; orange sherbet.
Orangeade (n.) Sweetened beverage of diluted orange juice.
Orangeat (n.) Candied orange peel; also, orangeade.
Orangeism (n.) Attachment to the principles of the society of Orangemen; the tenets or practices of the Orangemen.
-men (n. pl. ) of Orangeman.
Orangeman (n.) One of a secret society, organized in the north of Ireland in 1795, the professed objects of which are the defense of the regning sovereign of Great Britain, the support of the Protestant religion, the maintenance of the laws of the kingdom, etc.; -- so called in honor of William, Prince of Orange, who became William III. of England.
Orangeman (n.) A member of a society founded in Ireland in 1795 to uphold Protestantism and the British sovereign.
Orangeroot (n.) (Bot.) An American ranunculaceous plant ({Hidrastis Canadensis), having a yellow tuberous root; -- also called yellowroot, golden seal, etc.
Orangery (n.) A place for raising oranges; a plantation of orange trees.
Orangery (n.) A place where oranges are grown; a plantation of orange trees in warm climes or a greenhouse in cooler areas.
Orangetawny (a. & n.) Deep orange-yellow; dark yellow. -- Shak.