Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter O - Page 21
Orangite () (Min.) An orange-yellow variety of the mineral thorite, found in Norway. Orang-outang
Orang-outang (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.
Orarian (a.) Of or pertaining to a coast.
Oration (n.) 演說，致辭，敘述法 An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner; especially, a discourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration, or the like; -- distinguished from an argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at Bunker Hill.
The lord archbishop . . . made a long oration. -- Bacon.
Syn: Address; speech. See Harangue.
Oration (v. i.) To deliver an oration. -- Donne.
Oration (n.) An instance of oratory; "he delivered an oration on the decline of family values".
Orator (n.) 演說者，演講者，雄辯家，原告，請願人 A public speaker; one who delivers an oration; especially, one distinguished for his skill and power as a public speaker; one who is eloquent.
I am no orator, as Brutus is. -- Shak.
Some orator renowned In Athens or free Rome. -- Milton.
Orator (n.) (Law) In equity proceedings, one who prays for relief; a petitioner.
Orator (n.) (Law) A plaintiff, or complainant, in a bill in chancery. -- Burrill.
Orator (n.) (Eng. Universities) An officer who is the voice of the university upon all public occasions, who writes, reads, and records all letters of a public nature, presents, with an appropriate address, those persons on whom honorary degrees are to be conferred, and performs other like duties; -- called also public orator.
Orator (n.) A person who delivers a speech or oration [syn: {orator}, {speechmaker}, {rhetorician}, {public speaker}, {speechifier}].
Orator, () practice. A good man, skillful in speaking well, and who employs a perfect eloquence to defend causes either public or private. Dupin, Profession d'Avocat, tom. 1, p. 19..
Orator, () In chancery, the party who files a bill calls himself in those pleadings your orator. Among the Romans, advocates were called orators. Code, 1, 8, 33, 1.
Oratorial (a.) Oratorical. [R.] -- Swift. -- {Or`a*to"ri*al*ly, adv.
Oratorian (a.) Oratorical. [Obs.] -- R. North.
Oratorian (n.) (R. C. Ch.) See Fathers of the Oratory, under Oratory.
Oratorical (a.) Of or pertaining to an orator or to oratory; characterized by oratory; rhetorical; becoming to an orator; as, an oratorical triumph; an oratorical essay. -- Or`a*tor"ic*al*ly, adv.
Oratorical (a.) Characteristic of an orator or oratory; "oratorical prose"; "harangued his men in an oratorical way" -- Robert Graves
Oratorio (n.) (Mus.) 聖樂；神劇；（通常為宗教題材的）清唱劇 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.
Note: There are instances of secular and mythological subjects treated in the form of the oratorios, and called oratorios by their composers; as Haydn's "Seasons," Handel's "Semele," etc.
Oratorio (n.) Performance or rendering of such a composition.
Oratorio (n.) A musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text [syn: {cantata}, {oratorio}].
Oratorious (a.) Oratorical. [Obs.] -- Jer. Taylor. -- Or`a*to"ri*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.]
Oratorize (v. i.) To play the orator. [Jocose or derisive] -- Dickens.
Oratories (n. pl. ) of Oratory.
Oratory (n.) 演說術；雄辯；修辭；禱告所；聖堂；小教堂 A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set apart for private devotions.
An oratory [temple] . . . in worship of Dian. -- Chaucer.
Do not omit thy prayers for want of a good oratory, or place to pray in. -- Jer. Taylor.
Fathers of the Oratory (R. C. Ch.), A society of priests founded by St. Philip Neri, living in community, and not bound by a special vow. The members are called also oratorians.
Oratory (n.) The art of an orator; the art of public speaking in an eloquent or effective manner; the exercise of rhetorical skill in oral discourse; eloquence. "The oratory of Greece and Rome." -- Milton.
When a world of men Could not prevail with all their oratory. -- Shak.
Oratory (n.) Addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous); "he loved the sound of his own oratory".
Oratory, (n.) A conspiracy between speech and action to cheat the understanding.
A tyranny tempered by stenography.
Oratress (n.) A woman who makes public addresses. -- Warner.
Oratrix (n.) [L.] A woman plaintiff, or complainant, in equity pleading. -- Burrill.
Orb (n.) (Arch.) A blank window or panel. [Obs.] -- Oxf. Gloss.
Orb (n.) A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star.
In the small orb of one particular tear. -- Shak.
Whether the prime orb, Incredible how swift, had thither rolled. -- Milton.
Orb (n.) One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be inclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions.
Orb (n.) A circle; esp., a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit.
The schoolmen were like astronomers, which did feign eccentrics, and epicycles, and such engines of orbs. -- Bacon.
You seem to me as Dian in her orb. -- Shak.
In orbs Of circuit inexpressible they stood, Orb within orb. -- Milton.
Orb (n.) A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body. [R.] -- Milton.
Orb (n.) The eye, as luminous and spherical. [Poetic]
A drop serene hath quenched their orbs. -- Milton.
Orb (n.) A revolving circular body; a wheel. [Poetic]
The orbs Of his fierce chariot rolled. -- Milton.
Orb (n.) A sphere of action or influence. -- Wordsworth.
But in our orbs we'll live so round and safe. -- Shak
Orb (n.) Same as Mound, a ball or globe. See lst Mound.
Orb (n.) (Mil.) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defense, esp. infantry to repel cavalry.
Syn: Globe; ball; sphere. See Globe.
Orbed (imp. & p. p.) of Orb.
Orbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Orb.
Orb (v. t.) To form into an orb or circle. [Poetic] -- Milton. -- Lowell.
Orb (v. t.) To encircle; to surround; to inclose. [Poetic]
The wheels were orbed with gold. -- Addison.
Orb (v. i.) To become round like an orb. [Poetic]
And orb into the perfect star. -- Tennyson.
Orb (n.) The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye [syn: eyeball, orb].
Orb (n.) An object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire" [syn: ball, globe, orb].
Orb (v.) Move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus" [syn: orb, orbit, revolve].
ORB, () Object Request Broker (OMA, OMG, CORBA, ORB).
Object Request Broker
ORB
(ORB) Part of the OMG CORBA specification, an ORB's basic function is to pass method invocation requests to the correct objects and return the results to the caller.
To achieve this the ORB must be able must be able to identify and locate objects, handle connections from invoker and the data returned from methods. Communication between the ORB and applications are achieved through IDL stubs and skeletons whilst the OMG has specified IIOP as the protocol through which ORBs may communicate with each other. Using IIOP, an ORB may request method invocations from a remote object.
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Orbate (a.) Bereaved; fatherless; childless. [Obs.]
Orbation (n.) The state of being orbate, or deprived of parents or children; privation, in general; bereavement. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Orbed (a.) Having the form of an orb; round.
The orb[`e]d eyelids are let down. -- Trench. Orbic
Orbic (a.) Alt. of Orbical.
Orbical (a.) Spherical; orbicular; orblike; circular. [R.] -- Bacon.
Orbicle (n.) A small orb, or sphere. [Obs.] -- G. Fletcher.
Orbicula (n.) (Zool.) Same as Discina.
Orbicular (a.) Resembling or having the form of an orb; spherical; circular; orbiculate. -- Or*bic"u*lar*ly, adv. -- Or*bic"u*lar*ness, n.
Orbicular as the disk of a planet. -- De Quincey.
Orbicular (a.) Circular or nearly circular [syn: orbiculate, orbicular].
Orbicular (a.) Having the shape of a sphere or ball; "a spherical object"; "nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey [syn: ball-shaped, global, globose, globular, orbicular, spheric, spherical].
Orbiculate (n.) That which is orbiculate; especially, a solid the vertical section of which is oval, and the horizontal section circular. Orbiculate
Orbiculate (a.) Alt. of Orbiculated.
Orbiculated (a.) Made, or being, in the form of an orb; having a circular, or nearly circular, or a spheroidal, outline.
Orbiculate leaf (Bot.), A leaf whose outline is nearly circular.
Orbiculate (a.) Circular or nearly circular [syn: orbiculate, orbicular].
Orbiculation (n.) The state or quality of being orbiculate; orbicularness. -- Dr. H. More.
Orbit (n.) (Astron.) （天體等的）運行軌道 [C] [U]；勢力範圍；活動範圍；知識範圍 [C] [U]；眼窩；眼眶；眼睛；眼球 [C] The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon.
Orbit (n.) An orb or ball. [Rare & Improper]
Roll the lucid orbit of an eye. -- Young.
Orbit (n.) (Anat.) The cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated.
Orbit (n.) (Zool.) The skin which surrounds the eye of a bird.
Orbit (n.) The (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another; "he plotted the orbit of the moon" [syn: {orbit}, {celestial orbit}]
Orbit (n.) A particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit" [syn: {sphere}, {domain}, {area}, {orbit}, {field}, {arena}]
Orbit (n.) An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power" [syn: {scope}, {range}, {reach}, {orbit}, {compass}, {ambit}]
Orbit (n.) The path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom [syn: {orbit}, {electron orbit}]
Orbit (n.) The bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball [syn: {eye socket}, {orbit}, {cranial orbit}, {orbital cavity}]
Orbit (v.) (v. t.) 環繞（天體等）的軌道運行；使進入軌道 (v. i.) 繞軌道運行；盤旋飛行；把人造設備射入軌道 Move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus" [syn: {orb}, {orbit}, {revolve}]
Orbit, () A Scheme compiler.
["Orbit: An Optimising Compiler for Scheme", D.A. Kranz et al, SIGPLAN Notices 21(7):281-292 (Jul 1986)]. (1994-10-28)
Orbital (a.) 軌道的，眼窩的 Of or pertaining to an orbit. "Orbital revolution." -- J. D. Forbes.
Orbital index (Anat.), In the skull, the ratio of the vertical height to the transverse width of the orbit, which is taken as the standard, equal to 100.
Orbital (a.) Of or relating to an orbit; "orbital revolution"; "orbital velocity".
Orbital (a.) Of or relating to the eye socket; "orbital scale"; "orbital arch".
Orbitar (a.) Orbital. [R.] -- Dunglison.
Orbitary (a.) Situated around the orbit; as, the orbitary feathers of a bird.
Orbitelae (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of spiders, including those that make geometrical webs, as the garden spider, or Epeira.
Orbitolites (n.) (Zool.) 圓板蟲屬 A genus of living Foraminifera, forming broad, thin, circular disks, containing numerous small chambers.
Orbitolites (n.) A genus of foraminiferans of the Eocene that form thin, broad, circular disks containing numerous small chambers disposed concentrically about a few spirally wound primordial chambers.
Orbitonasal (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the orbit and the nose; as, the orbitonasal, or ophthalmic, nerve.
Orbitosphenoid (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone and the orbit, or to the orbitosphenoid bone.
Orbitosphenoid (n.) The orbitosphenoid bone, which is situated in the orbit on either side of the presphenoid. It generally forms a part of the sphenoid in the adult.
Orbitosphenoidal (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the orbitosphenoid bone; orbitosphenoid.
Orbituary (a.) 軌道的；眼窩的 Orbital. [R.] Orbitude
Orbitude (n.) Alt. of Orbity.
Orbity (n.) Orbation. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Orbulina (n.) (Zool.) A genus of minute living Foraminifera having a globular shell. orb weaver
Orby (a.) Orblike; having the course of an orb; revolving. [Obs.] "Orby hours." -- Chapman.
Orc (n.) The grampus.
Orc (n.) (Zool.) Any of several cetaceans, especialy the grampus ({Grampus griseus) of the dolphin family. [Written also ork and orch.] -- Milton.
An island salt and bare, The haunt of seals, and orcs, and sea-mews' clang. -- Milton (Par. Lost xi. 835).
Orc (n.) (Mythology) A mythical monster of varying descriptions; an ogre.
Goblins, hobgoblins, and orcs of the worst description. -- J. J. Tolkien (The Hobbit)
Orc (n.) The orca.
Orca (prop. n.) 虎鯨又稱殺手鯨、逆戟鯨 Killer+whale+({Orcinus+orca">The killer whale ({Orcinus orca).
Orca (n.) Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas [syn: killer whale, killer, orca, grampus, sea wolf, Orcinus orca].
ORCA, () Online Resource Control Aid.
Orca, () Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 1986. Similar to Modula-2, but with support for distributed programming using shared data objects, like Linda. A 'graph' data type removes the need for pointers. Version for the Amoeba OS, comes with Amoeba. "Orca: A Language for Distributed Processing", H.E. Bal et al, SIGPLAN Notices 25(5):17-24 (May 1990).
Orcadian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Orkney Islands.
Orcein (n.) (Chem.) A reddish brown amorphous dyestuff, C7H7NO3, obtained from orcin, and forming the essential coloring matter of cudbear and archil. It is closely related to litmus.
Orchal (n.) See Archil.
Compare: Archil
Archil (n.) A violet dye obtained from several species of lichen ({Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary and Cape Verd Islands, etc. --Tomlinson.
Archil (n.) The plant from which the dye is obtained. [Written also orchal and orchil.]
Orchanet (n.) (Bot.) Same as Alkanet, 2. -- Ainsworth.
Orchard (n.) A garden. [Obs.]
Orchard (n.) An inclosure containing fruit trees; also, the fruit trees, collectively; -- used especially of apples, peaches, pears, cherries, plums, or the like, less frequently of nutbearing trees and of sugar maple trees.
Orchard grass (Bot.), A tall coarse grass ({Dactylis glomerata), introduced into the United States from Europe. It grows usually in shady places, and is of value for forage and hay.
Orchard house (Hort.), A glazed structure in which fruit trees are reared in pots.
Orchard oriole (Zool.), A bright-colored American oriole ({Icterus spurius), which frequents orchards. It is smaller and darker thah the Baltimore oriole.
Orchard (n.) Garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth [syn: grove, woodlet, orchard, plantation].
Orchard, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 391
Housing Units (2000): 208
Land area (2000): 0.417248 sq. miles (1.080668 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.417248 sq. miles (1.080668 sq. km)
FIPS code: 37210
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 42.336036 N, 98.240091 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68764
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Orchard, NE
Orchard
Orchard, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 88
Housing Units (2000): 35
Land area (2000): 0.088468 sq. miles (0.229132 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.088468 sq. miles (0.229132 sq. km)
FIPS code: 59520
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 43.226995 N, 92.774567 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 50460
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Headwords:
Orchard, IA
Orchard
Orchard, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 408
Housing Units (2000): 156
Land area (2000): 0.378147 sq. miles (0.979395 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.378147 sq. miles (0.979395 sq. km)
FIPS code: 54192
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 29.602015 N, 95.968821 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
Orchard, TX
Orchard
Orcharding (n.) The cultivation of orchards.
Orcharding (n.) Orchards, in general.
Orchardist (n.) One who cultivates an orchard.
Orchel (n.) Archil.
Orchesography (n.) A treatise upon dancing. [R.]
Orchester (n.) See Orchestra.
Orchestian (n.) (Zool.) Any species of amphipod crustacean of the genus Orchestia, or family Orchestidae. See Beach flea, under Beach.
Orchestra (n.) The space in a theater between the stage and the audience; -- originally appropriated by the Greeks to the chorus and its evolutions, afterward by the Romans to persons of distinction, and by the moderns to a band of instrumental musicians. Now commonly called orchestra pit, to distinguish it from the section of the main floor occupied by spectators.
Orchestra (n.) The space in the main floor of a theater in which the audience sits; also, the forward spectator section of the main floor, in distinction from the parterre, which is the rear section of the main floor.
Orchestra (n.) The place in any public hall appropriated to a band of instrumental musicians.
Orchestra (n.) (Mus.) Loosely: A band of instrumental musicians performing in a theater, concert hall, or other place of public amusement.
Orchestra (n.) (Mus.) Strictly: A band suitable for the performance of symphonies, overtures, etc., as well as for the accompaniment of operas, oratorios, cantatas, masses, and the like, or of vocal and instrumental solos.
Orchestra (n.) (Mus.) A band composed, for the largest part, of players of the various viol instruments, many of each kind, together with a proper complement of wind instruments of wood and brass; -- as distinguished from a military or street band of players on wind instruments, and from an assemblage of solo players for the rendering of concerted pieces, such as septets, octets, and the like.
Orchestra (n.) (Mus.) The instruments employed by a full band, collectively; as, an orchestra of forty stringed instruments, with proper complement of wind instruments.
Orchestra (n.) A musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players.
Orchestra (n.) Seating on the main floor in a theater.
Orchestral (a.) Of or pertaining to an orchestra; suitable for, or performed in or by, an orchestra.
Orchestral (a.) Relating to or composed for an orchestra; "orchestral score".
Orchestrate (v. t.) To write an orchestra score for; -- of a musical composition.
Orchestrate (v. t.) To be the chief coordinator of (an activity requiring action by more than one person); to organize and coordinate.
Syn: mastermind, engineer, direct, organize.
Orchestrate (v.) Write an orchestra score for.
Orchestrate (v.) Plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery" [syn: mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate].
Orchestration (n.) (Mus.) The arrangement of music for an orchestra; orchestral treatment of a composition; -- called also instrumentation.
Orchestration (n.) An arrangement of a piece of music for performance by an orchestra or band.
Orchestration (n.) The act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments [syn: orchestration, instrumentation].
Orchestration (n.) An arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum effect; "the skillful orchestration of his political campaign".
Orchestre (n.) [F.] See Orchestra.
Orchestric (a.) Orchestral.
Orchestrion (n.) 一種手搖風琴；自動風琴；管弦樂琴 A large music box imitating a variety of orchestral instruments.
Orchestrion (n.) Is a generic name for a machine that plays music and is designed to sound like an orchestra or band. Orchestrions may be operated by means of a large pinned cylinder or by a music roll and less commonly book music. The sound is usually produced by pipes, though they will be voiced differently from those found in a pipe organ, as well as percussion instruments. Many orchestrions contain a piano as well.
Orchid (n.) (Bot.) Any plant of the order Orchidaceae. See Orchidaceous.
Orchid (n.) Any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors [syn: orchid, orchidaceous plant].
Orchid, FL -- U.S. town in Florida
Population (2000): 140
Housing Units (2000): 139
Land area (2000): 1.229962 sq. miles (3.185586 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.613700 sq. miles (1.589475 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.843662 sq. miles (4.775061 sq. km)
FIPS code: 52175
Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location: 27.776146 N, 80.413238 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
Orchid, FL
Orchid
Orchidaceous (a.) (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order ({Orchidaceae) of endogenous plants of which the genus Orchis is the type. They are mostly perennial herbs having the stamens and pistils united in a single column, and normally three petals and three sepals, all adherent to the ovary. The flowers are curiously shaped, often resembling insects, the odd or lower petal (called the lip) being unlike the others, and sometimes of a strange and unexpected appearance. About one hundred species occur in the United States, but several thousand in the tropics.
Note: Over three hundred genera are recognized.
Orchidean (a.) (Bot.) Orchidaceous.
Orchideous (a.) (Bot.) Same as Orchidaceous.
Orchidologist (n.) One versed in orchidology.
Orchidology (n.) The branch of botany which treats of orchids.
Orchil (n.) See Archil.
Compare: Archil
Archil (n.) A violet dye obtained from several species of lichen ({Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary and Cape Verd Islands, etc. -- Tomlinson.
Archil (n.) The plant from which the dye is obtained. [Written also orchal and orchil.].
Orchil (n.) A purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens [syn: orchil, archil, cudbear].
Orchil (n.) Any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil [syn: archil, orchil].
Orchilla weed () (Bot.) The lichen from which archil is obtained. See Archil.