Orgue (n.) A piece of ordnance, consisting of a number of musket barrels arranged so that a match or train may connect with all their touchholes, and a discharge be secured almost or quite simultaneously.
Orgulous (a.) See Orgillous.
Orgies (pl. ) of Orgy
Orgy (n.) A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See Orgies
Orgyia (n.) A genus of bombycid moths whose caterpillars (esp. those of Orgyia leucostigma) are often very injurious to fruit trees and shade trees. The female is wingless. Called also vaporer moth.
Oricalche (n.) See Orichalch.
Orichalceous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, orichalch; having a color or luster like that of brass.
Orichalch (n.) A metallic substance, resembling gold in color, but inferior in value; a mixed metal of the ancients, resembling brass; -- called also aurichalcum, orichalcum, etc.
Oriel (n.) A gallery for minstrels.
Oriel (n.) A small apartment next a hall, where certain persons were accustomed to dine; a sort of recess.
Oriel (n.) A bay window. See Bay window.
Oriency (n.) Brightness or strength of color.
Orient (a.) Rising, as the sun.
Orient (a.) Eastern; oriental.
Orient (a.) Bright; lustrous; superior; pure; perfect; pellucid; -- used of gems and also figuratively, because the most perfect jewels are found in the East.
Orient (n.) The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.
Orient (n.) The countries of Asia or the East.
Orient (n.) A pearl of great luster.
Orient (v. t.) To define the position of, in relation to the orient or east; hence, to ascertain the bearings of.
Orient (v. t.) Fig.: To correct or set right by recurring to first principles; to arrange in order; to orientate.
Oriental (a.) Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned with the East or Orientalism; -- opposed to occidental; as, Oriental countries.
Oriental (n.) A native or inhabitant of the Orient or some Eastern part of the world; an Asiatic.
Oriental (n.) Eastern Christians of the Greek rite.
Orientalism (n.) Any system, doctrine, custom, expression, etc., peculiar to Oriental people.
Orientalism (n.) Knowledge or use of Oriental languages, history, literature, etc.
Orientalist (n.) An inhabitant of the Eastern parts of the world; an Oriental.
Orientalist (n.) One versed in Eastern languages, literature, etc.; as, the Paris Congress of Orientalists.
Orientality (n.) The quality or state of being oriental or eastern.
Orientalized (imp. & p. p.) of Orientalize
Orientalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Orientalize
Orientalize (v. t.) to render Oriental; to cause to conform to Oriental manners or conditions.
Orientated (imp. & p. p.) of Orientate
Orientating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Orientate
Orientate (v. t.) To place or turn toward the east; to cause to assume an easterly direction, or to veer eastward.
Orientate (v. t.) To arrange in order; to dispose or place (a body) so as to show its relation to other bodies, or the relation of its parts among themselves.
Orientate (v. i.) To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east.
Orientation (n.) The act or process of orientating; determination of the points of the compass, or the east point, in taking bearings.
Orientation (n.) The tendency of a revolving body, when suspended in a certain way, to bring the axis of rotation into parallelism with the earth's axis.
Orientation (n.) An aspect or fronting to the east; especially (Arch.), the placing of a church so that the chancel, containing the altar toward which the congregation fronts in worship, will be on the east end.
Orientation (n.) Fig.: A return to first principles; an orderly arrangement.
Orientness (n.) The quality or state of being orient or bright; splendor.
Orifice (n.) A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound.
Oriflamb (n.) Alt. of Oriflamme
Oriflamme (n.) The ancient royal standard of France.
Oriflamme (n.) A standard or ensign, in battle.
Origan (n.) Alt. of Origanum
Origanum (n.) A genus of aromatic labiate plants, including the sweet marjoram (O. Marjorana) and the wild marjoram (O. vulgare).
Origenism (n.) The opinions of Origen of Alexandria, who lived in the 3d century, one of the most learned of the Greek Fathers. Prominent in his teaching was the doctrine that all created beings, including Satan, will ultimately be saved.
Origenist (n.) A follower of Origen of Alexandria.
Origin (n.) The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.
Origin (n.) That from which anything primarily proceeds; the fountain; the spring; the cause; the occasion.
Origin (n.) The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion.
Originable (a.) Capable of being originated.
Original (a.) Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as, the original state of man; the original laws of a country; the original inventor of a process.
Original (a.) Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original process; the original text of Scripture.
Original (a.) Having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; inventive; as, an original genius.
Original (a.) Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter.
Original (n.) Origin; commencement; source.
Original (n.) That which precedes all others of its class; archetype; first copy; hence, an original work of art, manuscript, text, and the like, as distinguished from a copy, translation, etc.
Original (n.) An original thinker or writer; an originator.
Original (n.) A person of marked eccentricity.
Original (n.) The natural or wild species from which a domesticated or cultivated variety has been derived; as, the wolf is thought by some to be the original of the dog, the blackthorn the original of the plum.
Originalist (n.) One who is original.
Originality (n.) The quality or state of being original.
Originally (adv.) In the original time, or in an original manner; primarily; from the beginning or origin; not by derivation, or imitation.
Originally (adv.) At first; at the origin; at the time of formation or costruction; as, a book originally written by another hand.
Originalness (n.) The quality of being original; originality.
Originant (a.) Originating; original.
Originary (a.) Causing existence; productive.
Originary (a.) Primitive; primary; original.
Originated (imp. & p. p.) of Originate
Originating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Originate
Originate (v. t.) To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new.
Originate (v. i.) To take first existence; to have origin or beginning; to begin to exist or act; as, the scheme originated with the governor and council.
Origination (n.) The act or process of bringing or coming into existence; first production.
Origination (n.) Mode of production, or bringing into being.
Originative (a.) Having power, or tending, to originate, or bring into existence; originating.
Originator (n.) One who originates.
Orillon (n.) A semicircular projection made at the shoulder of a bastion for the purpose of covering the retired flank, -- found in old fortresses.
Oriol (n.) See Oriel.
Oriole (n.) Any one of various species of Old World singing birds of the family Oriolidae. They are usually conspicuously colored with yellow and black. The European or golden oriole (Oriolus galbula, or O. oriolus) has a very musical flutelike note.
Oriole (n.) In America, any one of several species of the genus Icterus, belonging to the family Icteridae. See Baltimore oriole, and Orchard oriole, under Orchard.
Orion (n.) A large and bright constellation on the equator, between the stars Aldebaran and Sirius. It contains a remarkable nebula visible to the naked eye.
Oriskany (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, certain beds, chiefly limestone, characteristic of the latest period of the Silurian age.
Orismological (a.) Of or pertaining to orismology.
Orismology (n.) That departament of natural history which treats of technical terms.
Orison (n.) A prayer; a supplication.
Orisont (n.) Horizon.
Ork (n.) See Orc.
Orkneyan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Orkney islands.
Orle (n.) A bearing, in the form of a fillet, round the shield, within, but at some distance from, the border.
Orle (n.) The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest.
Orleans (n.) A cloth made of worsted and cotton, -- used for wearing apparel.
Orleans (n.) A variety of the plum. See under Plum.
Orlo (n.) A wind instrument of music in use among the Spaniards.
Orlop (n.) The lowest deck of a vessel, esp. of a ship of war, consisting of a platform laid over the beams in the hold, on which the cables are coiled.
Ormer (n.) An abalone.
Ormolu (n.) A variety of brass made to resemble gold by the use of less zinc and more copper in its composition than ordinary brass contains. Its golden color is often heightened by means of lacquer of some sort, or by use of acids. Called also mosaic gold.
Ormuzd (n.) The good principle, or being, of the ancient Persian religion. See Ahriman.
Orn (v. t.) To ornament; to adorn.