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   Oort
         n 1: Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and
               proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992) [syn:
               {Oort}, {Jan Hendrix Oort}]

English Dictionary: orad by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orad
adv
  1. toward the mouth or oral region
    Antonym(s): aborad
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orate
v
  1. talk pompously
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Oread
n
  1. (Greek mythology) one of the mountain nymphs
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oreide
n
  1. alloy of copper and tin and zinc; used in imitation gold jewelry
    Synonym(s): oroide, oreide
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oroide
n
  1. alloy of copper and tin and zinc; used in imitation gold jewelry
    Synonym(s): oroide, oreide
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oar \Oar\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Oared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Oaring}.]
      To row. [bd]Oared himself.[b8] --Shak.
  
               Oared with laboring arms.                        --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oared \Oared\, a.
      1. Furnished with oars; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a
            four-oared boat.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Having feet adapted for swimming.
            (b) Totipalmate; -- said of the feet of certain birds. See
                  Illust. of {Aves}.
  
      {Oared shrew} (Zo[94]l.), an aquatic European shrew
            ({Crossopus ciliatus}); -- called also {black water
            shrew}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ord \Ord\, n. [AS. ord point.]
      An edge or point; also, a beginning. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
      --Chaucer.
  
      {Ord and end}, the beginning and end. Cf. {Odds and ends},
            under {Odds}. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Chaucer. Halliwell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oread \O"re*ad\, n. [L. Oreas, -adis, Gr. 'Oreia`s, -a`dos, fr.
      'o`ros mountain: cf. F. or[82]ade.] (Class. Myth.)
      One of the nymphs of mountains and grottoes.
  
               Like a wood nymph light, Oread or Dryad. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oreide \O"re*ide\, n.
      See {Oroide}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oroide \O"roide\, n. [F. or gold (L. aurum) + Gr. [?] form.]
      An alloy, chiefly of copper and zinc or tin, resembling gold
      in color and brilliancy. [Written also {oreide}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oreide \O"re*ide\, n.
      See {Oroide}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oroide \O"roide\, n. [F. or gold (L. aurum) + Gr. [?] form.]
      An alloy, chiefly of copper and zinc or tin, resembling gold
      in color and brilliancy. [Written also {oreide}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oreweed \Ore"weed`\, n.
      Same as {Oarweed}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orewood \Ore"wood`\, n.
      Same as {Oarweed}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oroide \O"roide\, n. [F. or gold (L. aurum) + Gr. [?] form.]
      An alloy, chiefly of copper and zinc or tin, resembling gold
      in color and brilliancy. [Written also {oreide}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ort \Ort\, n.; pl. {Orts}. [Akin to LG. ort, ortels, remnants of
      food, refuse, OFries. ort, OD. oorete, ooraete; prob. from
      the same prefix as in E. ordeal + a word akin to eat.]
      A morsel left at a meal; a fragment; refuse; -- commonly used
      in the plural. --Milton.
  
               Let him have time a beggar's orts to crave. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ortho- \Or"tho-\ [Gr. [?] straight; akin to Skr. [?]rdhva
      upright, vrdh to grow, to cause to grow.]
      1. A combining form signifying straight, right, upright,
            correct, regular; as, orthodromy, orthodiagonal, orthodox,
            orthographic.
  
      2. (Chem.) A combining form (also used adjectively),
            designating:
            (a) (Inorganic Chem.) The one of several acids of the same
                  element (as the phosphoric acids), which actually
                  occurs with the greatest number of hydroxyl groups;
                  as, orthophosphoric acid. Cf. {Normal}.
            (b) (Organic Chem.) Connection with, or affinity to, one
                  variety of isomerism, characteristic of the benzene
                  compounds; -- contrasted with {meta-} or {para-}; as,
                  the ortho position; hence, designating any substance
                  showing such isomerism; as, an ortho compound.
  
      Note: In the graphic representation of the benzene nucleus
               (see {Benzene nucleus}, under {Benzene}), provisionally
               adopted, any substance exhibiting double substitution
               in adjacent and contiguous carbon atoms, as 1 & 2, 3 &
               4, 4 & 5, etc., is designated by ortho-; as,
               orthoxylene; any substance exhibiting substitution of
               two carbon atoms with one intervening, as 1 & 3, 2 & 4,
               3 & 5, 4 & 6, etc., by meta-; as, resorcin or
               metaxylene; any substance exhibiting substitution in
               opposite parts, as 1 & 4, 2 & 5, 3 & 6, by para-; as,
               hydroquinone or paraxylene.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sora \So"ra\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A North American rail ({Porzana Carolina}) common in the
      Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with
      black and white, the front of the head and throat black, the
      breast and sides of the head and neck slate-colored. Called
      also {American rail}, {Carolina rail}, {Carolina crake},
      {common rail}, {sora rail}, {soree}, {meadow chicken}, and
      {orto}.
  
      {King sora}, the Florida gallinule.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Ord, NE (city, FIPS 37280)
      Location: 41.60254 N, 98.92960 W
      Population (1990): 2481 (1169 housing units)
      Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 68862

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Ordway, CO (town, FIPS 56145)
      Location: 38.22094 N, 103.75678 W
      Population (1990): 1025 (547 housing units)
      Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 81063
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