Orchestia
         n 1: type genus of the family Orchestiidae [syn: {Orchestia},
               {genus Orchestia}]

English Dictionary: Orcus	by the DICT Development Group
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Orchestiidae n beach fleas Synonym(s): Orchestiidae, family Orchestiidae
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orchestra n a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players seating on the main floor in a theater
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orchestra pit n lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers Synonym(s): orchestra pit, pit
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orchestral adj relating to or composed for an orchestra; "orchestral score"
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orchestral bells n a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers Synonym(s): glockenspiel, orchestral bells
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orchestrate v write an orchestra score for plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery" Synonym(s): mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate
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orchestrated adj arranged for performance by an orchestra
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orchestration n an arrangement of a piece of music for performance by an orchestra or band the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments Synonym(s): orchestration, instrumentation an arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum effect; "the skillful orchestration of his political campaign"
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orchestrator n an arranger who writes for orchestras
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orchiectomy n surgical removal of one or both testicles [syn: orchidectomy, orchiectomy]
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orchis n any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away" Synonym(s): testis, testicle, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock, nut, egg
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Orchis mascula n Eurasian orchid with showy pink or purple flowers in a loose spike Synonym(s): male orchis, early purple orchid, Orchis mascula
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Orchis papilionaceae n Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip Synonym(s): butterfly orchid, butterfly orchis, Orchis papilionaceae
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Orchis spectabilis n North American orchid having a spike of violet-purple flowers mixed with white; sepals and petals form a hood Synonym(s): showy orchis, purple orchis, purple-hooded orchis, Orchis spectabilis
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Orcus n god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto [syn: Dis, Orcus]
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oreo cookie n chocolate cookie with white cream filling [syn: oreo, oreo cookie]
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orgasm n the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse Synonym(s): orgasm, climax, sexual climax, coming
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orgiastic adj used of frenzied sexual activity used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity" Synonym(s): bacchanalian, bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic
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Oryx gazella n large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks Synonym(s): gemsbok, gemsbuck, Oryx gazella
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Oryza sativa n yields the staple food of 50 percent of world's population Synonym(s): cultivated rice, Oryza sativa
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oar \Oar\, n [AS. [be]r; akin to Icel. [be]r, Dan. aare, Sw.       [86]ra; perh. akin to E. row, v. Cf. {Rowlock}.]       1. An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece             of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle at             one end and a broad blade at the other. The part which             rests in the rowlock is called the loom.          Note: An oar is a kind of long paddle, which swings about a                kind of fulcrum, called a rowlock, fixed to the side of                the boat.          2. An oarsman; a rower; as, he is a good oar.          3. (Zo[94]l.) An oarlike swimming organ of various             invertebrates.          {Oar cock}             (Zo[94]l), the water rail. [Prov. Eng.]          {Spoon oar}, an oar having the blade so curved as to afford a             better hold upon the water in rowing.          {To boat the oars}, to cease rowing, and lay the oars in the             boat.          {To feather the oars}. See under {Feather}., v. t.          {To lie on the oars}, to cease pulling, raising the oars out             of water, but not boating them; to cease from work of any             kind; to be idle; to rest.          {To muffle the oars}, to put something round that part which             rests in the rowlock, to prevent noise in rowing.          {To put in one's oar}, to give aid or advice; -- commonly             used of a person who obtrudes aid or counsel not invited.                      {To ship the oars}, to place them in the rowlocks.          {To toss the oars}, To peak the oars, to lift them from the             rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting             on the bottom of the boat.          {To trail oars}, to allow them to trail in the water             alongside of the boat.          {To unship the oars}, to take them out of the rowlocks.
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Oragious \O*ra"gious\, a. [F. orageux.]       Stormy. [R.]
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Killer \Kill"er\, n.       1. One who deprives of life; one who, or that which, kills.          2. (Zo[94]l.) A voracious, toothed whale of the genus {Orca},             of which several species are known.          Note: The killers have a high dorsal fin, and powerful jaws                armed with large, sharp teeth. They capture, and                swallow entire, large numbers of seals, porpoises, and                dolphins, and are celebrated for their savage, combined                attacks upon the right whales, which they are said to                mutilate and kill. The common Atlantic species ({Orca                gladiator}), is found both on the European and the                American coast. Two species ({Orca ater} and {O.                rectipinna}) occur on the Pacific coast.
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Orchesography \Or`che*sog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. [?] dance + -graphy.]       A treatise upon dancing. [R.]
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Orchester \Or"ches*ter\, n.       See {Orchestra}.
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Orchestian \Or*ches"tian\, n. [From Gr. [?] a dancer. See       {Orchestra}.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any species of amphipod crustacean of the genus {Orchestia},       or family {Orchestid[91]}. See {Beach flea}, under {Beach}.
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Orchestra \Or"ches*tra\, n. [L. orchestra, Gr. [?], orig., the       place for the chorus of dancers, from [?] to dance: cf. F.       orchestre.]       1. 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.          2. The place in any public hall appropriated to a band of             instrumental musicians.          3. (Mus.)             (a) Loosely: A band of instrumental musicians performing                   in a theater, concert hall, or other place of public                   amusement.             (b) 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.             (c) 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.          4. (Mus.) The instruments employed by a full band,             collectively; as, an orchestra of forty stringed             instruments, with proper complement of wind instruments.
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Parquet circle \Parquet circle\       That part of the lower floor of a theater with seats at the       rear of the parquet and beneath the galleries; -- called       also, esp. in U. S., {orchestra circle} or {parterre}.
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Orchestral \Or"ches*tral\, a.       Of or pertaining to an orchestra; suitable for, or performed       in or by, an orchestra.
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Orchestration \Or`ches*tra"tion\, n. (Mus.)       The arrangement of music for an orchestra; orchestral       treatment of a composition; -- called also {instrumentation}.
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Orchestre \Or"ches*tre\, n. [F.]       See {Orchestra}.
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Orchestric \Or*ches"tric\, a.       Orchestral.
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Orchestrion \Or*ches"tri*on\, n.       A large music box imitating a variety of orchestral       instruments.
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Lip \Lip\ (l[icr]p), n. [OE. lippe, AS. lippa; akin to D. lip,       G. lippe, lefze, OHG. lefs, Dan. l[91]be, Sw. l[84]pp, L.       labium, labrum. Cf. {Labial}.]       1. One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of             the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips             are organs of speech essential to certain articulations.             Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the             organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself.                         Thine own lips testify against thee.   --Job xv. 6.          2. An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything;             a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel.          3. The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.          4. (Bot.)             (a) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate                   corolla. (b) The odd and peculiar petal in the                   {Orchis} family. See {Orchidaceous}.          5. (Zo[94]l.) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve             shell.          {Lip bit}, a pod auger. See {Auger}.          {Lip comfort}, comfort that is given with words only.          {Lip comforter}, one who comforts with words only.          {Lip labor}, unfelt or insincere speech; hypocrisy. --Bale.          {Lip reading}, the catching of the words or meaning of one             speaking by watching the motion of his lips without             hearing his voice. --Carpenter.          {Lip salve}, a salve for sore lips.          {Lip service}, expression by the lips of obedience and             devotion without the performance of acts suitable to such             sentiments.          {Lip wisdom}, wise talk without practice, or unsupported by             experience.          {Lip work}.             (a) Talk.             (b) Kissing. [Humorous] --B. Jonson.          {To make a lip}, to drop the under lip in sullenness or             contempt. --Shak.          {To shoot out the lip} (Script.), to show contempt by             protruding the lip.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orchis \Or"chis\, n.; pl. {Orchises}. [L., fr. Gr. [?] a       testicle, the orchis; -- so called from its tubers.]       1. (Bot.) A genus of endogenous plants growing in the North             Temperate zone, and consisting of about eighty species.             They are perennial herbs growing from a tuber (beside             which is usually found the last year's tuber also), and             are valued for their showy flowers. See {Orchidaceous}.          2. (Bot.) Any plant of the same family with the orchis; an             orchid.          Note: The common names, such as bee orchis, fly orchis,                butterfly orchis, etc., allude to the peculiar form of                the flower.
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2. Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a             considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series             of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a             long book.          3. Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration;             lingering; as, long hours of watching.          4. Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in             time; far away.                         The we may us reserve both fresh and strong Against                      the tournament, which is not long.      --Spenser.          5. Extended to any specified measure; of a specified length;             as, a span long; a yard long; a mile long, that is,             extended to the measure of a mile, etc.          6. Far-reaching; extensive. [bd] Long views.[b8] --Burke.          7. (Phonetics) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in             utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See {Short},             a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 22, 30.          Note: Long is used as a prefix in a large number of compound                adjectives which are mostly of obvious meaning; as,                long-armed, long-beaked, long-haired, long-horned,                long-necked, long-sleeved, long-tailed, long- worded,                etc.          {In the long run}, in the whole course of things taken             together; in the ultimate result; eventually.          {Long clam} (Zo[94]l.), the common clam ({Mya arenaria}) of             the Northern United States and Canada; -- called also             {soft-shell clam} and {long-neck clam}. See {Mya}.          {Long cloth}, a kind of cotton cloth of superior quality.          {Long clothes}, clothes worn by a young infant, extending             below the feet.          {Long division}. (Math.) See {Division}.          {Long dozen}, one more than a dozen; thirteen.          {Long home}, the grave.          {Long measure}, {Long mater}. See under {Measure}, {Meter}.                      {Long Parliament} (Eng. Hist.), the Parliament which             assembled Nov. 3, 1640, and was dissolved by Cromwell,             April 20, 1653.          {Long price}, the full retail price.          {Long purple} (Bot.), a plant with purple flowers, supposed             to be the {Orchis mascula}. --Dr. Prior.          {Long suit} (Whist), a suit of which one holds originally             more than three cards. --R. A. Proctor.          {Long tom}.             (a) A pivot gun of great length and range, on the dock of                   a vessel.             (b) A long trough for washing auriferous earth. [Western                   U.S.]             (c) (Zo[94]l.) The long-tailed titmouse.          {Long wall} (Coal Mining), a working in which the whole seam             is removed and the roof allowed to fall in, as the work             progresses, except where passages are needed.          {Of long}, a long time. [Obs.] --Fairfax.          {To be}, [or] {go}, {long of the market}, {To be on the long       side of the market}, etc. (Stock Exchange), to hold stock for             a rise in price, or to have a contract under which one can             demand stock on or before a certain day at a stipulated             price; -- opposed to {short} in such phrases as, to be             short of stock, to sell short, etc. [Cant] See {Short}.          {To have a long head}, to have a farseeing or sagacious mind.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Standergrass \Stand"er*grass`\, n. (Bot.)       A plant ({Orchis mascula}); -- called also {standerwort}, and       {long purple}. See {Long purple}, under {Long}.
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Soldier \Sol"dier\, n. [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF.       soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr.       L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a       soldier), fr. solidus solid. See {Solid}, and cf. {Sold}, n.]       1. One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a             private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized             body of combatants.                         I am a soldier and unapt to weep.      --Shak.          2. Especially, a private in military service, as             distinguished from an officer.                         It were meet that any one, before he came to be a                      captain, should have been a soldier.   --Spenser.          3. A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill,             or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of             emphasis or distinction. --Shak.          4. (Zo[94]l.) The red or cuckoo gurnard ({Trigla pini}.)             [Prov. Eng.]          5. (Zo[94]l.) One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white             ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very             large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest.             See {Termite}.          {Soldier beetle} (Zo[94]l.), an American carabid beetle             ({Chauliognathus Americanus}) whose larva feeds upon other             insects, such as the plum curculio.          {Soldier bug} (Zo[94]l.), any hemipterous insect of the genus             {Podisus} and allied genera, as the spined soldier bug             ({Podius spinosus}). These bugs suck the blood of other             insects.          {Soldier crab} (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The hermit crab.             (b) The fiddler crab.          {Soldier fish} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored etheostomoid fish             ({Etheostoma c[d2]ruleum}) found in the Mississippi River;             -- called also {blue darter}, and {rainbow darter}.          {Soldier fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of             small dipterous flies of the genus {Stratyomys} and allied             genera. They are often bright green, with a metallic             luster, and are ornamented on the sides of the back with             markings of yellow, like epaulets or shoulder straps.          {Soldier moth} (Zo[94]l.), a large geometrid moth ({Euschema             militaris}), having the wings bright yellow with bluish             black lines and spots.          {Soldier orchis} (Bot.), a kind of orchis ({Orchis             militaris}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orchis \Or"chis\, n.; pl. {Orchises}. [L., fr. Gr. [?] a       testicle, the orchis; -- so called from its tubers.]       1. (Bot.) A genus of endogenous plants growing in the North             Temperate zone, and consisting of about eighty species.             They are perennial herbs growing from a tuber (beside             which is usually found the last year's tuber also), and             are valued for their showy flowers. See {Orchidaceous}.          2. (Bot.) Any plant of the same family with the orchis; an             orchid.          Note: The common names, such as bee orchis, fly orchis,                butterfly orchis, etc., allude to the peculiar form of                the flower.
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Orgasm \Or"gasm\, n. [F. orgasme; cf. Gr. [?] a kneading,       softening, prob. confused with [?] to swell, espicially with       lust; to feel an ardent desire.] (Physiol.)       Eager or immoderate excitement or action; the state of       turgescence of any organ; erethism; esp., the height of       venereal excitement in sexual intercourse.
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Orgeis \Or"ge*is\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       See {Organling}.
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Orgiastic \Or`gi*as"tic\, a. [Gr. [?]. See {Orgy}.]       Pertaining to, or of the nature of, orgies. --Elton.
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Orgies \Or"gies\, n. pl.; sing. {Orgy}.          Note: [The singular is rarely used.] [F. orgie, orgies, L.                orgia, pl., Gr. [?]; akin to [?] work. See {Organ}, and                {Work}.]       1. A sacrifice accompanied by certain ceremonies in honor of             some pagan deity; especially, the ceremonies observed by             the Greeks and Romans in the worship of Dionysus, or             Bacchus, which were characterized by wild and dissolute             revelry.                         As when, with crowned cups, unto the Elian god,                      Those priests high orgies held.         --Drayton.          2. Drunken revelry; a carouse. --B. Jonson. Tennyson.
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Orgy \Or"gy\, n.; pl. {Orgies}.       A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See {Orgies}
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Rice \Rice\, n. [F. riz (cf. Pr. ris, It. riso), L. oryza, Gr.       [?][?][?], [?][?][?], probably from the Persian; cf. OPers.       br[c6]zi, akin to Skr. vr[c6]hi; or perh. akin to E. rye. Cf.       {Rye}.] (Bot.)       A well-known cereal grass ({Oryza sativa}) and its seed. This       plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the       grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants.       In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be       overflowed.          {Ant rice}. (Bot.) See under {Ant}.          {French rice}. (Bot.) See {Amelcorn}.          {Indian rice}., a tall reedlike water grass ({Zizania             aquatica}), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain,             much used for food by North American Indians. It is common             in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also             {water oat}, {Canadian wild rice}, etc.          {Mountain rice}, any species of an American genus             ({Oryzopsis}) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice.          {Rice bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Ricebird}.          {Rice hen} (Zo[94]l.), the Florida gallinule.          {Rice mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a large dark-colored field mouse             ({Calomys palistris}) of the Southern United States.          {Rice paper}, a kind of thin, delicate paper, brought from             China, -- used for painting upon, and for the manufacture             of fancy articles. It is made by cutting the pith of a             large herb ({Fatsia papyrifera}, related to the ginseng)             into one roll or sheet, which is flattened out under             pressure. Called also {pith paper}.          {Rice troupial} (Zo[94]l.), the bobolink.          {Rice water}, a drink for invalids made by boiling a small             quantity of rice in water.          {Rice-water discharge} (Med.), a liquid, resembling rice             water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from             the bowels, in cholera.          {Rice weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small beetle ({Calandra, [or]             Sitophilus, oryz[91]}) which destroys rice, wheat, and             Indian corn by eating out the interior; -- called also             {black weevil}.
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Orgas, WV       Zip code(s): 25148
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Orrs Island, ME       Zip code(s): 04066