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   orator
         n 1: a person who delivers a speech or oration [syn: {orator},
               {speechmaker}, {rhetorician}, {public speaker},
               {speechifier}]

English Dictionary: Order by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oratorical
adj
  1. characteristic of an orator or oratory; "oratorical prose"; "harangued his men in an oratorical way"- Robert Graves
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oratorio
n
  1. a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
    Synonym(s): cantata, oratorio
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oratory
n
  1. addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous); "he loved the sound of his own oratory"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order
n
  1. (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed; "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London"
  2. a degree in a continuum of size or quantity; "it was on the order of a mile"; "an explosion of a low order of magnitude"
    Synonym(s): order, order of magnitude
  3. established customary state (especially of society); "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order"
    Antonym(s): disorder
  4. logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"
    Synonym(s): ordering, order, ordination
  5. a condition of regular or proper arrangement; "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order"
    Synonym(s): orderliness, order
    Antonym(s): disorder, disorderliness
  6. a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"
    Synonym(s): decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript
  7. a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities; "IBM received an order for a hundred computers"
    Synonym(s): order, purchase order
  8. a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"
    Synonym(s): club, social club, society, guild, gild, lodge, order
  9. a body of rules followed by an assembly
    Synonym(s): order, rules of order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure
  10. (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy; "theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order"
    Synonym(s): Holy Order, Order
  11. a group of person living under a religious rule; "the order of Saint Benedict"
    Synonym(s): order, monastic order
  12. (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
  13. a request for something to be made, supplied, or served; "I gave the waiter my order"; "the company's products were in such demand that they got more orders than their call center could handle"
  14. (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans
  15. the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"
    Synonym(s): order, ordering
v
  1. give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"
    Synonym(s): order, tell, enjoin, say
  2. make a request for something; "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage"
  3. issue commands or orders for
    Synonym(s): order, prescribe, dictate
  4. bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
    Synonym(s): regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern
    Antonym(s): deregulate
  5. bring order to or into; "Order these files"
    Antonym(s): disarray, disorder
  6. place in a certain order; "order the photos chronologically"
  7. appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"
    Synonym(s): ordain, consecrate, ordinate, order
  8. arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
    Synonym(s): arrange, set up, put, order
  9. assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
    Synonym(s): rate, rank, range, order, grade, place
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Acarina
n
  1. mites and ticks
    Synonym(s): Acarina, order Acarina
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Accipitriformes
n
  1. in some classifications an alternative name for the Falconiformes
    Synonym(s): Accipitriformes, order Accipitriformes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Actinaria
n
  1. sea anemones [syn: Actiniaria, order Actiniaria, Actinaria, order Actinaria]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Actiniaria
n
  1. sea anemones [syn: Actiniaria, order Actiniaria, Actinaria, order Actinaria]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Actinomycetales
n
  1. filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria [syn: Actinomycetales, order Actinomycetales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Actinomyxidia
n
  1. parasites of worms [syn: Actinomyxidia, {order Actinomyxidia}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Aepyorniformes
n
  1. huge extinct flightless birds: elephant birds [syn: Aepyorniformes, order Aepyorniformes]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Agaricales
n
  1. typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota
    Synonym(s): Agaricales, order Agaricales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Alcyonaria
n
  1. corals and sea anemones having eight branches [syn: Alcyonaria, order Alcyonaria]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Alismales
n
  1. an order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants
    Synonym(s): Naiadales, order Naiadales, Alismales, order Alismales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Amoebida
n
  1. the animal order including amoebas [syn: Amoebida, {order Amoebida}, Amoebina, order Amoebina]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Amoebina
n
  1. the animal order including amoebas [syn: Amoebida, {order Amoebida}, Amoebina, order Amoebina]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Amphipoda
n
  1. small flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimp
    Synonym(s): Amphipoda, order Amphipoda
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Anacanthini
n
  1. at least partially equivalent to the order Gadiformes in some classifications
    Synonym(s): Anacanthini, order Anacanthini
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Anaspida
n
  1. extinct order of jawless vertebrates [syn: Anaspida, order Anaspida]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Andreaeales
n
  1. comprises a single genus: Andreaea [syn: Andreaeales, order Andreaeales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Anguilliformes
n
  1. elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced
    Synonym(s): Anguilliformes, order Anguilliformes, order Apodes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Anoplura
n
  1. sucking lice
    Synonym(s): Anoplura, order Anoplura
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Anostraca
n
  1. small aquatic crustaceans lacking a carapace: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps
    Synonym(s): Anostraca, order Anostraca
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Anseriformes
n
  1. ducks; geese; swans; screamers [syn: Anseriformes, {order Anseriformes}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Anthocerotales
n
  1. hornworts; liverworts having a thalloid gametophyte; in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida
    Synonym(s): Anthocerotales, order Anthocerotales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Anura
n
  1. frogs, toads, tree toads [syn: Salientia, {order Salientia}, Anura, order Anura, Batrachia, order Batrachia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Aphyllophorales
n
  1. includes chiefly saprophytic fungi typically with shelflike bodies; sometimes placed in class Hymenomycetes or included in Agaricales
    Synonym(s): Aphyllophorales, order Aphyllophorales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Aplacophora
n
  1. an order of Amphineura [syn: Solenogastres, {order Solenogastres}, Aplacophora, order Aplacophora]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Apodes
n
  1. elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced
    Synonym(s): Anguilliformes, order Anguilliformes, order Apodes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Apodiformes
n
  1. swifts; hummingbirds [syn: Apodiformes, {order Apodiformes}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Apterygiformes
n
  1. a ratite bird order: flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes: kiwis
    Synonym(s): Apterygiformes, order Apterygiformes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Arales
n
  1. Araceae; Lemnaceae
    Synonym(s): Arales, order Arales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Araneae
n
  1. spiders [syn: Araneae, order Araneae, Araneida, order Araneida]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Araneida
n
  1. spiders [syn: Araneae, order Araneae, Araneida, order Araneida]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Aristolochiales
n
  1. order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary
    Synonym(s): Aristolochiales, order Aristolochiales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order arms
n
  1. a position in the manual of arms; the rifle is held vertically on the right side with the butt on the ground; often used as a command
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Artiodactyla
n
  1. an order of hooved mammals of the subclass Eutheria (including pigs and peccaries and hippopotami and members of the suborder Ruminantia) having an even number of functional toes
    Synonym(s): Artiodactyla, order Artiodactyla
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Aspergillales
n
  1. order of fungi having a closed ascocarp (cleistothecium) with the asci scattered rather than gathered in a hymenium
    Synonym(s): Eurotiales, order Eurotiales, Aspergillales, order Aspergillales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Auriculariales
n
  1. coextensive with the family Auriculariaceae; sometimes included in the order Tremellales
    Synonym(s): Auriculariales, order Auriculariales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Batoidei
n
  1. fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes
    Synonym(s): Rajiformes, order Rajiformes, Batoidei, order Batoidei
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Batrachia
n
  1. frogs, toads, tree toads [syn: Salientia, {order Salientia}, Anura, order Anura, Batrachia, order Batrachia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Belemnoidea
n
  1. order of extinct dibranchiate cephalopods related to the surviving spirulas
    Synonym(s): Belemnoidea, order Belemnoidea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Bennettitales
n
  1. fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous [syn: Bennettitales, order Bennettitales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Berycomorphi
n
  1. an order of spiny-finned fish in the superorder Acanthopterygii
    Synonym(s): Berycomorphi, order Berycomorphi
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Blastocladiales
n
  1. fungi that carry out asexual reproduction by thick-walled resting spores that produce zoospores upon germination; sometimes placed in class Oomycetes
    Synonym(s): Blastocladiales, order Blastocladiales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order book
n
  1. a printed copy of the order of the day [syn: order paper, order book]
  2. a book in which customers' orders are entered; usually makes multiple copies of the order
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Branchiura
n
  1. copepods with suctorial mouthparts; parasitic on fishes
    Synonym(s): Branchiura, order Branchiura
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Bryales
n
  1. category used in some classification systems for mosses having the spore case separated from the capsule wall by a hollow intercellular space
    Synonym(s): Bryales, order Bryales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Campanulales
n
  1. an order of plants of the subclass Asteridae including: Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; Compositae
    Synonym(s): Campanulales, order Campanulales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Caprimulgiformes
n
  1. goatsuckers; frogmouths; oilbirds [syn: Caprimulgiformes, order Caprimulgiformes]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Carnivora
n
  1. cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia
    Synonym(s): Carnivora, order Carnivora
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Caryophyllales
n
  1. corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae
    Synonym(s): Caryophyllales, order Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order-Chenopodiales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Casuariiformes
n
  1. a ratite bird order: cassowaries and emus [syn: Casuariiformes, order Casuariiformes]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Casuarinales
n
  1. order of chiefly Australian trees and shrubs comprising the casuarinas; 1 family: Casuarinaceae
    Synonym(s): Casuarinales, order Casuarinales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Caudata
n
  1. salamanders; newts; congo snakes [syn: Urodella, {order Urodella}, Caudata, order Caudata]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Cestida
n
  1. ctenophore having short tentacles; one family [syn: Cestida, order Cestida]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Cetacea
n
  1. an order of Eutheria
    Synonym(s): Cetacea, order Cetacea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Charadriiformes
n
  1. large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters: shorebirds and coastal diving birds; most feed on anima life
    Synonym(s): Charadriiformes, order Charadriiformes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Charales
n
  1. small order of macroscopic fresh and brackish water algae with a distinct axis: stoneworts
    Synonym(s): Charales, order Charales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Chelonethida
n
  1. false scorpions [syn: Chelonethida, order Chelonethida, Pseudoscorpionida, order Pseudoscorpionida, Pseudoscorpiones, order Pseudoscorpiones]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Chelonia
n
  1. tortoises and turtles [syn: Chelonia, order Chelonia, Testudinata, order Testudinata, Testudines, order Testudines]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Chiroptera
n
  1. an old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats)
    Synonym(s): Chiroptera, order Chiroptera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Chlorococcales
n
  1. unicellular green algae that reproduce by spores [syn: Chlorococcales, order Chlorococcales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Chytridiales
n
  1. simple aquatic fungi mostly saprophytic but some parasitic on higher plants or animals or fresh water fungi; sometimes placed in class Oomycetes
    Synonym(s): Chytridiales, order Chytridiales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Ciconiiformes
n
  1. order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet: herons; storks; spoonbills; flamingos; ibises
    Synonym(s): Ciconiiformes, order Ciconiiformes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Cilioflagellata
n
  1. in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta
    Synonym(s): Dinoflagellata, order Dinoflagellata, Cilioflagellata, order Cilioflagellata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Coccidia
n
  1. an order in the subclass Telosporidia [syn: Coccidia, order Coccidia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order code
n
  1. the portion of a set of operation descriptions that specifies the operation to be performed; the set of operations in a computer
    Synonym(s): operation code, order code
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Coleoptera
n
  1. beetles
    Synonym(s): Coleoptera, order Coleoptera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Collembola
n
  1. minute wingless arthropods: springtails [syn: Collembola, order Collembola]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Columbiformes
n
  1. sand grouse; pigeons; doves; extinct dodos and solitaires
    Synonym(s): Columbiformes, order Columbiformes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Colymbiformes
n
  1. grebes [syn: Podicipitiformes, order Podicipitiformes, Podicipediformes, order Podicipediformes, Colymbiformes, order Colymbiformes]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Commelinales
n
  1. an order of monocotyledonous herbs [syn: Xyridales, order Xyridales, Commelinales, order Commelinales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Coniferales
n
  1. profusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leaves
    Synonym(s): Coniferales, order Coniferales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Conodonta
n
  1. extinct order of primitive vertebrates; the precise taxonomy is not clear; in some classifications considered a separate phylum
    Synonym(s): Conodonta, order Conodonta, Conodontophorida, order Conodontophorida
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Conodontophorida
n
  1. extinct order of primitive vertebrates; the precise taxonomy is not clear; in some classifications considered a separate phylum
    Synonym(s): Conodonta, order Conodonta, Conodontophorida, order Conodontophorida
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Coraciiformes
n
  1. rollers; kingfishers; hornbills; hoopoes; motmots; bee eaters; todies
    Synonym(s): Coraciiformes, order Coraciiformes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Cordaitales
n
  1. extinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable to or more advanced than cycads; known from the Pennsylvanian period; probably extinct since the Mesozoic era
    Synonym(s): Cordaitales, order Cordaitales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Corrodentia
n
  1. an order of insects: includes booklice and bark-lice [syn: Psocoptera, order Psocoptera, Corrodentia, order Corrodentia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Crocodilia
n
  1. crocodiles; alligators; caimans; gavials [syn: Crocodylia, order Crocodylia, Crocodilia, order Crocodilia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Crocodylia
n
  1. crocodiles; alligators; caimans; gavials [syn: Crocodylia, order Crocodylia, Crocodilia, order Crocodilia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Cuculiformes
n
  1. cuckoos; touracos; etc. [syn: Cuculiformes, {order Cuculiformes}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Cycadales
n
  1. primitive tropical gymnosperms abundant in the Mesozoic, now reduced to a few scattered tropical forms
    Synonym(s): Cycadales, order Cycadales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Cycadofilicales
n
  1. fossil gymnospermous trees or climbing plants from the Devonian: seed ferns
    Synonym(s): Cycadofilicales, order Cycadofilicales, Lyginopteridales, order Lyginopteridales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Cyclostomata
n
  1. primitive jawless aquatic vertebrate: lampreys; hagfishes
    Synonym(s): Cyclostomata, order Cyclostomata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Cydippea
n
  1. ctenophores having two long pinnate tentacles [syn: Cydippida, order Cydippida, Cydippidea, order Cydippidea, Cydippea, order Cydippea]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Cydippida
n
  1. ctenophores having two long pinnate tentacles [syn: Cydippida, order Cydippida, Cydippidea, order Cydippidea, Cydippea, order Cydippea]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Cydippidea
n
  1. ctenophores having two long pinnate tentacles [syn: Cydippida, order Cydippida, Cydippidea, order Cydippidea, Cydippea, order Cydippea]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Cypriniformes
n
  1. an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi
    Synonym(s): Cypriniformes, order Cypriniformes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Decapoda
n
  1. lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns [syn: Decapoda, order Decapoda]
  2. squids and cuttlefishes
    Synonym(s): Decapoda, order Decapoda
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Dermaptera
n
  1. earwigs and a few related forms [syn: Dermaptera, {order Dermaptera}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Dermoptera
n
  1. flying lemurs
    Synonym(s): Dermoptera, order Dermoptera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Diapensiales
n
  1. used in some classifications: coextensive with family Diapensiaceae
    Synonym(s): Diapensiales, order Diapensiales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Dicranales
n
  1. widely distributed order of mosses with erect gametophores and sporophytes at the tips of stems
    Synonym(s): Dicranales, order Dicranales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Dictyoptera
n
  1. in some classifications replaced by the orders (here suborders) Blattodea (cockroaches) and Manteodea (mantids); in former classifications often subsumed under a much broader order Orthoptera
    Synonym(s): Dictyoptera, order Dictyoptera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Dinocerata
n
  1. small order of primitive ungulates of the Paleocene and Eocene
    Synonym(s): Dinocerata, order Dinocerata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Dinoflagellata
n
  1. in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta
    Synonym(s): Dinoflagellata, order Dinoflagellata, Cilioflagellata, order Cilioflagellata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Dinornithiformes
n
  1. a ratite bird order: recently extinct flightless birds of New Zealand
    Synonym(s): Dinornithiformes, order Dinornithiformes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Diptera
n
  1. a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies
    Synonym(s): Diptera, order Diptera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Discocephali
n
  1. small order of fishes comprising the remoras [syn: Discocephali, order Discocephali]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Ebenales
n
  1. trees or shrubs of the families Ebenaceae or Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceae
    Synonym(s): Ebenales, order Ebenales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Edentata
n
  1. order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World anteaters; sloths; armadillos
    Synonym(s): Edentata, order Edentata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Embiodea
n
  1. web spinners [syn: Embioptera, order Embioptera, Embiodea, order Embiodea]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Embioptera
n
  1. web spinners [syn: Embioptera, order Embioptera, Embiodea, order Embiodea]
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order Endomycetales
n
  1. fungi having a zygote or a single cell developing directly into an ascus
    Synonym(s): Endomycetales, order Endomycetales
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order Entomophthorales
n
  1. coextensive with the family Entomophthoraceae [syn: Entomophthorales, order Entomophthorales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Ephemerida
n
  1. mayflies [syn: Ephemeroptera, order Ephemeroptera, Ephemerida, order Ephemerida]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Ephemeroptera
n
  1. mayflies [syn: Ephemeroptera, order Ephemeroptera, Ephemerida, order Ephemerida]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Equisetales
n
  1. lower tracheophytes in existence since the Devonian [syn: Equisetales, order Equisetales]
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order Ericales
n
  1. Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae
    Synonym(s): Ericales, order Ericales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Erysiphales
n
  1. saprophytic and parasitic fungi that live on plants [syn: Erysiphales, order Erysiphales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Eubacteriales
n
  1. one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram-positive spherical or rod-shaped forms; some are motile; in some classifications considered an order of Schizomycetes
    Synonym(s): Eubacteriales, order Eubacteriales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Eubryales
n
  1. mosses with perennial erect gametophores and stems with rows of leaves and drooping capsules
    Synonym(s): Eubryales, order Eubryales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Euphausiacea
n
  1. small commonly luminescent crustaceans; important element of marine plankton: krill
    Synonym(s): Euphausiacea, order Euphausiacea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Eurotiales
n
  1. order of fungi having a closed ascocarp (cleistothecium) with the asci scattered rather than gathered in a hymenium
    Synonym(s): Eurotiales, order Eurotiales, Aspergillales, order Aspergillales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Eurypterida
n
  1. extinct aquatic arthropods of the Paleozoic [syn: Eurypterida, order Eurypterida]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Exocycloida
n
  1. flat sea urchins
    Synonym(s): Exocycloida, order Exocycloida
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Fagales
n
  1. an order of dicotyledonous trees of the subclass Hamamelidae
    Synonym(s): Fagales, order Fagales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Falconiformes
n
  1. chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures
    Synonym(s): Falconiformes, order Falconiformes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Filicales
n
  1. true (leptosporangiate) ferns [syn: Filicales, {order Filicales}, Polypodiales, order Polypodiales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Foraminifera
n
  1. foraminifers
    Synonym(s): Foraminifera, order Foraminifera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order form
n
  1. a form to use when placing an order
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Fucales
n
  1. coextensive with the family Fucaceae [syn: Fucales, order Fucales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Gadiformes
n
  1. cods, haddocks, grenadiers; in some classifications considered equivalent to the order Anacanthini
    Synonym(s): Gadiformes, order Gadiformes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Galliformes
n
  1. pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins
    Synonym(s): Galliformes, order Galliformes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Ganoidei
n
  1. a group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales
    Synonym(s): Ganoidei, order Ganoidei
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Gaviiformes
n
  1. large aquatic birds: loons and some extinct forms [syn: Gaviiformes, order Gaviiformes]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Gentianales
n
  1. an order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Loganiaceae; Oleaceae; Salvadoraceae
    Synonym(s): Gentianales, order Gentianales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Geophilomorpha
n
  1. small elongate centipedes living in soil and under stones and having more than 30 pairs of legs
    Synonym(s): Geophilomorpha, order Geophilomorpha
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Geraniales
n
  1. an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae
    Synonym(s): Geraniales, order Geraniales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Ginkgoales
n
  1. coextensive with the family Ginkgoaceae: plants that first appeared in the Permian and now represented by a single surviving species; often included in Coniferales
    Synonym(s): Ginkgoales, order Ginkgoales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Gnetales
n
  1. chiefly tropical or xerophytic woody plants; practically unknown as fossils but considered close to the ancestral line of angiosperms
    Synonym(s): Gnetales, order Gnetales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Graminales
n
  1. grasses; sedges; rushes [syn: Graminales, {order Graminales}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Gregarinida
n
  1. an order in the subclass Telosporidia [syn: Gregarinida, order Gregarinida]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Gruiformes
n
  1. inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards
    Synonym(s): Gruiformes, order Gruiformes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Guttiferales
n
  1. used in some classifications; coextensive with Parietales
    Synonym(s): Guttiferales, order Guttiferales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Gymnophiona
n
  1. an order of amphibians including caecilians [syn: Gymnophiona, order Gymnophiona]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Haemosporidia
n
  1. an order in the subclass Telosporidia [syn: Haemosporidia, order Haemosporidia]
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order Haplosporidia
n
  1. an order in the subclass Acnidosporidia [syn: Haplosporidia, order Haplosporidia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Heliozoa
n
  1. mostly freshwater protozoa [syn: Heliozoa, {order Heliozoa}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Helotiales
n
  1. order of fungi having asci in a disk-shaped to goblet- shaped apothecium
    Synonym(s): Helotiales, order Helotiales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Hemiptera
n
  1. plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas)
    Synonym(s): Hemiptera, order Hemiptera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Heterosomata
n
  1. flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes
    Synonym(s): Heterosomata, order Heterosomata, order Pleuronectiformes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Heterotrichales
n
  1. yellow-green algae with simple or branching filaments; comprising the single family Tribonemaceae
    Synonym(s): Heterotrichales, order Heterotrichales
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order Hymenogastrales
n
  1. an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes; has a distinct basidiocarp with a fleshy or waxy gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes)
    Synonym(s): Hymenogastrales, order Hymenogastrales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Hymenoptera
n
  1. an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.
    Synonym(s): Hymenoptera, order Hymenoptera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Hypericales
n
  1. a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae
    Synonym(s): Parietales, order Parietales, Hypericales, order Hypericales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Hypermastigina
n
  1. cellulose-producing flagellates [syn: Hypermastigina, order Hypermastigina]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Hypocreales
n
  1. used in some classifications for the family Hypocreaceae
    Synonym(s): Hypocreales, order Hypocreales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Hyracoidea
n
  1. hyraxes and some extinct animals [syn: Hyracoidea, {order Hyracoidea}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Ichthyosauria
n
  1. extinct marine reptiles: ichthyosaurs [syn: Ichthyosauria, order Ichthyosauria]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Ictodosauria
n
  1. extinct reptiles of the later Triassic period [syn: Ictodosauria, order Ictodosauria]
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order Insectivora
n
  1. shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs [syn: Insectivora, order Insectivora]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Insessores
n
  1. a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists
    Synonym(s): Insessores, order Insessores, perching bird, percher
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Isoetales
n
  1. aquatic or marsh-growing fern allies; known to have existed since the Cenozoic; sometimes included in Lycopodiales
    Synonym(s): Isoetales, order Isoetales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Isopoda
n
  1. woodlice
    Synonym(s): Isopoda, order Isopoda
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Isoptera
n
  1. order of social insects that live in colonies, including: termites; often placed in subclass Exopterygota
    Synonym(s): Isoptera, order Isoptera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Isospondyli
n
  1. most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon
    Synonym(s): Isospondyli, order Isospondyli
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Juglandales
n
  1. coextensive with the family Juglandaceae [syn: Juglandales, order Juglandales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Jungermanniales
n
  1. large order of chiefly tropical liverworts [syn: Jungermanniales, order Jungermanniales]
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order Lagomorpha
n
  1. rabbits; hares; pikas; formerly considered the suborder Duplicidentata of the order Rodentia
    Synonym(s): Lagomorpha, order Lagomorpha
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Laminariales
n
  1. in some classifications coextensive with family Laminariaceae: marine brown algae of cold or polar seas
    Synonym(s): Laminariales, order Laminariales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Lechanorales
n
  1. category used in some classification systems for all lichens that produce apothecia
    Synonym(s): Lechanorales, order Lechanorales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Lepidodendrales
n
  1. fossil arborescent plants arising during the early Devonian and conspicuous throughout the Carboniferous
    Synonym(s): Lepidodendrales, order Lepidodendrales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Lepidoptera
n
  1. moths and butterflies [syn: Lepidoptera, {order Lepidoptera}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Lichenales
n
  1. category used especially in former classifications for organisms now constituting the division Lichenes
    Synonym(s): Lichenales, order Lichenales
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order Liliales
n
  1. an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae
    Synonym(s): Liliales, order Liliales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Lobata
n
  1. ctenophore having tentacles only in the immature stage; body compressed vertically having two large oral lobes and four pointed processes
    Synonym(s): Lobata, order Lobata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Loricata
n
  1. former name for the order Crocodylia [syn: Loricata, order Loricata]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Lycoperdales
n
  1. small order of basidiomycetous fungi having fleshy often globose fruiting bodies; includes puffballs and earthstars
    Synonym(s): Lycoperdales, order Lycoperdales
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order Lycopodiales
n
  1. lower vascular plants coextensive with the family Lycopodiaceae; in some classifications includes the Selaginellaceae and Isoetaceae
    Synonym(s): Lycopodiales, order Lycopodiales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Lyginopteridales
n
  1. fossil gymnospermous trees or climbing plants from the Devonian: seed ferns
    Synonym(s): Cycadofilicales, order Cycadofilicales, Lyginopteridales, order Lyginopteridales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Madreporaria
n
  1. stony corals
    Synonym(s): Madreporaria, order Madreporaria
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order Mallophaga
n
  1. biting lice
    Synonym(s): Mallophaga, order Mallophaga
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Malvales
n
  1. Malvaceae; Bombacaceae; Elaeocarpaceae; Sterculiaceae; Tiliaceae
    Synonym(s): Malvales, order Malvales
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order mantophasmatodea
n
  1. an order of insect identified in 2002 in a 45 million year old piece of amber from the Baltic region
    Synonym(s): Mantophasmatodea, order mantophasmatodea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Marattiales
n
  1. lower ferns coextensive with the family Marattiaceae [syn: Marattiales, order Marattiales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Marchantiales
n
  1. liverworts with gametophyte differentiated internally [syn: Marchantiales, order Marchantiales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Marsupialia
n
  1. coextensive with the subclass Metatheria [syn: Marsupialia, order Marsupialia]
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order Mecoptera
n
  1. an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip
    Synonym(s): Mecoptera, order Mecoptera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Moniliales
n
  1. order of imperfect fungi lacking conidiophores of having conidiophores that are superficial and not enclosed in a pycnidium
    Synonym(s): Moniliales, order Moniliales
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order Monotremata
n
  1. coextensive with the subclass Prototheria [syn: Monotremata, order Monotremata]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Mucorales
n
  1. an order of mostly saprophytic fungi [syn: Mucorales, order Mucorales]
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order Musales
n
  1. tropical plants
    Synonym(s): Musales, order Musales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Myaceae
n
  1. clams
    Synonym(s): Myaceae, order Myaceae
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order Mycelia Sterilia
n
  1. order of imperfect fungi having no known spore stage [syn: Mycelia Sterilia, order Mycelia Sterilia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Mycoplasmatales
n
  1. coextensive with the family Mycoplasmataceae [syn: Mycoplasmatales, order Mycoplasmatales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Mycrosporidia
n
  1. an order in the subclass Cnidosporidia [syn: Mycrosporidia, order Mycrosporidia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Myricales
n
  1. coextensive with the family Myricaceae [syn: Myricales, order Myricales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Myrtales
n
  1. Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae
    Synonym(s): Myrtales, order Myrtales, Thymelaeales, order Thymelaeales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Mysidacea
n
  1. opossum shrimp
    Synonym(s): Mysidacea, order Mysidacea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Myxobacterales
n
  1. an order of higher bacteria [syn: order Myxobacteria, Myxobacterales, order Myxobacterales, Myxobacteriales, order Myxobacteriales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Myxobacteria
n
  1. an order of higher bacteria [syn: order Myxobacteria, Myxobacterales, order Myxobacterales, Myxobacteriales, order Myxobacteriales]
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order Myxobacteriales
n
  1. an order of higher bacteria [syn: order Myxobacteria, Myxobacterales, order Myxobacterales, Myxobacteriales, order Myxobacteriales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Myxosporidia
n
  1. an order in the subclass Cnidosporidia [syn: Myxosporidia, order Myxosporidia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Naiadales
n
  1. an order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants
    Synonym(s): Naiadales, order Naiadales, Alismales, order Alismales
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order Neuroptera
n
  1. an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids; spongeflies
    Synonym(s): Neuroptera, order Neuroptera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Nidulariales
n
  1. small order of basidiomycetous fungi comprising families Nidulariaceae and Sphaerobolaceae
    Synonym(s): Nidulariales, order Nidulariales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Notostraca
n
  1. small freshwater crustaceans with a shield-shaped carapace
    Synonym(s): Notostraca, order Notostraca
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order Nudibranchia
n
  1. comprising numerous marine gastropod mollusks lacking a shell in the adult state and usually having a body like a slug
    Synonym(s): Nudibranchia, order Nudibranchia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Octopoda
n
  1. octopuses and paper nautilus [syn: Octopoda, {order Octopoda}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Odonata
n
  1. dragonflies and damselflies [syn: Odonata, {order Odonata}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order oedogoniales
n
  1. simple or branched filamentous freshwater green algae [syn: Oedogoniales, order oedogoniales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order of business
n
  1. a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting) [syn: agenda, agendum, order of business]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order of magnitude
n
  1. a degree in a continuum of size or quantity; "it was on the order of a mile"; "an explosion of a low order of magnitude"
    Synonym(s): order, order of magnitude
  2. a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10
    Synonym(s): order of magnitude, magnitude
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
n
  1. a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century
    Synonym(s): Carmelite order, Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order of payment
n
  1. a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another
    Synonym(s): draft, bill of exchange, order of payment
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order of Saint Benedict
n
  1. a Roman Catholic monastic order founded in the 6th century; noted for liturgical worship and for scholarly activities
    Synonym(s): Benedictine order, order of Saint Benedict
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order of the day
n
  1. the order of business for an assembly on a given day
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Order of the Purple Heart
n
  1. a United States military decoration awarded to any member of the armed forces who is wounded in action
    Synonym(s): Order of the Purple Heart, Purple Heart
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Oleales
n
  1. coextensive with the family Oleaceae; in some classifications included in the order Gentianales
    Synonym(s): Oleales, order Oleales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Ophioglossales
n
  1. coextensive with the family Ophioglossaceae [syn: Ophioglossales, order Ophioglossales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Opiliones
n
  1. harvestmen [syn: Phalangida, order Phalangida, Opiliones, order Opiliones]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Opuntiales
n
  1. coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactuses [syn: Opuntiales, order Opuntiales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Orchidales
n
  1. order of plants with irregular flowers having minute seeds: Orchidaceae; Burmanniaceae
    Synonym(s): Orchidales, order Orchidales
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order Ornithischia
n
  1. extinct terrestrial reptiles having bird-like pelvises: armored dinosaurs (thyreophorans); boneheaded and horned dinosaurs (marginocephalians); duck-billed dinosaurs (euronithopods)
    Synonym(s): Ornithischia, order Ornithischia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Orthoptera
n
  1. grasshoppers and locusts; crickets [syn: Orthoptera, order Orthoptera]
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order Ostariophysi
n
  1. in some classifications considered a superorder comprising the Cypriniformes and the Siluriformes
    Synonym(s): Ostariophysi, order Ostariophysi
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Order Osteoglossiformes
n
  1. teleost fish with bony tongues [syn: Osteoglossiformes, Order Osteoglossiformes]
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order Ostracodermi
n
  1. extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear
    Synonym(s): Ostracodermi, order Ostracodermi
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Palmales
n
  1. coextensive with the family Palmae: palms [syn: Palmales, order Palmales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Pandanales
n
  1. families Typhaceae; Sparganiaceae; Pandanaceae [syn: Pandanales, order Pandanales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Papaverales
n
  1. an order of dicotyledonous plants [syn: Rhoeadales, order Rhoeadales, Papaverales, order Papaverales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order paper
n
  1. a printed copy of the order of the day [syn: order paper, order book]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Parietales
n
  1. a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae
    Synonym(s): Parietales, order Parietales, Hypericales, order Hypericales
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order Passeriformes
n
  1. largest order of birds comprising about half the known species; rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; the four suborders are Eurylaimi and Tyranni and Menurae and Oscines or Passeres
    Synonym(s): Passeriformes, order Passeriformes
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order Pectinibranchia
n
  1. large order of gastropods comprising univalve mollusks that have a single gill resembling a comb
    Synonym(s): Pectinibranchia, order Pectinibranchia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Pediculati
n
  1. anglers and batfishes; spiny-finned marine fishes having pectoral fins at the ends of armlike processes and a long movable spine on the dorsal fin to lure prey to the large mouth
    Synonym(s): Pediculati, order Pediculati
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Pedipalpi
n
  1. whip scorpions [syn: Pedipalpi, order Pedipalpi, Uropygi, order Uropygi]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Pelecaniformes
n
  1. pelicans; frigate birds; gannets; cormorants [syn: Pelecaniformes, order Pelecaniformes]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Pelycosauria
n
  1. edaphosaurus; dimetrodon [syn: Pelycosauria, {order Pelycosauria}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Perciformes
n
  1. one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna
    Synonym(s): Perciformes, order Perciformes, Percomorphi, order Percomorphi
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Percomorphi
n
  1. one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna
    Synonym(s): Perciformes, order Perciformes, Percomorphi, order Percomorphi
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Perissodactyla
n
  1. nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms
    Synonym(s): Perissodactyla, order Perissodactyla
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Peronosporales
n
  1. order of chiefly parasitic lower fungi: Albuginaceae and Peronosporaceae and Pythiaceae
    Synonym(s): Peronosporales, order Peronosporales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Pezizales
n
  1. order of mostly saprophytic fungi having cup-shaped ascocarps
    Synonym(s): Pezizales, order Pezizales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Phalangida
n
  1. harvestmen [syn: Phalangida, order Phalangida, Opiliones, order Opiliones]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Phallales
n
  1. order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid; sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes
    Synonym(s): Phallales, order Phallales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Phasmatodea
n
  1. in some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects
    Synonym(s): Phasmida, order Phasmida, Phasmatodea, order Phasmatodea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Phasmida
n
  1. in some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects
    Synonym(s): Phasmida, order Phasmida, Phasmatodea, order Phasmatodea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Pholidota
n
  1. pangolins; in some former classifications included in the order Edentata
    Synonym(s): Pholidota, order Pholidota
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Picariae
n
  1. term used in some classifications as nearly equivalent to the order Coraciiformes
    Synonym(s): Picariae, order Picariae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Piciformes
n
  1. woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans
    Synonym(s): Piciformes, order Piciformes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Piperales
n
  1. Piperaceae; Saururaceae; Chloranthaceae [syn: Piperales, order Piperales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Plantaginales
n
  1. coextensive with the family Plantaginaceae [syn: Plantaginales, order Plantaginales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Platyctenea
n
  1. an order of Tentaculata [syn: Platyctenea, {order Platyctenea}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Plecoptera
n
  1. stoneflies
    Synonym(s): Plecoptera, order Plecoptera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Plectognathi
n
  1. boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers
    Synonym(s): Plectognathi, order Plectognathi, order Tetraodontiformes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Pleuronectiformes
n
  1. flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes
    Synonym(s): Heterosomata, order Heterosomata, order Pleuronectiformes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Plumbaginales
n
  1. coextensive with the family Plumbaginaceae; usually included in order Primulales
    Synonym(s): Plumbaginales, order Plumbaginales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Podicipediformes
n
  1. grebes [syn: Podicipitiformes, order Podicipitiformes, Podicipediformes, order Podicipediformes, Colymbiformes, order Colymbiformes]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Podicipitiformes
n
  1. grebes [syn: Podicipitiformes, order Podicipitiformes, Podicipediformes, order Podicipediformes, Colymbiformes, order Colymbiformes]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Polemoniales
n
  1. Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some classifications includes the order Scrophulariales
    Synonym(s): Polemoniales, order Polemoniales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Polygonales
n
  1. coextensive with the family Polygonaceae, [syn: Polygonales, order Polygonales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Polymastigina
n
  1. small usually parasitic flagellates [syn: Polymastigina, order Polymastigina]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Polypodiales
n
  1. true (leptosporangiate) ferns [syn: Filicales, {order Filicales}, Polypodiales, order Polypodiales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Primates
n
  1. an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings
    Synonym(s): Primates, order Primates
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Primulales
n
  1. Primulaceae; Theophrastaceae; Myrsinaceae; and (in some classifications) Plumbaginaceae
    Synonym(s): Primulales, order Primulales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Proboscidea
n
  1. an order of animals including elephants and mammoths [syn: Proboscidea, order Proboscidea]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Procellariiformes
n
  1. petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrels [syn: Procellariiformes, order Procellariiformes]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Proteales
n
  1. coextensive with the family Proteaceae [syn: Proteales, order Proteales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Protura
n
  1. minute wingless arthropods: telsontails [syn: Protura, order Protura]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Pseudomonadales
n
  1. one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram-negative spiral or spherical or rod-shaped bacteria usually motile by polar flagella; some contain photosynthetic pigments
    Synonym(s): Pseudomonadales, order Pseudomonadales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Pseudoscorpiones
n
  1. false scorpions [syn: Chelonethida, order Chelonethida, Pseudoscorpionida, order Pseudoscorpionida, Pseudoscorpiones, order Pseudoscorpiones]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Pseudoscorpionida
n
  1. false scorpions [syn: Chelonethida, order Chelonethida, Pseudoscorpionida, order Pseudoscorpionida, Pseudoscorpiones, order Pseudoscorpiones]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Psilophytales
n
  1. Paleozoic simple dichotomously branched plants of Europe and eastern Canada including the oldest known vascular land plants
    Synonym(s): Psilophytales, order Psilophytales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Psilotales
n
  1. lower vascular plants having dichotomously branched sporophyte divided into aerial shoot and rhizome and lacking true roots
    Synonym(s): Psilotales, order Psilotales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Psittaciformes
n
  1. an order of birds including parrots and amazons and cockatoos and lorikeets and lories and macaws and parakeets
    Synonym(s): Psittaciformes, order Psittaciformes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Psocoptera
n
  1. an order of insects: includes booklice and bark-lice [syn: Psocoptera, order Psocoptera, Corrodentia, order Corrodentia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Pterosauria
n
  1. extinct flying reptiles: pterosaurs [syn: Pterosauria, order Pterosauria]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Pulmonata
n
  1. large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails
    Synonym(s): Pulmonata, order Pulmonata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Pycnogonida
n
  1. sea spiders
    Synonym(s): Pycnogonida, order Pycnogonida
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Radiolaria
n
  1. marine protozoa
    Synonym(s): Radiolaria, order Radiolaria
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Rajiformes
n
  1. fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes
    Synonym(s): Rajiformes, order Rajiformes, Batoidei, order Batoidei
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Ranales
n
  1. herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae
    Synonym(s): Ranales, order Ranales, Ranunculales, order Ranunculales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Ranunculales
n
  1. herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae
    Synonym(s): Ranales, order Ranales, Ranunculales, order Ranunculales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Raptores
n
  1. term used in former classifications; erroneously grouped together birds of the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes
    Synonym(s): Raptores, order Raptores
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Rhamnales
n
  1. an order of dicotyledonous plants [syn: Rhamnales, {order Rhamnales}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Rheiformes
n
  1. a ratite bird order: birds intermediate in characteristics between ostriches and emus: recent and extinct rheas
    Synonym(s): Rheiformes, order Rheiformes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Rhoeadales
n
  1. an order of dicotyledonous plants [syn: Rhoeadales, order Rhoeadales, Papaverales, order Papaverales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Rhynchocephalia
n
  1. tuataras; extinct forms from middle Triassic [syn: Rhynchocephalia, order Rhynchocephalia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Rickettsiales
n
  1. pleomorphic Gram-negative microorganisms [syn: Rickettsiales, order Rickettsiales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Rodentia
n
  1. small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis
    Synonym(s): Rodentia, order Rodentia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Rosales
n
  1. in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae
    Synonym(s): Rosales, order Rosales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Rubiales
n
  1. an order of dicotyledonous plants of the subclass Asteridae; have opposite leaves and an inferior compound ovary
    Synonym(s): Rubiales, order Rubiales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Salicales
n
  1. coextensive with the family Salicaceae [syn: Salicales, order Salicales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Salientia
n
  1. frogs, toads, tree toads [syn: Salientia, {order Salientia}, Anura, order Anura, Batrachia, order Batrachia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Santalales
n
  1. order of plants distinguished by having a one-celled inferior ovary; many are parasitic or partly parasitic usually on roots
    Synonym(s): Santalales, order Santalales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Sapindales
n
  1. an order of dicotyledonous plants [syn: Sapindales, order Sapindales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Saprolegniales
n
  1. order of chiefly aquatic fungi [syn: Saprolegniales, order Saprolegniales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Sarcosporidia
n
  1. imperfectly known parasites of the muscles of vertebrates
    Synonym(s): Sarcosporidia, order Sarcosporidia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Sarraceniales
n
  1. plants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps: families Sarraceniaceae; Nepenthaceae; Droseraceae
    Synonym(s): Sarraceniales, order Sarraceniales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Saurischia
n
  1. extinct terrestrial reptiles: theropods (carnivorous); sauropods (herbivorous)
    Synonym(s): Saurischia, order Saurischia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Sauropterygia
n
  1. extinct marine reptiles: plesiosaurs; nothosaurs [syn: Sauropterygia, order Sauropterygia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Scandentia
n
  1. a small order comprising only the tree shrews: in some classifications tree shrews are considered either primates (and included in the suborder Prosimii) or true insectivores (and included in the order Insectivora)
    Synonym(s): Scandentia, order Scandentia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Sclerodermatales
n
  1. an order of fungi having a peridium surrounding a gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes)
    Synonym(s): Sclerodermatales, order Sclerodermatales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Scleroparei
n
  1. scorpionfishes; sculpins; gurnards; greenlings; flying gurnards
    Synonym(s): Scleroparei, order Scleroparei
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Scorpionida
n
  1. true scorpions
    Synonym(s): Scorpionida, order Scorpionida
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Scrophulariales
n
  1. used in some classification systems; often included in the order Polemoniales
    Synonym(s): Scrophulariales, order Scrophulariales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Secotiales
n
  1. an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes
    Synonym(s): Secotiales, order Secotiales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Selaginellales
n
  1. in some classifications included in Lycopodiales [syn: Selaginellales, order Selaginellales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Siluriformes
n
  1. an order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes
    Synonym(s): Siluriformes, order Siluriformes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Siphonaptera
n
  1. fleas
    Synonym(s): Siphonaptera, order Siphonaptera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Siphonophora
n
  1. marine colonial hydrozoans [syn: Siphonophora, {order Siphonophora}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Sirenia
n
  1. an animal order including: manatees; dugongs; Steller's sea cow
    Synonym(s): Sirenia, order Sirenia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Solenichthyes
n
  1. bellows fishes; shrimpfishes; cornetfishes; pipefishes; small order of chiefly tropical marine fishes of varied and bizarre form all having a small mouth at the end of a drawn-out tubular snout
    Synonym(s): Solenichthyes, order Solenichthyes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Solenogastres
n
  1. an order of Amphineura [syn: Solenogastres, {order Solenogastres}, Aplacophora, order Aplacophora]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Spatangoida
n
  1. heart-shaped sea urchins [syn: Spatangoida, {order Spatangoida}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Sphaeriales
n
  1. large order of ascomycetous fungi usually having a dark hard perithecia with definite ostioles; in more recent classifications often divided among several orders
    Synonym(s): Sphaeriales, order Sphaeriales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Sphaerocarpales
n
  1. small order sometimes included in the order Jungermanniales
    Synonym(s): Sphaerocarpales, order Sphaerocarpales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Sphagnales
n
  1. coextensive with the genus Sphagnum; in some classifications isolated in a separate subclass
    Synonym(s): Sphagnales, order Sphagnales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Sphenisciformes
n
  1. penguins
    Synonym(s): Sphenisciformes, order Sphenisciformes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Spirochaetales
n
  1. higher bacteria; slender spiral rodlike forms [syn: Spirochaetales, order Spirochaetales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Squamata
n
  1. diapsid reptiles: snakes and lizards [syn: Squamata, order Squamata]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Stegocephalia
n
  1. in former classifications a division of class Amphibia comprising all pre-Jurassic and some later extinct large salamandriform amphibia
    Synonym(s): Stegocephalia, order Stegocephalia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Stereospondyli
n
  1. formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; amphibia having vertebrae whose component elements are fused into a single piece; "most vertebrates are stereospondylous"
    Synonym(s): Stereospondyli, order Stereospondyli
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Stomatopoda
n
  1. mantis shrimps
    Synonym(s): Stomatopoda, order Stomatopoda
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Strigiformes
n
  1. owls
    Synonym(s): Strigiformes, order Strigiformes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Struthioniformes
n
  1. a ratite bird order: ostriches and related extinct birds; known from the Pleistocene onward
    Synonym(s): Struthioniformes, order Struthioniformes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Synentognathi
n
  1. order of fishes having spineless fins; needlefishes; sauries; flying fishes; halfbeaks
    Synonym(s): Synentognathi, order Synentognathi
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Taxales
n
  1. coextensive with the family Taxaceae: yews [syn: Taxales, order Taxales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Temnospondyli
n
  1. formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; large Carboniferous and Permian amphibians having vertebrae in which some elements remain separate
    Synonym(s): Temnospondyli, order Temnospondyli
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Testacea
n
  1. testacean rhizopods
    Synonym(s): Testacea, order Testacea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Testudinata
n
  1. tortoises and turtles [syn: Chelonia, order Chelonia, Testudinata, order Testudinata, Testudines, order Testudines]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Testudines
n
  1. tortoises and turtles [syn: Chelonia, order Chelonia, Testudinata, order Testudinata, Testudines, order Testudines]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Tetraodontiformes
n
  1. boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers
    Synonym(s): Plectognathi, order Plectognathi, order Tetraodontiformes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Thecodontia
n
  1. extinct terrestrial reptiles having teeth set in sockets; of the late Permian to Triassic
    Synonym(s): Thecodontia, order Thecodontia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Therapsida
n
  1. extinct mammal-like reptiles found inhabiting all continents from the mid Permian to late Triassic
    Synonym(s): Therapsida, order Therapsida
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Thymelaeales
n
  1. Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae
    Synonym(s): Myrtales, order Myrtales, Thymelaeales, order Thymelaeales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Thysanoptera
n
  1. thrips
    Synonym(s): Thysanoptera, order Thysanoptera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Thysanura
n
  1. firebrats; silverfish; machilids [syn: Thysanura, {order Thysanura}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Tinamiformes
n
  1. coextensive with the family Tinamidae [syn: Tinamiformes, order Tinamiformes]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Torpediniformes
n
  1. rays with bodies shaped like torpedoes [syn: Torpediniformes, order Torpediniformes]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Tremellales
n
  1. fungi varying from gelatinous to waxy or even horny in texture; most are saprophytic
    Synonym(s): Tremellales, order Tremellales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Trichoptera
n
  1. an order of insects consisting of caddis flies [syn: Trichoptera, order Trichoptera]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Trogoniformes
n
  1. trogons
    Synonym(s): Trogoniformes, order Trogoniformes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Tuberales
n
  1. small order of fungi belonging to the subdivision Ascomycota having closed underground ascocarps
    Synonym(s): Tuberales, order Tuberales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Tubulidentata
n
  1. an order of Eutheria [syn: Tubulidentata, {order Tubulidentata}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Tulostomatales
n
  1. an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes
    Synonym(s): Tulostomatales, order Tulostomatales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Ulvales
n
  1. an order of protoctist
    Synonym(s): Ulvales, order Ulvales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Umbellales
n
  1. plants having umbels or corymbs of uniovulate flowers; includes the Umbelliferae (chiefly herbs) and Cornaceae (chiefly trees or shrubs)
    Synonym(s): Umbellales, order Umbellales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Uredinales
n
  1. rust fungi: parasitic fungi causing rust in plants; sometimes placed in
    Synonym(s): Uredinales, order Uredinales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Urodella
n
  1. salamanders; newts; congo snakes [syn: Urodella, {order Urodella}, Caudata, order Caudata]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Uropygi
n
  1. whip scorpions [syn: Pedipalpi, order Pedipalpi, Uropygi, order Uropygi]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Urticales
n
  1. an order of dicotyledonous plants including Moraceae and Urticaceae and Ulmaceae
    Synonym(s): Urticales, order Urticales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Ustilaginales
n
  1. parasitic fungi causing smuts; sometimes placed in class Tiliomycetes
    Synonym(s): Ustilaginales, order Ustilaginales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Volvocales
n
  1. chiefly freshwater green algae; solitary or colonial [syn: Volvocales, order Volvocales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Xiphosura
n
  1. horseshoe crabs and extinct forms [syn: Xiphosura, {order Xiphosura}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Xyridales
n
  1. an order of monocotyledonous herbs [syn: Xyridales, order Xyridales, Commelinales, order Commelinales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Zeomorphi
n
  1. dories
    Synonym(s): Zeomorphi, order Zeomorphi
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Zygnemales
n
  1. pond scums; desmids [syn: Zygnematales, {order Zygnematales}, Zygnemales, order Zygnemales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order Zygnematales
n
  1. pond scums; desmids [syn: Zygnematales, {order Zygnematales}, Zygnemales, order Zygnemales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
order-Chenopodiales
n
  1. corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae
    Synonym(s): Caryophyllales, order Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order-Chenopodiales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ordered
adj
  1. having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule; "an ordered sequence"
    Antonym(s): disordered, unordered
  2. disposed or placed in a particular kind of order; "the carefully arranged chessmen"; "haphazardly arranged interlobular septa"; "comfortable chairs arranged around the fireplace"
    Synonym(s): arranged, ordered
    Antonym(s): disarranged
  3. marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts; "a coherent argument"
    Synonym(s): coherent, consistent, logical, ordered
    Antonym(s): incoherent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ordered series
n
  1. an ordered reference standard; "judging on a scale of 1 to 10"
    Synonym(s): scale, scale of measurement, graduated table, ordered series
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orderer
n
  1. someone who places an order to buy
  2. an organizer who puts things in order; "Aristotle was a great orderer of ideas"
    Synonym(s): orderer, systematizer, systematiser, systemizer, systemiser, systematist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ordering
n
  1. logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"
    Synonym(s): ordering, order, ordination
  2. the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"
    Synonym(s): order, ordering
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orderliness
n
  1. the quality of appreciating method and system [syn: orderliness, methodicalness]
  2. a condition of regular or proper arrangement; "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order"
    Synonym(s): orderliness, order
    Antonym(s): disorder, disorderliness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orderly
adj
  1. devoid of violence or disruption; "an orderly crowd confronted the president"
    Antonym(s): disorderly
  2. clean or organized; "her neat dress"; "a neat room"
    Synonym(s): neat, orderly
n
  1. a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer; "the orderly laid out the general's uniform"
  2. a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients
    Synonym(s): orderly, hospital attendant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orderly sergeant
n
  1. the first sergeant of a company; duties formerly included the conveyance of orders
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ordure
n
  1. solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels [syn: fecal matter, faecal matter, feces, faeces, BM, stool, ordure, dejection]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ore dressing
n
  1. crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques
    Synonym(s): mineral extraction, mineral processing, mineral dressing, ore processing, ore dressing, beneficiation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orator \Or"a*tor\, n. [L., fr. orare to speak, utter. See
      {Oration}.]
      1. 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.
  
      2. (Law)
            (a) In equity proceedings, one who prays for relief; a
                  petitioner.
            (b) A plaintiff, or complainant, in a bill in chancery.
                  --Burrill.
  
      3. (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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oratorial \Or`a*to"ri*al\, a.
      Oratorical. [R.] --Swift. --{Or`a*to"ri*al*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oratorial \Or`a*to"ri*al\, a.
      Oratorical. [R.] --Swift. --{Or`a*to"ri*al*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oratorian \Or`a*to"ri*an\, a.
      Oratorical. [Obs.] --R. North.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oratorian \Or`a*to"ri*an\, n. [Cf. F. oratorien.] (R. C. Ch.)
      See {Fathers of the Oratory}, under {Oratory}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oratory \Or"a*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Oratories}. [OE. oratorie, fr. L.
      oratorium, fr. oratorius of praying, of an orator: cf. F.
      oratoire. See {Orator}, {Oral}, and cf. {Oratorio}.]
      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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oratorical \Or`a*tor"ic*al\, 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oratorical \Or`a*tor"ic*al\, 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oratory \Or"a*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Oratories}. [OE. oratorie, fr. L.
      oratorium, fr. oratorius of praying, of an orator: cf. F.
      oratoire. See {Orator}, {Oral}, and cf. {Oratorio}.]
      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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oratorio \Or`a*to"ri*o\, n. [It., fr. L. oratorius belonging to
      praying. See {Orator}, and cf. {Oratory}.]
      1. (Mus.) 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
               [bd]Seasons,[b8] Handel's [bd]Semele,[b8] etc.
  
      2. Performance or rendering of such a composition.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oratorious \Or`a*to"ri*ous\, a. [LL. oratorius.]
      Oratorical. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. -- {Or`a*to"ri*ous*ly},
      adv. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oratorious \Or`a*to"ri*ous\, a. [LL. oratorius.]
      Oratorical. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. -- {Or`a*to"ri*ous*ly},
      adv. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oratorize \Or"a*tor*ize\, v. i.
      To play the orator. [Jocose or derisive] --Dickens.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oratory \Or"a*to*ry\, n. [L. oratoria (sc. ars) the oratorical
      art.]
      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. [bd]The oratory of Greece
      and Rome.[b8] --Milton.
  
               When a world of men Could not prevail with all their
               oratory.                                                --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oratory \Or"a*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Oratories}. [OE. oratorie, fr. L.
      oratorium, fr. oratorius of praying, of an orator: cf. F.
      oratoire. See {Orator}, {Oral}, and cf. {Oratorio}.]
      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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oratress \Or"a*tress\, n.
      A woman who makes public addresses. --Warner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oratrix \Or"a*trix\, n. [L.]
      A woman plaintiff, or complainant, in equity pleading.
      --Burrill.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Series \Se"ries\, n.
      1. (Bot.) In Engler's system of plant classification, a group
            of families showing certain structural or morphological
            relationships. It corresponds to the {cohort} of some
            writers, and to the {order} of many modern systematists.
  
      2. (Elec.) A mode of arranging the separate parts of a
            circuit by connecting them successively end to end to form
            a single path for the current; -- opposed to {parallel}.
            The parts so arranged are said to be
  
      {in series}.
  
      3. (Com.) A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Order \Or"der\, n. [OE. ordre, F. ordre, fr. L. ordo, ordinis.
      Cf. {Ordain}, {Ordinal}.]
      1. Regular arrangement; any methodical or established
            succession or harmonious relation; method; system; as:
            (a) Of material things, like the books in a library.
            (b) Of intellectual notions or ideas, like the topics of a
                  discource.
            (c) Of periods of time or occurrences, and the like.
  
                           The side chambers were . . . thirty in order.
                                                                              --Ezek. xli.
                                                                              6.
  
                           Bright-harnessed angels sit in order
                           serviceable.                                 --Milton.
  
                           Good order is the foundation of all good things.
                                                                              --Burke.
  
      2. Right arrangement; a normal, correct, or fit condition;
            as, the house is in order; the machinery is out of order.
            --Locke.
  
      3. The customary mode of procedure; established system, as in
            the conduct of debates or the transaction of business;
            usage; custom; fashion. --Dantiel.
  
                     And, pregnant with his grander thought, Brought the
                     old order into doubt.                        --Emerson.
  
      4. Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance;
            general tranquillity; public quiet; as, to preserve order
            in a community or an assembly.
  
      5. That which prescribes a method of procedure; a rule or
            regulation made by competent authority; as, the rules and
            orders of the senate.
  
                     The church hath authority to establish that for an
                     order at one time which at another time it may
                     abolish.                                             --Hooker.
  
      6. A command; a mandate; a precept; a direction.
  
                     Upon this new fright, an order was made by both
                     houses for disarming all the papists in England.
                                                                              --Clarendon.
  
      7. Hence: A commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods; a
            direction, in writing, to pay money, to furnish supplies,
            to admit to a building, a place of entertainment, or the
            like; as, orders for blankets are large.
  
                     In those days were pit orders -- beshrew the
                     uncomfortable manager who abolished them. --Lamb.
  
      8. A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or
            suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a
            grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a group or
            division of men in the same social or other position;
            also, a distinct character, kind, or sort; as, the higher
            or lower orders of society; talent of a high order.
  
                     They are in equal order to their several ends.
                                                                              --Jer. Taylor.
  
                     Various orders various ensigns bear.   --Granville.
  
                     Which, to his order of mind, must have seemed little
                     short of crime.                                 --Hawthorne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Order \Or"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ordered}; p pr. & vb. n.
      {Ordering}.] [From {Order}, n.]
      1. To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to
            arrange in a series, or with reference to an end. Hence,
            to regulate; to dispose; to direct; to rule.
  
                     To him that ordereth his conversation aright. --Ps.
                                                                              1. 23.
  
                     Warriors old with ordered spear and shield.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. To give an order to; to command; as, to order troops to
            advance.
  
      3. To give an order for; to secure by an order; as, to order
            a carriage; to order groceries.
  
      4. (Eccl.) To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive
            into the ranks of the ministry.
  
                     These ordered folk be especially titled to God.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
                     Persons presented to be ordered deacons. --Bk. of
                                                                              Com. Prayer.
  
      {Order arms} (Mil.), the command at which a rifle is brought
            to a position with its but resting on the ground; also,
            the position taken at such a command.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Order \Or"der\, v. i.
      To give orders; to issue commands.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      Note: In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the
               constituent elements into which all contracts are
               resolved.
  
      {Acceptance of a bill of exchange}, {check}, {draft}, [or]
      {order}, is an engagement to pay it according to the terms.
            This engagement is usually made by writing the word
            [bd]accepted[b8] across the face of the bill.
  
      {Acceptance of goods}, under the statute of frauds, is an
            intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of
            the transaction.
  
      6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.]
  
      {Acceptance of persons}, partiality, favoritism. See under
            {Accept}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Series \Se"ries\, n.
      1. (Bot.) In Engler's system of plant classification, a group
            of families showing certain structural or morphological
            relationships. It corresponds to the {cohort} of some
            writers, and to the {order} of many modern systematists.
  
      2. (Elec.) A mode of arranging the separate parts of a
            circuit by connecting them successively end to end to form
            a single path for the current; -- opposed to {parallel}.
            The parts so arranged are said to be
  
      {in series}.
  
      3. (Com.) A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Order \Or"der\, n. [OE. ordre, F. ordre, fr. L. ordo, ordinis.
      Cf. {Ordain}, {Ordinal}.]
      1. Regular arrangement; any methodical or established
            succession or harmonious relation; method; system; as:
            (a) Of material things, like the books in a library.
            (b) Of intellectual notions or ideas, like the topics of a
                  discource.
            (c) Of periods of time or occurrences, and the like.
  
                           The side chambers were . . . thirty in order.
                                                                              --Ezek. xli.
                                                                              6.
  
                           Bright-harnessed angels sit in order
                           serviceable.                                 --Milton.
  
                           Good order is the foundation of all good things.
                                                                              --Burke.
  
      2. Right arrangement; a normal, correct, or fit condition;
            as, the house is in order; the machinery is out of order.
            --Locke.
  
      3. The customary mode of procedure; established system, as in
            the conduct of debates or the transaction of business;
            usage; custom; fashion. --Dantiel.
  
                     And, pregnant with his grander thought, Brought the
                     old order into doubt.                        --Emerson.
  
      4. Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance;
            general tranquillity; public quiet; as, to preserve order
            in a community or an assembly.
  
      5. That which prescribes a method of procedure; a rule or
            regulation made by competent authority; as, the rules and
            orders of the senate.
  
                     The church hath authority to establish that for an
                     order at one time which at another time it may
                     abolish.                                             --Hooker.
  
      6. A command; a mandate; a precept; a direction.
  
                     Upon this new fright, an order was made by both
                     houses for disarming all the papists in England.
                                                                              --Clarendon.
  
      7. Hence: A commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods; a
            direction, in writing, to pay money, to furnish supplies,
            to admit to a building, a place of entertainment, or the
            like; as, orders for blankets are large.
  
                     In those days were pit orders -- beshrew the
                     uncomfortable manager who abolished them. --Lamb.
  
      8. A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or
            suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a
            grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a group or
            division of men in the same social or other position;
            also, a distinct character, kind, or sort; as, the higher
            or lower orders of society; talent of a high order.
  
                     They are in equal order to their several ends.
                                                                              --Jer. Taylor.
  
                     Various orders various ensigns bear.   --Granville.
  
                     Which, to his order of mind, must have seemed little
                     short of crime.                                 --Hawthorne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Order \Or"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ordered}; p pr. & vb. n.
      {Ordering}.] [From {Order}, n.]
      1. To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to
            arrange in a series, or with reference to an end. Hence,
            to regulate; to dispose; to direct; to rule.
  
                     To him that ordereth his conversation aright. --Ps.
                                                                              1. 23.
  
                     Warriors old with ordered spear and shield.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. To give an order to; to command; as, to order troops to
            advance.
  
      3. To give an order for; to secure by an order; as, to order
            a carriage; to order groceries.
  
      4. (Eccl.) To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive
            into the ranks of the ministry.
  
                     These ordered folk be especially titled to God.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
                     Persons presented to be ordered deacons. --Bk. of
                                                                              Com. Prayer.
  
      {Order arms} (Mil.), the command at which a rifle is brought
            to a position with its but resting on the ground; also,
            the position taken at such a command.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Order \Or"der\, v. i.
      To give orders; to issue commands.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      Note: In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the
               constituent elements into which all contracts are
               resolved.
  
      {Acceptance of a bill of exchange}, {check}, {draft}, [or]
      {order}, is an engagement to pay it according to the terms.
            This engagement is usually made by writing the word
            [bd]accepted[b8] across the face of the bill.
  
      {Acceptance of goods}, under the statute of frauds, is an
            intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of
            the transaction.
  
      6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.]
  
      {Acceptance of persons}, partiality, favoritism. See under
            {Accept}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Series \Se"ries\, n.
      1. (Bot.) In Engler's system of plant classification, a group
            of families showing certain structural or morphological
            relationships. It corresponds to the {cohort} of some
            writers, and to the {order} of many modern systematists.
  
      2. (Elec.) A mode of arranging the separate parts of a
            circuit by connecting them successively end to end to form
            a single path for the current; -- opposed to {parallel}.
            The parts so arranged are said to be
  
      {in series}.
  
      3. (Com.) A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Order \Or"der\, n. [OE. ordre, F. ordre, fr. L. ordo, ordinis.
      Cf. {Ordain}, {Ordinal}.]
      1. Regular arrangement; any methodical or established
            succession or harmonious relation; method; system; as:
            (a) Of material things, like the books in a library.
            (b) Of intellectual notions or ideas, like the topics of a
                  discource.
            (c) Of periods of time or occurrences, and the like.
  
                           The side chambers were . . . thirty in order.
                                                                              --Ezek. xli.
                                                                              6.
  
                           Bright-harnessed angels sit in order
                           serviceable.                                 --Milton.
  
                           Good order is the foundation of all good things.
                                                                              --Burke.
  
      2. Right arrangement; a normal, correct, or fit condition;
            as, the house is in order; the machinery is out of order.
            --Locke.
  
      3. The customary mode of procedure; established system, as in
            the conduct of debates or the transaction of business;
            usage; custom; fashion. --Dantiel.
  
                     And, pregnant with his grander thought, Brought the
                     old order into doubt.                        --Emerson.
  
      4. Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance;
            general tranquillity; public quiet; as, to preserve order
            in a community or an assembly.
  
      5. That which prescribes a method of procedure; a rule or
            regulation made by competent authority; as, the rules and
            orders of the senate.
  
                     The church hath authority to establish that for an
                     order at one time which at another time it may
                     abolish.                                             --Hooker.
  
      6. A command; a mandate; a precept; a direction.
  
                     Upon this new fright, an order was made by both
                     houses for disarming all the papists in England.
                                                                              --Clarendon.
  
      7. Hence: A commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods; a
            direction, in writing, to pay money, to furnish supplies,
            to admit to a building, a place of entertainment, or the
            like; as, orders for blankets are large.
  
                     In those days were pit orders -- beshrew the
                     uncomfortable manager who abolished them. --Lamb.
  
      8. A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or
            suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a
            grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a group or
            division of men in the same social or other position;
            also, a distinct character, kind, or sort; as, the higher
            or lower orders of society; talent of a high order.
  
                     They are in equal order to their several ends.
                                                                              --Jer. Taylor.
  
                     Various orders various ensigns bear.   --Granville.
  
                     Which, to his order of mind, must have seemed little
                     short of crime.                                 --Hawthorne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Order \Or"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ordered}; p pr. & vb. n.
      {Ordering}.] [From {Order}, n.]
      1. To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to
            arrange in a series, or with reference to an end. Hence,
            to regulate; to dispose; to direct; to rule.
  
                     To him that ordereth his conversation aright. --Ps.
                                                                              1. 23.
  
                     Warriors old with ordered spear and shield.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. To give an order to; to command; as, to order troops to
            advance.
  
      3. To give an order for; to secure by an order; as, to order
            a carriage; to order groceries.
  
      4. (Eccl.) To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive
            into the ranks of the ministry.
  
                     These ordered folk be especially titled to God.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
                     Persons presented to be ordered deacons. --Bk. of
                                                                              Com. Prayer.
  
      {Order arms} (Mil.), the command at which a rifle is brought
            to a position with its but resting on the ground; also,
            the position taken at such a command.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Order \Or"der\, v. i.
      To give orders; to issue commands.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      Note: In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the
               constituent elements into which all contracts are
               resolved.
  
      {Acceptance of a bill of exchange}, {check}, {draft}, [or]
      {order}, is an engagement to pay it according to the terms.
            This engagement is usually made by writing the word
            [bd]accepted[b8] across the face of the bill.
  
      {Acceptance of goods}, under the statute of frauds, is an
            intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of
            the transaction.
  
      6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.]
  
      {Acceptance of persons}, partiality, favoritism. See under
            {Accept}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Order \Or"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ordered}; p pr. & vb. n.
      {Ordering}.] [From {Order}, n.]
      1. To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to
            arrange in a series, or with reference to an end. Hence,
            to regulate; to dispose; to direct; to rule.
  
                     To him that ordereth his conversation aright. --Ps.
                                                                              1. 23.
  
                     Warriors old with ordered spear and shield.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. To give an order to; to command; as, to order troops to
            advance.
  
      3. To give an order for; to secure by an order; as, to order
            a carriage; to order groceries.
  
      4. (Eccl.) To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive
            into the ranks of the ministry.
  
                     These ordered folk be especially titled to God.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
                     Persons presented to be ordered deacons. --Bk. of
                                                                              Com. Prayer.
  
      {Order arms} (Mil.), the command at which a rifle is brought
            to a position with its but resting on the ground; also,
            the position taken at such a command.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      9. A body of persons having some common honorary distinction
            or rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons
            or aggregate of convents living under a common rule; as,
            the Order of the Bath; the Franciscan order.
  
                     Find a barefoot brother out, One of our order, to
                     associate me.                                    --Shak.
  
                     The venerable order of the Knights Templars. --Sir
                                                                              W. Scott.
  
      10. An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or
            bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; -- often
            used in the plural; as, to take orders, or to take holy
            orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry.
  
      11. (Arch.) The disposition of a column and its component
            parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in
            classical architecture; hence (as the column and
            entablature are the characteristic features of classical
            architecture) a style or manner of architectural
            designing.
  
      Note: The Greeks used three different orders, easy to
               distinguish, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The Romans
               added the Tuscan, and changed the Doric so that it is
               hardly recognizable, and also used a modified
               Corinthian called Composite. The Renaissance writers on
               architecture recognized five orders as orthodox or
               classical, -- Doric (the Roman sort), Ionic, Tuscan,
               Corinthian, and Composite. See Illust. of {Capital}.
  
      12. (Nat. Hist.) An assemblage of genera having certain
            important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and
            Insectivora are orders of Mammalia.
  
      Note: The Linn[91]an artificial orders of plants rested
               mainly on identity in the numer of pistils, or
               agreement in some one character. Natural orders are
               groups of genera agreeing in the fundamental plan of
               their flowers and fruit. A natural order is usually (in
               botany) equivalent to a family, and may include several
               tribes.
  
      13. (Rhet.) The placing of words and members in a sentence in
            such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty or
            clearness of expression.
  
      14. (Math.) Rank; degree; thus, the order of a curve or
            surface is the same as the degree of its equation.
  
      {Artificial order} [or] {system}. See {Artificial
            classification}, under {Artificial}, and Note to def. 12
            above.
  
      {Close order} (Mil.), the arrangement of the ranks with a
            distance of about half a pace between them; with a
            distance of about three yards the ranks are in {open
            order}.
  
      {The four Orders}, {The Orders four}, the four orders of
            mendicant friars. See {Friar}. --Chaucer.
  
      {General orders} (Mil.), orders issued which concern the
            whole command, or the troops generally, in distinction
            from special orders.
  
      {Holy orders}.
            (a) (Eccl.) The different grades of the Christian
                  ministry; ordination to the ministry. See def. 10
                  above.
            (b) (R. C. Ch.) A sacrament for the purpose of conferring
                  a special grace on those ordained.
  
      {In order to}, for the purpose of; to the end; as means to.
  
                     The best knowledge is that which is of greatest use
                     in order to our eternal happiness.      --Tillotson.
  
      {Minor orders} (R. C. Ch.), orders beneath the diaconate in
            sacramental dignity, as acolyte, exorcist, reader,
            doorkeeper.
  
      {Money order}. See under {Money}.
  
      {Natural order}. (Bot.) See def. 12, Note.
  
      {Order book}.
            (a) A merchant's book in which orders are entered.
            (b) (Mil.) A book kept at headquarters, in which all
                  orders are recorded for the information of officers
                  and men.
            (c) A book in the House of Commons in which proposed
                  orders must be entered. [Eng.]
  
      {Order in Council}, a royal order issued with and by the
            advice of the Privy Council. [Great Britain]
  
      {Order of battle} (Mil.), the particular disposition given to
            the troops of an army on the field of battle.
  
      {Order of the day}, in legislative bodies, the special
            business appointed for a specified day.
  
      {Order of a differential equation} (Math.), the greatest
            index of differentiation in the equation.
  
      {Sailing orders} (Naut.), the final instructions given to the
            commander of a ship of war before a cruise.
  
      {Sealed orders}, orders sealed, and not to be opened until a
            certain time, or arrival at a certain place, as after a
            ship is at sea.
  
      {Standing order}.
            (a) A continuing regulation for the conduct of
                  parliamentary business.
            (b) (Mil.) An order not subject to change by an officer
                  temporarily in command.
  
      {To give order}, to give command or directions. --Shak.
  
      {To take order for}, to take charge of; to make arrangements
            concerning.
  
                     Whiles I take order for mine own affairs. --Shak.
  
      Syn: Arrangement; management. See {Direction}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      9. A body of persons having some common honorary distinction
            or rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons
            or aggregate of convents living under a common rule; as,
            the Order of the Bath; the Franciscan order.
  
                     Find a barefoot brother out, One of our order, to
                     associate me.                                    --Shak.
  
                     The venerable order of the Knights Templars. --Sir
                                                                              W. Scott.
  
      10. An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or
            bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; -- often
            used in the plural; as, to take orders, or to take holy
            orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry.
  
      11. (Arch.) The disposition of a column and its component
            parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in
            classical architecture; hence (as the column and
            entablature are the characteristic features of classical
            architecture) a style or manner of architectural
            designing.
  
      Note: The Greeks used three different orders, easy to
               distinguish, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The Romans
               added the Tuscan, and changed the Doric so that it is
               hardly recognizable, and also used a modified
               Corinthian called Composite. The Renaissance writers on
               architecture recognized five orders as orthodox or
               classical, -- Doric (the Roman sort), Ionic, Tuscan,
               Corinthian, and Composite. See Illust. of {Capital}.
  
      12. (Nat. Hist.) An assemblage of genera having certain
            important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and
            Insectivora are orders of Mammalia.
  
      Note: The Linn[91]an artificial orders of plants rested
               mainly on identity in the numer of pistils, or
               agreement in some one character. Natural orders are
               groups of genera agreeing in the fundamental plan of
               their flowers and fruit. A natural order is usually (in
               botany) equivalent to a family, and may include several
               tribes.
  
      13. (Rhet.) The placing of words and members in a sentence in
            such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty or
            clearness of expression.
  
      14. (Math.) Rank; degree; thus, the order of a curve or
            surface is the same as the degree of its equation.
  
      {Artificial order} [or] {system}. See {Artificial
            classification}, under {Artificial}, and Note to def. 12
            above.
  
      {Close order} (Mil.), the arrangement of the ranks with a
            distance of about half a pace between them; with a
            distance of about three yards the ranks are in {open
            order}.
  
      {The four Orders}, {The Orders four}, the four orders of
            mendicant friars. See {Friar}. --Chaucer.
  
      {General orders} (Mil.), orders issued which concern the
            whole command, or the troops generally, in distinction
            from special orders.
  
      {Holy orders}.
            (a) (Eccl.) The different grades of the Christian
                  ministry; ordination to the ministry. See def. 10
                  above.
            (b) (R. C. Ch.) A sacrament for the purpose of conferring
                  a special grace on those ordained.
  
      {In order to}, for the purpose of; to the end; as means to.
  
                     The best knowledge is that which is of greatest use
                     in order to our eternal happiness.      --Tillotson.
  
      {Minor orders} (R. C. Ch.), orders beneath the diaconate in
            sacramental dignity, as acolyte, exorcist, reader,
            doorkeeper.
  
      {Money order}. See under {Money}.
  
      {Natural order}. (Bot.) See def. 12, Note.
  
      {Order book}.
            (a) A merchant's book in which orders are entered.
            (b) (Mil.) A book kept at headquarters, in which all
                  orders are recorded for the information of officers
                  and men.
            (c) A book in the House of Commons in which proposed
                  orders must be entered. [Eng.]
  
      {Order in Council}, a royal order issued with and by the
            advice of the Privy Council. [Great Britain]
  
      {Order of battle} (Mil.), the particular disposition given to
            the troops of an army on the field of battle.
  
      {Order of the day}, in legislative bodies, the special
            business appointed for a specified day.
  
      {Order of a differential equation} (Math.), the greatest
            index of differentiation in the equation.
  
      {Sailing orders} (Naut.), the final instructions given to the
            commander of a ship of war before a cruise.
  
      {Sealed orders}, orders sealed, and not to be opened until a
            certain time, or arrival at a certain place, as after a
            ship is at sea.
  
      {Standing order}.
            (a) A continuing regulation for the conduct of
                  parliamentary business.
            (b) (Mil.) An order not subject to change by an officer
                  temporarily in command.
  
      {To give order}, to give command or directions. --Shak.
  
      {To take order for}, to take charge of; to make arrangements
            concerning.
  
                     Whiles I take order for mine own affairs. --Shak.
  
      Syn: Arrangement; management. See {Direction}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      9. A body of persons having some common honorary distinction
            or rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons
            or aggregate of convents living under a common rule; as,
            the Order of the Bath; the Franciscan order.
  
                     Find a barefoot brother out, One of our order, to
                     associate me.                                    --Shak.
  
                     The venerable order of the Knights Templars. --Sir
                                                                              W. Scott.
  
      10. An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or
            bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; -- often
            used in the plural; as, to take orders, or to take holy
            orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry.
  
      11. (Arch.) The disposition of a column and its component
            parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in
            classical architecture; hence (as the column and
            entablature are the characteristic features of classical
            architecture) a style or manner of architectural
            designing.
  
      Note: The Greeks used three different orders, easy to
               distinguish, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The Romans
               added the Tuscan, and changed the Doric so that it is
               hardly recognizable, and also used a modified
               Corinthian called Composite. The Renaissance writers on
               architecture recognized five orders as orthodox or
               classical, -- Doric (the Roman sort), Ionic, Tuscan,
               Corinthian, and Composite. See Illust. of {Capital}.
  
      12. (Nat. Hist.) An assemblage of genera having certain
            important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and
            Insectivora are orders of Mammalia.
  
      Note: The Linn[91]an artificial orders of plants rested
               mainly on identity in the numer of pistils, or
               agreement in some one character. Natural orders are
               groups of genera agreeing in the fundamental plan of
               their flowers and fruit. A natural order is usually (in
               botany) equivalent to a family, and may include several
               tribes.
  
      13. (Rhet.) The placing of words and members in a sentence in
            such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty or
            clearness of expression.
  
      14. (Math.) Rank; degree; thus, the order of a curve or
            surface is the same as the degree of its equation.
  
      {Artificial order} [or] {system}. See {Artificial
            classification}, under {Artificial}, and Note to def. 12
            above.
  
      {Close order} (Mil.), the arrangement of the ranks with a
            distance of about half a pace between them; with a
            distance of about three yards the ranks are in {open
            order}.
  
      {The four Orders}, {The Orders four}, the four orders of
            mendicant friars. See {Friar}. --Chaucer.
  
      {General orders} (Mil.), orders issued which concern the
            whole command, or the troops generally, in distinction
            from special orders.
  
      {Holy orders}.
            (a) (Eccl.) The different grades of the Christian
                  ministry; ordination to the ministry. See def. 10
                  above.
            (b) (R. C. Ch.) A sacrament for the purpose of conferring
                  a special grace on those ordained.
  
      {In order to}, for the purpose of; to the end; as means to.
  
                     The best knowledge is that which is of greatest use
                     in order to our eternal happiness.      --Tillotson.
  
      {Minor orders} (R. C. Ch.), orders beneath the diaconate in
            sacramental dignity, as acolyte, exorcist, reader,
            doorkeeper.
  
      {Money order}. See under {Money}.
  
      {Natural order}. (Bot.) See def. 12, Note.
  
      {Order book}.
            (a) A merchant's book in which orders are entered.
            (b) (Mil.) A book kept at headquarters, in which all
                  orders are recorded for the information of officers
                  and men.
            (c) A book in the House of Commons in which proposed
                  orders must be entered. [Eng.]
  
      {Order in Council}, a royal order issued with and by the
            advice of the Privy Council. [Great Britain]
  
      {Order of battle} (Mil.), the particular disposition given to
            the troops of an army on the field of battle.
  
      {Order of the day}, in legislative bodies, the special
            business appointed for a specified day.
  
      {Order of a differential equation} (Math.), the greatest
            index of differentiation in the equation.
  
      {Sailing orders} (Naut.), the final instructions given to the
            commander of a ship of war before a cruise.
  
      {Sealed orders}, orders sealed, and not to be opened until a
            certain time, or arrival at a certain place, as after a
            ship is at sea.
  
      {Standing order}.
            (a) A continuing regulation for the conduct of
                  parliamentary business.
            (b) (Mil.) An order not subject to change by an officer
                  temporarily in command.
  
      {To give order}, to give command or directions. --Shak.
  
      {To take order for}, to take charge of; to make arrangements
            concerning.
  
                     Whiles I take order for mine own affairs. --Shak.
  
      Syn: Arrangement; management. See {Direction}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      9. A body of persons having some common honorary distinction
            or rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons
            or aggregate of convents living under a common rule; as,
            the Order of the Bath; the Franciscan order.
  
                     Find a barefoot brother out, One of our order, to
                     associate me.                                    --Shak.
  
                     The venerable order of the Knights Templars. --Sir
                                                                              W. Scott.
  
      10. An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or
            bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; -- often
            used in the plural; as, to take orders, or to take holy
            orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry.
  
      11. (Arch.) The disposition of a column and its component
            parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in
            classical architecture; hence (as the column and
            entablature are the characteristic features of classical
            architecture) a style or manner of architectural
            designing.
  
      Note: The Greeks used three different orders, easy to
               distinguish, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The Romans
               added the Tuscan, and changed the Doric so that it is
               hardly recognizable, and also used a modified
               Corinthian called Composite. The Renaissance writers on
               architecture recognized five orders as orthodox or
               classical, -- Doric (the Roman sort), Ionic, Tuscan,
               Corinthian, and Composite. See Illust. of {Capital}.
  
      12. (Nat. Hist.) An assemblage of genera having certain
            important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and
            Insectivora are orders of Mammalia.
  
      Note: The Linn[91]an artificial orders of plants rested
               mainly on identity in the numer of pistils, or
               agreement in some one character. Natural orders are
               groups of genera agreeing in the fundamental plan of
               their flowers and fruit. A natural order is usually (in
               botany) equivalent to a family, and may include several
               tribes.
  
      13. (Rhet.) The placing of words and members in a sentence in
            such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty or
            clearness of expression.
  
      14. (Math.) Rank; degree; thus, the order of a curve or
            surface is the same as the degree of its equation.
  
      {Artificial order} [or] {system}. See {Artificial
            classification}, under {Artificial}, and Note to def. 12
            above.
  
      {Close order} (Mil.), the arrangement of the ranks with a
            distance of about half a pace between them; with a
            distance of about three yards the ranks are in {open
            order}.
  
      {The four Orders}, {The Orders four}, the four orders of
            mendicant friars. See {Friar}. --Chaucer.
  
      {General orders} (Mil.), orders issued which concern the
            whole command, or the troops generally, in distinction
            from special orders.
  
      {Holy orders}.
            (a) (Eccl.) The different grades of the Christian
                  ministry; ordination to the ministry. See def. 10
                  above.
            (b) (R. C. Ch.) A sacrament for the purpose of conferring
                  a special grace on those ordained.
  
      {In order to}, for the purpose of; to the end; as means to.
  
                     The best knowledge is that which is of greatest use
                     in order to our eternal happiness.      --Tillotson.
  
      {Minor orders} (R. C. Ch.), orders beneath the diaconate in
            sacramental dignity, as acolyte, exorcist, reader,
            doorkeeper.
  
      {Money order}. See under {Money}.
  
      {Natural order}. (Bot.) See def. 12, Note.
  
      {Order book}.
            (a) A merchant's book in which orders are entered.
            (b) (Mil.) A book kept at headquarters, in which all
                  orders are recorded for the information of officers
                  and men.
            (c) A book in the House of Commons in which proposed
                  orders must be entered. [Eng.]
  
      {Order in Council}, a royal order issued with and by the
            advice of the Privy Council. [Great Britain]
  
      {Order of battle} (Mil.), the particular disposition given to
            the troops of an army on the field of battle.
  
      {Order of the day}, in legislative bodies, the special
            business appointed for a specified day.
  
      {Order of a differential equation} (Math.), the greatest
            index of differentiation in the equation.
  
      {Sailing orders} (Naut.), the final instructions given to the
            commander of a ship of war before a cruise.
  
      {Sealed orders}, orders sealed, and not to be opened until a
            certain time, or arrival at a certain place, as after a
            ship is at sea.
  
      {Standing order}.
            (a) A continuing regulation for the conduct of
                  parliamentary business.
            (b) (Mil.) An order not subject to change by an officer
                  temporarily in command.
  
      {To give order}, to give command or directions. --Shak.
  
      {To take order for}, to take charge of; to make arrangements
            concerning.
  
                     Whiles I take order for mine own affairs. --Shak.
  
      Syn: Arrangement; management. See {Direction}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dannebrog \Dan"ne*brog\, n.
      The ancient battle standard of Denmark, bearing figures of
      cross and crown.
  
      {Order of Dannebrog}, an ancient Danish order of knighthood.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bath \Bath\ (b[adot]th; 61), n.; pl. {Baths} (b[adot]thz). [AS.
      b[91][edh]; akin to OS. & Icel. ba[edh], Sw., Dan., D., & G.
      bad, and perh. to G. b[84]hen to foment.]
      1. The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for
            purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water,
            vapor, hot air, or the like; as, a cold or a hot bath; a
            medicated bath; a steam bath; a hip bath.
  
      2. Water or other liquid for bathing.
  
      3. A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash
            their bodies in water.
  
      4. A building containing an apartment or a series of
            apartments arranged for bathing.
  
                     Among the ancients, the public baths were of amazing
                     extent and magnificence.                     --Gwilt.
  
      5. (Chem.) A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air,
            through which heat is applied to a body.
  
      6. (Photog.) A solution in which plates or prints are
            immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution.
  
      Note: Bath is used adjectively or in combination, in an
               obvious sense of or for baths or bathing; as, bathroom,
               bath tub, bath keeper.
  
      {Douche bath}. See {Douche}.
  
      {Order of the Bath}, a high order of British knighthood,
            composed of three classes, viz., knights grand cross,
            knights commanders, and knights companions, abbreviated
            thus: G. C. B., K. C. B., K. B.
  
      {Russian bath}, a kind of vapor bath which consists in a
            prolonged exposure of the body to the influence of the
            steam of water, followed by washings and shampooings.
  
      {Turkish bath}, a kind of bath in which a profuse
            perspiration is produced by hot air, after which the body
            is washed and shampooed.
  
      {Bath house}, a house used for the purpose of bathing; --
            also a small house, near a bathing place, where a bather
            undresses and dresses.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      9. A body of persons having some common honorary distinction
            or rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons
            or aggregate of convents living under a common rule; as,
            the Order of the Bath; the Franciscan order.
  
                     Find a barefoot brother out, One of our order, to
                     associate me.                                    --Shak.
  
                     The venerable order of the Knights Templars. --Sir
                                                                              W. Scott.
  
      10. An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or
            bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; -- often
            used in the plural; as, to take orders, or to take holy
            orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry.
  
      11. (Arch.) The disposition of a column and its component
            parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in
            classical architecture; hence (as the column and
            entablature are the characteristic features of classical
            architecture) a style or manner of architectural
            designing.
  
      Note: The Greeks used three different orders, easy to
               distinguish, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The Romans
               added the Tuscan, and changed the Doric so that it is
               hardly recognizable, and also used a modified
               Corinthian called Composite. The Renaissance writers on
               architecture recognized five orders as orthodox or
               classical, -- Doric (the Roman sort), Ionic, Tuscan,
               Corinthian, and Composite. See Illust. of {Capital}.
  
      12. (Nat. Hist.) An assemblage of genera having certain
            important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and
            Insectivora are orders of Mammalia.
  
      Note: The Linn[91]an artificial orders of plants rested
               mainly on identity in the numer of pistils, or
               agreement in some one character. Natural orders are
               groups of genera agreeing in the fundamental plan of
               their flowers and fruit. A natural order is usually (in
               botany) equivalent to a family, and may include several
               tribes.
  
      13. (Rhet.) The placing of words and members in a sentence in
            such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty or
            clearness of expression.
  
      14. (Math.) Rank; degree; thus, the order of a curve or
            surface is the same as the degree of its equation.
  
      {Artificial order} [or] {system}. See {Artificial
            classification}, under {Artificial}, and Note to def. 12
            above.
  
      {Close order} (Mil.), the arrangement of the ranks with a
            distance of about half a pace between them; with a
            distance of about three yards the ranks are in {open
            order}.
  
      {The four Orders}, {The Orders four}, the four orders of
            mendicant friars. See {Friar}. --Chaucer.
  
      {General orders} (Mil.), orders issued which concern the
            whole command, or the troops generally, in distinction
            from special orders.
  
      {Holy orders}.
            (a) (Eccl.) The different grades of the Christian
                  ministry; ordination to the ministry. See def. 10
                  above.
            (b) (R. C. Ch.) A sacrament for the purpose of conferring
                  a special grace on those ordained.
  
      {In order to}, for the purpose of; to the end; as means to.
  
                     The best knowledge is that which is of greatest use
                     in order to our eternal happiness.      --Tillotson.
  
      {Minor orders} (R. C. Ch.), orders beneath the diaconate in
            sacramental dignity, as acolyte, exorcist, reader,
            doorkeeper.
  
      {Money order}. See under {Money}.
  
      {Natural order}. (Bot.) See def. 12, Note.
  
      {Order book}.
            (a) A merchant's book in which orders are entered.
            (b) (Mil.) A book kept at headquarters, in which all
                  orders are recorded for the information of officers
                  and men.
            (c) A book in the House of Commons in which proposed
                  orders must be entered. [Eng.]
  
      {Order in Council}, a royal order issued with and by the
            advice of the Privy Council. [Great Britain]
  
      {Order of battle} (Mil.), the particular disposition given to
            the troops of an army on the field of battle.
  
      {Order of the day}, in legislative bodies, the special
            business appointed for a specified day.
  
      {Order of a differential equation} (Math.), the greatest
            index of differentiation in the equation.
  
      {Sailing orders} (Naut.), the final instructions given to the
            commander of a ship of war before a cruise.
  
      {Sealed orders}, orders sealed, and not to be opened until a
            certain time, or arrival at a certain place, as after a
            ship is at sea.
  
      {Standing order}.
            (a) A continuing regulation for the conduct of
                  parliamentary business.
            (b) (Mil.) An order not subject to change by an officer
                  temporarily in command.
  
      {To give order}, to give command or directions. --Shak.
  
      {To take order for}, to take charge of; to make arrangements
            concerning.
  
                     Whiles I take order for mine own affairs. --Shak.
  
      Syn: Arrangement; management. See {Direction}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enlarge \En*large"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enlarged}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Enlarging}.] [OF. enlargier; pref. en- (L. in) + F.
      large wide. See {Large}.]
      1. To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to
            extend in limits; to magnify; as, the body is enlarged by
            nutrition; to enlarge one's house.
  
                     To enlarge their possessions of land. --Locke.
  
      2. To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope
            or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy,
            affection, and the like; as, knowledge enlarges the mind.
  
                     O ye Corinthians, our . . . heart is enlarged. --2
                                                                              Cor. vi. 11.
  
      3. To set at large or set free. [Archaic]
  
                     It will enlarge us from all restraints. --Barrow.
  
      {Enlarging hammer}, a hammer with a slightly rounded face of
            large diameter; -- used by gold beaters. --Knight.
  
      {To enlarge an} {order [or] rule} (Law), to extend the time
            for complying with it. --Abbott.
  
      {To enlarge one's self}, to give free vent to speech; to
            spread out discourse. [bd]They enlarged themselves on this
            subject.[b8] --Clarendon.
  
      {To enlarge the heart}, to make free, liberal, and
            charitable.
  
      Syn: To increase; extend; expand; spread; amplify; augment;
               magnify. See {Increase}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orderable \Or"der*a*ble\, a.
      Capable of being ordered; tractable. [R.]
  
               Being very orderable in all his sickness. --Fuller.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Order \Or"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ordered}; p pr. & vb. n.
      {Ordering}.] [From {Order}, n.]
      1. To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to
            arrange in a series, or with reference to an end. Hence,
            to regulate; to dispose; to direct; to rule.
  
                     To him that ordereth his conversation aright. --Ps.
                                                                              1. 23.
  
                     Warriors old with ordered spear and shield.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. To give an order to; to command; as, to order troops to
            advance.
  
      3. To give an order for; to secure by an order; as, to order
            a carriage; to order groceries.
  
      4. (Eccl.) To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive
            into the ranks of the ministry.
  
                     These ordered folk be especially titled to God.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
                     Persons presented to be ordered deacons. --Bk. of
                                                                              Com. Prayer.
  
      {Order arms} (Mil.), the command at which a rifle is brought
            to a position with its but resting on the ground; also,
            the position taken at such a command.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orderer \Or"der*er\, n.
      1. One who puts in order, arranges, methodizes, or regulates.
  
      2. One who gives orders.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Order \Or"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ordered}; p pr. & vb. n.
      {Ordering}.] [From {Order}, n.]
      1. To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to
            arrange in a series, or with reference to an end. Hence,
            to regulate; to dispose; to direct; to rule.
  
                     To him that ordereth his conversation aright. --Ps.
                                                                              1. 23.
  
                     Warriors old with ordered spear and shield.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. To give an order to; to command; as, to order troops to
            advance.
  
      3. To give an order for; to secure by an order; as, to order
            a carriage; to order groceries.
  
      4. (Eccl.) To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive
            into the ranks of the ministry.
  
                     These ordered folk be especially titled to God.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
                     Persons presented to be ordered deacons. --Bk. of
                                                                              Com. Prayer.
  
      {Order arms} (Mil.), the command at which a rifle is brought
            to a position with its but resting on the ground; also,
            the position taken at such a command.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ordering \Or"der*ing\, n.
      Disposition; distribution; management. --South.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orderless \Or"der*less\, a.
      Being without order or regularity; disorderly; out of rule.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orderly \Or"der*ly\, n.; pl. {Orderlies}.
      1. (Mil.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier who attends a
            superior officer to carry his orders, or to render other
            service.
  
                     Orderlies were appointed to watch the palace.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      2. A street sweeper. [Eng.] --Mayhew.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orderliness \Or"der*li*ness\, n.
      The state or quality of being orderly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orderly \Or"der*ly\, adv.
      According to due order; regularly; methodically; duly.
  
               You are blunt; go to it orderly.            --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orderly \Or"der*ly\, n.; pl. {Orderlies}.
      1. (Mil.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier who attends a
            superior officer to carry his orders, or to render other
            service.
  
                     Orderlies were appointed to watch the palace.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      2. A street sweeper. [Eng.] --Mayhew.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orderly \Or"der*ly\, a.
      1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly
            course or plan. --Milton.
  
      2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient;
            quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an
            orderly community.
  
      3. Performed in good or established order; well-regulated.
            [bd]An orderly . . . march.[b8] --Clarendon.
  
      4. Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders.
            [bd]Aids-de-camp and orderly men.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.
  
      {Orderly book} (Mil.), a book for every company, in which the
            general and regimental orders are recorded.
  
      {Orderly officer}, the officer of the day, or that officer of
            a corps or regiment whose turn it is to supervise for the
            day the arrangements for food, cleanliness, etc. --Farrow.
  
      {Orderly room}.
            (a) The court of the commanding officer, where charges
                  against the men of the regiment are tried.
            (b) The office of the commanding officer, usually in the
                  barracks, whence orders emanate. --Farrow.
  
      {Orderly sergeant}, the first sergeant of a company.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orderly \Or"der*ly\, a.
      1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly
            course or plan. --Milton.
  
      2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient;
            quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an
            orderly community.
  
      3. Performed in good or established order; well-regulated.
            [bd]An orderly . . . march.[b8] --Clarendon.
  
      4. Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders.
            [bd]Aids-de-camp and orderly men.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.
  
      {Orderly book} (Mil.), a book for every company, in which the
            general and regimental orders are recorded.
  
      {Orderly officer}, the officer of the day, or that officer of
            a corps or regiment whose turn it is to supervise for the
            day the arrangements for food, cleanliness, etc. --Farrow.
  
      {Orderly room}.
            (a) The court of the commanding officer, where charges
                  against the men of the regiment are tried.
            (b) The office of the commanding officer, usually in the
                  barracks, whence orders emanate. --Farrow.
  
      {Orderly sergeant}, the first sergeant of a company.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orderly \Or"der*ly\, a.
      1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly
            course or plan. --Milton.
  
      2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient;
            quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an
            orderly community.
  
      3. Performed in good or established order; well-regulated.
            [bd]An orderly . . . march.[b8] --Clarendon.
  
      4. Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders.
            [bd]Aids-de-camp and orderly men.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.
  
      {Orderly book} (Mil.), a book for every company, in which the
            general and regimental orders are recorded.
  
      {Orderly officer}, the officer of the day, or that officer of
            a corps or regiment whose turn it is to supervise for the
            day the arrangements for food, cleanliness, etc. --Farrow.
  
      {Orderly room}.
            (a) The court of the commanding officer, where charges
                  against the men of the regiment are tried.
            (b) The office of the commanding officer, usually in the
                  barracks, whence orders emanate. --Farrow.
  
      {Orderly sergeant}, the first sergeant of a company.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orderly \Or"der*ly\, a.
      1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly
            course or plan. --Milton.
  
      2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient;
            quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an
            orderly community.
  
      3. Performed in good or established order; well-regulated.
            [bd]An orderly . . . march.[b8] --Clarendon.
  
      4. Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders.
            [bd]Aids-de-camp and orderly men.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.
  
      {Orderly book} (Mil.), a book for every company, in which the
            general and regimental orders are recorded.
  
      {Orderly officer}, the officer of the day, or that officer of
            a corps or regiment whose turn it is to supervise for the
            day the arrangements for food, cleanliness, etc. --Farrow.
  
      {Orderly room}.
            (a) The court of the commanding officer, where charges
                  against the men of the regiment are tried.
            (b) The office of the commanding officer, usually in the
                  barracks, whence orders emanate. --Farrow.
  
      {Orderly sergeant}, the first sergeant of a company.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orderly \Or"der*ly\, a.
      1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly
            course or plan. --Milton.
  
      2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient;
            quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an
            orderly community.
  
      3. Performed in good or established order; well-regulated.
            [bd]An orderly . . . march.[b8] --Clarendon.
  
      4. Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders.
            [bd]Aids-de-camp and orderly men.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.
  
      {Orderly book} (Mil.), a book for every company, in which the
            general and regimental orders are recorded.
  
      {Orderly officer}, the officer of the day, or that officer of
            a corps or regiment whose turn it is to supervise for the
            day the arrangements for food, cleanliness, etc. --Farrow.
  
      {Orderly room}.
            (a) The court of the commanding officer, where charges
                  against the men of the regiment are tried.
            (b) The office of the commanding officer, usually in the
                  barracks, whence orders emanate. --Farrow.
  
      {Orderly sergeant}, the first sergeant of a company.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ordure \Or"dure\, n. [F. ordure, OF. ord filthy, foul, fr. L.
      horridus horrid. See {Horrid}.]
      1. Dung; excrement; f[91]ces. --Shak.
  
      2. Defect; imperfection; fault. [Obs.] --Holland.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ordurous \Or"dur*ous\, a.
      Of or pertaining to ordure; filthy. --Drayton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthorhombic \Or`tho*rhom"bic\, a. [Ortho- + rhombic.]
      (Crystallog.)
      Noting the system of crystallization which has three unequal
      axes at right angles to each other; trimetric. See
      {Crystallization}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Orderville, UT (town, FIPS 57080)
      Location: 37.27615 N, 112.63256 W
      Population (1990): 422 (160 housing units)
      Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 84758

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Order Code Processor
  
      The {ICL 2900}, {ICL 3900} and above term for
      "{CPU}".
  
      (1995-05-06)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   order-embedding
  
      A function f : D -> C is order-embedding iff for all x, y in
      D,
  
      f(x) <= f(y)   <=>   x <= y.
  
      I.e. arguments and results compare similarly.   A function which
      is order-embedding is {monotonic} and one-to-one and an
      {injection}.
  
      ("<=" is written in {LaTeX} as {\sqsubseteq}).
  
      (1995-02-03)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ordering
  
      A relation.
  
      See {partial ordering}, {pre-order}, {total ordering}.
  
  
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