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   Ordovician
         n 1: from 500 million to 425 million years ago; conodonts and
               ostracods and algae and seaweeds [syn: {Ordovician},
               {Ordovician period}]

English Dictionary: Orthophosphate's by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ordovician period
n
  1. from 500 million to 425 million years ago; conodonts and ostracods and algae and seaweeds
    Synonym(s): Ordovician, Ordovician period
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthoboric acid
n
  1. a white or colorless slightly acid solid that is soluble in water and ethanol; used in the manufacture of glass and paper and adhesives and in detergents and as a flux in welding; also used as an antiseptic and food preservative
    Synonym(s): boric acid, orthoboric acid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthoepist
n
  1. a practitioner of orthoepy (especially one of the 17th or 18th century scholars who proposed to reform English spelling so it would reflect pronunciation more closely)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthoepy
n
  1. the way a word or a language is customarily spoken; "the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners"; "that is the correct pronunciation"
    Synonym(s): pronunciation, orthoepy
  2. a term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the `correct' pronunciation of words and its relation to `correct' orthography
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthopaedic
adj
  1. of or relating to orthopedics; "orthopedic shoes" [syn: orthopedic, orthopaedic, orthopedical]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthopaedics
n
  1. the branch of medical science concerned with disorders or deformities of the spine and joints
    Synonym(s): orthopedics, orthopaedics
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthopaedist
n
  1. a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)
    Synonym(s): orthopedist, orthopaedist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthopedic
adj
  1. of or relating to orthopedics; "orthopedic shoes" [syn: orthopedic, orthopaedic, orthopedical]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthopedical
adj
  1. of or relating to orthopedics; "orthopedic shoes" [syn: orthopedic, orthopaedic, orthopedical]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthopedics
n
  1. the branch of medical science concerned with disorders or deformities of the spine and joints
    Synonym(s): orthopedics, orthopaedics
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthopedist
n
  1. a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)
    Synonym(s): orthopedist, orthopaedist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthophosphate
n
  1. a salt of phosphoric acid [syn: phosphate, orthophosphate, inorganic phosphate]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthophosphoric acid
n
  1. an acid used in fertilizers and soaps: H3PO4 [syn: phosphoric acid, orthophosphoric acid]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthophosphorous acid
n
  1. a clear or yellow monobasic acid (H3PO2) [syn: hypophosphorous acid, phosphorous acid, orthophosphorous acid]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthopnea
n
  1. form of dyspnea in which the person can breathe comfortably only when standing or sitting erect; associated with asthma and emphysema and angina pectoris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Orthopristis
n
  1. a genus of Haemulidae [syn: Orthopristis, {genus Orthopristis}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Orthopristis chrysopterus
n
  1. found from Long Island southward [syn: pigfish, hogfish, Orthopristis chrysopterus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthopter
n
  1. heavier-than-air craft that is propelled by the flapping of wings
    Synonym(s): orthopter, ornithopter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Orthoptera
n
  1. grasshoppers and locusts; crickets [syn: Orthoptera, order Orthoptera]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthopteran
n
  1. any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts
    Synonym(s): orthopterous insect, orthopteron, orthopteran
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthopteron
n
  1. any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts
    Synonym(s): orthopterous insect, orthopteron, orthopteran
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthopterous insect
n
  1. any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts
    Synonym(s): orthopterous insect, orthopteron, orthopteran
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthoptic
adj
  1. of or relating to normal binocular vision
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthoptics
n
  1. treatment of defects of binocular vision (such as strabismus and amblyopia) by nonsurgical measures (especially by exercises to strengthen the eye muscles)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthoptist
n
  1. a specialist in orthoptics
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ordovian \Or*do"vi*an\, a. & n. (Geol.)
      Ordovician.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ordovician \Or`do*vi"cian\, a. [From L. Ordovices, a Celtic
      people in Wales.] (Geol.)
      Of or pertaining to a division of the Silurian formation,
      corresponding in general to the Lower Silurian of most
      authors, exclusive of the Cambrian. -- n. The Ordovician
      formation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sweetwood \Sweet"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
      (a) The true laurel ({Laurus nobilis}.)
      (b) The timber of the tree {Oreodaphne Leucoxylon}, growing
            in Jamaica. The name is also applied to the timber of
            several other related trees.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ortho89pic \Or`tho*[89]p"ic\, Ortho89pical \Or`tho*[89]p"ic*al\,
      a.
      Of or pertaining to ortho[89]py, or correct pronunciation. --
      {Or`tho*[89]p"ic*al*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ortho89pic \Or`tho*[89]p"ic\, Ortho89pical \Or`tho*[89]p"ic*al\,
      a.
      Of or pertaining to ortho[89]py, or correct pronunciation. --
      {Or`tho*[89]p"ic*al*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ortho89pic \Or`tho*[89]p"ic\, Ortho89pical \Or`tho*[89]p"ic*al\,
      a.
      Of or pertaining to ortho[89]py, or correct pronunciation. --
      {Or`tho*[89]p"ic*al*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ortho89pist \Or"tho*[89]*pist\, n.
      One who is skilled in ortho[89]py.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ortho89py \Or"tho*[89]*py\, n. [Gr. [?]; 'orqo`s right + [?] a
      word: cf. F. ortho[82]pie. See {Ortho-}, and {Epic}.]
      The art of uttering words correctly; a correct pronunciation
      of words; also, mode of pronunciation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthopedic \Or`tho*ped"ic\, Orthopedical \Or`tho*ped"ic*al\, a.
      (Med.)
      Pertaining to, or employed in, orthopedy; relating to the
      prevention or cure of deformities of children, or, in
      general, of the human body at any age; as, orthopedic
      surgery; an orthopedic hospital.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthopedic \Or`tho*ped"ic\, Orthopedical \Or`tho*ped"ic*al\, a.
      (Med.)
      Pertaining to, or employed in, orthopedy; relating to the
      prevention or cure of deformities of children, or, in
      general, of the human body at any age; as, orthopedic
      surgery; an orthopedic hospital.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthopedist \Or*thop"e*dist\, n. (Med.)
      One who prevents, cures, or remedies deformities, esp. in
      children.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthopedy \Or*thop"e*dy\, n. [Ortho- + Gr. [?], [?], a child.]
      (Med.)
      The art or practice of curing the deformities of children,
      or, by extension, any deformities of the human body.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthophony \Or*thoph"o*ny\, n. [Ortho- + Gr. [?] voice.]
      The art of correct articulation; voice training.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthopinacoid \Or`tho*pin"a*coid\, n. [Ortho- + pinacoid.]
      (Crystallog.)
      A name given to the two planes in the monoclinic system which
      are parallel to the vertical and orthodiagonal axes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Orthopnoea \[d8]Or`thop*n[oe]"a\, Orthopny \Or*thop"ny\, n.
      [L. orthopnoea, Gr. [?]; 'orqo`sstraight, right + pnei^n to
      breathe: cf. F. orthopn[82]e.] (Med.)
      Specifically, a morbid condition in which respiration can be
      performed only in an erect posture; by extension, any
      difficulty of breathing.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthopraxy \Or"tho*prax`y\, n. [Gr. 'orqo`s straight + [?] a
      doing.] (Med.)
      The treatment of deformities in the human body by mechanical
      appliances.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sailor \Sail"or\, n.
      One who follows the business of navigating ships or other
      vessels; one who understands the practical management of
      ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common
      seaman.
  
      Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer.
  
      {Sailor's choice}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) An excellent marine food fish ({Diplodus, [or] Lagodon,
            rhomboides}) of the Southern United States; -- called
            also {porgy}, {squirrel fish}, {yellowtail}, and
            {salt-water bream}.
      (b) A species of grunt ({Orthopristis, [or] Pomadasys,
            chrysopterus}), an excellent food fish common on the
            southern coasts of the United States; -- called also
            {hogfish}, and {pigfish}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Insecta \[d8]In*sec"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See {Insect}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) One of the classes of Arthropoda, including
            those that have one pair of antenn[91], three pairs of
            mouth organs, and breathe air by means of trache[91],
            opening by spiracles along the sides of the body. In this
            sense it includes the Hexapoda, or six-legged insects and
            the Myriapoda, with numerous legs. See {Insect}, n.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) In a more restricted sense, the Hexapoda alone.
            See {Hexapoda}.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) In the most general sense, the Hexapoda,
            Myriapoda, and Arachnoidea, combined.
  
      Note: The typical Insecta, or hexapod insects, are divided
               into several orders, viz.: {Hymenoptera}, as the bees
               and ants; {Diptera}, as the common flies and gnats;
               {Aphaniptera}, or fleas; {Lepidoptera}, or moths and
               butterflies; {Neuroptera}, as the ant-lions and
               hellgamite; {Coleoptera}, or beetles; {Hemiptera}, as
               bugs, lice, aphids; {Orthoptera}, as grasshoppers and
               cockroaches; {Pseudoneuroptera}, as the dragon flies
               and termites; {Euplexoptera}, or earwings; {Thysanura},
               as the springtails, podura, and lepisma. See these
               words in the Vocabulary.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthopteran \Or*thop"ter*an\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the Orthoptera.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthopterous \Or*thop"ter*ous\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Of or pertaining to the Orthoptera.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ortive \Or"tive\, a. [L. ortivus, fr. oriri, ortus, to rise: cf.
      F. ortive.]
      Of or relating to the time or act of rising; eastern; as, the
      ortive amplitude of a planet.
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