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   orchiopexy
         n 1: operation to bring an undescended testicle into the scrotum

English Dictionary: Oryzopsis hymenoides by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Orizaba
n
  1. a city of east central Mexico (west of Veracruz); a popular resort
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Oryzopsis
n
  1. rice grass
    Synonym(s): Oryzopsis, genus Oryzopsis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Oryzopsis hymenoides
n
  1. valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico
    Synonym(s): mountain rice, silkgrass, silk grass, Indian millet, Oryzopsis hymenoides
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Oryzopsis miliacea
n
  1. perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America
    Synonym(s): smilo, smilo grass, Oryzopsis miliacea
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sage \Sage\, n. [OE. sauge, F. sauge, L. salvia, from salvus
      saved, in allusion to its reputed healing virtues. See
      {Safe}.] (Bot.)
      (a) A suffruticose labiate plant ({Salvia officinalis}) with
            grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc.
            The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which
            many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet
            sage, and Mexican red and blue sage.
      (b) The sagebrush.
  
      {Meadow sage} (Bot.), a blue-flowered species of Salvia ({S.
            pratensis}) growing in meadows in Europe.
  
      {Sage cheese}, cheese flavored with sage, and colored green
            by the juice of leaves of spinach and other plants which
            are added to the milk.
  
      {Sage cock} (Zo[94]l.), the male of the sage grouse; in a
            more general sense, the specific name of the sage grouse.
           
  
      {Sage green}, of a dull grayish green color, like the leaves
            of garden sage.
  
      {Sage grouse} (Zo[94]l.), a very large American grouse
            ({Centrocercus urophasianus}), native of the dry sagebrush
            plains of Western North America. Called also {cock of the
            plains}. The male is called {sage cock}, and the female
            {sage hen}.
  
      {Sage hare}, or {Sage rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), a species of hare
            ({Lepus Nuttalli, [or] artemisia}) which inhabits the arid
            regions of Western North America and lives among
            sagebrush. By recent writers it is considered to be merely
            a variety of the common cottontail, or wood rabbit.
  
      {Sage hen} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the sage grouse.
  
      {Sage sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a small sparrow ({Amphispiza
            Belli}, var. {Nevadensis}) which inhabits the dry plains
            of the Rocky Mountain region, living among sagebrush.
  
      {Sage thrasher} (Zo[94]l.), a singing bird ({Oroscoptes
            montanus}) which inhabits the sagebrush plains of Western
            North America.
  
      {Sage willow} (Bot.), a species of willow ({Salix tristis})
            forming a low bush with nearly sessile grayish green
            leaves.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orris \Or"ris\, n. [Prob. corrupted from It. ireos iris. See
      {Iris}.] (Bot.)
      A plant of the genus {Iris} ({I. Florentina}); a kind of
      flower-de-luce. Its rootstock has an odor resembling that of
      violets.
  
      {Orris pea} (Med.), an issue pea made from orris root.
  
      {Orris root}, the fragrant rootstock of the orris.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pea \Pea\, n.; pl. {Peas}or {Pease}. [OE. pese, fr. AS. pisa, or
      OF. peis, F. pois; both fr. L. pisum; cf. Gr. [?], [?]. The
      final s was misunderstood in English as a plural ending. Cf.
      {Pease}.]
      1. (Bot.) A plant, and its fruit, of the genus {Pisum}, of
            many varieties, much cultivated for food. It has a
            papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp is a legume,
            popularly called a pod.
  
      Note: When a definite number, more than one, is spoken of,
               the plural form peas is used; as, the pod contained
               nine peas; but, in a collective sense, the form pease
               is preferred; as, a bushel of pease; they had pease at
               dinner. This distinction is not always preserved, the
               form peas being used in both senses.
  
      2. A name given, especially in the Southern States, to the
            seed of several leguminous plants (species of {Dolichos},
            {Cicer}, {Abrus}, etc.) esp. those having a scar (hilum)
            of a different color from the rest of the seed.
  
      Note: The name pea is given to many leguminous plants more or
               less closely related to the common pea. See the
               Phrases, below.
  
      {Beach pea} (Bot.), a seashore plant, {Lathyrus maritimus}.
           
  
      {Black-eyed pea}, a West Indian name for {Dolichos
            sph[91]rospermus} and its seed.
  
      {Butterfly pea}, the American plant {Clitoria Mariana},
            having showy blossoms.
  
      {Chick pea}. See {Chick-pea}.
  
      {Egyptian pea}. Same as {Chick-pea}.
  
      {Everlasting pea}. See under {Everlasting}.
  
      {Glory pea}. See under {Glory}, n.
  
      {Hoary pea}, any plant of the genus {Tephrosia}; goat's rue.
           
  
      {Issue pea}, {Orris pea}. (Med.) See under {Issue}, and
            {Orris}.
  
      {Milk pea}. (Bot.) See under {Milk}.
  
      {Pea berry}, a kind of a coffee bean or grain which grows
            single, and is round or pea-shaped; often used
            adjectively; as, pea-berry coffee.
  
      {Pea bug}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pea weevil}.
  
      {Pea coal}, a size of coal smaller than nut coal.
  
      {Pea crab} (Zo[94]l.), any small crab of the genus
            {Pinnotheres}, living as a commensal in bivalves; esp.,
            the European species ({P. pisum}) which lives in the
            common mussel and the cockle.
  
      {Pea dove} (Zo[94]l.), the American ground dove.
  
      {Pea-flower tribe} (Bot.), a suborder ({Papilionace[91]}) of
            leguminous plants having blossoms essentially like that of
            the pea. --G. Bentham.
  
      {Pea maggot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a European moth
            ({Tortrix pisi}), which is very destructive to peas.
  
      {Pea ore} (Min.), argillaceous oxide of iron, occurring in
            round grains of a size of a pea; pisolitic ore.
  
      {Pea starch}, the starch or flour of the common pea, which is
            sometimes used in adulterating wheat flour, pepper, etc.
           
  
      {Pea tree} (Bot.), the name of several leguminous shrubs of
            the genus {Caragana}, natives of Siberia and China.
  
      {Pea vine}. (Bot.)
            (a) Any plant which bears peas.
            (b) A kind of vetch or tare, common in the United States
                  ({Lathyrus Americana}, and other similar species).
  
      {Pea weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small weevil ({Bruchus pisi})
            which destroys peas by eating out the interior.
  
      {Pigeon pea}. (Bot.) See {Pigeon pea}.
  
      {Sweet pea} (Bot.), the annual plant {Lathyrus odoratus};
            also, its many-colored, sweet-scented blossoms.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gemsbok \Gems"bok\, n. [D.; akin to G. gemsbock the male or buck
      of the chamois; gemse chamois, goat of the Alps + bock buck.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A South African antelope ({Oryx Capensis}), having long,
      sharp, nearly straight horns.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rice \Rice\, n. [F. riz (cf. Pr. ris, It. riso), L. oryza, Gr.
      [?][?][?], [?][?][?], probably from the Persian; cf. OPers.
      br[c6]zi, akin to Skr. vr[c6]hi; or perh. akin to E. rye. Cf.
      {Rye}.] (Bot.)
      A well-known cereal grass ({Oryza sativa}) and its seed. This
      plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the
      grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants.
      In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be
      overflowed.
  
      {Ant rice}. (Bot.) See under {Ant}.
  
      {French rice}. (Bot.) See {Amelcorn}.
  
      {Indian rice}., a tall reedlike water grass ({Zizania
            aquatica}), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain,
            much used for food by North American Indians. It is common
            in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also
            {water oat}, {Canadian wild rice}, etc.
  
      {Mountain rice}, any species of an American genus
            ({Oryzopsis}) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice.
  
      {Rice bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Ricebird}.
  
      {Rice hen} (Zo[94]l.), the Florida gallinule.
  
      {Rice mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a large dark-colored field mouse
            ({Calomys palistris}) of the Southern United States.
  
      {Rice paper}, a kind of thin, delicate paper, brought from
            China, -- used for painting upon, and for the manufacture
            of fancy articles. It is made by cutting the pith of a
            large herb ({Fatsia papyrifera}, related to the ginseng)
            into one roll or sheet, which is flattened out under
            pressure. Called also {pith paper}.
  
      {Rice troupial} (Zo[94]l.), the bobolink.
  
      {Rice water}, a drink for invalids made by boiling a small
            quantity of rice in water.
  
      {Rice-water discharge} (Med.), a liquid, resembling rice
            water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from
            the bowels, in cholera.
  
      {Rice weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small beetle ({Calandra, [or]
            Sitophilus, oryz[91]}) which destroys rice, wheat, and
            Indian corn by eating out the interior; -- called also
            {black weevil}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mountain \Moun"tain\, a.
      1. Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or
            living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains;
            among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines;
            mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer.
  
      2. Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great.
  
                     The high, the mountain majesty of worth. --Byron.
  
      {Mountain antelope} (Zo[94]l.), the goral.
  
      {Mountain ash} (Bot.), an ornamental tree, the {Pyrus
            (Sorbus) Americana}, producing beautiful bunches of red
            berries. Its leaves are pinnate, and its flowers white,
            growing in fragrant clusters. The European species is the
            {P. aucuparia}, or rowan tree.
  
      {Mountain barometer}, a portable barometer, adapted for safe
            transportation, used in measuring the heights of
            mountains.
  
      {Mountain beaver} (Zo[94]l.), the sewellel.
  
      {Mountain blue} (Min.), blue carbonate of copper; azurite.
  
      {Mountain cat} (Zo[94]l.), the catamount. See {Catamount}.
  
      {Mountain chain}, a series of contiguous mountain ranges,
            generally in parallel or consecutive lines or curves.
  
      {Mountain cock} (Zo[94]l.), capercailzie. See {Capercailzie}.
           
  
      {Mountain cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling
            cork in its texture.
  
      {Mountain crystal}. See under {Crystal}.
  
      {Mountain damson} (Bot.), a large tree of the genus
            {Simaruba} ({S. amarga}) growing in the West Indies, which
            affords a bitter tonic and astringent, sometimes used in
            medicine.
  
      {Mountain dew}, Scotch whisky, so called because often
            illicitly distilled among the mountains. [Humorous]
  
      {Mountain ebony} (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Bauhinia
            variegata}) of the East and West Indies; -- so called
            because of its dark wood. The bark is used medicinally and
            in tanning.
  
      {Mountain flax} (Min.), a variety of asbestus, having very
            fine fibers; amianthus. See {Amianthus}.
  
      {Mountain fringe} (Bot.), climbing fumitory. See under
            {Fumitory}.
  
      {Mountain goat}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Mazama}.
  
      {Mountain green}. (Min.)
            (a) Green malachite, or carbonate of copper.
            (b) See {Green earth}, under {Green}, a.
  
      {Mountain holly} (Bot.), a branching shrub ({Nemopanthes
            Canadensis}), having smooth oblong leaves and red berries.
            It is found in the Northern United States.
  
      {Mountain laurel} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Kalmia
            latifolia}) with glossy evergreen leaves and showy
            clusters of rose-colored or white flowers. The foliage is
            poisonous. Called also {American laurel}, {ivy bush}, and
            {calico bush}. See {Kalmia}.
  
      {Mountain leather} (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling
            leather in its texture.
  
      {Mountain licorice} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Trifolium}
            ({T. Alpinum}).
  
      {Mountain limestone} (Geol.), a series of marine limestone
            strata below the coal measures, and above the old red
            standstone of Great Britain. See Chart of {Geology}.
  
      {Mountain linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the twite.
  
      {Mountain magpie}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The yaffle, or green woodpecker.
            (b) The European gray shrike.
  
      {Mountain mahogany} (Bot.) See under {Mahogany}.
  
      {Mountain meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite,
            occurring as an efflorescence.
  
      {Mountain milk} (Min.), a soft spongy variety of carbonate of
            lime.
  
      {Mountain mint}. (Bot.) See {Mint}.
  
      {Mountain ousel} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel; -- called also
            {mountain thrush} and {mountain colley}. See {Ousel}.
  
      {Mountain pride}, [or] {Mountain green} (Bot.), a tree of
            Jamaica ({Spathelia simplex}), which has an unbranched
            palmlike stem, and a terminal cluster of large, pinnate
            leaves.
  
      {Mountain quail} (Zo[94]l.), the plumed partridge ({Oreortyx
            pictus}) of California. It has two long, slender,
            plumelike feathers on the head. The throat and sides are
            chestnut; the belly is brown with transverse bars of black
            and white; the neck and breast are dark gray.
  
      {Mountain range}, a series of mountains closely related in
            position and direction.
  
      {Mountain rice}. (Bot.)
            (a) An upland variety of rice, grown without irrigation,
                  in some parts of Asia, Europe, and the United States.
            (b) An American genus of grasses ({Oryzopsis}).
  
      {Mountain rose} (Bot.), a species of rose with solitary
            flowers, growing in the mountains of Europe ({Rosa
            alpina}).
  
      {Mountain soap} (Min.), a soft earthy mineral, of a brownish
            color, used in crayon painting; saxonite.
  
      {Mountain sorrel} (Bot.), a low perennial plant ({Oxyria
            digyna} with rounded kidney-form leaves, and small
            greenish flowers, found in the White Mountains of New
            Hampshire, and in high northern latitudes. --Gray.
  
      {Mountain sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), the European tree sparrow.
  
      {Mountain spinach}. (Bot.) See {Orach}.
  
      {Mountain tobacco} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Arnica
            montana}) of Europe; called also {leopard's bane}.
  
      {Mountain witch} (Zo[94]l.), a ground pigeon of Jamaica, of
            the genus {Geotrygon}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Pauxi \[d8]Paux"i\, n. [From the native name: cf. Sp. pauji.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A curassow ({Ourax pauxi}), which, in South America, is often
      domesticated.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Curassow \Cu*ras"sow\ (k?-r?s"s?), n. [Native name in Brazil.]
      (Zool.)
      A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera {Crax},
      {Ourax}, etc., of the family {Cracid[91]}.
  
      Note: The crested curassow ({Crax alector}) is black, and
               about the size of a small hen-turkey, with an erectile
               crest of curled feathers. It ranges from Mexico to
               Brazil. The galeated curassow or cushew bird ({Ourax
               Pauxi}) is similar in size, and has a large, hollow,
               blue, pear-shaped protuberance on the head.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Pauxi \[d8]Paux"i\, n. [From the native name: cf. Sp. pauji.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A curassow ({Ourax pauxi}), which, in South America, is often
      domesticated.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Curassow \Cu*ras"sow\ (k?-r?s"s?), n. [Native name in Brazil.]
      (Zool.)
      A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera {Crax},
      {Ourax}, etc., of the family {Cracid[91]}.
  
      Note: The crested curassow ({Crax alector}) is black, and
               about the size of a small hen-turkey, with an erectile
               crest of curled feathers. It ranges from Mexico to
               Brazil. The galeated curassow or cushew bird ({Ourax
               Pauxi}) is similar in size, and has a large, hollow,
               blue, pear-shaped protuberance on the head.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ouroscopy \Ou*ros"co*py\, n. [Gr. [?] urine + -scopy.]
      Ourology.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Orocovis zona, PR (urbana, FIPS 57290)
      Location: 18.22694 N, 66.39181 W
      Population (1990): 1032 (364 housing units)
      Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Orwigsburg, PA (borough, FIPS 57184)
      Location: 40.65370 N, 76.10367 W
      Population (1990): 2780 (1162 housing units)
      Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 17961
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