oarfish
         n 1: thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a
               red dorsal fin [syn: {oarfish}, {king of the herring},
               {ribbonfish}, {Regalecus glesne}]

English Dictionary: oarfish	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orbicular adj circular or nearly circular [syn: orbiculate, orbicular] having the shape of a sphere or ball; "a spherical object"; "nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey Synonym(s): ball-shaped, global, globose, globular, orbicular, spheric, spherical
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orbiculate adj circular or nearly circular [syn: orbiculate, orbicular]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orbiculate leaf n circular or nearly circular leaf
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Orbignya n palms of southern Mexico to northern South America: babassu palm Synonym(s): Orbignya, genus Orbignya
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Orbignya cohune n tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory Synonym(s): cohune palm, Orbignya cohune, cohune
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Orbignya martiana n tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory Synonym(s): babassu, babassu palm, coco de macao, Orbignya phalerata, Orbignya spesiosa, Orbignya martiana
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Orbignya phalerata n tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory Synonym(s): babassu, babassu palm, coco de macao, Orbignya phalerata, Orbignya spesiosa, Orbignya martiana
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Orbignya spesiosa n tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory Synonym(s): babassu, babassu palm, coco de macao, Orbignya phalerata, Orbignya spesiosa, Orbignya martiana
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Orbison n United States composer and rockabilly tenor popular in the 1950s (1936-1988) Synonym(s): Orbison, Roy Orbison
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orifice n an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart" Synonym(s): orifice, opening, porta
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Orpheus n (Greek mythology) a great musician; when his wife Eurydice died he went to Hades to get her back but failed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Orphic adj ascribed to Orpheus or characteristic of ideas in works ascribed to Orpheus having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients" Synonym(s): mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, secret, orphic
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oarfish \Oar"fish`\ ([omac]r"f[icr]sh`), n. (Zo[94]l.)       The ribbon fish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orbic \Or"bic\, Orbical \Or"bic*al\, a. [L. orbicus, or orbitus,       fr. orbis orb.]       Spherical; orbicular; orblike; circular. [R.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orbic \Or"bic\, Orbical \Or"bic*al\, a. [L. orbicus, or orbitus,       fr. orbis orb.]       Spherical; orbicular; orblike; circular. [R.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orbicle \Or"bi*cle\, n. [L. orbiculus, dim. of orbis orb.]       A small orb, or sphere. [Obs.] --G. Fletcher.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orbicular \Or*bic"u*lar\, a. [L. orbicularis, fr. orbiculus,       dim. of orbis orb: cf. F. orbiculaire.]       Resembling or having the form of an orb; spherical; circular;       orbiculate. -- {Or*bic"u*lar*ly}, adv. --       {Or*bic"u*lar*ness}, n.                   Orbicular as the disk of a planet.         --De Quincey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orbicular \Or*bic"u*lar\, a. [L. orbicularis, fr. orbiculus,       dim. of orbis orb: cf. F. orbiculaire.]       Resembling or having the form of an orb; spherical; circular;       orbiculate. -- {Or*bic"u*lar*ly}, adv. --       {Or*bic"u*lar*ness}, n.                   Orbicular as the disk of a planet.         --De Quincey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orbicular \Or*bic"u*lar\, a. [L. orbicularis, fr. orbiculus,       dim. of orbis orb: cf. F. orbiculaire.]       Resembling or having the form of an orb; spherical; circular;       orbiculate. -- {Or*bic"u*lar*ly}, adv. --       {Or*bic"u*lar*ness}, n.                   Orbicular as the disk of a planet.         --De Quincey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orbiculate \Or*bic"u*late\, Orbiculated \Or*bic"u*la`ted\, a.       [L. orbiculatus. See {Orbicular}.]       Made, or being, in the form of an orb; having a circular, or       nearly circular, or a spheroidal, outline.          {Orbiculate leaf} (Bot.), a leaf whose outline is nearly             circular.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orbiculate \Or*bic"u*late\, n.       That which is orbiculate; especially, a solid the vertical       section of which is oval, and the horizontal section       circular.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orbiculate \Or*bic"u*late\, Orbiculated \Or*bic"u*la`ted\, a.       [L. orbiculatus. See {Orbicular}.]       Made, or being, in the form of an orb; having a circular, or       nearly circular, or a spheroidal, outline.          {Orbiculate leaf} (Bot.), a leaf whose outline is nearly             circular.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orbiculate \Or*bic"u*late\, Orbiculated \Or*bic"u*la`ted\, a.       [L. orbiculatus. See {Orbicular}.]       Made, or being, in the form of an orb; having a circular, or       nearly circular, or a spheroidal, outline.          {Orbiculate leaf} (Bot.), a leaf whose outline is nearly             circular.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orbiculation \Or*bic`u*la"tion\, n.       The state or quality of being orbiculate; orbicularness.       --Dr. H. More.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orfgild \Orf"gild`\, n. [AS. orf, yrfe, cattle, property + gild,       gield, money, fine.] (O. Eng. Law)       Restitution for cattle; a penalty for taking away cattle.       --Cowell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hamadryad \Ham"a*dry`ad\, n.; pl. E. {Hamadryads}, L.       {Hamadryades}. [L. Hamadryas, -adis, Gr. [?]; [?] together +       [?] oak, tree: cf. F. hamadryade. See {Same}, and {Tree}.]       1. (Class. Myth.) A tree nymph whose life ended with that of             the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her             abode.          2. (Zo[94]l.) A large venomous East Indian snake             ({Orhiophagus bungarus}), allied to the cobras.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orifice \Or"i*fice\, n. [F., from L. orificium; os, oris, a       mouth + facere to make. See {Oral}, and {Fact}.]       A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening;       as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound.       --Shak.                   Etna was bored through the top with a monstrous                orifice.                                                --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orpheus \Or"phe*us\, n. [L. Orpheus, Gr. [?].] (Gr. Myth.)       The famous mythic Thracian poet, son of the Muse Calliope,       and husband of Eurydice. He is reputed to have had power to       entrance beasts and inanimate objects by the music of his       lyre.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orphic \Or"phic\, a. [L. Orphicus, Gr. [?].]       Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Orbisonia, PA (borough, FIPS 56928)       Location: 40.24326 N, 77.89364 W       Population (1990): 447 (204 housing units)       Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 17243
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Orviston, PA       Zip code(s): 16864