oracle
         n 1: an authoritative person who divines the future [syn:
               {prophet}, {prophesier}, {oracle}, {seer}, {vaticinator}]
         2: a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a
            priest or priestess; believed to be infallible
         3: a shrine where an oracular god is consulted

English Dictionary: oracle	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Oracle of Apollo n (Greek mythology) the oracle at Delphi where a priestess supposedly delivered messages from Apollo to those who sought advice; the messages were usually obscure or ambiguous Synonym(s): Temple of Apollo, Oracle of Apollo, Delphic oracle, oracle of Delphi
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oracle of Delphi n (Greek mythology) the oracle at Delphi where a priestess supposedly delivered messages from Apollo to those who sought advice; the messages were usually obscure or ambiguous Synonym(s): Temple of Apollo, Oracle of Apollo, Delphic oracle, oracle of Delphi
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oracular adj of or relating to an oracle; "able by oracular means to expose a witch" obscurely prophetic; "Delphic pronouncements"; "an oracular message" Synonym(s): Delphic, oracular resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought; "the oracular sayings of Victorian poets"; "so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it"; "an enigmatic smile" Synonym(s): enigmatic, oracular
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orchil n a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens [syn: orchil, archil, cudbear] any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil Synonym(s): archil, orchil
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Argal \[d8]Ar"gal\, d8Argali \[d8]Ar"ga*li\, n. [Mongolian.]       (Zo[94]l.)       A species of wild sheep ({Ovis ammon}, or {O. argali}),       remarkable for its large horns. It inhabits the mountains of       Siberia and central Asia.          Note: The bearded argali is the aoudad. See {Aoudad}. The                name is also applied to the bighorn sheep of the Rocky                Mountains. See {Bighorn}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oracle \Or"a*cle\, n. [F., fr. L. oraculum, fr. orare to speak,       utter, pray, fr. os, oris, mouth. See {Oral}.]       1. The answer of a god, or some person reputed to be a god,             to an inquiry respecting some affair or future event, as             the success of an enterprise or battle.                         Whatso'er she saith, for oracles must stand.                                                                               --Drayton.          2. Hence: The deity who was supposed to give the answer;             also, the place where it was given.                         The oracles are dumb; No voice or hideous hum Runs                      through the arched roof in words deceiving.                                                                               --Milton.          3. The communications, revelations, or messages delivered by             God to the prophets; also, the entire sacred Scriptures --             usually in the plural.                         The first principles of the oracles of God. --Heb.                                                                               v. 12.          4. (Jewish Antiq.) The sanctuary, or Most Holy place in the             temple; also, the temple itself. --1 Kings vi. 19.                         Siloa's brook, that flow'd Fast by the oracle of                      God.                                                   --Milton.          5. One who communicates a divine command; an angel; a             prophet.                         God hath now sent his living oracle Into the world                      to teach his final will.                     --Milton.          6. Any person reputed uncommonly wise; one whose decisions             are regarded as of great authority; as, a literary oracle.             [bd]Oracles of mode.[b8] --Tennyson.                         The country rectors . . . thought him an oracle on                      points of learning.                           --Macaulay.          7. A wise sentence or decision of great authority.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oracle \Or"a*cle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Oracled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Oracling}.]       To utter oracles. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oracle \Or"a*cle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Oracled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Oracling}.]       To utter oracles. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oracle \Or"a*cle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Oracled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Oracling}.]       To utter oracles. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oracular \O*rac"u*lar\, a. [L. oracularius. See {Oracle}.]       1. Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles;             forecasting the future; as, an oracular tongue.          2. Resembling an oracle in some way, as in solemnity, wisdom,             authority, obscurity, ambiguity, dogmatism.                         They have something venerable and oracular in that                      unadorned gravity and shortness in the expression.                                                                               --Pope.             -- {O*rac"u*lar*ly}, adv. -- {O*rac"u*lar*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oracular \O*rac"u*lar\, a. [L. oracularius. See {Oracle}.]       1. Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles;             forecasting the future; as, an oracular tongue.          2. Resembling an oracle in some way, as in solemnity, wisdom,             authority, obscurity, ambiguity, dogmatism.                         They have something venerable and oracular in that                      unadorned gravity and shortness in the expression.                                                                               --Pope.             -- {O*rac"u*lar*ly}, adv. -- {O*rac"u*lar*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oracular \O*rac"u*lar\, a. [L. oracularius. See {Oracle}.]       1. Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles;             forecasting the future; as, an oracular tongue.          2. Resembling an oracle in some way, as in solemnity, wisdom,             authority, obscurity, ambiguity, dogmatism.                         They have something venerable and oracular in that                      unadorned gravity and shortness in the expression.                                                                               --Pope.             -- {O*rac"u*lar*ly}, adv. -- {O*rac"u*lar*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oraculous \O*rac"u*lous\, a.       Oracular; of the nature of an oracle. [R.] [bd]Equivocations,       or oraculous speeches.[b8] --Bacon. [bd]The oraculous       seer.[b8] --Pope. -- {O*rac"u*lous*ly}, adv. --       {O*rac"u*lous*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oraculous \O*rac"u*lous\, a.       Oracular; of the nature of an oracle. [R.] [bd]Equivocations,       or oraculous speeches.[b8] --Bacon. [bd]The oraculous       seer.[b8] --Pope. -- {O*rac"u*lous*ly}, adv. --       {O*rac"u*lous*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oraculous \O*rac"u*lous\, a.       Oracular; of the nature of an oracle. [R.] [bd]Equivocations,       or oraculous speeches.[b8] --Bacon. [bd]The oraculous       seer.[b8] --Pope. -- {O*rac"u*lous*ly}, adv. --       {O*rac"u*lous*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orchal \Or"chal\, n.       See {Archil}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Archil \Ar"chil\ (?; 277), n. [OF. orchel, orcheil, It. orcella,       oricello, or OSp. orchillo. Cf. {Orchil}.]       1. A violet dye obtained from several species of lichen             ({Roccella tinctoria}, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks             in the Canary and Cape Verd Islands, etc. --Tomlinson.          2. The plant from which the dye is obtained. [Written also             {orchal} and {orchil}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orchal \Or"chal\, n.       See {Archil}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Archil \Ar"chil\ (?; 277), n. [OF. orchel, orcheil, It. orcella,       oricello, or OSp. orchillo. Cf. {Orchil}.]       1. A violet dye obtained from several species of lichen             ({Roccella tinctoria}, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks             in the Canary and Cape Verd Islands, etc. --Tomlinson.          2. The plant from which the dye is obtained. [Written also             {orchal} and {orchil}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orchel \Or"chel\, n.       Archil.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orchil \Or"chil\, n.       See {Archil}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Archil \Ar"chil\ (?; 277), n. [OF. orchel, orcheil, It. orcella,       oricello, or OSp. orchillo. Cf. {Orchil}.]       1. A violet dye obtained from several species of lichen             ({Roccella tinctoria}, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks             in the Canary and Cape Verd Islands, etc. --Tomlinson.          2. The plant from which the dye is obtained. [Written also             {orchal} and {orchil}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orchil \Or"chil\, n.       See {Archil}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Archil \Ar"chil\ (?; 277), n. [OF. orchel, orcheil, It. orcella,       oricello, or OSp. orchillo. Cf. {Orchil}.]       1. A violet dye obtained from several species of lichen             ({Roccella tinctoria}, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks             in the Canary and Cape Verd Islands, etc. --Tomlinson.          2. The plant from which the dye is obtained. [Written also             {orchal} and {orchil}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orchilla weed \Or*chil"la weed`\ (Bot.)       The lichen from which archil is obtained. See {Archil}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oreoselin \O`re*os"e*lin\, n. (Chem.)       A white crystalline substance which is obtained indirectly       from the root of an umbelliferous plant ({Imperatoria       Oreoselinum}), and yields resorcin on decomposition.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orgal \Or"gal\, n. (Chem.)       See {Argol}. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orgillous \Or"gil*lous\, a. [OF. orguillous, F. orgueilleux, fr.       OF. orgoil pride, F. orgueil.]       Proud; haughty. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orgulous \Or"gu*lous\, a.       See {Orgillous}. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Orgyia \[d8]Or*gy"i*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] the length of the       outstretched arms. So named because, when at rest, it       stretches forward its fore legs like arms.] (Zo[94]l.).       A genus of bombycid moths whose caterpillars (esp. those of       {Orgyia leucostigma}) are often very injurious to fruit trees       and shade trees. The female is wingless. Called also {vaporer       moth}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oricalche \Or"i*calche\, n. [Obs.]       See {Orichalch}.                   Costly oricalche from strange Ph[d2]nice. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orichalceous \Or`i*chal"ce*ous\, a.       Pertaining to, or resembling, orichalch; having a color or       luster like that of brass. --Maunder.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orichalch \Or"i*chalch\, n. [L. orichalcum, Gr. [?]; 'o`ros,       mountain + chalko`s brass: cf. F. orichalque.]       A metallic substance, resembling gold in color, but inferior       in value; a mixed metal of the ancients, resembling brass; --       called also {aurichalcum}, {orichalcum}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orichalch \Or"i*chalch\, n. [L. orichalcum, Gr. [?]; 'o`ros,       mountain + chalko`s brass: cf. F. orichalque.]       A metallic substance, resembling gold in color, but inferior       in value; a mixed metal of the ancients, resembling brass; --       called also {aurichalcum}, {orichalcum}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orsellic \Or*sel"lic\, a. [From F. orseille archil. See       {Archil}.] (Chem.)       Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in certain       lichens, and called also lecanoric acid. [Formerly written       also {orseillic}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orsellic \Or*sel"lic\, a. [From F. orseille archil. See       {Archil}.] (Chem.)       Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in certain       lichens, and called also lecanoric acid. [Formerly written       also {orseillic}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lecanoric \Lec`a*no"ric\, a. (Chem.)       Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid which is       obtained from several varieties of lichen ({Lecanora},       {Roccella}, etc.), as a white, crystalline substance, and is       called also {orsellic, [or] diorsellinic} acid, {lecanorin},       etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orsellinic \Or`sel*lin"ic\, a. (Chem.)       Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid obtained by a       partial decomposition of orsellic acid as a white crystalline       substance, and related to protocatechuic acid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Leucoryx \[d8]Leu"co*ryx\ (l[umac]"k[osl]*r[icr]ks), n. [NL.,       from Gr. leyko`s + 'o`ryx a kind of gazelle.] (Zo[94]l.)       A large antelope of North Africa ({Oryx leucoryx}), allied to       the gemsbok.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Myself \My*self"\, pron.; pl. {Ourselves}.       I or me in person; -- used for emphasis, my own self or       person; as I myself will do it; I have done it myself; --       used also instead of me, as the object of the first person of       a reflexive verb, without emphasis; as, I will defend myself.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ourselves \Our*selves"\, pron.    ;   sing. {Ourself} ([?]). An emphasized form of the pronoun of       the first person plural; -- used as a subject, usually with       we; also, alone in the predicate, in the nominative or the       objective case.                   We ourselves might distinctly number in words a great                deal further then we usually do.            --Locke.                   Safe in ourselves, while on ourselves we stand.                                                                               --Dryden.          Note: The form ourself is usec only in the regal or formal                style after we or us, denoting a single person.                            Unless we would denude ourself of all force.                                                                               --Clarendon.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Oracle, AZ (CDP, FIPS 51180)       Location: 32.61877 N, 110.78419 W       Population (1990): 3043 (1185 housing units)       Area: 24.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 85623
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
Oracle, the   The all-knowing, all-wise Internet Oracle    rec.humor.oracle), or one of the foreign language derivatives of    same.   Newbies frequently confuse the Oracle with Oracle, a database    vendor.   As a result, the unmoderated rec.humor.oracle.d is    frequently crossposted to by the clueless, looking for advice on    SQL.   As more then one person has said in similar situations, "Don't    people bother to look at the newsgroup description line anymore?"    (To which the standard response is, "Did people ever read it in the    first place?")
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Oracle 7          Version 7 of the {Oracle} {relational database}       system software.          (1996-11-05)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Oracle Card          A {Hypercard}-like product from {Oracle} for       constructing {database} {application}s.   It runs on {IBM PC}       and {Macintosh}.          (1995-03-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Oracle Co-operative Applications          Packaged {client/server} software from       {Oracle} for accounting, manufacturing, distribution, human       resources and project control.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Oracle Corporation          The world's leading supplier of information       management software.   The company, worth $2 billion, offers       its products, along with related consulting, education and       support services in more than 90 countries around the world.          Oracle is best known for its {database management system}s       vendor and {relational DBMS} products.   Oracle develops and       markets {Oracle Media Server} and the {Oracle7} family of       software products for {database} management; {Co-operative       Development Environment} and {Oracle Co-operative       Applications}          Oracle software runs on {personal digital assistant}s,       {set-top box}s, {IBM PC}s, {workstation}s, {minicomputer}s,       {mainframe}s and {massively parallel computer}s.          See also {Adaptable User Interface}, {Bookviewer},       {CASE*Method}, {Component Integration Laboratories}, {DDE       Manager}, {Online Media}, {Oracle Card}, {Oracle*CASE},       {siod}.          {Home (http://www.oracle.com/)}.          Address: Redwood Shores, CA, USA.          (1995-03-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Oracle Parallel Server          (OPS) An {Oracle} configuration that allows for       multiple Oracle servers running on seperate computers to       access the same database files simultaneously.          Normally used for {high availability}, running parallel       servers can improve performance by spreading out {CPU} load,       however, it requires data to be partitioned correctly.          This feature is enabled with the Parallel Server Option (or       "PSO").          {Oracle Parallel Server Option FAQ       (http://www.orafaq.com/faqops.htm)}.          (2003-04-05)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Oracle Rdb          A set of {relational database} products originally       known as Rdb from {Digital Equipment Corporation}, but       purchased by {Oracle Corporation} in 1994.   The current (October       1996) versions are Oracle Rdb V7.0 for {OpenVMS} {VAX}, Oracle       Rdb V7.0 for OpenVMS {Alpha}, and Oracle Rdb V7.0 for {Digital       UNIX}.          This release of Oracle Rdb includes advances in {non-stop       computing} for {business critical} applications, improvements       to {OLTP} performance, and easy {client/server} application       development.   It also includes an {ODBC} Driver.          (1996-10-30)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Oracle Toolkit          {Adaptable User Interface}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Oracle*CASE          A set of {CASE} tools from {Oracle}.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Oracle       In the Old Testament used in every case, except 2 Sam. 16:23, to       denote the most holy place in the temple (1 Kings 6:5, 19-23;       8:6). In 2 Sam. 16:23 it means the Word of God. A man inquired       "at the oracle of God" by means of the Urim and Thummim in the       breastplate on the high priest's ephod. In the New Testament it       is used only in the plural, and always denotes the Word of God       (Rom. 3:2; Heb. 5:12, etc.). The Scriptures are called "living       oracles" (comp. Heb. 4:12) because of their quickening power       (Acts 7:38).