organiser : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

oarsman
n 1: someone who rows a boat [syn: {oarsman}, {rower}]

English Dictionary: organiser	by the DICT Development Group
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oarsmanship n skill as an oarsman
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oarswoman n a woman oarsman
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Orasone n a dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten); used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant Synonym(s): prednisone, Orasone, Deltasone, Liquid Pred, Meticorten
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Orcinus n killer whales Synonym(s): Orcinus, genus Orcinus
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Orcinus orca n predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas Synonym(s): killer whale, killer, orca, grampus, sea wolf, Orcinus orca
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oregano n aromatic Eurasian perennial [syn: oregano, marjoram, pot marjoram, wild marjoram, winter sweet, Origanum vulgare] pungent leaves used as seasoning with meats and fowl and in stews and soups and omelets Synonym(s): marjoram, oregano
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Oregon n a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific [syn: Oregon, Beaver State, OR]
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Oregon alder n large tree of Pacific coast of North America having hard red wood much used for furniture Synonym(s): red alder, Oregon alder, Alnus rubra
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Oregon ash n timber tree of western North America yielding hard light wood; closely related to the red ash Synonym(s): Oregon ash, Fraxinus latifolia, Fraxinus oregona
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Oregon cedar n large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet Synonym(s): Oregon cedar, Port Orford cedar, Lawson's cypress, Lawson's cedar, Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
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Oregon crab apple n small tree or shrub of western United States having white blossoms and tiny yellow or red fruit Synonym(s): Oregon crab apple, Malus fusca
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Oregon fir n lofty douglas fir of northwestern North America having short needles and egg-shaped cones Synonym(s): green douglas fir, douglas spruce, douglas pine, douglas hemlock, Oregon fir, Oregon pine, Pseudotsuga menziesii
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Oregon grape n small shrub with grey-green leaves and yellow flowers followed by glaucous blue berries Synonym(s): Oregon grape, Mahonia nervosa ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries Synonym(s): Oregon grape, Oregon holly grape, hollygrape, mountain grape, holly- leaves barberry, Mahonia aquifolium
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Oregon holly grape n ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries Synonym(s): Oregon grape, Oregon holly grape, hollygrape, mountain grape, holly-leaves barberry, Mahonia aquifolium
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Oregon Jargon n a pidgin incorporating Chinook and French and English words; formerly used as a lingua franca in northwestern North America Synonym(s): Chinook Jargon, Oregon Jargon
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Oregon larch n tall larch of western North America have pale green sharply pointed leaves and oblong cones; an important timber tree Synonym(s): western larch, western tamarack, Oregon larch, Larix occidentalis
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Oregon lily n lily of western North America with showy orange-red purple- spotted flowers Synonym(s): Columbia tiger lily, Oregon lily, Lilium columbianum
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Oregon maple n maple of western North America having large 5-lobed leaves orange in autumn Synonym(s): Oregon maple, big-leaf maple, Acer macrophyllum
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Oregon myrtle n Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood Synonym(s): California laurel, California bay tree, Oregon myrtle, pepperwood, spice tree, sassafras laurel, California olive, mountain laurel, Umbellularia californica
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Oregon oak n small deciduous tree of western North America with crooked branches and pale grey bark Synonym(s): Oregon white oak, Oregon oak, Garry oak, Quercus garryana
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Oregon pine n lofty douglas fir of northwestern North America having short needles and egg-shaped cones Synonym(s): green douglas fir, douglas spruce, douglas pine, douglas hemlock, Oregon fir, Oregon pine, Pseudotsuga menziesii
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Oregon white oak n small deciduous tree of western North America with crooked branches and pale grey bark Synonym(s): Oregon white oak, Oregon oak, Garry oak, Quercus garryana
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Oregonian n a native or resident of Oregon Synonym(s): Oregonian, Beaver
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organ n a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function; "The Census Bureau is an organ of the Commerce Department" (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ Synonym(s): electric organ, electronic organ, Hammond organ, organ a periodical that is published by a special interest group; "the organ of the communist party" wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard Synonym(s): organ, pipe organ a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows Synonym(s): harmonium, organ, reed organ
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organ donor n someone from whom an organ is taken for transplantation
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organ loft n a gallery occupied by a church organ
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organ of Corti n the hearing organ of the inner ear; contains receptors that respond to sound waves
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organ of hearing n the part of the ear that is responsible for sensations of sound
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organ of speech n any of the organs involved in speech production [syn: speech organ, vocal organ, organ of speech]
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organ pipe n the flues and stops on a pipe organ [syn: organ pipe, pipe, pipework]
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organ stop n a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality
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organ transplant n an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient); "he had a kidney transplant"; "the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent"; "a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago" Synonym(s): transplant, transplantation, organ transplant
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organ-grinder n a street musician who plays a hand organ or hurdy-gurdy
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organdie n a sheer stiff muslin Synonym(s): organdy, organdie
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organdy n a sheer stiff muslin Synonym(s): organdy, organdie
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organelle n a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus" Synonym(s): organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
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organic adj relating or belonging to the class of chemical compounds having a carbon basis; "hydrocarbons are organic compounds" Antonym(s): inorganic being or relating to or derived from or having properties characteristic of living organisms; "organic life"; "organic growth"; "organic remains found in rock" Antonym(s): inorganic involving or affecting physiology or bodily organs; "an organic disease" Antonym(s): functional of or relating to foodstuff grown or raised without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides or hormones; "organic eggs"; "organic vegetables"; "organic chicken" simple and healthful and close to nature; "an organic lifestyle" constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup) Synonym(s): constituent(a), constitutional, constitutive(a), organic n a fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter Synonym(s): organic, organic fertilizer, organic fertiliser
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organic brain syndrome n mental abnormality resulting from disturbance of the structure or function of the brain
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organic chemistry n the chemistry of compounds containing carbon (originally defined as the chemistry of substances produced by living organisms but now extended to substances synthesized artificially)
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organic compound n any compound of carbon and another element or a radical
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organic disorder n disorder caused by a detectable physiological or structural change in an organ Antonym(s): functional disorder
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organic evolution n (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms Synonym(s): evolution, organic evolution, phylogeny, phylogenesis
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organic fertiliser n a fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter Synonym(s): organic, organic fertilizer, organic fertiliser
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organic fertilizer n a fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter Synonym(s): organic, organic fertilizer, organic fertiliser
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organic law n law determining the fundamental political principles of a government Synonym(s): fundamental law, organic law, constitution
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organic light-emitting diode n a self-luminous diode (it glows when an electrical field is applied to the electrodes) that does not require backlighting or diffusers Synonym(s): organic light-emitting diode, OLED
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organic phenomenon n (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals
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organic process n a process occurring in living organisms [syn: {organic process}, biological process]
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organic structure n the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being); "he felt as if his whole body were on fire" Synonym(s): body, organic structure, physical structure
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organically adv as an important constituent; "the drapery served organically to cover the Madonna" involving carbon compounds; "organically bound iodine" Antonym(s): inorganically in an organic manner; "this food is grown organically"
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organicism n theory that the total organization of an organism rather than the functioning of individual organs is the determinant of life processes
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organicistic adj relating to or tending toward organicism
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organification n the process of organ formation
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organisation n the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment" Synonym(s): administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation a group of people who work together Synonym(s): organization, organisation an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification" Synonym(s): arrangement, organization, organisation, system an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized; "his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality"; "we can't do it unless we establish some system around here" Synonym(s): organization, organisation, system the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business; "he was brought in to supervise the organization of a new department" Synonym(s): organization, organisation the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically; "his organization of the work force was very efficient" Synonym(s): organization, organisation the act of forming or establishing something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club" Synonym(s): constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation
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organisational adj of or relating to an organization; "organizational structure" Synonym(s): organizational, organisational
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organise v bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?" Synonym(s): organize, organise, coordinate create (as an entity); "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company" Synonym(s): form, organize, organise form or join a union; "The auto workers decided to unionize" Synonym(s): unionize, unionise, organize, organise cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea Synonym(s): organize, organise Antonym(s): disorganise, disorganize arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office" Synonym(s): organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery" Synonym(s): mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate
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organised adj being a member of or formed into a labor union; "organized labor"; "unionized workers"; "a unionized shop" Synonym(s): organized, organised, unionized, unionised
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organiser n someone who enlists workers to join a union [syn: organizer, organiser, labor organizer] a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise; "she was the organizer of the meeting" Synonym(s): organizer, organiser, arranger a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc. Synonym(s): personal digital assistant, PDA, personal organizer, personal organiser, organizer, organiser
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organism n a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently Synonym(s): organism, being a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body; "the social organism"
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organismal adj of or relating to or belonging to an organism (considered as a whole); "the organismic theory of the state" Synonym(s): organismal, organismic
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organismic adj of or relating to or belonging to an organism (considered as a whole); "the organismic theory of the state" Synonym(s): organismal, organismic
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organist n a person who plays an organ
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organization n a group of people who work together [syn: organization, organisation] an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification" Synonym(s): arrangement, organization, organisation, system the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment" Synonym(s): administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business; "he was brought in to supervise the organization of a new department" Synonym(s): organization, organisation an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized; "his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality"; "we can't do it unless we establish some system around here" Synonym(s): organization, organisation, system the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically; "his organization of the work force was very efficient" Synonym(s): organization, organisation the act of forming or establishing something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club" Synonym(s): constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation
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organization chart n a chart showing the lines of responsibility between departments of a large organization
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organization expense n the cost (over a period of five years) of organizing a new corporation or partnership
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Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons n international organization for chemical disarmament; administers the Chemical Weapons Convention Synonym(s): Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, OPCW
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organization man n an employee who sacrifices his own individuality for the good of an organization
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Organization of American States n an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation Synonym(s): Organization of American States, OAS
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Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries n an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum Synonym(s): Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries, OPEC
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Organization of the Oppressed on Earth n a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon Synonym(s): Hizballah, Hezbollah, Hizbollah, Hizbullah, Lebanese Hizballah, Party of God, Islamic Jihad, Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine, Revolutionary Justice Organization, Organization of the Oppressed on Earth
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organizational adj of or relating to an organization; "organizational structure" Synonym(s): organizational, organisational
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organizationally adv with regard to organization; "organizationally, the conference was a disaster!"
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organize v create (as an entity); "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company" Synonym(s): form, organize, organise cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea Synonym(s): organize, organise Antonym(s): disorganise, disorganize plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery" Synonym(s): mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?" Synonym(s): organize, organise, coordinate arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office" Synonym(s): organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate form or join a union; "The auto workers decided to unionize" Synonym(s): unionize, unionise, organize, organise
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organized adj formed into a structured or coherent whole [ant: unorganised, unorganized] methodical and efficient in arrangement or function; "how well organized she is"; "his life was almost too organized" Antonym(s): disorganised, disorganized being a member of or formed into a labor union; "organized labor"; "unionized workers"; "a unionized shop" Synonym(s): organized, organised, unionized, unionised
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organized crime n underworld organizations [syn: organized crime, gangland, gangdom]
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organized labor n employees who are represented by a labor union
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organized religion n an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him" Synonym(s): religion, faith, organized religion
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organizer n a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise; "she was the organizer of the meeting" Synonym(s): organizer, organiser, arranger someone who enlists workers to join a union Synonym(s): organizer, organiser, labor organizer a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc. Synonym(s): personal digital assistant, PDA, personal organizer, personal organiser, organizer, organiser
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organon n a system of principles for philosophic or scientific investigations; an instrument for acquiring knowledge
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organophosphate n an insecticide that interferes with an insect's nervous system
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organophosphate nerve agent n any of a series of nerve agents containing organophosphate compounds first synthesized by German chemists in 1936; in World War II the Germans tested them in concentration camps but not on the battlefield; Iraq is alleged to have used them against Iran and against the Kurds
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organs n edible viscera of a butchered animal [syn: variety meat, organs]
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organza n a fabric made of silk or a silklike fabric that resembles organdy
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origami n the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds)
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origanum n any of various fragrant aromatic herbs of the genus Origanum used as seasonings
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Origanum dictamnus n dwarf aromatic shrub of Crete [syn: dittany of crete, cretan dittany, crete dittany, hop marjoram, winter sweet, Origanum dictamnus]
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Origanum majorana n aromatic European plant native to Mediterranean and Turkey; not widespread in Europe Synonym(s): sweet marjoram, knotted marjoram, Origanum majorana, Majorana hortensis
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Origanum vulgare n aromatic Eurasian perennial [syn: oregano, marjoram, pot marjoram, wild marjoram, winter sweet, Origanum vulgare]
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Origen n Greek philosopher and theologian who reinterpreted Christian doctrine through the philosophy of Neoplatonism; his work was later condemned as unorthodox (185-254)
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origin n the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root" Synonym(s): beginning, origin, root, rootage, source properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins" Synonym(s): origin, descent, extraction an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events Synonym(s): origin, origination, inception the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived; "the rumor had its origin in idle gossip"; "vegetable origins"; "mineral origin"; "origin in sensation" the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" Synonym(s): lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
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original adj preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed; "the original inhabitants of the Americas"; "the book still has its original binding"; "restored the house to its original condition"; "the original performance of the opera"; "the original cast"; "retracted his original statement" (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary; "his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources" being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of; "a truly original approach"; "with original music"; "an original mind" Antonym(s): unoriginal not derived or copied or translated from something else; "the play is original; not an adaptation"; "he kept the original copy and gave her only a xerox"; "the translation misses much of the subtlety of the original French" n an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made Synonym(s): master, master copy, original something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies; "this painting is a copy of the original" Synonym(s): original, archetype, pilot
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original sin n a sin said to be inherited by all descendants of Adam; "Adam and Eve committed the original sin when they ate the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden" Antonym(s): actual sin
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originalism n the belief that the United States Constitution should be interpreted in the way the authors originally intended it
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originality n the ability to think and act independently the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else) Antonym(s): unoriginality
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originally adv in an original manner with reference to the origin or beginning Synonym(s): primitively, originally, in the beginning before now; "why didn't you tell me in the first place?" Synonym(s): in the first place, earlier, in the beginning, to begin with, originally
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originate v come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose" Synonym(s): originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation" Synonym(s): originate, initiate, start begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.; "The flight originates in Calcutta"
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originate in v come from
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origination n an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events Synonym(s): origin, origination, inception the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society" Synonym(s): initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration
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origination fee n a fee charged to a borrower (especially for a mortgage loan) to cover the costs of initiating the loan
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originative adj having the ability or power to create; "a creative imagination" Synonym(s): creative, originative Antonym(s): uncreative containing seeds of later development; "seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another" Synonym(s): germinal, originative, seminal
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originator n someone who creates new things [syn: originator, conceiver, mastermind]
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orison n reverent petition to a deity [syn: prayer, petition, orison]
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Orkney Islands n an archipelago of about 70 islands in the North Atlantic and North Sea off the northeastern coast of Scotland
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orogeny n the process of mountain formation (especially by the upward displacement of the earth's crust)
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Orson Welles n United States actor and filmmaker (1915-1985) [syn: Welles, Orson Welles, George Orson Welles]
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Oryzomys n rice rats Synonym(s): Oryzomys, genus Oryzomys
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Oryzomys palustris n hardy agile rat of grassy marshes of Mexico and the southeastern United States Synonym(s): rice rat, Oryzomys palustris
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oarsman \Oars"man\ ([omac]rz"m[ait]n), n.; pl. {Oarsmen} (-m[eit]n). One who uses, or is skilled in the use of, an oar; a rower. At the prow of the boat, rose one of the oarsmen. --Longfellow.
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Oarsman \Oars"man\ ([omac]rz"m[ait]n), n.; pl. {Oarsmen} (-m[eit]n). One who uses, or is skilled in the use of, an oar; a rower. At the prow of the boat, rose one of the oarsmen. --Longfellow.
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Oraison \Or"ai*son\, n. See {Orison}. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Orcein \Or"ce*in\, n. (Chem.) A reddish brown amorphous dyestuff, [?], obtained from orcin, and forming the essential coloring matter of cudbear and archil. It is closely related to litmus.
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Orchanet \Or"cha*net\, n. [F. orcan[8a]te.] (Bot.) Same as {Alkanet}, 2. --Ainsworth.
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Orcin \Or"cin\, n. [Etymology uncertain: cf. F. orcine.] (Chem.) A colorless crystalline substance, {C6H3.CH3.(OH)2}, which is obtained from certain lichens ({Roccella}, {Lecanora}, etc.), also from extract of aloes, and artificially from certain derivatives of toluene. It changes readily into orcein.
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Albicore \Al"bi*core\, n. [F. albicore (cf. Sp. albacora, Pg. albacor, albacora, albecora), fr. Ar. bakr, bekr, a young camel, young cow, heifer, and the article al: cf. Pg. bacoro a little pig.] (Zo[94]l.) A name applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel family, esp. {Orcynus alalonga}. One species ({Orcynus thynnus}), common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, is called in New England the {horse mackerel}; the tunny. [Written also {albacore}.]
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Tunny \Tun"ny\ (t[ucr]n"n[ycr]), n.; pl. {Tunnies}. [L. thunnus, thynnus, Gr. qy`nnos, qy^nos: cf. It. tonno, F. & Pr. thon.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny ({Orcynus [or] Albacora thynnus}) native of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is extensively caught in the Mediterranean. On the American coast it is called {horse mackerel}. See Illust. of {Horse mackerel}, under {Horse}. [Written also {thynny}.] Note: The little tunny ({Gymnosarda alletterata}) of the Mediterranean and North Atlantic, and the long-finned tunny, or albicore (see {Albicore}), are related species of smaller size.
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Bonito \Bo*ni"to\, n.; pl. {Bonitoes}. [Sp. & Pg. bonito, fr. Ar. bain[c6]t and bain[c6]th.] [Often incorrectly written {bonita}.] (Zo[94]l.) 1. A large tropical fish ({Orcynus pelamys}) allied to the tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four brown stripes on the sides. It is sometimes found on the American coast. 2. The skipjack ({Sarda Mediterranea}) of the Atlantic, an important and abundant food fish on the coast of the United States, and ({S. Chilensis}) of the Pacific, and other related species. They are large and active fishes, of a blue color with black oblique stripes. 3. The medregal ({Seriola fasciata}), an edible fish of the southern of the United States and the West Indies. 4. The cobia or crab eater ({Elacate canada}), an edible fish of the Middle and Southern United States.
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{Horse emmet} (Zo[94]l.), the horse ant. {Horse finch} (Zo[94]l.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse gentian} (Bot.), fever root. {Horse iron} (Naut.), a large calking iron. {Horse latitudes}, a space in the North Atlantic famous for calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Horse mackrel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common tunny ({Orcynus thunnus}), found on the Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the Mediterranean. (b) The bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}). (c) The scad. (d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes, as the California hake, the black candlefish, the jurel, the bluefish, etc. {Horse marine} (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang] {Horse mussel} (Zo[94]l.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and America. {Horse nettle} (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the {Solanum Carolinense}. {Horse parsley}. (Bot.) See {Alexanders}. {Horse purslain} (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical America ({Trianthema monogymnum}). {Horse race}, a race by horses; a match of horses in running or trotting. {Horse racing}, the practice of racing with horses. {Horse railroad}, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States, called a {tramway}. {Horse run} (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power. {Horse sense}, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.] {Horse soldier}, a cavalryman. {Horse sponge} (Zo[94]l.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge ({Spongia equina}). {Horse stinger} (Zo[94]l.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse sugar} (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the United States ({Symplocos tinctoria}), whose leaves are sweet, and good for fodder. {Horse tick} (Zo[94]l.), a winged, dipterous insect ({Hippobosca equina}), which troubles horses by biting them, and sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly}, {horse louse}, and {forest fly}. {Horse vetch} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Hippocrepis} ({H. comosa}), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; -- called also {horsehoe vetch}, from the peculiar shape of its pods. {Iron horse}, a locomotive. [Colloq.] {Salt horse}, the sailor's name for salt beef. {To look a gift horse in the mouth}, to examine the mouth of a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell. {To take horse}. (a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay. (b) To be covered, as a mare. (c) See definition 7 (above).
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Albicore \Al"bi*core\, n. [F. albicore (cf. Sp. albacora, Pg. albacor, albacora, albecora), fr. Ar. bakr, bekr, a young camel, young cow, heifer, and the article al: cf. Pg. bacoro a little pig.] (Zo[94]l.) A name applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel family, esp. {Orcynus alalonga}. One species ({Orcynus thynnus}), common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, is called in New England the {horse mackerel}; the tunny. [Written also {albacore}.]
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Eland \E"land\, n. [D. eland elk, of Slav. origin; cf. Pol. jelen stag, Russ. ol[82]ne, Lith. elnis; perh. akin to E. elk.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A species of large South African antelope ({Oreas canna}). It is valued both for its hide and flesh, and is rapidly disappearing in the settled districts; -- called also {Cape elk}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The elk or moose.
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Oregon grape \Or"egon grape`\ ([ocr]r"[esl]g[ocr]n gr[amac]p`). (Bot.) An evergreen species of barberry ({Berberis Aquifolium}), of Oregon and California; also, its roundish, blue-black berries.
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Organ \Or"gan\, n. [L. organum, Gr. [?]; akin to [?] work, and E. work: cf. F. organe. See {Work}, and cf. {Orgue}, {Orgy}.] 1. An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government. 2. (Biol.) A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants. Note: In animals the organs are generally made up of several tissues, one of which usually predominates, and determines the principal function of the organ. Groups of organs constitute a system. See {System}. 3. A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine. 4. A medium of communication between one person or body and another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc. 5. [Cf. AS. organ, fr. L. organum.] (Mus.) A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considired an organ. The deep, majestic, solemn organs blow. --Pope. Note: Chaucer used the form orgon as a plural. The merry orgon . . . that in the church goon [go]. {Barrel organ}, {Choir organ}, {Great organ}, etc. See under {Barrel}, {Choir}, etc. {Cabinet organ} (Mus.), an organ of small size, as for a chapel or for domestic use; a reed organ. {Organ bird} (Zo[94]l.), a Tasmanian crow shrike ({Gymnorhina organicum}). It utters discordant notes like those of a hand organ out of tune. {Organ fish} (Zo[94]l.), the drumfish. {Organ gun}. (Mil.) Same as {Orgue} (b) . {Organ harmonium} (Mus.), an harmonium of large capacity and power. {Organ of Gorti} (Anat.), a complicated structure in the cochlea of the ear, including the auditory hair cells, the rods or fibers of Corti, the membrane of Corti, etc. See Note under {Ear}. {Organ pipe}. See {Pipe}, n., 1. {Organ-pipe coral}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Tubipora}. {Organ point} (Mus.), a passage in which the tonic or dominant is sustained continuously by one part, while the other parts move.
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Organ \Or"gan\, v. t. To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs; to organize. [Obs.] Thou art elemented and organed for other apprehensions. --Bp. Mannyngham.
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Organ \Or"gan\, n. [L. organum, Gr. [?]; akin to [?] work, and E. work: cf. F. organe. See {Work}, and cf. {Orgue}, {Orgy}.] 1. An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government. 2. (Biol.) A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants. Note: In animals the organs are generally made up of several tissues, one of which usually predominates, and determines the principal function of the organ. Groups of organs constitute a system. See {System}. 3. A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine. 4. A medium of communication between one person or body and another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc. 5. [Cf. AS. organ, fr. L. organum.] (Mus.) A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considired an organ. The deep, majestic, solemn organs blow. --Pope. Note: Chaucer used the form orgon as a plural. The merry orgon . . . that in the church goon [go]. {Barrel organ}, {Choir organ}, {Great organ}, etc. See under {Barrel}, {Choir}, etc. {Cabinet organ} (Mus.), an organ of small size, as for a chapel or for domestic use; a reed organ. {Organ bird} (Zo[94]l.), a Tasmanian crow shrike ({Gymnorhina organicum}). It utters discordant notes like those of a hand organ out of tune. {Organ fish} (Zo[94]l.), the drumfish. {Organ gun}. (Mil.) Same as {Orgue} (b) . {Organ harmonium} (Mus.), an harmonium of large capacity and power. {Organ of Gorti} (Anat.), a complicated structure in the cochlea of the ear, including the auditory hair cells, the rods or fibers of Corti, the membrane of Corti, etc. See Note under {Ear}. {Organ pipe}. See {Pipe}, n., 1. {Organ-pipe coral}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Tubipora}. {Organ point} (Mus.), a passage in which the tonic or dominant is sustained continuously by one part, while the other parts move.
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Organ \Or"gan\, n. [L. organum, Gr. [?]; akin to [?] work, and E. work: cf. F. organe. See {Work}, and cf. {Orgue}, {Orgy}.] 1. An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government. 2. (Biol.) A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants. Note: In animals the organs are generally made up of several tissues, one of which usually predominates, and determines the principal function of the organ. Groups of organs constitute a system. See {System}. 3. A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine. 4. A medium of communication between one person or body and another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc. 5. [Cf. AS. organ, fr. L. organum.] (Mus.) A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considired an organ. The deep, majestic, solemn organs blow. --Pope. Note: Chaucer used the form orgon as a plural. The merry orgon . . . that in the church goon [go]. {Barrel organ}, {Choir organ}, {Great organ}, etc. See under {Barrel}, {Choir}, etc. {Cabinet organ} (Mus.), an organ of small size, as for a chapel or for domestic use; a reed organ. {Organ bird} (Zo[94]l.), a Tasmanian crow shrike ({Gymnorhina organicum}). It utters discordant notes like those of a hand organ out of tune. {Organ fish} (Zo[94]l.), the drumfish. {Organ gun}. (Mil.) Same as {Orgue} (b) . {Organ harmonium} (Mus.), an harmonium of large capacity and power. {Organ of Gorti} (Anat.), a complicated structure in the cochlea of the ear, including the auditory hair cells, the rods or fibers of Corti, the membrane of Corti, etc. See Note under {Ear}. {Organ pipe}. See {Pipe}, n., 1. {Organ-pipe coral}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Tubipora}. {Organ point} (Mus.), a passage in which the tonic or dominant is sustained continuously by one part, while the other parts move.
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Organ \Or"gan\, n. [L. organum, Gr. [?]; akin to [?] work, and E. work: cf. F. organe. See {Work}, and cf. {Orgue}, {Orgy}.] 1. An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government. 2. (Biol.) A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants. Note: In animals the organs are generally made up of several tissues, one of which usually predominates, and determines the principal function of the organ. Groups of organs constitute a system. See {System}. 3. A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine. 4. A medium of communication between one person or body and another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc. 5. [Cf. AS. organ, fr. L. organum.] (Mus.) A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considired an organ. The deep, majestic, solemn organs blow. --Pope. Note: Chaucer used the form orgon as a plural. The merry orgon . . . that in the church goon [go]. {Barrel organ}, {Choir organ}, {Great organ}, etc. See under {Barrel}, {Choir}, etc. {Cabinet organ} (Mus.), an organ of small size, as for a chapel or for domestic use; a reed organ. {Organ bird} (Zo[94]l.), a Tasmanian crow shrike ({Gymnorhina organicum}). It utters discordant notes like those of a hand organ out of tune. {Organ fish} (Zo[94]l.), the drumfish. {Organ gun}. (Mil.) Same as {Orgue} (b) . {Organ harmonium} (Mus.), an harmonium of large capacity and power. {Organ of Gorti} (Anat.), a complicated structure in the cochlea of the ear, including the auditory hair cells, the rods or fibers of Corti, the membrane of Corti, etc. See Note under {Ear}. {Organ pipe}. See {Pipe}, n., 1. {Organ-pipe coral}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Tubipora}. {Organ point} (Mus.), a passage in which the tonic or dominant is sustained continuously by one part, while the other parts move.
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Organ \Or"gan\, n. [L. organum, Gr. [?]; akin to [?] work, and E. work: cf. F. organe. See {Work}, and cf. {Orgue}, {Orgy}.] 1. An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government. 2. (Biol.) A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants. Note: In animals the organs are generally made up of several tissues, one of which usually predominates, and determines the principal function of the organ. Groups of organs constitute a system. See {System}. 3. A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine. 4. A medium of communication between one person or body and another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc. 5. [Cf. AS. organ, fr. L. organum.] (Mus.) A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considired an organ. The deep, majestic, solemn organs blow. --Pope. Note: Chaucer used the form orgon as a plural. The merry orgon . . . that in the church goon [go]. {Barrel organ}, {Choir organ}, {Great organ}, etc. See under {Barrel}, {Choir}, etc. {Cabinet organ} (Mus.), an organ of small size, as for a chapel or for domestic use; a reed organ. {Organ bird} (Zo[94]l.), a Tasmanian crow shrike ({Gymnorhina organicum}). It utters discordant notes like those of a hand organ out of tune. {Organ fish} (Zo[94]l.), the drumfish. {Organ gun}. (Mil.) Same as {Orgue} (b) . {Organ harmonium} (Mus.), an harmonium of large capacity and power. {Organ of Gorti} (Anat.), a complicated structure in the cochlea of the ear, including the auditory hair cells, the rods or fibers of Corti, the membrane of Corti, etc. See Note under {Ear}. {Organ pipe}. See {Pipe}, n., 1. {Organ-pipe coral}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Tubipora}. {Organ point} (Mus.), a passage in which the tonic or dominant is sustained continuously by one part, while the other parts move.
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Organ \Or"gan\, n. [L. organum, Gr. [?]; akin to [?] work, and E. work: cf. F. organe. See {Work}, and cf. {Orgue}, {Orgy}.] 1. An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government. 2. (Biol.) A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants. Note: In animals the organs are generally made up of several tissues, one of which usually predominates, and determines the principal function of the organ. Groups of organs constitute a system. See {System}. 3. A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine. 4. A medium of communication between one person or body and another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc. 5. [Cf. AS. organ, fr. L. organum.] (Mus.) A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considired an organ. The deep, majestic, solemn organs blow. --Pope. Note: Chaucer used the form orgon as a plural. The merry orgon . . . that in the church goon [go]. {Barrel organ}, {Choir organ}, {Great organ}, etc. See under {Barrel}, {Choir}, etc. {Cabinet organ} (Mus.), an organ of small size, as for a chapel or for domestic use; a reed organ. {Organ bird} (Zo[94]l.), a Tasmanian crow shrike ({Gymnorhina organicum}). It utters discordant notes like those of a hand organ out of tune. {Organ fish} (Zo[94]l.), the drumfish. {Organ gun}. (Mil.) Same as {Orgue} (b) . {Organ harmonium} (Mus.), an harmonium of large capacity and power. {Organ of Gorti} (Anat.), a complicated structure in the cochlea of the ear, including the auditory hair cells, the rods or fibers of Corti, the membrane of Corti, etc. See Note under {Ear}. {Organ pipe}. See {Pipe}, n., 1. {Organ-pipe coral}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Tubipora}. {Organ point} (Mus.), a passage in which the tonic or dominant is sustained continuously by one part, while the other parts move.
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Organ \Or"gan\, n. [L. organum, Gr. [?]; akin to [?] work, and E. work: cf. F. organe. See {Work}, and cf. {Orgue}, {Orgy}.] 1. An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government. 2. (Biol.) A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants. Note: In animals the organs are generally made up of several tissues, one of which usually predominates, and determines the principal function of the organ. Groups of organs constitute a system. See {System}. 3. A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine. 4. A medium of communication between one person or body and another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc. 5. [Cf. AS. organ, fr. L. organum.] (Mus.) A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considired an organ. The deep, majestic, solemn organs blow. --Pope. Note: Chaucer used the form orgon as a plural. The merry orgon . . . that in the church goon [go]. {Barrel organ}, {Choir organ}, {Great organ}, etc. See under {Barrel}, {Choir}, etc. {Cabinet organ} (Mus.), an organ of small size, as for a chapel or for domestic use; a reed organ. {Organ bird} (Zo[94]l.), a Tasmanian crow shrike ({Gymnorhina organicum}). It utters discordant notes like those of a hand organ out of tune. {Organ fish} (Zo[94]l.), the drumfish. {Organ gun}. (Mil.) Same as {Orgue} (b) . {Organ harmonium} (Mus.), an harmonium of large capacity and power. {Organ of Gorti} (Anat.), a complicated structure in the cochlea of the ear, including the auditory hair cells, the rods or fibers of Corti, the membrane of Corti, etc. See Note under {Ear}. {Organ pipe}. See {Pipe}, n., 1. {Organ-pipe coral}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Tubipora}. {Organ point} (Mus.), a passage in which the tonic or dominant is sustained continuously by one part, while the other parts move.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Organ \Or"gan\, n. [L. organum, Gr. [?]; akin to [?] work, and E. work: cf. F. organe. See {Work}, and cf. {Orgue}, {Orgy}.] 1. An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government. 2. (Biol.) A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants. Note: In animals the organs are generally made up of several tissues, one of which usually predominates, and determines the principal function of the organ. Groups of organs constitute a system. See {System}. 3. A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine. 4. A medium of communication between one person or body and another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc. 5. [Cf. AS. organ, fr. L. organum.] (Mus.) A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considired an organ. The deep, majestic, solemn organs blow. --Pope. Note: Chaucer used the form orgon as a plural. The merry orgon . . . that in the church goon [go]. {Barrel organ}, {Choir organ}, {Great organ}, etc. See under {Barrel}, {Choir}, etc. {Cabinet organ} (Mus.), an organ of small size, as for a chapel or for domestic use; a reed organ. {Organ bird} (Zo[94]l.), a Tasmanian crow shrike ({Gymnorhina organicum}). It utters discordant notes like those of a hand organ out of tune. {Organ fish} (Zo[94]l.), the drumfish. {Organ gun}. (Mil.) Same as {Orgue} (b) . {Organ harmonium} (Mus.), an harmonium of large capacity and power. {Organ of Gorti} (Anat.), a complicated structure in the cochlea of the ear, including the auditory hair cells, the rods or fibers of Corti, the membrane of Corti, etc. See Note under {Ear}. {Organ pipe}. See {Pipe}, n., 1. {Organ-pipe coral}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Tubipora}. {Organ point} (Mus.), a passage in which the tonic or dominant is sustained continuously by one part, while the other parts move.
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Swell \Swell\, n. 1. The act of swelling. 2. Gradual increase. Specifically: (a) Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance. (b) Increase in height; elevation; rise. Little River affords navigation during a swell to within three miles of the Miami. --Jefferson. (c) Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound. Music arose with its voluptuous swell. --Byron. (d) Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force. The swell and subsidence of his periods. --Landor. 3. A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an extensive plain abounding with little swells. 4. A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor. The swell Of the long waves that roll in yonder bay. --Tennyson. The gigantic swells and billows of the snow. --Hawthorne. 5. (Mus.) A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; -- generally indicated by the sign. 6. A showy, dashing person; a dandy. [Slang] {Ground swell}. See under {Ground}. {Organ swell} (Mus.), a certain number of pipes inclosed in a box, the uncovering of which by means of a pedal produces increased sound. {Swell shark} (Zo[94]l.), a small shark ({Scyllium ventricosum}) of the west coast of North America, which takes in air when caught, and swells up like a swellfish.
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Organdie \Or"gandie\, Organdy \Or"gandy\, n. [F. organdi.] A kind of transparent light muslin.
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Organdie \Or"gandie\, Organdy \Or"gandy\, n. [F. organdi.] A kind of transparent light muslin.
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Organic \Or*gan"ic\, a. [L. organicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. organique.] 1. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to an organ or its functions, or to objects composed of organs; consisting of organs, or containing them; as, the organic structure of animals and plants; exhibiting characters peculiar to living organisms; as, organic bodies, organic life, organic remains. Cf. {Inorganic}. 2. Produced by the organs; as, organic pleasure. [R.] 3. Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end. [R.] Those organic arts which enable men to discourse and write perspicuously. --Milton. 4. Forming a whole composed of organs. Hence: Of or pertaining to a system of organs; inherent in, or resulting from, a certain organization; as, an organic government; his love of truth was not inculcated, but organic. 5. Pertaining to, or denoting, any one of the large series of substances which, in nature or origin, are connected with vital processes, and include many substances of artificial production which may or may not occur in animals or plants; -- contrasted with {inorganic}. Note: The principles of organic and inorganic chemistry are identical; but the enormous number and the completeness of related series of organic compounds, together with their remarkable facility of exchange and substitution, offer an illustration of chemical reaction and homology not to be paralleled in inorganic chemistry. {Organic analysis} (Chem.), the analysis of organic compounds, concerned chiefly with the determination of carbon as carbon dioxide, hydrogen as water, oxygen as the difference between the sum of the others and 100 per cent, and nitrogen as free nitrogen, ammonia, or nitric oxide; -- formerly called ultimate analysis, in distinction from proximate analysis. {Organic chemistry}. See under {Chemistry}. {Organic compounds}. (Chem.) See {Carbon compounds}, under {Carbon}. {Organic description of a curve} (Geom.), the description of a curve on a plane by means of instruments. --Brande & C. {Organic disease} (Med.), a disease attended with morbid changes in the structure of the organs of the body or in the composition of its fluids; -- opposed to {functional disease}. {Organic electricity}. See under {Electricity}. {Organic} {law [or] laws}, a law or system of laws, or declaration of principles fundamental to the existence and organization of a political or other association; a constitution. {Organic stricture} (Med.), a contraction of one of the natural passages of the body produced by structural changes in its walls, as distinguished from a spasmodic stricture, which is due to muscular contraction.
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Organic \Or*gan"ic\, a. [L. organicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. organique.] 1. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to an organ or its functions, or to objects composed of organs; consisting of organs, or containing them; as, the organic structure of animals and plants; exhibiting characters peculiar to living organisms; as, organic bodies, organic life, organic remains. Cf. {Inorganic}. 2. Produced by the organs; as, organic pleasure. [R.] 3. Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end. [R.] Those organic arts which enable men to discourse and write perspicuously. --Milton. 4. Forming a whole composed of organs. Hence: Of or pertaining to a system of organs; inherent in, or resulting from, a certain organization; as, an organic government; his love of truth was not inculcated, but organic. 5. Pertaining to, or denoting, any one of the large series of substances which, in nature or origin, are connected with vital processes, and include many substances of artificial production which may or may not occur in animals or plants; -- contrasted with {inorganic}. Note: The principles of organic and inorganic chemistry are identical; but the enormous number and the completeness of related series of organic compounds, together with their remarkable facility of exchange and substitution, offer an illustration of chemical reaction and homology not to be paralleled in inorganic chemistry. {Organic analysis} (Chem.), the analysis of organic compounds, concerned chiefly with the determination of carbon as carbon dioxide, hydrogen as water, oxygen as the difference between the sum of the others and 100 per cent, and nitrogen as free nitrogen, ammonia, or nitric oxide; -- formerly called ultimate analysis, in distinction from proximate analysis. {Organic chemistry}. See under {Chemistry}. {Organic compounds}. (Chem.) See {Carbon compounds}, under {Carbon}. {Organic description of a curve} (Geom.), the description of a curve on a plane by means of instruments. --Brande & C. {Organic disease} (Med.), a disease attended with morbid changes in the structure of the organs of the body or in the composition of its fluids; -- opposed to {functional disease}. {Organic electricity}. See under {Electricity}. {Organic} {law [or] laws}, a law or system of laws, or declaration of principles fundamental to the existence and organization of a political or other association; a constitution. {Organic stricture} (Med.), a contraction of one of the natural passages of the body produced by structural changes in its walls, as distinguished from a spasmodic stricture, which is due to muscular contraction.
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Organic \Or*gan"ic\, a. [L. organicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. organique.] 1. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to an organ or its functions, or to objects composed of organs; consisting of organs, or containing them; as, the organic structure of animals and plants; exhibiting characters peculiar to living organisms; as, organic bodies, organic life, organic remains. Cf. {Inorganic}. 2. Produced by the organs; as, organic pleasure. [R.] 3. Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end. [R.] Those organic arts which enable men to discourse and write perspicuously. --Milton. 4. Forming a whole composed of organs. Hence: Of or pertaining to a system of organs; inherent in, or resulting from, a certain organization; as, an organic government; his love of truth was not inculcated, but organic. 5. Pertaining to, or denoting, any one of the large series of substances which, in nature or origin, are connected with vital processes, and include many substances of artificial production which may or may not occur in animals or plants; -- contrasted with {inorganic}. Note: The principles of organic and inorganic chemistry are identical; but the enormous number and the completeness of related series of organic compounds, together with their remarkable facility of exchange and substitution, offer an illustration of chemical reaction and homology not to be paralleled in inorganic chemistry. {Organic analysis} (Chem.), the analysis of organic compounds, concerned chiefly with the determination of carbon as carbon dioxide, hydrogen as water, oxygen as the difference between the sum of the others and 100 per cent, and nitrogen as free nitrogen, ammonia, or nitric oxide; -- formerly called ultimate analysis, in distinction from proximate analysis. {Organic chemistry}. See under {Chemistry}. {Organic compounds}. (Chem.) See {Carbon compounds}, under {Carbon}. {Organic description of a curve} (Geom.), the description of a curve on a plane by means of instruments. --Brande & C. {Organic disease} (Med.), a disease attended with morbid changes in the structure of the organs of the body or in the composition of its fluids; -- opposed to {functional disease}. {Organic electricity}. See under {Electricity}. {Organic} {law [or] laws}, a law or system of laws, or declaration of principles fundamental to the existence and organization of a political or other association; a constitution. {Organic stricture} (Med.), a contraction of one of the natural passages of the body produced by structural changes in its walls, as distinguished from a spasmodic stricture, which is due to muscular contraction.
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Chemistry \Chem"istry\ (k[ecr]m"[icr]str[ycr]; 277), n. [From {Chemist}. See {Alchemy}.] 1. That branch of science which treats of the composition of substances, and of the changes which they undergo in consequence of alterations in the constitution of the molecules, which depend upon variations of the number, kind, or mode of arrangement, of the constituent atoms. These atoms are not assumed to be indivisible, but merely the finest grade of subdivision hitherto attained. Chemistry deals with the changes in the composition and constitution of molecules. See {Atom}, {Molecule}. Note: Historically, chemistry is an outgrowth of alchemy (or alchemistry), with which it was anciently identified. 2. An application of chemical theory and method to the consideration of some particular subject; as, the chemistry of iron; the chemistry of indigo. 3. A treatise on chemistry. Note: This word and its derivatives were formerly written with y, and sometimes with i, instead of e, in the first syllable, chymistry, chymist, chymical, etc., or chimistry, chimist, chimical, etc.; and the pronunciation was conformed to the orthography. {Inorganic chemistry}, that which treats of inorganic or mineral substances. {Organic chemistry}, that which treats of the substances which form the structure of organized beings and their products, whether animal or vegetable; -- called also {chemistry of the carbon compounds}. There is no fundamental difference between organic and inorganic chemistry. {Physiological chemistry}, the chemistry of the organs and tissues of the body, and of the various physiological processes incident to life. {Practical chemistry}, or {Applied chemistry}, that which treats of the modes of manufacturing the products of chemistry that are useful in the arts, of their applications to economical purposes, and of the conditions essential to their best use. {Pure chemistry}, the consideration of the facts and theories of chemistry in their purely scientific relations, without necessary reference to their practical applications or mere utility.
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Organic \Or*gan"ic\, a. [L. organicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. organique.] 1. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to an organ or its functions, or to objects composed of organs; consisting of organs, or containing them; as, the organic structure of animals and plants; exhibiting characters peculiar to living organisms; as, organic bodies, organic life, organic remains. Cf. {Inorganic}. 2. Produced by the organs; as, organic pleasure. [R.] 3. Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end. [R.] Those organic arts which enable men to discourse and write perspicuously. --Milton. 4. Forming a whole composed of organs. Hence: Of or pertaining to a system of organs; inherent in, or resulting from, a certain organization; as, an organic government; his love of truth was not inculcated, but organic. 5. Pertaining to, or denoting, any one of the large series of substances which, in nature or origin, are connected with vital processes, and include many substances of artificial production which may or may not occur in animals or plants; -- contrasted with {inorganic}. Note: The principles of organic and inorganic chemistry are identical; but the enormous number and the completeness of related series of organic compounds, together with their remarkable facility of exchange and substitution, offer an illustration of chemical reaction and homology not to be paralleled in inorganic chemistry. {Organic analysis} (Chem.), the analysis of organic compounds, concerned chiefly with the determination of carbon as carbon dioxide, hydrogen as water, oxygen as the difference between the sum of the others and 100 per cent, and nitrogen as free nitrogen, ammonia, or nitric oxide; -- formerly called ultimate analysis, in distinction from proximate analysis. {Organic chemistry}. See under {Chemistry}. {Organic compounds}. (Chem.) See {Carbon compounds}, under {Carbon}. {Organic description of a curve} (Geom.), the description of a curve on a plane by means of instruments. --Brande & C. {Organic disease} (Med.), a disease attended with morbid changes in the structure of the organs of the body or in the composition of its fluids; -- opposed to {functional disease}. {Organic electricity}. See under {Electricity}. {Organic} {law [or] laws}, a law or system of laws, or declaration of principles fundamental to the existence and organization of a political or other association; a constitution. {Organic stricture} (Med.), a contraction of one of the natural passages of the body produced by structural changes in its walls, as distinguished from a spasmodic stricture, which is due to muscular contraction.
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Organic \Or*gan"ic\, a. [L. organicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. organique.] 1. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to an organ or its functions, or to objects composed of organs; consisting of organs, or containing them; as, the organic structure of animals and plants; exhibiting characters peculiar to living organisms; as, organic bodies, organic life, organic remains. Cf. {Inorganic}. 2. Produced by the organs; as, organic pleasure. [R.] 3. Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end. [R.] Those organic arts which enable men to discourse and write perspicuously. --Milton. 4. Forming a whole composed of organs. Hence: Of or pertaining to a system of organs; inherent in, or resulting from, a certain organization; as, an organic government; his love of truth was not inculcated, but organic. 5. Pertaining to, or denoting, any one of the large series of substances which, in nature or origin, are connected with vital processes, and include many substances of artificial production which may or may not occur in animals or plants; -- contrasted with {inorganic}. Note: The principles of organic and inorganic chemistry are identical; but the enormous number and the completeness of related series of organic compounds, together with their remarkable facility of exchange and substitution, offer an illustration of chemical reaction and homology not to be paralleled in inorganic chemistry. {Organic analysis} (Chem.), the analysis of organic compounds, concerned chiefly with the determination of carbon as carbon dioxide, hydrogen as water, oxygen as the difference between the sum of the others and 100 per cent, and nitrogen as free nitrogen, ammonia, or nitric oxide; -- formerly called ultimate analysis, in distinction from proximate analysis. {Organic chemistry}. See under {Chemistry}. {Organic compounds}. (Chem.) See {Carbon compounds}, under {Carbon}. {Organic description of a curve} (Geom.), the description of a curve on a plane by means of instruments. --Brande & C. {Organic disease} (Med.), a disease attended with morbid changes in the structure of the organs of the body or in the composition of its fluids; -- opposed to {functional disease}. {Organic electricity}. See under {Electricity}. {Organic} {law [or] laws}, a law or system of laws, or declaration of principles fundamental to the existence and organization of a political or other association; a constitution. {Organic stricture} (Med.), a contraction of one of the natural passages of the body produced by structural changes in its walls, as distinguished from a spasmodic stricture, which is due to muscular contraction.
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Organic \Or*gan"ic\, a. [L. organicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. organique.] 1. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to an organ or its functions, or to objects composed of organs; consisting of organs, or containing them; as, the organic structure of animals and plants; exhibiting characters peculiar to living organisms; as, organic bodies, organic life, organic remains. Cf. {Inorganic}. 2. Produced by the organs; as, organic pleasure. [R.] 3. Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end. [R.] Those organic arts which enable men to discourse and write perspicuously. --Milton. 4. Forming a whole composed of organs. Hence: Of or pertaining to a system of organs; inherent in, or resulting from, a certain organization; as, an organic government; his love of truth was not inculcated, but organic. 5. Pertaining to, or denoting, any one of the large series of substances which, in nature or origin, are connected with vital processes, and include many substances of artificial production which may or may not occur in animals or plants; -- contrasted with {inorganic}. Note: The principles of organic and inorganic chemistry are identical; but the enormous number and the completeness of related series of organic compounds, together with their remarkable facility of exchange and substitution, offer an illustration of chemical reaction and homology not to be paralleled in inorganic chemistry. {Organic analysis} (Chem.), the analysis of organic compounds, concerned chiefly with the determination of carbon as carbon dioxide, hydrogen as water, oxygen as the difference between the sum of the others and 100 per cent, and nitrogen as free nitrogen, ammonia, or nitric oxide; -- formerly called ultimate analysis, in distinction from proximate analysis. {Organic chemistry}. See under {Chemistry}. {Organic compounds}. (Chem.) See {Carbon compounds}, under {Carbon}. {Organic description of a curve} (Geom.), the description of a curve on a plane by means of instruments. --Brande & C. {Organic disease} (Med.), a disease attended with morbid changes in the structure of the organs of the body or in the composition of its fluids; -- opposed to {functional disease}. {Organic electricity}. See under {Electricity}. {Organic} {law [or] laws}, a law or system of laws, or declaration of principles fundamental to the existence and organization of a political or other association; a constitution. {Organic stricture} (Med.), a contraction of one of the natural passages of the body produced by structural changes in its walls, as distinguished from a spasmodic stricture, which is due to muscular contraction.
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Organic \Or*gan"ic\, a. [L. organicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. organique.] 1. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to an organ or its functions, or to objects composed of organs; consisting of organs, or containing them; as, the organic structure of animals and plants; exhibiting characters peculiar to living organisms; as, organic bodies, organic life, organic remains. Cf. {Inorganic}. 2. Produced by the organs; as, organic pleasure. [R.] 3. Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end. [R.] Those organic arts which enable men to discourse and write perspicuously. --Milton. 4. Forming a whole composed of organs. Hence: Of or pertaining to a system of organs; inherent in, or resulting from, a certain organization; as, an organic government; his love of truth was not inculcated, but organic. 5. Pertaining to, or denoting, any one of the large series of substances which, in nature or origin, are connected with vital processes, and include many substances of artificial production which may or may not occur in animals or plants; -- contrasted with {inorganic}. Note: The principles of organic and inorganic chemistry are identical; but the enormous number and the completeness of related series of organic compounds, together with their remarkable facility of exchange and substitution, offer an illustration of chemical reaction and homology not to be paralleled in inorganic chemistry. {Organic analysis} (Chem.), the analysis of organic compounds, concerned chiefly with the determination of carbon as carbon dioxide, hydrogen as water, oxygen as the difference between the sum of the others and 100 per cent, and nitrogen as free nitrogen, ammonia, or nitric oxide; -- formerly called ultimate analysis, in distinction from proximate analysis. {Organic chemistry}. See under {Chemistry}. {Organic compounds}. (Chem.) See {Carbon compounds}, under {Carbon}. {Organic description of a curve} (Geom.), the description of a curve on a plane by means of instruments. --Brande & C. {Organic disease} (Med.), a disease attended with morbid changes in the structure of the organs of the body or in the composition of its fluids; -- opposed to {functional disease}. {Organic electricity}. See under {Electricity}. {Organic} {law [or] laws}, a law or system of laws, or declaration of principles fundamental to the existence and organization of a political or other association; a constitution. {Organic stricture} (Med.), a contraction of one of the natural passages of the body produced by structural changes in its walls, as distinguished from a spasmodic stricture, which is due to muscular contraction.
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Electricity \E`lectric"ity\, n.; pl. {Electricities}. [Cf. F. [82]lectricit[82]. See {Electric}.] 1. A power in nature, a manifestation of energy, exhibiting itself when in disturbed equilibrium or in activity by a circuit movement, the fact of direction in which involves polarity, or opposition of properties in opposite directions; also, by attraction for many substances, by a law involving attraction between surfaces of unlike polarity, and repulsion between those of like; by exhibiting accumulated polar tension when the circuit is broken; and by producing heat, light, concussion, and often chemical changes when the circuit passes between the poles or through any imperfectly conducting substance or space. It is generally brought into action by any disturbance of molecular equilibrium, whether from a chemical, physical, or mechanical, cause. Note: Electricity is manifested under following different forms: (a) {Statical electricity}, called also {Frictional [or] Common}, {electricity}, electricity in the condition of a stationary charge, in which the disturbance is produced by friction, as of glass, amber, etc., or by induction. (b) {Dynamical electricity}, called also {Voltaic electricity}, electricity in motion, or as a current produced by chemical decomposition, as by means of a voltaic battery, or by mechanical action, as by dynamo-electric machines. (c) {Thermoelectricity}, in which the disturbing cause is heat (attended possibly with some chemical action). It is developed by uniting two pieces of unlike metals in a bar, and then heating the bar unequally. (d) {Atmospheric electricity}, any condition of electrical disturbance in the atmosphere or clouds, due to some or all of the above mentioned causes. (e) {Magnetic electricity}, electricity developed by the action of magnets. (f) {Positive electricity}, the electricity that appears at the positive pole or anode of a battery, or that is produced by friction of glass; -- called also {vitreous electricity}. (g) {Negative electricity}, the electricity that appears at the negative pole or cathode, or is produced by the friction of resinous substance; -- called also resinous electricity. (h) {Organic electricity}, that which is developed in organic structures, either animal or vegetable, the phrase animal electricity being much more common. 2. The science which unfolds the phenomena and laws of electricity; electrical science. 3. Fig.: Electrifying energy or characteristic.
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Organic \Or*gan"ic\, a. [L. organicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. organique.] 1. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to an organ or its functions, or to objects composed of organs; consisting of organs, or containing them; as, the organic structure of animals and plants; exhibiting characters peculiar to living organisms; as, organic bodies, organic life, organic remains. Cf. {Inorganic}. 2. Produced by the organs; as, organic pleasure. [R.] 3. Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end. [R.] Those organic arts which enable men to discourse and write perspicuously. --Milton. 4. Forming a whole composed of organs. Hence: Of or pertaining to a system of organs; inherent in, or resulting from, a certain organization; as, an organic government; his love of truth was not inculcated, but organic. 5. Pertaining to, or denoting, any one of the large series of substances which, in nature or origin, are connected with vital processes, and include many substances of artificial production which may or may not occur in animals or plants; -- contrasted with {inorganic}. Note: The principles of organic and inorganic chemistry are identical; but the enormous number and the completeness of related series of organic compounds, together with their remarkable facility of exchange and substitution, offer an illustration of chemical reaction and homology not to be paralleled in inorganic chemistry. {Organic analysis} (Chem.), the analysis of organic compounds, concerned chiefly with the determination of carbon as carbon dioxide, hydrogen as water, oxygen as the difference between the sum of the others and 100 per cent, and nitrogen as free nitrogen, ammonia, or nitric oxide; -- formerly called ultimate analysis, in distinction from proximate analysis. {Organic chemistry}. See under {Chemistry}. {Organic compounds}. (Chem.) See {Carbon compounds}, under {Carbon}. {Organic description of a curve} (Geom.), the description of a curve on a plane by means of instruments. --Brande & C. {Organic disease} (Med.), a disease attended with morbid changes in the structure of the organs of the body or in the composition of its fluids; -- opposed to {functional disease}. {Organic electricity}. See under {Electricity}. {Organic} {law [or] laws}, a law or system of laws, or declaration of principles fundamental to the existence and organization of a political or other association; a constitution. {Organic stricture} (Med.), a contraction of one of the natural passages of the body produced by structural changes in its walls, as distinguished from a spasmodic stricture, which is due to muscular contraction.
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Organical \Organ"ical\, a. Organic. The organical structure of human bodies, whereby they live and move. --Bentley.
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Organically \Organ"ical*ly\, adv. In an organic manner; by means of organs or with reference to organic functions; hence, fundamentally. --Gladstone.
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Organicalness \Organ"ical*ness\, n. The quality or state of being organic.
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Organicism \Organ"icism\, n. (Med.) The doctrine of the localization of disease, or which refers it always to a material lesion of an organ. --Dunglison.
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Organific \Or`gan*if"ic\, a. [Organ + L. -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {fy}.] Making an organic or organized structure; producing an organism; acting through, or resulting from, organs. --Prof. Park.
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Organism \Or"gan*ism\, n. [Cf. F. organisme.] 1. Organic structure; organization. [bd]The advantageous organism of the eye.[b8] --Grew. 2. (Biol.) An organized being; a living body, either vegetable or animal, compozed of different organs or parts with functions which are separate, but mutually dependent, and essential to the life of the individual. Note: Some of the lower forms of life are so simple in structure as to be without organs, but are still called organisms, since they have different parts analogous in functions to the organs of higher plants and animals.
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Organist \Or"gan*ist\, n. [Cf. F. organiste.] 1. (Mus.) One who plays on the organ. 2. (R. C. Ch.) One of the priests who organized or sung in parts. [Obs.]
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Organity \Organ"ity\, n. Organism. [R.]
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Organizability \Or`gani`zabil"i*ty\, n. Quality of being organizable; capability of being organized.
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Organizable \Or"gani`zable\, a. Capable of being organized; esp. (Biol.), capable of being formed into living tissue; as, organizable matter.
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Organization \Or`ganiza"tion\, n. [Cf. F. organisation.] 1. The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body. [bd]The first organization of the general government.[b8] --Pickering. 2. The state of being organized; also, the relations included in such a state or condition. What is organization but the connection of parts in and for a whole, so that each part is, at once, end and means? --Coleridge. 3. That which is organized; an organized existence; an organism; specif. (Biol.), an arrangement of parts for the performance of the functions necessary to life. The cell may be regarded as the most simple, the most common, and the earliest form of organization. --McKendrick.
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Organize \Or"gan*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Organized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Organizing}.] [Cf. F. organiser, Gr. [?]. See {Organ}.] 1. (Biol.) To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being; organized matter; -- in this sense used chiefly in the past participle. These nobler faculties of the mind, matter organized could never produce. --Ray. 2. To arrange or constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize; to get into working order; -- applied to products of the human intellect, or to human institutions and undertakings, as a science, a government, an army, a war, etc. This original and supreme will organizes the government. --Cranch. 3. (Mus.) To sing in parts; as, to organize an anthem. [R.] --Busby.
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Organize \Or"gan*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Organized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Organizing}.] [Cf. F. organiser, Gr. [?]. See {Organ}.] 1. (Biol.) To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being; organized matter; -- in this sense used chiefly in the past participle. These nobler faculties of the mind, matter organized could never produce. --Ray. 2. To arrange or constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize; to get into working order; -- applied to products of the human intellect, or to human institutions and undertakings, as a science, a government, an army, a war, etc. This original and supreme will organizes the government. --Cranch. 3. (Mus.) To sing in parts; as, to organize an anthem. [R.] --Busby.
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Organizer \Or"gan*i`zer\, n. One who organizes.
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Organize \Or"gan*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Organized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Organizing}.] [Cf. F. organiser, Gr. [?]. See {Organ}.] 1. (Biol.) To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being; organized matter; -- in this sense used chiefly in the past participle. These nobler faculties of the mind, matter organized could never produce. --Ray. 2. To arrange or constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize; to get into working order; -- applied to products of the human intellect, or to human institutions and undertakings, as a science, a government, an army, a war, etc. This original and supreme will organizes the government. --Cranch. 3. (Mus.) To sing in parts; as, to organize an anthem. [R.] --Busby.
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Organling \Or"gan*ling\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A large kind of sea fish; the orgeis.
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Organo- \Or"ga*no-\ [See {Organ}.] A combining form denoting relation to, or connection with, an organ or organs.
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Organogen \Organ"ogen\, n. [Organo- + -gen.] (Chem.) A name given to any one of the four elements, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, which are especially characteristic ingredients of organic compounds; also, by extension, to other elements sometimes found in the same connection; as sulphur, phosphorus, etc.
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Organogenesis \Or`ganogen"e*sis\, n. [Organo- + genesis.] 1. (Biol.) The origin and development of organs in animals and plants. 2. (Biol.) The germ history of the organs and systems of organs, -- a branch of morphogeny. --Haeckel.
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Organogenic \Or`ganogen"ic\, a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to organogenesis.
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Organogeny \Or`ganog"eny\, n. (Biol.) Organogenesis.
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Organographic \Or`ganograph"ic\, Organographical \Or`ganograph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. organographique.] Of or pertaining to organography.
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Organographic \Or`ganograph"ic\, Organographical \Or`ganograph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. organographique.] Of or pertaining to organography.
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Organographist \Or`ganog"raphist\, n. One versed in organography.
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Organography \Or`ganog"raphy\, n. [Organo- + -graphy: cf. F. organographie.] A description of the organs of animals or plants.
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Organoleptic \Or`ganolep"tic\, a. [F. organoleptique, fr. Gr. [?] an organ + [?] to lay hold of.] (Physiol.) Making an impression upon an organ; plastic; -- said of the effect or impression produced by any substance on the organs of touch, taste, or smell, and also on the organism as a whole.
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Organological \Or`ganolog"ic*al\, a. Of or relating to organology.
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Organology \Or`ganol"ogy\, n. [Organ + -logy: cf. F. organologie.] 1. The science of organs or of anything considered as an organic structure. The science of style, as an organ of thought, of style in relation to the ideas and feelings, might be called the organology of style. --De Quincey. 2. That branch of biology which treats, in particular, of the organs of animals and plants. See {Morphology}.
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Organometallic \Or`ganome*tal"lic\, a. (Chem.) Metalorganic.
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Organonymy \Or`ganon"ymy\, n. [Organo- + Gr.[?], for [?], a name.] (Biol.) The designation or nomenclature of organs. --B. G. Wilder.
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Organophyly \Or`ganoph"yly\, n. [Organo- + Gr. [?] clan.] (Biol.) The tribal history of organs, -- a branch of morphophyly. --Haeckel.
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Organoplastic \Or`ganoplas"tic\, a. [Organo- + -plastic.] (Biol.) Having the property of producing the tissues or organs of animals and plants; as, the organoplastic cells.
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Organoscopy \Or`ganos"copy\, n. [Organo- + -scopy.] Phrenology. --Fleming.
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Organotrophic \Or`ganotroph"ic\, a. [Organo- + Gr. [?] to nourish.] (Biol.) Relating to the creation, organization, and nutrition of living organs or parts.
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Organ \Or"gan\, n. [L. organum, Gr. [?]; akin to [?] work, and E. work: cf. F. organe. See {Work}, and cf. {Orgue}, {Orgy}.] 1. An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government. 2. (Biol.) A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants. Note: In animals the organs are generally made up of several tissues, one of which usually predominates, and determines the principal function of the organ. Groups of organs constitute a system. See {System}. 3. A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine. 4. A medium of communication between one person or body and another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc. 5. [Cf. AS. organ, fr. L. organum.] (Mus.) A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considired an organ. The deep, majestic, solemn organs blow. --Pope. Note: Chaucer used the form orgon as a plural. The merry orgon . . . that in the church goon [go]. {Barrel organ}, {Choir organ}, {Great organ}, etc. See under {Barrel}, {Choir}, etc. {Cabinet organ} (Mus.), an organ of small size, as for a chapel or for domestic use; a reed organ. {Organ bird} (Zo[94]l.), a Tasmanian crow shrike ({Gymnorhina organicum}). It utters discordant notes like those of a hand organ out of tune. {Organ fish} (Zo[94]l.), the drumfish. {Organ gun}. (Mil.) Same as {Orgue} (b) . {Organ harmonium} (Mus.), an harmonium of large capacity and power. {Organ of Gorti} (Anat.), a complicated structure in the cochlea of the ear, including the auditory hair cells, the rods or fibers of Corti, the membrane of Corti, etc. See Note under {Ear}. {Organ pipe}. See {Pipe}, n., 1. {Organ-pipe coral}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Tubipora}. {Organ point} (Mus.), a passage in which the tonic or dominant is sustained continuously by one part, while the other parts move.
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Organule \Or"gan*ule\, n. [Dim. of organ.] (Anat.) One of the essential cells or elements of an organ. See {Sense organule}, under {Sense}. --Huxley.
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Organy \Or"ga*ny\, n. [AS. Organe, from the Latin. See {Origan}.] (Bot.) See {Origan}.
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Organzine \Or"gan*zine\, n. [F. organsin; cf. Sp. organsino, It. organzino.] A kind of double thrown silk of very fine texture, that is, silk twisted like a rope with different strands, so as to increase its strength.
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Origan \Or"igan\, d8Origanum \[d8]Orig"a*num\, n. [L. origanum, Gr. [?], [?], prob. fr. 'o`ros, mountain + [?] brightness, beauty. Cf. {Organy}.] (Bot.) A genus of aromatic labiate plants, including the sweet marjoram ({O. Marjorana}) and the wild marjoram ({O. vulgare}). --Spenser.
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Marjoram \Mar"jo*ram\, n. [OE. majoran, F. marjolaine, LL. marjoraca, fr. L. amaracus, amaracum, Gr. [?], [?].] (Bot.) A genus of mintlike plants ({Origanum}) comprising about twenty-five species. The sweet marjoram ({O. Majorana}) is pecularly aromatic and fragrant, and much used in cookery. The wild marjoram of Europe and America is {O. vulgare}, far less fragrant than the other.
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Dittany \Dit"ta*ny\, n. [OE. dytane, detane, dytan, OF. ditain, F. dictame, L. dictamnum, fr. Gr. di`ktamnon, di`ktamnos, a plant growing in abundance on Mount Dicte in Crete. Cf. {Dittander}.] (Bot.) (a) A plant of the Mint family ({Origanum Dictamnus}), a native of Crete. (b) The {Dictamnus Fraxinella}. See {Dictamnus}. (c) In America, the {Cunila Mariana}, a fragrant herb of the Mint family.
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{To run wild}, to go unrestrained or untamed; to live or untamed; to live or grow without culture or training. {To sow one's wild oats}. See under {Oat}. {Wild allspice}. (Bot.), spicewood. {Wild balsam apple} (Bot.), an American climbing cucurbitaceous plant ({Echinocystis lobata}). {Wild basil} (Bot.), a fragrant labiate herb ({Calamintha Clinopodium}) common in Europe and America. {Wild bean} (Bot.), a name of several leguminous plants, mostly species of {Phaseolus} and {Apios}. {Wild bee} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of undomesticated social bees, especially the domestic bee when it has escaped from domestication and built its nest in a hollow tree or among rocks. {Wild bergamot}. (Bot.) See under {Bergamot}. {Wild boar} (Zo[94]l.), the European wild hog ({Sus scrofa}), from which the common domesticated swine is descended. {Wild brier} (Bot.), any uncultivated species of brier. See {Brier}. {Wild bugloss} (Bot.), an annual rough-leaved plant ({Lycopsis arvensis}) with small blue flowers. {Wild camomile} (Bot.), one or more plants of the composite genus {Matricaria}, much resembling camomile. {Wild cat}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European carnivore ({Felis catus}) somewhat resembling the domestic cat, but larger stronger, and having a short tail. It is destructive to the smaller domestic animals, such as lambs, kids, poultry, and the like. (b) The common American lynx, or bay lynx. (c) (Naut.) A wheel which can be adjusted so as to revolve either with, or on, the shaft of a capstan. --Luce. {Wild celery}. (Bot.) See {Tape grass}, under {Tape}. {Wild cherry}. (Bot.) (a) Any uncultivated tree which bears cherries. The wild red cherry is {Prunus Pennsylvanica}. The wild black cherry is {P. serotina}, the wood of which is much used for cabinetwork, being of a light red color and a compact texture. (b) The fruit of various species of {Prunus}. {Wild cinnamon}. See the Note under {Canella}. {Wild comfrey} (Bot.), an American plant ({Cynoglossum Virginicum}) of the Borage family. It has large bristly leaves and small blue flowers. {Wild cumin} (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant ({Lag[oe]cia cuminoides}) native in the countries about the Mediterranean. {Wild drake} (Zo[94]l.) the mallard. {Wild elder} (Bot.), an American plant ({Aralia hispida}) of the Ginseng family. {Wild fowl} (Zo[94]l.) any wild bird, especially any of those considered as game birds. {Wild goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of undomesticated geese, especially the Canada goose ({Branta Canadensis}), the European bean goose, and the graylag. See {Graylag}, and {Bean goose}, under {Bean}. {Wild goose chase}, the pursuit of something unattainable, or of something as unlikely to be caught as the wild goose. --Shak. {Wild honey}, honey made by wild bees, and deposited in trees, rocks, the like. {Wild hyacinth}. (Bot.) See {Hyacinth}, 1 (b) . {Wild Irishman} (Bot.), a thorny bush ({Discaria Toumatou}) of the Buckthorn family, found in New Zealand, where the natives use the spines in tattooing. {Wild land}. (a) Land not cultivated, or in a state that renders it unfit for cultivation. (b) Land which is not settled and cultivated. {Wild licorice}. (Bot.) See under {Licorice}. {Wild mammee} (Bot.), the oblong, yellowish, acid fruit of a tropical American tree ({Rheedia lateriflora}); -- so called in the West Indies. {Wild marjoram} (Bot.), a labiate plant ({Origanum vulgare}) much like the sweet marjoram, but less aromatic. {Wild oat}. (Bot.) (a) A tall, oatlike kind of soft grass ({Arrhenatherum avenaceum}). (b) See {Wild oats}, under {Oat}. {Wild pieplant} (Bot.), a species of dock ({Rumex hymenosepalus}) found from Texas to California. Its acid, juicy stems are used as a substitute for the garden rhubarb. {Wild pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The rock dove. (b) The passenger pigeon. {Wild pink} (Bot.), an American plant ({Silene Pennsylvanica}) with pale, pinkish flowers; a kind of catchfly. {Wild plantain} (Bot.), an arborescent endogenous herb ({Heliconia Bihai}), much resembling the banana. Its leaves and leaf sheaths are much used in the West Indies as coverings for packages of merchandise. {Wild plum}. (Bot.) (a) Any kind of plum growing without cultivation. (b) The South African prune. See under {Prune}. {Wild rice}. (Bot.) See {Indian rice}, under {Rice}. {Wild rosemary} (Bot.), the evergreen shrub {Andromeda polifolia}. See {Marsh rosemary}, under {Rosemary}. {Wild sage}. (Bot.) See {Sagebrush}. {Wild sarsaparilla} (Bot.), a species of ginseng ({Aralia nudicaulis}) bearing a single long-stalked leaf. {Wild sensitive plant} (Bot.), either one of two annual leguminous herbs ({Cassia Cham[91]crista}, and {C. nictitans}), in both of which the leaflets close quickly when the plant is disturbed. {Wild service}.(Bot.) See {Sorb}. {Wild Spaniard} (Bot.), any one of several umbelliferous plants of the genus {Aciphylla}, natives of New Zealand. The leaves bear numerous bayonetlike spines, and the plants form an impenetrable thicket. {Wild turkey}. (Zo[94]l.) See 2d {Turkey}.
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Origenism \Or"igenism\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) The opinions of Origen of Alexandria, who lived in the 3d century, one of the most learned of the Greek Fathers. Prominent in his teaching was the doctrine that all created beings, including Satan, will ultimately be saved.
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Origenist \Or"igenist\, n. A follower of Origen of Alexandria.
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Origin \Or"i*gin\, n. [F. origine, L. origo, -iginis, fr. oriri to rise, become visible; akin to Gr. 'orny`nai to stir up, rouse, Skr. [rsdot], and perh. to E. run.] 1. The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth. This mixed system of opinion and sentiment had its origin in the ancient chivalry. --Burke. 2. That from which anything primarily proceeds; the fountain; the spring; the cause; the occasion. 3. (Anat.) The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to {insertion}. {Origin of co[94]rdinate axes} (Math.), the point where the axes intersect. See Note under {Ordinate}. Syn: Commencement; rise; source; spring; fountain; derivation; cause; root; foundation. Usage: {Origin}, {Source}. Origin denotes the rise or commencement of a thing; source presents itself under the image of a fountain flowing forth in a continuous stream of influences. The origin of moral evil has been much disputed, but no one can doubt that it is the source of most of the calamities of our race. I think he would have set out just as he did, with the origin of ideas -- the proper starting point of a grammarian, who is to treat of their signs. --Tooke. Famous Greece, That source of art and cultivated thought Which they to Rome, and Romans hither, brought. --Waller.
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Origin \Or"i*gin\, n. [F. origine, L. origo, -iginis, fr. oriri to rise, become visible; akin to Gr. 'orny`nai to stir up, rouse, Skr. [rsdot], and perh. to E. run.] 1. The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth. This mixed system of opinion and sentiment had its origin in the ancient chivalry. --Burke. 2. That from which anything primarily proceeds; the fountain; the spring; the cause; the occasion. 3. (Anat.) The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to {insertion}. {Origin of co[94]rdinate axes} (Math.), the point where the axes intersect. See Note under {Ordinate}. Syn: Commencement; rise; source; spring; fountain; derivation; cause; root; foundation. Usage: {Origin}, {Source}. Origin denotes the rise or commencement of a thing; source presents itself under the image of a fountain flowing forth in a continuous stream of influences. The origin of moral evil has been much disputed, but no one can doubt that it is the source of most of the calamities of our race. I think he would have set out just as he did, with the origin of ideas -- the proper starting point of a grammarian, who is to treat of their signs. --Tooke. Famous Greece, That source of art and cultivated thought Which they to Rome, and Romans hither, brought. --Waller.
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Originable \Orig"ina*ble\, a. Capable of being originated.
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Original \Orig"inal\, a. [F. original, L. originalis.] 1. Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as, the original state of man; the original laws of a country; the original inventor of a process. His form had yet not lost All her original brightness. --Milton.
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Original \Orig"inal\, n. [Cf. F. original.] 1. Origin; commencement; source. It hath it original from much grief. --Shak. And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim. --Addison. 2. That which precedes all others of its class; archetype; first copy; hence, an original work of art, manuscript, text, and the like, as distinguished from a copy, translation, etc. The Scriptures may be now read in their own original. --Milton. 3. An original thinker or writer; an originator. [R.] Men who are bad at copying, yet are good originals. --C. G. Leland. 4. A person of marked eccentricity. [Colloq.] 5. (Zo[94]l. & Bot.) The natural or wild species from which a domesticated or cultivated variety has been derived; as, the wolf is thought by some to be the original of the dog, the blackthorn the original of the plum.
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Sin \Sin\, n. [OE. sinne, AS. synn, syn; akin to D. zonde, OS. sundia, OHG. sunta, G. s[81]nde, Icel., Dan. & Sw. synd, L. sons, sontis, guilty, perhaps originally from the p. pr. of the verb signifying, to be, and meaning, the one who it is. Cf. {Authentic}, {Sooth}.] 1. Transgression of the law of God; disobedience of the divine command; any violation of God's will, either in purpose or conduct; moral deficiency in the character; iniquity; as, sins of omission and sins of commission. Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. --John viii. 34. Sin is the transgression of the law. --1 John iii. 4. I think 't no sin. To cozen him that would unjustly win. --Shak. Enthralled By sin to foul, exorbitant desires. --Milton. 2. An offense, in general; a violation of propriety; a misdemeanor; as, a sin against good manners. I grant that poetry's a crying sin. --Pope. 3. A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin. He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin. --2 Cor. v. 21. 4. An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person. [R.] Thy ambition, Thou scarlet sin, robbed this bewailing land Of noble Buckingham. --Shak. Note: Sin is used in the formation of some compound words of obvious signification; as, sin-born; sin-bred, sin-oppressed, sin-polluted, and the like. {Actual sin}, {Canonical sins}, {Original sin}, {Venial sin}. See under {Actual}, {Canonical}, etc. {Deadly}, [or] {Mortal}, {sins} (R. C. Ch.), willful and deliberate transgressions, which take away divine grace; -- in distinction from vental sins. The seven deadly sins are pride, covetousness, lust, wrath, gluttony, envy, and sloth. {Sin eater}, a man who (according to a former practice in England) for a small gratuity ate a piece of bread laid on the chest of a dead person, whereby he was supposed to have taken the sins of the dead person upon himself. {Sin offering}, a sacrifice for sin; something offered as an expiation for sin. Syn: Iniquity; wickedness; wrong. See {Crime}.
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2. Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original process; the original text of Scripture. 3. Having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; inventive; as, an original genius. 4. Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter. {Original sin} (Theol.), the first sin of Adam, as related to its consequences to his descendants of the human race; -- called also {total depravity}. See {Calvinism}.
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Originalist \Orig"inal*ist\, n. One who is original. [R.]
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Originality \Orig`inal"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. originalit[82].] The quality or state of being original. --Macaulay.
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Originally \Orig"inal*ly\, adv. 1. In the original time, or in an original manner; primarily; from the beginning or origin; not by derivation, or imitation. God is originally holy in himself. --Bp. Pearson. 2. At first; at the origin; at the time of formation or costruction; as, a book originally written by another hand. [bd]Originally a half length [portrait].[b8] --Walpole.
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Originalness \Orig"inal*ness\, n. The quality of being original; originality. [R.] --Johnson.
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Originant \Orig"inant\, a. Originating; original. [R.] An absolutely originant act of self will. --Prof. Shedd.
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Originary \Orig"ina*ry\, a. [L. originarius: cf. F. originaire.] 1. Causing existence; productive. [R.] The production of animals, in the originary way, requires a certain degree of warmth. --Cheyne. 2. Primitive; primary; original. [R.] The grand originary right of all rights. --Hickok.
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Originate \Orig"inate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Originated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Originating}.] [From {Origin}.] To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new. A decomposition of the whole civill and political mass, for the purpose of originating a new civil order. --Burke.
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Originate \Orig"inate\, v. i. To take first existence; to have origin or beginning; to begin to exist or act; as, the scheme originated with the governor and council.
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Originate \Orig"inate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Originated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Originating}.] [From {Origin}.] To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new. A decomposition of the whole civill and political mass, for the purpose of originating a new civil order. --Burke.
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Originate \Orig"inate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Originated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Originating}.] [From {Origin}.] To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new. A decomposition of the whole civill and political mass, for the purpose of originating a new civil order. --Burke.
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Origination \Orig`ina"tion\, n. [L. originatio.] 1. The act or process of bringing or coming into existence; first production. [bd]The origination of the universe.[b8] --Keill. What comes from spirit is a spontaneous origination. --Hickok. 2. Mode of production, or bringing into being. This eruca is propagated by animal parents, to wit, butterflies, after the common origination of all caterpillars. --Ray.
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Originative \Orig"inative\, a. Having power, or tending, to originate, or bring into existence; originating. --H. Bushnell. -- {Orig"inative*ly}, adv.
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Originative \Orig"inative\, a. Having power, or tending, to originate, or bring into existence; originating. --H. Bushnell. -- {Orig"inative*ly}, adv.
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Originator \Orig"ina`tor\, n. One who originates.
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Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS. rocc.] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See {Stone}. Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds. 3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii. 2. 4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}. Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built, rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like. {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a rock.] Same as {Roche alum}. {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides}) very abundant on rocks washed by tides. {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}. (b) The goggle-eye. (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called rock bass. {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the corals and Foraminifera. {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous slate. {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure sugar which are very hard, whence the name. {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}. {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod found about rocks andledges. (b) A California rockfish. {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}). (b) A rockling. {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture. {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See Illust. under {Cancer}. {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata}, etc. {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under {Crystal}. {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock doo}. {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp., a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for drilling holes for blasting, etc. {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck. {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}. {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex. {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}. {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}. {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny lobster}, and {sea crayfish}. {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite occuring as an efflorescence. {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}. {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}. {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}. {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish green. {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia}) Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}. {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}. {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover. (b) The rock snipe. {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black patches on the back. {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}. {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet. {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation from sea water in large basins or cavities. {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}. {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and allied genera. {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons; as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}. {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover}, {winter snipe}. {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy feel, and adhering to the tongue. {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe. (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}). {Rock tar}, petroleum. {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout. {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases of extremity. {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and {starling}. {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}. {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of Lower California and Mexico.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oriskany \Oris"kany\, a. [From Oriskany, in New York.] (Geol.) Designating, or pertaining to, certain beds, chiefly limestone, characteristic of the latest period of the Silurian age. {Oriskany period}, a subdivision of the American Paleozoic system intermediate or translational in character between the Silurian and Devonian ages. See Chart of {Geology}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oriskany \Oris"kany\, a. [From Oriskany, in New York.] (Geol.) Designating, or pertaining to, certain beds, chiefly limestone, characteristic of the latest period of the Silurian age. {Oriskany period}, a subdivision of the American Paleozoic system intermediate or translational in character between the Silurian and Devonian ages. See Chart of {Geology}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orismological \Oris`molog"ic*al\, a. (Nat. Hist.) Of or pertaining to orismology.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orismology \O`rismol"ogy\, n. [Gr. [?] a marking out by boundaries, the definition of a word + -logy. See {Horizon}.] That departament of natural history which treats of technical terms.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orison \Or"i*son\, n. [OF. orison, oreson, oreison, F. oraison, fr. L. oratio speech, prayer. See {Oration}.] A prayer; a supplication. [Poetic] --Chaucer. Shak. Lowly they bowed, adoring, and began Their orisons, each morning duly paid. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orisont \Or"i*sont\, n. Horizon. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orkneyan \Ork"ney*an\, a. Of or pertaining to the Orkney islands. [bd]Orkneyan skerries.[b8] --Longfellow.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Oregon, IL (city, FIPS 56484) Location: 42.01305 N, 89.33538 W Population (1990): 3891 (1632 housing units) Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61061 Oregon, MO (city, FIPS 54848) Location: 39.98450 N, 95.14363 W Population (1990): 935 (392 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64473 Oregon, OH (city, FIPS 58730) Location: 41.66695 N, 83.41943 W Population (1990): 18334 (7265 housing units) Area: 75.6 sq km (land), 22.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43605, 43616, 43618 Oregon, WI (village, FIPS 60200) Location: 42.92628 N, 89.38215 W Population (1990): 4519 (1672 housing units) Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53575
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Oregon City, OR (city, FIPS 55200) Location: 45.34490 N, 122.59682 W Population (1990): 14698 (5675 housing units) Area: 12.2 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97045
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Oregon County, MO (county, FIPS 149) Location: 36.68841 N, 91.40229 W Population (1990): 9470 (4484 housing units) Area: 2049.9 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Oregon House, CA Zip code(s): 95962
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Oregonia, OH Zip code(s): 45054
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Oriskany, NY (village, FIPS 55365) Location: 43.15595 N, 75.33283 W Population (1990): 1450 (574 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13424
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Oriskany Falls, NY (village, FIPS 55376) Location: 42.93802 N, 75.46327 W Population (1990): 795 (314 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13425
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Orkney Springs, VA Zip code(s): 22845
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Ouray County, CO (county, FIPS 91) Location: 38.15677 N, 107.76579 W Population (1990): 2295 (1507 housing units) Area: 1404.0 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
OREGANO ["On the Design and Specification of the Programming Language OREGANO", D.M. Berry. UCLA-ENG-7388, 1973].
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Organic Mode A term used by {COCOMO} to describe a project that is developed in a familiar, stable environment. The product is similar to previously developed products. Most people connected with the project have extensive experience in working with related systems and have a thorough understanding of the project. The project contains a minimum of innovative data processing architectures or {algorithms}. The product requires little innovation and is relatively small, rarely greater than 50,000 {DSI}s. (1996-05-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) A misleading term for a company which repackages equipment, such as computers, made by other companies. Unlike a {value added reseller}, an OEM does not necessarily add anything except their name to the product. In some cases though they may integrate components into complete systems. OEM arrangements are often made for marketing reasons. [Origin?] (2001-04-09)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Organ some kind of wind instrument, probably a kind of Pan's pipes (Gen. 4:21; Job 21:12; Ps. 150:4), which consisted of seven or eight reeds of unequal length.