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   or so
         adv 1: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct;
                  "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute";
                  "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can
                  stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people
                  came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly
                  $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so
                  people were at the party" [syn: {approximately}, {about},
                  {close to}, {just about}, {some}, {roughly}, {more or
                  less}, {around}, {or so}]

English Dictionary: Orczy by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orach
n
  1. any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes
    Synonym(s): orach, orache
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orache
n
  1. any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes
    Synonym(s): orach, orache
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orca
n
  1. 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
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Orczy
n
  1. British writer (born in Hungary) (1865-1947) [syn: Orczy, Baroness Emmusca Orczy]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orgy
n
  1. any act of immoderate indulgence; "an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending"
    Synonym(s): orgy, binge, splurge
  2. secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity
  3. a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
    Synonym(s): orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Orissa
n
  1. state in eastern India on the Bay of Bengal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Orozco
n
  1. Mexican painter noted for his monumental murals (1883-1949)
    Synonym(s): Orozco, Jose Orozco, Jose Clemente Orozco
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orris
n
  1. German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome
    Synonym(s): Florentine iris, orris, Iris germanica florentina, Iris florentina
  2. fragrant rootstock of various irises especially Florentine iris; used in perfumes and medicines
    Synonym(s): orrisroot, orris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oryx
n
  1. large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns
    Synonym(s): oryx, pasang
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Oryza
n
  1. rice
    Synonym(s): Oryza, genus Oryza
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orzo
n
  1. pasta shaped like pearls of barley; frequently prepared with lamb in Greek cuisine
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orach \Or"ach\, Orache \Or"ache\, n. [F. arroche, corrupted fr.
      L. atriplex, Gr. [?]. Cf. {Arrach}.] (Bot.)
      A genus ({Atriplex}) of herbs or low shrubs of the Goosefoot
      family, most of them with a mealy surface.
  
      {Garden orache}, a plant ({Atriplex hortensis}), often used
            as a pot herb; -- also called {mountain spinach}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orach \Or"ach\, Orache \Or"ache\, n. [F. arroche, corrupted fr.
      L. atriplex, Gr. [?]. Cf. {Arrach}.] (Bot.)
      A genus ({Atriplex}) of herbs or low shrubs of the Goosefoot
      family, most of them with a mealy surface.
  
      {Garden orache}, a plant ({Atriplex hortensis}), often used
            as a pot herb; -- also called {mountain spinach}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orc \Orc\, n. [L. orca: cf. F. orque.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The grampus. [Written also {ork} and {orch}.] --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orc \Orc\, n. [L. orca: cf. F. orque.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The grampus. [Written also {ork} and {orch}.] --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orgue \Orgue\, n. [F., fr. L. organum organ, Gr. [?]. See
      {Organ}.] (Mil.)
      (a) Any one of a number of long, thick pieces of timber,
            pointed and shod with iron, and suspended, each by a
            separate rope, over a gateway, to be let down in case of
            attack.
      (b) A piece of ordnance, consisting of a number of musket
            barrels arranged so that a match or train may connect
            with all their touchholes, and a discharge be secured
            almost or quite simultaneously.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orgies \Or"gies\, n. pl.; sing. {Orgy}.
  
      Note: [The singular is rarely used.] [F. orgie, orgies, L.
               orgia, pl., Gr. [?]; akin to [?] work. See {Organ}, and
               {Work}.]
      1. A sacrifice accompanied by certain ceremonies in honor of
            some pagan deity; especially, the ceremonies observed by
            the Greeks and Romans in the worship of Dionysus, or
            Bacchus, which were characterized by wild and dissolute
            revelry.
  
                     As when, with crowned cups, unto the Elian god,
                     Those priests high orgies held.         --Drayton.
  
      2. Drunken revelry; a carouse. --B. Jonson. Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orgy \Or"gy\, n.; pl. {Orgies}.
      A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See {Orgies}

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ork \Ork\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Orc}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orc \Orc\, n. [L. orca: cf. F. orque.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The grampus. [Written also {ork} and {orch}.] --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ork \Ork\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Orc}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orc \Orc\, n. [L. orca: cf. F. orque.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The grampus. [Written also {ork} and {orch}.] --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orrach \Or"rach\, n.
      See {Orach}.

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

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orris \Or"ris\, n.
      1. [Contr. from orfrays, or from arras.] A sort of gold or
            silver lace. --Johnson.
  
      2. A peculiar pattern in which gold lace or silver lace is
            worked; especially, one in which the edges are ornamented
            with conical figures placed at equal distances, with spots
            between them.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oryx \O"ryx\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] a kind of gazelle or
      antelope.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A genus of African antelopes which includes the gemsbok, the
      leucoryx, the bisa antelope ({O. beisa}), and the beatrix
      antelope ({O. beatrix}) of Arabia.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   We \We\ (w[emac]), pron.; pl. of I. [Poss. {Our} (our) or {Ours}
      (ourz); obj. {Us} ([ucr]s). See {I}.] [As. w[emac]; akin to
      OS. w[c6], OFries. & LG. wi, D. wij, G. wir, Icel. v[emac]r,
      Sw. & Dan. vi, Goth. weis, Skr. vayam. [root]190.]
      The plural nominative case of the pronoun of the first
      person; the word with which a person in speaking or writing
      denotes a number or company of which he is one, as the
      subject of an action expressed by a verb.
  
      Note: We is frequently used to express men in general,
               including the speaker. We is also often used by
               individuals, as authors, editors, etc., in speaking of
               themselves, in order to avoid the appearance of egotism
               in the too frequent repetition of the pronoun I. The
               plural style is also in use among kings and other
               sovereigns, and is said to have been begun by King John
               of England. Before that time, monarchs used the
               singular number in their edicts. The German and the
               French sovereigns followed the example of King John in
               a. d. 1200.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ours \Ours\, possessive pron.
      See Note under {Our}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   I \I\ ([imac]), pron. [poss. {My} (m[imac]) or {Mine}
      (m[imac]n); object. {Me} (m[emac]). pl. nom. {We} (w[emac]);
      poss. {Our} (our) or {Ours} (ourz); object. {Us} ([ucr]s).]
      [OE. i, ich, ic, AS. ic; akin to OS. & D. ik, OHG. ih, G.
      ich, Icel. ek, Dan. jeg, Sw. jag, Goth. ik, OSlav. az', Russ.
      ia, W. i, L. ego, Gr. 'egw`, 'egw`n, Skr. aham. [root]179.
      Cf. {Egoism}.]
      The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the
      word with which a speaker or writer denotes himself.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Oark, AR
      Zip code(s): 72852

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Orick, CA
      Zip code(s): 95555

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Oriska, ND (city, FIPS 59660)
      Location: 46.93137 N, 97.78872 W
      Population (1990): 103 (48 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 58063

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Orosi, CA (CDP, FIPS 54358)
      Location: 36.54250 N, 119.28786 W
      Population (1990): 5486 (1399 housing units)
      Area: 6.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 93647

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Orrick, MO (city, FIPS 54938)
      Location: 39.21360 N, 94.12516 W
      Population (1990): 935 (380 housing units)
      Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 64077

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Orca
  
      Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 1986.   Similar to Modula-2, but
      with support for distributed programming using shared data
      objects, like Linda.   A 'graph' data type removes the need for
      pointers.   Version for the Amoeba OS, comes with Amoeba.
      "Orca: A Language for Distributed Processing", H.E.   Bal
      et al, SIGPLAN Notices 25(5):17-24 (May 1990).
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   org
  
      The {top-level domain} for organisations or
      individuals that don't fit any other top-level domain
      (national, com, edu, or gov).   Though many have .org domains,
      it was never intended to be limited to non-profit
      organisations.
  
      {RFC 1591}.
  
      (2001-05-14)
  
  
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