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- English Word Orchidean Definition Orchidaceous.
- English Word Orchideous Definition Same as Orchidaceous.
- English Word Orchidologist Definition One versed in orchidology.
- English Word Orchidology Definition The branch of botany which treats of orchids.
- English Word Orchil Definition See Archil.
- English Word Orchilla weed Definition The lichen from which archil is obtained. See Archil.
- English Word Orchis Definition A genus of endogenous plants growing in the North Temperate zone, and consisting of about eighty species. They are perennial herbs growing from a tuber (beside which is usually found the last year's tuber also), and are valued for their showy flowers. See Orchidaceous.
- English Word Orchis Definition Any plant of the same family with the orchis; an orchid.
- English Word Orchises Definition of Orchis
- English Word Orchitis Definition Inflammation of the testicles.
- English Word Orchotomy Definition The operation of cutting out or removing a testicle by the knife; castration.
- English Word Orcin Definition 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.
- English Word Ord Definition An edge or point; also, a beginning.
- English Word Ordain Definition To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish.
- English Word Ordain Definition To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute.
- English Word Ordain Definition To set apart for an office; to appoint.
- English Word Ordain Definition To invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; to introduce into the office of the Christian ministry, by the laying on of hands, or other forms; to set apart by the ceremony of ordination.
- English Word Ordainable Definition Capable of being ordained; worthy to be ordained or appointed.
- English Word Ordained Definition of Ordain
- English Word Ordainer Definition One who ordains.