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Organogen
- - 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.
Organzine
- - 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.
Orgiastic
- adjective - used of frenzied sexual activity
- used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity"
Orichalch
- - A metallic substance, resembling gold in color, but inferior in value; a mixed metal of the ancients, resembling brass; -- called also aurichalcum, orichalcum, etc.
Orientate
- verb - determine one's position with reference to another point; "We had to orient ourselves in the forest"
Orienteer
- unknown - One who takes part in orienteering
- The sport of running from point to point in unfamilure terran navigating by map and compas
Orienting
- verb - adjust to a specific need or market; "a magazine oriented towards young people"; "tailor your needs to your surroundings"
- be oriented; "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward"
- cause to point; "Orient the house towards the West"
- determine one's position with reference to another point; "We had to orient ourselves in the forest"
- familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances; "The dean of students tries to orient the freshmen"
- positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually; "noticed the bee's momentary orienting pause before heading back to the hive"; "an orienting program for new employees"
Orificial
- unknown - Of an opening into a mouth or cavity. Of an aperture