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Orbits
- noun -
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
- move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus"
- the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another; "he plotted the orbit of the moon"
- the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
- the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
Orchis
- noun - any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes
- one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"
Orders
- noun - (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans
- (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
- (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed; "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London"
- (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy; "theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order"
- a body of rules followed by an assembly
- a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities; "IBM received an order for a hundred computers"
- a condition of regular or proper arrangement; "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in workin
Oreads
- unknown - In Greek mythology, mountain nymphs.
Organs
- noun - (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ
- a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows
- 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"
- a periodical that is published by a special interest group; "the organ of the communist party"
- edible viscera of a butchered animal
- 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
Orgies
- noun - a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
- any act of immoderate indulgence; "an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending"
- secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity
Oriels
- noun - a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall
Orites
- noun - small genus of Australian shrubs or trees
Orlops
- noun - the fourth or lowest deck