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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
Orcein
- - A reddish brown amorphous dyestuff, C7H7NO3, obtained from orcin, and forming the essential coloring matter of cudbear and archil. It is closely related to litmus.
Orchid
- noun - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
Orchil
- noun - a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens
- any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil
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"
Ordain
- verb - appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"
- invest with ministerial or priestly authority; "The minister was ordained only last month"
- issue an order
- order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"
Ordeal
- noun - a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence
- a severe or trying experience