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Orrisroots
- noun - fragrant rootstock of various irises especially Florentine iris; used in perfumes and medicines
Orsellinic
- - Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid obtained by a partial decomposition of orsellic acid as a white crystalline substance, and related to protocatechuic acid.
Ortalidian
- - Any one of numerous small two-winged flies of the family Ortalidae. The larvae of many of these flies live in fruit; those of others produce galls on various plants.
Orthoceras
- - An extinct genus of Paleozoic Cephalopoda, having a long, straight, conical shell. The interior is divided into numerous chambers by transverse septa.
Orthoclase
- noun - a white or colored monoclinic feldspar
Orthodoxal
- - Pertaining to, or evincing, orthodoxy; orthodox.
Orthodoxly
- - In an orthodox manner; with soundness of faith.
Orthodromy
- - The act or art of sailing on a great circle.
Orthoepies
- noun - a term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the `correct' pronunciation of words and its relation to `correct' orthography
- the way a word or a language is customarily spoken; "the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners"; "that is the correct pronunciation"
Orthoepist
- noun - a practitioner of orthoepy (especially one of the 17th or 18th century scholars who proposed to reform English spelling so it would reflect pronunciation more closely)