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- English Word Oracle Definition Any person reputed uncommonly wise; one whose decisions are regarded as of great authority; as, a literary oracle.
- English Word Oracle Definition A wise sentence or decision of great authority.
- English Word Oracle Definition To utter oracles.
- English Word Oracled Definition of Oracle
- English Word Oracling Definition of Oracle
- English Word Oracular Definition Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles; forecasting the future; as, an oracular tongue.
- English Word Oracular Definition Resembling an oracle in some way, as in solemnity, wisdom, authority, obscurity, ambiguity, dogmatism.
- English Word Oraculous Definition Oracular; of the nature of an oracle.
- English Word Oragious Definition Stormy.
- English Word Oraison Definition See Orison.
- English Word Oral Definition Uttered by the mouth, or in words; spoken, not written; verbal; as, oral traditions; oral testimony; oral law.
- English Word Oral Definition Of or pertaining to the mouth; surrounding or lining the mouth; as, oral cilia or cirri.
- English Word Orally Definition In an oral manner.
- English Word Orally Definition By, with, or in, the mouth; as, to receive the sacrament orally.
- English Word Orang Definition See Orang-outang.
- English Word Orang-outang Definition An arboreal anthropoid ape (Simia satyrus), which inhabits Borneo and Sumatra. Often called simply orang.
- English Word Orange Definition The fruit of a tree of the genus Citrus (C. Aurantium). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow when ripe.
- English Word Orange Definition The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree.
- English Word Orange Definition The color of an orange; reddish yellow.
- English Word Orange Definition Of or pertaining to an orange; of the color of an orange; reddish yellow; as, an orange ribbon.
- English Word Orangeade Definition A drink made of orange juice and water, corresponding to lemonade; orange sherbet.
- English Word Orangeat Definition Candied orange peel; also, orangeade.
- English Word Orangeism Definition Attachment to the principles of the society of Orangemen; the tenets or practices of the Orangemen.
- English Word Orangeman Definition One of a secret society, organized in the north of Ireland in 1795, the professed objects of which are the defense of the regning sovereign of Great Britain, the support of the Protestant religion, the maintenance of the laws of the kingdom, etc.; -- so called in honor of William, Prince of Orange, who became William III. of England.
- English Word Orangeroot Definition An American ranunculaceous plant (Hidrastis Canadensis), having a yellow tuberous root; -- also called yellowroot, golden seal, etc.
- English Word Orangery Definition A place for raising oranges; a plantation of orange trees.
- English Word Orangetawny Definition Deep orange-yellow; dark yellow.
- English Word Orangite Definition An orange-yellow variety of the mineral thorite, found in Norway.
- English Word Orarian Definition Of or pertaining to a coast.
- English Word Oration Definition An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner; especially, a discourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration, or the like; -- distinguished from an argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at Bunker Hill.