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- English Word Organographical Definition Of or pertaining to organography.
- English Word Organographist Definition One versed in organography.
- English Word Organography Definition A description of the organs of animals or plants.
- English Word Organoleptic Definition Making an impression upon an organ; plastic; -- said of the effect or impression produced by any substance on the organs of touch, taste, or smell, and also on the organism as a whole.
- English Word Organological Definition Of or relating to organology.
- English Word Organology Definition The science of organs or of anything considered as an organic structure.
- English Word Organology Definition That branch of biology which treats, in particular, of the organs of animals and plants. See Morphology.
- English Word Organometallic Definition Metalorganic.
- English Word Organon Definition Alt. of Organum
- English Word Organonymy Definition The designation or nomenclature of organs.
- English Word Organophyly Definition The tribal history of organs, -- a branch of morphophyly.
- English Word Organoplastic Definition Having the property of producing the tissues or organs of animals and plants; as, the organoplastic cells.
- English Word Organoscopy Definition Phrenology.
- English Word Organotrophic Definition Relating to the creation, organization, and nutrition of living organs or parts.
- English Word Organule Definition One of the essential cells or elements of an organ. See Sense organule, under Sense.
- English Word Organum Definition An organ or instrument; hence, a method by which philosophical or scientific investigation may be conducted; -- a term adopted from the Aristotelian writers by Lord Bacon, as the title ("Novum Organon") of part of his treatise on philosophical method.
- English Word Organy Definition See Origan.
- English Word Organzine Definition 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.
- English Word Orgasm Definition Eager or immoderate excitement or action; the state of turgescence of any organ; erethism; esp., the height of venereal excitement in sexual intercourse.
- English Word Orgeat Definition A sirup in which, formerly, a decoction of barley entered, but which is now prepared with an emulsion of almonds, -- used to flavor beverages or edibles.
- English Word Orgeis Definition See Organling.
- English Word Orgiastic Definition Pertaining to, or of the nature of, orgies.
- English Word Orgies Definition A sacrifice accompanied by certain ceremonies in honor of some pagan deity; especially, the ceremonies observed by the Greeks and Romans in the worship of Dionysus, or Bacchus, which were characterized by wild and dissolute revelry.
- English Word Orgies Definition Drunken revelry; a carouse.
- English Word Orgies Definition of Orgy
- English Word Orgillous Definition Proud; haughty.
- English Word Orgue Definition Any one of a number of long, thick pieces of timber, pointed and shod with iron, and suspended, each by a separate rope, over a gateway, to be let down in case of attack.
- English Word Orgue Definition A piece of ordnance, consisting of a number of musket barrels arranged so that a match or train may connect with all their touchholes, and a discharge be secured almost or quite simultaneously.
- English Word Orgulous Definition See Orgillous.
- English Word Orgy Definition A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See Orgies