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  • English Word Orientated Definition of Orientate
  • English Word Orientating Definition of Orientate
  • English Word Orientation Definition The act or process of orientating; determination of the points of the compass, or the east point, in taking bearings.
  • English Word Orientation Definition The tendency of a revolving body, when suspended in a certain way, to bring the axis of rotation into parallelism with the earth's axis.
  • English Word Orientation Definition An aspect or fronting to the east; especially (Arch.), the placing of a church so that the chancel, containing the altar toward which the congregation fronts in worship, will be on the east end.
  • English Word Orientation Definition Fig.: A return to first principles; an orderly arrangement.
  • English Word Orientness Definition The quality or state of being orient or bright; splendor.
  • English Word Orifice Definition A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound.
  • English Word Oriflamb Definition Alt. of Oriflamme
  • English Word Oriflamme Definition The ancient royal standard of France.
  • English Word Oriflamme Definition A standard or ensign, in battle.
  • English Word Origan Definition Alt. of Origanum
  • English Word Origanum Definition A genus of aromatic labiate plants, including the sweet marjoram (O. Marjorana) and the wild marjoram (O. vulgare).
  • English Word Origenism Definition The opinions of Origen of Alexandria, who lived in the 3d century, one of the most learned of the Greek Fathers. Prominent in his teaching was the doctrine that all created beings, including Satan, will ultimately be saved.
  • English Word Origenist Definition A follower of Origen of Alexandria.
  • English Word Origin Definition The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.
  • English Word Origin Definition That from which anything primarily proceeds; the fountain; the spring; the cause; the occasion.
  • English Word Origin Definition The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion.
  • English Word Originable Definition Capable of being originated.
  • English Word Original Definition Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as, the original state of man; the original laws of a country; the original inventor of a process.
  • English Word Original Definition Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original process; the original text of Scripture.
  • English Word Original Definition Having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; inventive; as, an original genius.
  • English Word Original Definition Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter.
  • English Word Original Definition Origin; commencement; source.
  • English Word Original Definition That which precedes all others of its class; archetype; first copy; hence, an original work of art, manuscript, text, and the like, as distinguished from a copy, translation, etc.
  • English Word Original Definition An original thinker or writer; an originator.
  • English Word Original Definition A person of marked eccentricity.
  • English Word Original Definition The natural or wild species from which a domesticated or cultivated variety has been derived; as, the wolf is thought by some to be the original of the dog, the blackthorn the original of the plum.
  • English Word Originalist Definition One who is original.
  • English Word Originality Definition The quality or state of being original.