<B>orderliness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>orderly condition or character. <DD><B> 2. </B>orderly manner or behavior. <BR> <I>Ex. He bears testimony to the orderliness of the crowd (Hawthorne).</I> </DL>
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<B>orderly, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-lies,</B> adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>in order; with regular arrangement, method, or system. <BR> <I>Ex. an orderly arrangement of dishes on shelves, an orderly mind.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>keeping order; well-behaved or regulated. <BR> <I>Ex. an orderly class.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>concerned with carrying out orders; being on duty. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a hospital attendant who keeps things clean and in order and often helps with patients in certain ways. <DD><B> 2. </B>a noncommissioned officer or private soldier who attends a superior officer to carry orders and to help him in other ways. <BR> <I>Ex. The general's orderly delivered the message.</I> <DD><I>adv. </I> in or with due order; methodically. <BR> <I>Ex. We'll do this orderly (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="orderlyofficer">
<B>orderly officer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) the officer of the day. </DL>
<A NAME="orderlyroom">
<B>orderly room,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the office of the commanding officer of an infantry company or equivalent military unit, in which the first sergeant and company clerk are also situated. </DL>
<A NAME="orderofbattle">
<B>order of battle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an arrangement or disposition of the different parts of an army or fleet, especially for the purpose of engaging in battle or to be reviewed. </DL>
<A NAME="orderoftheday">
<B>order of the day,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the business to be considered on a particular day, especially by a legislature. <DD><B> 2. </B>specific commands or notices issued by a commanding officer to his troops. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) the prevailing rule or custom. <BR> <I>Ex. In Wall Street, ... giant money maneuvers are the order of the day (New York Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>order paper,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a paper or form used in the British House of Commons (or other legislative assembly of the Commonwealth) for recording questions or other business set down for future debate. </DL>
<A NAME="ordinaire">
<B>ordinaire, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) an inexpensive wine; vin ordinaire. </DL>
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<B>ordinal, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>showing order or position in a series. <DD><B> 2. </B>having to do with an order of animals or plants. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B><B>=ordinal number.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>Also, <B>Ordinal.</B> a book of special forms of certain church ceremonies, such as the conferring of holy orders in the Church of England or the conducting of the daily office in the Roman Catholic Church. adv. <B>ordinally.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="ordinality">
<B>ordinality, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the condition or property of being expressible in order. </DL>
<A NAME="ordinalnumber">
<B>ordinal number</B> or <B>numeral,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a number that shows order or position in a series. First, second, third, fourth, and so on are ordinal numbers; one, two, three, four, and so on are cardinal numbers. </DL>
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<B>ordinance, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a rule or law made by authority, especially one adopted and enforced by a municipal or other local authority; decree. <BR> <I>Ex. a traffic ordinance. Some cities have ordinances forbidding the use of soft coal. Freedom of religious worship was guaranteed to all settlers in the Northwest Territory by the Ordinance of 1787 (Ray Allen Billington).</I> (SYN) regulation, canon. <DD><B> 2. </B>an established religious ceremony, especially the sacrament of Holy Communion. <DD><B> 3. </B>what is ordained or decreed by God or by fate. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Archaic.) direction or management. </DL>
<A NAME="ordinand">
<B>ordinand, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person about to be ordained or to receive holy orders. </DL>
<A NAME="ordinant">
<B>ordinant, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> ordering; directing; ordaining. <BR> <I>Ex. Why, even in that was heaven ordinant (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a person who ordains or confers holy orders. </DL>
<A NAME="ordinariate">
<B>ordinariate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (in the Roman Catholic Church) a diocese or other division representing a particular group. <BR> <I>Ex. the military ordinariate.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ordinarily">
<B>ordinarily, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>commonly; usually; normally; regularly. <BR> <I>Ex. We ordinarily go to the movies on Saturday.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to the usual extent. </DL>
<A NAME="ordinariness">
<B>ordinariness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> ordinary quality or condition; commonness. <BR> <I>Ex. The ordinariness of these stories makes them boring.</I> </DL>
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<B>ordinary, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-naries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>usual; common; normal; regular; according to habit or custom. <BR> <I>Ex. an ordinary day's work. His ordinary lunch consists of soup, a sandwich, and milk. In ordinary life we use a great many words with a total disregard of logical precision (William S. Jevons).</I> (SYN) customary, habitual, wonted. <DD><B> 2. </B>not special; common; everyday; average. <BR> <I>Ex. an ordinary situation.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>somewhat below the average. <BR> <I>Ex. The speaker was ordinary and tiresome.</I> (SYN) mediocre, inferior. <DD><B> 4a. </B>having authority in his own right, by virtue of office. <BR> <I>Ex. a judge or bishop ordinary.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>immediate or original, not delegated. <BR> <I>Ex. jurisdiction ordinary.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a meal served at a fixed price. <BR> <I>Ex. A board hung out of a window signifying, "An excellent Ordinary on Saturdays and Sundays" (Henry Mackenzie).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(British.) <DD><B> a. </B>an inn. <DD><B> b. </B>the dining room of an inn. <DD><B> 3. </B>a person who has authority in his own right, such as a bishop or a judge, especially a judge of a probate court. <DD><B> 4. </B>Also, <B>Ordinary.</B> <DD><B> a. </B>the usual or unchangeable parts of the Mass; common. <DD><B> b. </B>the form for saying Mass. <DD><B> c. </B>a book containing this form. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Heraldry.) a bearing of the earliest, simplest, and commonest kind, usually bounded by straight lines. <DD><B> 6. </B>an early kind of bicycle having a high wheel in front with the seat on top, and a small wheel behind; high wheeler. <DD><B> 7. </B>(Obsolete.) a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned criminals for death. <BR><I>expr. <B>in ordinary,</B> </I>in regular service. <BR> <I>Ex. a physician in ordinary to the king.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>out of the ordinary,</B> </I>not regular or customary; unusual; extraordinary. <BR> <I>Ex. Such a long delay is out of the ordinary.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ordinaryseaman">
<B>ordinary seaman,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a sailor having some experience, but not yet an able seaman. (Abbr:) O.S. </DL>
<A NAME="ordinaryshare">
<B>ordinary share</B> or <B>stock,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a share of common stock. </DL>
<A NAME="ordinate">
<B>ordinate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the distance of a point on a graph above or below the horizontal axis, measured along a line parallel to the vertical axis. The ordinate and the abscissa together are coordinates of the point. </DL>
<A NAME="ordination">
<B>ordination, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or ceremony of ordaining a person to the ministry of a church. <DD><B> 2. </B>the condition of being ordained as a minister in a church. <BR> <I>Ex. His ordination gives him the right to conduct a marriage or a funeral.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>arrangement; disposition. </DL>
<A NAME="ordn">
<B>ordn.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> ordnance. </DL>
<A NAME="ordnance">
<B>ordnance, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>cannon or artillery. <BR> <I>Ex. heavy ordnance.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>military weapons of all kinds, such as guns, combat vehicles, and ammunition, together with the tools for repairing and maintaining them. (SYN) arms, armament. </DL>
<A NAME="ordo">
<B>ordo, </B>noun, pl. <B>ordines.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the schedule of offices, services, and festivals for every day of the year in the Roman Catholic Church. </DL>
<A NAME="ordonnance">
<B>ordonnance, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the arrangement or disposition of parts, as of a building, a picture, or a literary composition. <DD><B> 2. </B>a decree or law. </DL>
<A NAME="ordovician">
<B>Ordovician, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a geological period, the second in the Paleozoic era, after the Cambrian and before the Silurian. The Ordovician is characterized by the first appearance of vertebrates and the development of many trilobites, brachiopods, and other invertebrates. <DD><B> 2. </B>the rocks formed in this period. <DD><I>adj. </I> of the Ordovician or its rocks. </DL>
<A NAME="ordure">
<B>ordure, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>filth; dung; excrement. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) anything morally filthy or defiling, especially vile language. <BR> <I>Ex. Those let me curse; what vengeance will they urge, Whose ordures neither plague nor fire can purge? (John Dryden).</I> </DL>
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<B>ore, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a mineral or rock containing enough of a metal or metals to make mining it profitable. The ore may be found in its natural state or chemically combined with other substances. <BR> <I>Ex. Gold ore was discovered in California in 1848.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a natural substance yielding a nonmetallic material, such as sulfur. </DL>
<A NAME="ore">
<B>ore, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a unit of money equal to 1/100 of a Danish or Norwegian krone or of a Swedish krona. <DD><B> 2. </B>a bronze, aluminum, or zinc coin having this value. </DL>
<A NAME="ore">
<B>Ore.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Oregon. </DL>
<A NAME="oread">
<B>Oread</B> or <B>oread, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Mythology.) a mountain nymph. </DL>
<A NAME="orebody">
<B>orebody, </B>noun, pl. <B>-bodies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a bed or vein of ore. </DL>
<A NAME="orebridge">
<B>ore bridge,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a gantry crane used to pick up ore. </DL>
<A NAME="orecarrier">
<B>ore carrier,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a ship that carries ore. </DL>
<A NAME="oredressing">
<B>ore dressing,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of obtaining the valuable minerals contained in an ore by means involving physical changes only, as by crushing or washing. </DL>
<A NAME="oreg">
<B>Oreg.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Oregon. </DL>
<A NAME="oregano">
<B>oregano, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an aromatic herb, a species of marjoram. Oregano belongs to the mint family. The leaves are used for seasoning food. </DL>
