<B>Oregon grape,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an evergreen shrub of the barberry family, growing in the western United States and bearing clusters of yellow flowers and small blue-black berries. The blossom is the state flower of Oregon. <DD><B> 2. </B>the berry. </DL>
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<B>Oregonian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Oregon or its people. <DD><I>noun </I> a native or inhabitant of Oregon. </DL>
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<B>Oregon jay,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a jay of the northwestern United States similar in appearance and habits to the Canada jay but with different coloring. </DL>
<A NAME="oregonlarch">
<B>Oregon larch,</B> <B>=western larch.</B></DL>
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<B>Oregon laurel,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an evergreen tree of the laurel family, growing in Oregon and California; spice tree; myrtlewood. </DL>
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<B>Oregon maple,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a maple tree of the Pacific Coast, with large leaves and a valuable hardwood. </DL>
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<B>Oregon pine</B> or <B>fir,</B> <B>=Douglas fir.</B></DL>
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<B>Oregon towhee,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a towhee of the Pacific coast region of the United States and Canada. </DL>
<A NAME="orenda">
<B>orenda, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a supernatural or magic power believed by the Iroquois Indians to be contained in every object and being. </DL>
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<B>Oreo, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) a black man who thinks and acts like a white man (used in an unfriendly way). <BR> <I>Ex. "Trouble is Negroes been programmed by white folks to believe their products are inferior. We've developed into a generation of Oreos--black on the outside, white on the inside" (Harper's).</I> </DL>
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<B>Oreopithecus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a humanoid that lived between ten and twelve million years ago, whose remains have been found in coal beds in Italy. Opinion varies as to whether or not it is a true ancestor of man. </DL>
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<B>ore rotundo,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) <DD><B> 1. </B>clearly and distinctly. <DD><B> 2. </B>(literally) with round mouth. </DL>
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<B>ore shoot,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a concentration of mineral ore within an orebody. <BR> <I>Ex. In veins and dikes ore generally is concentrated into irregularly shaped bodies called ore shoots (Fenton and Fenton).</I> </DL>
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<B>Orestes, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Legend.) the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who killed his mother because she had murdered his father. He was pursued by the Furies for this crime. </DL>
<B>org.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an abbreviation for the following: <DD><B> 1. </B>organ. <DD><B> 2. </B>organic. <DD><B> 3. </B>organist. <DD><B> 4. </B>organization. <DD><B> 5. </B>organized. </DL>
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<B>organ, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>a musical instrument made of pipes of different lengths, which are sounded by compressed air blown by a bellows, and played by keys arranged in one or more keyboards, pipe organ. Organs are used especially in church, and the modern organ is the most comprehensive of all musical instruments. <DD><B> b. </B>any one of certain smaller instruments somewhat like the pipe organ but sounded by electronic devices. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of various other musical instruments: <DD><B> a. </B>a street organ or hand organ. <DD><B> b. </B>a parlor organ or reed organ. <DD><B> c. </B>a mouth organ or harmonica. <DD><B> d. </B>(in the Bible) any wind instrument. <DD><B> 3. </B>any part of an animal or plant that is composed of various tissues organized to do certain things in life. The eyes, stomach, heart, and lungs are organs of the body. Stamens, pistils, and roots are organs of plants. <BR> <I>Ex. In most complex organisms, some organs become specialized to perform only a portion of a process (Harbaugh and Goodrich).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) a means of action; instrument. <BR> <I>Ex. A court is an organ of government.</I> (SYN) agency. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Figurative.) a means of giving information or expressing opinions; newspaper, magazine, or the like, that speaks for and gives the views of a political party or some other organization. </DL>
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<B>organa, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a plural of <B>organum</B> and a plural of <B>organon.</B> </DL>
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<B>organdy</B> or <B>organdie, </B>noun, pl. <B>-dies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fine, thin, stiff, transparent muslin, used especially for dresses, curtains, and trimming. </DL>
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<B>organelle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) a minute specialized part of a cell, such as a vacuole in protozoans, analogous in function to an organ of higher animals. </DL>
<A NAME="organgrinder">
<B>organ grinder,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person, especially a wandering street musician, who plays a hand organ by turning a crank. </DL>
<A NAME="organic">
<B>organic, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of the bodily organs; vital; affecting the structure of an organ. <BR> <I>Ex. an organic disease, an organic process.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>produced by animal or plant activities. <BR> <I>Ex. organic fertilizer.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Chemistry.) of or having to do with compounds containing carbon. Starch is an organic compound. <DD><B> 4. </B>having organs, or an organized physical structure, as plants and animals have; not of the mineral kingdom. <DD><B> 5. </B>made up of related parts, but being a unit; coordinated. <BR> <I>Ex. The United States is an organic whole made up of 50 states.</I> (SYN) organized. <DD><B> 6. </B>that is part of the structure or constitution of a person or thing; fundamental. <BR> <I>Ex. The Constitution is the organic law of the United States.</I> (SYN) inherent, innate, constitutional. <DD><B> 7a. </B>grown or prepared with natural fertilizers or without the use of insecticides and other chemicals. <BR> <I>Ex. organic food.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>having to do with or using natural fertilizers; not involving the use of chemicals. <BR> <I>Ex. organic farming. Going organic ... will mean that the Thanksgiving turkey must be imported from an organic farm (Time).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> any organic substance, such as a fertilizer of animal or vegetable origin. </DL>
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<B>organic acid,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any carbon compound that displays typical acidic properties, especially one containing the carboxyl radical--COOH. </DL>
<B>organically, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>in an organic manner. <DD><B> 2. </B>by or with animal or plant organs. <DD><B> 3. </B>in organization. <DD><B> 4. </B>as part of an organization. <DD><B> 5. </B>with natural fertilizers and without the use of insecticides and other chemicals. <BR> <I>Ex. to grow fruits and vegetables organically, organically prepared food.</I> </DL>
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<B>organic chemistry,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the branch of chemistry that deals with compounds of carbon; chemistry of organic compounds, such as foods and fuels. </DL>
<A NAME="organiccooled">
<B>organic-cooled, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> cooled by an organic compound. <BR> <I>Ex. an organic-cooled nuclear reactor.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="organicism">
<B>organicism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>the doctrine that everything in nature has an organic basis or explanation. <DD><B> b. </B>the medical theory that all symptoms of disease can be traced back to an organic lesion or defect. <DD><B> 2. </B>the doctrine that organic structure is merely the result of an inherent property in matter to adapt itself to circumstances. </DL>
<A NAME="organicist">
<B>organicist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who believes that all symptoms of disease have an organic cause. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who favors or advocates a doctrine of organicism. </DL>
<B>organism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a living body having organs that work together to carry on the processes of life; individual animal or plant. <BR> <I>Ex. It is almost impossible to keep any space in the habitable parts of the earth's surface free from organisms (Fred W. Emerson).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a very tiny animal or plant; microorganism. <DD><B> 3. </B>a whole made up of related parts that work together. Human society, or any community, may be spoken of as a social organism. </DL>
<A NAME="organismal">
<B>organismal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or produced by living organisms. </DL>
<B>organist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who plays an organ. <BR> <I>Ex. a church organist.</I> </DL>
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<B>organistic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of, having to do with, or characteristic of the organ or organ music. <BR> <I>Ex. These pieces both are rather "organistic," but so was the aim of the record, which is achieved gloriously (John M. Conly).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with animal or plant organs. <BR> <I>Ex. Until quite recently, the theories proposed for anesthesia have been based on gross and organistic concepts rather than upon concepts arising out of actions at the molecular level (Raymond C. Ingraham).</I> </DL>
