Name Report For First Name ORA:

ORA

First name ORA's origin is English. ORA means "money". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with ORA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of ora.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with ORA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with ORA - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming ORA

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES ORA AS A WHOLE:

aurora adora senora thora morag dora fedora horae isadora madora musidora pandora pheodora theodora theora zudora teodora teadora escorant moraunt corann ragnorak lorant horatiu adoracion aghamora aldora alora amora annora annorah anora avonmora cora coral coralee coralia coralie coraline coralyn corazana corazon deborah delora devora devorah dinora dinorah eilinora eldora eleadora eleanora eleonora eleora elnora elora feodora gorane guanhumora honora honoratas isidora korah koral lenora leonora liora lora loraina loraine loralee loralei loranna lorayne mora nicanora nora norabel orabel orabelle orah oralee orali pastora salbatora salvadora salvatora sanora tabora talora tzzipporah xalbadora xalvadora yoora zamora zemora zipora zipporah balmoral borak corcoran deoradhain doran fardoragh goraidh honorato horado jorah joram joran lamorat loran lorance morain moran orahamm oram oran oratun raedanoran raedbora thoraldtun wendlesora lamorak elenora bora zippora neorah eliora derora debora phedora norah musadora medora doralie hannelora oralie orane onora orzora sippora lorah toran

NAMES RHYMING WITH ORA (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ra) - Names That Ends with ra:

asura azmera chinara efra iyangura japera katura nadra sanura tandra zuhura estra moira soumra adra aludra alzubra badra bahira bushra johara nasira noura samira thara' yusra gadara chamorra dendera kakra mukamutara mukantagara sagira shukura subira zahra azura ceara abdera aethra aldara ara astra calandra cassandra cleopatra clytemnestra cynara cyra cythera deianira electra hemera hera hilaeira hydra hypermnestra isaura kleopatra lysandra marmara metanira phaedra sapphira thera vara adira afra zemira candra chaitra chandara chandra kawindra nidra odra pandara sakra saura sitara tara allegra cira genevra maura pietra xiomara dumitra lacramioara marioara trandafira aleksandra camara diara gabra jawara yera boukra amen-ra chenzira

NAMES RHYMING WITH ORA (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (or) - Names That Begins with or:

orbart orbert ord ordalf ordella ordland ordman ordmund ordsone ordwald ordway ordwin ordwine ordwyn orea oreias orelia oren orenda oreste orestes orford orghlaith orguelleuse orham ori oria oriana orianna orick oriel orik orin orino orion oris orithyia orla orlaith orlaithe orlan orland orlando orlee orlege orlena orlene orlin orlina orlondo orman ormazd ormeman ormemund ormod ormond ormund ornah orneet ornet ornetta ornette oro orpah orpheus orquidea orquidia orran orren orri orrick orrik orrin orsen orson orthros orton ortun ortygia ortzi orva orval orvelle orvil orville orvin orvyn orwald orwel orzsebet

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ORA:

First Names which starts with 'o' and ends with 'a':

o'shea oana oba obelia ocelfa octa octavia octha oda odakota odanda odeda odeletta odelia odelina odelinda odella odelyna odessa odiana odila odilia odysseia offa ofra ogaleesha oifa okhmhaka okimma okpara oksana ola oldwina oleda oleisia olena oleta oletha olexa olga oliana olimpia olina olinda olita oliveria olivia olya olympia oma omayda omusa ona onawa onella onida oona opalina ophelia ophra oppida osana osberga osburga osla osra otha othma otka ottavia otthilda ottila ottilia otylia ovadya oxa oya ozanna

English Words Rhyming ORA

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES ORA AS A WHOLE:

abdominothoracicadjective (a.) Relating to the abdomen and the thorax, or chest.

aboraladjective (a.) Situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth.

adorabilitynoun (n.) Adorableness.

adorableadjective (a.) Deserving to be adored; worthy of divine honors.
 adjective (a.) Worthy of the utmost love or respect.

adorablenessnoun (n.) The quality of being adorable, or worthy of adoration.

adorationnoun (n.) The act of playing honor to a divine being; the worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god.
 noun (n.) Homage paid to one in high esteem; profound veneration; intense regard and love; fervent devotion.
 noun (n.) A method of electing a pope by the expression of homage from two thirds of the conclave.

agoranoun (n.) An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek city.

alboraknoun (n.) The imaginary milk-white animal on which Mohammed was said to have been carried up to heaven; a white mule.

alcorannoun (n.) The Mohammedan Scriptures; the Koran (now the usual form).

alcoranicadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Koran.

alcoranistnoun (n.) One who adheres to the letter of the Koran, rejecting all traditions.

alkorannoun (n.) The Mohammedan Scriptures. Same as Alcoran and Koran.

alkoranicadjective (a.) Same as Alcoranic.

alkoranistnoun (n.) Same as Alcoranist.

ameliorableadjective (a.) Capable of being ameliorated.

amelioratingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ameliorate

ameliorationnoun (n.) The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration.

ameliorativeadjective (a.) Tending to ameliorate; producing amelioration or improvement; as, ameliorative remedies, efforts.

amelioratornoun (n.) One who ameliorates.

amphoranoun (n.) Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc.

amphoraladjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an amphora.

anaphoranoun (n.) A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.

anchorableadjective (a.) Fit for anchorage.

anchoragenoun (n.) The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
 noun (n.) A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.
 noun (n.) The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
 noun (n.) Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge.
 noun (n.) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
 noun (n.) A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties.
 noun (n.) Abode of an anchoret.

anchorateadjective (a.) Anchor-shaped.

angoranoun (n.) A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc.

aplacophoranoun (n. pl.) A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setae, but is without shelly plates.

arboraryadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to trees; arboreal.

arboratornoun (n.) One who plants or who prunes trees.

auroranoun (n.) The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the redness of the sky just before the sun rises.
 noun (n.) The rise, dawn, or beginning.
 noun (n.) The Roman personification of the dawn of day; the goddess of the morning. The poets represented her a rising out of the ocean, in a chariot, with rosy fingers dropping gentle dew.
 noun (n.) A species of crowfoot.
 noun (n.) The aurora borealis or aurora australis (northern or southern lights).

auroraladjective (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, the aurora (the dawn or the northern lights); rosy.

balmoralnoun (n.) A long woolen petticoat, worn immediately under the dress.
 noun (n.) A kind of stout walking shoe, laced in front.

basommatophoranoun (n. pl.) A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails.

bicorporaladjective (a.) Having two bodies.

bicorporateadjective (a.) Double-bodied, as a lion having one head and two bodies.

biflorateadjective (a.) Alt. of Biflorous

biforateadjective (a.) Having two perforations.

blastophoraladjective (a.) Alt. of Blastophoric

boomorahnoun (n.) A small West African chevrotain (Hyaemoschus aquaticus), resembling the musk deer.

borableadjective (a.) Capable of being bored.

borachtenoun (n.) A large leather bottle for liquors, etc., made of the skin of a goat or other animal. Hence: A drunkard.

boracicadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or produced from, borax; containing boron; boric; as, boracic acid.

boracitenoun (n.) A mineral of a white or gray color occurring massive and in isometric crystals; in composition it is a magnesium borate with magnesium chloride.

boracousadjective (a.) Relating to, or obtained from, borax; containing borax.

boragenoun (n.) A mucilaginous plant of the genus Borago (B. officinalis), which is used, esp. in France, as a demulcent and diaphoretic.

boragewortnoun (n.) Plant of the Borage family.

boraginaceousadjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants (Boraginaceae) which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many pestiferous plants.

boragineousadjective (a.) Relating to the Borage tribe; boraginaceous.

borameznoun (n.) See Barometz.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ORA (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (ra) - English Words That Ends with ra:


abracadabranoun (n.) A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.

acciaccaturanoun (n.) A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; -- used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to the short appoggiatura.

acetabuliferanoun (n. pl.) The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda.

agouaranoun (n.) The crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), found in the tropical parts of America.

algebranoun (n.) That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations and properties of quantity by means of letters and other symbols. It is applicable to those relations that are true of every kind of magnitude.
 noun (n.) A treatise on this science.

alhambranoun (n.) The palace of the Moorish kings at Granada.

almagranoun (n.) A fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. It is the sil atticum of the ancients. Under the name of Indian red it is used for polishing glass and silver.

amphineuranoun (n. pl.) A division of Mollusca remarkable for the bilateral symmetry of the organs and the arrangement of the nerves.

anisopleuranoun (n. pl.) A primary division of gastropods, including those having spiral shells. The two sides of the body are unequally developed.

anomuranoun (n. pl.) Alt. of Anomoura

anomouranoun (n. pl.) A group of decapod Crustacea, of which the hermit crab in an example.

anopluranoun (n. pl.) A group of insects which includes the lice.

anouranoun (n.) See Anura.

anuranoun (n. pl.) One of the orders of amphibians characterized by the absence of a tail, as the frogs and toads.

aparanoun (n.) See Mataco.

aphanipteranoun (n. pl.) A group of wingless insects, of which the flea in the type. See Flea.

appoggiaturanoun (n.) A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the same harmony; -- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony.

apteranoun (n. pl.) Insects without wings, constituting the seventh Linnaen order of insects, an artificial group, which included Crustacea, spiders, centipeds, and even worms. These animals are now placed in several distinct classes and orders.

aranoun (n.) The Altar; a southern constellation, south of the tail of the Scorpion.
 noun (n.) A name of the great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), native of South America.

araranoun (n.) The palm (or great black) cockatoo, of Australia (Microglossus aterrimus).

arthrogastranoun (n. pl.) A division of the Arachnida, having the abdomen annulated, including the scorpions, harvestmen, etc.; pedipalpi.

arthropleuranoun (n.) The side or limb-bearing portion of an arthromere.

asuranoun (n.) An enemy of the gods, esp. one of a race of demons and giants.

auranoun (n.) Any subtile, invisible emanation, effluvium, or exhalation from a substance, as the aroma of flowers, the odor of the blood, a supposed fertilizing emanation from the pollen of flowers, etc.
 noun (n.) The peculiar sensation, as of a light vapor, or cold air, rising from the trunk or limbs towards the head, a premonitory symptom of epilepsy or hysterics.

baccaranoun (n.) Alt. of Baccarat

barbaranoun (n.) The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives.

brachelytranoun (n. pl.) A group of beetles having short elytra, as the rove beetles.

brachypteranoun (n. pl.) A group of Coleoptera having short wings; the rove beetles.

brachyuranoun (n. pl.) A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common crabs, characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up beneath the large cephalo-thorax. [Also spelt Brachyoura.] See Crab, and Illustration in Appendix.

branchiuranoun (n. pl.) A group of Entomostraca, with suctorial mouths, including species parasitic on fishes, as the carp lice (Argulus).

bravuranoun (n.) A florid, brilliant style of music, written for effect, to show the range and flexibility of a singer's voice, or the technical force and skill of a performer; virtuoso music.

buckranoun (n.) A white man; -- a term used by negroes of the African coast, West Indies, etc.
 adjective (a.) White; white man's; strong; good; as, buckra yam, a white yam.

caesuranoun (n.) A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the caesural accent rests, or which is used as a foot.

calyptranoun (n.) A little hood or veil, resembling an extinguisher in form and position, covering each of the small flasklike capsules which contain the spores of mosses; also, any similar covering body.

cameranoun (n.) A chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: The camera obscura when used in photography. See Camera, and Camera obscura.

capibaranoun (n.) See Capybara.

capranoun (n.) A genus of ruminants, including the common goat.

capybaranoun (n.) A large South American rodent (Hydrochaerus capybara) Living on the margins of lakes and rivers. It is the largest extant rodent, being about three feet long, and half that in height. It somewhat resembles the Guinea pig, to which it is related; -- called also cabiai and water hog.

caracaranoun (n.) A south American bird of several species and genera, resembling both the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras act as scavengers, and are also called carrion buzzards.

caracoranoun (n.) A light vessel or proa used by the people of Borneo, etc., and by the Dutch in the East Indies.

carnivoranoun (n. pl.) An order of Mammallia including the lion, tiger, wolf bear, seal, etc. They are adapted by their structure to feed upon flesh, though some of them, as the bears, also eat vegetable food. The teeth are large and sharp, suitable for cutting flesh, and the jaws powerful.

cathedranoun (n.) The official chair or throne of a bishop, or of any person in high authority.

cephalophoranoun (n. pl.) The cephalata.

cephalopteranoun (n.) One of the generic names of the gigantic ray (Manta birostris), known as devilfish and sea devil. It is common on the coasts of South Carolina, Florida, and farther south. Some of them grow to enormous size, becoming twenty feet of more across the body, and weighing more than a ton.

cesuranoun (n.) See Caesura.

charanoun (n.) A genus of flowerless plants, having articulated stems and whorled branches. They flourish in wet places.

cheiropteranoun (n. pl.) An order of mammalia, including the bats, having four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web, so that they can be used like wings in flying. See Bat.

cheliceranoun (n.) One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are homologous with the falcers of spiders, and probably with the mandibles of insects.

cheluranoun (n.) A genus of marine amphipod crustacea, which bore into and sometimes destroy timber.

chikaranoun (n.) The goat antelope (Tragops Bennettii) of India.
 noun (n.) The Indian four-horned antelope (Tetraceros quadricornis).

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ORA (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (or) - Words That Begins with or:


oranoun (n.) A money of account among the Anglo-Saxons, valued, in the Domesday Book, at twenty pence sterling.
  (pl. ) of Os

orabassunoun (n.) A South American monkey of the genus Callithrix, esp.

orachnoun (n.) Alt. of Orache

orachenoun (n.) A genus (Atriplex) of herbs or low shrubs of the Goosefoot family, most of them with a mealy surface.

oraclenoun (n.) The answer of a god, or some person reputed to be a god, to an inquiry respecting some affair or future event, as the success of an enterprise or battle.
 noun (n.) Hence: The deity who was supposed to give the answer; also, the place where it was given.
 noun (n.) The communications, revelations, or messages delivered by God to the prophets; also, the entire sacred Scriptures -- usually in the plural.
 noun (n.) The sanctuary, or Most Holy place in the temple; also, the temple itself.
 noun (n.) One who communicates a divine command; an angel; a prophet.
 noun (n.) Any person reputed uncommonly wise; one whose decisions are regarded as of great authority; as, a literary oracle.
 noun (n.) A wise sentence or decision of great authority.
 verb (v. i.) To utter oracles.

oraclingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oracle

oracularadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles; forecasting the future; as, an oracular tongue.
 adjective (a.) Resembling an oracle in some way, as in solemnity, wisdom, authority, obscurity, ambiguity, dogmatism.

oraculousadjective (a.) Oracular; of the nature of an oracle.

oragiousadjective (a.) Stormy.

oraisonnoun (n.) See Orison.

oraladjective (a.) Uttered by the mouth, or in words; spoken, not written; verbal; as, oral traditions; oral testimony; oral law.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the mouth; surrounding or lining the mouth; as, oral cilia or cirri.

orangnoun (n.) See Orang-outang.

orangenoun (n.) 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.
 noun (n.) The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree.
 noun (n.) The color of an orange; reddish yellow.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to an orange; of the color of an orange; reddish yellow; as, an orange ribbon.

orangeadenoun (n.) A drink made of orange juice and water, corresponding to lemonade; orange sherbet.

orangeatnoun (n.) Candied orange peel; also, orangeade.

orangeismnoun (n.) Attachment to the principles of the society of Orangemen; the tenets or practices of the Orangemen.

orangemannoun (n.) 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.

orangerootnoun (n.) An American ranunculaceous plant (Hidrastis Canadensis), having a yellow tuberous root; -- also called yellowroot, golden seal, etc.

orangerynoun (n.) A place for raising oranges; a plantation of orange trees.

orangetawnynoun (a. & n.) Deep orange-yellow; dark yellow.

orarianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a coast.

orationnoun (n.) 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.
 verb (v. i.) To deliver an oration.

oratornoun (n.) A public speaker; one who delivers an oration; especially, one distinguished for his skill and power as a public speaker; one who is eloquent.
 noun (n.) In equity proceedings, one who prays for relief; a petitioner.
 noun (n.) A plaintiff, or complainant, in a bill in chancery.
 noun (n.) An officer who is the voice of the university upon all public occasions, who writes, reads, and records all letters of a public nature, presents, with an appropriate address, those persons on whom honorary degrees are to be conferred, and performs other like duties; -- called also public orator.

oratorialadjective (a.) Oratorical.

oratoriannoun (n.) See Fathers of the Oratory, under Oratory.
 adjective (a.) Oratorical.

oratoricaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to an orator or to oratory; characterized by oratory; rhetorical; becoming to an orator; as, an oratorical triumph; an oratorical essay.

oratorionoun (n.) A more or less dramatic text or poem, founded on some Scripture nerrative, or great divine event, elaborately set to music, in recitative, arias, grand choruses, etc., to be sung with an orchestral accompaniment, but without action, scenery, or costume, although the oratorio grew out of the Mysteries and the Miracle and Passion plays, which were acted.
 noun (n.) Performance or rendering of such a composition.

oratoriousadjective (a.) Oratorical.

oratorynoun (n.) A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set apart for private devotions.
 noun (n.) The art of an orator; the art of public speaking in an eloquent or effective manner; the exercise of rhetorical skill in oral discourse; eloquence.

oratressnoun (n.) A woman who makes public addresses.

oratrixnoun (n.) A woman plaintiff, or complainant, in equity pleading.

orbnoun (n.) A blank window or panel.
 noun (n.) A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star.
 noun (n.) One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be inclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions.
 noun (n.) A circle; esp., a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit.
 noun (n.) A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body.
 noun (n.) The eye, as luminous and spherical.
 noun (n.) A revolving circular body; a wheel.
 noun (n.) A sphere of action.
 noun (n.) Same as Mound, a ball or globe. See lst Mound.
 noun (n.) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defense, esp. infantry to repel cavalry.
 verb (v. t.) To form into an orb or circle.
 verb (v. t.) To encircle; to surround; to inclose.
 verb (v. i.) To become round like an orb.

orbingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Orb

orbateadjective (a.) Bereaved; fatherless; childless.

orbationnoun (n.) The state of being orbate, or deprived of parents or children; privation, in general; bereavement.

orbedadjective (a.) Having the form of an orb; round.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Orb

orbicadjective (a.) Alt. of Orbical

orbicaladjective (a.) Spherical; orbicular; orblike; circular.

orbiclenoun (n.) A small orb, or sphere.

orbiculanoun (n.) Same as Discina.

orbicularadjective (a.) Resembling or having the form of an orb; spherical; circular; orbiculate.

orbiculatenoun (n.) That which is orbiculate; especially, a solid the vertical section of which is oval, and the horizontal section circular.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Orbiculated

orbiculatedadjective (a.) Made, or being, in the form of an orb; having a circular, or nearly circular, or a spheroidal, outline.

orbiculationnoun (n.) The state or quality of being orbiculate; orbicularness.

orbitnoun (n.) The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon.
 noun (n.) An orb or ball.
 noun (n.) The cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated.
 noun (n.) The skin which surrounds the eye of a bird.

orbitaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to an orbit.

orbitaradjective (a.) Orbital.

orbitaryadjective (a.) Situated around the orbit; as, the orbitary feathers of a bird.

orbitelaenoun (n. pl.) A division of spiders, including those that make geometrical webs, as the garden spider, or Epeira.

orbitolitesnoun (n.) A genus of living Foraminifera, forming broad, thin, circular disks, containing numerous small chambers.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ORA:

English Words which starts with 'o' and ends with 'a':

oblongatanoun (n.) The medulla oblongata.

ocanoun (n.) A Peruvian name for certain species of Oxalis (O. crenata, and O. tuberosa) which bear edible tubers.

ochreanoun (n.) A greave or legging.
 noun (n.) A kind of sheath formed by two stipules united round a stem.

ocranoun (n.) See Okra.

ocreanoun (n.) See Ochrea.

octandrianoun (n.pl.) A Linnaean class of plants, in which the flowers have eight stamens not united to one another or to the pistil.

octoceranoun (n.pl.) Octocerata.

octoceratanoun (n.pl.) A suborder of Cephalopoda including Octopus, Argonauta, and allied genera, having eight arms around the head; -- called also Octopoda.

octogynianoun (n.pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having eight pistils.

octopodanoun (n.pl.) Same as Octocerata.
 noun (n.pl.) Same as Arachnida.

octopodianoun (n.pl.) Same as Octocerata.

oculinanoun (n.) A genus of tropical corals, usually branched, and having a very volid texture.

oculinaceanoun (n.pl.) A suborder of corals including many reef-building species, having round, starlike calicles.

odonatanoun (n. pl.) The division of insects that includes the dragon flies.

odontalgianoun (n.) Toothache.

odontophoranoun (n.pl.) Same as Cephalophora.

oedemanoun (n.) A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue.

oenomanianoun (n.) Delirium tremens.
 noun (n.) Dipsomania.

oinomanianoun (n.) See oenomania.

okranoun (n.) An annual plant (Abelmoschus, / Hibiscus, esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo.
 noun (n.) The pods of the plant okra, used as a vegetable; also, a dish prepared with them; gumbo.

oleanoun (n.) A genus of trees including the olive.

oligochaetanoun (n. pl.) An order of Annelida which includes the earthworms and related species.

olivanoun (n.) A genus of polished marine gastropod shells, chiefly tropical, and often beautifully colored.

ollanoun (n.) A pot or jar having a wide mouth; a cinerary urn, especially one of baked clay.
 noun (n.) A dish of stewed meat; an olio; an olla-podrida.

omagranoun (n.) Gout in the shoulder.

omeganoun (n.) The last letter of the Greek alphabet. See Alpha.
 noun (n.) The last; the end; hence, death.

omnivoranoun (n. pl.) A group of ungulate mammals including the hog and the hippopotamus. The term is also sometimes applied to the bears, and to certain passerine birds.

onagganoun (n.) The dauw.

onomatopoeianoun (n.) The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees; the hiss of a goose; the crackle of fire.

onychanoun (n.) An ingredient of the Mosaic incense, probably the operculum of some kind of strombus.
 noun (n.) The precious stone called onyx.

onychianoun (n.) A whitlow.
 noun (n.) An affection of a finger or toe, attended with ulceration at the base of the nail, and terminating in the destruction of the nail.

onychophoranoun (n. pl.) Malacopoda.

oothecanoun (n.) An egg case, especially those of many kinds of mollusks, and of some insects, as the cockroach. Cf. Ooecium.

oozoanoun (n. pl.) Same as Acrita.

operanoun (n.) A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music forms an essential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting of recitative, arials, choruses, duets, trios, etc., with orchestral accompaniment, preludes, and interludes, together with appropriate costumes, scenery, and action; a lyric drama.
 noun (n.) The score of a musical drama, either written or in print; a play set to music.
 noun (n.) The house where operas are exhibited.
  (pl. ) of Opus

operculanoun (n. pl.) See Operculum.
  (pl. ) of Operculum

operettanoun (n.) A short, light, musical drama.

ophidianoun (n. pl.) The order of reptiles which includes the serpents.
  (pl. ) of Ophidion

ophiomorphanoun (n. pl.) An order of tailless amphibians having a slender, wormlike body with regular annulations, and usually with minute scales imbedded in the skin. The limbs are rudimentary or wanting. It includes the caecilians. Called also Gymnophiona and Ophidobatrachia.

ophiuranoun (n.) A genus of ophiurioid starfishes.

ophiuridanoun (n. pl.) Same as Ophiurioidea.

ophiurioideanoun (n. pl.) Alt. of Ophiuroidea

ophiuroideanoun (n. pl.) A class of star-shaped echinoderms having a disklike body, with slender, articulated arms, which are not grooved beneath and are often very fragile; -- called also Ophiuroida and Ophiuridea. See Illust. under Brittle star.

ophthalmianoun (n.) An inflammation of the membranes or coats of the eye or of the eyeball.

opisthobranchianoun (n. pl.) Alt. of Opisthobranchiata

opisthobranchiatanoun (n. pl.) A division of gastropod Mollusca, in which the breathing organs are usually situated behind the heart. It includes the tectibranchs and nudibranchs.

opisthoglyphanoun (n. pl.) A division of serpents which have some of the posterior maxillary teeth grooved for fangs.

optocoelianoun (n.) The cavity of one of the optic lobes of the brain in many animals.

opuntianoun (n.) A genus of cactaceous plants; the prickly pear, or Indian fig.

oquassanoun (n.) A small, handsome trout (Salvelinus oquassa), found in some of the lakes in Maine; -- called also blueback trout.

orbulinanoun (n.) A genus of minute living Foraminifera having a globular shell.

orchestranoun (n.) The space in a theater between the stage and the audience; -- originally appropriated by the Greeks to the chorus and its evolutions, afterward by the Romans to persons of distinction, and by the moderns to a band of instrumental musicians.
 noun (n.) The place in any public hall appropriated to a band of instrumental musicians.
 noun (n.) Loosely: A band of instrumental musicians performing in a theater, concert hall, or other place of public amusement.
 noun (n.) Strictly: A band suitable for the performance of symphonies, overtures, etc., as well as for the accompaniment of operas, oratorios, cantatas, masses, and the like, or of vocal and instrumental solos.
 noun (n.) A band composed, for the largest part, of players of the various viol instruments, many of each kind, together with a proper complement of wind instruments of wood and brass; -- as distinguished from a military or street band of players on wind instruments, and from an assemblage of solo players for the rendering of concerted pieces, such as septets, octets, and the like.
 noun (n.) The instruments employed by a full band, collectively; as, an orchestra of forty stringed instruments, with proper complement of wind instruments.

oreosomanoun (n. pl.) A genus of small oceanic fishes, remarkable for the large conical tubercles which cover the under surface.

organistanoun (n.) Any one of several South American wrens, noted for the sweetness of their song.

orgyianoun (n.) A genus of bombycid moths whose caterpillars (esp. those of Orgyia leucostigma) are often very injurious to fruit trees and shade trees. The female is wingless. Called also vaporer moth.

ornithodelphianoun (n. pl.) Same as Monotremata.

ornithopodanoun (n. pl.) An order of herbivorous dinosaurs with birdlike characteristics in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind legs, which in some genera had only three functional toes, and supported the body in walking as in Iguanodon. See Illust. in Appendix.

ornithosaurianoun (n. pl.) An order of extinct flying reptiles; -- called also Pterosauria.

ornithoscelidanoun (n. pl.) A group of extinct Reptilia, intermediate in structure (especially with regard to the pelvis) between reptiles and birds.

orthopn/anoun (n.) Alt. of Orthopny

orthopodanoun (n. pl.) An extinct order of reptiles which stood erect on the hind legs, and resembled birds in the structure of the feet, pelvis, and other parts.

orthopteranoun (n. pl.) An order of mandibulate insects including grasshoppers, locusts, cockroaches, etc. See Illust. under Insect.

oryzanoun (n.) A genus of grasses including the rice plant; rice.

oscillarianoun (n.) A genus of dark green, or purplish black, filamentous, fresh-water algae, the threads of which have an automatic swaying or crawling motion. Called also Oscillatoria.

oscillatorianoun (n. pl.) Same as Oscillaria.

osteocollanoun (n.) A kind of glue obtained from bones.
 noun (n.) A cellular calc tufa, which in some places forms incrustations on the stems of plants, -- formerly supposed to have the quality of uniting fractured bones.

osteocommanoun (n.) A metamere of the vertebrate skeleton; an osteomere; a vertebra.

osteomanoun (n.) A tumor composed mainly of bone; a tumor of a bone.

osteomalacianoun (n.) A disease of the bones, in which they lose their earthy material, and become soft, flexible, and distorted. Also called malacia.

osteosarcomanoun (n.) A tumor having the structure of a sacroma in which there is a deposit of bone; sarcoma connected with bone.

osteozoanoun (n. pl.) Same as Vertebrata.

ostraceanoun (n. pl.) A division of bivalve mollusks including the oysters and allied shells.

ostracodanoun (n. pl.) Ostracoidea.

ostracoideanoun (n. pl.) An order of Entomostraca possessing hard bivalve shells. They are of small size, and swim freely about.

ostreanoun (n.) A genus of bivalve Mollusca which includes the true oysters.

otalgianoun (n.) Pain in the ear; earache.

otorrh/anoun (n.) A flow or running from the ear, esp. a purulent discharge.

ovanoun (n. pl.) See Ovum.
  (pl. ) of Ovum

overseaadjective (a.) Beyond the sea; foreign.
 adverb (adv.) Alt. of Overseas

oviparanoun (n. pl.) An artifical division of vertebrates, including those that lay eggs; -- opposed to Vivipara.

ovoplasmanoun (n.) Yolk; egg yolk.

oxyammonianoun (n.) Same as Hydroxylamine.

oxyopianoun (n.) Alt. of Oxyopy

oxyrhynchanoun (n. pl.) The maioid crabs.

ozenanoun (n.) A discharge of fetid matter from the nostril, particularly if associated with ulceration of the soft parts and disease of the bones of the nose.

ocarinanoun (n.) A kind of small simple wind instrument.