Webster's Dictionary 1913

1351

Orbiculate

Or‐bic″u‐late (?), n. That which is orbiculate; especially, a solid the vertical section of which is oval, and the horizontal section circular.

1352

Orbiculate (2)

{ Or‐bic″u‐late (?), Or‐bic″u‐la′ted (?), } a. [L. orbiculatus. See Orbicular.] Made, or being, in the form of an orb; having a circular, or nearly circular, or a spheroidal, ou...

1353

Orbiculation

Or‐bic′u‐la″tion (?), n. The state or quality of being orbiculate; orbicularness. Dr. H. More.

1354

Orbit

Or″bit (?), n. [L. orbita a track or rut made by a wheel, course, circuit, fr. orbis a circle: cf. F. orbite. See 2d Orb.] 1. (Astron.) The path described by a heavenly body in ...

1355

Orbital

Or″bit‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to an orbit. “Orbital revolution.” J. D. Forbes.Orbital index(Anat.), in the skull, the ratio of the vertical height to the transverse width o...

1356

Orbitar

Or″bit‐ar (?), a. [Cf. F. orbitaire.] Orbital. Dunglison.

1357

Orbitary

Or″bit‐a‐ry (?), a. Situated around the orbit; as, the orbitary feathers of a bird.

1358

Orbitelæ

‖Or′bi‐te″læ (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. orbis an orb + tela a web.] (Zoöl.) A division of spiders, including those that make geometrical webs, as the garden spider, or Epeira.

1359

Orbitolites

‖Or′bi‐to‐li″tes (?), n. [NL. See Orbit, and -lite.] (Zoöl.) A genus of living Foraminifera, forming broad, thin, circular disks, containing numerous small chambers.

1360

Orbitonasal

Or′bi‐to‐na″sal (?), a. [Orbit + nasal.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the orbit and the nose; as, the orbitonasal, or ophthalmic, nerve.

1361

Orbitosphenoid

Or′bi‐to‐sphe″noid (?), a. [Orbit + sphenoid.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone and the orbit, or to the orbitosphenoid bone. — n. The orbitosphenoid bone, which is...

1362

Orbitosphenoidal

Or′bi‐to‐sphe‐noid″al (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the orbitosphenoid bone; orbitosphenoid.

1363

Orbituary

Or‐bit″u‐a‐ry (?), a. Orbital.

1364

Orbitude

{ Or″bi‐tude (?), Or″bi‐ty (?), } n. [L. orbitudo, orbitas, fr. orbus: cf. F. orbité. See Orbate.] Orbation. Bp. Hall.

1365

Orbulina

‖Or′bu‐li″na (?), n. [NL., dim. of L. orbis orb.] (Zoöl.) A genus of minute living Foraminifera having a globular shell.

1366

Orby

Orb″y (?), a. [From 2d Orb.] Orblike; having the course of an orb; revolving. “Orby hours.” Chapman.

1367

Orc

Orc (?), n. [L. orca: cf. F. orque.] (Zoöl.) The grampus. [Written also ork and orch.] Milton.

1368

Orcadian

Or‐ca″di‐an (?), a. [L. Orcades the Orkney Islands.] Of or pertaining to the Orkney Islands.

1369

Orcein

Or″ce‐in (?), n.(Chem.) A reddish brown amorphous dyestuff, C7H7NO3, obtained from orcin, and forming the essential coloring matter of cudbear and archil. It is closely related ...

1370

Orchal

Or″chal (?), n. See Archil.

1371

Orchanet

Or″cha‐net (?), n. [F. orcanète.] (Bot.) Same as Alkanet, 2. Ainsworth.

1372

Orchard

Or″chard (?), n. [AS. ortgeard, wyrtgeard, lit., wortyard, i.e., a yard for herbs; wyrt herb + geard yard. See Wort, Yard inclosure.] 1. A garden.2. An inclosure containing frui...

1373

Orcharding

Or″chard‐ing (?), n. 1. The cultivation of orchards.2. Orchards, in general.

1374

Orchardist

Or″chard‐ist, n. One who cultivates an orchard.

1375

Orchel

Or″chel (?), n. Archil.

1376

Orchesography

Or′che‐sog″ra‐phy (?), n. [Gr. � dance + -graphy.] A treatise upon dancing.

1377

Orchester

Or″ches‐ter (?), n. See Orchestra.