English words starting with or - page 24

Meanings of Orthopedist:

noun

A doctor who specializes in the treatment of bones that have not grown correctly or that have been damaged

Usage examples:

It may take six months to see an orthopedist for a hip replacement.

Meanings of Orthopedy:

noun

Orthopaedics.

Meanings of Orthophonic:

adjective

Of or relating to orthophony.

Meanings of Orthophony:

noun

Correct speaking or enunciation; the art or practice of this.

Meanings of Orthophoria:

noun

The state in which the visual axes of the eyes are directed toward the point of binocular fixation in the absence of a fusion stimulus.

Meanings of Orthophosphate:

noun

A salt or ester of orthophosphoric acid.

Usage examples:

Phosphorous is present in soil as orthophosphate

Meanings of Orthophyre:

noun

A porphyritic rock containing phenocrysts chiefly of orthoclase in a feldspathic groundmass.

Meanings of Orthophyric:

adjective

Characterized by or designating a rock texture in which there is a groundmass of randomly oriented, short, stout feldspar crystals of rectangular or square cross-section.

Meanings of Orthopinacoid:

noun

In a monoclinic crystal: a plane parallel to the vertical axis and the orthodiagonal axis.

Meanings of Orthopnea:

noun

Dyspnoea that is most severe in recumbency and that is alleviated by assuming an upright position. in early use also: †an instance of this (obsolete).

Meanings of Orthopneic:

adjective

Suffering from orthopnoea; of or relating to orthopnoea.

Meanings of Orthopnoea:

noun

Dyspnoea that is most severe in recumbency and that is alleviated by assuming an upright position. in early use also: †an instance of this (obsolete).

Meanings of Orthopnoeic:

adjective

Suffering from orthopnoea; of or relating to orthopnoea.

Meanings of Orthopod:

noun

An orthopaedic surgeon.

Meanings of Orthopoda:

noun

An orthopaedic surgeon.

Meanings of Orthopraxis:

noun

= orthopraxy .

Meanings of Orthopraxy:

noun

Rightness of action (as distinct from or in addition to rightness of thought); right-doing, practical righteousness; correct practice.

Meanings of Orthopsychiatry:

noun

The branch of psychiatry concerned with the prevention of mental or behavioural disorders, especially by studying borderline cases.

Usage examples:

I heard him speak at orthopsychiatry meetings where he criticized american intelligence tests for f…

Meanings of Orthopter:

noun

Another term for ornithopter.

Meanings of Orthoptera:

plural noun

An order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, crickets, and their relatives. they have a saddle-shaped thorax, hind legs that are typically long and modified for jumping, and a characteristic song which the male produces by stridulation.

Usage examples:

It affects only insects of the group orthoptera, like grasshoppers and locusts, and not honey bees,…

Meanings of Orthopteran:

noun

An insect of the order orthoptera, such as a grasshopper or cricket.

Usage examples:

More than half of the arthropods were spiders, followed by coleopterans, orthopterans, and homopter…

adjective

Relating to or denoting orthopterans.

Usage examples:

To ensure that we used biologically meaningful parameter estimates in our model, we used literature…

Meanings of Orthopterist:

noun

An expert in or student of the orthoptera.

Meanings of Orthopteroid:

adjective

Relating to a group of insect orders that are related to the grasshoppers and crickets, including also the stoneflies, stick insects, earwigs, cockroaches, mantises, and termites.

Usage examples:

An ovipositor may have produced the short posterior medial projection, or terminal imprint if it we…

Meanings of Orthopterological:

adjective

Of or relating to orthopterology.

Meanings of Orthopterology:

noun

The branch of entomology concerned with the orthoptera.