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Deep orange-yellow; dark yellow. Shak.

Organogenesis.

The designation or nomenclature of organs. B. G. Wilder.

See Origan.

n beds, chiefly limestone, characteristic of the latest period of the Silurian age. Oriskany period, a subdivision of the American Paleozoic system intermediate or translational in character between the Silurian and Devonian ages. See Chart of Geology.

The art of correct articulation; voice training.

condition in which respiration can be performed only in an erect posture; by extension, any difficulty of breathing.

The formation or growth of bone.

To exceed in buffoonery. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Acuteness or shrillness of voice.

See Peony.

That branch of paleontology which treats of fossil plants.

See Pannier. [Obs.] Pepys.

See Panim. [Obs.]

A friend of the bridegroom who went with him in his chariot to fetch home the bride. Milton.

Bridal; nuptial. [R.] At some paranymphal feast. Ford.

A whitlow, or felon. Quincy.

A paronymous word. [Written also paronyme.]

Having the same derivation; allied radically; conjugate; -- said of certain words, as man, mankind, manhood, etc.

The quality of being paronymous; also, the use of paronymous words.