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n indefinite pronouns and adverbs when used interrogatively, which, when not so used, are ordinarilly enclitic.

Having the axis of an ovule or seed straight from the hilum and chalaza to the orifice or the micropyle; atropous.

Having the longer axis vertical; -- said of erect stems. Encyc. Brit.

That variety of xylene in which the two methyl groups are in the ortho position; a colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbon resembling benzene.

Of or relating to the time or act of rising; eastern; as, the ortive amplitude of a planet.

A European singing bird (Emberiza hortulana), about the size of the lark, with black wings. It is esteemed delicious food when fattened. Called also bunting.

One of several species of East Indian birds of the genera Ortygis and Hemipodius. They resemble quails, but lack the hind toe. See Turnix.

A kind of sage (Salvia Horminum).

The blindworm.

A kind of antidote for poisons; a counter poison formerly in vogue. [Obs.]

See Oriel.

The aard-vark.

Same as Oryctere.

Mineralogy. [Obs.] -- Or`yc*tog*nos"tic, a. -- Or`yc*tog*nos"tic*al, a. [Obs.] -- Or`yc*tog*nos"tic*al*ly, adv. [Obs.]

Description of fossils. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to oryctology. [Obs.]

One versed in oryctology. [Obs.]

An old name for paleontology.

A genus of African antelopes which includes the gemsbok, the leucoryx, the bisa antelope (O. beisa), and the beatrix antelope (O. beatrix) of Arabia.

A genus of grasses including the rice plant; rice.