English words: orthodiagraphy to orthoptic
300 English words, part 39 of 67 of the words starting with O, A to Z. 18 have a page of their own.
English words orthodiagraphy to orthoptic
- orthodiagraphy noun: Examination by means of an orthodiagraph.
- orthodigita noun: A correction of a misalignment of the toes
- orthodiphenol noun: Any diphenol in which the two hydroxyls are in the ortho position
- orthodiphenolic adjective: Relating to an orthodiphenol
- orthodome noun: A dome that is parallel to the orthodiagonal in a monoclinic crystal.
- orthodont adjective: Of teeth, pointing downwards.
- orthodontal adjective: orthodontic
- orthodontia noun: Synonym of orthodontics.
- orthodontic adjective: Of, or relating to the dental speciality of orthodontics.
- orthodontic band noun: A thin strip of metal, cemented to the crown of a tooth, to which wires are attached in order to reposition teeth
- orthodontically adverb: By orthodontic means.
- orthodontics noun: A specialty of dentistry concerned with correcting misalignment of teeth.
- orthodontist noun /ˌɔː(ɹ)θəˈdɒntɪst/: An orthodontic dentist.
- orthodontology noun: Orthodontics.
- orthodonture noun: Orthodontics.
- orthodox adjective, noun /ˈɔːθədɒks/: Conforming to the accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology.
- Orthodox Church noun: The Eastern Orthodox Church.
- orthodox file manager noun: A file manager program with a traditional textbased user interface.
- Orthodox Jew noun: An adherent of Orthodox Judaism
- Orthodox Jewish adjective: Of or relating to Orthodox Jews or Orthodox Judaism
- orthodox spin noun: finger spin
- orthodox spinner noun: A finger spinner.
- orthodoxality noun: The quality of being orthodox.
- Orthodoxan noun: Alternative form of orthodoxian.
- orthodoxia noun: Correct praise; correct faith.
- orthodoxian adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to Orthodox beliefs.
- orthodoxic adjective: orthodox
- orthodoxical adjective: Dated form of orthodox.
- orthodoxically adverb: In an orthodoxical manner.
- orthodoxise verb: Alternative form of orthodoxize.
- orthodoxism noun: Strict orthodoxy.
- orthodoxist noun: An advocate of a rigid orthodoxy
- orthodoxization noun: The process of making orthodox.
- orthodoxize verb: To render something or someone orthodox.
- orthodoxly adverb /ˈɔːθədɒksli/: In a correct or proper way; conventionally; correctly.
- orthodoxness noun: The state or condition of being orthodox.
- orthodoxy noun /ˈɔːθədɒksi/: Correctness of doctrine and belief in regard to any doctrinal (i.e. philosophical or theological) system.
- orthodromal adjective: orthodromic
- orthodrome noun: A great circle, or part of one.
- orthodromic adjective: Of or relating to a means of navigation by following an arc of the great circle corresponding to the shortest distance between two points on the globe.
- orthodromically adverb: In an orthodromic manner
- orthodromics noun: orthodromic navigation
- orthodromy noun: Navigation based on calculating the shortest distance between two locations on a globe or sphere.
- orthoepic adjective /ˌɔːθəʊˈɛpɪk/: Synonym of phonological: concerning the study of pronunciation.
- orthoepical adjective: Synonym of orthoepic.
- orthoepically adverb: In an orthoepical manner: pronounced correctly or in accordance with standard usage.
- orthoepist noun /ɔːˈθəʊɪˌpɪst/: An expert at orthoepy: a person who studies the pronunciation of words, especially (historical) one of the orthoepists, 16th- and 17th-century linguists who...
- orthoepistic adjective: Relating to orthoepists or to orthoepy
- orthoepistical adjective /ˌɔːr.θi.əˈpɪs.tɪ.kəl/: orthoepistic
- orthoepy noun /ˈɔː.θəʊˌiː.pi/: The study of pronunciation.
- orthoericssonite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal reddish black mineral containing barium, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
- orthoester noun: Any compound, of general formula R-C(OR^')₃, having three alkoxy groups on a single carbon atom
- orthoevolution noun: orthogenesis
- orthoevolutionary adjective: Of or relating to orthoevolution.
- orthoexciton noun: An exciton whose spin is parallel to that of its hole
- orthofacial adjective: Describing surgery to the bones of the face augmented by plastic surgery to the overlying tissue
- orthofelsite noun: Synonym of orthophyre.
- orthoferrite noun: Any of a class of chemical compounds with the general formula RFeO₃, where R is any rare earth element.
- orthoferrosilite noun: An iron silicate that crystallizes as an orthorhombic pyroxene
- orthofluvial adjective: Describing the area, next to a river, that is frequently flooded
- orthoform noun: A former anaesthetic.
- orthoformate noun: Any orthoester, formally derived from formic acid, of general formula HC(OR)₃
- orthogamous adjective: Of or pertaining to orthogamy
- orthogamy noun: fertilization of the ovules of a plant by pollen from the same plant
- orthogastropod noun: Any snail of the subclass Orthogastropoda.
- orthogenesis noun: The hypothesis that evolution tends toward a certain goal, at least at some scales.
- orthogenetic adjective: Of or pertaining to orthogenesis or orthogenetics.
- orthogenetical adjective: Alternative form of orthogenetic.
- orthogenetically adverb: In terms of, or by means of, orthogenesis.
- orthogeneticist noun: One who supports the idea of orthogenesis.
- orthogenetics noun: orthogenesis
- orthogenic adjective: Relating to orthogenesis.
- orthogenomic adjective: Relating to orthogenomics
- orthogenomics noun: The application of genomics to orthopedics
- orthogeosyncline noun: A linear geosynclinal belt lying between continental and oceanic cratons, and having internal volcanic belts (eugeosynclinal) and external nonvolcanic belts...
- orthogeriatric adjective: Describing orthopaedic care for geriatric patients
- orthogeriatrics noun: orthopaedics for geriatric patients
- orthogeris noun: Orthogeriatrics.
- orthoglycaemic adjective: Alternative form of orthoglycemic.
- orthognathic adjective: Straight-jawed.
- orthognathism noun: The quality of being orthognathous.
- orthognathous adjective: Straight-jawed.
- orthognathy noun: The condition of being orthognathous
- orthogneiss noun: A gneiss derived from an igneous rock.
- orthogon noun: A right-angled triangle.
- orthogonal adjective, noun /ɔːˈθɒɡ.ə.nəl/: Of two objects, at right angles; perpendicular to each other.
- orthogonal complement noun: The set of all vectors which are orthogonal to a given set of vectors.
- orthogonal function noun: Either of a pair of functions whose inner product is zero
- orthogonal group noun: For given n and field F (especially where F is the real numbers), the group of n × n orthogonal matrices with elements in F, where the group operation is...
- orthogonal matrix noun: A square matrix whose columns, considered as vectors, are orthonormal to each other. This implies that the transpose of such a matrix is also its inverse.
- orthogonalisation noun: Alternative spelling of orthogonalization.
- orthogonalise verb: Alternative form of orthogonalize.
- orthogonality noun /ɔːˌθɒɡ.əˈnæl.ɪ.ti/: The property of being orthogonal.
- orthogonalization noun: The process of converting a set of functions or vectors into orthogonal ones.
- orthogonalize verb: To make orthogonal.
- orthogonally adverb: In an orthogonal manner; perpendicularly; at right angles
- orthogonial adjective: Alternative form of orthogonal.
- Orthogonian adjective, noun: A member of the Orthogonian society, a social club at Whittier College founded by Richard M. Nixon in opposition to the wealthy elites at Whittier.
- orthogonium noun: right-angled triangle
- orthograde adjective: Walking or standing with the body upright.
- orthogradely adverb: In an orthograde manner.
- orthograft noun: an orthotopic graft
- orthograph noun /ˈɔː(ɹ)θəɡɹæf/: An orthographic projection.
- orthographer noun: Someone who devises an orthography.
- orthographic adjective /ˌɔːθəˈɡɹæfɪk/: Of a projection used in maps, architecture etc., in which the rays are parallel.
- orthographic neighbor noun: US standard spelling of orthographic neighbour.
- orthographic neighborhood noun: The set of words that can be formed by changing one letter while maintaining letter positions.
- orthographic neighbour noun: A word that differs from another word of the same length by only one letter.
- orthographic neighbourhood noun: UK standard spelling of orthographic neighborhood.
- orthographical adjective: Of, or relating to orthography or spelling.
- orthographically adverb: Regarding or relating to orthography (the way in which languages, usually natural languages, are written).
- orthographise verb: Alternative form of orthographize.
- orthographist noun: One who is versed in orthography.
- orthographize verb: To spell correctly or according to usage or pronunciation.
- orthography noun, verb /ɔːˈθɒɡɹəfi/: A method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols; spelling.
- orthograptid noun: Any graptolite of the genus Orthograptus.
- orthogravitropism noun: The normal tendency of a plants parts to bend downward under the effects of gravity
- orthogrid noun: A structure similar to an isogrid but having rectangular rather than triangular openings.
- orthogroup noun: The group of genes descended from a single gene in the last common ancestor of a clade of species.
- orthohantavirus noun: Any member of the genus Orthohantavirus of single-stranded, enveloped, negative-sense RNA viruses.
- orthohedric adjective: Relating to, or characteristic of an orthohedron
- orthohedron noun: A figure, somewhat like a cube but with two square faces and four rectangular faces
- orthohexagonal adjective: Having orthorhombic hexagonal symmetry
- orthohyperkeratosis noun: Synonym of orthokeratosis.
- orthohyperkeratotic adjective: Relating to orthohyperkeratosis.
- orthoimage noun: An orthophoto.
- orthoimagery noun: orthoimages in general; their production
- orthokeratological adjective: Relating to orthokeratology.
- orthokeratology noun: The creation of gas-permeable contact lenses that temporarily reshape the cornea to reduce refractive errors.
- orthokeratosis noun: Hyperkeratosis without parakeratosis.
- orthokeratotic adjective: Related to orthokeratosis
- orthokinesis noun: A form of kinesis in which the speed of movement of the individual is dependent upon the intensity of the stimulus.
- orthokinetic adjective: Describing any property related to the kinetic energy imparted by collisions with other bodies
- ortholattice noun: An orthocomplemented lattice.
- ortholinear adjective: Of a keyboard, having keys that are aligned in a perfect grid.
- ortholinearity noun: The state of being ortholinear.
- ortholog noun: Any of two or more homologous gene sequences found in different species related by linear descent.
- orthological adjective: Relating to orthology
- orthologization noun: The process of rendering something orthologous.
- orthologous adjective: Exhibiting orthology; having been separated by a speciation event. Usually while retaining the same function.
- orthologously adverb: In regard to, or by means of orthology
- orthologue noun: One of two or more homologous gene sequences found in different species.
- orthology noun: Correct speaking or the correct use of words.
- orthomagmatic adjective: Relating to the main phase of crystallisation of magma.
- orthomegodont adjective: Being or having teeth with a nonelongated crown and symmetrical median labial lobe, especially in rodents such as zokors.
- orthometer noun: A device for measuring the asymmetry of teeth.
- orthometric adjective: Having axes at right angles.
- orthometrically adverb: In an orthometric manner.
- orthometry noun: The art or practice of constructing verses correctly or harmoniously; the rules of correct poetry.
- orthominasragrite noun: An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and vanadium.
- orthomitosis noun: A form of mitosis characterized by an axial, central, symmetric, and bipolar spindle.
- orthomode noun: describing a transducer that use two orthogonally polarized microwave beams
- orthomodular adjective: Describing a lattice with the property that its every orthogonal pair is modular.
- orthomodularity noun: The condition of being orthomodular
- orthomolecular adjective: Relating to the theory that human health, including mental illness, depends upon chemical deficiencies and can be cured with vitamins etc.
- orthomorphic adjective: conformal
- orthomorphism noun: A morphism that is also a permutation
- orthomorphodont adjective: Having the normal form of dentition
- orthomosaic noun: A mosaic of orthorectified images
- orthomyxovirus noun: Any RNA virus of Orthomyxoviridae family characterised by having two long glycoprotein spikes.
- orthonairovirus noun: Any virus of the genus Orthonairovirus
- orthonasal adjective: Perceived via the front of the nose (by sniffing)
- orthonasally adverb: In an orthonasal manner
- orthonectid noun: Any of the Orthonectida, a small phylum of parasites of marine invertebrates.
- orthoneurous adjective: Exhibiting or relating to orthoneury.
- orthonitrate noun: The anion NO₄³⁻ or any salt containing this anion
- orthonitric acid noun: hypothetical acid H₃NO₄
- orthonitrotoluene noun: An organic compound with the formula CH₃C₆H₄NO₂.
- orthonormal adjective: Of a set of vectors, both orthogonal and normalized.
- orthonormal function noun: An orthogonal function whose inner product with itself is unity
- orthonormalisation noun: Alternative spelling of orthonormalization.
- orthonormalised adjective: Alternative spelling of orthonormalized.
- orthonormality noun: The condition of being orthonormal
- orthonormalization noun: A form of orthogonalization in which the resulting vectors are all unit vectors
- orthonormalize verb: To make a set of vectors both orthogonal and normalized.
- orthonormalized adjective: Subject to, or produced by orthonormalization
- orthonormalizing adjective, verb: That orthonormalizes
- orthonormally adverb: In an orthonormal manner
- orthonychid noun: Any logrunner in the family Orthonychidae.
- orthonym noun: The real name of a person who uses a pseudonym.
- orthonymous adjective: Of, pertaining to, or being an orthonym.
- orthopædia noun: Dated spelling of orthopaedia.
- orthopædic adjective: Dated spelling of orthopaedic.
- orthopædics noun: Dated spelling of orthopaedics.
- orthopædist noun: Dated spelling of orthopaedist.
- orthopaedia noun: Alternative spelling of orthopedia.
- orthopaedic adjective: Alternative spelling of orthopedic.
- orthopaedic bed noun: Alternative spelling of orthopedic bed.
- orthopaedical adjective: Pertaining to orthopaedics; characteristic of orthopaedia.
- orthopaedically adverb: Alternative form of orthopedically.
- orthopaedics noun: Alternative spelling of orthopedics.
- orthopaedist noun: Alternative spelling of orthopedist.
- orthopaedy noun: Alternative form of orthopedy.
- orthopair noun: A pair of orthogonal or disjoint subsets (of a given universe)
- orthopalinal adjective: Moved backwards and forwards in a straight line
- orthopalinally adverb: In an orthopalinal manner
- orthopanoramic adjective: By means of an orthopantomograph
- orthopantomogram noun: A panoramic radiograph of the whole mouth, including the jaws and teeth.
- orthopantomograph noun: A panoramic dental X-ray device
- orthopantomographic adjective: Relating to orthopantomography.
- orthopantomographically adverb: By means of orthopantomography.
- orthopantomography noun: A form of radiography that produces panoramic images of the mouth.
- orthopathy noun: An alternative-medicine philosophy advocating a vegetarian raw-food diet with periods of intermittent fasting.
- orthoped noun /ˈɔːθəˌpiːd/: Synonym of orthopod.
- orthopedagogic adjective: Relating to orthopedagogy
- orthopedagogical adjective: Relating to orthopedagogy
- orthopedagogy noun: The teaching of correct behaviour
- orthopedal adjective: Orthogonal to the foot of a geometric figure.
- orthopedia noun: The branch of medicine which deals with the prevention and correction of deformities in bodies; orthopedics.
- orthopediatrician noun: A doctor who specializes in orthopedics
- orthopedic adjective /ˈɔɹθəpidɪk/: Of or relating to orthopedics.
- orthopedic bed noun: A bed designed to relieve specific skeletal symptoms, typically having a very firm mattress or a board.
- orthopedic shoe noun: A shoe designed to correct a specific deformity of the foot.
- orthopedic surgeon noun: An orthopedist.
- orthopedical adjective: Alternative form of orthopaedical.
- orthopedically adverb: In an orthopedic manner.
- orthopedics noun /ˌɔːθəˈpiːdɪks/: The branch of medicine that deals with the prevention or correction of disorders of the bones and associated muscles and joints.
- orthopedist noun /ˌɔɹθə(ʊ)ˈpiːdɪst/: A surgeon who specializes in orthopedics.
- orthoperiodate noun: The oxyanion IO₆⁵⁻ or any salt containing this anion
- orthoperiodic adjective: Relating to orthoperiodic acid
- orthoperiodic acid noun: The oxyacid of iodine IO(OH)₅
- orthopervanadate noun: The oxyanion of vanadium VO₆³⁻ or any salt containing this anion
- orthophasmavirus noun: Any RNA virus of the genus Orthophasmavirus
- orthophemism noun: An orthophemistic term, one that is neither euphemism nor dysphemism.
- orthophemistic adjective: Plainly denotative; not euphemistic or dysphemistic.
- orthophenylene noun: The ortho- form of the phenylene radical.
- orthophenylphenol noun: A biocide used as a preservative, consisting chemically of two linked benzene rings and a phenolic hydroxyl group.
- orthophlebiid noun: Any scorpionfly of the family Orthophlebiidae
- orthophonic adjective: Relating to orthophony
- orthophonist noun: speech therapist
- orthophony noun /ɔː(ɹ)ˈθɒfəni/: The art of correct articulation / speaking
- orthophoria noun: The normal condition in which the tension of the extrinsic eye muscles is equal, the visual axes being therefore parallel
- orthophoric adjective, noun: Relating to orthophoria.
- orthophosphate noun: Any salt or ester of orthophosphoric acid; an ordinary phosphate
- orthophosphite noun: Phosphite.
- orthophosphoric adjective: Describing the ordinary form of phosphoric acid and its derivatives
- orthophosphoric acid noun: Ordinary phosphoric acid, H₃PO₄
- orthophoto noun: An aerial photograph that has been geometrically corrected (orthorectified) such that the scale of the photograph is uniform, meaning that the photo can be...
- orthophotograph noun: Synonym of orthophoto.
- orthophotographic adjective: Of or relating to orthophotography.
- orthophotographically adverb: In terms of, or by means of, orthophotography.
- orthophotography noun: The geometrical correction of aerial photographs so that their displayed distances are rendered uniform and can be measured like a map.
- orthophotomap noun, verb: A map in the form of an orthophotomosaic.
- orthophotomosaic noun: An image composed of multiple orthophotos
- orthophotoquad noun: A quadrangle of orthophotos
- orthophthalic adjective: Relating to ortho isomers of phthalic compounds
- orthophyre noun: a porphyritic rock that contains phenocrysts of orthoclase embedded in feldspar
- orthophyric adjective: Relating to or composed of orthophyre
- orthopia noun: Normal vision; an absence of a visual disorder.
- orthopic adjective: Of or pertaining to orthopia; of normal vision.
- orthopically adverb: In an orthopic manner.
- orthopinacoid noun: Either of the two planes in the monoclinic system which are parallel to the vertical and orthodiagonal axes.
- orthopinakiolite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal black mineral containing boron, iron, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen.
- orthoplasy noun: A theory of evolution, stating that that individual modifications supplement, protect, or screen organic characters and keep them alive until useful...
- orthoplex noun: A convex polytope analogous to an octahedron (3 dimensions) or 16-cell (4 dimensions).
- orthoploid adjective: euploid
- orthopnea noun: Alternative spelling of orthopnoea.
- orthopneic adjective: Of or relating to orthopnea–a morbid condition in which respiration can be performed only in an erect posture.
- orthopneic position noun: A position in which a person sits upright in a bed, possibly bending forward.
- orthopneumovirus noun: Any virus of the genus Orthopneumovirus.
- orthopnic adjective: Exhibiting or relating to orthopnoea.
- orthopnoea noun /ɔrˈθɒpniə/: Shortness of breath when lying flat, causing the person to have to sleep propped up in bed or sitting in a chair.
- orthopnoeic adjective: Alternative form of orthopneic.
- orthopnoic adjective: Rare spelling of orthopnoeic.
- orthopny noun: Dated form of orthopnoea.
- orthopod noun: An orthopaedic surgeon.
- orthopositronium noun: The state of a positronium exotic atom in which the positron and electron have parallel spins
- orthopox noun: Infection with an orthopoxvirus.
- orthopoxvirus noun: Any of the genus Orthopoxvirus of poxviruses, including smallpox and many species isolated from mammals.
- orthopractic adjective: Relating or conforming to orthopraxy.
- orthoprax adjective /ˈɔːθəpɹaks/: Correct in practice (though not necessarily in opinion or belief); practically right, doing the right actions.
- orthopraxic adjective: Alternative form of orthopractic, relating or conforming to orthopraxy.
- orthopraxical adjective: orthopractic
- orthopraxically adverb: In an orthopraxical fashion.
- orthopraxis noun: orthopraxy
- orthopraxy noun /ˈɔːθəˌpɹæksi/: Correctness of practice or action in regard to religion and especially religious ritual, particularly in juxtaposition to "correct doctrine", or "correct...
- orthoprism noun: A prism which has its faces parallel to its vertical axis.
- orthoprosthesis noun: An orthodontic prosthesis
- orthopsychiatric adjective: Of or pertaining to orthopsychiatry.
- orthopsychiatrist noun: A psychiatrist involved in orthopsychiatry.
- orthopsychiatry noun: branch of psychiatry concerned with the prevention of mental illness, especially in the young
- orthopsychology noun: An approach to psychology focusing on positive human traits such as love, creativity, and personal autonomy.
- orthopter noun: Any insect of the order Orthoptera
- orthoptera noun: Any of very many four-winged insects, of the order Orthoptera, such as grasshoppers, crickets and locusts
- orthopteral adjective: Synonym of orthopterous.
- orthopteran noun: Any of many insects of the order Orthoptera.
- orthopterist noun: An entomologist who specialises in orthopters
- orthopteroid noun /ɔːˈθɒptəɹɔɪd/: Any of the insects historically included in the order Orthoptera, including the cockroaches, earwigs, praying mantises, etc.
- orthopterologic adjective: Relating to orthopterology.
- orthopterological adjective: Relating to orthopterology.
- orthopterologically adverb: In terms of orthopterology.
- orthopterologist noun: An entomologist who studies orthopterology.
- orthopterology noun: The scientific study of the Orthoptera.
- orthopteron noun: Alternative form of orthopteran.
- orthopterous adjective: Belonging to the Orthoptera.
- orthoptic adjective, noun: Relating to orthoptics, the study and treatment of muscular irregularities of the eye.
Part 38 · Part 40 · English words: O
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under O: 20,049 words, in 67 parts.