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Mesorchium
Mesorchium Me*sor"chi*um, n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`sos middle + ? a
testicle.] (Anat.)
The fold of peritoneum which attaches the testis to the
dorsal wall of the body cavity or scrotal sac.
OrchidaceousOrchidaceous Or`chi*da"ceous, a. (Bot.)
Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order
(Orchidace[ae]) of endogenous plants of which the genus
Orchis is the type. They are mostly perennial herbs having
the stamens and pistils united in a single column, and
normally three petals and three sepals, all adherent to the
ovary. The flowers are curiously shaped, often resembling
insects, the odd or lower petal (called the lip) being unlike
the others, and sometimes of a strange and unexpected
appearance. About one hundred species occur in the United
States, but several thousand in the tropics.
Note: Over three hundred genera are recognized. Orchidean
Orchidean Or*chid"e*an, a. (Bot.)
Orchidaceous.
OrchideousOrchideous Or*chid"e*ous, a. (Bot.)
Same as Orchidaceous. Orchidologist
Orchidologist Or`chid*ol"o*gist, n.
One versed in orchidology.
Orchidology
Orchidology Or`chid*ol"o*gy, n. [Gr. ? the orchis + -logy.]
The branch of botany which treats of orchids.
OrchilOrchil Or"chil, n.
See Archil. orchilArchil Ar"chil (?; 277), n. [OF. orchel, orcheil, It. orcella,
oricello, or OSp. orchillo. Cf. Orchil.]
1. A violet dye obtained from several species of lichen
(Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks
in the Canary and Cape Verd Islands, etc. --Tomlinson.
2. The plant from which the dye is obtained. [Written also
orchal and orchil.] Orchilla weedOrchilla weed Or*chil"la weed` (Bot.)
The lichen from which archil is obtained. See Archil. OrchisLip Lip (l[i^]p), n. [OE. lippe, AS. lippa; akin to D. lip, G.
lippe, lefze, OHG. lefs, Dan. l[ae]be, Sw. l["a]pp, L.
labium, labrum. Cf. Labial.]
1. One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of
the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips
are organs of speech essential to certain articulations.
Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the
organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself.
Thine own lips testify against thee. --Job xv. 6.
2. An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything;
a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel.
3. The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
4. (Bot.)
(a) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate
corolla. (b) The odd and peculiar petal in the
Orchis family. See Orchidaceous.
5. (Zo["o]l.) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve
shell.
Lip bit, a pod auger. See Auger.
Lip comfort, comfort that is given with words only.
Lip comforter, one who comforts with words only.
Lip labor, unfelt or insincere speech; hypocrisy. --Bale.
Lip reading, the catching of the words or meaning of one
speaking by watching the motion of his lips without
hearing his voice. --Carpenter.
Lip salve, a salve for sore lips.
Lip service, expression by the lips of obedience and
devotion without the performance of acts suitable to such
sentiments.
Lip wisdom, wise talk without practice, or unsupported by
experience.
Lip work.
(a) Talk.
(b) Kissing. [Humorous] --B. Jonson.
To make a lip, to drop the under lip in sullenness or
contempt. --Shak.
To shoot out the lip (Script.), to show contempt by
protruding the lip. Orchis mascula 2. Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a
considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series
of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a
long book.
3. Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration;
lingering; as, long hours of watching.
4. Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in
time; far away.
The we may us reserve both fresh and strong Against
the tournament, which is not long. --Spenser.
5. Extended to any specified measure; of a specified length;
as, a span long; a yard long; a mile long, that is,
extended to the measure of a mile, etc.
6. Far-reaching; extensive. `` Long views.' --Burke.
7. (Phonetics) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in
utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short,
a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 22, 30.
Note: Long is used as a prefix in a large number of compound
adjectives which are mostly of obvious meaning; as,
long-armed, long-beaked, long-haired, long-horned,
long-necked, long-sleeved, long-tailed, long- worded,
etc.
In the long run, in the whole course of things taken
together; in the ultimate result; eventually.
Long clam (Zo["o]l.), the common clam (Mya arenaria) of
the Northern United States and Canada; -- called also
soft-shell clam and long-neck clam. See Mya.
Long cloth, a kind of cotton cloth of superior quality.
Long clothes, clothes worn by a young infant, extending
below the feet.
Long division. (Math.) See Division.
Long dozen, one more than a dozen; thirteen.
Long home, the grave.
Long measure, Long mater. See under Measure, Meter.
Long Parliament (Eng. Hist.), the Parliament which
assembled Nov. 3, 1640, and was dissolved by Cromwell,
April 20, 1653.
Long price, the full retail price.
Long purple (Bot.), a plant with purple flowers, supposed
to be the Orchis mascula. --Dr. Prior.
Long suit (Whist), a suit of which one holds originally
more than three cards. --R. A. Proctor.
Long tom.
(a) A pivot gun of great length and range, on the dock of
a vessel.
(b) A long trough for washing auriferous earth. [Western
U.S.]
(c) (Zo["o]l.) The long-tailed titmouse.
Long wall (Coal Mining), a working in which the whole seam
is removed and the roof allowed to fall in, as the work
progresses, except where passages are needed.
Of long, a long time. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
To be, or go, long of the market, To be on the long
side of the market, etc. (Stock Exchange), to hold stock for
a rise in price, or to have a contract under which one can
demand stock on or before a certain day at a stipulated
price; -- opposed to short in such phrases as, to be
short of stock, to sell short, etc. [Cant] See Short.
To have a long head, to have a farseeing or sagacious mind. Orchis militarisSoldier Sol"dier, n. [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF.
soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr.
L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a
soldier), fr. solidus solid. See Solid, and cf. Sold, n.]
1. One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a
private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized
body of combatants.
I am a soldier and unapt to weep. --Shak.
2. Especially, a private in military service, as
distinguished from an officer.
It were meet that any one, before he came to be a
captain, should have been a soldier. --Spenser.
3. A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill,
or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of
emphasis or distinction. --Shak.
4. (Zo["o]l.) The red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini.)
[Prov. Eng.]
5. (Zo["o]l.) One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white
ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very
large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest.
See Termite.
Soldier beetle (Zo["o]l.), an American carabid beetle
(Chauliognathus Americanus) whose larva feeds upon other
insects, such as the plum curculio.
Soldier bug (Zo["o]l.), any hemipterous insect of the genus
Podisus and allied genera, as the spined soldier bug
(Podius spinosus). These bugs suck the blood of other
insects.
Soldier crab (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The hermit crab.
(b) The fiddler crab.
Soldier fish (Zo["o]l.), a bright-colored etheostomoid fish
(Etheostoma c[oe]ruleum) found in the Mississippi River;
-- called also blue darter, and rainbow darter.
Soldier fly (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
small dipterous flies of the genus Stratyomys and allied
genera. They are often bright green, with a metallic
luster, and are ornamented on the sides of the back with
markings of yellow, like epaulets or shoulder straps.
Soldier moth (Zo["o]l.), a large geometrid moth (Euschema
militaris), having the wings bright yellow with bluish
black lines and spots.
Soldier orchis (Bot.), a kind of orchis (Orchis
militaris). Orchitis
Orchitis Or*chi"tis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a testicle + -itis.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the testicles.
ParorchisParorchis Pa*ror"chis, n. [NL. See Para-, and Orchis.]
(Anat.)
The part of the epididymis; or the corresponding part of the
excretory duct of the testicle, which is derived from the
Wolffian body. Soldier orchisSoldier Sol"dier, n. [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF.
soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr.
L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a
soldier), fr. solidus solid. See Solid, and cf. Sold, n.]
1. One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a
private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized
body of combatants.
I am a soldier and unapt to weep. --Shak.
2. Especially, a private in military service, as
distinguished from an officer.
It were meet that any one, before he came to be a
captain, should have been a soldier. --Spenser.
3. A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill,
or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of
emphasis or distinction. --Shak.
4. (Zo["o]l.) The red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini.)
[Prov. Eng.]
5. (Zo["o]l.) One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white
ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very
large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest.
See Termite.
Soldier beetle (Zo["o]l.), an American carabid beetle
(Chauliognathus Americanus) whose larva feeds upon other
insects, such as the plum curculio.
Soldier bug (Zo["o]l.), any hemipterous insect of the genus
Podisus and allied genera, as the spined soldier bug
(Podius spinosus). These bugs suck the blood of other
insects.
Soldier crab (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The hermit crab.
(b) The fiddler crab.
Soldier fish (Zo["o]l.), a bright-colored etheostomoid fish
(Etheostoma c[oe]ruleum) found in the Mississippi River;
-- called also blue darter, and rainbow darter.
Soldier fly (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
small dipterous flies of the genus Stratyomys and allied
genera. They are often bright green, with a metallic
luster, and are ornamented on the sides of the back with
markings of yellow, like epaulets or shoulder straps.
Soldier moth (Zo["o]l.), a large geometrid moth (Euschema
militaris), having the wings bright yellow with bluish
black lines and spots.
Soldier orchis (Bot.), a kind of orchis (Orchis
militaris).
Meaning of Orchi from wikipedia
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Orchis is a
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herbaceous plant belonging to the
genus Orchis of the
family Orchidaceae.
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early spring orchis, is a
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species of
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