orchil
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens
orchiopexy
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ operation to bring an undescended testicle into the scrotum
Orchis mascula
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ Eurasian orchid with showy pink or purple flowers in a loose spike
orchis
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes
orchis
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"
orchitis
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ inflammation of one or both testes; characterized by pain and swelling
orchotomy
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ surgical incision into the testis to obtain material for analysis (as in cases of abnormally low sperm count)
Orcinus orca
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
Orcus
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ (Roman mythology) god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Hades
Orczy
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ British writer (born in Hungary) (1865-1947)
ordain
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"
ordain
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"
ordain
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ invest with ministerial or priestly authority; "The minister was ordained only last month"
ordeal
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence