Vocabulary : Orgiastic to Orichalch

Orgiastic : Pertaining to, or of the nature of, orgies.
Orgies : A sacrifice accompanied by certain ceremonies in honor of some pagan deity; especially, the ceremonies observed by the Greeks and Romans in the worship of Dionysus, or Bacchus, which were characterized by wild and dissolute revelry. ;; Drunken revelry; a carouse. ;; of Orgy
Orgillous : Proud; haughty.
Orgue : Any one of a number of long, thick pieces of timber, pointed and shod with iron, and suspended, each by a separate rope, over a gateway, to be let down in case of attack. ;; A piece of ordnance, consisting of a number of musket barrels arranged so that a match or train may connect with all their touchholes, and a discharge be secured almost or quite simultaneously.
Orgulous : See Orgillous.

Orgy : A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See Orgies
Orgyia : A genus of bombycid moths whose caterpillars (esp. those of Orgyia leucostigma) are often very injurious to fruit trees and shade trees. The female is wingless. Called also vaporer moth.
Oricalche : See Orichalch.
Orichalceous : Pertaining to, or resembling, orichalch; having a color or luster like that of brass.
Orichalch : A metallic substance, resembling gold in color, but inferior in value; a mixed metal of the ancients, resembling brass; -- called also aurichalcum, orichalcum, etc.

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