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Humanoid monster in Tolkien's fiction
An orc (sometimes spelt ork; /ɔːrk/) is a fictional race of humanoid monsters often found in works of modern fantasy. Originally called "Goblins," the
Orc
Topics referred to by the same term
up orc in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An orc is a mythological and fictional creature, especially in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Orc or ORC may
Orc_(disambiguation)
Character by William Blake
Orc is a proper name for one of the characters in the complex mythology of William Blake. A fallen figure, Orc is the embodiment of rebellion and stands
Orc_(Blake)
1994 video game
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is a real-time strategy game (RTS) developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment, and published by Interplay Productions in
Warcraft:_Orcs_&_Humans
Japanese light novel series
Orc Eroica (Japanese: オーク英雄物語 忖度列伝, Hepburn: Ōku Eiyū Monogatari Sontaku Retsuden) is a Japanese light novel series written by Rifujin na Magonote and
Orc_Eroica
Yacht Racing World Championship
The ORC World Championship is an annual international sailing regatta for performance yachts rated under the ORCi rating system, organized by the host
ORC_World_Championship
Pejorative term for Russian soldiers
Orc (Cyrillic: орк, romanised: ork), plural orcs (Russian: орки, romanized: orki, Ukrainian: орки, romanized: orky), is a pejorative commonly used in Ukraine
Orc_(slang)
Column-oriented data storage format
Apache ORC (Optimized Row Columnar) is a free and open-source column-oriented data storage format. It is similar to the other columnar-storage file formats
Apache_ORC
2017 studio album by Oh Sees
Orc is the nineteenth studio album by American garage rock band Oh Sees, released on August 25, 2017, on Castle Face Records. It is the band's first studio
Orc_(album)
Variation on the Rankine thermodynamic cycle
In thermal engineering, the Organic Rankine cycle (ORC) is a type of thermodynamic cycle. It is a variation of the Rankine cycle named for its use of
Organic_Rankine_cycle
Video game series
Blizzard Entertainment. The series consists of six core games: Warcraft: Orcs & Humans (1994), Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (1995), Warcraft III: Reign
Warcraft
Fictional Dungeons & Dragons race
orcs are a primitive race of savage, bestial, barbaric humanoid. The orc was one of the earliest creatures introduced in the D&D game. The D&D orc is
Orc_(Dungeons_&_Dragons)
High-fantasy setting, created by Games Workshop
races such as humans, high elves, dark elves, wood elves, dwarfs, undead, orcs, lizardmen, and other creatures familiar to many fantasy/role-playing settings
Warhammer_Fantasy_(setting)
Protein family
In molecular biology, origin recognition complex (ORC) is a multi-subunit DNA binding complex (6 subunits) that binds in all eukaryotes and archaea in
Origin_recognition_complex
Orc Stain is a fantasy comic book series created by James Stokoe and published by Image Comics. The first seven issues were published from January 2010–February
Orc_Stain
2012 video game
Of Orcs and Men is a fantasy action role-playing game developed by Cyanide and Spiders for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. The Empire of Men's oppressive
Of_Orcs_and_Men
2007 Novel by R. A. Salvatore
The Orc King is a fantasy novel by American writer R. A. Salvatore, the first book in the Transitions series. The story begins a century after the events
The_Orc_King
2016 film by Duncan Jones
Azeroth using a magic portal. Together, a few human heroes and dissenting Orcs must attempt to stop the true evil behind this war and restore peace. The
Warcraft_(film)
Orc is a concurrent, nondeterministic computer programming language created by Jayadev Misra at the University of Texas at Austin. Orc provides uniform
Orc_(programming_language)
1999-2000 series of books by Stan Nicholls
Orcs: First Blood (variant title: Orcs (2004)) is a series of books written by Stan Nicholls. It includes: Bodyguard of Lightning, Legion of Thunder and
Orcs:_First_Blood
Extinct species of carnivore
Borophagus orc is an extinct species of the genus Borophagus of the subfamily Borophaginae, a group of canids endemic to North America from the 5.3 to
Borophagus_orc
2017 action-adventure video game
mechanics and extending the nemesis system, which procedurally generates orc characters for players to fight and recruit. Compared to its predecessor
Middle-earth:_Shadow_of_War
Game supplement
Orcs & Goblins is a supplemental book for the Warhammer Fantasy Battle tabletop game, first published in 1993. The phrase "orcs & goblins" also refers
Orcs_and_Goblins_(Warhammer)
Unexplained circular astronomical object detected only by radio waves
In astronomy, an odd radio circle (ORC) is a very large (over 50 times the diameter of our Milky Way ~ 3 million light years) unexplained astronomical
Odd_radio_circle
2017 American film by David Ayer
co-exist and details an LAPD police officer (portrayed by Will Smith) and his orc partner (Joel Edgerton) confronting racism and police corruption while protecting
Bright_(film)
Small boat used by the Royal Marines
The Offshore Raiding Craft (ORC) is a small, fast boat used by the Royal Marines for troop insertion, and patrols. The ORC is primarily used when undertaking
Offshore_Raiding_Craft
Regional council in New Zealand
Otago Regional Council (ORC) is the regional council for Otago in the South Island of New Zealand. The council's principal office is the Aonui Head Office
Otago_Regional_Council
Australian actor
into a completely CGI character. He ended up playing an unnamed Gundabad Orc, called "Keeper of the Dungeons" in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Conan_Stevens
2006 video game
Orcs & Elves is a 2006 role-playing video game for the mobile phone and Nintendo DS. It was developed by id Software and Fountainhead Entertainment and
Orcs_&_Elves
Speculative fiction novel series by Matt Dinniman
show, Carl insults Maestro, a younger member of the royal family of the orc-based Skull Empire, who vows revenge on Carl. 2 Carl's Doomsday Scenario
Dungeon_Crawler_Carl
service (link) "Economist/YouGov" (PDF). "Public Policy Polling" (PDF). CNN/ORC "Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Co". Fox News. Archived from the original
Nationwide opinion polling for the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
Nationwide_opinion_polling_for_the_2012_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries
Series of fantasy novels by R. A. Salvatore
famous science fiction and fantasy author, consisting of three novels: The Orc King, The Pirate King, and The Ghost King. It continues the tale of the famous
Transitions_(novel_series)
1983 video game
Orc Attack is a fixed shooter video game written by Dean Lock for Atari 8-bit computers and published in 1983 by Thorn EMI. The game was re-released,
Orc_Attack
Column-oriented data storage format
system for analysis of read-only nested data. It is similar to RCFile and ORC, the other columnar-storage file formats in Hadoop, and is compatible with
Apache_Parquet
American actor (born 1981)
Hiddleston – The Avengers (2013) Orlando Bloom and Evangeline Lilly vs. Orcs – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2014) Dylan O'Brien vs. Will Poulter
Chris_Evans_(actor)
Market research company
July 2011. ORC has its worldwide headquarters in Princeton, and offices across the U.S., Europe and the Asia Pacific region. Founded in 1938, ORC is focused
Opinion_Research_Corporation
Canadian comic book artist (born 1985)
comic book artist who is known for his work on such titles as Wonton Soup, Orc Stain and Godzilla: The Half-Century War. Along with Corey Lewis, Brandon
James_Stokoe
2015 video game
Tusks: The Orc Dating Sim is a 2018 visual novel and dating simulator by Scottish independent developer Mitch Alexander. The game sees the player accompanying
Tusks:_The_Orc_Dating_Sim
1954–1955 fantasy novel by J. R. R. Tolkien
had attempted to regain possession of Moria, were killed by Orcs. They are attacked by Orcs and a Balrog, a fire demon. Gandalf confronts the Balrog: both
The_Lord_of_the_Rings
2002 video game
Entertainment released in July 2002. It is the second sequel to Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, after Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, the third game set in the
Warcraft_III:_Reign_of_Chaos
never achieved. The ORC continued to operate as a regional railway up until 1935, when the Turkish State Railways absorbed it. The ORC concession was given
Ottoman_Railway_Company
2002 fantasy novel by R. A. Salvatore
The Thousand Orcs is a fantasy novel by American writer R. A. Salvatore, the first book in his series The Hunter's Blades Trilogy. In it, Drizzt Do'Urden
The_Thousand_Orcs
1995 video game
1996 by Blizzard's parent, Davidson & Associates. A sequel to Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, the game was met with positive reviews and won most of the major
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
Warcraft_II:_Tides_of_Darkness
2011 video game
Orcs Must Die! is an action-tower defense video game developed and published by Robot Entertainment and Mastertronic. It is a tower defense game that eschews
Orcs_Must_Die!
Topics referred to by the same term
Mindy An alternate spelling of orc, the name of a fantasy creature popularized by J. R. R. Tolkien An alternate spelling of orc (slang), a pejorative term
Ork
The Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) is an international body for the sport of competitive sailing and is responsible for the establishment and maintenance
Offshore_Racing_Congress
Southlands who is killed by Orcs Revion (portrayed by Simon Merrells): The Elven Watchwarden of the Southlands who is killed by Orcs Mirdania (portrayed by
List of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power characters
List_of_The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Rings_of_Power_characters
Floodgate system in Louisiana, USA
The Old River Control Structure (ORCS) is a floodgate system in a branch of the Mississippi River in central Louisiana. It regulates the flow of water
Old_River_Control_Structure
1987 video game
Knight Orc is a text adventure game released in 1987 by Level 9, with limited graphics on some platforms. It comes with a short novella by Peter McBride
Knight_Orc
Roman god of the underworld
along with the Old English word orc (in the sense of an ogre, like Grendel), was part of the inspiration for Tolkien's orcs in his The Lord of the Rings
Orcus
Electoral ticket in Otago
a fiscally conservative local body ticket on the Otago Regional Council (ORC). It was established in August 2025 on a platform of reducing rates and "restoring"
Vision_Otago
Fictional character in the Warcraft universe
of video games by Blizzard Entertainment. Within the series, Thrall is an orc shaman who served for a time as a Warchief of the Horde, one of the major
Thrall_(Warcraft)
Racial slur against Black people
Italians) Terrone (South Italians) Wop Wog Poles Polack Russians Moskal Orc Tibla Serbs Shkije Serbomans Spaniards Gachupín Polaco (Catalans) Quinqui
Nigger
Error detection number calculated over a serial data stream
In telecommunication, a longitudinal redundancy check (LRC), or horizontal redundancy check, is a form of redundancy check that is applied independently
Longitudinal_redundancy_check
Japanese airline
Airways. It was renamed Oriental Air Bridge in March 2001. In late 2022, ORC received its first of two ATR 42-600 which are scheduled to replace their
Oriental_Air_Bridge
2012–2014 trilogy by Peter Jackson
Guldur which leads him to the Necromancer, and the heroes' pursuit by the orcs Azog and Bolg, who seek vengeance against Thorin and his kindred. The films
The_Hobbit_(film_series)
Tabletop role-playing game supplement for Dungeons & Dragons
The Orcs of Thar is an accessory for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, written by Bruce Heard and published by TSR in 1988. The Orcs of
The_Orcs_of_Thar
3rd episode of the 2nd season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
briefly introduces the wife and baby of the Orc Glûg. The showrunners explained that they were exploring how the Orcs are more complex beings during this time
The_Eagle_and_the_Sceptre
Land service branch of the U.S. military
Guard, and Officer/Enlisted Reserve Corps (ORC and ERC) existed simultaneously. After World War II, the ORC and ERC were combined into the United States
United_States_Army
Fantasy novel by Travis Baldree
Novel. The prequel Bookshops and Bonedust was published in November 2023. Orc swordswoman and mercenary Viv has long made a rough living as one of a band
Legends_&_Lattes
Finnish video game developer
five games, and the first to be released for public testing was Pets vs Orcs. This game and Tower were abandoned. In May 2012, Hay Day was published and
Supercell_(company)
Mixed-use Skyscraper in Osaka, Japan
The Osaka Bay Tower (大阪ベイタワー), also known as ORC 1, is a mixed-use, mainly hotel and office, skyscraper in the Osaka Resort City 200 building complex
Osaka_Bay_Tower
Fictional language by J. R. R. Tolkien
influenced the Orcs' vocabulary, but soon developed into many Orkish dialects, which were not mutually intelligible. By the end of the Third Age, Orcs mostly
Black_Speech
Prancing Pony. Fimbul (portrayed by Stephen Ure) is an Orc and Warg rider, one of Yazneg's orcs. Grinnah (portrayed by Stephen Ure) is the goblin who introduces
List of original characters in The Hobbit film series
List_of_original_characters_in_The_Hobbit_film_series
Young adult book series by Michael Grant
Orc and Howard decide to escape town to avoid Sam, but encounter Drake and the coyotes, who are still seeking Lana for the Darkness' own ends. Orc is
Gone_(novel_series)
2014. CNN/ORC Quinnipiac Archived 2016-04-05 at the Wayback Machine Saint Leo University ABC News/Washington Post CNN/ORC CNN/ORC Fox News CNN/ORC Public
Nationwide opinion polling for the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Nationwide_opinion_polling_for_the_2016_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries
Airport
Orange City Municipal Airport (ICAO: KORC, FAA LID: ORC) was a city-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) south of the central
Orange_City_Municipal_Airport
2012 video game
Orcs Must Die! 2 is a trap based action-tower defense video game developed by Robot Entertainment as the follow-up to the original Orcs Must Die!, with
Orcs_Must_Die!_2
Concept in the field of sailing racing
managed by the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) and is usually referred to in the sailing community simply as "ORC". ORC is an enhanced version of the earlier
Offshore_Racing_Congress_Rule
Embodiment of reason and law in the mythology of William Blake
the Orc cycle describes how Urizen and Orc are part of one unified whole, with Urizen representing the destructive and older essence while Orc is the
Urizen
2001 video game
Orc cemetery. A guru and a few templars, together with the hero, set off towards the indicated place. Once there, the templars die fighting the Orcs they
Gothic_(video_game)
Fantasy novel by Travis Baldree
It is a prequel to the author's 2022 novel Legends & Lattes. Viv is an orc mercenary who is contracted to fight the necromancer Varine the Pale. Her
Bookshops_&_Bonedust
Fictional character from Dungeons & Dragons
The Hunter's Blades Trilogy. In The Thousand Orcs (2002), Drizzt and his friends encounter the powerful orc Obould Many-Arrows, who has employed frost giants
Drizzt_Do'Urden
concealed carry and its statute went into effect. The law (Ohio Revised Code [O.R.C.] 2923.12, et seq.) allows persons 21 and older to receive a concealed handgun
Gun_laws_in_Ohio
1793 book by William Blake
trembling as he sees Orc, the embodiment of the American colonies. The Angel of Albion believes Orc is the Anti-Christ and Orc believes the King of England
America_a_Prophecy
Retrieved June 29, 2015. "ORC 200". Skyscraper Source Media. Archived from the original on May 27, 2003. Retrieved June 30, 2015. "ORC 200". Emporis. Archived
List of tallest buildings in Osaka
List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Osaka
Character in Tolkien's Middle-earth
was influenced by its power and claimed it as his own. He was killed by orcs, and the Ring betrayed him by slipping off his finger just before his death
Isildur
Railway line in Turkey
Turkey. The railway was the former mainline of the Ottoman Railway Company (ORC) and the İzmir-Aydın section of the line was the first railway in Turkey
İzmir–Eğirdir_railway
Battle in Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings"
and Dunlendings sent by Saruman almost overwhelms the defences. Saruman's Orcs breach the fortress wall that blocks the valley by setting off an explosion
Battle_of_Helm's_Deep
Continent in Tolkien's legendarium
of Orcs of great size and strength that tolerate sunlight better than ordinary Orcs. Tolkien also mentions "Men-orcs" and "Orc-men"; or "half-orcs" or
Middle-earth
2001–2003 films by Peter Jackson
breaking his power and ending the Second Age. Later, when Isildur is killed by Orcs, the Ring is lost for 2,500 years. Gollum finds and keeps it until the hobbit
The Lord of the Rings (film series)
The_Lord_of_the_Rings_(film_series)
2002 studio album by 3 Inches of Blood
and Vanquish (2004) Singles from Battlecry Under a Wintersun "Ride Darkhorse, Ride" Released: May 5, 2003 "Destroy the Orcs" Released: October 27, 2003
Battlecry_Under_a_Wintersun
List ACT MP
also served on the Otago Regional Council (ORC) between 2019 and 2022. In 2025, Calvert was re-elected to the ORC as part of the Vision Otago ticket. She
Hilary_Calvert
2014 fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson
Mountain as factions of dwarves, elves and men clash over it, while the orc Azog the Defiler and his forces make their move upon them. The film stars
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
The_Hobbit:_The_Battle_of_the_Five_Armies
One of the four Zoas in the mythological writings of William Blake
rebellious energy. His Emanation (female counterpart) is Vala; his fallen form is Orc. Throughout Blake's mythological system, he is opposed to Urizen, the representation
Luvah
1991 novel by Philip José Farmer
Red Orc's Rage (1991) is a recursive science fiction novel by American writer Philip José Farmer, part of his World of Tiers series. The plot of the book
Red_Orc's_Rage
Odd radio circle in the constellation Canes Venatici
RAD J131346.9+500320 (RAD J131346) is an odd radio circle (ORC) located in the constellation Canes Venatici approximately 7.7 billion light-years from
RAD_J131346.9+500320
Tabular data representation in memory
analytical processing (OLAP). Examples of column-oriented formats include Apache ORC, Apache Parquet, Apache Arrow, formats used by BigQuery, Amazon Redshift
Data_orientation
The Order of Railway Conductors of America (ORC) was a labor union that represented train conductors in the United States. It has its origins in the Conductors
Order_of_Railway_Conductors
Primeval man in the mythology of William Blake
whose fall and division results in the Four Zoas: Urizen, Tharmas, Luvah/Orc and Urthona/Los. The name derives from the ancient and mythological name
Albion_(Blake)
Strategicon is a series of gaming conventions held in Southern California, focusing on role-playing games, Board Games, card games and miniatures gaming
Strategicon (gaming conventions)
Strategicon_(gaming_conventions)
American interactive animated television series
for them at the Ancient Ruins. Matt Layzell as Kitty / Orc / Orc King / Warriors / Squires / Orcs / Skeletons / ZaZa Theme Vocalist / Voice of Suave / Final
Battle_Kitty
Logic problem
The missionaries and cannibals problem, and the closely related jealous husbands problem, are classic river-crossing logic puzzles. The missionaries and
Missionaries and cannibals problem
Missionaries_and_cannibals_problem
American technology company
and other IT devices and services.[citation needed] WidePoint's subsidiary ORC is an authorized certification authority (CA) for the Department of Defense
WidePoint_Corporation
Mode of role-playing gaming
and Rogue Genius Games, were announced to be part of the ORC development process. The ORC was described as an open, perpetual, and irrevocable system-agnostic
Open_gaming
3rd episode of the 1st season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
also introduces Orc culture in the series, with the Orcs being primarily created with practical prosthetics. The design of the Orcs' Warg in the episode
Adar (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power)
Adar_(The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Rings_of_Power)
Dutch professional esports player (born 1986)
II. Grubby is one of the most successful WC3 players of all time, as an Orc player, having won more than 38 LAN tournaments, of which six were World
Grubby
Making of a fantasy film series
make the Orcs totally animalistic before the switch to prosthetics. They gave specific designs to the Moria Orcs, Uruk-hai, and Mordor Orcs, so as to
Production of The Lord of the Rings film series
Production_of_The_Lord_of_the_Rings_film_series
Dubai-based think tank
Research Centre (ORC) is a think tank based in Dubai that focuses on risks and geopolitical issues in the Persian Gulf and the MENA region. ORC was first established
Orient_Research_Centre
Airport
Orocue Airport (IATA: ORC, ICAO: SKOE) is an airport serving Orocué, a town and municipality in the Casanare Department of Colombia. The runway is adjacent
Orocue_Airport
ORC
ORC
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by an orchard, or a metonymic occupational name for a fruit grower, from Middle English orchard.English : habitational name from any of the places called Orchard. Those in Devon and Somerset are named from Old English ortgeard, orceard (a compound of wort, wyrt ‘plant’ (later associated with Latin hortus ‘garden’) + geard ‘yard’, ‘enclosure’), while East and West Orchard near Shaftesbury in Dorset have a different origin, ‘(place) beside the wood’, from Celtic ar + cēd.Scottish : English surname adopted as equivalent of Urquhart.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly West Midlands)
English (chiefly West Midlands) : habitational name from any of various places called Parton; most are named with Old English peretūn ‘pear orchard’ (a compound of pere ‘pear’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, with later change of -er- to -ar-, a regular phonetic development in Middle English). There are examples in Gloucestershire, two in Cumbria, and one in Kircudbrightshire, Scotland.
Girl/Female
Spanish
Orchid.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Garden, Orchard
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name, with the preposition d(e), from Orsay in Seine-et-Orne, France, recorded in the 13th century as Orceiacum, from the Latin personal name Orcius + the locative suffix -acum.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English pe(e)re ‘pear’ (Old English pere, peru, from Latin pirum), a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of pears, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a pear tree or pear orchard.English : nickname from Middle English pere ‘peer’, ‘companion’ (Old French pe(e)r, from Latin par ‘equal’).Jewish : Americanization of some like-sounding Ashkenazic surname; e.g. possibly a shortened form of a surname such as Pearl, Pearlman, or Pearlstein.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Member of the orchid family, Princess of Joy
Surname or Lastname
English (Kent and London)
English (Kent and London) : from Old French verge ‘half-acre’, hence a status name for the owner of that amount of land.Catalan (Vergé) : variant of Verger, topographic name from Catalan verger ‘orchard’ (Latin viridiarium)Catalan : possibly also a nickname from verge ‘maiden’ (Latin virgo ‘maiden’).
Female
Arthurian
, Orkney, i.e. whale island.
Surname or Lastname
Spanish
Spanish : from the Marian epithet (MarÃa del) Carmen ‘Our Lady of Carmel’, a reference to Mount Carmel (meaning ‘garden’ or ‘orchard’) in the Holy Land, which was populated from early Christian times by hermits.Spanish : habitational name from any of various places in Spain named El Carmen, for example in the province of Cuenca.English : variant spelling of Carman.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.Perhaps a respelling of the Orcadian name Skae, Skea, from the lands of Skea in Deerness.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant of Sandifer, although it has been suggested that it may be a habitational name from Sandford Orcas in Dorset, named with Old English sand ‘sand’ + ford ‘ford’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the many places in all parts of England, for example in Cheshire, Oxfordshire, and North Yorkshire, named in Old English as æppeltūn ‘orchard’ (literally ‘apple enclosure’).This surname was brought to North America in 1635 by Samuel Appleton, who migrated from Ipswich, England, to Ipswich, MA.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Anglo-Norman French gardinier ‘gardener’. In medieval times this normally denoted a cultivator of edible produce in an orchard or kitchen garden, rather than one who tended ornamental lawns and flower beds.Americanized form of French Desjardins or German Gärtner (see Gartner).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English appel ‘apple’ (Old English æppel), acquired as a surname in any of various senses: a topographic name for someone living by an apple orchard; an occupational name for a grower or seller of apples; or a nickname for someone supposed to resemble an apple in some way, e.g. in having bright red cheeks. The economic importance in medieval northern Europe of apples, as a fruit that could be grown in a cold climate and would keep for use throughout the winter, is hard to appreciate in these days of rapid transportation and year-round availability of fruits of all kind.Americanized form of Appel or Apfel.
Girl/Female
Spanish
Orchid.
Female
English
English name derived from the flower name, from Greek orkhis, ORCHID means "testicle," from Proto-Indo-European orghi-, the base root for for the word "testicle." The plant was given this name because of the shape of its root.Â
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin) and French
English (of Norman origin) and French : occupational name for a forester, Old French verdier (Late Latin viridarius, a derivative of viridis ‘green’). The medieval officials in charge of a forest were known as verdiers on account of their green costumes, which may be regarded as an early example of camouflage.Southern French : topographic name for someone who lived near an orchard or garden, or an occupational name for someone who was employed in one, from Occitan verdier ‘orchard’ (Late Latin virid(i)arium).
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin; associated mainly with Devon and Dorset)
English (of Norman origin; associated mainly with Devon and Dorset) : habitational name from any of the various places in northeastern France named with Old French pommeroie, pommeraie ‘apple orchard’ (collective of pomme ‘apple’).
Surname or Lastname
English (Staffordshire)
English (Staffordshire) : unexplained. Perhaps a much altered spelling of Scottish Urquhart.
ORC
ORC
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places in Cambridgeshire and South Yorkshire called Wentworth, probably from the Old English byname Wintra meaning ‘winter’ + Old English worð ‘enclosure’. It is, however, also possible that the name referred to a settlement inhabited only in winter. Compare Winterbottom.William Wentworth came from Rigsby, England, to Exeter, NH, in 1639. Benning Wentworth (1696–1770) and his nephew John Wentworth (1737–1820) were both colonial governors of NH.
Girl/Female
Afghan, Arabic, Farsi, Iranian, Muslim
A Kind of Flower; Jonquille; Wild Rose
Male
Swiss
, axe, or, terror.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Separated, crowned, sanctified.
Girl/Female
Latin American German
noble.
Boy/Male
Hindu
One who has taken vow of truth
Boy/Male
German Scandinavian
Counsel.
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Love of God
Male
Hungarian
Pet form of Hungarian József, JÓZSI means "(God) shall add (another son)."Â
Boy/Male
American, British, English
From the Mill Stream
ORC
ORC
ORC
ORC
ORC
a.
Same as Orchidaceous.
a.
Orchestral.
n.
Any plant of the order Orchidaceae. See Orchidaceous.
n.
One versed in orchidology.
n.
The arrangement of music for an orchestra; orchestral treatment of a composition; -- called also instrumentation.
n.
See Orchestra.
n.
Any species of amphipod crustacean of the genus Orchestia, or family Orchestidae. See Beach flea, under Beach.
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order (Orchidaceae) 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.
n.
A large music box imitating a variety of orchestral instruments.
n.
The branch of botany which treats of orchids.
n.
The instruments employed by a full band, collectively; as, an orchestra of forty stringed instruments, with proper complement of wind instruments.
n.
A genus of endogenous plants growing in the North Temperate zone, and consisting of about eighty species. They are perennial herbs growing from a tuber (beside which is usually found the last year's tuber also), and are valued for their showy flowers. See Orchidaceous.
n.
One who cultivates an orchard.
pl.
of Orchis
n.
See Orchestra.
n.
Any plant of the same family with the orchis; an orchid.
a.
Orchidaceous.
n.
A colorless crystalline substance, C6H3.CH3.(OH)2, which is obtained from certain lichens (Roccella, Lecanora, etc.), also from extract of aloes, and artificially from certain derivatives of toluene. It changes readily into orcein.
a.
Of or pertaining to an orchestra; suitable for, or performed in or by, an orchestra.
n.
Orchards, in general.