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"The speaker\u2019s orotund oratory, his mannered put-downs, his mock pretentiousness, his pompous, practiced, often hilarious jawing will be no more. \u2014 Karla Adam, Washington Post , 31 Oct. 2019"
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"geographical name"
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"earthen dam 754 feet (230 meters) high in the Feather River in north central California":[]
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": one of a pair of torpedo-shaped floats towed one on each side by a minesweeper at a fixed distance to suspend the ends of the steel rope used to tear submerged mines from their moorings":[]
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"\u02cc\u022fr\u0259\u02c8p\u0101s\u0259"
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"from Oropesa , British trawler that first used it":""
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"After ordering a series of CT scans, Mock\u2019s next doctor gave him a sobering diagnosis: late-stage oropharyngeal cancer, better known as throat cancer. \u2014 USA Today , 23 May 2022",
"After ordering a series of CT scans, Mock\u2019s next doctor gave him a sobering diagnosis: late-stage oropharyngeal cancer, better known as throat cancer. \u2014 USA Today , 23 May 2022",
"After ordering a series of CT scans, Mock\u2019s next doctor gave him a sobering diagnosis: late-stage oropharyngeal cancer, better known as throat cancer. \u2014 USA Today , 23 May 2022",
"After ordering a series of CT scans, Mock\u2019s next doctor gave him a sobering diagnosis: late-stage oropharyngeal cancer, better known as throat cancer. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 5 May 2022",
"And while cervical cancer is more commonly associated with HPV, oropharyngeal cancer has now surpassed it as the leading cancer caused by HPV. \u2014 Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com , 27 Apr. 2021",
"Travelers 12 and older to Antigua and Barbuda arriving by air must present a negative Covid-19-RT-PCR (real time polymerase chain reaction) test result, using a nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal swab. \u2014 CNN , 21 Apr. 2021",
"The fifth type \u2014 an oropharyngeal specimen \u2014 is not recommended by the CDC, but is acceptable, and swabs the throat and tonsils. \u2014 Camille Caldera, USA TODAY , 12 July 2020"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-214340"
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"noun"
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": the part of the pharynx that is below the soft palate and above the epiglottis and is continuous with the mouth":[]
},
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"\u02cc\u022fr-\u0259-\u02c8fer-i\u014b(k)s",
"-\u02c8far-i\u014b(k)s"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Virus particles are most concentrated in the oropharynx located at the back of a person\u2019s throat, which can be difficult to reach with an ordinary nasal swab. \u2014 Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY , 9 Jan. 2022",
"He soon was diagnosed with cancer of the oropharynx , near the back of his throat. \u2014 Shelley A. Sackett, sun-sentinel.com , 26 Nov. 2019",
"One of those types, HPV-16, is identified in more than half of cancers in the oropharynx , according to the National Cancer Institute. \u2014 The Washington Post, The Denver Post , 2 Apr. 2017"
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"1887, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-005316"
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": preferring or thriving in a subalpine environment":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-034619"
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"adjective"
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": of or relating to an orometer":[]
},
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"\u00a6\u022fr\u0259\u00a6me\u2027trik"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-100553"
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"noun"
],
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": an aneroid barometer having a second scale that gives the approximate elevation above sea level of the place where the observation is made":[]
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"\u022f\u02c8r\u00e4m\u0259t\u0259(r)"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-105241"
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"noun"
],
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": a subalpine plant":[]
},
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"\u02c8\u014dr\u0259\u02ccf\u012bt"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-115452"
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"noun"
],
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": the science of mountains : orography":[]
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"-j\u0113"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-150011"
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"noun"
],
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": a specialist in orology":[]
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"\u022f\u02c8r\u00e4l\u0259j\u0259\u0307st"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-173200"
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"noun"
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": a genus of jassids of the Australian region that includes one ( O. argentatus ) which is a vector of several plant virus diseases":[]
},
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"\u022f\u02c8r\u014dzh(\u0113)\u0259s",
"-\u014dz\u0113\u0259s",
"-\u014dsh(\u0113)\u0259s",
"-\u014ds\u0113\u0259s"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-091543"
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"noun"
],
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": a branch of physical geography that deals with mountains":[]
},
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"\u022f-\u02c8r\u00e4-gr\u0259-f\u0113"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The tricky orography narrows the options for safe landing-approaches, meaning that Santa Luc\u00eda\u2019s new runways wouldn\u2019t arithmetically increase traffic capacity because flight paths would overlap with Benito Ju\u00e1rez. \u2014 Mary Anastasia O\u2019grady, WSJ , 25 Nov. 2018",
"From the measurements taken during the field trip with Ms. Ermirio, the students will design a three-dimensional orography of the area. \u2014 Gaia Pianigiani, New York Times , 6 June 2017"
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"noun"
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": a genus of very small American Eocene horses having four complete toes in front and three behind and having the tubercles of the molar teeth partially fused into a set of ridges":[]
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"\u02cc\u014dr\u014d\u02c8hip\u0259s"
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"New Latin, from oro- entry 1 + -hippus":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-052612"
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
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": functioning both as mouth and anus":[
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]
},
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"\u00a6\u014dr(\u02cc)\u014d+"
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"oro- entry 2 + anal":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-075905"
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"noun"
],
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": a region of mountain-making disturbance \u2014 compare kratogen":[]
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"-\u02ccjen",
"\u02c8\u014dr\u0259j\u0259\u0307n"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-123749"
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"plural noun"
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": a family of widely distributed brown or yellow leafless root-parasitic herbs (order Polemoniales) with axillary or spicate 2-lipped flowers and a 1-celled ovary":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-124332"
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"New Latin Orobanchaceae + English -ous":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-130938"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": of or relating to a degree of roughness of the earth's surface comparable to that now existing":[]
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"\u00a6\u014dr\u0259\u00a6kratik"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-143423"
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"adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-144358"
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"adjective"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Moreover, the new zoning of the D.O. Cava has been established on two levels, marked by specific climatic, orographic , historical, and cultural attributes that justify the new plan and lend these wines their unique identity. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 5 Nov. 2021",
"This effect of forcing air to rise due to land elevation is called orographic uplift and is responsible for the biggest snowstorms in cities like Denver and Boulder. \u2014 Jeff Berardelli, CBS News , 11 Mar. 2021"
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"1803, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-145102"
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": a large genus (the type of the family Orobanchaceae ) of root-parasitic herbs native to the Old World and western America that have fleshy yellowish white and spicate bracted flowers \u2014 see broomrape":[]
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"New Latin, from Latin, broomrape, from Greek orobanch\u0113 dodder, broomrape, from orobos bitter vetch, chick-pea + anchein to strangle":""
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"oro- entry 1 + hydrology":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-203009"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the process of mountain formation especially by folding of the earth's crust":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u022f-\u02c8r\u00e4-j\u0259-n\u0113"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But today\u2019s most visible on-the-ground evidence of the colliding land masses are the mountain ranges running from Georgia to Maine that arose during the Appalachian orogeny . \u2014 Washington Post , 4 June 2021",
"That continental smash-up is called the Alleghanian orogeny . \u2014 Ken Jennings, CNT , 17 July 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1890, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-204827"
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": a Tungus people dwelling near the mouth of the Amur that encoffins its dead on platforms":[],
": a member of the Orochi people":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-213923"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": of or relating to the representation of submerged mountains by depth contours":[
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},
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"\u00a6\u014dr(\u02cc)\u014d+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-214413"
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"adjective",
"noun"
],
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": orogeny":[]
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"1886, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-232952"
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"oroide":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an alloy chiefly of copper and zinc or tin that resembles gold in color and brilliancy and is used in making cheap jewelry":[]
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"French or\u00e9ide , probably from or gold (from Middle French) + -\u00e9ide (from Greek eidos form)":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-010044"
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"definitions":{
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