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Valerianaceous :: Valerianaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of a natural order (Valerianaccae) of which the valerian is the type. The order includes also the corn salads and the oriental spikenard..

Eunuch :: Eunuch (n.) A male of the human species castrated; commonly, one of a class of such persons, in Oriental countries, having charge of the women's apartments. Some of them, in former times, gained high official rank..

Benne :: Benne (n.) The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and S. indicum), originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil is expressed, called benne oil, used mostly for making soap. In the southern United States the seeds are used in candy..

Lacwork :: Lacwork (n.) Ornamentation by means of lacquer painted or carved, or simply colored, sprinkled with gold or the like; -- said especially of Oriental work of this kind..

Orientate :: Orientate (v. i.) To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east.

Marcionite :: Marcionite (n.) A follower of Marcion, a Gnostic of the second century, who adopted the Oriental notion of the two conflicting principles, and imagined that between them there existed a third power, neither wholly good nor evil, the Creator of the world and of man, and the God of the Jewish dispensation..

Brazil Wood :: Brazil wood () The wood of the oriental Caesalpinia Sapan; -- so called before the discovery of America.

Eastern :: Eastern (a.) Situated or dwelling in the east; oriental; as, an eastern gate; Eastern countries..

Tam-tam :: Tam-tam (n.) A kind of drum used in the East Indies and other Oriental countries; -- called also tom-tom.

Occident :: Occident (n.) The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west; -- opposed to orient. Specifically, in former times, Europe as opposed to Asia; now, also, the Western hemisphere..

Orientalized :: Orientalized (imp. & p. p.) of Orientaliz.

Orientalist :: Orientalist (n.) One versed in Eastern languages, literature, etc.; as, the Paris Congress of Orientalists..

Commorient :: Commorient (a.) Dying together or at the same time.

Verd Antique :: Verd antique () A green porphyry called oriental verd antique.

Orientalism :: Orientalism (n.) Knowledge or use of Oriental languages, history, literature, etc..

Orientalize :: Orientalize (v. t.) to render Oriental; to cause to conform to Oriental manners or conditions.

Divan :: Divan (n.) A saloon or hall where a council is held, in Oriental countries, the state reception room in places, and in the houses of the richer citizens. Cushions on the floor or on benches are ranged round the room..

Ma :: Ma (n.) In Oriental countries, a respectful form of address given to a woman; mother..

Izedi :: Izedi (n.) One of an Oriental religious sect which worships Satan or the Devil.

Orientated :: Orientated (imp. & p. p.) of Orientat.

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