(astronomy) a hypothetical huge collection of comets orbiting the sun far beyond the orbit of Pluto; perturbations (as by other stars) can upset a comet's orbit and may send it tumbling toward the sun
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Oort cloud |
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German industrialist who was the first in Germany to use an assembly line in manufacturing automobiles (1871-1948)
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Opel |
Wilhelm von Opel |
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a British university that is open to people without formal academic qualifications and where teaching is by correspondence or broadcasting or summer school
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Open University |
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the United States and its allies defeated Iraq in a ground war that lasted 100 hours (1991)
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Operation Desert Storm |
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a family of succulent ferns of order Ophioglossales; cosmopolitan in distribution
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Ophioglossaceae |
family Ophioglossaceae |
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epiphytic fern with straplike usually twisted fronds of tropical Asia and Polynesia and America
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Ophioglossum pendulum |
ribbon fern |
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large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja
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Naja hannah |
Ophiophagus hannah |
hamadryad |
king cobra |
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a large constellation in the equatorial region between Hercules and Scorpius
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Ophiuchus |
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a hardy genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and northern Africa and western Asia
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Ophrys |
genus Ophrys |
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European orchid whose flowers resemble bumble bees in shape and color
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Ophrys apifera |
bee orchid |
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European orchid whose flowers resemble flies
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Ophrys insectifera |
Ophrys muscifera |
fly orchid |
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European orchid whose flowers resemble flies
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Ophrys insectifera |
Ophrys muscifera |
fly orchid |
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spring-blooming spider orchid having a flower with yellow or green or pink sepals and a broad brown velvety lip
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Ophrys sphegodes |
early spider orchid |
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gastropods having the gills when present posterior to the heart and having no operculum: includes sea slugs; sea butterflies; sea hares
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Opisthobranchia |
subclass Opisthobranchia |
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