ord.

American  

abbreviation

1. order.

2. ordinal.

3. ordinance.

4. ordinary.

5. ordnance.

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Ord British  

/ ɔːd /

noun

1. a river in NE Western Australia, rising on the Kimberley Plateau and flowing generally north to the Timor Sea: subject of a major irrigation scheme. Length: about 500 km (300 miles)

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Example Sentences

Acantha′ce�, or Acanthads, a nat. ord. of dicotyledonous herbaceous plants or shrubs, with opposite leaves and monopetalous corolla, mostly tropical; species about 1400.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various

Dioscoreace�, a nat. ord. of monocotyledons, with alternate reticulate-veined leaves, tuberous root-stocks, and twining stems.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

Asteroi�dea, the ord. of the Echinodermata to which the star-fishes belong.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

Anona�ce�, a nat. ord. of trees and shrubs, having simple, alternate leaves, destitute of stipules, by which character they are distinguished from the Magnoliace�, to which they are otherwise closely allied.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

Aquifolia�ce�, a nat. ord. of plants; the holly tribe.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various