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Organization ExpensenounMWEthe cost (over a period of five years) of organizing a new corporation or partnershipverified
Organization MannounMWEan employee who sacrifices his own individuality for the good of an organizationverified
Organizational Information Security Continuous MonitoringnounMWEOngoing monitoring sufficient to ensure and assure effectiveness of security controls related to systems, networks, and cyberspace, by assessing security control implementation and organizational security status in accordance with organizational risk tolerance – and within a reporting structure designed to make real-time, data-driven risk management decisions.Capability
Organizational Registration AuthoritynounMWEEntity within the PKI that authenticates the identity and the organizational affiliation of the users.OrganizationRegulatedPII
organizational risk tolerancenounMWEThe level of risk an organization is willing to take in order to achieve a potential desired result.Metric
Organizational UsernounMWEAn organizational employee or an individual the organization deems to have equivalent status of an employee (e.g., contractor, guest researcher, individual detailed from another organization, individual from allied nation).Identity
Organizernouna lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasksverified
Organophosphate Nerve AgentnounMWEany of a series of nerve agents containing organophosphate compounds first synthesized by German chemists in 1936verified
Orgynounsecret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activityverified
Oriental BittersweetnounMWEornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet arilverified
Oriental Bush CherrynounMWEwoody oriental plant with smooth unfurrowed red fruit grown especially for its white or pale pink blossomsverified
Oriental CherrynounMWEornamental tree with inedible fruits widely cultivated in many varieties for its white blossomsverified
Oriental CockroachnounMWEdark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distributionverified
Oriental PoppynounMWEcommonly cultivated Asiatic perennial poppy having stiff heavily haired leaves and bright scarlet or pink to orange flowersverified
Oriental RoachnounMWEdark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distributionverified
Oriental SprucenounMWEevergreen tree of the Caucasus and Asia Minor used as an ornamental having pendulous branchletsverified
Orientationnouna person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationshipsverified
Origaminounthe Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds)verified
Originalismnounthe belief that the United States Constitution should be interpreted in the way the authors originally intended itverified
Originating depository financial institution (ODFI)nounMWEA participating financial institution that originates entries at the request of and by agreement with its originators in accordance with the provisions of the NACHA rules.OrganizationRegulated
Origination FeenounMWEa fee charged to a borrower (especially for a mortgage loan) to cover the costs of initiating the loanverified
origination functionnounMWEAny of the processes required to initiate an automated clearing house transaction.ProcessRegulatedPCI
OriginatornounA person that has authorized an ODFI to transmit a credit or debit entry to the deposit account of a receiver at an RDFI.Identity
Orinasalnouna speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels)verified
Orinasal PhonenounMWEa speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open, as heard in French nasal vowelsverified
Ornithinenounan amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is important in the formation of ureaverified
Ornithomimidnounlightly built medium-sized dinosaur having extremely long limbs and necks with small heads and big brains and large eyesverified
Ornithosisnounan atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birdsverified
Orogenynounthe process of mountain formation (especially by the upward displacement of the earth's crust)verified
Orphan SitenounMWEa toxic waste area where the polluter could not be identified or the polluter refused to take action or pay for the cleanupverified
Orphenadrinenouna skeletal muscle relaxant (trade name Norflex) used to treat severe muscle strain and Parkinsonismverified
Orpinnounperennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowersverified
Orpinenounperennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowersverified
Orrerynounplanetarium consisting of an apparatus that illustrates the relative positions and motions of bodies in the solar system by rotation and revolution of balls moved by wheelworkverified
OrrisnounGerman iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizomeverified
Orthoboric AcidnounMWEa white or colorless slightly acid solid that is soluble in water and ethanolverified
Orthodontianounthe branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teethverified
Orthodontic TreatmentnounMWEdental treatment that corrects irregularities of the teeth or of the relation of the teeth to surrounding anatomyverified
Orthodonticsnounthe branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teethverified
Orthodontistnouna dentist specializing in the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teethverified
Orthodonturenounthe branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teethverified
Orthodox SleepnounMWEa recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occurverified