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abbreviation

order.

ordinal.

ordinance.

ordinary.

ordnance.

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Words nearby ord.

orchotomy, orcinol, OR circuit, Orcus, Orczy, ord., ordain, ordained, ordainee, ordeal, ordeal bean

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How to use ord. in a sentence

We found the banks of the Ord very thickly populated, and frequently camped at night with different parties of natives.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont|Louis de Rougemont
"That will be in early summer," George Ord said, his black eyes thoughtful.
Space Prison|Tom Godwin
And there was no one, with the exception of George Ord, who had studied as many textbooks as he had.
Space Prison|Tom Godwin
I was sitting on my tarpaulins writing, and feeling rather grateful for the "softness" of my job, when a shout of "Ord'ly!"
In the Ranks of the C.I.V.|Erskine Childers

In the Ord kangaroo rat, the bulk of the liver lies on the right side of the body cavity.
Speciation in the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii|Henry W. Setzer

British Dictionary definitions for ord.

Ord

/ (ɔːd) /

noun

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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