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

El�agna�ce�, the oleaster family of plants, a small nat. ord. of apetalous dicotyledons scattered over the northern regions.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

Among the items enumerated in the very fine, but neat and legible hand of Mr. Jefferson, is the following: "Gave J. Madison ord. on bank for 9625 D."

From Thomas Jefferson, a Character Sketch by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

My experience as ins. agent 15 year industrial and ord. life and prefered.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 by Various

Drosera�ce�, a nat. ord. of polypetalous Dicotyledons, consisting of insectivorous marsh herbs, whose leaves are usually covered with glands or glandular hairs.

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

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