Orthodox.html - n.pl. (treated as sing.) (also orthodontia) the treatment of irregularities in the teeth and jaws.

orthodontic adj. orthodontist n. [ORTHO- + Gk odous odont- tooth]

Orthodox.html - adj.
1 a holding correct or currently accepted opinions, esp. on religious doctrine, morals, etc. b not independent-minded; unoriginal; unheretical.
2 (of religious doctrine, standards of morality, etc.) generally accepted as right or true; authoritatively established; conventional.
3 (also Orthodox) (of Judaism) strictly keeping to traditional doctrine and ritual.

Orthodox Church the Eastern Church, separated from the Western Church in the 11th c., having the Patriarch of Constantinople as its head, and including the national Churches of Russia, Romania, Greece, etc.

orthodoxly adv. [eccl. L orthodoxus f. Gk orthodoxos f. doxa opinion]

Orthodox.html - n.
(pl. -ies)
1 the state of being orthodox.
2 a the orthodox practice of Judaism. b the body of orthodox Jews.
3 esp. Relig. an authorized or generally accepted theory, doctrine, etc. [LL orthodoxia f. late Gk orthodoxia sound doctrine (as ORTHODOX)]

Orthodox.html - comb. form 1 a straight, rectangular, upright. b right, correct.
2 Chem. a relating to two adjacent carbon atoms in a benzene ring. b relating to acids and salts (e.g. orthophosphates) giving meta- compounds on removal of water. [Gk orthos straight]

Orthodox.html - adj.
having a head with a medium ratio of breadth to height.

Orthodox.html - adj.
giving fairly correct relative intensity to colours in photography by being sensitive to all except red.