adjective. Of or relating to the countries of the Orient or their peoples or cultures; eastern.

adjective. Of or designating the biogeographic region that includes South Asia south of the Himalaya Mountains and Southeast Asia from southern China to Borneo.

adjective. Of or relating to the Oriental Orthodox Church.

adjective. Lustrous and valuable.

adjective. undefined

adjective. Of or relating to a genuine or superior gem.

adjective. Relating to or designating corundum that resembles another stone in color.

noun. An Asian, especially a South Asian, Southeast Asian, or East Asian.

noun. A domestic cat of a breed developed in Britain from the Siamese and other breeds, having a long slender body and either a long or short coat in a wide variety of colors and patterns.

Of the orient or east; situated in or proceeding from the east; eastern: as, oriental seas or countries. Also orient.

Of superior quality; precious; valuable; possessing orient qualities: applied to gems as a mark of excellence: opposed to occidental, which applies to the less valuable kinds.

[cap. or lowercase] Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the East, or Eastern, especially Asiatic, countries; hence, exuberant; profuse; sumptuous; gorgeous; magnificent.

In astrology, rising between the fourth house and the mid-heaven: applied to the planets.

noun. A native or an inhabitant of some eastern part of the world; an Asiatic.

adjective. Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned with the East or Orientalism; -- opposed to occidental.

noun. A native or inhabitant of the Orient or some Eastern part of the world; an Asiatic.

noun. Eastern Christians of the Greek rite.

adjective. eastern, of the east, of or relating to the Orient especially Asiatic, but most commonly to the Far East.

adjective. , capitalized: a zoögeographical region of southeast Asia.

adjective. of orient pearls, relating to orient lustre in a pearl

noun. Oriental (capitalized) native of the East, or Asiatic, native, resident of the Orient

noun. A person from the Orient, or with ancestry from the Orient.

noun. a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans)

adjective. denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia