In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ORA
OS
bone, os
(noun) rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
os
(noun) a mouth or mouthlike opening
osmium, Os, atomic number
(noun) a hard brittle blue-grey or blue-black metallic element that is one of the platinum metals; the heaviest metal known
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
ora
plural of os; mouths or openings, especially of the cervix.
Etymology 2
Noun
ora (plural oras)
A unit of money among the Anglo-Saxons.
Anagrams
• AOR, AoR, OAR, ROA, Rao, Roa, aro, oar
Etymology
Proper noun
Ora
A female given name from Latin. Mainly used in the U.S.A. in the latter half of the 19th century.
Anagrams
• AOR, AoR, OAR, ROA, Rao, Roa, aro, oar
Source: Wiktionary
O"ra, n. Etym: [AS. See 2d Ore.]
Definition: A money of account among the Anglo-Saxons, valued, in the Domesday Book, at twenty pence sterling.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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