An orc (sometimes spelt ork; /ɔːrk/), in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy fiction, is a race of humanoid monsters, which he also calls "goblin"...
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Look up orc in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An orc is a mythological and fictional creature. Orc or ORC may also refer to: Orc (Blake), a character...
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Orc (Cyrillic: орк, romanised: ork), plural orcs (Russian and Ukrainian: орки), is a pejorative commonly used in Ukraine to refer to a Russian soldier...
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Orc is a proper name for one of the characters in the complex mythology of William Blake. A fallen figure, Orc is the embodiment of rebellion, and stands...
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Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is a real-time strategy game (RTS) developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment, and published by Interplay Productions in...
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Apache ORC (Optimized Row Columnar) is a free and open-source column-oriented data storage format. It is similar to the other columnar-storage file formats...
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In thermal engineering, the organic Rankine cycle (ORC) is a type of thermodynamic cycle. It is a variation of the Rankine cycle named for its use of...
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Orc is the nineteenth studio album by American garage rock band Oh Sees, released on August 25, 2017, on Castle Face Records. It is the band's first studio...
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orcs are a primitive race of savage, bestial, barbaric humanoid. The orc was one of the earliest creatures introduced in the D&D game. The D&D orc is...
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Of Orcs and Men is a fantasy action role-playing game developed by Cyanide and Spiders for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. The Empire of Men's oppressive...
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Warhammer Fantasy (setting) (redirect from Orcs and Goblins (Warhammer))
races such as humans, high elves, dark elves, wood elves, dwarfs, undead, orcs, lizardmen, and other creatures familiar to many fantasy/role-playing settings...
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The Orc King is a fantasy novel by American writer R. A. Salvatore, the first book in the Transitions series. The story begins a century after the events...
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mechanics and extending the nemesis system, which procedurally generates orc characters for players to fight and recruit. Compared to its predecessor...
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Orc Stain is a fantasy comic book series created by James Stokoe and published by Image Comics. The first seven issues were published from January 2010–February...
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Azeroth using a magic portal. Together, a few human heroes and dissenting Orcs must attempt to stop the true evil behind this war and restore peace. The...
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In molecular biology, origin recognition complex (ORC) is a multi-subunit DNA binding complex (6 subunits) that binds in all eukaryotes and archaea in...
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Bright (film) (category Orcs in popular culture)
co-exist and details an LAPD police officer (portrayed by Will Smith) and his orc partner (Joel Edgerton) confronting racism and police corruption while protecting...
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Opinion Research Corporation (redirect from ORC International)
July 2011. ORC has its worldwide headquarters in Princeton, and offices across the U.S., Europe and the Asia Pacific region. Founded in 1938, ORC is focused...
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into a completely CGI character. He ended up playing an unnamed Gundabad Orc, called "Keeper of the Dungeons" in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies...
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Orcs: First Blood (variant title: Orcs (2004)) is a series of books written by Stan Nicholls. It includes: Bodyguard of Lightning, Legion of Thunder and...
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January 2, 2013. "Economist/YouGov" (PDF). "Public Policy Polling" (PDF). CNN/ORC "Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Co". Fox News. Archived from the original...
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storage format in the Apache Hadoop ecosystem. It is similar to RCFile and ORC, the other columnar-storage file formats in Hadoop, and is compatible with...
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Orcs & Elves is an adventure role-playing video game for the mobile phone and Nintendo DS. It was developed by id Software and Fountainhead Entertainment...
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Odd radio circle (redirect from ORCs)
In astronomy, an odd radio circle (ORC) is a very large (over 50 times the diameter of our Milky Way ~ 3 million light years) unexplained astronomical...
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Borophagus orc is an extinct species of the genus Borophagus of the subfamily Borophaginae, a group of canids endemic to North America from the 5.3 to...
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The Offshore Raiding Craft (ORC) is a small, fast boat used by the Royal Marines for troop insertion, and patrols. The ORC is primarily used when undertaking...
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trembling as he sees Orc, the embodiment of the American colonies. The Angel of Albion believes Orc is the Anti-Christ and Orc believes the King of England...
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Orc is a concurrent, nondeterministic computer programming language created by Jayadev Misra at the University of Texas at Austin. Orc provides uniform...
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Warcraft (redirect from Orc (Warcraft))
Blizzard Entertainment. The series is made up of six core games: Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, World...
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