A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.
A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them.
Any unreferenced object.
A young animal with no mother.
Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's demise or decision to abandon.
To deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive)
To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to.
Deprived of parents (also orphaned).
Remaining after the removal of some form of support.
A person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support; also, a person excluded from society; an outcast.
A plant introduced in a place outside its native range but is not persistently naturalized.
A very thin person.
Something found, especially if without an owner; something which comes along, as it were, by chance.
A small flag used as a signal.
Something (such as clouds or smoke) carried aloft by the wind.
To cast aside or reject, and thus make a waif.