An orc is a mythological and fictional creature, especially in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
Orc or ORC may also refer to:
Fictional monsters and races Orc (Blake), a character in the work of William Blake Orc (Warcraft) Orc (Warhammer) l'Orco, a sea monster in the poem Orlando Furioso Orsimer, or orcs, in The Elder Scrolls video games
Acronyms O.R.C., postnominal letters for members of the Canons Regular of the Holy Cross of Coimbra ORC License, the Open RPG Creative License Odd radio circle, unexplained astronomical object Odonata Records Committee, verifies dragonflies in the UK Offshore Racing Congress, for maritime yacht racing Offshore Raiding Craft, a boat operated by the Royal Marines Ohio Revised Code, statutes of the U.S. state of Ohio Opinion Research Corporation, a polling and market research company Order of Railway Conductors, an American trade union Organic Rankine Cycle Organized retail crime Origin recognition complex, a protein complex Otago Regional Council, New Zealand Ottawa Rowing Club, a Canadian rowing club Olivos Rugby Club, an Argentine rugby union club
Transport ORC, Amtrak station code for Oregon City (Amtrak station), Oregon, United States ORC, IATA airport code for Orocue Airport, Orocue, Colombia ORC, MRT station abbreviation for Orchard MRT station, Singapore Ottoman Railway Company
Other uses Apache ORC, a file format Orc (album), an album by Oh Sees Orc (programming language) Orcs: First Blood, a series of books by Stan Nicholls Orc (sometimes romanized as Ork), a pejorative term used in Ukraine for a Russian soldier in the Russo-Ukrainian War
See also Ork (disambiguation) Orca