Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter O - Page 29
Ostium (n.; pl. Ostia.) [L.] (Anat.) An opening; a passage.
Ostler (n.) See Hostler.
Ostler (n.) Someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses [syn: stableman, stableboy, groom, hostler, ostler].
Ostleress (n.) A female ostler. [R.] -- Tennyson.
Ostlery (n.) See Hostelry. [Obs.]
Ostmen (n. pl.) East men; Danish settlers in Ireland, formerly so called. -- Lyttelton.
Ostosis (n.) (Physiol.) Bone formation; ossification. See Ectostosis, and Endostosis.
Ostracea (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of bivalve mollusks including the oysters and allied shells.
Ostracean (n.) (Zool.) Any one of a family of bivalves, of which the oyster is the type.
Ostracion (n.) (Zool.) A genus of plectognath fishes of the family Ostraciontidae having the body covered with solid, immovable, bony plates. It includes the trunkfishes (also called boxfish).
It includes the trunkfishes (also called boxfish).
Ostraciont (n.) (Zool.) A fish of the genus Ostracion and allied genera.
Ostracism (n.) (Gr. Antiq.) Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage.
Ostracism (n.) Banishment; exclusion; as, social ostracism.
Public envy is as an ostracism, that eclipseth men when they grow too great. -- Bacon.
Sentenced to a perpetual ostracism from the . . . confidence, and honors, and emoluments of his country. -- A. Hamilton.
Ostracism (n.) The state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent); "the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry" [syn: banishment, ostracism, Coventry].
Ostracism (n.) The act of excluding someone from society by general consent.
Ostracite (n.) (Paleon.) A fossil oyster.
Ostracized (imp. & p. p.) of Ostracize.
Ostracizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ostracize.
Ostracize (v. t.) (Gr. Antiq.)（古希臘）按貝殼流放法放逐；放逐；排斥 To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens. -- Grote.
Ostracize (v. t.) To banish from society, by a general consent; to exclude from social, political, or private favor; to exclude from conversation or friendship; to shun; as, he was ostracized by his former friends. A person may be ostracized by a formal vote or by a widespread but informal agreement. -- Marvell.
Ostracize (v.) Expel from a community or group [syn: {banish}, {ban}, {ostracize}, {ostracise}, {shun}, {cast out}, {blackball}].
Ostracize (v.) Avoid speaking to or dealing with; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me" [syn: {ostracize}, {ostracise}].
Ostracize (v.) To not allow (someone) to be included in a group : to exclude (someone) from a group. Ostracized; ostracizing
Ostracize (v. t.) (ostracized; ostracizing) To exile by ostracism.
Ostracize (v. t.) To exclude from a group by common consent.
Ostracoda (n. pl.) Ostracoidea.
Ostracoda (prop. n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of Entomostraca possessing shrimplike bodies enclosed in hard bivalve shells; called also seed shrimp and mussel shrimp. They were formerly referred to as Ostracoidea. They are of small size, and swim freely about; many are less than 1 mm in length. Microfossils of certain extinct orders have been found extending back to the Cambrian age.
Ostracoidea (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of Entomostraca possessing hard bivalve shells. They are of small size, and swim freely about. Now usually written Ostracoda. [archaic]
Ostracoda (n.) Seed shrimps [syn: Ostracoda, subclass Ostracoda].
Ostracodermi (n. pl.) (Zool.) A suborder of fishes of which Ostracion is the type.
Ostracodermi (n.) Extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear [syn: Ostracodermi, order Ostracodermi].
Ostracoid (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Ostracoidea (now Ostracoda). -- n. One of the Ostracoidea (now Ostracoda).
Ostracoidea (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of Entomostraca possessing shrimplike bodies enclosed in hard bivalve shells; called also seed shrimp and mussel shrimp. They were formerly referred to as Ostracoidea. They are of small size, and swim freely about; many are less than 1 mm in length. Microfossils of certain extinct orders have been found extending back to the Cambrian age.
Ostracoidea (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of Entomostraca possessing hard bivalve shells. They are of small size, and swim freely about. Now usually written Ostracoda. [archaic]
Ostrea (n.) (Zool.) A genus of bivalve Mollusca which includes the true oysters.
Ostrea (n.) Type genus of the family Ostreidae [syn: Ostrea, genus Ostrea].
Ostreaceous (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to an oyster, or to a shell; shelly.
The crustaceous or ostreaceous body. -- Cudworth.
Ostreaculture (n.) The artificial cultivation of oysters.
Ostreophagist (n.) One who feeds on oysters.
Ostrich (n.) (Zool.) 鴕鳥 A large bird of the genus Struthio, of which Struthio camelus of Africa is the best known species. It has long and very strong legs, adapted for rapid running; only two toes; a long neck, nearly bare of feathers; and short wings incapable of flight. The adult male is about eight feet high.
Note: The South African ostrich ({Struthio australis) and the Asiatic ostrich are considered distinct species by some authors. Ostriches are now domesticated in South Africa in large numbers for the sake of their plumes. The body of the male is covered with elegant black plumose feathers, while the wings and tail furnish the most valuable white plumes.
Ostrich farm, A farm on which ostriches are bred for the sake of their feathers, oil, eggs, etc.
Ostrich farming, The occupation of breeding ostriches for the sake of their feathers, etc.
Ostrich fern (Bot.) A kind of fern ({Onoclea Struthiopteris), the tall fronds of which grow in a circle from the rootstock. It is found in alluvial soil in Europe and North America.
Ostrich (n.) A person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand).
Ostrich (n.) Fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird [syn: ostrich, Struthio camelus].
Ostrich, () (Lam. 4:3), The rendering of Hebrew pl. enim; so called from its greediness and gluttony. The allusion here is to the habit of the ostrich with reference to its eggs, which is thus described: "The outer layer of eggs is generally so ill covered that they are destroyed in quantities by jackals, wild-cats, etc., and that the natives carry them away, only taking care not to leave the marks of their footsteps, since, when the ostrich comes and finds that her nest is discovered, she crushes the whole brood, and builds a nest elsewhere." In Job 39:13 this word in the Authorized Version is the rendering of a Hebrew word (notsah) which means "feathers," as in the Revised Version. In the same verse the word "peacocks" of the Authorized Version is the rendering of the Hebrew pl. renanim, properly meaning "ostriches," as in the Revised Version. (See OWL [1].)
Ostrich, (n.) A large bird to which (for its sins, doubtless) nature has denied that hinder toe in which so many pious naturalists have seen a conspicuous evidence of design. The absence of a good working pair of wings is no defect, for, as has been ingeniously pointed out, the ostrich does not fly.
Ostriferous (a.) Producing oysters; containing oysters.
Ostrogoth (n.) One of the Eastern Goths. See Goth.
Ostrogoth (n.) A member of the eastern group of Goths who created a kingdom in northern Italy around 500 AD.
Ostrogothic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ostrogoths.
Oswego tea () (Bot.) An American aromatic herb ({Monarda didyma), with showy, bright red, labiate flowers.
Oswego tea (n.) Perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads [syn: bee balm, beebalm, bergamot mint, oswego tea, Monarda didyma].
Otacoustic (a.) Assisting the sense of hearing; as, an otacoustic instrument.
Otacoustic (n.) Alt. of Otacousticon.
Otacousticon (n.) An instrument to facilitate hearing, as an ear trumpet.
Otaheite apple () (Bot.) The fruit of a Polynesian anacardiaceous tree ({Spondias dulcis), also called vi-apple. It is rather larger than an apple, and the rind has a flavor of turpentine, but the flesh is said to taste like pineapples.
Otaheite apple () A West Indian name for a myrtaceous tree ({Jambosa Malaccensis) which bears crimson berries.
Otalgia (n.) (Med.) Pain in the ear; earache.
Otalgia (n.) An ache localized in the middle or inner ear [syn: earache, otalgia].
Otalgic (a.) (Med.) Of or pertaining to otalgia.
Otalgic (n.) (Med.) A remedy for otalgia.
Otalgy (n.) Pain in the ear; otalgia.
Otaries (n. pl. ) of Otary.
Otary (n.) (Zool.) Any eared seal.
Otheoscope (n.) (Physics) An instrument for exhibiting the repulsive action produced by light or heat in an exhausted vessel; a modification of the radoimeter. -- W. Crookes.
Other (conj.) Either; -- used with other or or for its correlative (as either . . . or are now used). [Obs.]
Other of chalk, other of glass. -- Chaucer.
Other (pron. & a.) Usage: [Formerly other was used both as singular and plural.]
Other (pron. & a.) Different from that which, or the one who, has been specified; not the same; not identical; additional; second of two.
Each of them made other for to win. -- Chaucer.
Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. -- Matt. v. 39.
Other (pron. & a.) Not this, but the contrary; opposite; as, the other side of a river.
Other (pron. & a.) Alternate; second; -- used esp. in connection with every; as, every other day, that is, each alternate day, every second day.
Other (pron. & a.) Left, as opposed to right. [Obs.]
A distaff in her other hand she had. -- Spenser.
Note: Other is a correlative adjective, or adjective pronoun, often in contrast with one, some, that, this, etc.
The one shall be taken, and the other left. -- Matt. xxiv. 41.
And some fell among thorns . . . but other fell into good ground. -- Matt. xiii. 7, 8.
It is also used, by ellipsis, with a noun, expressed or understood.
To write this, or to design the other. -- Dryden.
It is written with the indefinite article as one word, another; is used with each, indicating a reciprocal action or relation; and is employed absolutely, or eliptically for other thing, or other person, in which case it may have a plural.
The fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. -- Ps. xlix. 10.
If he is trimming, others are true. -- Thackeray.
Other is sometimes followed by but, beside, or besides; but oftener by than.
No other but such a one as he. -- Coleridge.
Other lords beside thee have had dominion over us. -- Is. xxvi. 13.
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid. -- 1 Cor. iii. 11.
The whole seven years of . . . ignominy had been little other than a preparation for this very hour. -- Hawthorne.
Other some, some others. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
The other day, at a certain time past, not distant, but indefinite; not long ago; recently; rarely, the third day past.
Bind my hair up: as 't was yesterday?
No, nor t' other day. -- B. Jonson.
Other (adv.) Otherwise. "It shall none other be." -- Chaucer. "If you think other." -- Shak.
Other (a.) Not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; "today isn't any other day" -- the White Queen; "the construction of highways and other public works"; "he asked for other employment"; "any other person would tell the truth"; "his other books are still in storage"; "then we looked at the other house"; "hearing was good in his other ear"; "the other sex"; "she lived on the other side of the street from me"; "went in the other direction" [ant: same].
Other (a.) Recently past; "the other evening".
Other (a.) Belonging to the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times" [syn: early(a), former(a), other(a)].
Other (a.) Very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected; "a strange, other dimension...where his powers seemed to fail". -- Lance Morrow
Othergates (adv.) In another manner. [Obs.]
He would have tickled you othergates. -- Shak. Otherguise
Otherguise (a. & adv.) Alt. of Otherguess.
Otherguess (a. & adv.) Of another kind or sort; in another way. "Otherguess arguments." -- Berkeley.
Otherness (n.) The quality or state of being other or different; alterity; oppositeness.
Otherness (n.) The quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known [syn: otherness, distinctness, separateness].
Otherways (adv.) See Otherwise. -- Tyndale.
Otherwhere (adv.) In or to some other place, or places; elsewhere. -- Milton. -- Tennyson. Otherwhile
Otherwhile (adv.) Alt. of Otherwhiles.
Otherwhiles (adv.) At another time, or other times; sometimes; occasionally. [Archaic]
Weighing otherwhiles ten pounds and more. -- Holland.
Otherwise (adv.) In a different manner; in another way, or in other ways; differently; contrarily. -- Chaucer.
Thy father was a worthy prince, And merited, alas! a better fate; But Heaven thought otherwise. -- Addison.
Otherwise (adv.) In other respects.
It is said, truly, that the best men otherwise are not always the best in regard of society. -- Hooker.
Otherwise (adv.) In different circumstances; under other conditions; as, I am engaged, otherwise I would accept.
Note: Otherwise, like so and thus, may be used as a substitute for the opposite of a previous adjective,
noun, etc.
Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me. -- 2 Cor. xi. 16.
Her eyebrows . . . rather full than otherwise. -- Fielding.
Otherwise (adv.) In other respects or ways; "he is otherwise normal"; "the funds are not otherwise available"; "an otherwise hopeless situation".
Otherwise (adv.) In another and different manner; "very soon you will know differently"; "she thought otherwise"; "there is no way out other than the fire escape"; [syn: differently, otherwise, other than].
Otherwise (a.) Other than as supposed or expected; "the outcome was otherwise".
Otherwise, (adv.) No better.
Othman (n. & a.) See Ottoman.
Otic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the ear; auricular; auditory.
Otic (a.) Of or relating to near the ear [syn: otic, auricular].
Otiose (a.) Being at leisure or ease; unemployed; indolent; idle. "Otiose assent." -- Paley.
The true keeping of the Sabbath was not that otiose and unprofitable cessation from even good deeds which they would enforce. -- Alford.
Otiose (a.) Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence" [syn: otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wasted].
Otiose (a.) Producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt" [syn: futile, ineffectual, otiose, unavailing].
Otiose (a.) Disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy" [syn: faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy].
Otiosity (n.) Leisure; indolence; idleness; ease. [R.] -- Thackeray.
Otis (n.) (Zool.) A genus of birds including certain of the bustards.
Otis (n.) United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861) [syn: Otis, Elisha Graves Otis].
Otis (n.) Type genus of the Otididae: European bustard [syn: Otis, genus Otis].
Otis, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
Population (2000): 534
Housing Units (2000): 248
Land area (2000): 0.409261 sq. miles (1.059982 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.409261 sq. miles (1.059982 sq. km)
FIPS code: 56365
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 40.150645 N, 102.962521 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 80743
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Otis, CO
Otis
Otis, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 325
Housing Units (2000): 170
Land area (2000): 0.300843 sq. miles (0.779179 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.300843 sq. miles (0.779179 sq. km)
FIPS code: 53525
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 38.534933 N, 99.052088 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Otis
Otitis (n.) (Med.) Inflammation of the ear.
Otitis (n.) Inflammation of the ear.
Oto- () A combining form denoting relation to the ear, or situation near the ear or in the ear.
Oto, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 145
Housing Units (2000): 67
Land area (2000): 0.262364 sq. miles (0.679520 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.262364 sq. miles (0.679520 sq. km)
FIPS code: 60240
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 42.283676 N, 95.894047 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 51044
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Oto, IA
Oto
Otoba fat () A colorless buttery substance obtained from the fruit of Myristica otoba, a species of nutmeg tree.
Otoconite (n.) (Anat.) A mass of otoliths.
Otoconite (n.) (Anat.) An otolith.
Otocrane (n.) (Anat.) The cavity in the skull in which the parts of the internal ear are lodged.
Otocranial (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the otocrane.
Otocyst (n.) (Zool. & Anat.) An auditory cyst or vesicle; one of the simple auditory organs of many invertebrates, containing a fluid and otoliths; also, the embryonic vesicle from which the parts of the internal ear of vertebrates are developed.
Otography (n.) A description of the ear. Otolith
Otolith (n.) Alt. of Otolite.
Otolite (n.) (Anat.) One of the small bones or particles of calcareous or other hard substance in the internal ear of vertebrates, and in the auditory organs of many invertebrates; an ear stone. Collectively, the otoliths are called ear sand and otoconite.
Otolithic (a.) Alt. of Otolitic.
Otolitic (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to otoliths.
Otological (a.) Of or pertaining to otology.
Otologist (n.) One skilled in otology; an aurist.
Otologist (n.) A physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases [syn: ear doctor, ear specialist, otologist].
Otology (n.) The branch of science which treats of the ear and its diseases.
Otology (n.) The branch of medicine concerned with the ear.
Otopathy (n.) (Med.) A diseased condition of the ear.
Otorrhea (n.) 耳漏；耳液溢 Discharge from the external ear.
Otorrhea (n.) A flow or running from the ear, esp. a purulent discharge.
Otorrhea (n.) Otorrhea is the medical term for ear drainage. In order for there to be drainage from the middle ear (the space behind the ear drum) into the ear canal, there must be a connection present. This connection can result from a perforation in the ear drum, or if an ear tube was previously placed. When otorrhea is noted it is typically a sign of infection. When an acute ear infection causes a perforation of the ear drum, the hole is usually small and often heals on its own. Sometimes, there can be drainage from the ear if there is an outer ear infection like Swimmer’s Ear or a fungal (yeast) infection of the ear canal.
Otoscope (n.) An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.
Otoscopeic (a.) Of or pertaining to the otoscope or to otoscopy.
Otoscopy (n.) (Med.) The examination of the ear; the art of using the otoscope.
Otosteal (n.) (Anat.) An auditory ossicle. -- R. Owen.
Otozoum (n.) (Paleon.) An extinct genus of huge vertebrates, probably dinosaurs, known only from four-toed tracks in Triassic sandstones.
Ottar (n.) See Attar.
Compare: Attar
Attar (n.) A fragrant essential oil; esp., a volatile and highly fragrant essential oil obtained from the petals of roses. [Also written otto and ottar.]
Ottar (n.) Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers [syn: attar, atar, athar, ottar].
Ottawas (n. pl.) (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians who, when first known, lived on the Ottawa River. Most of them subsequently migrated to the southwestern shore of Lake Superior.
Otter (n.) A corruption of Annotto. otterhound
Otter (n.) (Zool.) Any carnivorous animal of the genera Lutra, Enhydra, and related genera of the family Mustelidae. Several species are described. They have large, flattish heads, short ears, and webbed toes. They are aquatic, and feed on fish. The sea otter ({Enhydra lutris) also eats clams, crabs, starfish, abalone, and other marine animals; they may come to the surface, and lying on their backs using the stomach as a table, may be seen cracking open the shell of its prey with a rock. The common otter of Europe is Lutra vulgaris; the North American otter (or American otter) is Lutra Canadensis, which inhabits marshes, streams and rivers; other species inhabit South America and Asia. The North American otter adult is about three to four feet long (including the tail) and weighs from 10 to 30 pounds; the sea otter is commonly four feet long and 45 pounds (female) or 60 pounds (male). Their fur is soft and valuable, and in the nineteenth century they were hunted extensively. The sea otter was hunted to near extinction by 1900, and is now protected. Fewer than 3,000 sea otters are believed to live along the central California coast.
Otter (n.) (Zool.) The larva of the ghost moth. It is very injurious to hop vines.
Otter hound, Otter dog (Zool.), A small breed of hounds, used in England for hunting otters; see otterhound .
Otter sheep. See Ancon sheep, under Ancon.
Otter shell (Zool.), Very large bivalve mollusk ({Schizothaerus Nuttallii) found on the northwest coast of America. It is excellent food, and is extensively used by the Indians.
Sea otter. (Zool.) See in the Vocabulary.
Otter (n.) The fur of an otter.
Otter (n.) Freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur.
Otto (n.) See Attar.
Compare: Attar
Attar (n.) A fragrant essential oil; esp., a volatile and highly fragrant essential oil obtained from the petals of roses. [Also written otto and ottar.]
Ottoman (a.) Of or pertaining to the Turks; as, the Ottoman power or empire.
Ottomans (n. pl. ) of Ottoman.
Ottoman (n.) A Turk.
Ottoman (n.) A stuffed seat without a back, originally used in Turkey.
Ottoman (a.) Of or relating to the Ottoman Empire or its people or its culture.
Ottoman (n.) A Turk (especially a Turk who is a member of the tribe of Osman I) [syn: Ottoman, Ottoman Turk, Osmanli].
Ottoman (n.) The Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century to its dissolution after World War I [syn: Ottoman, Ottoman dynasty].
Ottoman (n.) Thick cushion used as a seat [syn: ottoman, pouf, pouffe, puff, hassock].
Ottoman (n.) A low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person [syn: footstool, footrest, ottoman, tuffet].
Ottomite (n.) An Ottoman. [R.] -- Shak.
Ottrelite (n.) (Min.) A micaceous mineral occurring in small scales. It is characteristic of certain crystalline schists.