OT -abbr
- occupational therapist; occupational therapy
- Old Testament
- overtime
ot- -comb form
- ear: ear and
OTA -abbr
- Office of Technology Assessment
OTB -abbr
- offtrack betting
OTC -abbr
- over-the-counter
Othel·lo [ə-'the-(,)lō, ō-] -n
- a Moor in the military service of Venice, husband of Desdemona, and protagonist of Shakespeare's tragedy Othello
oth·er ['ə-thər] -adj
- being the one (as of two or more) remaining or not included
- held on with one hand and waved with the other one
- being the one or ones distinct from that or those first mentioned or implied
- taller than the other boys
- second
- not the same : different
- any other color would have been better
- something other than it seems to be
- additional
- sold in the U.S. and 14 other countries
- recently past
- former
- disturbingly or threateningly different : alien, exotic
other -n
- one that remains of two or more
- a thing opposite to or excluded by something else
- went from one side to the other
- nature as the other of culture
- a different or additional one
- one (as another person) that is psychologically differentiated from the self
- one considered by members of a dominant group as alien, exotic, threatening, or inferior (as because of different racial, sexual, or cultural characteristics)
- one of two that remains
- each preceding one
- a different or additional one
- otherwise used with than
- was unable to see them other than by going to their home
oth·erdi·rect·ed [,ə-thər-də-'rek-təd, -dī-] -adj, n
- directed in thought and action primarily by external norms rather than by one's own scale of values
oth·er·guess ['ə-thər-,ges] -adj
- different
oth·er·ness ['ə-thər-nəs] -n
- the quality or state of being other or different
- something that is other or different
other than -prep
- with the exception of : except for, besides
- other than that, nothing happened
- except, but
- cannot be changed other than by judicial order
oth·er·where [-,hwer, -,wer] -adv
- elsewhere
oth·er·while [-,hwī(-ə)l, -,wī(-ə)l] -adv
- at another time
oth·er·wise [-,wīz] -pron
- something or anything else : something to the contrary
- was ordered to testify and could not do otherwise
otherwise -adv
- in a different way or manner
- glossed over or otherwise handled -- Playboy
- in different circumstances
- might otherwise have left
- in other respects
- an otherwise flimsy farce -- Current Biog.
- if not
- do what I tell you, otherwise you'll be sorry
- not paired with an adjective, adverb, noun, or verb to indicate its contrary or to suggest an indefinite alternative
- people whose deeds, admirable or otherwise -- John Fischer
- almost thirty thousand women, Irish and otherwise -- J. M. Burns
- his opinion as to the success or otherwise of it -- Austral. Dict. of Biog.
- different
- if conditions were otherwise
other woman -n
- a woman with whom a married man has an affair usu. used with the
oth·er·world ['ə-thər-,wərld] -n
- a world beyond death or beyond present reality
oth·er·world·ly [,ə-thər-'wərl(d)-lē] -adj, n
- of, relating to, or resembling that of a world other than the actual world
- devoted to preparing for a world to come
- devoted to intellectual or imaginative pursuits
oti·ose ['ō-shē-,ōs, 'ō-tē-] -adj, adv, n
- producing no useful result : futile
- being at leisure : idle
- lacking use or effect : functionless
oti·tis [ō-'tī-təs] -n
- inflammation of the ear
otitis me·dia [-'mē-dē-ə] -n
- inflammation of the middle ear marked esp. by pain, fever, dizziness, and hearing loss
oto·cyst ['ō-tə-,sist] -n, adj
- a fluid-containing organ of many invertebrates that contains an otolith : statocyst
oto·lar·yn·gol·o·gy [,ō-tō-,la-rən-'gä-lə-jē] -n, adj
- a medical specialty concerned esp. with the ear, nose, and throat
oto·lith ['ō-tə-,lith] -n, adj
- a calcareous concretion in the inner ear of a vertebrate or in the otocyst of an invertebrate
otol·o·gy [ō-'tä-lə-jē] -n, adj
- a science that deals with the ear and its diseases
oto·rhi·no·lar·yn·gol·o·gy [,ō-tō-,rī-nō-,la-rən-'gä-lə-jē] -n, adj
- otolaryngology
oto·scle·ro·sis [,ō-tō-sklə-'rō-səs] -n
- growth of spongy bone in the inner ear that causes progressively increasing deafness
oto·scope ['ō-tə-,skōp] -n
- an instrument with lighting and magnifying systems used for visual examination of the tympanic membrane and the canal connecting it to the exterior of the body
oto·tox·ic [,ō-tə-'täk-sik] -adj, n
- producing, involving, or being adverse effects on organs or nerves involved in hearing or balance
OTR -abbr
- occupational therapist, registered
OTS -abbr
- officers' training school
ot·ta·va [ō-'tä-və] -adv or adj
- at an octave higher or lower than written used as a direction in music
ottava ri·ma [-'rē-mə] -n
- a stanza of eight lines of heroic verse with a rhyme scheme of abababcc
Ot·ta·wa ['ä-tə-wə, -,wä, -,wȯ] -n
- a member of an American Indian people of Michigan and southern Ontario
ot·ter ['ä-tər] -n
- any of various largely aquatic carnivorous mammals (as genus Lutraor Enhydra) of the weasel family that usu. have webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur
- the fur or pelt of an otter
ot·ter·hound [-,hau̇nd] -n
- any of a breed of large hounds that originated in Great Britain and have a rough outer and inner coat, webbed feet, and a keen sense of smell
otto ['a-tər, 'a-,tär] -n
(variant of attar)
- a fragrant essential oil (as from rose petals)
- fragrance
ot·to·man ['ä-tə-mən] -n
- a member of a Turkish dynasty founded by Osman I that ruled the Ottoman Empire
- a citizen or functionary of the Ottoman Empire
- an upholstered often overstuffed seat or couch usu. without a back
- an overstuffed footstool
- a heavy clothing fabric characterized by pronounced crosswise ribs
Ot·to·man ['ä-tə-mən] -adj
- of or relating to the Ottoman Empire or its citizens