OT -abbr

  1. occupational therapist; occupational therapy
  2. Old Testament
  3. overtime

ot- -comb form

  1. ear
    • ot itis
    : ear and
    • oto laryngology

OTA -abbr

  1. Office of Technology Assessment

OTB -abbr

  1. offtrack betting

OTC -abbr

  1. over-the-counter

Othel·lo [ə-'the-(,)lō, ō-] -n

  1. a Moor in the military service of Venice, husband of Desdemona, and protagonist of Shakespeare's tragedy Othello

oth·er ['ə-thər] -adj

  1. being the one (as of two or more) remaining or not included
    • held on with one hand and waved with the other one
  2. being the one or ones distinct from that or those first mentioned or implied
    • taller than the other boys
  3. second
    • every other day
  4. not the same : different
    • any other color would have been better
    • something other than it seems to be
  5. additional
    • sold in the U.S. and 14 other countries
  6. recently past
    • the other evening
  7. former
    • in other times
  8. disturbingly or threateningly different : alien, exotic

other -n

  1. one that remains of two or more
  2. a thing opposite to or excluded by something else
    • went from one side to the other
    • nature as the other of culture
  3. a different or additional one
    • the other s came later
  4. one (as another person) that is psychologically differentiated from the self
  5. one considered by members of a dominant group as alien, exotic, threatening, or inferior (as because of different racial, sexual, or cultural characteristics)
  6. one of two that remains
  7. each preceding one
  8. a different or additional one
    • something or other
  9. 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

  1. 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

  1. different

oth·er·ness ['ə-thər-nəs] -n

  1. the quality or state of being other or different
  2. something that is other or different

other than -prep

  1. with the exception of : except for, besides
    • other than that, nothing happened
  2. except, but
    • cannot be changed other than by judicial order

oth·er·where [-,hwer, -,wer] -adv

  1. elsewhere

oth·er·while [-,hwī(-ə)l, -,wī(-ə)l] -adv

  1. at another time

oth·er·wise [-,wīz] -pron

  1. something or anything else : something to the contrary
    • was ordered to testify and could not do otherwise

otherwise -adv

  1. in a different way or manner
    • glossed over or otherwise handled -- Playboy
  2. in different circumstances
    • might otherwise have left
  3. in other respects
    • an otherwise flimsy farce -- Current Biog.
  4. if not
    • do what I tell you, otherwise you'll be sorry
  5. 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.
  6. different
    • if conditions were otherwise

other woman -n

  1. a woman with whom a married man has an affair usu. used with the

oth·er·world ['ə-thər-,wərld] -n

  1. a world beyond death or beyond present reality

oth·er·world·ly [,ə-thər-'wərl(d)-lē] -adj, n

  1. of, relating to, or resembling that of a world other than the actual world
  2. devoted to preparing for a world to come
  3. devoted to intellectual or imaginative pursuits

oti·ose ['ō-shē-,ōs, 'ō-tē-] -adj, adv, n

  1. producing no useful result : futile
  2. being at leisure : idle
  3. lacking use or effect : functionless

oti·tis [ō-'tī-təs] -n

  1. inflammation of the ear

otitis me·dia [-'mē-dē-ə] -n

  1. inflammation of the middle ear marked esp. by pain, fever, dizziness, and hearing loss

oto·cyst ['ō-tə-,sist] -n, adj

  1. 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

  1. a medical specialty concerned esp. with the ear, nose, and throat

oto·lith ['ō-tə-,lith] -n, adj

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. otolaryngology

oto·scle·ro·sis [,ō-tō-sklə-'rō-səs] -n

  1. growth of spongy bone in the inner ear that causes progressively increasing deafness

oto·scope ['ō-tə-,skōp] -n

  1. 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

  1. producing, involving, or being adverse effects on organs or nerves involved in hearing or balance
    • an ototoxic drug

OTR -abbr

  1. occupational therapist, registered

OTS -abbr

  1. officers' training school

ot·ta·va [ō-'tä-və] -adv or adj

  1. at an octave higher or lower than written used as a direction in music

ottava ri·ma [-'rē-mə] -n

  1. a stanza of eight lines of heroic verse with a rhyme scheme of abababcc

Ot·ta·wa ['ä-tə-wə, -,wä, -,wȯ] -n

  1. a member of an American Indian people of Michigan and southern Ontario

ot·ter ['ä-tər] -n

  1. 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
  2. the fur or pelt of an otter

ot·ter·hound [-,hau̇nd] -n

  1. 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)

  1. a fragrant essential oil (as from rose petals)
  2. fragrance

ot·to·man ['ä-tə-mən] -n

  1. a member of a Turkish dynasty founded by Osman I that ruled the Ottoman Empire
  2. a citizen or functionary of the Ottoman Empire
  3. an upholstered often overstuffed seat or couch usu. without a back
  4. an overstuffed footstool
  5. a heavy clothing fabric characterized by pronounced crosswise ribs

Ot·to·man ['ä-tə-mən] -adj

  1. of or relating to the Ottoman Empire or its citizens