English dictionary: words starting with ot

suffix

Forming nouns which were originally diminutives.

Usage examples:

Ballot

abbreviation

Occupational therapist.

adjective

That assists the sense of hearing.

noun

An instrument to assist hearing, such as an ear trumpet.

noun

Earache.

Usage examples:

The main presenting symptoms were otalgia, sensation of blocked ears, hearing loss, otorrhoea and p…

adjective

Used for the treatment of otalgia; of, relating to, or associated with otalgia.

noun

An eared seal (i.e. a sea lion or a fur seal); an otariid.

adjective

Of or relating to eared seals.

adjective

Resembling or related to the eared seals; (specifically) of or relating to the superfamily otarioidea, which comprises otariids together with walruses.

noun

An otarioid mammal.

noun

An eared seal (i.e. a sea lion or a fur seal); an otariid.

abbreviation

(in the uk) officers' training corps.

adjective

Abbreviation for over-the-counter

noun

Haematoma of the auricle.

noun

A trademark for: a type of full-bodied red wine from cyprus.

noun

Haematoma of the auricle.

noun

A modification of crookes's radiometer in which the black or driving surface is stationary, whilst the cooling surface is movable.

adjective

Denoting a person or thing that is different or distinct from one already mentioned or known about.

Usage examples:

Stick the camera on a tripod or some other means of support

pronoun

A person or thing that is different or distinct from one already mentioned or known about.

Usage examples:

A language unrelated to any other

verb

View or treat (a person or group of people) as intrinsically different from and alien to oneself.

Usage examples:

A critique of the ways in which the elderly are othered by society

Not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

determiner

As well as the thing or person already mentioned

Usage examples:

The product has many other time-saving features., there is no other work available at the moment., …

idiom

A different way of considering a situation, making it seem either better or worse than it did originally

Usage examples:

I like having a white car, but the other side of the coin is that it soon gets dirty.

pronoun

The second of two things or people, or the item or person that is left from a group or set of things

Usage examples:

Hold the racket in one hand and the ball in the other., some people like living in big cities, but …

adjective

Used to describe amounts of money, usually small amounts, that are added together and not listed under a separate name in financial records

Usage examples:

These expenses are included under the headings 'utilities', 'taxes', and 'other'.

noun

A person's husband, wife, or usual partner

Usage examples:

Bring your other half next time you come.

pronoun

The second of two things or people, or the item or person that is left from a group or set of things

Usage examples:

Hold the racket in one hand and the ball in the other., some people like living in big cities, but …

adjective

Used to describe amounts of money, usually small amounts, that are added together and not listed under a separate name in financial records

Usage examples:

These expenses are included under the headings 'utilities', 'taxes', and 'other'.

idiom

Except

Usage examples:

The form cannot be signed by anyone other than you.

noun

A woman who is having a sexual relationship with someone who is married or in a serious relationship with someone else

Usage examples:

She didn't want to just be the other woman, and believed he would leave his wife.

adverb

In another way, otherwise, differently. also (scottish and irish english: elsewhere.

noun

Devotion to the interests of others; altruism.

noun

The quality or fact of being different.

Usage examples:

The developed world has been celebrating african music while altogether denying its otherness

pronoun

A person or thing that is different or distinct from one already mentioned or known about.

Usage examples:

A language unrelated to any other

verb

View or treat (a person or group of people) as intrinsically different from and alien to oneself.

Usage examples:

A critique of the ways in which the elderly are othered by society

adjective

Denoting a person or thing that is different or distinct from one already mentioned or known about.

Usage examples:

Stick the camera on a tripod or some other means of support