All English words - page 2496

Meanings of Otorhinolaryngologist:

noun

A doctor who studies or treats diseases of the ear, nose, and throat

Usage examples:

She is a consultant otorhinolaryngologist., people with severe allergies may seek treatment from an…

Meanings of Otorhinolaryngology:

noun

The study of diseases of the ear, nose, and throat.

Usage examples:

In addition, the clinics have ‘outpatient specialists,’ most often in internal medicine, paediatric…

Meanings of Otoscopes:

noun

An instrument designed for visual examination of the eardrum and the passage of the outer ear, typically having a light and a set of lenses.

Usage examples:

No significant differences were found between the groups in terms of reported symptoms or a physica…

Meanings of Otoscopy:

noun

Examination of the ear using an otoscope; the use of an otoscope.

Meanings of Ottavarima:

noun

A form of poetry consisting of stanzas of eight lines of ten or eleven syllables, rhyming abababcc.

Usage examples:

I wrote the answer in ottava rima

Meanings of Otterhound:

noun

A large hound of a breed with a long rough coat, used in otter hunting.

Meanings of Otters:

noun

A semiaquatic fish-eating mammal of the weasel family, with an elongated body, dense fur, and webbed feet.

Usage examples:

The weasel family includes such colourful characters as otters, wolverines, skunks, minks and badge…

Meanings of Ottomanism:

noun

The culture of the ottoman turks; ottoman civilization; the promotion of these as a political programme.

Meanings of Ottomanize:

verb

To make ottoman or turkish.

Meanings of Ottos:

noun

A fragrant essential oil, typically made from rose petals.

Usage examples:

Attar of roses

Meanings of Ouabain:

noun

A toxic compound obtained from certain trees, used as a very rapid cardiac stimulant. it is a polycyclic glycoside.

Usage examples:

It would have been preferable to discard this possibility by more complete blockade of active sodiu…

Meanings of Ouabaio:

noun

Any of the trees supplying this arrow poison.

Meanings of Oubliette:

noun

A secret dungeon with access only through a trapdoor in its ceiling.

Usage examples:

A high-ceilinged corridor ran between the oubliettes and the suite.

Meanings of Oubliettes:

noun

A secret dungeon with access only through a trapdoor in its ceiling.

Usage examples:

A high-ceilinged corridor ran between the oubliettes and the suite.

Meanings of Oudenarde:

proper noun

A battle which took place in 1708 during the war of the spanish succession, near the town of oudenarde in eastern flanders, belgium. a force of allied british and austrian troops defeated the french.

Meanings of Ought:

noun

Archaic term for nought.

pronoun

Variant spelling of aught1.

modal verb

Used to indicate duty or correctness, typically when criticizing someone's actions.

Usage examples:

They ought to respect the law

Meanings of Oughtness:

noun

The deontic quality of an action; moral necessity; duty, obligatoriness; an instance of this.

Meanings of Oui:

adverb

Frequently in representations of the english of a french speaker: ‘yes’.

exclamation

As an emphatic tag: ‘i have to say’, ‘yes, indeed!’.

Meanings of Ouija:

noun

A brand name for a board, printed with letters of the alphabet and numbers, that people use in the belief that it will help them receive messages from people who are dead

Meanings of Ounce:

noun

A unit of weight of one sixteenth of a pound avoirdupois (approximately 28 grams).

Usage examples:

Melt three ounces of butter in a large frying pan

Meanings of Ounces:

noun

A unit of weight of one sixteenth of a pound avoirdupois (approximately 28 grams).

Usage examples:

Melt three ounces of butter in a large frying pan

Meanings of Ourn:

pronoun

Ours.

Meanings of Ours:

possessive pronoun

Used to refer to a thing or things belonging to or associated with the speaker and one or more other people previously mentioned or easily identified.

Usage examples:

Ours was the ugliest house on the block

Meanings of Ourself:

pronoun

Used instead of ‘ourselves’ typically when ‘we’ refers to people in general rather than a definite group of people.

Usage examples:

We must choose which aspects of ourself to express to the world

phrasal verb

To tire someone

Usage examples:

That five-mile hike did me in., a couple of key losses did the team in.

Meanings of Ourselves:

pronoun

Used as the object of a verb or preposition when this is the same as the subject of the clause and the subject is the speaker and one or more other people considered together.

Usage examples:

Since we're here, we might as well enjoy ourselves