Webster's Dictionary 1913

1945

Otoconite

O‐toc″o‐nite (?), n. [Oto- + Gr. � dust.] (Anat.) (a) A mass of otoliths. (b) An otolith.

1946

Otocrane

O″to‐crane (?), n. [Oto- + Gr. � skull.] (Anat.) The cavity in the skull in which the parts of the internal ear are lodged.

1947

Otocranial

O′to‐cra″ni‐al (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the otocrane.

1948

Otocyst

O″to‐cyst (?), n. [Oto- + cyst.] (Zoöl. & Anat.) An auditory cyst or vesicle; one of the simple auditory organs of many invertebrates, containing a fluid and otoliths; also, the...

1949

Otography

O‐tog″ra‐phy (?), n. [Oto- + -graphy.] A description of the ear.

1950

Otolith

{ O″to‐lith (?), O″to‐lite (?), } n. [Oto- + -lith, -lite.] (Anat.) One of the small bones or particles of calcareous or other hard substance in the internal ear of vertebrates,...

1951

Otolithic

{ O′to‐lith″ic (?), O′to‐lit″ic (?), } a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to otoliths.

1952

Otological

O′to‐log″ic‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to otology.

1953

Otologist

O‐tol″o‐gist (?), n. One skilled in otology; an aurist.

1954

Otology

O‐tol″o‐gy (?), n. [Oto- + -logy.] The branch of science which treats of the ear and its diseases.

1955

Otopathy

O‐top″a‐thy (?), n. [Oto- + Gr. παθει̑ν to suffer.] (Med.) A diseased condition of the ear.

1956

Otorrhœa

‖O′tor‐rhœ″a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. οὐ̑σ, ωτὄσ, the ear + � to flow.] (Med.) A flow or running from the ear, esp. a purulent discharge.

1957

Otoscope

O″to‐scope (?), n. [Oto- + -scope.] An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.

1958

Otoscopeic

O′to‐scope″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the otoscope or to otoscopy.

1959

Otoscopy

O‐tos″co‐py (?), n.(Med.) The examination of the ear; the art of using the otoscope.

1960

Otosteal

O‐tos″te‐al (?), n. [Oto- + Gr. οστἔον a bone.] (Anat.) An auditory ossicle. R. Owen.

1961

Otozoum

‖O′to‐zo″um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �, a fabled giant + ζο̑ͅον an animal.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of huge vertebrates, probably dinosaurs, known only from four-toed tracks in ...

1962

Ottar

Ot″tar (?), n. See Attar.

1963

Ottava rima

‖Ot‐ta″va ri″ma (?). [It. See Octave, and Rhyme.] (Pros.) A stanza of eight lines of heroic verse, with three rhymes, the first six lines rhyming alternately and the last two fo...

1964

Ottawas

Ot″ta‐was (?), n. pl.; sing. Ottawa (�). (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians who, when first known, lived on the Ottawa River. Most of them subsequently migrated to the southwestern sh...

1965

Otter

Ot″ter (ŏt″tẽr), n. [OE. oter, AS. otor; akin to D. & G. otter, Icel. otr, Dan. odder, Sw. utter, Lith. udra, Russ, vuidra, Gr. ὕδρα water serpent, hydra, Skr. udra otter, and a...

1966

Otter (2)

Ot″ter, n. A corruption of Annotto.

1967

Otto

Ot″to (?), n. See Attar.

1968

Otto cycle

Ot″to cy′cle (?). (Thermodynamics) A four-stroke cycle for internal-combustion engines consisting of the following operations: First stroke, suction into cylinder of explosive c...

1969

Otto engine

Otto engine. An engine using the Otto cycle.

1970

Ottoman

Ot″to‐man (?), a. [F. ottoman: cf. It. ottomano, ottomanno; — from Othoman, Othman, or Osman, the name of a sultan who assumed the government of Turkey about the year 1300. Cf. ...

1971

Ottoman (2)

Ot″to‐man, n.; pl.Ottomans (�). 1. A Turk.2. [F. ottomane, from ottoman Turkish.] A stuffed seat without a back, originally used in Turkey.