See Hostler.

A female ostler.

See Hostelry.

East men; Danish settlers in Ireland, formerly so called.

Bone formation; ossification. See Ectostosis, and Endostosis.

A division of bivalve mollusks including the oysters and allied shells.

Any one of a family of bivalves, of which the oyster is the type.

A genus of plectognath fishes of the family Ostraciontidae having the body covered with solid, immovable, bony plates. It includes the trunkfishes (also called boxfish).

A fish of the genus Ostracion and allied genera.

Same as ostracize.

Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage.

A fossil oyster.

To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens.

A member of the Ostracoda, an order of tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimplike body enclosed in a bivalve shell.

An order of Entomostraca possessing shrimplike bodies enclosed in hard bivalve shells; called also seed shrimp and mussel shrimp. They were formerly referred to as Ostracoidea. They are of small size, and swim freely about; many are less than 1 mm in length. Microfossils of certain extinct orders have been found extending back to the Cambrian age.

Same as ostracod.

Any of several extinct fishlike jawless vertebrates having a heavily armored body; of the Paleozoic.

A suborder of fishes of which Ostracion is the type.

Of or pertaining to the Ostracoidea (now Ostracoda). One of the Ostracoidea (now Ostracoda).

An order of Entomostraca possessing hard bivalve shells. They are of small size, and swim freely about. Now usually written Ostracoda.

A genus of bivalve Mollusca which includes the true oysters.

Of or pertaining to an oyster, or to a shell; shelly.

The artificial cultivation of oysters.

One who feeds on oysters.

A large bird of the genus Struthio, of which Struthio camelus of Africa is the best known species. It has long and very strong legs, adapted for rapid running; only two toes; a long neck, nearly bare of feathers; and short wings incapable of flight. The adult male is about eight feet high.

Producing oysters; containing oysters.

One of the Eastern Goths. See Goth.

Of or pertaining to the Ostrogoths.

Assisting the sense of hearing; as, an otacoustic instrument.

An instrument to facilitate hearing, as an ear trumpet.

Pain in the ear; earache.

Of or pertaining to otalgia. A remedy for otalgia.

Pain in the ear; otalgia.

Any eared seal.

An instrument for exhibiting the repulsive action produced by light or heat in an exhausted vessel; a modification of the radiometer.

Otherwise.

In another manner.

Of another kind or sort; in another way.

The quality or state of being other or different; alterity; oppositeness.

See Otherwise.

In or to some other place, or places; elsewhere.

At another time, or other times; sometimes; occasionally.

existing outside of or not in accordance with nature.

See Ottoman.

A South African plant of the genus Othonna having smooth often fleshy leaves and heads of yellow flowers.

Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the ear; auricular; auditory.

A suborder of terrestrial game birds of the Old World and Australia, including the bustards.

A family of birds related to the cranes, most of which are large and ground-running, and comprising the bustards.

Being at leisure or ease; unemployed; indolent; idle.

Leisure; indolence; idleness; ease.

A genus of birds including certain of the bustards.

Inflammation of the ear.

A mass of otoliths. An otolith.

The cavity in the skull in which the parts of the internal ear are lodged.

Of or pertaining to the otocrane.

An auditory cyst or vesicle; one of the simple auditory organs of many invertebrates, containing a fluid and otoliths; also, the embryonic vesicle from which the parts of the internal ear of vertebrates are developed.

A description of the ear.

One of the small bones or particles of calcareous or other hard substance in the internal ear of vertebrates, and in the auditory organs of many invertebrates; an ear stone. Collectively, the otoliths are called ear sand and otoconite.

Of or pertaining to otoliths.

Of or pertaining to otology.

The branch of science which treats of the ear and its diseases.

A diseased condition of the ear.

A flow or running from the ear, esp. a purulent discharge.

An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.

Of or pertaining to the otoscope or to otoscopy.

The examination of the ear; the art of using the otoscope.

An auditory ossicle.

An extinct genus of huge vertebrates, probably dinosaurs, known only from four-toed tracks in Triassic sandstones.

See Attar.

A tribe of Indians who, when first known, lived on the Ottawa River. Most of them subsequently migrated to the southwestern shore of Lake Superior.

A corruption of Annotto.

A small hardy British hound having long pendulous ears and a thick coarse shaggy coat with an oily undercoat; bred in England for hunting otters. Called also otter dog.

See Attar.

A Turk.

An Ottoman.

A micaceous mineral occurring in small scales. It is characteristic of certain crystalline schists.

Any South American monkey of the genus Brachyurus, especially Brachyurus ouakari.

A small landlocked variety of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar ounaniche) of Lake St. John, Canada, and neighboring waters, noted for its vigor and activity, and habit of leaping from the water when hooked.

The wanderoo.

A Brazilian monkey of the genus Mycetes.

A dungeon with an opening only at the top, found in some old castles and other strongholds, into which persons condemned to perpetual imprisonment, or to perish secretly, were thrust, or lured to fall.

A socket or bezel holding a precious stone; hence, a jewel or ornament worn on the person.

Own.

Was or were under obligation to pay; owed.

The state of being as a thing ought to be; rightness.

Anywhere; somewhere. See Owher.

See Wistit.

An owl.

Same as Eulachon.

A feline quadruped (Felis irbis syn. Felis uncia) resembling the leopard in size, and somewhat in color, but it has longer and thicker fur, which forms a short mane on the back. The ounce is pale yellowish gray, with irregular dark spots on the neck and limbs, and dark rings on the body. It inhabits the lofty mountain ranges of Asia. Called also once.

Waving.

Wavy; waving; curly.

A fairy; a goblin; an elf.

Elfish.

Of or pertaining to us; belonging to us; as, our country; our rights; our troops; our endeavors. See I.

The orang-outang.

See Orang-outang.

See Uranographist.

See Uranography.

A small, graceful, and swift African antelope, allied to the klipspringer.

Uric.

See Urology.

Ourology.

See Note under Our.

An emphasized form of the pronoun of the first person plural; -- used as a subject, usually with we; also, alone in the predicate, in the nominative or the objective case.

See Ooze.

One of several species of European thrushes, especially the blackbird (Merula merula, or Turdus merula), and the mountain or ring ousel (Turdus torquatus).

To take away; to remove.

A putting out of possession; dispossession; disseizin; -- of a person.

the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out; ouster.

Expressing impatience, anger, a desire to be rid of; -- with the force of command; go out; begone; away; off.

Completely; wholly; openly.

To surpass (Herod) in violence or wickedness; to exceed in any vicious or offensive particular. Compare outpope the Pope.

migration out of country or territory; emigration.

outside the delimited playing field.

breathing laboriously or convulsively.

same as old-fashioned, a., 2.

located, .

Being out of the house; being, or done, in the open air; suited for the open air; outdoor; as, out-of-door exercise. See Out of door, under Out, adv.

Any location outside of any building, where the air is unconfined; the open air.