odd¹ /od/

1. Unpaired
2. Left over
3. Additional
4. Extra
5. Not one of a complete set
6. Not exactly divisible by two, opp to even
7. One in excess of half the number
8. Left over after a round number has been taken
9. (used after the number) slightly over, as in thirty odd
10. With something additional in lower denominations or lower powers of ten
11. Strange
12. Queer
13. Occasional
14. Casual
15. Out-of-the-way
16. Standing apart
17. Not matching (Spenser)
18. At variance (Shakespeare)

Oddly

1. One stroke more than one's opponent (golf)
2. A stroke allowed in handicap (golf)
3. One trick above book (whist)

oddˈish adjective

oddˈity noun

1. The state of being odd or singular
2. Strangeness
3. An odd quality or characteristic
4. A strange or odd person or thing

oddˈ-like adjective (Scot)

1. Odd
2. Odd-looking

oddˈly adverb

oddˈment noun

1. Something remaining over
2. One of a broken set (often in pl)

oddˈness noun

odds /odz/ plural noun

1. (sometimes treated as sing) inequality
2. Difference in favour of one against another
3. More than an even wager
4. The amount or proportion by which the bet of one exceeds that of another
5. The chances or probability
6. Advantage
7. Dispute
8. Scraps
9. Miscellaneous pieces, as in odds and ends

oddˈball noun

An eccentric person, a nonconformist in some respect

1. Strange, peculiar
2. Eccentric

oddˈ-come-short noun (archaic)

1. A short remnant
2. (in pl oddˈ-come-shorts) odds and ends

oddˈ-come-shortˈly noun (archaic)

An early day, any time

odd-eˈven adjective or noun (Shakespeare; of the time about midnight)

Appar neither one thing nor another

Oddˈfellow noun

A member of a secret benevolent society called the Independent Order of Oddfellows

oddˈ-job adjective

odd-jobbˈer or oddˈ-jobman noun

odd-jobbˈing noun

odd jobs plural noun

Occasional pieces of work such as small house repairs

odd legs plural noun (engineering)

Callipers with two hinged legs, one curved distally and placed against an edge and the other with a scribing point

oddˈ-lookˈing adjective

odd lot noun (stock exchange)

A block of less than one hundred shares

odd-lottˈer noun

Someone who deals in odd lots

oddˈ-man noun

1. Odd-jobman
2. An umpire
3. Someone who has a casting vote
4. The singling out or elimination of one from a number for any purpose

oddsˈman noun (Scot)

An umpire or arbiter

oddsˈ-onˈ adjective

1. (of a chance) better than even
2. In betting, a price that will result in a final return of less than double the original stake

at odds

At variance (with with)

give or lay odds

To offer a bet at favourable odds

long odds or short odds see long³and short

make no odds

To make no significant difference

odd man out or odd one out

1. A person who is left out when numbers are made up
2. A person who, whether through personal inclination or rejection by others, gets set apart from the group to which he or she belongs, because of eg a difference of interests, behaviour, etc

odds and ends

Miscellaneous pieces, perh orig meaning points and ends

odds and sods (informal)

Miscellaneous people, things, etc

• amberoids
• amberous
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• amber wheat
• ambery
• ambi-
• ambiance
• ambiances
• ambidexter
• ambidexterities
• ambidexterity
• ambidexterous
• ambidexters
• ambidextrous
• ambidextrously
• ambidextrousness
• ambience
• ambiences
• ambient
• ambient illumination
• ambient noise
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• ambiguities
• ambiguity
• ambiguous