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9-letter words containing o, p, e

  • oil press — a device for extracting oil from plant material, esp. olives
  • oil-paper — a paper made waterproof and translucent by treatment with oil.
  • oleograph — a chromolithograph printed in oil colors on canvas or cloth.
  • omphacite — a pale-green variety of pyroxene similar to olivine, found in eclogite.
  • on parade — on display
  • on parole — If a prisoner is on parole, he or she is released before the official end of their prison sentence and will not be sent back to prison if their behaviour is good.
  • on tiptoe — the tip or end of a toe.
  • one piece — complete in one piece, as a garment: a one-piece snowsuit.
  • one-piece — complete in one piece, as a garment: a one-piece snowsuit.
  • onomatope — (linguistics) A word formed by onomatopoeia or mimesis.
  • oospheres — Plural form of oosphere.
  • opacifier — an agent added to render something opaque
  • opacities — the state or quality of being opaque.
  • opalesced — Simple past tense and past participle of opalesce.
  • opalesces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of opalesce.
  • opelousas — a city in S Louisiana.
  • open bite — deformity: jaws do not close
  • open book — someone or something easily understood or interpreted; something very clear: The child's face is an open book.
  • open call — an audition, especially for actors or dancers, open to anyone wishing to try out.
  • open city — a city that, during a war, is officially declared demilitarized and open to occupation, and that will consequently not be defended, in order to spare it, under international law, from bombardment or other military attack.
  • open door — the policy of admitting people of all nationalities or ethnic groups to a country upon equal terms, as for immigration.
  • open fire — start shooting
  • open game — a relatively simple game involving open ranks and files, permitting tactical play, and usually following symmetrical development
  • open goal — a goal which is left open or undefended
  • open look — (operating system)   A graphical user interface and window manager from Sun and AT&T.
  • open loop — a control system in which an input alters the output, but the output has no feedback loop and therefore no effect on the input.
  • open mike — a session in a pub or club where members of the public are invited to perform comedy or to sing
  • open mind — receptive attitude
  • open plan — a floor plan without fully enclosed spaces for distinct rooms.
  • open shop — a factory, office, or other business establishment in which a union, chosen by a majority of the employees, acts as representative of all the employees in making agreements with the employer, but in which union membership is not a condition of employment.
  • open side — the side of the scrum on which the majority of the backs are ranged
  • open-book — someone or something easily understood or interpreted; something very clear: The child's face is an open book.
  • open-cast — open-cut.
  • open-door — If a country or organization has an open-door policy towards people or goods, it allows them to come there freely, without any restrictions.
  • open-eyed — having the eyes open.
  • open-line — (of a radio or TV show) maintaining open telephone lines to permit listeners or viewers to phone a program with comments, questions, requests, etc.; call-in.
  • open-plan — a floor plan without fully enclosed spaces for distinct rooms.
  • opera hat — a man's tall, collapsible top hat, held open or in shape by springs and usually covered with a black, silky fabric. Also called gibus. Compare beaver1 (def 4), silk hat, top hat.
  • operagoer — a person who attends opera performances.
  • operantly — In an operant manner.
  • operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
  • operating — used or engaged in performing operations: an operating surgeon.
  • operation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
  • operative — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
  • operatize — to turn (a play, novel, etc) into an opera
  • operators — Plural form of operator.
  • operatory — a room or other area with special equipment and facilities, as for dental surgery, scientific experiments, or the like.
  • opercular — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
  • operculum — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
  • operettas — Plural form of operetta.
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