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8-letter words containing p, e

  • opaquely — not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through.
  • open bar — a bar at a reception that serves drinks whose cost has been borne by the host, an admission charge, a sponsor, etc.: Before the banquet there will be an open bar from 5 to 7 p.m.
  • open cut — noting or pertaining to a type of surface mining in which coal and other flat-lying mineral deposits are removed by the excavation of long, narrow trenches.
  • open day — An open day is a day on which members of the public are encouraged to visit a particular school, university, or other institution to see what it is like.
  • open die — a die of flat, concave, or hollow V shape that only minimally restricts lateral flow.
  • open out — lead to wider area
  • open pit — An open pit is a mine where the coal, metal, or minerals are near the surface and underground passages are not needed.
  • open sea — the main body of a sea or ocean, especially the part that is outside territorial waters and not enclosed, or partially enclosed, by land.
  • open set — a set which is not a closed set
  • open-air — existing in, taking place in, or characteristic of the open air; outdoor: The orchestra gave three open-air concerts last summer.
  • open-cut — noting or pertaining to a type of surface mining in which coal and other flat-lying mineral deposits are removed by the excavation of long, narrow trenches.
  • open-end — of, relating to, or like an open-end investment company.
  • open-jaw — relating to a ticket that allows a traveller to arrive in one place and depart from another
  • open-pit — noting or pertaining to a type of surface mining in which massive, usually metallic mineral deposits are removed by cutting benches in the walls of a broad, deep funnel-shaped excavation.
  • open-top — An open-top bus has no roof, so that the people sitting on the top level can see or be seen more easily. An open-top car has no roof or has a roof that can be removed.
  • open-web — having a web of zigzag or crisscross lacing.
  • openable — capable of being opened.
  • openbill — Either of two species of bird in the genus Anastomus of the stork family Ciconiidae, with a distinctive gap between the mandibles of the closed bill.
  • opencast — (chiefly, British) Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed.
  • openhole — Openhole describes an uncased (=having no casing or liner) part of a well.
  • openings — Plural form of opening.
  • openness — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
  • openside — (rugby), the space on the side of the pitch with the larger distance between the breakdown/set piece and the touchline; compare blindside.
  • openstep — (operating system)   An object-oriented application programming interface (API) derived from NEXTSTEP and proposed as an open standard by NeXT in 1994. OpenStep is the specification of the object kits of NEXTSTEP. OPENSTEP/Mach was an implementation of this specification. The original, OPENSTEP version 4.0, and really was NEXTSTEP 4. Rhapsody was the codename for Apple's Mac OS X Server, which is really NEXTSTEP 5 (it calls itself "kernel 5.3" at boot time). OpenStep was designed to be implemented independently of the computer's operating system, hardware, and user interface. The API for Rhapsody will be a superset of OpenStep's. When the OpenStep API is implemented for a specific platform and made into a product, it is written in uppercase, e.g. OPENSTEP Developer 4.2 for Mach, or OPENSTEP Enterprise for Windows NT and Windows 95. Versions of OPENSTEP exist for Windows 95/NT, Solaris, HP/UX, and Mach.
  • openwork — any kind of work, especially ornamental, as of embroidery, lace, metal, stone, or wood, having a latticelike nature or showing openings through its substance.
  • operable — that can be treated by a surgical operation. Compare inoperable (def 2).
  • operands — Plural form of operand.
  • operants — Plural form of operant.
  • operated — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
  • operates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of operate.
  • operatic — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
  • operator — a person who operates a machine, apparatus, or the like: a telegraph operator.
  • opercula — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
  • operetta — a short opera, usually of a light and amusing character.
  • opheltes — the son of King Lycurgus of Nemea who was killed in infancy by a serpent and in whose memory the Nemean games were held.
  • opificer — someone who makes something; a craftsman
  • opinable — thinkable or able to be an opinion
  • oppilate — to stop up; fill with obstructing matter; obstruct.
  • opponent — a person who is on an opposing side in a game, contest, controversy, or the like; adversary.
  • opposers — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
  • opposite — situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room.
  • oppugned — Simple past tense and past participle of oppugn.
  • oppugner — Someone who oppugns; an opponent.
  • opsonize — to increase the susceptibility of (bacteria) to ingestion by phagocytes.
  • optative — designating or pertaining to a verb mood, as in Greek, that has among its functions the expression of a wish, as Greek íoimen “may we go, we wish we might go.”.
  • optimate — a Roman aristocrat
  • optimise — to make as effective, perfect, or useful as possible.
  • optimize — to make as effective, perfect, or useful as possible.
  • optioned — the power or right of choosing.
  • optionee — a person who acquires or holds a legal option.
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