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8-letter words containing p, o, e

  • occupies — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
  • octopole — (physics) A multipole configuration with eight equal charges arranged in a circular pattern.
  • octuples — Plural form of octuple.
  • octuplet — a group, series, or combination of eight related items.
  • octuplex — relating to a form of telegraphy in which eight communications can be sent along one wire at the same time
  • oedipean — of, relating to, or characteristic of Oedipus or the Oedipus complex.
  • off-peak — of, relating to, or during a period of less than maximum frequency, demand, intensity, or use: the off-peak travel season; off-peak train fares.
  • offer up — present as a sacrifice
  • oilpaper — a paper made waterproof and translucent by treatment with oil.
  • oldspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) standard English, in contrast to English that is overly technical, politically correct, euphemistic, etc. Compare newspeak.
  • omoplate — the shoulder blade
  • on paper — a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
  • one-spot — the upward face of a die bearing one pip or a domino one half of which bears one pip.
  • one-step — a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
  • one-stop — that can be accomplished in one stop: a store offering one-stop shopping.
  • oosphere — an unfertilized egg within an oogonium.
  • oospores — Plural form of oospore.
  • opalesce — to exhibit a play of colors like that of the opal.
  • opalized — made into an opal
  • 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.
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