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13-letter words containing op

  • open a bottle — If you open a bottle, you remove the cork or cap.
  • open adoption — an arrangement in which contact is maintained or allowed between a child's adoptive and biological parents.
  • open and shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
  • open brethren — one of the two main divisions of the Plymouth Brethren that, in contrast to the Exclusive Brethren, permits contacts with members outside the sect
  • open diapason — a full, rich outpouring of melodious sound.
  • open fracture — compound fracture.
  • open interval — (mathematics)   A type of interval (range of numbers) that does not include either of its endpoints. For example, when mixing red and blue paint, the proportion of red lies in the interval 0% to 100% but can't be exactly 0% or 100% or it wouldn't be a mixture.
  • open juncture — a transition between successive sounds marked by a break in articulatory continuity, as by a pause or the modification of a preceding or following sound, and often indicating a division between words; presence of juncture (opposed to close juncture). Also called plus juncture. Compare close juncture, juncture (def 7a), terminal juncture.
  • open learning — a system of further education on a flexible part-time basis
  • open marriage — a marriage in which the partners agree that each is free to have sexual relationships with other partners.
  • open position — Music. the arrangement of a chord with wide intervals between the parts.
  • open question — question: invites long answer
  • open registry — ship registration under a national flag available to all ships regardless of nationality.
  • open sandwich — a sandwich served on only one slice of bread, without a covering slice.
  • open sentence — Mathematics. an equation or inequality containing one or more variables in which its truth or falsehood depends upon the values assumed by the variables in a particular instance, as the equation x + 3 = 8.
  • open universe — a model of the universe in which the universe expands forever because there is not enough mass to counteract the expansion by means of gravitational attraction.
  • open-and-shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
  • open-standard — (of computer programs, codes, etc) freely available to all users
  • open-timbered — constructed so that the timbers are exposed.
  • openendedness — not having fixed limits; unrestricted; broad: an open-ended discussion.
  • openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
  • opening hours — Opening hours are the times during which a shop, bank, library, or bar is open for business.
  • opening night — the first performance of a theatrical attraction, taking place in the evening: The audience was full of celebrities on opening night.
  • openmouthedly — in a manner filled with amazement and wonder
  • opentransport — (networking)   (OT) A complete reimplementation of all levels of the Macintosh networking code including "Classic" AppleTalk and MacTCP. It appeared in MacOS revision 7.5.3 [or earlier? Date?].
  • opera comique — comic opera.
  • opera company — a company that puts on productions of operas
  • opera glasses — small binoculars
  • operationally — able to function or be used; functional: How soon will the new factory be operational?
  • operativeness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being operative.
  • ophidiophobia — Ophiophobia.
  • ophthalmology — the branch of medical science dealing with the anatomy, functions, and diseases of the eye.
  • opinionatedly — In an opinionated manner.
  • opisthobranch — any gastropod mollusk of the order Opisthobranchia, as the sea slugs, sea butterflies, and sea hares, characterized by a vestigial or absent mantle and shell and two pairs of tentacles.
  • opisthography — the practice of writing on the front and back of a parchment or papyrus
  • opossum block — (in New Zealand) a block of bush allocated to a licensed opossum trapper
  • oppignoration — the act or an instance of pawning or pledging
  • opportuneness — The state or condition of being opportune.
  • opportunistic — adhering to a policy of opportunism; practicing opportunism.
  • opportunities — Plural form of opportunity.
  • oppositionary — the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
  • oppositionist — a person who offers opposition; a member of an opposition.
  • opprobriously — In an opprobrious manner.
  • oprahfication — the perceived increase in people’s desire to discuss their emotions or personal problems, attributed to the influence of confessional television programmes
  • opsonic index — the ratio of the number of bacteria destroyed by phagocytes in the blood of a test patient to the number destroyed in the blood of a normal individual
  • opthalmoscope — Misspelling of ophthalmoscope.
  • optic chiasma — a site at the base of the forebrain where the inner half of the fibers of the left and right optic nerves cross to the opposite side of the brain.
  • optical bench — an apparatus, as a special table or rigid beam, for the precise positioning of light sources, screens, and optical instruments used for optical and photometric studies, having a ruled bar to which these devices can be attached and along which they can be readily adjusted.
  • optical crown — an optical glass of low dispersion and relatively low refractive index. It is used in the construction of lenses
  • optical drive — optical disk drive
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