11-letter words containing opi
- negentropic — Of or characterized by a reduction in entropy (and corresponding increase in order).
- neotropical — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising that part of the New World extending from the tropic of Cancer southward.
- neurotropic — having an affinity for nerve cells or tissue: a neurotropic virus; a neurotropic drug.
- nontropical — not located in or originating from the tropics, not having the characteristics of the tropics
- nyctitropic — tending to assume at or just before nightfall positions unlike those maintained during the day, as the leaves or flowers of certain plants.
- opinionated — obstinate or conceited with regard to the merit of one's own opinions; conceitedly dogmatic.
- opinionates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of opinionate.
- opinionator — (obsolete) An opinionated person; one given to conjecture.
- opinionized — Simple past tense and past participle of opinionize.
- opisthokont — (biology) Any of very many eukaryotes whose flagellate cells propel themselves with a single posterior flagellum.
- opisthosoma — the abdomen of a spider or other arachnid
- opium poppy — a Eurasian poppy, Papaver somniferum, having white, pink, red, or purple flowers, cultivated as the source of opium, for its oily seeds, and as an ornamental.
- orthoscopic — pertaining to, characterized by, or produced by normal vision.
- orthotropic — Botany. noting, pertaining to, or exhibiting a mode of vertical growth.
- pantoscopic — showing a wide-angled view
- pantropical — living or growing throughout the tropics.
- photocopier — any electrically operated machine using a photographic method, as the electrostatic process, for making instant copies of written, drawn, or printed material.
- phototropic — growing toward or away from the light.
- pleiotropic — the phenomenon of one gene being responsible for or affecting more than one phenotypic characteristic.
- popish plot — an imaginary conspiracy against the crown of Great Britain on the part of English Roman Catholics, fabricated in 1678 by Titus Oates as a means of gaining power.
- pornotopian — of or relating to a pornotopia
- pre-opinion — a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty.
- propinquity — nearness in place; proximity.
- propitiator — to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
- rheotropism — the effect of a current of water upon the direction of plant growth.
- spanakopita — a baked dish consisting of spinach, feta cheese, eggs, and scallions enclosed in layers of phyllo.
- subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
- telescoping — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
- telescopist — someone who is adept with a telescope
- telescopium — an inconspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere, close to Sagittarius and Ara
- the tropics — that part of the earth's surface between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn; the Torrid Zone
- thixotropic — the property exhibited by certain gels of becoming liquid when stirred or shaken.
- thyrotropic — capable of stimulating the thyroid gland.
- thyrotropin — an anterior pituitary hormone that regulates the activity of the thyroid gland.
- tropic bird — any of several web-footed seabirds of the family Phaethontidae, chiefly of tropical seas, having white plumage with black markings and a pair of greatly elongated central tail feathers.
- tropicality — pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics, especially the humid tropics: tropical flowers.
- tropicalize — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- unisotropic — Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes. Compare anisotropic (def 1).
- uranoscopid — any fish of the family Uranoscopidae, comprising the stargazers.
- utopianizer — an idealist
- well-copied — an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original: a copy of a famous painting.
- zoanthropic — relating to or displaying zoanthropy