10-letter words containing ope
- open order — a troop formation for drill or basic combat training, the intervals between the individuals being greater than those in close order.
- open quote — the quotation mark used to begin a quotation (“ or ").
- open sight — (on a firearm) a rear sight consisting of a notch across which the gunner aligns the front sight on the target.
- open space — Ecology. undeveloped land that is protected from development by legislation.
- open stock — merchandise, especially china, silverware, and glassware, sold in sets with additional individual pieces available from stock for future purchases, as for replacement.
- open union — a labor union that does not impose rigid restrictions on the admission of new members.
- open vowel — a vowel pronounced with the lips relatively wide apart
- open wound — injury in which skin is broken
- open-carry — the practice of publicly carrying a gun or other weapon that is fully or partially visible.
- open-ended — not having fixed limits; unrestricted; broad: an open-ended discussion.
- open-faced — having a frank or ingenuous face.
- open-field — any area of the playing field away from the heavily trafficked line of scrimmage, in which the defense is widely scattered.
- open-shelf — open-stack.
- open-sided — having a side or sides open.
- open-stack — having or being a system of library management in which patrons have direct access to stacks for browsing and selecting books; open-shelf.
- openhanded — generous; liberal: openhanded hospitality.
- openminded — Alternative spelling of open-minded.
- opensource — Alternative spelling of open-source.
- opera-goer — someone who attends operas
- operagoers — Plural form of operagoer.
- operagoing — Attending opera performances.
- operatable — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- operations — Plural form of operation.
- operatives — Plural form of operative.
- operculate — having an operculum.
- orchiopexy — (surgery) The procedure to move an undescended testicle into the scrotum.
- oropendola — any of several birds of the genus Gymnostinops, related to crows and feeding primarily on fruit and nectar, noted especially for their hanging nests.
- orthopedic — of or relating to orthopedics.
- orthoscope — (formerly) an instrument for examining the internal structures of the eye through a layer of water that neutralizes the refraction of the cornea.
- osteopenia — Reduced bone mass of lesser severity than osteoporosis.
- palimscope — a hand instrument that produces concentrated ultraviolet light for reading palimpsests and other research materials.
- pantoscope — a panoramic camera
- parthenope — a siren, who drowned herself when Odysseus evaded the lure of the sirens' singing. Her body was said to have been cast ashore at what became Naples
- phonoscope — an instrument for making visible the motions or properties of a sounding body.
- phototrope — a type of robot that either seeks or flees from sources of bright light
- pious hope — a wish or desire that is unlikely to be fulfilled
- pope's eye — (in sheep and cows) a gland in the middle of the thigh surrounded by fat
- popemobile — Informal. any of various vehicles used to transport the pope when he appears in public, typically equipped with bulletproof glass.
- preopening — taking place before a formal opening
- propellant — a propelling agent.
- propellent — serving or tending to propel or drive forward.
- propelling — to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward: to propel a boat by rowing.
- propelment — the act of propulsion
- propendent — inclining forward or outward
- propensely — with propensity
- propension — propensity.
- propensity — a natural inclination or tendency: a propensity to drink too much.
- properness — adapted or appropriate to the purpose or circumstances; fit; suitable: the proper time to plant strawberries.
- propertied — owning property: the propertied class.
- properties — that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner: They lost all their property in the fire.