English words starting with op - page 1

Meanings of Opaquest:

adjective

Not able to be seen through; not transparent.

Usage examples:

Bottles filled with a pale opaque liquid

noun

An opaque thing.

Usage examples:

To be honest, it's a relief when summer is over and we can get back into good old black opaques, wh…

Meanings of Opaquing:

noun

The action of making something opaque.

Meanings of Opcode:

noun

Short for operation code.

Meanings of Ope:

verb

Variant form of open (adjective).

Usage examples:

Eyes wide ope

Meanings of Opec:

abbreviation

Organization of the petroleum exporting countries.

noun

Abbreviation for organization of the petroleum exporting countries: a group of oil-producing countries who have an agreement to control the amount of oil that each country can produce and sell

Usage examples:

Oil prices fell sharply after opec agreed to increase production., venezuela is able to sell three-…

Meanings of Opelet:

noun

More fully "opelet anemone". any of several sea anemones of the genus anemonia, characterized by long tentacles that cannot be fully retracted; especially a. sulcata, which occurs in both brown and green forms and is found in the north-east atlantic and the mediterranean.

Meanings of Open season:

noun

The annual period when restrictions on the killing of certain types of wildlife, especially for sport, are lifted.

Usage examples:

Bluewings accounted for the bulk of birds taken, with peach point hunters taking about 15 mottled d…

Meanings of Open up:

phrasal verb

Become more communicative or confiding.

Usage examples:

Also british

Meanings of Open-and-shut case:

phrase

(of a case or argument) admitting no doubt or dispute; straightforward.

Usage examples:

He thought it was an open-and-shut case until the prime suspect was murdered

Meanings of Open-ended:

adjective

Without an end date or planned way of ending

Usage examples:

Several of the transit worker unions have stated that their strike would be open-ended., they emplo…

Meanings of Open-handed:

adjective

Generous

Usage examples:

Open-handed assistance

Meanings of Open-minded:

adjective

Willing to listen to other people and consider new ideas, suggestions, and opinions

Meanings of Open-mindedly:

adverb

In a way that is willing to consider ideas and opinions that are new or different to your own

Usage examples:

It was clear that they had considered my proposal open-mindedly and objectively., the charity has b…

Meanings of Open-mindedness:

noun

The quality of being willing to consider ideas and opinions that are new or different to your own

Usage examples:

She has a reputation for open-mindedness and original thinking., you are taking advantage of my tol…

Meanings of Open-mouthed:

adjective

With your mouth wide open, especially because you are surprised or shocked

Usage examples:

They stared open-mouthed at the extent of the damage.

Meanings of Open-out:

phrasal verb

To make a space larger or less closed in

Usage examples:

We're going to open up our kitchen by taking out a couple of walls.

Meanings of Open-sesame:

noun

Something that makes it very easy to achieve a particular thing

Usage examples:

A science degree can be an open sesame to a job in almost any field.

Meanings of Open-the-door-for:

adjective

Being in a position that allows things to pass through or that allows for immediate use; not closed or fastened

Usage examples:

The window was wide open., the trunk of his car had been pried open., the supermarket is open till …

Meanings of Open-the-way-for:

idiom

To allow something new to start

Usage examples:

The ceasefire has opened the door to talks between the two sides., cheaper air travel opened the wa…

Meanings of Open-to:

adjective

Being in a position that allows things to pass through or that allows for immediate use; not closed or fastened

Usage examples:

The window was wide open., the trunk of his car had been pried open., the supermarket is open till …

Meanings of Open-wide:

idiom

Likely to be influenced by something

Usage examples:

I’m wide open to suggestions.

Meanings of Openbill:

noun

Either of two snail-eating storks of the genus anastomus, a. lamelligerus of africa and a. oscitans of asia, which have mandibles that only meet at the tips, leaving a wide gap in the middle of the closed bill.

Meanings of Opencast:

adjective

Denoting a method of mining in which coal or ore is extracted at or from a level near the earth's surface, rather than from shafts.

Usage examples:

Opencast mining

noun

The activity of opencast mining.

Usage examples:

Communities facing the destruction of their countryside by opencast

Meanings of Opened:

verb

Move (a door or window) so as to leave a space allowing access and vision.

Usage examples:

She opened the door and went in

adjective

Allowing access, passage, or a view through an empty space; not closed or blocked.

Usage examples:

He climbed through the open window

Meanings of Opened-out:

phrasal verb

To make a space larger or less closed in

Usage examples:

We're going to open up our kitchen by taking out a couple of walls.