2-Letter Words Starting with O

Optometrist

""Making an impression upon an organ; plastic; said of the effect or impression produced by any substance on the organs of touch, taste, or smell, and also on the organism as a whole.""

Ornithopter

Relating to the description of mountains

Pl. oropharynges (-f -r n j z) or oropharynxes The part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the epiglottis.

Oropharynx

""ORTHOGRAPH An orthographic projection, sometimes partly in section, esp. of a building.""

The treatment of bone and muscle disorders

Rum do, as her topic is a medical speciality

Orthopedist

Orthopteran

Inflected form of ORTHOPTER Inflected form of ORTHO short for orthochromatic plate (a photographic plate)

Orthopter

Having the axis of an ovule or seed straight from the hilum and chalaza to the orifice or the micropyle; atropous.

Device for recording electrical waves

Device for visualising, eg, fluctuations in current

Laboratory device for viewing waveforms

Laboratory instrument

Osteopathy

""Producing bone; as, osteoplastic cells. as, osteoplastic cells.""

""Pl. osteoporoses (-s z) A disease in which the bones become extremely porous, are subject to fracture, and heal slowly, occurring especially in women following menopause and often leading to curvature of the spine from vertebral collapse.""

Brittle bones condition

Oops, Tories so affected by bodily weakness!

Bone deficiency

""Pl. osteoporoses (-s z) A disease in which the bones become extremely porous, are subject to fracture, and heal slowly, occurring especially in women following menopause and often leading to curvature of the spine from vertebral collapse.""

OUTCOMPETE

Outcropping

Outperform

""The process of facilitating a terminated employee's search for a new job by provision of professional services, such as counseling, paid for by the former employer.""

Outpolitick

OUTPOPULATE

Outpopulate

Outpreach

OUTPRODUCE

OUTPROMISE

Word with prefix out-

OUTSPARKLE To exceed in sparkling.

Extending broadly

Outsprint

Outstrip

More than is required for six deliveries (wordplay)

Problem with space? Ring father going back to room for everybody!

COMPRESS to {compact=v}

Overcrop

Overdevelop

EMPHASES emphasis

Promises have produced too much stress

Excessive stress

Excessive underlining

Excessively emphatic.

EQUIPPED equip

Overexpand

Overexplain

EXPLICIT conclusion or last words in a book

Overexploit

EXPOSING expose

Too much publicity

Photo given too much light

Too much visibility

Superior feudal position

Ruling position

Spare house in Westminster - trendy 9 enjoyed it

OPERATED operate

Overoperate

Unrealistically high view of one's prospects

OPTIMIST one who exhibits optimism

PACKAGED package

Overpackage

Overpayment

Overpedal

PEDALLED pedal

PEOPLING people

To persuade or influence against one's inclination or judgment.

Overplan

Overplant

Overplot

Put too many people into (a region)

Fill with too many people

Oppressive

Irresistible

The act of praising unduly; excessive praise.

Excessive pressure or urging.

Overprint

PRODUCED produce

Overproduce

Overprogram

PROMISED promise

Overpromise

PROMOTED promote

Overpromote

Overprotect

Overreport

Overrespond

Fail to explain fully enough

Crudely dumb down

Make too easy

Having 41 winks (wordplay)

11 pigs or bats rising late

Failing to get up on time

Overslip

SPENDERS spender

Cause of budget trouble.

Squandering money proves foolish with final settlement

Overstep

SUPPLIED supply

Oversupply

Overtrump

Oviposition

Ozonosphere

Cousteau, for one

One who studies the seas

Woods Hole scientist.

The exploration and scientific study of the ocean and its phenomena. Also called oceanology .

Trade

""A man who investigates complaints and mediates fair settlements, especially between aggrieved parties such as consumers or students and an institution or organization.""

Able to judge or deal with all matters omnicompetence   n

Omnipresence

Onomatopoeia

Like "buzz" and "whir"

Onychophoran

Openability

Without reservation

Openmouthed

Operability

How doctors perform in the theatre (wordplay)

Having no leader, manage sensibly with respect to employment

Operationism

Operationist

Operative

Operoseness

Treatment of eye problems

Study of eyes

Branch of medicine concerned with the eye

Opinionated

""Pl. opisthobranchs Any of various marine gastropod mollusks of the subclass Opisthobranchia, characterized by gills, a shell that is reduced or absent, and two pairs of tentacles.""

Opportune

Ready to take any advantage

Taking immediate advantage

Exploiting passing advantages

Part 2 of the quote

Points out ripe possibilities of advancement

Tie up troops in creating chances of advancement

One on the other side

Opprobrious

Optimisation

Optimization

Optionality

Pl. oropharynges (-f -r n j z) or oropharynxes The part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the epiglottis.

Orthoepical

Orthography

Orthopterist

ORTHOPTEROID orthopter

Oscillograph

OSCILLOGRAPH a device for making a record of the wave forms of fluctuating .

Oscilloscope

""OSCILLOSCOPE An electronic measuring instrument which provides a visual representation of the time variation of electrical quantities, such as voltage or current. It may be used to measure the shape of a voltage pulse or the frequency of an oscillating voltage. It can also be used to measure properties of other physical variables, such as sound or light intensity, if they can be translated into electrical voltage or current.""

Osteoplasty

OUTMANIPULATE

Outperform

Outplacement

Outpolitick

OUTPOPULATE

OUTREPRODUCE

Outreproduce

Lack of verbal restraint

AMPLIFIED amplify

""DEPENDENT Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf. as, a dependent bough or leaf.""

Overdevelop

""EMPHASIZE To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase. as, to emphasize a word or a phrase.""

Overexpand

EXPANSION The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.

adv. across a barrier or intervening space

Overexploit

Overexposure

Overimpress

Overimpress

Overlordship

OPERATING operate

Overoptimism

Overoptimist

PACKAGING package

PEDALLING pedal

PERSUADED persuade

Overpersuade

Having too many people

Overpopulate

""PRESCRIBE To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct.""

Overpressure

Overprocess

Overprocess

PRODUCING produce

Overprogram

PROMISING promise

PROMOTING promote

Overprotect

Overreport

Overrespond

""SPECULATE To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to speculate on questions in religion; to speculate on political events. as, to speculate on questions in religion; to speculate on political events.""

Overspread

Oversupply

""OVIPOSITION The depositing of eggs, esp. by insects.""

Producing eggs that are hatched in the mother's body

Obstreperous

Occupational

Start of a quip

Oceanography

Trade () Translations

Ombudsmanship

Able to judge or deal with all matters omnicompetence   n

Plural or third person singular

Navel-gazing

Oophorectomy

Generosity

""The doctrine that the meaning of a proposition consists of the operations involved in defining, proving, or applying it.""

Of or pertaining to operationalism.

Medical Specialties

Instrument for inspecting the retina and other eye parts

A branch of physiognomy which deduces the knowledge of a person's temper and character from the appearance of the eyes.

Opinionative

Opisthobranch

Opposability

Oppositeness

Oppositionist

Oppressive

Optimistical

(used with a sing. verb) The branch of physics that deals with the interconversion of electricity and light.

""Of or pertaining to orthography, or right spelling; also, correct in spelling; as, orthographical rules; the letter was orthographic.as, orthographical rules; the letter was orthographic.""

Orthopedical