2-Letter Words Starting with O

He was a mile

At a distance Scot

You were a mile

Curiosity not even displayed (wordplay)

Two-headed calf, for one

Three-legged calf, for one

A type of surgical operation

Small boy chasing books gets earache

Earache

Earache.

A howl of "Hop it!" (wordplay)

Call for a strike (wordplay)

Loud protest from bowler (wordplay)

To surpass in speed of flight

Cost of providing alfresco spread

What it would cost not to make it inlaid

Amount of money spent

Big problem (wordplay)

Model boy's tie - it's a big problem!

Big concern (wordplay)

To eight times the degree

Condition of lacking transparency

Lack of transparency

Light-blocking ability

The state of being produced orally

Output from a speaker (wordplay)

Big deliveries (wordplay)

Story coloring (wordplay)

Church doorkeeper moved to Syria

Doorkeeper flying to Syria

Porter of a monastery.

Ear medicine (wordplay)

Science of the ear

Study of hammers, stirrups, etc.

To surpass in {pitying=v}

Drama after away defeat (wordplay)

Get the better of

Best piano secured by payment

To surpass in praying

Last longer than (another competitor)

No go for too long (wordplay)

What bad guests do with their welcome

{ovalness=n}

In an ovate manner

For all to see (about time, too)

Unreasonably taking time, apparently

For all to see

A column noted in passing (wordplay)

Life after death (wordplay)

Notice in passing (wordplay)

Elliptically

To do with anything offered in worship

In a dull-witted manner

Insensitively or difficult to understand

In slow or dull-witted way

The state of being {obtuse=adj}

In a mysterious manner.

In a supernatural way

Multiple rulers in autumn (wordplay)

Government by eight rulers

A stanza of eight lines

Measurement of distance traveled

Change-in-position science

Distance driven

Course of development

Development of an organism

Origin and development of an organism

Asking "How are things?" (wordplay)

The science of reality.

Branch of metaphysics

In highly decorated manner

In an elaborate manner

In an elaborately decorated style

Study of correct pronunciation

The study of pronunciation

Study of pronunciation

In an idle way

Indolently

Idleness

Sloth

The use of an {otoscope=n}

To surpass in {bullying=v}

State of one banished or on the run

State of someone on the run or banished

Billy the Kid's deeds

To surpass in {studying=v}

To surpass in {wearying=v}

Linger too long

One way to wear out your welcome

Breaking Troy vase, remain for too long

Express concretely

""The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; the amount of such deviation; divergence; as, the obliquity of the ecliptic to the equator. as, the obliquity of the ecliptic to the equator.""

Crude nicety? SOB, perhaps

First Amendment study

Something offensive or disgusting

State of being unknown

Absence of fame

Lack of clarity

Pig-headedness

Interpretation of actions by intransigence

Mulishness.

Collection from a congregation

Money collected during church service

Tender this to a Conservative on a plate

Pertaining to smell

Relating to the sense of smell

Smelling nothing, left workplace

ONTIC having real existence

OPERANT one that {operates=v}

To the eye

Measure topless girl by sight

At best

Motor type (anagram)

Profession concerned with refraction

Eye-opening career

Tune Polly played in luxury

Not at all poorly

Like the overendowed tup, lonely when doctored

What most people believe

Accepted belief and practice

Conforming belief

The study of osmose by means of the osmometer.

The bare bones of the study

Medical students might bone up on this course (wordplay)

Liking hiking, say

Fond of hiking, camping, etc

Fond of hiking, camping, etc.

On the face of it, tray would break

As far as appearances are concerned

On the surface

Rash; too fast

Too hurried

Too quick so to hover above wherer the pigs are

""The clearstory, or upper story, of a building.""

OVULATE to produce ova

""OBDURATE to become hard-hearted, also OBDURE""

Toed line by yielding thus (wordplay)

Without insubordination, say

How a well-trained pet behaves

OBEISANT showing respect

OBLIGATE to {oblige=v}

Endlessly gratify a blue - imposing duty

Morally or legally constraining

Not optional

Old student alone with screen losing focus, in an old-fashioned way

Antithetically

In an optative manner; with the expression of desire.

OPTIMAL most desirable

1 in 100 associate after work by choice

ORGANIC a substance of animal or vegetable origin

A la chinoise

Love plumpness? It's a puffed-up quality

Pompous style of speaking.

The quality of resonant speech

In an orthodox manner; with soundness of faith.

Of or pertaining to kissing; kissing.

OSMOLAL pertaining to an {osmol=n}

OSMOLAR pertaining to {osmosis=n}

To all appearances.

Practice rolling joints, perhaps

Mashed potatoes, healthy skin treatment

A versifier very upset over your massage

OUTDATED outdate

""OUTRIGHT totally, completely""

The operation of removing one or both of the ovaries; o\'94phorectomy.

MIGHTY {strong=adj}

OBFUSCATE Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.

""In the manner or state of an object; as, a determinate idea objectively in the mind. as, a determinate idea objectively in the mind.""

Consideration unaffected by external influences

Designed to objurgate or chide; containing or expressing reproof; culpatory.

How many practice religion

E.g. Jodrell Bank

Star spotter (wordplay)

Building housing a large telescope

Stubbornly, eat only bits that are well-cooked

Obtrusive

Occipital

Octagonal

The science of names or of their classification.

Abstract noun (-ity)

Power to function

In an operative manner.

Opportune

Well-known knocker.

Pt. 2 of the quotation

It only knocks once

OPTIONAL an elective course of study

ORACULAR pertaining to an oracle

Inventiveness; novelty

Novel quality

Innovativeness

Study of birds

Bebop tune by Charlie "Bird" Parker

Correct spelling.

Perturbed Tory must limit animal strike, initially helped using right characters

""Moving, or characterized by motion, backward and forward like a pendulum; swinging; oscillating; vibratory; as, oscillatory motion. as, oscillatory motion.""

OSMOTIC pertaining to {osmosis=n}

In an ostensive manner.

An operation or process by which the total or partial loss of a bone is remedied.

OTOTOXIC adversely affecting hearing or balance

Outspoken

Pl. ovariectomies See oophorectomy .

Tax on everyone causes unnecessary worry

Excessive worry

Oxidative

In an obligatory manner; by reason of obligation.

Occidental

Octahedral

With all-encompassing power

Omniscient

ONCOGENIC

Pl. oophorectomies Surgical removal of one or both ovaries. Also called ovariectomy .

Opalescent

OPERATIC the technique of staging operas

The condition or quality of being opposable.

Oratorical

Orchestral

By way of ornament.

""Perpendicularly; at right angles; as, a curve cuts a set of curves orthogonally. as, a curve cuts a set of curves orthogonally.""

Out of touch with reality

Relating to an imaginary realm

Spiritual; imaginary

In a bizarre way

Oddly - and in a foreign manner

Expense includes new food left in an odd way

In a shockingly bad manner

ACTIVITY the state of being active

More than is required for six deliveries (wordplay)

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

IDENTIFY to establish the identity of

LITERARY pertaining to books and writings

MATURITY the state of being {mature=adj}

Overmodest

""OBJECTION The act of objecting; as, to prevent agreement, or action, by objection. as, to prevent agreement, or action, by objection.""

Abstract noun (-ity)

Obsolescent

Obstetrical

(tr) to gain possession of; acquire; get

ONOMASTIC Applied to a signature when the body of the instrument is in another's handwriting.

In an ontological manner.

Without reservation

Openmouthed

How doctors perform in the theatre (wordplay)

Having no leader, manage sensibly with respect to employment

Treatment of eye problems

Study of eyes

Branch of medicine concerned with the eye

Opinionated

""ORGIASTIC Pertaining to, or of the nature of, orgies.""

Originative

Orthoepical

""ORTHOGONAL Rightangled; rectangular; as, an orthogonal intersection of one curve with another. as, an orthogonal intersection of one curve with another.""

Exceptionally well

DIVERSITY A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness.

INGENUITY The quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations; ingeniousness; skill in devising or combining.

""INTENSITY The state or quality of being intense; intenseness; extreme degree; as, intensity of heat, cold, mental application, passion, etc. as, intensity of heat, cold, mental application, passion, etc.""

""STABILITY The state or quality of being stable, or firm; steadiness; firmness; strength to stand without being moved or overthrown; as, the stability of a structure; the stability of a throne or a constitution. as, the stability of a structure; the stability of a throne or a constitution.""

Obstreperous

Occupational

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

Opinionative

Optimistical

Orthopedical

""Maintenance of an optimal, constant osmotic pressure in the body of a living organism.""

A testy solution deciphered flamboyantly

Auntie with toys, lots broken, like one that's 6 (wordplay)

Circulation booster needs cover that's redesigned so I lay out in an OTT style

Medical Specialties

GENEROSITY Noble birth.

Observational

""ONTOGENETIC Of or pertaining to ontogenesis; as, ontogenetic phenomena. as, ontogenetic phenomena.""

Orientational

ORTHODONTIC Of or pertaining to orthodontics or orthodontia.

Medical Specialties ()

OSTEOPATHIC Of or pertaining to osteopathy.

With too much aplomb

Yet more contempt generated by such presumption (wordplay)

""SENSITIVITY The quality or state of being sensitive; used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver. as, the sensitivity of iodized silver.""

How some infections occur

ENT study