2-Letter Words Starting with O

Definite maybe, for example

Pretty ugly, for one

"Jumbo shrimp," for one

""An organism that thrives on an acid environment, also OXYPHIL""

Oxyphil

Oxysalt

Oxysome

A drug that hastens childbirth

It induces milk letdown, for example

Hormone important in childbirth

Pituitary hormone

Oxytone

Worked the Delaware Bay, perhaps

Hunted for pearls (wordplay)

Hunted for bluepoints

Blue point fisherman.

Worker in a bed

He works in bed

Express concretely

Unruly boy I quell in a roundabout way

In an indirect or underhand way

""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.""

In a crude way, old British activity disheartened lady

Improperly broadcast Beethoven's 8th and 9th by cellos half-heartedly

Crude nicety? SOB, perhaps

First Amendment study

Something offensive or disgusting

Obsolete copper taken to bank in a haze

Soberly wanders around copper, in a vague way

Dimly

State of being unknown

Absence of fame

Lack of clarity

Pig-headedness

Interpretation of actions by intransigence

Mulishness.

Broadcast verbosely as if turned towards one

Like amnesiacs, left one out, it's clear

Clearly and unmistakeably

Manifestly, unmistakably

The proportion of a hotel in use

*Like many hotel rooms

Act of being a tenant

Holding (a position)

ODOROUS having an odor

""OEDIPAL pertaining to a child's sexual feeling to a parent, also OEDIPEAN""

Collection from a congregation

Money collected during church service

Tender this to a Conservative on a plate

Of or pertaining to an office or an officer; official.

OHMIC relating to a ohm

I agree - it's fine!

You got it!

All right (informal)

Oldstyle

Pertaining to smell

Relating to the sense of smell

Smelling nothing, left workplace

Government by a few

Government by small elite

Government by the few

Movie biz, for one

Economic system with few sellers

Market with few sellers

Oldest sports gatherings

They restarted in 1896

They are soon back where they started

In a threatening fashion

In a portentous way

In a foreboding manner

In a burdensome manner

In an oppressive way

One starts with difficulty

ONTIC having real existence

OPERANT one that {operates=v}

OPEROSE involving great labour

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

""That branch of science which treats of mountains and mountain systems; orology; as, the orography of Western Europe. as, the orography of Western Europe.""

What most people believe

Accepted belief and practice

Conforming belief

The study of osmose by means of the osmometer.

Hardening into bone

Setting reverses such anagrams signify

A branched cell embedded in the matrix of bone tissue.

The bare bones of the study

Medical students might bone up on this course (wordplay)

OTOCYST an organ of balance in many invertabrates

Outbuy

Outcry

Liking hiking, say

Fond of hiking, camping, etc

Fond of hiking, camping, etc.

Outfly

Outlay

Beat on a tennis court, e.g

Beat on a tennis court, for example

Soundly beaten

Outpray

Showed greater endurance than

Remained longer than

Lingered past

On the face of it, tray would break

As far as appearances are concerned

On the surface

Outyell

Outyelp

Outyield

FUSSY overly concerned with small details

Rash; too fast

Too hurried

Too quick so to hover above wherer the pigs are

Overhype

Overhype

1986 Stevie Wonder hit

Thrilled to pieces

Ecstatic and then some

Smothering envoy, girl became disturbed

Superimposed upon

Covering excesses of political talk (wordplay)

Gives undue emphasis to.

Wears out one's welcome

Extends one's visit

Takes advantage of hospitality on ship protecting river

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

Exhausted

OVULATE to produce ova

Ethanol vis-a-vis gasoline

Treat, as bottled water

Treat with a chemical element.

Oxyphile

""OXYPHILE an organism that thrives on an acid environment, also OXYPHIL""

Oxytocic

Oxytocin

Oysterer

Oyster

Kin of a pearl diver (wordplay)

The Walrus and the Carpenter, by choice.

Mollusk chasers

""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

Without protest

OBSERVE to {view=v}

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

Scientific study of the sea

Marine science

Sea science

Might Jock's declaration pass up risque crowd control!

Mob rule

Power of the great unwashed? Hooray! Left three hundred laundered

Public servant left you initially in the approved manner

""Feeding on a restricted range of food substances, especially a limited number of plants. Used chiefly of insects.""

Market with few buyers

Opacify

Antithetically

In an optative manner; with the expression of desire.

OPTIMAL most desirable

1 in 100 associate after work by choice

ORACULAR pertaining to an oracle

In the usual run of things

As a rule

Exotic lady in Rio captivating king, by and large

ORGANIC a substance of animal or vegetable origin

The science of organs or of anything considered as an organic structure.

A la chinoise

Was Darwin's theory ridiculed (wordplay)

Old tackle popular with partner at first

First one drink's taken in by mouth

Art of defining technical terms

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

Love plumpness? It's a puffed-up quality

Pompous style of speaking.

The quality of resonant speech

""ORPHICAL mystical, also ORPHIC""

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.

Osteocyte

Practice rolling joints, perhaps

Mashed potatoes, healthy skin treatment

A versifier very upset over your massage

OUTDATED outdate

Outpity

Performing better than

Excelling on court, given latitude in trip

Outpray

""OUTRIGHT totally, completely""

Outstay

Outyell

Outyelp

Outyield

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

Overbuy

Overdry

Overdye

Surveilling, in a way

Overhype

Overjoy

Overlay

MIGHTY {strong=adj}

Overpay

Overplay

Overply

SIMPLY in a simple manner

Wore out one's welcome

Outlasted one's welcome

Wore out, as one's welcome

Reversed gracefully? It's too much!

Glut on the market

Flood the market too flexibly

Like the blood in the pulmonary veins

Like blood carried from the lungs

Like some hemoglobin

Oxygenate

An oxidizer.

OXYGEN a gaseous element

Like plastic silverware

Plural or third person singular

Infestation with pinworms.

Oystering

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.

Betraying unconcern

In an extremely unpleasant manner

How many practice religion

E.g. Jodrell Bank

Star spotter (wordplay)

Building housing a large telescope

Observing

Boy is vessel (anagram)

In a continually preoccupied manner

Passionately evil bosses reformed before end of play

Stubbornly, eat only bits that are well-cooked

Obtrusive

Occipital

Octagonal

Offensive

In a casual manner

Thus spake Venus de Milo

Sharia justice thus applied anyhow (wordplay)

Officious

""ONEIRIC belonging to dreams, also ONIRIC""

Divination of dreams.

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

Opsonify

OPTIONAL an elective course of study

ORACULAR pertaining to an oracle

Orbicular

How some vegetables are grown

How crops are grown without fertilisers or pesticides

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

Outbully

Outspoken

Outstudy

Outweary

Outyield

Pl. ovariectomies See oophorectomy .

Figure to a fault

Tax on everyone causes unnecessary worry

Excessive worry

What may merit a refund

Overplay

Being a bad guest, in a way

Oxidative

""OXYGENATE To unite, or cause to combine, with oxygen; to treat with oxygen; to oxidize; as, oxygenated water (hydrogen dioxide). as, oxygenated water (hydrogen dioxide).""

What blood undergoes in the lungs