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  • English Word Open-hearted Definition Candid; frank; generous.
  • English Word Open-mouthed Definition Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous.
  • English Word Openbill Definition A bird of the genus Anastomus, allied to the stork; -- so called because the two parts of the bill touch only at the base and tip. One species inhabits India, another Africa. Called also open-beak. See Illust. (m), under Beak.
  • English Word Opened Definition of Open
  • English Word Opener Definition One who, or that which, opens.
  • English Word Opening Definition The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement; first appearance; as, the opening of a speech.
  • English Word Opening Definition A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole.
  • English Word Opening Definition Hence: A vacant place; an opportunity; as, an opening for business.
  • English Word Opening Definition A thinly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst of a forest; as, oak openings.
  • English Word Opening Definition of Open
  • English Word Openly Definition In an open manner; publicly; not in private; without secrecy.
  • English Word Openly Definition Without reserve or disguise; plainly; evidently.
  • English Word Openness Definition The quality or state of being open.
  • English Word Openwork Definition Anything so constructed or manufactured (in needlework, carpentry, metal work, etc.) as to show openings through its substance; work that is perforated or pierced.
  • English Word Openwork Definition A quarry; an open cut.
  • English Word Opera Definition A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music forms an essential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting of recitative, arials, choruses, duets, trios, etc., with orchestral accompaniment, preludes, and interludes, together with appropriate costumes, scenery, and action; a lyric drama.
  • English Word Opera Definition The score of a musical drama, either written or in print; a play set to music.
  • English Word Opera Definition The house where operas are exhibited.
  • English Word Opera Definition of Opus
  • English Word Operable Definition Practicable.
  • English Word Operameter Definition An instrument or machine for measuring work done, especially for ascertaining the number of rotations made by a machine or wheel in manufacturing cloth; a counter.
  • English Word Operance Definition Alt. of Operancy
  • English Word Operancy Definition The act of operating or working; operation.
  • English Word Operand Definition The symbol, quantity, or thing upon which a mathematical operation is performed; -- called also faciend.
  • English Word Operant Definition Operative.
  • English Word Operant Definition An operative person or thing.
  • English Word Operate Definition To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.
  • English Word Operate Definition To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially (Med.), to take appropriate effect on the human system.
  • English Word Operate Definition To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence.
  • English Word Operate Definition To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc.