Operosity
Op′er‐os″i‐ty (?), n. [L. operositas.] Laboriousness. Bp. Hall.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Operous
Op″er‐ous (?), a. Operose. Holder. — Op″er‐ous‐ly, adv.
Opertaneous
Op′er‐ta″ne‐ous (?), a. [L. opertaneus; operire to hide.] Concealed; private.
Opetide
Ope″tide′ (?), n. [Ope + tide.] Open time; — applied to different things: (a) The early spring, or the time when flowers begin opening. Nares. (b) The time between Epiphany and ...
Ophelic
O‐phel″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a substance (called ophelic acid) extracted from a plant (Ophelia) of the Gentian family as a bitter yellowish sirup,...
Ophicleide
Oph″i‐cleide (?), n. [F. ophicléide, fr. Gr. ὄφισ a serpent + �, gen. �, a key. So named because it was in effect the serpent, an old musical instrument, with keys added.] (Mus....
Ophidia
‖O‐phid″i‐a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. �, dim. of ὄφισ a snake.] (Zoöl.) The order of reptiles which includes the serpents.☞ The most important divisions are: the Solenoglypha, h...
Ophidian
O‐phid″i‐an (?), n. [Cf. F. ophidien.] (Zoöl.) One of the Ophidia; a snake or serpent.
Ophidian (2)
O‐phid″i‐an, a. [Cf. F. ophidien.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Ophidia; belonging to serpents.
Ophidioid
O‐phid″i‐oid (?), a. [Ophidion + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Ophidiidæ, a family of fishes which includes many slender species. — n. One of the Ophidiidæ.
Ophidion
‖O‐phid″i‐on (?), n.; pl.Ophidia (#). [L., fr. Gr. � little snake, fr. ὄφισ a serpent.] (Zoöl.) The typical genus of ophidioid fishes. [Written also Ophidium.] See Illust. under...
Ophidious
O‐phid″i‐ous (?), a. Ophidian.
Ophiolatry
O′phi‐ol″a‐try (ō′fĭ‐ŏl″ȧ‐try̆), n. [Gr. ὄφισ serpent + λατρεία worship.] The worship of serpents.
Ophiologic
{ O′phi‐o‐log″ic (?), O′phi‐o‐log″ic‐al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to ophiology.
Ophiologist
O′phi‐ol″o‐gist (?), n. One versed in the natural history of serpents.
Ophiology
O′phi‐ol″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. ὄφισ a serpent + -logy: cf. F. ophioloqie.] That part of natural history which treats of the ophidians, or serpents.
Ophiomancy
O″phi‐o‐man′cy (?), n. [Gr. ὄφισ a serpent + -mancy: cf. F. ophiomantie.] Divination by serpents, as by their manner of eating, or by their coils.
Ophiomorpha
‖O′phi‐o‐mor″pha (?), n. pl. [NL. See Ophiomorphous.] (Zoöl.) An order of tailless amphibians having a slender, wormlike body with regular annulations, and usually with minute s...
Ophiomorphite
O′phi‐o‐mor″phite (?), n. [Gr. ὄφισ a serpent + μορφή form.] (Paleon.) An ammonite.
Ophiomorphous
O′phi‐o‐mor″phous (?), a. [Gr. ὄφισ a serpent + -morphous.] Having the form of a serpent.
Ophiophagous
O′phi‐oph″a‐gous (?), a. [Gr. ὄφισ a serpent + φαγει̑ν to eat: cf. F. ophiophage.] (Zoöl.) Feeding on serpents; — said of certain birds and reptiles.
Ophiophagus
‖O′phi‐oph″a‐gus, n. [NL. See Ophiophagous.] (Zoöl.) A genus of venomous East Indian snakes, which feed on other snakes. Ophiophagus elaps is said to be the largest and most dea...
Ophism
Oph″ism (?), n. 1. Doctrines and rites of the Ophites.2. Serpent worship or the use of serpents as magical agencies.
Ophite
O″phite (?), a. [Gr. οφἴτησ, fr. ὄφισ a serpent.] Of or pertaining to a serpent.
Ophite (2)
O″phite, n. [L. ophites, Gr. οφἴτησ (sc. �), a kind of marble spotted like a serpent: cf. F. ophite.] (Min.) A greenish spotted porphyry, being a diabase whose pyroxene has been...
Ophite (3)
O″phite, n. [L. Ophitae, pl. See Ophite, a.] (Eccl. Hist.) A mamber of a Gnostic serpent-worshiping sect of the second century.
Ophiuchus
‖O′phi‐u″chus (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. �, lit., holding a serpent; ὄφισ a serpent + � to hold.] (Astron.) A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere, delineated as a man holding a s...