8-Letter Words Starting: OPE

• ornamental work (such as embroidery or latticework) having a pattern of openings

• of or relating to or characteristic of opera

• capable of being treated by surgical operation

• fit or ready for use or service

• usable for a specific purpose

• A covering flap in animals, such as a gill cover.

• The lidlike portion of a moss sporangium or of a fruit that detaches to allow the dispersal of spores or seeds.

• A gum flap covering (part of) a partially erupted tooth, usually a wisdom tooth.

• A structure which serves as a cover or lid.

• (of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface

• first or beginning

• an open or empty space in or between things

• a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise

• becoming open or being made open

• the first performance (as of a theatrical production)

• the act of opening something

• opportunity especially for employment or promotion

• the initial part of the introduction

• a possible alternative

• an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity

• a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made

• an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship

• a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess

• the first of a series of actions