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O — Of the first water to Opportune (Part 9 of 11)

Open-hearted, a. Candid, frank, artless, guileless, open, sincere, ingenuous, honest, generous.

Opening, a. First, commencing, introductory, initiatory.

Opening, n.

    1. Aperture, hole, orifice, perforation, breach, chasm, cleft, gap, fissure, rent, rift, flaw.
    2. Beginning, commencement, dawn, first appearance.
    3. Opportunity, chance, vacancy.

Openly, ad.

    1. Publicly.
    2. Candidly, frankly, plainly.

Open-mouthed, a.

    1. Gaping.
    2. Greedy, ravenous.
    3. Clamorous, vociferous.

Openness, n.

    1. Clearness.
    2. Unreservedness, plainness.
    3. Frankness, candor, honesty, ingenuousness.
    4. Mildness, pleasantness, fair weather.

Opera-glass, n. Lorgnette.

Operate, v. n. [Followed by on or upon.] Act, work, have effect, have influence.

Operate, v. a.

    1. Produce, effect, cause, occasion.