7 Letter Words Starting With O
There are 666 7-letter words starting with O, sorted alphabetically with Scrabble scores (best 25 pts). Every word is valid in the NWL (NASPA Word List).
- oakiest11
- oaklike15
- oakmoss13
oarfish13
thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin
oarless7
Without oars.
- oarlike11
oarlock13
a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
oarsman9
someone who rows a boat
- oarsmen9
oatcake13
thin flat unleavened cake of baked oatmeal
- oatiest7
- oatlike11
oatmeal9
meal made from rolled or ground oats
obconic13
Conical, but having the apex downward; inversely conical.
- obelias9
- obelise9
obelisk13
a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
- obelism11
obelize18
To designate with an obelus; to mark as doubtful or spirituous.
- obentos9
- obesely12
obesity12
more than average fatness
- obeyers12
- obeying13
- obiisms11
- objects18
- oblasti9
- oblasts9
- oblates9
obliged11
under a moral obligation to do something
obligee10
The person to whom another is bound, or the person to whom a bond is given.
obliger10
someone who performs a service or does a favor
- obliges10
obligor10
The person who binds himself, or gives his bond to another.
oblique18
a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso
- oblongs10
obloquy21
a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
- oboists9
obovate12
(of a leaf shape) egg-shaped with the narrower end at the base
- obovoid13
obscene11
designed to incite to indecency or lust; -Margaret Mead
obscure11
make less visible or unclear
obsequy21
The last duty or service to a person, rendered after his death; hence, a rite or ceremony pertaining to burial; -- now used only in the plural. Spencer. I will...fetch him hence, and solemnly attend…
observe12
behave as expected during of holidays or rites
- obtains9
- obtests9
obtrude10
push to thrust outward
- obtunds10
- obtuser9
obverse12
the more conspicuous of two alternatives or cases or sides
- obverts12
obviate12
do away with
obvious12
easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
ocarina9
egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes
occiput13
back part of the head or skull
occlude12
block passage through
- occults11
oceanic11
an eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages
- ocellar9
ocellus9
an eye having a single lens
oceloid10
Resembling the ocelot.
- ocelots9
- ochered13
- ochreae12
- ochreas12
- ochring13
- ochroid13
- ochrous12
- ocicats11
ocreate9
Same as Ochreate, Ochreated.
- octadic12
octagon10
an eight-sided polygon
- octanes9
- octanol9
- octants9
- octaval12
- octaves12
- octavos12
octette9
a musical composition written for eight performers
octopod12
a cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell
octopus11
bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles
- octrois9
octuple11
having eight units or components
- octuply14
- oculars9
oculist9
a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye
- odalisk12
oddball11
a person with an unusual or odd personality
oddment11
a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
oddness9
eccentricity that is not easily explained
odonata8
dragonflies and damselflies
odonate8
large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings
odorant8
Yielding odors; fragrant.
- odorful11
odorize17
cause to smell or be smelly
odorous8
emitting an odor
odyssey14
a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
- oedemas10
- oedipal10
oenomel9
wine mixed with honey
oersted8
Danish physicist (1777-1851)
- oestrin7
- oestrum9
oestrus7
applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
- oeuvres10
offbeat15
an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure)
- offcast15
- offcuts15
offence15
(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
- offends14
offense13
(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
- offered14
- offeree13
offerer13
someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection
offeror13
someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection
offhand17
casually thoughtless or inconsiderate
officer15
a member of a police force
- offices15
- offings14
- offline13
offload14
take the load off (a container or vehicle)
- offramp17
- offsets13
offside14
(sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.)
oftener10
more often or more frequently
- ogdoads10
- oghamic15
ogreish11
Resembling an ogre; having the character or appearance of an ogre; suitable for an ogre. "An ogreish kind of jocularity." Dickens.
ogreism10
The character or manners of an ogre.
- ogrisms10
- ohmages13
- oidioid9
oilbird10
nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter
- oilcamp13
- oilcans9
- oilcups11
- oilhole10
- oiliest7
oilseed8
any of several seeds that yield oil
oilskin11
a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof
- oilways13
- oinking12
- oinomel9
- okaying15
oldness8
the opposite of youngness
oldster8
an elderly person
oldwife14
a common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United States
- oleates7
olefine10
any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon
- olefins10
- oleines7
- olestra7
- olicook13
- olingos8
olivary13
Like an olive. Olivary body, an oval prominence on each side of the medulla oblongata; -- called also olive.
olivine10
a mineral consisting of magnesium iron silicate; a source of magnesium
- ologies8
- ologist8
- oloroso7
- omakase13
- omelets9
- omening10
omental9
Of or pertaining to an omentum or the omenta.
omentum11
a fold of peritoneum supporting the viscera
- omertas9
omicron11
the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet
- omikron13
ominous9
presaging ill fortune; ; ; - P.B.Shelley
- omitted10
omitter9
One who omits.
omnibus11
a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
omnific14
All-creating. "The omnific word." Milton.
- omphali14
- onagers8
onanism9
a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation
onanist7
a person who practices masturbation
- onboard10
- onefold11
oneiric9
of or relating to or suggestive of dreams
oneness7
the quality of being united into one
- onerier7
onerous7
not easily borne; wearing
oneself10
A reflexive form of the indefinite pronoun one. Commonly writen as two words, one's self. One's self (or more properly oneself), is quite a modern form. In Elizabethan English we find a man's…
- onesies7
onetime9
belonging to some prior time
ongoing9
currently happening
- onliest7
- onloads8
- onomast9
onshore10
(of winds) coming from the sea toward the land
onstage8
situated or taking place on the area of a stage visible to the audience
onwards11
in a forward direction
- oocysts12
- oocytes12
- oodlins8
- oogonia8
- oolites7
- ooliths10
oolitic9
Of or pertaining to oölite; composed of, or resembling, oölite.
- oologic10
- oolongs8
- oomiack15
- oomiacs11
- oomiaks13
- oompahs14
oophyte15
Any plant of a proposed class or grand division (collectively termed oöphytes or Oöphyta), which have their sexual reproduction accomplished by motile antherozoids acting on oöspheres, either while…
- ooralis7
oosperm11
The ovum, after fusion with the spermatozoön in impregnation.
oospore9
a thick-walled sexual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi
ootheca12
An egg case, especially those of many kinds of mollusks, and of some insects, as the cockroach. Cf.
- ooziest16
opacify17
become opaque
opacity14
incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning
opaline9
having a play of lustrous rainbow colors
- opaqued19
- opaquer18
- opaques18
- openers9
- openest9
opening10
a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
operand10
a quantity upon which a mathematical operation is performed
operant9
having influence or producing an effect
operate9
direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
- operons9
operose9
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
- ophites12
- ophitic14
opiated10
Mixed with opiates.
- opiates9
opining10
Opinion. Jer.
opinion9
a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people
- opioids10
opossum11
nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America
oppidan12
Of or pertaining to a town.
opposed12
being in opposition or having an opponent
opposer11
someone who offers opposition
- opposes11
oppress11
cause to suffer
- oppugns12
- opsonic11
opsonin9
an antibody in blood serum that attaches to invading microorganisms and other antigens to make them more susceptible to the action of phagocytes
optical11
of or relating to or involving light or optics
optimal11
most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied
- optimes11
optimum13
most favorable conditions or greatest degree or amount possible under given circumstances
- options9
opulent9
rich and superior in quality
opuntia9
large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears
oquassa16
A small, handsome trout (Salvelinus oquassa), found in some of the lakes in Maine; -- called also blueback trout.
- oraches12
- oracies9
- oracles9
- oralism9
- oralist7
- orality10
- oranges8
- orangey11
- orating8
oration7
an instance of oratory
- orators7
oratory10
addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
oratrix14
A woman plaintiff, or complainant, in equity pleading.
- orature7
- orbiest9
orbital9
of or relating to an orbit
- orbited10
orbiter9
man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
- orbless9
- orceins9
orchard13
garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
- orchids13
- orchils12
- orcinol9
- ordains8
- ordeals8
ordered9
disposed or placed in a particular kind of order
orderer8
an organizer who puts things in order
orderly11
a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients
ordinal8
the number designating place in an ordered sequence
- ordines8
- ordures8
- orebody13
orectic11
Of or pertaining to the desires; hence, impelling to gratification; appetitive.
oregano8
aromatic Eurasian perennial
- oreides8
orfrays13
See Orphrey. Rom. of R.
organdy12
a sheer stiff muslin
organic10
a fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter
organon8
a system of principles for philosophic or scientific investigations; an instrument for acquiring knowledge
organum10
An organ or instrument; hence, a method by which philosophical or scientific investigation may be conducted; -- a term adopted from the Aristotelian writers by Lord Bacon, as the title ("Novum…
organza17
a fabric made of silk or a silklike fabric that resembles organdy
- orgasms10
- orgeats8
- orgiast8
- orgones8
- orients7
orifice12
an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
origami10
the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds)
- origans8
- origins8
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