English words: oppositely to optofluidics

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English words oppositely to optofluidics

oppositely adverb: In an opposite manner.
oppositeness noun: The state or condition of being opposite.
opposites attract proverb: People are drawn to others who have different or complementary traits, personalities, or characteristics.
oppositiflorous adjective: Having opposite peduncles.
oppositifolious adjective: Placed at the same node with a leaf, but separated from it by the whole diameter of the stem.
opposition noun /ˌɒp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/: The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
opposition parry noun: The deflection of the incoming attack without ever losing contact with the blade from the initial engagement.
opposition research noun: Negative information retrieved about a candidate's opponent in an election for use in campaigning.
oppositional adjective: Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting opposition.
oppositional defiant disorder noun: A childhood disorder characterized by an ongoing pattern of anger-guided disobedience, hostility, and defiant behavior toward authority figures.
oppositional defiant disordered adjective: Having oppositional defiant disorder.
oppositionalism noun: An oppositional approach or attitude.
oppositionality noun: The quality of being oppositional.
oppositionally adverb: In terms of, or by means of, opposition.
oppositionally defiant adjective: Of, relating to, or having oppositional defiant disorder.
oppositionary adjective: oppositional
oppositionism noun: A policy of opposition (principally in politics)
oppositionist noun: A person who opposes; especially a member of an official opposition
oppositionless adjective: without opposition
oppositious adjective: Characterized by, or relating to, opposition; opposing.
oppositipetalous adjective: Facing a petal.
oppositisepalous adjective: Facing a sepal.
oppositive adjective, noun: Expressing contrariety.
oppositive case noun: A grammatical case expressing contrariety or opposition, corresponding to the English preposition "against".
oppositively adverb: In an oppositive manner.
oppositiveness noun: The quality of being oppositive.
opposure noun: Opposition.
oppress noun, verb /əˈpɹɛs/: To keep down by unjust force.
oppressed adjective, verb /əˈpɹɛst/: Subject to oppression.
oppressee noun: A victim of oppression.
oppressible adjective: Able to be oppressed.
oppressing adjective, verb: oppressive
oppressingly adverb: So as to oppress; with or by means of oppression; oppressively.
oppression noun /əˈpɹɛʃən/: The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
oppressional adjective: Exhibiting or relating to oppression.
oppressionism noun: Synonym of oppression.
oppressionist adjective, noun: Taking part in or promoting oppression.
oppressive adjective /əˈpɹɛs.ɪv/: Burdensome or difficult to bear.
oppressively adverb: In an oppressive manner.
oppressiveness noun: The characteristic of being oppressive.
oppressor noun: Someone who oppresses another or others.
oppressure noun: oppression
opprobriate adjective, verb: To express opprobrium for or to view with opprobrium; to scorn.
opprobriation noun: Scornful reproach or disapproval; opprobrium.
opprobrious adjective /əˈpɹəʊbɹiəs/: Causing opprobrium; offensive and shameful.
opprobriously adverb: In an opprobrious manner.
opprobriousness noun: The state or condition of being opprobrious.
opprobrium noun /əˈpɹəʊ.bɹɪ.əm/: A cause, object, or situation of disgrace or shame.
opprobry noun: Opprobrium.
oppugn verb /əˈpjuːn/: To contradict or controvert; to oppose; to challenge or question the truth or validity of a given statement.
oppugnable adjective /əˈpjuːnəbəl/: Disputable, contestable, refutable, capable of being oppugned.
oppugnacy noun: Alternative form of oppugnance.
oppugnance noun /əˈpʌɡnəns/: Dislike, aversion, animus; opposition: the fact, condition, or instance of being at variance, opposed, hostile, or adverse.
oppugnancy noun /əˈpʌɡnən(t)si/: The act of oppugning; opposition; resistance
oppugnant adjective, noun: opposing, antagonistic, contrary
oppugnate verb: To oppose.
oppugnation noun /ˌɒpʌɡˈneɪʃən/: Synonym of opposition.
oppugner noun /əˈpjuːnə/: Someone who oppugns; an opponent.
oppy adjective, noun /ˈɒpi/: Optimist (dinghy)
OPQRST noun: The rapid assessment of a patient's condition during an emergency response.
opr. noun: Abbreviation of operator.
Oprah verb /ˈəʊpɹə/: To feature on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Oprahesque adjective: Synonym of Oprahish.
Oprahfication noun: The perceived increase in people’s desire to discuss their emotions, ascribed to the influence of television talk shows such as The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Oprahification noun: Alternative spelling of Oprahfication
Oprahish adjective: Reminiscent of Oprah Winfrey (born 1954), US talk show host who pioneered an intimate confessional style of television.
Oprahization noun: Synonym of Oprahfication.
oprelvekin noun: recombinant interleukin 11, a thrombopoietic growth factor that directly stimulates the proliferation of hematopoietic stem cells and megakaryocyte...
OPREP noun: Abbreviation of operations report.
oprichnik noun: A member of the bodyguard corps established by Tsar Ivan the Terrible to govern a division of Russia from 1565 to 1572.
oprichnina noun: The period of Russian history between 1565 and 1572 during which Tsar Ivan the Terrible instituted a domestic policy of secret police, mass repressions,...
oprodione noun: A particular fungicide.
opry noun /ˈɒpɹi/: opera.
ops noun, verb: operations
opsec noun: Abbreviation of operations security.
opseospermata noun: Tubercles on the surface of some algae containing spores.
-opsia suffix /ˈɒpsɪə/: Forming compound nouns denoting specific deficiencies of sight.
opsiblastic adjective: Exhibiting a period of dormancy before starting to develop.
Opsician adjective, noun: Of or relating to the Opsikion.
opsigamy noun: marriage at an old age
opsign noun /ˈɒpˌsaɪn/: Particularly in Gilles Deleuze's cinematic philosophy, a pure optical image that exists independently of any immediate action or narrative progression....
opsimath noun /ˈɒpsɪmæθ/: A person who learns late in life.
opsimathic adjective: Of or pertaining to an opsimath.
opsimathy noun /ɒpˈsɪməθi/: Learning or education that occurs late in life.
opsin noun: Any of a group of light-sensitive proteins in the retina.
opsiometer noun: An old type of optometer.
-opsis suffix: Synonym of -opia (“seeing”).
opsismodysplasia noun: A skeletal dysplasia involving delayed bone maturation
opsoclonus noun: Rapid, uncontrolled eye movement
opsomania noun: A longing for a particular special food.
opson noun: In Ancient Greek cuisine, delicacies such as cooked fish, considered an integral component of a meal.
opsonic adjective /ɒpˈsɒnɪk/: Relating to, produced by, or involving opsonin.
opsoniferous adjective: Bearing opsonin.
opsonification noun: Synonym of opsonization.
opsonify verb: Synonym of opsonize.
opsonin noun /ˈɒpsənɪn/: Any chemical produced by the body, including antibodies and complement proteins, that causes a pathogen to be more susceptible to phagocytosis.
opsonisation noun: Alternative spelling of opsonization.
opsonise verb: Alternative spelling of opsonize.
opsonist noun: A practitioner of opsonotherapy.
opsonizable adjective: Able to be opsonized.
opsonization noun: The process or result of opsonizing
opsonize verb: To make (bacteria or other cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes by use of opsonins.
opsonizing adjective, verb: That opsonizes.
opsono- prefix: opsonin
opsonoid noun: A supposed substance formed when opsonin combines with bacteria and undergoes heating, preventing further opsonization.
opsonophagocytic adjective: Related to opsonophagocytosis
opsonophagocytosed adjective: infected with opsonophagocytosis
opsonophagocytosis noun: phagocytosis initiated by an opsonin
opsonophagocytotic adjective: Relating to opsonophagocytosis.
opsonophilia noun: Affection to opsonin.
opsonophilic adjective: Relating to opsonophilia.
opsonotherapy noun: treatment by increasing the opsonin levels in the bloodstream
opsony noun: Any food that is eaten with bread.
opsophagos noun: A glutton, a gourmand, chiefly one who hogs and eats excessive amounts of fish.
opster noun: An artist who creates op art.
-opsy suffix: examination
opt noun, verb /ɒpt/: To choose; select.
opt in adjective, verb /ˈɒptˌɪn/: The property of having to choose explicitly to join or permit something; a decision having the default option being exclusion or avoidance; used...
opt out adjective, noun, verb: To choose not to participate in something.
optable adjective: That may or should be chosen; desirable.
optacon noun: An electromechanical device that selectively raises small rods over the darker parts of a document, and thus enables blind people to read printed material...
optant noun: A person who lives in a region undergoing a change of sovereignty and thus may choose between retaining their old citizenship or opting for the citizenship...
optate verb /ɒpˈteɪt/: To choose, settle on, opt.
optation noun: A wish; a desire.
optative adjective, noun /ˈɒptətɪv/: Expressing a wish or a choice.
optatively adverb: In an optative way.
OPTEMPO noun: Clipped compound of operations tempo.
opter noun: One who opts, or makes a choice.
opthaldehyde noun: ortho-phthalaldehyde
optic adjective, noun /ˈɒp.tɪk/: Of, or relating to the eye or to vision.
optic axis noun: The optical axis.
optic chiasm noun: The part of the brain where the optic nerves partially cross.
optic chiasma noun: Synonym of optic chiasm.
optic cup noun: The white, cup-like area in the center of the optic disc
optic disc noun: The location where ganglion cell axons exit the eye to form the optic nerve.
optic disk noun: Alternative spelling of optic disc.
optic foramen noun: Either of a pair of passages through the orbit of the eye in the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone that is traversed by the optic nerves and ophthalmic arteries.
optic nerve noun: Each of the second pair of cranial nerves that carry visual information from the retina to the brain.
optic neuritis noun: The inflammation of the optic nerve that may cause a complete or partial loss of vision.
optic stand noun: A stand which can hold one or more inverted bottles of alcohol fitted with optics, and which facilitates the serving of spirits.
optic yellow adjective, noun: A greenish-yellow color similar to a very bright chartreuse; the standard color for tennis balls in televised matches.
optical adjective, noun /ˈɒptɪkəl/: Of or relating to sight; visual.
optical activity noun: a property caused by asymmetrical molecular or crystal structure that enables a compound or crystal to rotate the plane of incident polarized light
optical art noun: Op art.
optical astronomy noun: Astronomy using observations using telescopes and recording media that capture visible light.
optical axis noun: An imaginary line within an optical system around which there is rotational symmetry.
optical black hole noun: A phenomenon in which slow light is passed through a Bose-Einstein condensate that is itself spinning faster than the local speed of light within to create...
optical character recognition noun: The electronic identification and digital encoding of printed or handwritten characters by means of an optical scanner and specialized software.
optical coherence tomography noun: A noninvasive imaging test that uses light waves to capture high-resolution, cross-sectional pictures of the tissue within the eyes.
optical delusion noun: A vision or image that is deceptive or misleading, such as an optical illusion or a trick of the light.
optical depth noun: The natural logarithm of the ratio of amount of radiation that hits an object to the amount of radiation that emerges from that object on the other side.
optical disc noun: A modern data storage medium consisting of a flat disc read mechanically by illumination with laser light, including the Laserdisc, compact disc, DVD, and...
optical disc drive noun: Synonym of optical drive.
optical disk noun: Alternative spelling of optical disc.
optical disk drive noun: Synonym of optical drive.
optical double noun: A star that appears as a double due to an optical illusion; in reality, the stars may be far apart from each other.
optical drive noun: A drive that reads optical media.
optical extent noun: Synonym of etendue
optical fiber noun: Alternative form of optical fibre.
optical fibre noun: A thin, transparent, flexible fibre, made of glass or plastic, used for transmitting light.
optical flat noun: A disk of high-quality quartz glass having at least one side ground and polished with a deviation in flatness less than 50 nanometers all over, and a...
optical glass noun: A class of glass used to create optical lenses, such as that for spectacles or spyglasses
optical illusion noun: An image that is visually deceptive or misleading.
optical isomer noun: Any one of a number of compounds that exhibit optical isomerism.
optical isomerism noun: Synonym of stereoisomerism.
optical landing system noun: A system used to give glide path information to pilots when landing on an aircraft carrier.
optical lattice noun: A periodic pattern formed by the interference of lasers, possibly trapping atoms due to the Stark effect.
optical lattice clock noun: A type of atomic clock that uses atoms trapped in an optical lattice.
optical levitation noun: The use of optical tweezers to suspend an object in air or vacuum without additional support.
optical media noun: Optical discs used to store data, including such formats as Laserdisc, compact disc, DVD, and Blu-ray.
optical microscope noun: Synonym of light microscope.
optical mouse noun: A mouse (pointing device) that uses a light source and a light detector (for example, an LED and an array of photodiodes) to detect movement, as opposed to...
optical power noun: The degree to which a lens, mirror, or other optical system converges or diverges light, equal to the reciprocal of the focal length of the device.
optical pulsar noun: A rare type of neutron star that can be seen in the visible spectrum.
optical rotation noun: The rotation of the plane of polarization of plane polarized light as it passes through a chiral medium
optical rotatory dispersion noun: the variation in the optical rotation of a substance with the wavelength of light
optical size noun: A form of a font optimized for a certain size. For example, larger sizes lend themselves to more delicate forms that would negatively impact legibility at...
optical spectrum noun: The colours of the rainbow.
optical switch noun: A switch that can selectively change signals between optical fibers or integrated optical circuits.
optical telescope noun: An instrument, used both for recreational and scientific purposes, which provides a magnified view of distant objects by collecting and focusing light by...
optical trackpad noun: An input device consisting of a small surface with an optical sensor, integrated for some smartphones and subnotebooks.
optical trap noun: A device that employs a focused laser beam to trap, manipulate and image very small particles
optical tweezer noun: A scientific instrument that uses a highly focused laser beam to hold and move the microscopic or smaller objects such as atoms and droplets, in a manner...
optical tweezers noun: A scientific instrument that uses lasers to manipulate objects on the micron scale as if by using tweezers.
optical wand noun: A wand-like device for optical character recognition.
opticality noun: The quality of being optical, or apprehended through sight.
optically adverb: regarding or using optics
optically active adjective: Exhibiting optical activity.
opticalman noun: A member of the navy who specialized in the use of optical tools.
opticals noun: spectacles
optician noun /ɒpˈtɪʃən/: A person who makes, dispenses or sells lenses, spectacles.
opticianry noun: The professional field of working as an optician.
opticians noun: plural of optician
opticist noun: One who studies optics.
opticity noun: The degree of optical activity of a solution
optico- prefix: Synonym of opto- (“optical”).
opticochemical adjective: Relating to the chemistry of the eye.
opticokinetic adjective: optokinetic
opticopneumatic adjective: Having both optic and pneumatic elements
opticospinal adjective: Of, pertaining to, or affecting the optic nerve and the spinal cord
optics noun /ˈɒptɪks/: The physics of light and vision: basic optical science.
optigraph noun: A telescope with a diagonal eyepiece, suspended vertically in gimbals by the object end beneath a fixed diagonal plane mirror. It is used for delineating...
optimacy noun: government by the nobility
optimal adjective, noun /ˈɒptɪməl/: The best, most favourable or desirable, especially under some restriction.
optimalisation noun: Alternative form of optimalization.
optimalise verb: Alternative form of optimalize.
optimalism noun: The doctrine that this universe exists because it is better than the alternatives.
optimality noun: The property of being optimal.
optimality theoretical adjective: Of or pertaining to optimality theory.
optimality theory noun: A linguistic model proposing that the observed forms of language arise from the interaction between conflicting constraints.
optimalization noun: Alternative form of optimization.
optimalize verb: Alternative form of optimize.
optimally adverb: In an optimal manner.
optimate noun /ˈɒptɪmeɪt/: A member of the patrician ruling class in republican Ancient Rome; an aristocrat, a noble.
optimation noun /ˌɒptɪˈmeɪʃən/: optimization.
optime noun /ˈɒptɪmeɪ/: A student who graduates with second class ("senior optime") or third class ("junior optime") honours in mathematics, or (loosely) in any other subject.
optimedin noun: A particular olfactomedin
optimeter noun: A form of interferometer used in the measurement of gauge blocks.
optimific adjective /ˌɑp.tɪˈmɪf.ɪk/: producing the optimum outcome
optimisable adjective: Alternative spelling of optimizable.
optimisation noun: Alternative spelling of optimization.
optimise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of optimize.
optimiser noun: Alternative spelling of optimizer.
optimism noun /ˈɑptɪmɪzəm/: A tendency to expect the best, or at least, a favourable outcome.
optimist noun /ˈɑptɪmɪst/: A person who expects a favourable outcome.
optimistic adjective /ˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪk/: Expecting the best in all possible ways.
optimistic concurrency noun: A database model that allows multiple users to update data simultaneously without locking rows.
optimistical adjective: optimistic
optimistically adverb /ˌɑptɪˈmɪstɪkli/: In an optimistic manner.
optimity noun: The state of being best.
optimizable adjective: Capable of being optimized.
optimization noun /ˌɑptəmaɪˈzeɪʃən/: The design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense.
optimization problem noun: The problem of finding the "best" solution from all feasible solutions, given constraints defining which of the solutions are feasible, and a goal function...
optimizational adjective: Relating to optimization
optimize verb /ˈɑptɪmaɪz/: To act optimistically or as an optimist.
optimize out verb: To omit (some portion of program logic) through optimization, when it is found to be unused or unnecessary.
optimized adjective, verb: that has undergone optimization
optimizer noun: A person in a large business whose task is to maximize profits and make the business more efficient.
optimizing adjective, verb: Carrying out optimization.
optimum adjective, noun /ˈɑptɪməm/: The best or most favorable condition, or the greatest amount or degree possible under specific sets of comparable circumstances.
Optimus proper noun: A pet name for a device, such as a car, computer, or robot.
optineurin noun: A protein that is associated with glaucoma
option noun, verb /ˈɒpʃən/: One of a set of choices that can be made.
option button noun: A radio button.
option-select noun: An action (or series of actions) that, when performed, automatically selects a preferred outcome of several possible outcomes, depending on the actions of...
option type noun: A polymorphic type that represents encapsulation of an optional value.
optionable adjective: Of or pertaining to options on a stock or equity. For some stocks, it is possible to trade options on them, hence they are optionable, for other stocks...
optionaire noun: A person whose wealth consists of or was made through stock options.
optional adjective, noun /ˈɒp.ʃə.nəl/: Not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective.
optionalise verb: Alternative form of optionalize.
optionality noun: The value of additional optional investment opportunities available only after having made an initial investment.
optionalization noun: The process of making something optional.
optionalize verb: To make optional; to add as an option, permit to be optionally omitted, or provide various options for implementing.
optionally adverb /ˈɑpʃənəli/: In an optional manner; not mandatorily.
optionally piloted vehicle noun: An aircraft that may be manned or unmanned, able to function in either mode without modification.
optionary adjective: optional
optioned adjective, verb: Having the specified kind or number of options.
optionee noun: The purchaser of a financial option.
optioneering noun: in-depth consideration of various alternatives to find the best or preferred option
optioner noun: Alternative form of optionor.
optionless adjective: Without an option.
optionlessness noun: Absence of options.
optionlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of an option.
optionor noun: The grantor of a financial option.
optivar noun: azelastine
OPTO noun, prefix: optical
opto-interrupter noun: A photointerrupter.
opto-isolator noun: Alternative spelling of optoisolator.
optoacoustic adjective /ˌɑptoʊəˈkustɪk/: Describing any of several interactions between light and sound
optoacoustically adverb: In an optoacoustic way.
optoacoustics noun: optoacoustic interactions generally
optobiology noun: optica biology
optobionic adjective: optically bionic
optocapillary adjective: Relating to the interaction of light on capillary effects
optochemical adjective: Relating to the chemical processes involved in sight or vision
optochemokine noun: A chemokine that is activated by light
optochiasmatic adjective: Relating to the optic chiasm.
optochin noun: ethylhydrocupreine
optociliary adjective: retinochoroidal
optocoele noun: A cavity of an optic lobe, found in the brain in many animals, including fish.
optocollic adjective: Relating to the eye and the neck, but especially to the avian reflex that holds the head steady during flight
optocoupled adjective: coupled by means of an optocoupler
optocoupler noun /ˈɑptoʊˌkʌplɚ/: An optoisolator.
optode noun /ˈɒp.təʊd/: An optical sensor device that optically measures a specific substance.
optodynamic adjective: Of or pertaining to optodynamics
optodynamics noun: A range of dynamic measurement techniques that use small lasers.
optoeject verb: To optically eject
optoejection noun: optical ejection
optoelectric adjective: Of or pertaining to the conversion of light energy into electricity
optoelectrical adjective: Alternative form of optoelectric.
optoelectrically adverb: In an optoelectric manner
optoelectroactive adjective: optically electroactive
optoelectrode noun: An optoelectric electrode
optoelectromechanical adjective: optoelectric and electromechanical
optoelectronic adjective: Of or pertaining to optoelectronics.
optoelectronically adverb: By means of optoelectronics
optoelectronics noun /ˌɑptoʊ.ɪlɛkˈtɹɑnɪks/: The branch of physics that deals with the interaction of light with electronic devices, or the production of light from such devices
optoepigenetic adjective: Whose epigenetic activity is modulated by light
optofluidic adjective: Of or pertaining to optofluidics
optofluidics noun /ˌɑptoʊfluˈɪdɪks/: The science of optical devices incorporating fluids, especially such microfluidic devices

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under O: 20,049 words, in 67 parts.