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Ops (in Roman mythology)
optical activity (in optics)
optical disk (in communication, music, film, computers)
optical sensing (in optics)
optician (in medicine)
optics (branch of physics)
optometry (branch of medicine)
opus (in music)
Opus Dei (Roman Catholic prelature)
oracle (ancient religion, ancient Greece)
oracle bones (linguistics, China)
Oradea (city, Romania)
Öraefajökull (mountain, Iceland)
Oraibi (structure, Arizona)
Oral (city, Kazakhstan)
oral history (in history)
Oran (city, Algeria)
Orange (Princely family of Europe ruling)
orange (in botany)
Orange (city, Connecticut)
Orange (city, New Jersey)
Orange (city, Texas)
Orange (city, California)
Orange River (river, Africa)
Orangeburg (city, South Carolina)
Orangemen (organization, Ireland)
orangutan (primate)
Oranienburg (city, Germany)
Oranjestad (capital, Aruba)
oratorio (in music)
oratory (order)
orbit (in astronomy)
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (in astronomy, space)
Orbiting Geophysical Observatory (in geology, physics, space)
Orbiting Solar Observatory (in astronomy, space)
orchard (tree)
orchid (flower, herb)
Orchomenus (ancient city, ancient Greece)
ordeal (in law)
orders in council (government, England)
orders of architecture (in architecture)
orders, holy (in Christianity)
Ordinance of 1787 (law, United States)
Ordos (region, China)
Ordu (city, Turkey)