Oph
/ɒf/(also Oph.) Astronomy
noun
The equatorial constellation Ophiuchus. Chiefly as postpositive, designating a star of this constellation.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Transactions of the International Astronomical Union. Shortened from Ophiuchus, Ophiuchi, originally as graphic abbreviation.
- shot-putter
- shot-putting
- shotted
- shotten herring
- shottist
- shot to pieces (or to hell)
- shot tower
- shoujo
- should
- shoulder
- shoulder arms
- shoulder bag
- shoulder belt
- shoulder blade
- shoulder charge
- shouldered
- shoulder harness
- shoulder-high
- shoulder holster
- shoulder-in
- shoulder joint
- shoulder knot
- shoulder-length
- shoulder pad
- shoulder period