10-letter words containing a, c, o, e, l
- nonmedical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
- nonnuclear — not utilizing nuclear power, nuclear weapons, etc.: to fight a nonnuclear war.
- nonsecular — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
- nonspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- normalcies — the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality: After months of living in a state of tension, all yearned for a return to normalcy.
- noticeable — attracting notice or attention; capable of being noticed: a noticeable lack of interest.
- noticeably — attracting notice or attention; capable of being noticed: a noticeable lack of interest.
- notonectal — (of an animal) that swims on its back
- novaculite — a very hard sedimentary rock, similar to chert, composed essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- nucleation — having a nucleus.
- nucleobase — (biochemistry) The base of a nucleic acid, such as thymine, uracil, adenine, cytosine and guanine.
- nucleolate — containing a nucleolus or nucleoli.
- objectable — Capable of being put forward as an objection.
- occidental — (usually initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Occident or its natives and inhabitants.
- occupiable — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- oceanology — the practical application of oceanography.
- ocellation — an eyelike spot or marking.
- ochlagogue — (rare) A manipulator of a mob who holds sway by use of inflammatory rhetoric, casting opprobrium, and by appeal to the lowest common denominator generally; an extreme and wholly unscrupulous demagogue; one who practises ochlagogy.
- octahedral — having the form of an octahedron.
- octavalent — having a valence of eight.
- officerial — a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.
- oil change — the replacement of dirty engine oil with clean engine oil
- olecranons — Plural form of olecranon.
- oleic acid — a colorless, odorless, liquid, water-insoluble, unsaturated acid, C 1 8 H 3 4 O 2 , obtained from animal tallow and natural vegetable oils, in which it occurs as the glycerol ester: used chiefly in the manufacture of soap, commercial oleates, and cosmetics.
- oleraceous — having the qualities or nature of a pot-herb for cookery
- olfactible — Having an odor; capable of being smelled.
- oligoclase — a kind of plagioclase feldspar occurring commonly in white crystals, sometimes shaded with gray, green, or red.
- olivaceous — of a deep shade of green; olive.
- on balance — a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc.
- opalescent — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
- opalescing — Present participle of opalesce.
- operculate — having an operculum.
- oracle rdb — (database) A set of relational database products originally known as Rdb from Digital Equipment Corporation, but purchased by Oracle Corporation in 1994. The current (October 1996) versions are Oracle Rdb V7.0 for OpenVMS VAX, Oracle Rdb V7.0 for OpenVMS Alpha, and Oracle Rdb V7.0 for Digital UNIX. This release of Oracle Rdb includes advances in non-stop computing for business critical applications, improvements to OLTP performance, and easy client/server application development. It also includes an ODBC Driver.
- orbiculate — orbicular; rounded.
- orchestral — of, relating to, or resembling an orchestra.
- orthoclase — a common white or pink mineral of the feldspar group, KAlSi 3 O 8 , having two good cleavages at right angles, and found in silica-rich igneous rocks: used in the manufacture of porcelain.
- oscillated — Simple past tense and past participle of oscillate.
- oscillates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oscillate.
- osteoclast — Cell Biology. one of the large multinuclear cells in growing bone concerned with the absorption of osseous tissue, as in the formation of canals.
- osteocolla — a limey deposit which can form an incrustation on the roots and stems of some plants
- outbalance — to outweigh.
- outclassed — to surpass in excellence or quality, especially by a wide margin; be superior: He far outclasses the other runners in the race.
- outclasses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outclass.
- overbleach — (transitive) To bleach too much.
- overcalled — (poker) Simple past tense and past participle of overcall.
- overfacile — excessively facile
- overglance — to glance over
- overlaunch — (in shipbuilding) to overlap planks
- overplaced — placed above
- overscaled — on an excessive scale