16-letter words containing a, e, t, i, o

non-quantifiable — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
non-remuneration — the act of remunerating.
non-remunerative — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
non-repatriation — to bring or send back (a person, especially a prisoner of war, a refugee, etc.) to his or her country or land of citizenship.
non-standardized — to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.
non-transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
nonarchitectural — Not architectural.
noncommunicative — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
noncompassionate — Not compassionate.
noncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
nondiscretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
nonfinite clause — a clause with a nonfinite verb or with no verb, as the hour being late in The hour being late, we left.
nonharmonic tone — a tone sounding with a chord of which it is not a chord tone.
nonproliferation — the action or practice of curbing or controlling an excessive, rapid spread: nonproliferation of nuclear weapons.
nonreciprocating — Not reciprocating; not responding in kind.
nontransmissible — Not transmissible.
nontransmittable — Not transmittable.
north plainfield — a city in NE New Jersey.
north vietnamese — relating to North Vietnam or its people
northamptonshire — a county in central England. 914 sq. mi. (2365 sq. km).
northern harrier — a hawk of North America and Europe, Circus cyaneus, that frequents marshes and meadows.
northern ireland — a political division of the United Kingdom, in the NE part of the island of Ireland. 5238 sq. mi. (13,565 sq. km). Capital: Belfast.
not in the least — smallest in size, amount, degree, etc.; slightest: He gave the least amount of money of anyone.
not the faintest — no idea whatsoever
nuclear reaction — reaction (def 8).
objective danger — a danger, such as a stone fall or avalanche, to which climbing skill is irrelevant
objective pascal — An extension of the PASCAL language which provides the possibility to use object-oriented programming constructs.
oblique triangle — any triangle that does not have a right angle (contrasted with right triangle).
oblique zenithal — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it between the poles and the equator
observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
observation post — a forward position, often on high ground, from which enemy activity can be observed and, particularly, from which artillery or mortar fire can be directed.
observation ward — a ward in a hospital where patients are monitored
observationalist — One who relies on empirical observations.
observationality — The property of being observational.
occasional table — a small table with no regular use
occipitotemporal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the occiput and temporal lobe.
occupation layer — (on an archaeological site) a layer of remains left by a single culture, from which the culture can be dated or identified.
octanedioic acid — a colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid found in suberin and castor oil and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: HOOC(CH2)6COOH
odds are against — If you say that the odds are against something or someone, you mean that they are unlikely to succeed.
oesophagogastric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the oesophagus and the stomach.
of a certain age — of an unspecified age, but no longer young
ohmic resistance — resistance (def 3a).
oil storage tank — a very large industrial container where petroleum is stored
on its last legs — about to fail
on the breadline — impoverished; living at subsistence level
on the safe side — as a precaution
once upon a time — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
one with another — on average
one-armed bandit — slot machine (def 1).
one-way function — (cryptography, mathematics) A function which is easy to compute but whose inverse is very difficult to compute. Such functions have important applications in cryptography, specifically in public-key cryptography. See also: trapdoor function.

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