15-letter words containing a, n, o, d, e
- non-handicapped — Sometimes Offensive. physically or mentally disabled.
- non-opinionated — obstinate or conceited with regard to the merit of one's own opinions; conceitedly dogmatic.
- non-repudiation — the act of repudiating.
- non-residential — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
- non-shareholder — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- nonadjudicative — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- noncertificated — not possessing a certificate, not certified
- nonconfidential — not confidential
- nonconsolidated — (financial) Including the financial data of only the parent company.
- noncredentialed — not credentialed or lacking credentials
- nondegenerative — tending to degenerate.
- nondepartmental — not limited to or related to a specific department
- nondiscriminate — Not discriminate.
- nonencapsulated — not encapsulated
- nonhospitalized — not hospitalized
- nonincorporated — Not incorporated.
- noninsecticidal — absent or free of insecticide
- nonjudgmentally — not judged or judging on the basis of one's personal standards or opinions: They tried to adopt a nonjudgmental attitude that didn't reflect their own biases. My guidance counselor in high school was sympathetic and nonjudgmental.
- nonmatriculated — not matriculated, not enrolled in an institution, esp a college or university
- nonmelodramatic — Not melodramatic.
- nonprecedential — Not precedential.
- nonsedimentable — incapable of being sedimented
- nonslaveholding — Not slaveholding.
- nonstandardized — Unstandardized.
- norethandrolone — An anabolic steroid.
- normally-closed — Normally-closed switch contacts are in a closed state at rest.
- northeastwardly — Towards the northeast.
- northwestwardly — Towards the northwest.
- not give a damn — If you say that someone does not give a damn about something, you are emphasizing that they do not care about it at all.
- nuclear-powered — powered by nuclear energy
- nuisance ground — a garbage dump.
- obedience trial — a competitive event at which a dog can progress toward a degree in obedience by demonstrating its ability to follow a prescribed series of commands.
- object distance — the distance between the lens of a camera and an object being photographed.
- ocean greyhound — a fast ship, esp a liner
- odd permutation — a permutation of a set of n elements, x 1 , x 2 , …, xn, which permutes the product of all differences of the form (xi – xj), where i is less than j, into the negative of the product.
- of mice and men — a novel (1937) and play (1938) by John Steinbeck.
- off one's guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- off one's hands — for which one is no longer responsible
- oil of lavender — an essential oil distilled from lavender flowers, especially Lavandula angustifolia and L. stoechas, and used in perfumery.
- oil-based paint — any paint made with a drying oil or solvent such as linseed
- old age pension — An old age pension is a regular amount of money that people receive from the government when they have retired from work.
- old clothes man — a person who deals in second-hand clothes
- old high german — High German before 1100. Abbreviation: OHG.
- old man's beard — fringe tree.
- old-man's-beard — fringe tree.
- old-man-the-sea — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) an old man who clung to the shoulders of Sindbad the Sailor for many days and nights.
- oldenbarneveldt — Johan van. 1547–1619, Dutch statesman, regarded as a founder of Dutch independence; the leading figure (from 1586) in the United Provinces of the Netherlands: executed by Maurice of Nassau
- oligodendroglia — Oligodendrocytes collectively.
- omnidirectional — sending or receiving signals in all directions: an omnidirectional microphone.
- on a knife-edge — To be on a knife-edge means to be in a situation in which nobody knows what is going to happen next, or in which one thing is just as likely to happen as another.