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14-letter words containing a, n, o, l, e, s

  • notes inégales — (esp in French baroque music) notes written down evenly but executed as if they were divided into pairs of long and short notes
  • noticeableness — The quality of being noticeable.
  • novelistically — In a novelistic way.
  • nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
  • nuclear isomer — isomer (def 2).
  • obligatoriness — The quality or state of being obligatory.
  • ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
  • oehlenschläger — Adam Gottlob (ˈadam ˈɡɔtlɔp). 1779–1850, Danish romantic poet and dramatist
  • old line state — Maryland (used as a nickname).
  • oleaginousness — The state or condition of being oleaginous; oiliness, unctuousness.
  • omnibus clause — a clause, especially in an automobile liability policy, extending coverage to persons other than the insured named in the policy.
  • on one's plate — waiting to be done or dealt with
  • on sb's behalf — If you do something on someone's behalf, you do it for that person as their representative.
  • one false move — You use one false move to introduce the very bad or serious consequences which will result if someone makes a mistake, even a very small one.
  • one-liner wars — (games, programming)   A game popular among hackers who code in the language APL (see write-only language and line noise). The objective is to see who can code the most interesting and/or useful routine in one line of operators chosen from APL's exceedingly hairy primitive set. A similar amusement was practiced among TECO hackers and is now popular among Perl aficionados. (2 = 0 +.= T o.| T) / T <- iN where "o" is the APL null character, the assignment arrow is a single character, and "i" represents the APL iota.
  • open classroom — a spacious instructional area shared by several groups or classes in elementary school, permitting more individualized, less supervised project learning and movement of pupils from one activity to another.
  • operationalise — Alternative spelling of operationalize.
  • operationalism — the doctrine that the meaning of a scientific term, concept, or proposition consists of the operation or operations performed in defining or demonstrating it.
  • operationalist — a person who adheres to operationalism
  • orange blossom — the white flower of an orange tree, especially of the genus Citrus, much used in wreaths, bridal bouquets, etc.: the state flower of Florida.
  • orbital sander — a sander that uses a section of sandpaper clamped to a metal pad that moves at high speed in a very narrow orbit, driven by an electric motor.
  • organosiloxane — a siloxane containing an organic group.
  • orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
  • osmoregulation — the process by which cells and simple organisms maintain fluid and electrolyte balance with their surroundings.
  • ostentatiously — characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
  • osteogenically — By osteogenesis.
  • outlandishness — The quality of being outlandish.
  • overallotments — Plural form of overallotment.
  • overland stage — a stagecoach used in the western U.S. during the middle of the 19th century.
  • ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
  • paleomagnetism — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
  • paleontologist — the science of the forms of life existing in former geologic periods, as represented by their fossils.
  • papilionaceous — having an irregular corolla shaped somewhat like a butterfly, as the pea and other leguminous plants.
  • pararosaniline — a colourless crystalline alcohol, a component of the red dye fuchsin, also used as a biological stain
  • pardonableness — the quality or state of being pardonable
  • passion killer — something that is sexually unattractive or inhibiting
  • pay television — a commercial service that broadcasts or provides television programs to viewers who pay a monthly charge or a per-program fee.
  • penalty stroke — a stroke added to a score for a rule infraction.
  • pennatulaceous — of or relating to a sea pen
  • people's panel — a group of people composed of members of the public, brought together to discuss, investigate, or decide on a particular matter
  • percutaneously — through the skin
  • persian violet — any of several plants belonging to the genus Exacum, native to the Old World, as E. affine, having glossy, ovate leaves, and fragrant, bluish flowers: cultivated as a houseplant.
  • personal chair — a professorship awarded in recognition of academic achievement
  • personal space — the variable and subjective distance at which one person feels comfortable talking to another.
  • personal staff — the aides of a general officer or a flag officer.
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • peso boliviano — a nickel-clad steel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Bolivia, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the boliviano in 1963.
  • petrol station — A petrol station is a garage by the side of the road where petrol is sold and put into vehicles.
  • phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • planar process — a method of producing diffused junctions in semiconductor devices. A pattern of holes is etched into an oxide layer formed on a silicon substrate, into which impurities are diffused through the holes
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