15-letter words containing a, o, l
- nonsedimentable — incapable of being sedimented
- nonself-antigen — any of the antigens present in an individual that originate outside the body (contrasted with self-antigen).
- nonsensicalness — Nonsensicality.
- nonsimultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- nonslaveholding — Not slaveholding.
- nonsolicitation — Being or pertaining to a particular kind of noncompetition agreement that forbids a former employee from attempting to recruit the employer's colleagues or customers.
- nonspecifically — in a nonspecific way
- nontotalitarian — not totalitarian
- nontransferable — Not transferable; not able to be transferred.
- norethandrolone — An anabolic steroid.
- normally-closed — Normally-closed switch contacts are in a closed state at rest.
- north arlington — a city in NE New Jersey.
- north australia — a former division of Australia; now part of the Northern Territory.
- north highlands — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- north las vegas — a city in S Nevada.
- northeastwardly — Towards the northeast.
- northern parula — any of several American wood warblers of the genus Parula, especially P. americana (northern parula) having bluish plumage with a yellow throat and breast.
- northwestwardly — Towards the northwest.
- not lift a hand — to do nothing; not even try
- not necessarily — If you reply 'Not necessarily', you mean that what has just been said or suggested may not be true.
- not the half of — only a small part of
- not unnaturally — You can use not unnaturally to indicate that the situation you are describing is exactly as you would expect in the circumstances.
- nova scotia lox — a kind of brine-cured salmon, having either a salt cure (Scandinavian lox) or a sugar cure (Nova Scotia lox) often eaten with cream cheese on a bagel.
- nuclear fission — fission (def 2).
- nuclear reactor — reactor (def 4).
- nuclear-powered — powered by nuclear energy
- nullarbor plain — a treeless, semiarid area of S Australia, contiguous to the Great Australian Bight.
- numismatologist — One versed in numismatology.
- 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.
- obituary column — the division of a publication reserved for obituaries
- object language — the language to which a metalanguage refers.
- objectionable-c — (abuse, humour, language) A hackish take on "Objective C". Objectionable-C uses a Smalltalk-like syntax, but lacks the flexibility of Smalltalk method calls, and (like many such efforts) comes frustratingly close to attaining the Right Thing without actually doing so.
- oblique sailing — the navigation of a vessel on a point of the compass other than one of the cardinal points.
- observationally — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
- obsidional coin — siege piece.
- obstacle course — a military training area having obstacles, as hurdles, ditches, and walls, that must be surmounted or crossed in succession.
- obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.
- ochlocratically — In an ochlocratic way.
- official family — the executives or officials chiefly responsible for the operation of an organization or government.
- official strike — a collective stoppage of work by part or all of the workforce of an organization with the approval of the trade union concerned. The stoppage may be accompanied by the payment of strike pay by the trade union concerned
- oil of lavender — an essential oil distilled from lavender flowers, especially Lavandula angustifolia and L. stoechas, and used in perfumery.
- oil tanker pier — An oil tanker pier is a structure over water where oil tankers can stop and load or unload.
- oil-based paint — any paint made with a drying oil or solvent such as linseed
- olbers' paradox — the paradox that if the universe consisted of an infinite number of stars equally distributed through space, then every line of sight would come from a star and the night sky would glow uniformly, which is observationally not true.
- 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 father time — time personified
- old high german — High German before 1100. Abbreviation: OHG.
- old man's beard — fringe tree.
- old wives' tale — a traditional belief, story, or idea that is often of a superstitious nature.