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14-letter words containing a, r, o, l, i, n

  • ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
  • old franconian — the Franconian language before 1100; Frankish.
  • old-line party — either the Liberal Party or the Conservative Party
  • oligomenorrhea — abnormally infrequent menstruation.
  • omphalocentric — Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
  • on a long rein — with the reins held loosely so that the horse is relatively unconstrained
  • 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.
  • oneirocritical — an interpreter of dreams.
  • 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
  • operationalize — Put into operation or use.
  • oral tradition — a community's cultural and historical traditions passed down by word of mouth or example from one generation to another without written instruction.
  • 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.
  • ordinal number — Also called ordinal numeral. any of the numbers that express degree, quality, or position in a series, as first, second, and third (distinguished from cardinal number).
  • organisational — (British) alternative spelling of organizational.
  • organizability — The suitability or potential for organization.
  • organizational — the act or process of organizing.
  • organochlorine — Any of a large group of pesticides and other synthetic organic compounds with chlorinated aromatic molecules.
  • organometallic — pertaining to or noting an organic compound containing a metal or a metalloid linked to carbon.
  • organosiloxane — a siloxane containing an organic group.
  • oriental poppy — a poppy, Papaver orientale, of Asia, having bristly stems and leaves and showy scarlet, pink, or white flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
  • oriental topaz — a variety of corundum resembling topaz in colour and used as a gemstone
  • orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
  • ornithological — the branch of zoology that deals with birds.
  • orthonormalize — (mathematics) To make a set of vectors both orthogonal and normalized.
  • osmoregulation — the process by which cells and simple organisms maintain fluid and electrolyte balance with their surroundings.
  • outer mongolia — a region in Asia including Inner Mongolia of China and the Mongolian People's Republic.
  • outgeneralling — Present participle of outgeneral.
  • overallocation — Excess allocation.
  • overanalytical — too analytical
  • overcentralize — to centralize excessively
  • overcompliance — excessive compliance
  • overevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
  • overgeneralize — to draw an overly general conclusion from (something)
  • overland trail — any of various routes traveled by settlers from the Missouri River to Oregon and California beginning in the 1840s.
  • overmodulation — excessive amplitude modulation, resulting in distortion of a signal.
  • overpopulation — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • overregulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
  • owlet nightjar — any of several birds of the family Aegothelidae, of Australia and Papua New Guinea, related to the nightjars but resembling small owls.
  • ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
  • oxymoronically — in an oxymoronic way
  • palaeanthropic — relating to or denoting the earliest variety of man
  • paleoanthropic — pertaining to prehistoric humans.
  • para-toluidine — a white, flaky, lustrous, very slightly water-soluble solid, C 7 H 9 N, the para isomer of toluidine, used in the manufacture of dyes, in organic synthesis, and as a reagent in tests for nitrite, lignin, and phloroglucinol.
  • parajournalism — news reportage that strongly reflects the point of view of the writer or editor or that uses techniques not practiced in conventional journalism.
  • pararosaniline — a colourless crystalline alcohol, a component of the red dye fuchsin, also used as a biological stain
  • parish council — local administrative body
  • parole hearing — a panel of people who decide whether to free a prisoner before his or her sentence has expired, on the condition that he or she is of good behaviour
  • parsimoniously — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
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