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14-letter words containing a, t, r, c, e

  • olfactory lobe — the anterior part of each cerebral hemisphere, involved with olfactory functions.
  • omphalocentric — Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
  • on the surface — to all appearances
  • oneirocritical — an interpreter of dreams.
  • operating cash — the amount of cash or money that a business generates
  • operating cost — The operating cost of a business, or a piece of equipment or machinery is the amount of money that it costs to run it.
  • operation code — (programming)   (Always "op code" when spoken) The part or parts of a machine language instruction which determines what kind of action the computer should take, e.g. add, jump, load, store. In any particular instruction set certain fixed bit positions within the instruction word contain the op code, others give parameters such as the addresses or registers involved. For example, in a 32-bit instruction the most significant eight bits might be the op code giving 256 possible operations. For some instruction sets, certain values in the fixed bit positions may select a group of operations and the exact operation may depend on other bits within instruction word or subsequent words. When programming in assembly language, the op code is represented by a readable name called an instruction mnemonic.
  • optical isomer — any of two or more isomers exhibiting optical isomerism.
  • oracle toolkit — Adaptable User Interface
  • oral eroticism — libidinal pleasure derived from the lips and mouth, for example by kissing
  • orchestrations — Plural form of orchestration.
  • ordnance datum — mean sea level calculated from observation taken at Newlyn, Cornwall, and used as the official basis for height calculation on British maps
  • organic matter — matter derived from organisms, esp decayed matter in soil
  • organometallic — pertaining to or noting an organic compound containing a metal or a metalloid linked to carbon.
  • orthomolecular — being or pertaining to the treatment of disease by increasing, decreasing, or otherwise controlling the intake of natural substances, especially vitamins. Compare megavitamin (def 1).
  • osteoarthritic — Affected with osteoarthritis.
  • osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.
  • osteosarcomata — Plural form of osteosarcoma.
  • outperformance — The act or state of outperforming.
  • ovariectomized — Simple past tense and past participle of ovariectomize.
  • over-expectant — having expectations; expecting: an excited, expectant audience.
  • over-patriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
  • over-tolerance — a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
  • overaccentuate — to accentuate too much
  • overallocation — Excess allocation.
  • overanalytical — too analytical
  • overcapitalize — to fix the total amount of securities of a corporation in excess of the limits set by law or by sound financial policy.
  • overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
  • overcentralize — to centralize excessively
  • overcompensate — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
  • overcomplicate — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
  • overdecoration — excessive decoration
  • overextraction — excessive extraction
  • overmedication — the act or instance of medicating unnecessarily or excessively
  • overparticular — precise beyond necessity
  • oxidoreductase — any of a class of enzymes that act as a catalyst, some of them conjointly, causing the oxidation and reduction of compounds.
  • oyster cracker — a small, round, usually salted cracker, served with oysters, soup, etc.
  • pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
  • pacific oyster — Japanese oyster.
  • packet sniffer — (networking, tool)   A network monitoring tool that captures data packets and decodes them using built-in knowledge of common protocols. Sniffers are used to debug and monitor networking problems.
  • packet writing — (storage)   A technique for writing CD-Rs and CD-RWs that is more efficient in both disk space used and the time it takes to write the CD.
  • palaeanthropic — relating to or denoting the earliest variety of man
  • paleoanthropic — pertaining to prehistoric humans.
  • pancake batter — batter made from eggs and flour and used to make thin flat cakes often served rolled and filled with a sweet or savoury mixture
  • pancreatectomy — excision of part or all of the pancreas.
  • panic reaction — a widespread and excessive response of panic
  • panic-stricken — overcome with, characterized by, or resulting from fear, panic, or the like: panic-stricken parents looking for their child; a panic-stricken phone call.
  • parachute jump — leaping from aircraft with a parachute
  • parametrically — in terms of a parameter
  • parasitic male — a male animal that is much smaller than the female and is totally dependent on the female for its nutrition, such as the male of some species of deep-sea angler fish
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