16-letter words containing a, u, t, o, r, n

non-bureaucratic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine.
non-instrumental — serving or acting as an instrument or means; useful; helpful.
non-manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
non-naturalistic — imitating nature or the usual natural surroundings.
non-remuneration — the act of remunerating.
non-remunerative — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
nonarchitectural — Not architectural.
nonauthoritarian — Not authoritarian.
nonmanufacturing — (economics) Outside of the manufacturing sector.
north lauderdale — a city in SE Florida.
north massapequa — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
nuclear magneton — a unit of magnetic moment, used to measure proton spin and approximately equal to 1/1836 Bohr magneton.
nuclear reaction — reaction (def 8).
numbered account — a bank account whose owner is identified by a number for the purpose of preserving anonymity.
oblique triangle — any triangle that does not have a right angle (contrasted with right triangle).
obsequent stream — a stream flowing in a direction opposite to that of the dip of the local strata.
occupation layer — (on an archaeological site) a layer of remains left by a single culture, from which the culture can be dated or identified.
of the nature of — having the essential character of; like
onboard computer — onboard a vehicle, ship, plane, train or spacecraft
online thesaurus — a thesaurus or dictionary of words with the same or nearly the same meanings, or synonyms, and their opposites, or antonyms, such as Thesaurus.com, available on the Internet or the World Wide Web, accessed through a web browser, and used by entering a query term into a search box on the site. An online thesaurus provides immediate electronic access to lists of alternate terms for the queried word, covering its various shades of meaning: This online thesaurus showed me that smart, as an adjective, not only means intelligent, but also stylish, or lively, and gave long lists of other words for each meaning.
operating budget — money allocated to a project
operating manual — a leaflet of instructions on how to use something (such as an electrical appliance, etc)
orthodoxy sunday — a solemn festival held on the first Sunday of Lent (Orthodoxy Sunday) commemorating the restoration of the use of icons in the church (a.d. 842) and the triumph over all heresies.
out on one's ear — dismissed unceremoniously
outsmart oneself — to have one's efforts at cunning or cleverness result in one's own disadvantage
over-communicate — to impart knowledge of; make known: to communicate information; to communicate one's happiness.
over-cultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
over-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
overaccumulation — Accumulation of too much.
overcautiousness — the quality or state of being too cautious, wary, or careful
overenthusiastic — full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
overurbanization — the act or fact of urbanizing, or taking on the characteristics of a city: Urbanization has led to more air pollution and increasing childhood asthma.
oxidation number — the state of an element or ion in a compound with regard to the electrons gained or lost by the element or ion in the reaction that formed the compound, expressed as a positive or negative number indicating the ionic charge of the element or ion.
pacific sturgeon — a dark gray sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, inhabiting marine and fresh waters along the northwestern coast of North America, valued as a food and sport fish.
pairs tournament — an event in a sport such as tennis or darts open to pairs of competitors
palomar mountain — mountain in SW Calif., near San Diego: site of an astronomical observatory: 6,140 ft (1,871 m)
partial function — A function which is not defined for all arguments of its input type. E.g. f(x) = 1/x if x /= 0. The opposite of a total function. In denotational semantics, a partial function f : D -> C may be represented as a total function ft : D' -> lift(C) where D' is a superset of D and ft x = f x if x in D ft x = bottom otherwise where lift(C) = C U bottom. Bottom (LaTeX \perp) denotes "undefined".
paterson's curse — a purple-flowered noxious plant, Echium plantagineum, a close relative of viper's bugloss, naturalized in Australia and NZ where its harmfulness to livestock has prompted attempts to limit its spread
perpetual motion — the motion of a theoretical mechanism that, without any losses due to friction or other forms of dissipation of energy, would continue to operate indefinitely at the same rate without any external energy being applied to it.
personal tuition — private tuition
personality cult — deliberately cultivated adulation of a person, esp a political leader
pneumatic trough — a trough filled with liquid, especially water, for collecting gases in bell jars or the like by displacement.
poitou-charentes — a region of W central France, on the Bay of Biscay: mainly low-lying
portmanteau word — a case or bag to carry clothing in while traveling, especially a leather trunk or suitcase that opens into two halves.
portuguese india — a former Portuguese overseas territory on the W coast of India, consisting of the districts of Gôa, Daman, and Diu: annexed by India December 1961. Capital: Gôa.
praetorian guard — the bodyguard of a military commander, especially the imperial guard stationed in Rome.
prerevolutionary — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
print journalism — journalism as practiced in newspapers and magazines.
project guardian — (project, security) A project which grew out of the ARPA support for Multics and the sale of Multics systems to the US Air Force. The USAF wanted a system that could be used to handle more than one security classification of data at a time. They contracted with Honeywell and MITRE Corporation to figure out how to do this. Project Guardian led to the creation of the Access Isolation Mechanism, the forerunner of the B2 labeling and star property support in Multics. The DoD Orange Book was influenced by the experience in building secure systems gained in Project Guardian.
prosecution case — the case brought against someone by a legal authority

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