15-letter words containing d, a, n, i
- nonprecedential — Not precedential.
- nonsedimentable — incapable of being sedimented
- nonslaveholding — Not slaveholding.
- nonstandardized — Unstandardized.
- nonwithstanding — Misspelling of notwithstanding.
- north highlands — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- not a dickybird — not a word; nothing
- not give a damn — If you say that someone does not give a damn about something, you are emphasizing that they do not care about it at all.
- not lift a hand — to do nothing; not even try
- notwithstanding — in spite of; without being opposed or prevented by: Notwithstanding a brilliant defense, he was found guilty. She went to the game anyway, doctor's orders notwithstanding.
- nuisance ground — a garbage dump.
- 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.
- object distance — the distance between the lens of a camera and an object being photographed.
- obsidian dating — a method of dating obsidian artifacts or debitage by calculating how long it has taken to produce a given thickness of a hydration layer within such matter.
- obsidional coin — siege piece.
- odd permutation — a permutation of a set of n elements, x 1 , x 2 , …, xn, which permutes the product of all differences of the form (xi – xj), where i is less than j, into the negative of the product.
- of mice and men — a novel (1937) and play (1938) by John Steinbeck.
- oil of lavender — an essential oil distilled from lavender flowers, especially Lavandula angustifolia and L. stoechas, and used in perfumery.
- oil-based paint — any paint made with a drying oil or solvent such as linseed
- 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 high german — High German before 1100. Abbreviation: OHG.
- oligodendroglia — Oligodendrocytes collectively.
- oligohydramnios — (medicine) A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus.
- omnidirectional — sending or receiving signals in all directions: an omnidirectional microphone.
- on a knife-edge — To be on a knife-edge means to be in a situation in which nobody knows what is going to happen next, or in which one thing is just as likely to happen as another.
- one-dimensional — having one dimension only.
- one-night stand — a single performance in one locale, as by a touring theatrical company, before moving on to the next engagement.
- open admissions — a policy of admitting applicants to an institution, especially a university, regardless of previous academic record or grades.
- open-pollinated — (of a flower) pollinated without human agency.
- operationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalise.
- operationalized — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalize.
- opinionatedness — The state or condition of being opinionated.
- orange chromide — an Asian cichlid fish, Etropus maculatus, with a brownish-orange spotted body
- orange milkweed — butterfly weed (def 1).
- ordinal numbers — 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).
- ordinary degree — a university degree without honours
- ordinary income — taxable income, as salary and wages, other than capital gains.
- ordinary rating — a rank in the Royal Navy comparable to that of a private in the army
- ordinary seaman — a seaman insufficiently skilled to be classified as an able-bodied seaman. Abbreviation: O.D., O.S., o.s.
- ordinary shares — British. a share of common stock.
- organic disease — a disease in which there is a structural alteration (opposed to functional disease).
- organized chaos — a complex situation or process that appears chaotic while having enough order to achieve progress or goals
- organized crime — illegal activities co-ordinated by groups
- organized labor — all workers who are organized in labor unions.
- ornithodelphian — of or relating to mammals of the class Ornithodelphia
- orphaned i-node — (operating system) /or'f*nd i:'nohd/ [Unix] 1. A file that retains storage but no longer appears in the directories of a file system.
- orthodontically — from an orthodontic point of view
- outdoorsmanship — a person devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities, as hiking, hunting, fishing, or camping.
- outline drawing — a drawing consisting only of external lines
- outstandingness — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.