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14-letter words containing d, e, n, t, i, o

  • nonpredictable — Not predictable.
  • nonradioactive — not radioactive
  • nonrepudiation — (legal) Assurance that a contract cannot later be denied by either of the parties involved.
  • nonresidential — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
  • north tyneside — a unitary authority of NE England, in Tyne and Wear. Pop: 190 800 (2003 est). Area: 84 sq km (32 sq miles)
  • northern dvina — Also called Western Dvina. Latvian Daugava. a river rising in the Valdai Hills in the W Russian Federation, flowing W through Byelorussia (Belarus) and Latvia to the Baltic Sea at Riga. About 640 miles (1030) long.
  • obedient plant — false dragonhead.
  • octodecillions — Plural form of octodecillion.
  • old line state — Maryland (used as a nickname).
  • old-line party — either the Liberal Party or the Conservative Party
  • old-time dance — a formal or formation dance, such as the lancers
  • one-hit wonder — a singer, composer or group that only ever has one successful piece
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • out the window — discarded or wasted
  • outlandishness — The quality of being outlandish.
  • outside chance — a slight chance or likelihood
  • over-confident — too confident.
  • overdecoration — excessive decoration
  • overdetermined — excessively or unduly determined.
  • overdistention — the act of distending or the state of being distended.
  • overland trail — any of various routes traveled by settlers from the Missouri River to Oregon and California beginning in the 1840s.
  • overmedication — the act or instance of medicating unnecessarily or excessively
  • overmodulation — excessive amplitude modulation, resulting in distortion of a signal.
  • overproduction — excessive production; production in excess of need or stipulated amount.
  • oversensitized — to render sensitive.
  • painted tongue — a Chilean plant, Salpiglossis sinuata, of the nightshade family, having large, funnel-shaped flowers in a variety of colors.
  • pantomime dame — an exaggerated comedic female character in a pantomime played by a male actor
  • 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.
  • pentanoic acid — colourless liquid carboxylic acid
  • periodontology — periodontics.
  • peritonealized — to cover with peritoneum.
  • photoinductive — of, relating to, or being able to undergo photoinduction
  • photorecording — the act of making photographic records, especially of documents.
  • photoreduction — a reduction reaction induced by light.
  • picture window — a large window in a house, usually dominating the room or wall in which it is located, and often designed or placed to present an attractive view.
  • pigeon-chested — having a narrow chest that sticks out at the front in an unusual way
  • pigeon-hearted — timid; meek.
  • piston-engined — powered by a piston engine
  • platinocyanide — a salt of platinocyanic acid.
  • pocket edition — pocketbook (def 3).
  • poetry reading — a public recital or rendering of a poem
  • point d'esprit — a bobbinet or tulle with oval or square dots woven in an irregular pattern.
  • point of order — a question raised as to whether proceedings are in order, or in conformity with parliamentary law.
  • pointed domain — (theory)   In most formulations of domain theory, a domain is defined to have a bottom element and algebraic CPOs without bottoms are called "predomains". David Schmidt's domains do not have this requirement and he calls a domain with a bottom "pointed".
  • polar distance — codeclination.
  • polynucleotide — a sequence of nucleotides, as in DNA or RNA, bound into a chain.
  • pontoon bridge — a bridge supported by pontoons.
  • post-modernism — Post-modernism is a late twentieth century approach in art, architecture, and literature which typically mixes styles, ideas, and references to modern society, often in an ironic way.
  • post-modernist — A post-modernist is a writer, artist, or architect who is influenced by post-modernism.
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