14-letter words containing d, o, t, l
- old-line party — either the Liberal Party or the Conservative Party
- old-man cactus — a Mexican cactus, Cephalocereus senilis, having a columnar body from 30 to 40 feet (9 to 12 meters) high with thatchlike, long, white hairs on the top, and red flowers with white centers.
- old-time dance — a formal or formation dance, such as the lancers
- on the downlow — not widely known
- opposite field — the opposite part of the outfield in relation to the batter, as left field for a right-handed batter.
- 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.
- orthodox sleep — dreamless sleep, characterized by a slow alpha rhythm of brain waves and no marked physiological changes.
- outlandishness — The quality of being outlandish.
- outside toilet — a toilet or lavatory which is located outdoors or in an outdoor cubicle
- overcontrolled — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- overhead light — a light which throws light downwards by being situated on the ceiling or having a downward shade, etc
- overland stage — a stagecoach used in the western U.S. during the middle of the 19th century.
- 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.
- 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.
- paradoxicality — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
- parti-coloured — having different colours in different parts; variegated
- particle board — any of various composition boards formed from small particles of wood, as flakes or shavings, tightly compressed and bonded together with a resin.
- penalty double — business double.
- periodic table — a table illustrating the periodic system, in which the chemical elements, formerly arranged in the order of their atomic weights and now according to their atomic numbers, are shown in related groups.
- periodontology — periodontics.
- peritonealized — to cover with peritoneum.
- permanent mold — a reusable metal mold used for making a large number of identical castings.
- philanthropoid — an individual who does work for a charitable body
- photoduplicate — photocopy.
- photoelectrode — an electrode that, following the absorption of light, can initialize electrochemical transformations
- platinocyanide — a salt of platinocyanic acid.
- platinum-blond — (of hair) of a pale silver-blond colour
- platonic solid — one of the five regular polyhedrons: tetrahedron, octahedron, hexahedron, icosahedron, or dodecahedron.
- plaza de toros — a bullring.
- plotting board — Navigation. a transparent table on a ship, used as a plotting sheet.
- plymouth sound — an inlet of the English Channel in SW Devon, SW England
- podophthalmous — relating to a crustacean
- polar distance — codeclination.
- police custody — If somebody or something is in police custody, they are kept somewhere secure, under the supervision of police officers, for example in a police station.
- polydispersity — the state of being polydisperse
- polynucleotide — a sequence of nucleotides, as in DNA or RNA, bound into a chain.
- pool attendant — a person who keeps watch at a swimming pool, and rescues anyone in danger of drowning
- porter's lodge — a room near the entrance of a public building such as a college, which is occupied by the porter
- postadolescent — growing to manhood or womanhood; youthful.
- postindustrial — of, relating to, or characteristic of an era following industrialization: The economy of the postindustrial society is based on the provision of services rather than on the manufacture of goods.
- postnasal drip — a trickling of mucus onto the pharyngeal surface from the posterior portion of the nasal cavity, usually caused by a cold or allergy.
- postnatal ward — a ward in a hospital where women and their babies are provided with medical care immediately after the birth of the baby
- potato psyllid — a tiny homopterous insect, Paratrioza cockerelli, occurring in some areas of the western U.S., western Canada, and Mexico: a serious pest to potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants, and peppers, the nymphs acting as vectors in the transmission of psyllid yellows.
- potbellied pig — a type of small, dark, domesticated pig with a lighter band running around its middle, native to Vietnam and sometimes kept as a pet.
- potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
- potter's field — a piece of ground reserved as a burial place for strangers and the friendless poor. Matt. 27:7.
- pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
- preconcertedly — in a preconcerted or preplanned manner