14-letter words containing e, a, s, o

norway lobster — a European lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, fished for food
notes inégales — (esp in French baroque music) notes written down evenly but executed as if they were divided into pairs of long and short notes
noticeableness — The quality of being noticeable.
novelistically — In a novelistic way.
nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
nuclear isomer — isomer (def 2).
nyctaginaceous — belonging to the Nyctaginaceae, the four-o'clock family of plants.
objective case — objective (def 2a).
objective-case — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
obligatoriness — The quality or state of being obligatory.
oceanographers — Plural form of oceanographer.
ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
oehlenschläger — Adam Gottlob (ˈadam ˈɡɔtlɔp). 1779–1850, Danish romantic poet and dramatist
oesophagectomy — (surgery) the surgical procedure for the removal of all, or part of the oesophagus.
oesophagoscope — Alternative form of esophagoscope.
of your dreams — If you describe someone or something as the person or thing of your dreams, you mean that you consider them to be ideal or perfect.
off one's game — playing badly
off one's head — If you say that someone is off their head, you think that their ideas or behaviour are very strange, foolish, or dangerous.
off one's nana — mad; insane
off the charts — a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
off the shears — (of a sheep) newly shorn
old line state — Maryland (used as a nickname).
oleaginousness — The state or condition of being oleaginous; oiliness, unctuousness.
omnibus clause — a clause, especially in an automobile liability policy, extending coverage to persons other than the insured named in the policy.
omphaloskepsis — contemplation of one's navel as part of a mystical exercise.
omphaloskeptic — One who contemplates or meditates upon one's navel; one who engages in omphaloscopy.
on easy street — well-to-do; in easy circumstances
on one's guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
on one's hands — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
on one's plate — waiting to be done or dealt with
on sb's behalf — If you do something on someone's behalf, you do it for that person as their representative.
on the instant — immediately; without delay
on the surface — to all appearances
onchocerciasis — an infestation with filarial worms of the genus Onchocerca, common in tropical America and Africa, transmitted by black flies, and characterized by nodules under the skin, an itchy rash, eye lesions, and in severe cases, elephantiasis.
oncornaviruses — Plural form of oncornavirus.
ondes martenot — an electronic keyboard instrument in which the frequency of an oscillator is varied to produce separate musical notes
one false move — You use one false move to introduce the very bad or serious consequences which will result if someone makes a mistake, even a very small one.
one's head off — loudly or excessively
one-horse race — if a contest is described as a one-horse race, it is thought that one person or thing will definitely win it
one-liner wars — (games, programming) A game popular among hackers who code in the language APL (see write-only language and line noise). The objective is to see who can code the most interesting and/or useful routine in one line of operators chosen from APL's exceedingly hairy primitive set. A similar amusement was practiced among TECO hackers and is now popular among Perl aficionados. (2 = 0 +.= T o.| T) / T <- iN where "o" is the APL null character, the assignment arrow is a single character, and "i" represents the APL iota.
one-upsmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
one-way street — If you describe an agreement or a relationship as a one-way street, you mean that only one of the sides in the agreement or relationship is offering something or is benefitting from it.
one-woman show — a show or performance performed by one woman
open classroom — a spacious instructional area shared by several groups or classes in elementary school, permitting more individualized, less supervised project learning and movement of pupils from one activity to another.
openhandedness — The characteristic of being openhanded.
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.
operationalise — Alternative spelling of operationalize.
operationalism — the doctrine that the meaning of a scientific term, concept, or proposition consists of the operation or operations performed in defining or demonstrating it.
operationalist — a person who adheres to operationalism

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