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

officer of arms — an officer with the duties of a herald, especially one charged with the devising, granting, or confirming of armorial bearings.
official strike — a collective stoppage of work by part or all of the workforce of an organization with the approval of the trade union concerned. The stoppage may be accompanied by the payment of strike pay by the trade union concerned
oil-based paint — any paint made with a drying oil or solvent such as linseed
olbers' paradox — the paradox that if the universe consisted of an infinite number of stars equally distributed through space, then every line of sight would come from a star and the night sky would glow uniformly, which is observationally not true.
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 clothes man — a person who deals in second-hand clothes
old man's beard — fringe tree.
old wives' tale — a traditional belief, story, or idea that is often of a superstitious nature.
old-established — established for a long time
old-man's-beard — fringe tree.
old-man-the-sea — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) an old man who clung to the shoulders of Sindbad the Sailor for many days and nights.
oligomerisation — Alternative spelling of oligomerization.
oligosaccharide — any carbohydrate yielding few monosaccharides on hydrolysis, as two, three, or four.
on a shoestring — If you do something or make something on a shoestring, you do it using very little money.
on o's haunches — If you get down on your haunches, you lower yourself towards the ground so that your legs are bent under you and you are balancing on your feet.
on the decrease — decreasing
on the increase — growing, increasing
one's last hour — the time of one's death
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.
onward progress — progress that advances or improves (a situation, etc)
open admissions — a policy of admitting applicants to an institution, especially a university, regardless of previous academic record or grades.
opencast mining — mining by excavating from the surface
opening batsman — a player who bats the first ball in cricket
operationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalise.
operations room — a room from which all the operations of a military, police, or other disciplined activity are controlled
ophthalmoscopes — Plural form of ophthalmoscope.
opinionatedness — The state or condition of being opinionated.
optical scanner — the process of interpreting data in printed, handwritten, bar-code, or other visual form by a device (optical scanner or reader) that scans and identifies the data.
optical storage — optical disk drive
orangeman's day — the 12th of July, celebrated by Protestants in Northern Ireland to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne (1690)
orangemen's day — July 12, an annual celebration in Northern Ireland and certain cities having a large Irish section, especially Liverpool, to mark both the victory of William III over James II at the Battle of the Boyne, July 1, 1690, and the Battle of Augbrim, July 12, 1690.
orchestrational — Of or pertaining to orchestration.
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 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.
ordnance survey — mapmaking agency
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
organochlorines — Plural form of organochlorine.
organomagnesium — pertaining to or noting an organic compound, especially an organic halide, containing magnesium linked to carbon.
organophosphate — Biochemistry. any of a variety of organic compounds that contain phosphorus and often have intense neurotoxic activity: originally developed as nerve gases, now widely used as insecticides and fire retardants.
ortega saavedra — (José) Daniel [haw-se dah-nyel] /hɔˈsɛ dɑˈnyɛl/ (Show IPA), born 1945, Nicaraguan political leader: president 1985–90.
ortega y gasset — José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1883–1955, Spanish philosopher, journalist, and critic.
oscars ceremony — a formal annual event in the United States in which small gold statuettes are awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in films
outer barrister — a barrister belonging to the outer bar.
outside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn inward so that it can measure outside dimensions, as the diameter of a rod.
outside forward — one of two attacking players who usually play on the far side of the field; wing.
outstandingness — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
over one's head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.

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