15-letter words containing e, a, t, l, i
- nonintellectual — appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual pursuits.
- nonmathematical — of, relating to, or of the nature of mathematics: mathematical truth.
- nonmatriculated — not matriculated, not enrolled in an institution, esp a college or university
- nonmelodramatic — Not melodramatic.
- nonmetaphorical — not metaphorical; literal
- nonmetropolitan — Not metropolitan.
- nonprecedential — Not precedential.
- nonquantifiable — not capable of being quantified
- nonrelativistic — not concerned with or involving the theory of relativity
- nonsedimentable — incapable of being sedimented
- nonself-antigen — any of the antigens present in an individual that originate outside the body (contrasted with self-antigen).
- nonsimultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- not necessarily — If you reply 'Not necessarily', you mean that what has just been said or suggested may not be true.
- nuclear testing — the process of carrying out a test on a nuclear weapon to determine effectiveness, etc
- 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.
- objectionable-c — (abuse, humour, language) A hackish take on "Objective C". Objectionable-C uses a Smalltalk-like syntax, but lacks the flexibility of Smalltalk method calls, and (like many such efforts) comes frustratingly close to attaining the Right Thing without actually doing so.
- observationally — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
- obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.
- 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 tanker pier — An oil tanker pier is a structure over water where oil tankers can stop and load or unload.
- oil-based paint — any paint made with a drying oil or solvent such as linseed
- old father time — time personified
- old wives' tale — a traditional belief, story, or idea that is often of a superstitious nature.
- old-established — established for a long time
- oligomerisation — Alternative spelling of oligomerization.
- oligomerization — (chemistry) The formation of an oligomer from a monomer.
- omnidirectional — sending or receiving signals in all directions: an omnidirectional microphone.
- on the trail of — If you are on the trail of a person or thing, you are trying hard to find them or find out about them.
- open-pollinated — (of a flower) pollinated without human agency.
- operating cycle — the period of time between starting a business and making a profit
- operating table — table on which surgery is performed
- operationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalise.
- operationalized — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalize.
- ophthalmoplegia — Paralysis of the muscles within or surrounding the eye.
- optical printer — a film printer used in making optical effects, consisting basically of a camera that photographs the image with special lenses to enlarge, reduce, distort, etc., and a projector that transfers the image to the print stock, as distinguished from a contact printer.
- 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
- orchestrational — Of or pertaining to orchestration.
- oriental carpet — Oriental rug.
- orientationally — With regard to orientation.
- ornithodelphian — of or relating to mammals of the class Ornithodelphia
- orthopaedically — in an orthopaedic manner
- outline drawing — a drawing consisting only of external lines
- outside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn inward so that it can measure outside dimensions, as the diameter of a rod.
- over-analytical — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
- over-articulate — excessively articulate
- over-capitalise — to fix the total amount of securities of a corporation in excess of the limits set by law or by sound financial policy.
- over-cultivated — to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops; till.
- over-particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
- over-population — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.