18-letter words containing e, d, t

native advertising — advertising content on a website that conforms to the design and format of the site and is integrated into the site’s usual content: native advertising that is almost indistinguishable from the paper’s news stories.
needlestick injury — an injury that is caused by accidentally pricking the skin with a hypodermic needle
negligent homicide — a criminal charge brought against people who, through criminal negligence, allow others to die
neighborhood watch — a neighborhood surveillance program or group in which residents keep watch over one another's houses, patrol the streets, etc., in an attempt to prevent crime.
netherlands guiana — a former name of Suriname.
network byte order — (networking) The order in which the bytes of a multi-byte number are transmitted on a network - most significant byte first (as in "big-endian" storage). This may or may not match the order in which numbers are normally stored in memory for a particular processor.
network redirector — (networking) An operating system driver that sends data to and receives data from a remote device. A network redirector often provides mechanisms to locate, open, read, write, and delete files and submit print jobs. It also makes available application services such as named pipes and mailslots. When an application needs to send or receive data from a remote device, it sends a call to the redirector. The redirector provides the functionality of the Application layer and Presentation layer of the OSI model. In Microsoft Networking, the network redirectors are implemented as installable file systems (IFS).
neural tube defect — any of a group of congenital abnormalities involving the brain and spinal cord, including spina bifida and meningocele, caused by failure of the neural tube to close properly during embryonic development.
neurodevelopmental — Of or pertaining to the development of neurological pathways in the brain.
new forest disease — an infectious eye disease causing acute eye pain in cattle
nickel-and-dime it — to succeed or obtain something gradually by the repeated expenditure of small sums or the slow gathering of votes, power, money, etc. in small increments
nitrogen tetroxide — a poisonous compound, N 2 O 4 , occurring as a colorless, water-soluble solid or liquid, dissociating into NO 2 : used chiefly as an oxidizer, especially in rocket fuels, as a nitrating agent, and as an intermediate in the manufacture of nitric acid.
nominative-address — a noun naming the person to whom one is speaking.
non-contextualized — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
non-denominational — of or relating to a denomination or denominations.
non-discriminative — constituting a particular quality, trait, or difference; characteristic; notable.
non-fundamentalist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
non-identification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
non-understandable — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
nondestructiveness — The quality of not being destructive.
nonionic detergent — a detergent that is polar but does not ionize in aqueous solution.
nonstriated muscle — smooth muscle
normally aspirated — A normally aspirated or naturally aspirated engine breathes air at atmospheric pressure.
north bedfordshire — a city in Bedfordshire, in central England.
northeast corridor — the long, narrow strip of land between Boston, New York City, and Washington, D.C., containing many adjacent urban areas.
not breathe a word — to take air, oxygen, etc., into the lungs and expel it; inhale and exhale; respire.
not take kindly to — not welcome
notifiable disease — any one of a number of infectious diseases of humans and animals, that must be reported to the public health authorities
numerical identity — the relation that holds between two relata when they are the selfsame entity, that is, when the terms designating them have the same reference
obedience training — the training of an animal, especially a dog, to obey certain commands.
objective idealism — a form of idealism asserting that the act of experiencing has a reality combining and transcending the natures of the object experienced and of the mind of the observer.
objective modula-2 — (language) (Or "ObjM2") An extension to Modula-2 for Cocoa and GNUstep software development. Objective Modula-2 follows the Objective-C object model and retains the bracketed Smalltalk message passing syntax used in Objective-C. Classes written in ObjM2 can be used within ObjC and vice versa. ObjM2 also retains Modula-2's data encapsulation features, namely nested modules with explicit import and export lists. Due to the strict type checking in Modula-2, ObjM2 can be considered a much safer programming language than is ObjC, yet losing none of the capabilities of ObjC.
oedipus at colonus — a tragedy by Sophocles, written toward the end of his life and produced posthumously in 401? b.c.
officer of the day — an officer who has charge of the guard and prisoners on an assigned day at a military installation. Abbreviation: OD, O.D., O.O.D.
old man of the sea — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) an old man who clung to the shoulders of Sindbad the Sailor for many days and nights.
omega-3 fatty acid — a polyunsaturated fatty acid, essential for normal retinal function, that influences various metabolic pathways, resulting in lowered cholesterol and triglyceride levels, inhibited platelet clotting, and reduced inflammatory and immune reactions.
on delicate ground — in a situation requiring tact
on the credit side — You say on the credit side in order to introduce one or more good things about a situation or person, usually when you have already mentioned the bad things about them.
on the danger list — critically ill in hospital
on the ragged edge — precariously close to loss of self-control, mental stability, etc.
one's heart bleeds — used to express sympathetic grief, but often used ironically
operation overlord — the codename for the Allied invasion (June 1944) of northern France
optical disc drive — optical disk drive
optical disk drive — (hardware) (Or "optical disc drive", "optical storage") A generic term for any device that reads and/or writes optical media, i.e. compact discs, DVDs and/or Blu-ray discs or future media that uses light (from a small laser) to read data off a removable, rotating disk. At least one such drive is commonly installed in most personal computers to allow them to play and/or record audio and video media and load and store data such as program installers. The floppy disk has been replaced by optical media due to its vastly greater capacity, e.g. 50,000 megabytes for a dual-layer blu-ray disc compared with 1.5 megabytes for a floppy (over 30,000 times as much).
order of australia — an order awarded to Australians for outstanding achievement or for service to Australia or to humanity at large; established in 1975
order of magnitude — You can use order of magnitude when you are giving an approximate idea of the amount or importance of something.
oriental almandine — a variety of corundum resembling almandine in colour and used as a gemstone
orthopedic surgery — corrective operation on bones or joints
osteitis deformans — Paget's disease.
osteoradionecrosis — bone tissue death induced by radiation.

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