14-letter words containing e, t, a, l, o, n
- 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
- operationalize — Put into operation or use.
- 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.
- organometallic — pertaining to or noting an organic compound containing a metal or a metalloid linked to carbon.
- oriental poppy — a poppy, Papaver orientale, of Asia, having bristly stems and leaves and showy scarlet, pink, or white flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
- oriental topaz — a variety of corundum resembling topaz in colour and used as a gemstone
- orthonormalize — (mathematics) To make a set of vectors both orthogonal and normalized.
- osmoregulation — the process by which cells and simple organisms maintain fluid and electrolyte balance with their surroundings.
- ostentatiously — characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
- osteogenically — By osteogenesis.
- outer mongolia — a region in Asia including Inner Mongolia of China and the Mongolian People's Republic.
- outgeneralling — Present participle of outgeneral.
- outing flannel — a light cotton flannel with a short, dense nap.
- outlandishness — The quality of being outlandish.
- over-tolerance — a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
- overallocation — Excess allocation.
- overallotments — Plural form of overallotment.
- overanalytical — too analytical
- overcentralize — to centralize excessively
- overevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- 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.
- overpopulation — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- overregulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- owlet nightjar — any of several birds of the family Aegothelidae, of Australia and Papua New Guinea, related to the nightjars but resembling small owls.
- ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
- palaeanthropic — relating to or denoting the earliest variety of man
- palaeethnology — the study of prehistoric man
- paleoanthropic — pertaining to prehistoric humans.
- paleomagnetism — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
- paleontography — the formal description of fossils
- paleontologist — the science of the forms of life existing in former geologic periods, as represented by their fossils.
- 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.
- partition line — a plain or figured edge between two adjacent areas of an escutcheon, between an ordinary and the field of an escutcheon, or between two adjacent ordinaries.
- pay television — a commercial service that broadcasts or provides television programs to viewers who pay a monthly charge or a per-program fee.
- penalty corner — a free hit from the goal line taken by the attacking side
- penalty double — business double.
- penalty stroke — a stroke added to a score for a rule infraction.
- pennatulaceous — of or relating to a sea pen
- percutaneously — through the skin
- peritonealized — to cover with peritoneum.
- perlocutionary — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
- permanent mold — a reusable metal mold used for making a large number of identical castings.
- persian violet — any of several plants belonging to the genus Exacum, native to the Old World, as E. affine, having glossy, ovate leaves, and fragrant, bluish flowers: cultivated as a houseplant.
- personal staff — the aides of a general officer or a flag officer.
- pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- perturbational — relating to perturbation