11-letter words containing e, t, i, o, l
- nullipotent — (mathematics, computing) Describing an action which has no side effect. Queries are typically nullipotent: they return useful data, but do not change the data structure queried. Contrast with idempotent.
- object lisp — (language) An object-oriented Lisp developed by Lisp Machines Inc. (LMI) in about 1987. Object Lisp was based on nested closures and operator shadowing. Several competing object-orientated extensions to Lisp were around at the time, such as Flavors, in use by Symbolics; Common Objects, developed by Hewlett-Packard; and CommonLoops in use by Xerox. LMI submitted the specification as a candidate for an object-oriented standard for Common Lisp, but it was defeated in favour of CLOS.
- objectional — Objectionable.
- objectively — 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.
- obligements — Plural form of obligement.
- obliquities — Plural form of obliquity.
- obliterable — Capable of being obliterated.
- obliterated — to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely.
- obliterates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obliterate.
- obliterator — to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely.
- obstetrical — of or relating to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery.
- obstinately — firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
- obtrusively — having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.
- occidentals — Plural form of occidental.
- octuplicate — a group, series, or set of eight identical copies (usually preceded by in).
- oenophilist — a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
- of all time — If you say that someone or something is, for example, the best writer of all time, or the most successful film of all time, you mean that they are the best or most successful that there has ever been.
- offset-line — something that counterbalances, counteracts, or compensates for something else; compensating equivalent.
- old castile — a region in N Spain: formerly a province.
- olethreutid — any of numerous brown or gray moths of the family Olethreutidae having mottled or banded wings and forewings, each with a truncated tip, including many crop pests, as the codling moth or oriental fruit moth.
- olfactories — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- oligochaete — any of various annelids of the family Oligochaeta, including earthworms and certain small, freshwater species, having locomotory setae sunk directly in the body wall.
- on the line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- on the nail — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- ontologised — Simple past tense and past participle of ontologise.
- openability — The quality of being openable.
- operability — that can be treated by a surgical operation. Compare inoperable (def 2).
- operational — able to function or be used; functional: How soon will the new factory be operational?
- operatively — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
- ophicalcite — a type of marble containing serpentine and calcite
- optimizable — Capable of being optimized.
- orientalism — a peculiarity or idiosyncrasy of the peoples of Asia, especially the East.
- orientalist — A person (especially a scholar) interested in the orient.
- orientality — the state of being oriental
- orientalize — Alternative capitalization of Orientalize.
- orthohelium — (physics) Form of the helium atom in which the spins of the two electrons are parallel.
- oscillative — disposed to oscillation
- ostensively — (manner) In an ostensive manner.
- osteoclasis — Physiology. the breaking down or absorption of osseous tissue.
- osteologist — the branch of anatomy dealing with the skeleton.
- ostrichlike — a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
- otherwhiles — at other times, sometimes
- out of line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- outfielders — Plural form of outfielder.
- outlet pipe — a pipe with an opening which permits escape or release (of liquid, etc)
- outline map — a map which only provides very basic information so that more details can be added
- outsleeping — Present participle of outsleep.
- overexploit — to use (natural resources etc) excessively, causing a reduction
- overhastily — in such a way as to be excessively hasty or done without enough consideration
- overinflate — to inflate to an excessive degree