14-letter words containing e, y, r
- numeric keypad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
- nursery school — a prekindergarten school for children from about three to five years of age.
- nursery slopes — gentle slopes used by beginners in skiing
- nursery stakes — a race for two-year-old horses
- nurserypersons — Plural form of nurseryperson.
- obstreperously — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
- occupancy rate — The occupancy rate at a hotel is the number of available rooms that are occupied over a period of time.
- oestrous cycle — a hormonally controlled cycle of activity of the reproductive organs in many female mammals. The follicular stage (growth of the Graafian follicles, thickening of the lining of the uterus, secretion of oestrogen, and ovulation, is succeeded by the luteal phase (formation of the corpus luteum and secretion of progesterone), followed by regression and a return to the first stage
- of a certainty — without a doubt; certainly
- of your dreams — If you describe someone or something as the person or thing of your dreams, you mean that you consider them to be ideal or perfect.
- old-line party — either the Liberal Party or the Conservative Party
- olfactory lobe — the anterior part of each cerebral hemisphere, involved with olfactory functions.
- omega-c baryon — a neutral baryon having a mass 5292 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 6.4 X 10 -14 seconds.
- on easy street — well-to-do; in easy circumstances
- on your mettle — If you are on your mettle, you are ready to do something as well as you can, because you know that you are being tested or challenged.
- one-trick pony — a person or thing considered as being limited to only one single talent, capability, quality, etc
- one-way mirror — a sheet of glass that can be seen through from one side and is a mirror on the other, used especially for observation of criminal suspects by law-enforcement officials or witnesses.
- one-way street — If you describe an agreement or a relationship as a one-way street, you mean that only one of the sides in the agreement or relationship is offering something or is benefitting from it.
- ophthalmometry — the measurement and determination of the eye's defects and powers of refraction
- ordinary share — British. a share of common stock.
- oriental poppy — a poppy, Papaver orientale, of Asia, having bristly stems and leaves and showy scarlet, pink, or white flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
- orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
- orthopterology — the study of the Orthoptera
- osmoregulatory — Of or pertaining to osmoregulation.
- osteodystrophy — (medicine) Any abnormal or defective development of a bone.
- overanalytical — too analytical
- overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
- overemployment — an act or instance of employing someone or something.
- overfamiliarly — In an overfamiliar way.
- overgenerosity — the quality of being too generous
- overgenerously — in an overgenerous manner
- overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
- overwhelmingly — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- ox-eye herring — a herring-like sea fish, Megalops cyprinoides, of northern Australian waters, related to the tarpon
- oyster cracker — a small, round, usually salted cracker, served with oysters, soup, etc.
- oyster farming — the activity of cultivating oysters for food or pearls
- ozone-friendly — Ozone-friendly chemicals, products, or technology do not cause harm to the ozone layer.
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- pacific oyster — Japanese oyster.
- paleogeography — the science of representing the earth's geographic features belonging to any part of the geologic past.
- paleontography — the formal description of fossils
- pancreatectomy — excision of part or all of the pancreas.
- paper industry — the industry of manufacturing and selling paper
- paper mulberry — a mulberry tree, Broussonetia papyrifera, of eastern Asia, having alternate leaves that vary in size, round catkins, and orange-red fruit, grown widely as a shade tree.
- para-synthesis — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parametrically — in terms of a parameter
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- parent company — a corporation or other business enterprise that owns controlling interests in one or more subsidiary companies (distinguished from holding company).
- paroemiography — the writing or collecting of proverbs
- parsley family — the plant family Umbelliferae (or Apiaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate, usually compound leaves, hollow stems, numerous small flowers borne in umbels, and dry, seedlike, often aromatic fruit, and including anise, caraway, carrot, celery, dill, parsley, parsnip, and Queen Anne's lace, as well as poisonous plants such as cowbane and water hemlock.