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16-letter words containing i, n, t, o, a, l

  • northern ireland — a political division of the United Kingdom, in the NE part of the island of Ireland. 5238 sq. mi. (13,565 sq. km). Capital: Belfast.
  • not in the least — smallest in size, amount, degree, etc.; slightest: He gave the least amount of money of anyone.
  • nuclear reaction — reaction (def 8).
  • oblique triangle — any triangle that does not have a right angle (contrasted with right triangle).
  • oblique zenithal — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it between the poles and the equator
  • observationalist — One who relies on empirical observations.
  • observationality — The property of being observational.
  • occasional table — a small table with no regular use
  • occupation layer — (on an archaeological site) a layer of remains left by a single culture, from which the culture can be dated or identified.
  • oil installation — a facility or place where petroleum is extracted for industrial purposes
  • oil storage tank — a very large industrial container where petroleum is stored
  • on a trial basis — for the purpose of assessment
  • on its last legs — about to fail
  • on the breadline — impoverished; living at subsistence level
  • online thesaurus — a thesaurus or dictionary of words with the same or nearly the same meanings, or synonyms, and their opposites, or antonyms, such as Thesaurus.com, available on the Internet or the World Wide Web, accessed through a web browser, and used by entering a query term into a search box on the site. An online thesaurus provides immediate electronic access to lists of alternate terms for the queried word, covering its various shades of meaning: This online thesaurus showed me that smart, as an adjective, not only means intelligent, but also stylish, or lively, and gave long lists of other words for each meaning.
  • onomatopoeically — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
  • open-pollination — the pollination of open flowers by insects, the wind, etc. without human action
  • operating manual — a leaflet of instructions on how to use something (such as an electrical appliance, etc)
  • operationalizing — Present participle of operationalize.
  • optical illusion — something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.
  • optical rotation — the angle at which the plane of polarized light is rotated when passed through an optically active substance.
  • optical scanning — 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.
  • organizationally — the act or process of organizing.
  • organoleptically — In an organoleptic manner.
  • oriental emerald — a green variety of corundum used as a gemstone
  • ornithologically — In terms of ornithology.
  • osculating plane — the plane containing the circle of curvature of a point on a given curve.
  • otolaryngologist — Otorhinolaryngologist.
  • over-application — the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem.
  • over-cultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • over-explanation — the act or process of explaining.
  • over-rationalize — to remove unreasonable elements from.
  • over-sentimental — expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.
  • over-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • overaccumulation — Accumulation of too much.
  • overcapitalizing — Present participle of overcapitalize.
  • overcomplicating — Present participle of overcomplicate.
  • overexploitation — use or utilization, especially for profit: the exploitation of newly discovered oil fields.
  • palaeolithic man — any of various primitive types of man, such as Neanderthal man and Java man, who lived in the Palaeolithic
  • palomar mountain — mountain in SW Calif., near San Diego: site of an astronomical observatory: 6,140 ft (1,871 m)
  • para-nitrophenol — any compound derived from phenol by the replacement of one or more of its ring hydrogen atoms by the nitro group.
  • parochialization — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
  • parole violation — an illegal act or offence that breaches the conditions of a prisoner's parole
  • partial fraction — one of the fractions into which a given fraction can be resolved, the sum of such simpler fractions being equal to the given fraction: Partial fractions of 5/(x2−x) are 5/(x−1) and −5/x.
  • partial function — A function which is not defined for all arguments of its input type. E.g. f(x) = 1/x if x /= 0. The opposite of a total function. In denotational semantics, a partial function f : D -> C may be represented as a total function ft : D' -> lift(C) where D' is a superset of D and ft x = f x if x in D ft x = bottom otherwise where lift(C) = C U bottom. Bottom (LaTeX \perp) denotes "undefined".
  • partial ordering — a relation defined on a set, having the properties that each element is in relation to itself, the relation is transitive, and if two elements are in relation to each other, the two elements are equal.
  • parts of lindsey — an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire
  • pectoralis minor — the smaller of the two large chest muscles that assist in movements of the shoulder and upper arm
  • pentatonic scale — a scale having five tones to an octave, as one having intervals that correspond to the five black keys of a piano octave.
  • pentothal sodium — thiopental sodium
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