16-letter words containing l, e, s

nominal sentence — a sentence consisting of a subject and complement without a linking verb, as Very interesting, those books.
non-compressible — to press together; force into less space.
non-instrumental — serving or acting as an instrument or means; useful; helpful.
non-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
non-transferable — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
non-transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
noncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
nondurable goods — goods that remain usable for, or must be replaced within, a relatively short period of time, as food, apparel, or fabrics
nonfinite clause — a clause with a nonfinite verb or with no verb, as the hour being late in The hour being late, we left.
nonprofessionals — Plural form of nonprofessional.
nonrecourse loan — a loan for which the borrower cannot be held responsible for any amount in excess of the security for the loan, even if the value of such security falls below the level it had or that had been anticipated for it at the time of the loan.
nontransmissible — Not transmissible.
nontransmittable — Not transmittable.
north charleston — a city in SE South Carolina.
not in the least — smallest in size, amount, degree, etc.; slightest: He gave the least amount of money of anyone.
nouvelle cuisine — a modern style of French cooking that emphasizes the use of the finest and freshest ingredients simply and imaginatively prepared, often with fresh herbs, the artful arrangement and presentation of food, and the use of reduced stocks in place of flour-thickened sauces.
nuclear emulsion — a photographic emulsion in the form of a thick block, used to record the tracks of elementary particles.
nuclear industry — the industry involving nuclear weapons, nuclear power stations, etc
nuclear transfer — the procedure used to produce the first cloned mammals, in which the nucleus of a somatic cell is transferred into an egg cell whose own nucleus has been removed. This cell is then stimulated by an electric shock to divide and form an embryo
nusslein-volhard — Christiane [kris-tee-ah-nuh,, kris-tyah-] /ˌkrɪs tiˈɑ nə,, krɪsˈtyɑ-/ (Show IPA), born 1942, German biologist: Nobel prize 1995.
oak leaf cluster — a U.S. military decoration in the form of a small bronze twig bearing four oak leaves and three acorns, worn on the ribbon of another decoration for valor, wounds, or distinguished service to signify a second award of the same medal.
objective pascal — An extension of the PASCAL language which provides the possibility to use object-oriented programming constructs.
observationalist — One who relies on empirical observations.
observationality — The property of being observational.
occasional table — a small table with no regular use
oder-neisse line — the boundary between Poland and East Germany after World War II.
off-the-shoulder — not covering the shoulder
oil storage tank — a very large industrial container where petroleum is stored
oligonucleotides — Plural form of oligonucleotide.
oligosaccharides — Plural form of oligosaccharide.
on a world scale — in a way that involves the whole world
on its last legs — about to fail
on the sidelines — in the area along the sidelines
one's level best — the best one can do
one's salad days — If you refer to your salad days, you are referring to a period of your life when you were young and inexperienced.
one/a false move — If you say that one false move will cause a disaster, you mean that you or someone else must not make any mistakes because the situation is so difficult or dangerous.
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.
open scholarship — a scholarship which anyone can apply for
ophthalmoparesis — (medicine) A partial or complete paralysis of the extraocular muscles which are responsible for eye movements.
opposed-cylinder — (of an internal-combustion engine) having cylinders on opposite sides of the crankcase in the same plane
optical tweezers — a laser device used to study, manipulate, or trap a microscopic object, as a microorganism or cell, with nanometer precision.
osculating plane — the plane containing the circle of curvature of a point on a given curve.
osteoarchaeology — the branch of archaeology that deals with the study of bones found at archaeological sites
otherworldliness — The quality of being otherworldly.
outsmart oneself — to have one's efforts at cunning or cleverness result in one's own disadvantage
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.
overwhelmingness — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
padded shoulders — (on a garment) shoulders lined, stuffed, or filled out with soft material, esp in order to give them a higher or wider shape

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