14-letter words containing l, e, t, o, s
- noncombustible — not flammable.
- noncrystalline — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
- nonestablished — without the official support of the government
- nonexistential — not existential
- nonfilamentous — composed of or containing filaments.
- nonfluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
- nonjusticiable — capable of being settled by law or by the action of a court: a justiciable dispute.
- nonlegislative — Not of a legislative character; not involved with or related to legislating.
- nonobstetrical — of or relating to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery.
- nonresidential — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
- nonsensational — not sensational or sensationalist
- nonsensicality — (of words or language) having little or no meaning; making little or no sense: A baby's babbling is appealingly nonsensical.
- nonspectacular — not spectacular
- nonspeculative — not speculative
- nonsustainable — Not sustainable.
- nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
- nontranslucent — Not translucent.
- north-easterly — A north-easterly point, area, or direction is to the north-east or towards the north-east.
- north-westerly — A north-westerly point, area, or direction is to the north-west or towards the north-west.
- northern isles — Orkney and Shetland
- norway lobster — a European lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, fished for food
- not merely sth — You use not merely before the less important of two contrasting statements, as a way of emphasizing the more important statement.
- not sb's style — If you say that something is not someone 's style, you mean that it is not the way in which they usually do things, or it is different from the sort of thing they usually like.
- notes inégales — (esp in French baroque music) notes written down evenly but executed as if they were divided into pairs of long and short notes
- noticeableness — The quality of being noticeable.
- novelistically — In a novelistic way.
- nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
- nursing bottle — a bottle with a rubber nipple, from which an infant sucks milk, water, etc.
- objective lens — objective (def 3).
- objective-lens — 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.
- objectlessness — The state or condition of being objectless.
- obligatoriness — The quality or state of being obligatory.
- oblique stroke — (character) "/". Common names include: (forward) slash; stroke; ITU-T: slant; oblique stroke. Rare: diagonal; solidus; over; slak; virgule; INTERCAL: slat. Commonly used as the division operator in programming, and to separate the components in Unix pathnames, and hence also in URLs. Also used to delimit regular expressions in several languages.
- obstreperously — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
- octodecillions — Plural form of octodecillion.
- ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
- 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
- oil the wheels — to make things run smoothly
- old line state — Maryland (used as a nickname).
- old portuguese — the language of Portugal as spoken and written from the 14th to the middle of the 16th centuries.
- old school tie — a necktie striped in the colors of a specific English public school, especially as worn by a graduate to indicate his educational background.
- oligosynthetic — (linguistics) (of a language) using a relatively small number of morphemes which combine synthetically to form compound words.
- omphaloskeptic — One who contemplates or meditates upon one's navel; one who engages in omphaloscopy.
- on one's plate — waiting to be done or dealt with
- 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
- ophthalmoscope — an instrument for viewing the interior of the eye or examining the retina.
- opisthocoelous — relating to vertebrae in which the centrum is convex and the posterior is concave
- opposite field — the opposite part of the outfield in relation to the batter, as left field for a right-handed batter.