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

nontransmissible — Not transmissible.
nontransmittable — Not transmittable.
north carolinian — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 52,586 sq. mi. (136,198 sq. km). Capital: Raleigh. Abbreviation: NC (for use with zip code), N.C.
north plainfield — a city in NE New Jersey.
north ridgeville — a town in N Ohio.
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.
not on your life — the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
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 reaction — reaction (def 8).
nucleophilically — In a nucleophilic manner.
nusslein-volhard — Christiane [kris-tee-ah-nuh,, kris-tyah-] /ˌkrɪs tiˈɑ nə,, krɪsˈtyɑ-/ (Show IPA), born 1942, German biologist: Nobel prize 1995.
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.
oder-neisse line — the boundary between Poland and East Germany after World War II.
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
old-girl network — an association among women that is comparable to or modeled on an old-boy network.
oligodendroglial — Of or pertaining to the oligodendroglia.
oligonucleotides — Plural form of oligonucleotide.
on a trial basis — for the purpose of assessment
on its last legs — about to fail
on the breadline — impoverished; living at subsistence level
on the sidelines — in the area along the sidelines
one in a million — person: unique
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 scholarship — a scholarship which anyone can apply for
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.
opposed-cylinder — (of an internal-combustion engine) having cylinders on opposite sides of the crankcase in the same plane
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.
order in council — (in Britain and various other Commonwealth countries) a decree of the Cabinet, usually made under the authority of a statute: in theory a decree of the sovereign and Privy Council
ordinary jubilee — the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee) fiftieth (golden jubilee) or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee)
organ-pipe coral — an alcyonarian coral of the genus Tubipora, occurring in tropical waters, and forming a complex colony of brick-red, vertical tubules joined at intervals by transverse plates.
organizationally — the act or process of organizing.
organized labour — labour carried out by workers in trade unions, or the workers themselves
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.
otherworldliness — The quality of being otherworldly.

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