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15-letter words containing l, o, a, d

  • nonjudgmentally — not judged or judging on the basis of one's personal standards or opinions: They tried to adopt a nonjudgmental attitude that didn't reflect their own biases. My guidance counselor in high school was sympathetic and nonjudgmental.
  • nonmatriculated — not matriculated, not enrolled in an institution, esp a college or university
  • nonmelodramatic — Not melodramatic.
  • nonprecedential — Not precedential.
  • nonsedimentable — incapable of being sedimented
  • nonslaveholding — Not slaveholding.
  • norethandrolone — An anabolic steroid.
  • normally-closed — Normally-closed switch contacts are in a closed state at rest.
  • north highlands — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
  • northeastwardly — Towards the northeast.
  • northwestwardly — Towards the northwest.
  • not lift a hand — to do nothing; not even try
  • nuclear-powered — powered by nuclear energy
  • obedience trial — a competitive event at which a dog can progress toward a degree in obedience by demonstrating its ability to follow a prescribed series of commands.
  • obsidional coin — siege piece.
  • oil of lavender — an essential oil distilled from lavender flowers, especially Lavandula angustifolia and L. stoechas, and used in perfumery.
  • oil-based paint — any paint made with a drying oil or solvent such as linseed
  • olbers' paradox — the paradox that if the universe consisted of an infinite number of stars equally distributed through space, then every line of sight would come from a star and the night sky would glow uniformly, which is observationally not true.
  • old age pension — An old age pension is a regular amount of money that people receive from the government when they have retired from work.
  • old clothes man — a person who deals in second-hand clothes
  • old father time — time personified
  • old high german — High German before 1100. Abbreviation: OHG.
  • old man's beard — fringe tree.
  • old wives' tale — a traditional belief, story, or idea that is often of a superstitious nature.
  • old-established — established for a long time
  • old-man's-beard — fringe tree.
  • old-man-the-sea — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) an old man who clung to the shoulders of Sindbad the Sailor for many days and nights.
  • oldenbarneveldt — Johan van. 1547–1619, Dutch statesman, regarded as a founder of Dutch independence; the leading figure (from 1586) in the United Provinces of the Netherlands: executed by Maurice of Nassau
  • oligodendroglia — Oligodendrocytes collectively.
  • oligohydramnios — (medicine) A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus.
  • oligosaccharide — any carbohydrate yielding few monosaccharides on hydrolysis, as two, three, or four.
  • omnidirectional — sending or receiving signals in all directions: an omnidirectional microphone.
  • one-dimensional — having one dimension only.
  • open-ended loan — An open-ended loan is an extension of credit where money can be borrowed when you need it, and paid back on an ongoing basis, such as a credit card.
  • open-pollinated — (of a flower) pollinated without human agency.
  • operationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalise.
  • operationalized — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalize.
  • orange milkweed — butterfly weed (def 1).
  • order of battle — the organization or hierarchy of military forces in preparation for a battle.
  • ordinal numbers — Also called ordinal numeral. any of the numbers that express degree, quality, or position in a series, as first, second, and third (distinguished from cardinal number).
  • organized labor — all workers who are organized in labor unions.
  • ornithodelphian — of or relating to mammals of the class Ornithodelphia
  • orthodontically — from an orthodontic point of view
  • orthopaedically — in an orthopaedic manner
  • outline drawing — a drawing consisting only of external lines
  • outside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn inward so that it can measure outside dimensions, as the diameter of a rod.
  • outward-looking — looking beyond oneself; open-minded and reaching out to other people, organizations, etc
  • over-cultivated — to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops; till.
  • overcapitalized — Simple past tense and past participle of overcapitalize.
  • overdraft limit — a limit on the amount of money allowed to be withdrawn in excess of the credit balance of a bank or building society account
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