0%

14-letter words containing l, o, n, i, e

  • outer mongolia — a region in Asia including Inner Mongolia of China and the Mongolian People's Republic.
  • outgeneralling — Present participle of outgeneral.
  • outing flannel — a light cotton flannel with a short, dense nap.
  • outlandishness — The quality of being outlandish.
  • over-influence — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
  • overallocation — Excess allocation.
  • overanalytical — too analytical
  • overcentralize — to centralize excessively
  • overcompliance — excessive compliance
  • overdeveloping — Present participle of overdevelop.
  • overevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
  • overgeneralize — to draw an overly general conclusion from (something)
  • overindulgence — excessive indulgence
  • overland trail — any of various routes traveled by settlers from the Missouri River to Oregon and California beginning in the 1840s.
  • overmodulation — excessive amplitude modulation, resulting in distortion of a signal.
  • overpopulation — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • overregulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
  • overspill town — a town built or expanded to house excess population from a nearby city
  • overwhelmingly — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
  • owlet nightjar — any of several birds of the family Aegothelidae, of Australia and Papua New Guinea, related to the nightjars but resembling small owls.
  • ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
  • oxford english — that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious
  • oxyhaemoglobin — the bright red product formed when oxygen from the lungs combines with haemoglobin in the blood
  • ozone-friendly — Ozone-friendly chemicals, products, or technology do not cause harm to the ozone layer.
  • palaeanthropic — relating to or denoting the earliest variety of man
  • paleoanthropic — pertaining to prehistoric humans.
  • paleolimnology — the study of ancient lakes from their sediments and fossils.
  • paleomagnetism — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
  • paleontologist — the science of the forms of life existing in former geologic periods, as represented by their fossils.
  • papilionaceous — having an irregular corolla shaped somewhat like a butterfly, as the pea and other leguminous plants.
  • para-toluidine — a white, flaky, lustrous, very slightly water-soluble solid, C 7 H 9 N, the para isomer of toluidine, used in the manufacture of dyes, in organic synthesis, and as a reagent in tests for nitrite, lignin, and phloroglucinol.
  • pararosaniline — a colourless crystalline alcohol, a component of the red dye fuchsin, also used as a biological stain
  • parole hearing — a panel of people who decide whether to free a prisoner before his or her sentence has expired, on the condition that he or she is of good behaviour
  • partition line — a plain or figured edge between two adjacent areas of an escutcheon, between an ordinary and the field of an escutcheon, or between two adjacent ordinaries.
  • passion killer — something that is sexually unattractive or inhibiting
  • pay television — a commercial service that broadcasts or provides television programs to viewers who pay a monthly charge or a per-program fee.
  • pelican-flower — a woody vine, Aristolochia grandiflora, of the West Indies, having heart-shaped leaves and purple-spotted, purple-veined flowers from 18 to 24 inches (46 to 61 cm) wide with a long, taillike structure at the tip of the corolla.
  • periodontology — periodontics.
  • peritonealized — to cover with peritoneum.
  • perlocutionary — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
  • persian violet — any of several plants belonging to the genus Exacum, native to the Old World, as E. affine, having glossy, ovate leaves, and fragrant, bluish flowers: cultivated as a houseplant.
  • personal chair — a professorship awarded in recognition of academic achievement
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • perturbational — relating to perturbation
  • peso boliviano — a nickel-clad steel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Bolivia, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the boliviano in 1963.
  • petrol station — A petrol station is a garage by the side of the road where petrol is sold and put into vehicles.
  • phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • phenolic resin — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the condensation of phenol, or of a phenol derivative, with an aldehyde, especially formaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and plastics and as adhesives for sandpaper and plywood.
  • phenologically — in a phenological manner
  • phenotypically — the observable constitution of an organism.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?