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14-letter words containing m, a, t, d, o, r

  • norman dynasty — a succession of English kings founded by Duke William of the duchy of Normandy in northern France, who conquered England in 1066 and whose successors ruled the country to 1154.
  • northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
  • ondes martenot — an electronic keyboard instrument in which the frequency of an oscillator is varied to produce separate musical notes
  • ordnance datum — mean sea level calculated from observation taken at Newlyn, Cornwall, and used as the official basis for height calculation on British maps
  • osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.
  • osteodermatous — characterized by osteodermal skin
  • outboard motor — a portable gasoline engine with propeller and tiller, clamped on the stern of a boat.
  • ovariectomized — Simple past tense and past participle of ovariectomize.
  • over-dramatize — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
  • overadjustment — an adjustment that is too great
  • overdramatized — Simple past tense and past participle of overdramatize.
  • overmedication — the act or instance of medicating unnecessarily or excessively
  • overmodulation — excessive amplitude modulation, resulting in distortion of a signal.
  • pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
  • permanent mold — a reusable metal mold used for making a large number of identical castings.
  • powder compact — make-up: small case of foundation
  • promenade tile — a machine-made, unglazed, ceramic floor tile.
  • pumped storage — a system for generating hydroelectric power for peak periods by pumping water from a lower to a higher reservoir during low-demand periods and then releasing it during peak periods.
  • pyramidologist — a person who believes in pyramidology
  • quadratic form — a polynomial all of whose terms are of degree 2 in two or more variables, as 5 x 2 − 2 xy + 3 y 2 .
  • radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
  • radiochemistry — the chemical study of radioactive elements, both natural and artificial, and their use in the study of chemical processes.
  • radiostrontium — strontium 90.
  • radiotelemeter — the equipment used for radiotelemetry
  • radiotelemetry — the use of radio waves for transmitting information from a distant instrument to a device that indicates or records the measurements
  • random testing — (programming, testing)   A black-box testing approach in which software is tested by choosing an arbitrary subset of all possible input values. Random testing helps to avoid the problem of only testing what you know will work.
  • re-accommodate — to do a kindness or a favor to; oblige: to accommodate a friend by helping him move to a new apartment.
  • recommendation — an act of recommending.
  • recommendatory — serving to recommend; recommending.
  • sacred monster — a celebrity whose eccentricities or indiscretions are easily forgiven by admirers.
  • salt dome trap — A salt dome trap is an area where oil has been trapped underground by salt pushing upward.
  • schafer method — a method of artificial respiration in which the patient is placed face downward, pressure then being rhythmically applied with the hands to the lower part of the thorax.
  • self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
  • sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
  • smothered mate — checkmate delivered by a knight when the king's mobility is restricted by his own pieces.
  • sodium citrate — a white, crystalline or granular, water-soluble, odorless solid, Na 3 C 6 H 5 O 7 ⋅2H 2 O, having a cool, saline taste: used in photography, in soft drinks, and in medicine chiefly to prevent the coagulation of blood.
  • sodium nitrate — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, NaNO 3 , that occurs naturally as soda niter: used in fertilizers, explosives, and glass, and as a color fixative in processed meats.
  • spermatic cord — the cord by which a testis is suspended in the scrotum, containing the vas deferens and the blood vessels and nerves of the testis.
  • sports stadium — an arena where sports are played
  • standard model — a mathematical description of the elementary particles of matter and the fundamental forces by which they interact and behave; a model combining electromagnetic and weak forces.
  • standard money — money made of a metal that has utility and value apart from its use as a unit of monetary exchange.
  • tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
  • tatterdemalion — a person in tattered clothing; a shabby person.
  • temporary duty — duty of limited duration performed with an organization other than the one to which a person is normally attached or assigned. Abbreviation: TDY.
  • terms of trade — the ratio of export prices to import prices. It measures a nation's trading position, which improves when export prices rise faster or fall slower than import prices
  • thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
  • trade unionism — the system, methods, or practice of trade or labor unions.
  • traditionalism — adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.
  • transom window — a window divided by a transom.
  • trichomonacide — an agent that destroys trichomonads
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