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

  • 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 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 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • osculating plane — the plane containing the circle of curvature of a point on a given curve.
  • otherworldliness — The quality of being otherworldly.
  • over-application — the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem.
  • over-controlling — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
  • over-cultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • over-explanation — the act or process of explaining.
  • over-rationalize — to remove unreasonable elements from.
  • over-sentimental — expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.
  • over-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • overaccumulation — Accumulation of too much.
  • overcapitalizing — Present participle of overcapitalize.
  • overcomplicating — Present participle of overcomplicate.
  • overexploitation — use or utilization, especially for profit: the exploitation of newly discovered oil fields.
  • overwhelmingness — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
  • palaeolithic man — any of various primitive types of man, such as Neanderthal man and Java man, who lived in the Palaeolithic
  • panel discussion — a formal discussion before an audience for which the topic, speakers, etc., have been selected in advance.
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