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15-letter words containing n, i, t, r, a, e

  • omnium-gatherum — a miscellaneous collection.
  • on a shoestring — If you do something or make something on a shoestring, you do it using very little money.
  • on the increase — growing, increasing
  • on the trail of — If you are on the trail of a person or thing, you are trying hard to find them or find out about them.
  • operating cycle — the period of time between starting a business and making a profit
  • operating table — table on which surgery is performed
  • operationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalise.
  • operationalized — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalize.
  • operations room — a room from which all the operations of a military, police, or other disciplined activity are controlled
  • optical printer — a film printer used in making optical effects, consisting basically of a camera that photographs the image with special lenses to enlarge, reduce, distort, etc., and a projector that transfers the image to the print stock, as distinguished from a contact printer.
  • optical scanner — 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.
  • orchestrational — Of or pertaining to orchestration.
  • oriental carpet — Oriental rug.
  • orientationally — With regard to orientation.
  • origination fee — a fee charged by a lender for evaluating and processing a loan application, usually a percentage of the face value of the loan.
  • ornithodelphian — of or relating to mammals of the class Ornithodelphia
  • otaheite orange — a small citrus bush, Citrus limonia otaitensis, having fragrant flowers and small orange fruit, often cultivated as a houseplant.
  • outline drawing — a drawing consisting only of external lines
  • over-analytical — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
  • over-enthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
  • over-estimation — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
  • over-extraction — an act or instance of extracting: the extraction of a molar.
  • over-irrigation — the artificial application of water to land to assist in the production of crops.
  • over-passionate — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
  • over-population — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • over-regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
  • overachievement — to perform, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
  • overapplication — excessive application
  • overcommunicate — to communicate excessively
  • overcultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • overdramatizing — Present participle of overdramatize.
  • overemotionally — In an overemotional manner.
  • overentertained — entertained to excess
  • overexpectation — excessive expectation
  • overimaginative — imaginative to a fault
  • overopinionated — too opinionated
  • overpreparation — the act or instance of preparing excessively
  • overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • overstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • overutilization — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
  • oxytetracycline — a dull-yellow, crystalline antibiotic powder, C 2 2 H 2 4 N 2 O 9 , produced by Streptomyces rimosus, used chiefly in treating infections caused by streptococci, staphylococci, Gram-negative bacilli, rickettsiae, and certain protozoans and viruses.
  • painter's colic — Pathology. lead poisoning causing intense intestinal pain.
  • palaeoanthropic — relating to palaeoanthropology
  • paraffin heater — a heater which is fuelled by paraffin
  • parallel motion — a mechanism arranged so as to impart rectilinear motion to a rod connected to a lever that moves through an arc.
  • parametrization — a parametric representation; the act of representing as or defining parameters
  • parasiticalness — the condition or characteristic of being parasitic
  • parenthetically — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
  • parliamentarian — a person who is expert in the formal rules and procedures of deliberative assemblies and other formal organizations.
  • parliamentarily — in a parliamentary manner
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