16-letter words containing n, o, d, c, t, r
- nondiscretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
- north providence — a town in NE Rhode Island.
- numbered account — a bank account whose owner is identified by a number for the purpose of preserving anonymity.
- objective danger — a danger, such as a stone fall or avalanche, to which climbing skill is irrelevant
- observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
- odontoid process — the toothlike upward projection at the back of the second vertebra of the neck
- of it own accord — If something happens of its own accord, it seems to happen by itself, without anyone making it happen.
- old north french — the dialect of Old French spoken in northern France. Abbreviation: ONF.
- onboard computer — onboard a vehicle, ship, plane, train or spacecraft
- ordnance factory — a factory that makes military weapons and ammunition
- periodic tenancy — the letting of a dwelling for a repeated short term, as by the week, month, or quarter, with no end date
- picture moulding — the edge around a framed picture
- pilot production — sth produced on a trial basis
- pinot chardonnay — Chardonnay.
- pithecanthropoid — of, relating to, or resembling the former genus Pithecanthropus or one of its members.
- polar coordinate — Usually, polar coordinates. one of two coordinates used to locate a point in a plane by the length of its radius vector and the angle this vector makes with the polar axis (polar angle)
- prescription pad — a pad of prescriptions used by doctors, etc
- process industry — business of treating raw materials
- production costs — the costs used in manufacturing a product
- project guardian — (project, security) A project which grew out of the ARPA support for Multics and the sale of Multics systems to the US Air Force. The USAF wanted a system that could be used to handle more than one security classification of data at a time. They contracted with Honeywell and MITRE Corporation to figure out how to do this. Project Guardian led to the creation of the Access Isolation Mechanism, the forerunner of the B2 labeling and star property support in Multics. The DoD Orange Book was influenced by the experience in building secure systems gained in Project Guardian.
- projected window — a casement window in which the inner end of the sash slides along a track on the sill as the sash swings outward.
- prolonged-action — sustained-release.
- promotional code — A promotional code is a code offered by retailers to customers who can use it to receive a discounted price when buying products online.
- protection order — a legal instruction by a court directing a person not to harm or harass a particular individual
- pyroconductivity — conductivity brought about by the application of heat, especially in solids that are not conductors at normal temperatures.
- radio-controlled — A radio-controlled device works by receiving radio signals which operate it.
- radius of action — the maximum distance that a ship, aircraft, or land vehicle can travel from its base and return without refuelling
- re-accreditation — to ascribe or attribute to (usually followed by with): He was accredited with having said it.
- rearguard action — an action fought by a rearguard
- reconceptualized — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- recording studio — place where music is recorded
- rectus abdominis — a long flat muscle that extends along the whole length of both sides of the abdomen. It flexes the vertebral column, particularly the lumbar portion; it also tenses the anterior abdominal wall and assists in compressing the abdominal contents
- reidentification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
- revolving credit — credit automatically available up to a predetermined limit while payments are periodically made. Compare credit line (def 2).
- richmond heights — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- rooting compound — a substance, usually a powder, containing auxins in which plant cuttings are dipped in order to promote root growth
- round the corner — close at hand
- roundabout chair — corner chair.
- run the blockade — to go past or through a blockade
- sangre de cristo — a mountain range in S Colorado and N New Mexico: a part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Blanca Peak, 14,390 feet (4385 meters).
- schlieren method — a method for detecting regions of differing densities in a clear fluid by photographing a beam of light passed obliquely through it.
- schneider trophy — a trophy for air racing between seaplanes of any nation, first presented by Jacques Schneider (1879–1928) in 1913; won outright by Britain in 1931
- second-story man — a burglar who enters through an upstairs window.
- secondary accent — a stress accent weaker than primary accent but stronger than lack of stress.
- secondary growth — an increase in the thickness of the shoots and roots of a vascular plant as a result of the formation of new cells in the cambium.
- secondary market — the market that exists for an issue after large blocks of shares have been publicly distributed.
- secondary stress — Engineering. a stress induced by the elastic deformation of a structure under a temporary load.
- secondary tissue — tissue derived from cambium.
- sedimentary rock — rock formed from compacted minerals
- self-deprecation — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.