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

nontechnically — In a nontechnical manner.
nontheological — not theological, not having theological content
nontheoretical — not confined to the theoretical realm; actual
nontranslucent — Not translucent.
norfolk jacket — a loosely belted single-breasted jacket, with box pleats in front and back.
normal pentane — pentane (def 2).
normal-pentane — a hydrocarbon of the methane series, existing in three liquid isomeric forms.
north bellmore — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
north-easterly — A north-easterly point, area, or direction is to the north-east or towards the north-east.
north-westerly — A north-westerly point, area, or direction is to the north-west or towards the north-west.
northern isles — Orkney and Shetland
northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
norway lobster — a European lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, fished for food
not merely sth — You use not merely before the less important of two contrasting statements, as a way of emphasizing the more important statement.
not sb's style — If you say that something is not someone 's style, you mean that it is not the way in which they usually do things, or it is different from the sort of thing they usually like.
notched collar — a collar forming a notch with the lapels of a garment at the seam where collar and lapels join.
notes inégales — (esp in French baroque music) notes written down evenly but executed as if they were divided into pairs of long and short notes
noticeableness — The quality of being noticeable.
novelistically — In a novelistic way.
novell netware — (operating system, networking) Novell, Inc.'s proprietary networking operating system for the IBM PC. NetWare uses the IPX/SPX, NetBEUI or TCP/IP network protocols. It supports MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, OS/2, Macintosh and Unix clients. NetWare for Unix lets users access Unix hosts. NetWare 2.2 is a 16-bit operating system, versions 4.x and 3.x are 32-bit operating systems.
nuclear option — the use of or power to use nuclear weapons
nuclearization — to equip with nuclear weapons; give nuclear capability to: a fear that armed forces on both sides would become nuclearized.
nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
nursing bottle — a bottle with a rubber nipple, from which an infant sucks milk, water, etc.
obedient plant — false dragonhead.
objective lens — objective (def 3).
objective-lens — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
objectlessness — The state or condition of being objectless.
obligatoriness — The quality or state of being obligatory.
oblique motion — the relative motion of two melodic parts in which one remains in place or moves relatively little while the other moves more actively.
occipital bone — a curved, compound bone forming the back and part of the base of the skull.
occluded front — a composite front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front and forces it aloft.
occult balance — asymmetrical balance of visual elements in an artistic composition.
octodecillions — Plural form of octodecillion.
ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
old line state — Maryland (used as a nickname).
old-line party — either the Liberal Party or the Conservative Party
old-time dance — a formal or formation dance, such as the lancers
oligosynthetic — (linguistics) (of a language) using a relatively small number of morphemes which combine synthetically to form compound words.
omnibenevolent — All-loving, or infinitely good, usually in reference to a deity or supernatural being, for example, 'God'. Its use is often with regards to the divine triad, whereby a deity is described to be simultaneously omniscient, omnipotent and omnibenevolent. This triad is used especially with the Christian god, Yahweh.
omphalocentric — Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
on one's plate — waiting to be done or dealt with
on the downlow — not widely known
on the lookout — keeping watch
on the wallaby — (of a person) wandering about looking for work
on your mettle — If you are on your mettle, you are ready to do something as well as you can, because you know that you are being tested or challenged.
oneirocritical — an interpreter of dreams.
online catalog — a bibliographic record of a library's holdings, available in machine-readable form.
open-reel tape — audiotape, usually 1/4 inch (64 mm) wide, wound on a single reel and requiring a separate take-up reel for playing or recording.
operationalise — Alternative spelling of operationalize.

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