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

  • releasing factor — a substance usually of hypothalamic origin that triggers the release of a particular hormone from an endocrine gland.
  • relocation costs — payment made by an employer or a government agency to cover removal expenses and other costs incurred by an employee who is required to take up employment elsewhere
  • remilitarization — the act of re-arming a country or territory that has previously been disarmed
  • remineralization — to convert into a mineral substance.
  • replacement cost — fee to obtain new version of sth
  • reporting clause — A reporting clause is a clause which indicates that you are talking about what someone said or thought. For example, in 'She said that she was hungry', 'She said' is a reporting clause.
  • representational — of or relating to representation.
  • residential home — a home with social-work supervision for people who need more than just housing accommodation, such as esp the elderly, and also children in care or mentally handicapped adults
  • responsibilities — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
  • restriction play — a limited number of opening moves that are predetermined by their chance selection from an accepted list.
  • returned soldier — a soldier who has served abroad
  • revolving credit — credit automatically available up to a predetermined limit while payments are periodically made. Compare credit line (def 2).
  • right honourable — (in Britain and certain Commonwealth countries) a title of respect for a Privy Councillor or an appeal-court judge
  • rockville centre — a city on W Long Island, in SE New York.
  • romeo and juliet — a tragedy (produced between 1591 and 1596) by Shakespeare.
  • roosevelt island — Formerly Welfare Island, Blackwells Island. an island in the East River, New York City: residential community. 1½ miles (2½ km) long.
  • rotary lawnmower — a lawn mower with a single blade attached in the middle that rotates as the mower is moved
  • rough and tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
  • rough-and-tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
  • run the blockade — to go past or through a blockade
  • russian roulette — a game of high risk in which each player in turn, using a revolver containing one bullet, spins the cylinder of the revolver, points the muzzle at the head, and pulls the trigger.
  • sales automation — Sales Force Automation
  • sandlot baseball — a form of baseball played by children on an area of vacant ground
  • satellite nation — a country under the domination of a foreign power
  • saturation level — carrying capacity.
  • schlieren method — a method for detecting regions of differing densities in a clear fluid by photographing a beam of light passed obliquely through it.
  • school inspector — an official whose job is to inspect schools and to report on their quality and conditions
  • schouten islands — a group of islands belonging to Papua New Guinea, in the Pacific Oceans, off the N coast of New Guinea.
  • sclerenchymatous — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
  • seat of learning — People sometimes refer to a university or a similar institution as a seat of learning.
  • security council — the division of the United Nations charged with maintaining international peace, composed of five permanent members (U.S., Russian Federation, France, United Kingdom, and the People's Republic of China) and ten temporary members, each serving for two years.
  • self-abandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
  • self-affirmation — the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed.
  • self-approbation — approval; commendation.
  • self-confinement — the act of confining.
  • self-constituted — constituted as such by oneself or itself
  • self-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
  • self-containment — the state of being self-contained.
  • self-cultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • self-degradation — the act of degrading.
  • self-denigration — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
  • self-deprecation — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
  • self-deprivation — the act of depriving.
  • self-description — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
  • self-designation — a name taken for oneself or one's own people
  • self-destruction — the destruction or ruination of oneself or one's life.
  • self-development — the act or process of developing; growth; progress: child development; economic development.
  • self-dissolution — the act or process of resolving or dissolving into parts or elements.
  • self-elaboration — an act or instance of elaborating.
  • self-enforcement — of or having the capability of enforcement within oneself or itself; self-regulating.
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