14-letter words containing o, d, e, r, n
- overadjustment — an adjustment that is too great
- overburdensome — excessively burdensome.
- overconfidence — too confident.
- overcontrolled — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- overdecoration — excessive decoration
- overdependence — the state of relying on or needing someone or something for aid, support, or the like.
- overdetermined — excessively or unduly determined.
- overdeveloping — Present participle of overdevelop.
- overdistention — the act of distending or the state of being distended.
- overindulgence — excessive indulgence
- overland stage — a stagecoach used in the western U.S. during the middle of the 19th century.
- overland trail — any of various routes traveled by settlers from the Missouri River to Oregon and California beginning in the 1840s.
- overmedication — the act or instance of medicating unnecessarily or excessively
- overmodulation — excessive amplitude modulation, resulting in distortion of a signal.
- overproduction — excessive production; production in excess of need or stipulated amount.
- oversensitized — to render sensitive.
- owner-occupied — (of a home, apartment, etc.) used as a residence by the owner.
- oxford english — that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious
- ozone-friendly — Ozone-friendly chemicals, products, or technology do not cause harm to the ozone layer.
- panic disorder — a disorder in which inappropriate, intense apprehension and physical symptoms of fear occur so frequently as to produce significant impairment.
- para-toluidine — a white, flaky, lustrous, very slightly water-soluble solid, C 7 H 9 N, the para isomer of toluidine, used in the manufacture of dyes, in organic synthesis, and as a reagent in tests for nitrite, lignin, and phloroglucinol.
- pardonableness — the quality or state of being pardonable
- passenger door — a car door that is used by a passenger
- perfidiousness — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- perhydrogenate — to hydrogenate as completely as possible.
- perhydrogenize — perhydrogenate.
- periodontology — periodontics.
- peritonealized — to cover with peritoneum.
- permanent mold — a reusable metal mold used for making a large number of identical castings.
- photorecording — the act of making photographic records, especially of documents.
- photoreduction — a reduction reaction induced by light.
- picture window — a large window in a house, usually dominating the room or wall in which it is located, and often designed or placed to present an attractive view.
- pigeon-hearted — timid; meek.
- pigeon-livered — meek-tempered; spiritless; mild.
- pinafore dress — a sleeveless dress worn over a blouse or sweater
- poetry reading — a public recital or rendering of a poem
- point d'esprit — a bobbinet or tulle with oval or square dots woven in an irregular pattern.
- point of order — a question raised as to whether proceedings are in order, or in conformity with parliamentary law.
- polar distance — codeclination.
- ponderosa pine — Also called western yellow pine. a large pine, Pinus ponderosa, of western North America, having yellowish-brown bark: the state tree of Montana.
- pontoon bridge — a bridge supported by pontoons.
- porgy and bess — an opera (1935) with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
- post-modernism — Post-modernism is a late twentieth century approach in art, architecture, and literature which typically mixes styles, ideas, and references to modern society, often in an ironic way.
- post-modernist — A post-modernist is a writer, artist, or architect who is influenced by post-modernism.
- postdepression — pertaining to or denoting the period after an economic depression
- postdeterminer — a member of a subclass of English adjectival words, including ordinal and cardinal numbers, that may be placed after an article or other determiner and before a descriptive adjective, as first and three in the first three new chapters.
- potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
- pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
- power dressing — a style of dressing in severely tailored suits, adopted by some women executives to project an image of efficiency
- power industry — all the people and activities involved in providing power (gas, electricity, etc) to homes and businesses