15-letter words containing o, d, e
- all mockered up — dressed up
- all of a sudden — If something happens all of a sudden, it happens quickly and unexpectedly.
- allende gossens — Salvador, 1908–73, Chilean political leader: president 1970–73.
- allotetraploidy — the condition of being an allotetraploid
- alpha and omega — the first and last, a phrase used in Revelation 1:8 to signify God's eternity
- alpine combined — a competition for Alpine skiers in a combination of downhill and slalom races, the winner having the highest total score.
- aluminium oxide — a white or colourless insoluble powder occurring naturally as corundum and used in the production of aluminium and its compounds, abrasives, glass, and ceramics. Formula: Al2O3
- amador guerrero — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1833–1909, Panamanian political leader: first president of Panama 1904–08.
- amaryllidaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Amaryllidaceae, a family of widely cultivated flowering plants having bulbs and including the amaryllis, snowdrop, narcissus, and daffodil
- aminoglycosides — Plural form of aminoglycoside.
- an axe to grind — an ulterior motive
- ancient of days — a name for God, originating in the Authorized Version of the Old Testament (Daniel 7:9)
- andrew of crete — a.d. c650–730, Greek poet and Orthodox archbishop of Crete.
- andrographolide — (organic compound) A bitter labdane diterpenoid that is the main bioactive component of the medicinal plant Andrographis paniculata, effective against certain cancers.
- andromonoecious — (of a plant species) having hermaphrodite and male flowers on the same plant
- androstenedione — a weak hormone, C19H26O2, produced by the ovaries, testes, and adrenal glands as a precursor to estrogen, testosterone, etc.: formerly taken in a concentrated tablet or capsule form as by some bodybuilders
- aneroid capsule — a box or chamber of thin metal, partially exhausted of air, used in the aneroid barometer and pressure altimeter.
- angel food cake — a light, spongy, white cake made with egg whites and no shortening
- anne of denmark — 1574–1619, wife (from 1589) of James I of England and VI of Scotland
- answer the door — When you answer the door, you go and open the door because a visitor has knocked on it or rung the bell.
- anthony vandyke — Sir Anthony, Van Dyck, Sir Anthony.
- anti-productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- anticoincidence — of or relating to an electronic circuit that produces an output pulse if one but not both of its input terminals receives a pulse within a specified interval of time
- antidevelopment — (of a group) opposed to development
- antieducational — opposing the provision of knowledge
- anybody's guess — a person of some importance: If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation.
- aphrodite terra — a large plateau region that stretches approximately halfway around the middle latitude of Venus.
- apollo asteroid — one of a number of asteroids whose orbits cross that of the earth.
- apostles' creed — a concise statement of Christian beliefs dating from about 500 ad, traditionally ascribed to the Apostles
- apple-pie order — perfect order or condition
- approved school — In Britain in the past, an approved school was a boarding school where young people could be sent to stay if they had been found guilty of a crime.
- arc de triomphe — the triumphal arch in Paris begun by Napoleon I to commemorate his victories of 1805–6 and completed in 1836
- armaments depot — a store for armaments
- around the bend — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
- around the horn — (thrown) from third base to second to first in trying for a double play
- arrondissements — Plural form of arrondissement.
- ascending colon — the first portion of the colon, beginning at the cecum in the lower right abdominal cavity and continuing upward along the right posterior abdominal wall to approximately the lower ribs.
- asclepiadaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Asclepiadaceae, a family of mostly tropical and subtropical flowering plants, including the milkweed and swallowwort, having pollen in the form of a waxy mass (pollinium): now usually regarded as a subfamily of the Apocynaceae
- at death's door — If you say that someone is at death's door, you mean they are very ill indeed and likely to die.
- at the hands of — If someone experiences a particular kind of treatment, especially unpleasant treatment, at the hands of a person or organization, they receive it from them.
- audio equipment — electrical devices used to play or record sound
- audio frequency — a frequency in the range 20 hertz to 20 000 hertz. A sound wave of this frequency would be audible to the human ear
- audio recording — an electronic recording of sound
- auditor general — (in Canada) a federal official responsible for auditing government departments and making an annual report
- audubon society — a North American organization devoted to the conservancy of birds
- augmented roman — a writing system based on an expanded English alphabet, consisting of 43 characters representing different phonemes of spoken English, used for teaching beginners to read. Abbreviation: I.T.A., i.t.a.
- autodestructive — likely to cause one's own destruction
- automatic drive — an automotive transmission requiring either very little or no manual shifting of gears.
- autoschediastic — offhand, with little forethought or preparation
- autotetraploidy — the generation of the tetraploid state, created by the fusing of two nuclei from the same species