14-letter words containing o, i, l, m
- optimistically — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- oral eroticism — libidinal pleasure derived from the lips and mouth, for example by kissing
- oral-formulaic — noting or pertaining to poetry of an earlier spoken tradition, as the Iliad, that uses formulas to aid its continued expression.
- ordinal number — Also called ordinal numeral. any of the numbers that express degree, quality, or position in a series, as first, second, and third (distinguished from cardinal number).
- organometallic — pertaining to or noting an organic compound containing a metal or a metalloid linked to carbon.
- orthonormalize — (mathematics) To make a set of vectors both orthogonal and normalized.
- osmoregulation — the process by which cells and simple organisms maintain fluid and electrolyte balance with their surroundings.
- outer mongolia — a region in Asia including Inner Mongolia of China and the Mongolian People's Republic.
- over-stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- overcompliance — excessive compliance
- overcomplicate — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
- overfamiliarly — In an overfamiliar way.
- overmodulation — excessive amplitude modulation, resulting in distortion of a signal.
- oversimplified — simplified to the point of distortion or error
- overwhelmingly — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- oxyhaemoglobin — the bright red product formed when oxygen from the lungs combines with haemoglobin in the blood
- oxymoronically — in an oxymoronic way
- pacific salmon — any salmon of the genus Oncorhynchus, especially the chinook salmon, O. tshawytscha.
- palaeoclimatic — relating to the climate of a prehistoric age
- paleolimnology — the study of ancient lakes from their sediments and fossils.
- paleomagnetism — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
- pantomimically — in the manner of a pantomime character or performance
- papillomatosis — a benign tumor of the skin or mucous membrane consisting of hypertrophied epithelial tissue, as a wart.
- papillomavirus — any of several viruses of the family Papovaviridae, containing circular DNA, causing papillomas in various animals and responsible for human genital warts.
- parajournalism — news reportage that strongly reflects the point of view of the writer or editor or that uses techniques not practiced in conventional journalism.
- parallel axiom — the axiom in Euclidean geometry that only one line can be drawn through a given point so that the line is parallel to a given line that does not contain the point.
- parsimoniously — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
- performability — the quality of being performable
- petrochemicals — substances, such as acetone or ethanol, obtained from petroleum or natural gas
- phallic symbol — any object, as a cigar or skyscraper, that may broadly resemble or represent the penis, especially such an object that symbolizes power, as an automobile.
- phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- pharmacologist — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- pharmacopoeial — a book published usually under the jurisdiction of the government and containing a list of drugs, their formulas, methods for making medicinal preparations, requirements and tests for their strength and purity, and other related information.
- pharmacopolist — a person who sells pharmaceutical products
- photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
- pilgrim bottle — a flat-sided water bottle having two loops at the side of a short neck for a suspending cord or chain.
- pinealectomize — to perform a pinealectomy on (a person or animal)
- pinhole camera — a simple camera in which an aperture provided by a pinhole in an opaque diaphragm is used in place of a lens.
- plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
- platinum-blond — (of hair) of a pale silver-blond colour
- plumbous oxide — litharge.
- pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
- pneumonologist — an expert or specialist in the respiratory system
- poikilothermal — cold-blooded (def 1 .) (opposed to homoiothermal).
- poikilothermia — Medicine/Medical. the inability to regulate core body temperature (as by sweating to cool off or by putting on clothes to warm up), found especially in some spinal cord injury patients and in patients under general anesthesia.
- poikilothermic — cold-blooded (def 1 .) (opposed to homoiothermal).
- point calimere — a cape on the SE coast of India, on the Palk Strait
- poison hemlock — hemlock (defs 1, 3).
- polar maritime — a type of cold, wet air mass originating at high latitudes over ocean areas
- polemoniaceous — belonging to the Polemoniaceae, the phlox family of plants.