14-letter words containing o, l, d, e, s
- nondimensional — Not dimensional.
- nonestablished — without the official support of the government
- nonresidential — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
- octodecillions — Plural form of octodecillion.
- old line state — Maryland (used as a nickname).
- old portuguese — the language of Portugal as spoken and written from the 14th to the middle of the 16th centuries.
- old school tie — a necktie striped in the colors of a specific English public school, especially as worn by a graduate to indicate his educational background.
- opposite field — the opposite part of the outfield in relation to the batter, as left field for a right-handed batter.
- orbital sander — a sander that uses a section of sandpaper clamped to a metal pad that moves at high speed in a very narrow orbit, driven by an electric motor.
- orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
- orthodox sleep — dreamless sleep, characterized by a slow alpha rhythm of brain waves and no marked physiological changes.
- outlandishness — The quality of being outlandish.
- outside toilet — a toilet or lavatory which is located outdoors or in an outdoor cubicle
- overland stage — a stagecoach used in the western U.S. during the middle of the 19th century.
- oversimplified — simplified to the point of distortion or error
- oversocialized — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- 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
- palacio valdes — Armando [ahr-mahn-daw] /ɑrˈmɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1938, Spanish novelist and critic.
- pardonableness — the quality or state of being pardonable
- pickled onions — onions which have been preserved in vinegar or brine
- plaza de toros — a bullring.
- plumbous oxide — litharge.
- polar distance — codeclination.
- police custody — If somebody or something is in police custody, they are kept somewhere secure, under the supervision of police officers, for example in a police station.
- policy adviser — a person who provides ideas or plans that are used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions
- polydispersity — the state of being polydisperse
- polysaccharide — a carbohydrate, as starch, inulin, or cellulose, containing more than three monosaccharide units per molecule, the units being attached to each other in the manner of acetals, and therefore capable of hydrolysis by acids or enzymes to monosaccharides.
- polysuspensoid — a suspensoid in which the solid particles are polydisperse.
- porter's lodge — a room near the entrance of a public building such as a college, which is occupied by the porter
- possible world — (in modal logic) a semantic device formalizing the notion of what the world might have been like. A statement is necessarily true if and only if it is true in every possible world
- postadolescent — growing to manhood or womanhood; youthful.
- potter's field — a piece of ground reserved as a burial place for strangers and the friendless poor. Matt. 27:7.
- pound of flesh — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
- preadolescence — the period preceding adolescence, usually designated as the years from 10 to 13.
- prostate gland — an organ that surrounds the urethra of males at the base of the bladder, comprising a muscular portion, which controls the release of urine, and a glandular portion, which secretes an alkaline fluid that makes up part of the semen and enhances the motility and fertility of sperm.
- provincialised — to make provincial in character.
- pseudo-classic — falsely or spuriously classic.
- pseudo-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
- pseudo-ethical — pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
- pseudo-liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
- pseudo-medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
- pseudodipteral — having an arrangement of columns suggesting a dipteral structure but without the inner colonnade.
- pseudonymously — bearing a false or fictitious name.
- pseudoprostyle — having a colonnade at each end, either very close to the front wall or engaged in it.
- pseudosolution — a colloidal suspension in which the finely divided particles appear to be dissolved because they are so widely dispersed in the surrounding medium.
- pteridophilist — a person who shows an excessive enthusiam for ferns
- rational dress — long loose trousers gathered at the ankle and worn under a shorter skirt
- read-only user — (jargon) Describes a luser who uses computers almost exclusively for reading Usenet, bulletin boards, and/or electronic mail, rather than writing code or purveying useful information. See twink, terminal junkie, lurker.
- reconsolidated — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.