18-letter words containing o, l, d, n, r, s
- address resolution — (networking) Conversion of an Internet address into the corresponding physical address (Ethernet address). This is usually done using Address Resolution Protocol. The resolver is a library routine and a set of processes which converts hostnames into Internet addresses, though this process in not usually referred to as resolution. See DNS.
- agro-industrialize — to industrialize the agriculture of: to agro-industrialize a developing nation.
- almoner's cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
- angular dispersion — a measure of the angular separation of light rays of different wavelength or color traversing a prism or diffraction grating, equal to the rate of change of the angle of deviation with respect to the change in wavelength.
- antiprostaglandins — Plural form of antiprostaglandin.
- apparent solar day — the period of time between two successive passages of the sun's center across the same meridian.
- australian doubles — an unusual formation in doubles in which the server's partner is positioned on the same side of the court as the server.
- balanced scorecard — A balanced scorecard is a type of management report which includes both financial and non-financial measures.
- barrow's goldeneye — See under goldeneye (def 1).
- bartholin's glands — two small reddish-yellow glands, one on each side of the vaginal orifice, that secrete a mucous lubricating substance during sexual stimulation in females
- battleground-state — a state of the U.S. in which the Democratic and Republican candidates both have a good chance of winning and that is considered key to the outcome of a presidential election: the swing states of Ohio and Indiana.
- black-necked stork — a large Australian stork, Xenorhyncus asiaticus, having a white plumage, dark green back and tail, and red legs
- board of elections — a bipartisan board appointed usually by local authorities and charged with control of elections and voting procedure.
- brazilian rosewood — a Brazilian tree, Dalbergia nigra, of the legume family.
- british somaliland — a former British protectorate (1884–1960) in E Africa, on the Gulf of Aden: united with Italian Somaliland in 1960 to form Somalia (or the Somali Republic); in 1991 the self-styled republic of Somaliland, covering the same area as the former British Somaliland, declared itself independent and continues to function largely as a separate entity, though without international recognition
- cape breton island — an island off SE Canada, in NE Nova Scotia, separated from the mainland by the Strait of Canso: its easternmost point is Cape Breton. Pop: 132 298 (2006). Area: 10 280 sq km (3970 sq miles)
- centralized school — a public school formed from the pupils and teachers of a number of discontinued smaller schools, especially in a rural district.
- children of israel — the Jews; Hebrews
- church of scotland — the established church in Scotland, Calvinist in doctrine and Presbyterian in constitution
- cleopatra's needle — either of two Egyptian obelisks, originally set up at Heliopolis about 1500 bc: one was moved to the Thames Embankment, London, in 1878, the other to Central Park, New York, in 1880
- closed corporation — a corporation the stock of which is owned by a small number of persons and is rarely traded on the open market
- collision diameter — the distance between the centers of two colliding molecules when at their closest point of approach.
- condensation trail — contrail.
- considered harmful — (programming, humour) A type of phrase based on the title of Edsger W. Dijkstra's famous note in the March 1968 Communications of the ACM, "Goto Statement Considered Harmful", which fired the first salvo in the structured programming wars. Amusingly, the ACM considered the resulting acrimony sufficiently harmful that it will (by policy) no longer print articles taking so assertive a position against a coding practice. In the ensuing decades, a large number of both serious papers and parodies bore titles of the form "X considered Y". The structured-programming wars eventually blew over with the realisation that both sides were wrong, but use of such titles has remained as a persistent minor in-joke.
- consolato del mare — a code of maritime law compiled in the Middle Ages: it drew upon ancient law and has influenced modern law.
- controlled-release — A controlled-release drug or preparation is released into the body in specified amounts over a specified period of time.
- cordless telephone — a portable battery-powered telephone with a short-range radio link to a fixed base unit
- couldn't care less — If you say that you couldn't care less about someone or something, you are emphasizing that you are not interested in them or worried about them. In American English, you can also say that you could care less, with the same meaning.
- crocodile-infested — full of crocodiles
- cross-disciplinary — linking two or more fields of study
- cultural diffusion — act of diffusing; state of being diffused.
- dead as a doornail — completely dead
- defense calculator — IBM 701
- deliver oneself of — to speak with deliberation or at length
- dendrochronologist — One who carries out dendrochronology.
- departmental store — a department store.
- diaminofluorescein — (organic compound) A fluorescein into which two amino groups have been substituted.
- directional signal — any of four signal lights on the front left, front right, rear left, and rear right of an automotive vehicle that, when actuated by the driver, flash in pairs on the side toward which a turn is to be made.
- discourse analysis — the study of the rules or patterns characterizing units of connected speech or writing longer than a sentence.
- disorderly conduct — any of various petty misdemeanors, generally including nuisances, breaches of the peace, offensive or immoral conduct in public, etc.
- disproportionality — not in proportion; disproportionate.
- disproportionately — not proportionate; out of proportion, as in size or number.
- distribution class — form class
- division algorithm — the theorem that an integer can be written as the sum of the product of two integers, one a given positive integer, added to a positive integer smaller than the given positive integer. Compare Euclidean algorithm.
- division of labour — a system of organizing the manufacture of an article in a series of separate specialized operations, each of which is carried out by a different worker or group of workers
- eastern meadowlark — any of several American songbirds of the genus Sturnella, of the family Icteridae, especially S. magna (eastern meadowlark) and S. neglecta (western meadowlark) having a brownish and black back and wings and a yellow breast, noted for their clear, tuneful song.
- electrodesiccation — The drying of tissue, and the prevention of bleeding, using a high-frequency electric current.
- engelbart, douglas — Douglas Engelbart
- feldenkrais method — a system of gentle movements that promote flexibility, coordination, and self-awareness
- fissure of rolando — central sulcus.
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