11-letter words containing o, l, r, s
- nephrolepis — any fern of the tropical genus Nephrolepis, some species of which are grown as ornamental greenhouse or house plants for their handsome deeply-cut drooping fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- nephroliths — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
- neuroblasts — Plural form of neuroblast.
- neurologist — a physician specializing in neurology.
- neuroplasty — Any surgery to repair nerve tissue.
- neutrophils — Plural form of neutrophil.
- new flavors — An object-oriented Lisp from Symbolics, the successor to Flavors, it led to CLOS.
- new orleans — a seaport in SE Louisiana, on the Mississippi: British defeated (1815) by Americans under Andrew Jackson.
- nicol prism — one of a pair of prisms used to produce and analyze plane-polarized light in a polarizing microscope. Also called Nicol. Compare polarizer (def 1).
- nippleworts — Plural form of nipplewort.
- nitromersol — a brownish-yellow or yellow, granular, water-insoluble powder, C 7 H 5 HgNO 3 : used in alkaline solution chiefly as an antiseptic.
- non-closure — the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- non-sterile — free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments.
- nonarrivals — Plural form of nonarrival.
- nondurables — Plural form of nondurable.
- nonlistener — One who does not listen.
- nonpersonal — Not personal.
- nonreusable — not capable of being reused
- nonsingular — not singular. Compare singular (def 7).
- nonspecular — that reflects light diffusely and evenly over the hemisphere surrounding the reflective surface; diffuse
- nonsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- nonvascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- normalising — Present participle of normalise.
- normalities — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- north slope — the northern coastal area of Alaska, rich in oil and natural gas: so called because it is N of the Brooks Range sloping down to the Arctic Ocean.
- northerlies — Plural form of northerly.
- notoriously — widely and unfavorably known: a notorious gambler. Synonyms: infamous, egregious, outrageous, arrant, flagrant, disreputable.
- nourishable — able to be nourished; benefiting from nourishment
- nulliparous — a woman who has never borne a child.
- obliterates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obliterate.
- observables — Plural form of observable.
- observantly — quick to notice or perceive; alert.
- observingly — Attentively, observantly.
- obstetrical — of or relating to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery.
- obtrusively — having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.
- oil varnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
- old british — Brythonic as used before a.d. 800.
- old frisian — the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- old persian — an ancient West Iranian language attested by cuneiform inscriptions. Abbreviation: OPers.
- old russian — Russian as used in documents before 1600. Abbreviation: ORuss.
- old scratch — the devil; Satan.
- old soldier — a former soldier or veteran
- old windsor — a royal residence in the time of Edward the Confessor, 3 km (2 miles) southeast of the town of Windsor in Berkshire
- olfactories — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- oligarchies — Plural form of oligarchy.
- oligomerous — having a small number of component parts
- onslaughter — An onslaught.
- oracle*case — A set of CASE tools from Oracle.
- oraculously — in an oraculous manner
- oral herpes — a disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 1, characterized primarily by a cluster of small, transient blisters chiefly at the edge of the lip or nostril; herpes labialis.