15-letter words containing o, n, d

old high german — High German before 1100. Abbreviation: OHG.
old man's beard — fringe tree.
old-boy network — an exclusive network that links members of a profession, social class, or organization or the alumni of a particular school through which the individuals assist one another in business, politics, etc.
old-man's-beard — fringe tree.
old-man-the-sea — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) an old man who clung to the shoulders of Sindbad the Sailor for many days and nights.
oldenbarneveldt — Johan van. 1547–1619, Dutch statesman, regarded as a founder of Dutch independence; the leading figure (from 1586) in the United Provinces of the Netherlands: executed by Maurice of Nassau
oligodendrocyte — A glial cell similar to an astrocyte but with fewer protuberances, concerned with the production of myelin in the central nervous system.
oligodendroglia — Oligodendrocytes collectively.
oligohydramnios — (medicine) A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus.
oligonucleotide — a chain of a few nucleotides.
omnibus edition — a television or radio programme consisting of two or more programmes broadcast earlier in the week
omnidirectional — sending or receiving signals in all directions: an omnidirectional microphone.
on (the) record — recorded; publicly or officially declared or known
on a knife-edge — To be on a knife-edge means to be in a situation in which nobody knows what is going to happen next, or in which one thing is just as likely to happen as another.
on a razor edge — in an extremely precarious state
on the decrease — decreasing
on the one hand — You use on the one hand to introduce the first of two contrasting points, facts, or ways of looking at something. It is always followed later by on the other hand or 'on the other'.
on the order of — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
one-dimensional — having one dimension only.
one-night stand — a single performance in one locale, as by a touring theatrical company, before moving on to the next engagement.
onward progress — progress that advances or improves (a situation, etc)
open admissions — a policy of admitting applicants to an institution, especially a university, regardless of previous academic record or grades.
open-ended loan — An open-ended loan is an extension of credit where money can be borrowed when you need it, and paid back on an ongoing basis, such as a credit card.
open-pollinated — (of a flower) pollinated without human agency.
openmouthedness — the state or condition of being filled with amazement and wonder
operationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalise.
operationalized — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalize.
opinionatedness — The state or condition of being opinionated.
opposition hold — a particular way of holding rock in mountain-climbing
orange chromide — an Asian cichlid fish, Etropus maculatus, with a brownish-orange spotted body
orange hawkweed — a European composite plant, Hieracium aurantiacum, having orange, dandelionlike flowers, growing as a weed, especially in eastern North America.
orange milkweed — butterfly weed (def 1).
orangeman's day — the 12th of July, celebrated by Protestants in Northern Ireland to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne (1690)
orangemen's day — July 12, an annual celebration in Northern Ireland and certain cities having a large Irish section, especially Liverpool, to mark both the victory of William III over James II at the Battle of the Boyne, July 1, 1690, and the Battle of Augbrim, July 12, 1690.
order of canada — an order awarded to Canadians for outstanding achievement; established in 1967
order-embedding — A function f : D -> C is order-embedding iff for all x, y in D, f(x) <= f(y) <=> x <= y. I.e. arguments and results compare similarly. A function which is order-embedding is monotonic and one-to-one and an injection. ("<=" is written in LaTeX as \sqsubseteq).
ordered n-tuple — a set of n objects or quantities, where n is an integer, especially such a set arranged in a specified order (ordered n-tuple)
ordinal numbers — 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).
ordinary degree — a university degree without honours
ordinary income — taxable income, as salary and wages, other than capital gains.
ordinary rating — a rank in the Royal Navy comparable to that of a private in the army
ordinary seaman — a seaman insufficiently skilled to be classified as an able-bodied seaman. Abbreviation: O.D., O.S., o.s.
ordinary shares — British. a share of common stock.
ordnance survey — mapmaking agency
organic disease — a disease in which there is a structural alteration (opposed to functional disease).
organized chaos — a complex situation or process that appears chaotic while having enough order to achieve progress or goals
organized crime — illegal activities co-ordinated by groups
organized labor — all workers who are organized in labor unions.
ornithodelphian — of or relating to mammals of the class Ornithodelphia
orphaned i-node — (operating system) /or'f*nd i:'nohd/ [Unix] 1. A file that retains storage but no longer appears in the directories of a file system.

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