14-letter words containing o, n, e, l, i, r
- thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
- thread rolling — the production of a screw thread by a rolling swaging process using hardened profiled rollers. Rolled threads are stronger than threads machined by a cutting tool
- tin difluoride — stannous fluoride.
- to overflowing — If a place or container is filled to overflowing, it is so full of people or things that no more can fit in.
- to ring a bell — If you say that something rings a bell, you mean that it reminds you of something, but you cannot remember exactly what it is.
- toilet trained — If a child is toilet trained, he or she has learned to use the toilet.
- toronto euclid — (language) The standard dialect of Euclid, as compared to Ottawa Euclid.
- tortoise plant — elephant's-foot.
- trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
- traditionalize — to make traditional: to traditionalize family reunions.
- transit lounge — a waiting room at an international airport used mainly by passengers transferring from one flight to another without presenting themselves to customs or immigration officials
- trial attorney — a lawyer who is involved in court cases
- tridimensional — having three dimensions.
- trihalomethane — a type of chemical compound in which three of the hydrogen atoms in a methane molecule have been replaced by halogen atoms, esp by chlorine in drinking water. Trihalomethanes are thought to be carcinogenic
- trinitrocresol — a yellow, crystalline compound, C 7 H 5 N 3 O 7 , used in high explosives.
- tripersonalism — the doctrine of three persons making up the Trinity
- tripersonalist — someone who believes in the Trinity
- tripersonality — the state or condition of being tripersonal; existence in three persons, as the Godhead.
- ultimogeniture — postremogeniture.
- ultraprecision — extreme accuracy or precision
- underinflation — the lack of sufficient air pressure
- undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- unidirectional — operating or moving in one direction only; not changing direction: a unidirectional flow.
- universal soul — Brahman in its aspect as the sacred syllable Om, the eternal and spiritual principle that permeates the universe
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- unpersonalized — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- unprofessional — not professional; not pertaining to or characteristic of a profession.
- unrationalized — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
- unrecognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- unrecognizably — in an unrecognizable or unidentifiable manner
- unreconcilable — capable of being reconciled.
- unreconcilably — in an unreconcilable manner
- unreproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- unresponsively — in an unresponsive manner
- valerianaceous — belonging to the plant family Valerianaceae.
- vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
- vendor placing — a method of financing the purchase of one company by another in which the purchasing company pays for the target company in its own shares, on condition that the vendor places these shares with investors for cash payment
- venereological — of or relating to the study of sexually transmitted diseases
- vernal equinox — the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth and occurring about March 21 (vernal equinox or spring equinox) and September 22 (autumnal equinox)
- vertical union — industrial union.
- vespertilionid — any of a large family (Vespertilionidae) of long-tailed bats that are widely distributed, esp. in temperate regions, including most of the small, insect-eating species
- villa cisneros — former name of Dakhla (def 2).
- vinyl chloride — a colorless, easily liquefied, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, C 2 H 3 Cl, having a pleasant, etherlike odor: used in the manufacture of plastics, as a refrigerant, and in the synthesis of polyvinyl chloride and other organic compounds.
- warbling vireo — a grayish-green American vireo, Vireo gilvus, characterized by its melodious warble.
- well-confirmed — made certain as to truth, accuracy, validity, availability, etc.: confirmed reports of new fighting at the front; confirmed reservations on the three o'clock flight to Denver.
- well-nourished — having been provided with plenty of the material necessary for life and growth
- well-organized — affiliated in an organization, especially a union: organized dockworkers.
- wellingborough — a town in central England, in Northamptonshire. Pop: 46 959 (2001)
- willow pattern — a decorative design in English ceramics, depicting chiefly a willow tree, small bridge, and two birds, derived from Chinese sources and introduced in approximately 1780: often executed in blue and white but sometimes in red and white.