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16-letter words containing o, n, e, y

  • blue-ribbon jury — a jury composed of persons having more than ordinary education and presumably exceptional intelligence and perceptiveness, selected by the court on the motion of plaintiff or defendant to try cases of unusual complexity or importance.
  • bob's your uncle — everything is or will turn out all right
  • boston tea party — a raid in 1773 made by citizens of Boston (disguised as Indians) on three British ships in the harbour as a protest against taxes on tea and the monopoly given to the East India Company. The contents of several hundred chests of tea were dumped into the harbour
  • boundary dispute — dispute between neighbours about the boundary between their properties
  • brown-eyed susan — a composite plant, Rudbeckia triloba, of the southeastern U.S., having a single flower with yellow rays darkening to an orange orbrown at the base and a brownish-black disk.
  • building society — In Britain, a building society is a business which will lend you money when you want to buy a house. You can also invest money in a building society, where it will earn interest. Compare savings and loan association.
  • buoyancy chamber — an enclosed section of a canoe, float, ship or other object that contains air, foam, or another buoyant substance in order to help maintain buoyancy
  • burgundy trefoil — alfalfa.
  • burrowing blenny — graveldiver.
  • bush honeysuckle — any of several shrubs of the genus Diervilla, of eastern North America, having clusters of yellowish flowers.
  • buying behaviour — the behaviours displayed by consumers when they purchase things, such as preferences, price points, etc
  • bypass operation — an operation involving redirection of blood flow, either to avoid a diseased blood vessel or in order to perform heart surgery
  • can you beat it? — an expression of utter amazement or surprise
  • canada mayflower — a small wildflower (Maianthemum canadense) of the lily family, with white flowers and red, beadlike berries, found in the N U.S. and in Canada; bead-ruby
  • canyon de chelly — a canyon in NE Arizona, in the Navajo reservation: site contains prehistoric cliff dwellings.
  • carry-on luggage — luggage that is taken inside an aircraft by hand personally by a passenger
  • cash on delivery — If you pay for goods cash on delivery, you pay for them in cash when they are delivered. The abbreviation C.O.D. is also used.
  • category listing — A category listing is a list of different product categories such as menswear, womenswear, and childrenswear.
  • category planner — A category planner is a person whose job to plan and co-ordinate future inventory and sales volume in one or more product categories.
  • cavity resonator — a conducting surface enclosing a space in which an oscillating electromagnetic field can be maintained, the dimensions of the cavity determining the resonant frequency of the oscillations. It is used in microwave devices for frequencies exceeding 300 megahertz
  • cayenne software — (company)   The company formed when CADRE merged with Bachman Information Systems in July 1996.
  • century meltdown — Year 2000
  • chemonucleolysis — treatment for a herniated spinal disk in which chymopapain is injected into the disk to dissolve tissue.
  • chernobyl packet — (networking)   /cher-noh'b*l pak'*t/ A network packet that induces a broadcast storm and/or network meltdown, named in memory of the April 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl in Ukraine. The typical scenario involves an IP Ethernet datagram that passes through a gateway with both source and destination Ethernet address and IP address set as the respective broadcast addresses for the subnetworks being gated between. Compare Christmas tree packet.
  • chymotrypsinogen — the inactive precursor of chymotrypsin
  • city of aberdeen — a council area in NE Scotland, established in 1996. Pop: 206 600 (2003 est). Area: 186 sq km (72 sq miles)
  • cladogenetically — By means of cladogenesis.
  • clean technology — techniques used in manufacturing processes that minimize the damage caused to the environment
  • clinically obese — overweight to a degree which causes medical complications
  • close by/at hand — Something that is close by or close at hand is near to you.
  • close one's eyes — to die
  • closed community — a plant community that does not allow for further colonization, all the available niches being occupied
  • coherence theory — the theory of truth that every true statement, insofar as it is true, describes its subject in the totality of its relationship with all other things.
  • commensurability — The quality of being commensurable or commensurate.
  • commonsensically — sound practical judgment that is independent of specialized knowledge, training, or the like; normal native intelligence.
  • commonwealth day — the anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth, May 24, celebrated (now on the second Monday in March) as a holiday in many parts of the Commonwealth
  • community center — A community center is a place that is specially provided for the people, groups, and organizations in a particular area, where they can go in order to meet one another and do things.
  • community centre — A community centre is a place that is specially provided for the people, groups, and organizations in a particular area, where they can go in order to meet one another and do things.
  • community charge — (formerly in Britain) a flat-rate charge paid by each adult in a community to his or her local authority in place of rates
  • community leader — a leading figure in a community
  • community worker — someone who works for the benefit of a community, esp for a social service agency
  • company of jesus — former name of the Society of Jesus.
  • complex analysis — the branch of mathematics dealing with analytic functions of a complex variable.
  • concatenated key — compound key
  • confused elderly — old and no longer having mental abilities sufficient for independent living
  • consanguineously — In a consanguineous fashion; by blood relationship.
  • conscience money — money paid voluntarily to compensate for dishonesty, esp money paid voluntarily for taxes formerly evaded
  • consequentiality — following as an effect, result, or outcome; resultant; consequent.
  • consonant system — the consonant phonemes of a language, especially when considered as forming an interrelated and interacting group.
  • conspicuity tape — a highly reflective strip or tape used on a vehicle, clothing, etc., to make it more visible in low light.
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