14-letter words containing o, n, l, i
- antihemophilic — That counteracts bleeding in hemophiliacs.
- antihistorical — opposed to history or to methods which emphasize or require historical study
- antihomosexual — opposed to homosexual people and behaviour
- antilock brake — a brake fitted to some road vehicles that prevents skidding and improves control by sensing and compensating for overbraking
- antilogarithms — Plural form of antilogarithm.
- antilymphocyte — (immunology, of an antibody) That acts against lymphocytes.
- antimetabolite — any drug that acts by disrupting the normal growth of a cell. Sulfonamide drugs are antimetabolites and some antimetabolites are used in cancer treatment
- antimicrobials — Plural form of antimicrobial.
- antimonopolist — opposed to monopoly
- antineoplastic — acting against tumours
- antiodontalgic — of use in the treatment of toothache
- antiphlogistic — of or relating to the prevention or alleviation of inflammation
- antiphonically — in an antiphonal or antiphonic manner
- antiprotozoals — Plural form of antiprotozoal.
- antiregulatory — opposed to regulation
- antiretroviral — inhibiting the process by which a retrovirus replicates
- antitechnology — opposed to technology or the use of technological devices
- apolipoprotein — any of a group of glycoproteins that form part of the structure of lipoproteins, some of which have been associated with Alzheimer's disease
- appreciational — gratitude; thankful recognition: They showed their appreciation by giving him a gold watch.
- apsidal motion — the rotation of the major axis of an eccentric orbit in the plane of the orbit.
- arachnological — relating to arachnology
- armour-plating — The armour-plating on a vehicle or building is the hard metal covering which is intended to protect it from gunfire and other missiles.
- art collection — a collection of art works
- assembly point — a designated place where people have been told to wait after evacuating a building in the event of a fire or other emergency
- associableness — The state or quality of being associable.
- astronomically — of, relating to, or connected with astronomy.
- at one's peril — If you say that someone does something at their peril, you are warning them that they will probably suffer as a result of doing it.
- atlantic ocean — the world's second largest ocean, bounded in the north by the Arctic, in the south by the Antarctic, in the west by North and South America, and in the east by Europe and Africa. Greatest depth: 9220 m (30 246 ft). Area: about 81 585 000 sq km (31 500 000 sq miles)
- attention line — a line of text after the address on a piece of correspondence, directing it to a particular person or department.
- auditory canal — the narrow passageway from the outer ear to the eardrum.
- autoregulation — the continual automatic adjustment or self-regulation of a biochemical, physiological, or ecological system to maintain a stable state.
- auxiliary note — a nonharmonic note occurring between two harmonic notes
- auxiliary tone — a melodic ornamental tone following a principal tone by a step above or below and returning to the principal tone; embellishment.
- avoidance play — a play by the declarer designed to prevent a particular opponent from taking the lead.
- axial skeleton — the bones that together comprise the skull and the vertebral column
- babbling brook — a cook
- babbling error — (networking) An Ethernet node attempting to transmit more than 1518 data bytes - the largest allowed Ethernet packet. This is why the Maximum Transmission Unit for IP traffic on Ethernet is 1500.
- backing vocals — a vocal accompaniment for a pop singer
- ball indicator — a flight instrument that measures the angle of roll about an aircraft's horizontal axis, thereby indicating whether or not the aircraft is skidding or slipping.
- ballon d'essai — a project or policy put forward experimentally to gauge reactions to it
- ballot rigging — Ballot rigging is the act of illegally changing the result of an election by producing a false record of the number of votes.
- balsaminaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Balsaminaceae, a family of flowering plants, including balsam and touch-me-not, that have irregular flowers and explosive capsules
- balto-slavonic — a hypothetical subfamily of Indo-European languages consisting of Baltic and Slavonic. It is now generally believed that similarities between them result from geographical proximity rather than any special relationship
- baptismal font — a large bowl for baptismal water, usually mounted on a pedestal
- baranof island — an island off SE Alaska, in the western part of the Alexander Archipelago. Area: 4162 sq km (1607 sq miles)
- basal ganglion — any of several masses of gray matter in each cerebral hemisphere.
- battle station — the place or position that one is assigned to for battle or in an emergency.
- bazillionaires — Plural form of bazillionaire.
- be in the loop — If someone is in the loop, they are part of a group of people who make decisions about important things, or they know about these decisions. If they are out of the loop, they do not make or know about important decisions.
- belisha beacon — a flashing light in an orange globe mounted on a post, indicating a pedestrian crossing on a road