18-letter words containing o, r, e, g, n
- nonpartisan league — a political organization of farmers, founded in North Dakota in 1915, and extending to many states west of the Mississippi, with the aim of influencing agricultural legislation in state legislatures.
- north attleborough — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- north college hill — a city in SW Ohio.
- north polar region — the region of land and water surrounding the North Pole.
- norwegian elkhound — one of a breed of dogs having a short, compact body, short, pointed ears, and a thick, gray coat, raised originally in Norway for hunting elk and other game.
- not a pretty sight — If you say that someone or something is not a pretty sight, you mean that it is not pleasant to look at.
- now you're talking — at last you're saying something agreeable
- oak-leaf hydrangea — a shrub, Hydrangea quercifolia, of the southeastern U.S., having lobed leaves and pyramidal clusters of white flowers.
- obedience training — the training of an animal, especially a dog, to obey certain commands.
- off-street parking — spaces for cars located on private property rather than on a public street
- office of readings — the first of the canonical hours; matins
- oil of wintergreen — methyl salicylate.
- on delicate ground — in a situation requiring tact
- on the danger list — critically ill in hospital
- on the ragged edge — precariously close to loss of self-control, mental stability, etc.
- on the strength of — the quality or state of being strong; bodily or muscular power; vigor.
- open heart surgery — surgery performed on the exposed heart while a heart-lung machine pumps and oxygenates the blood and diverts it from the heart.
- open-heart surgery — surgery performed on the exposed heart while a heart-lung machine pumps and oxygenates the blood and diverts it from the heart.
- operating expenses — Operating expenses are expenses related to carrying out normal business activities.
- operating software — software used in the operation of a computer system, typically by performing such tasks as memory allocation, job scheduling, and input/output control
- operations manager — business director
- optical brightener — an additive that dyes and brightens fabric or paper
- order of magnitude — You can use order of magnitude when you are giving an approximate idea of the amount or importance of something.
- organized religion — institutionalized religion, usually with a hierarchical clergy and rules to govern the means by which adherents participate
- osteogenic sarcoma — osteosarcoma
- out of the running — the act of a person, animal, or thing that runs.
- over the long term — in the future
- overgeneralization — the act or process of overgeneralizing.
- overnight telegram — a type of domestic telegram sent at a reduced rate with a minimum charge for 10 words or less and accepted until midnight for delivery the following day.
- overtime work(ing) — work at a regular job done in addition to regular working hours
- owen stanley range — a mountain range in SE New Guinea. Highest peak: Mount Victoria, 4073 m (13 363 ft)
- ox-tongue partisan — a shafted weapon having a long, wide, tapering blade.
- palaeoanthropology — the branch of anthropology concerned with primitive man
- parallel computing — parallel processing
- parallel importing — the importing of certain goods, esp pharmaceutical drugs, by dealers who undersell local manufacturers
- passing-out parade — a ceremonial parade of cadets who have completed their training
- peacekeeping force — a force designated to the maintenance of peace, esp the prevention of further fighting between hostile forces in an area
- people trafficking — the practice of bringing immigrants into a country illegally
- percussion flaking — a method of forming a flint tool by striking flakes from a stone core with another stone or a piece of bone or wood.
- percussion welding — a form of resistance welding in which the required pressure is provided by a hammerlike blow.
- personal bodyguard — a person employed to protect a particular person
- personal organizer — a small notebook with sections for personal information, as dates and addresses.
- petroleum engineer — A petroleum engineer is an engineer who is involved in most stages of oil and gas field evaluation, development, and production, whose job is to maximize hydrocarbon recovery and reduce costs and environmental impact.
- photomorphogenesis — plant development that is controlled by light.
- plains grasshopper — a large, destructive short-horned grasshopper, Brachystola magna, of the western U.S., marked by pinkish hind wings.
- plane trigonometry — the branch of trigonometry dealing with plane triangles.
- plight one's troth — to make a promise of marriage
- point d'angleterre — a bobbin lace in which the design is worked out with either a needle or bobbin.
- point-bearing pile — a pile depending on the soil or rock beneath its foot for support.
- population figures — population totals; statistics relating to the size of populations