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14-letter words containing o, r, m, n, d

  • nonpalindromic — Not palindromic.
  • normal divisor — a normal subgroup.
  • norman dynasty — a succession of English kings founded by Duke William of the duchy of Normandy in northern France, who conquered England in 1066 and whose successors ruled the country to 1154.
  • northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
  • offer document — a document sent by a person or firm making a takeover bid to the shareholders of the target company, giving details of the offer that has been made and, usually, reasons for accepting it
  • old low german — the language of the German lowlands before c1100. Abbreviation: OLG.
  • on firm ground — in a safe situation
  • on home ground — If you say that someone is on their home ground, you mean that they are in or near where they work or live, and feel confident and secure because of this.
  • ondes martenot — an electronic keyboard instrument in which the frequency of an oscillator is varied to produce separate musical notes
  • ordinal number — 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).
  • ordnance datum — mean sea level calculated from observation taken at Newlyn, Cornwall, and used as the official basis for height calculation on British maps
  • osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.
  • out from under — away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
  • over-demanding — to ask for with proper authority; claim as a right: He demanded payment of the debt.
  • overadjustment — an adjustment that is too great
  • overburdensome — excessively burdensome.
  • overdetermined — excessively or unduly determined.
  • overmedication — the act or instance of medicating unnecessarily or excessively
  • overmodulation — excessive amplitude modulation, resulting in distortion of a signal.
  • panidiomorphic — (of igneous rocks) having well-developed crystals
  • permanent mold — a reusable metal mold used for making a large number of identical castings.
  • post-modernism — Post-modernism is a late twentieth century approach in art, architecture, and literature which typically mixes styles, ideas, and references to modern society, often in an ironic way.
  • post-modernist — A post-modernist is a writer, artist, or architect who is influenced by post-modernism.
  • postdeterminer — a member of a subclass of English adjectival words, including ordinal and cardinal numbers, that may be placed after an article or other determiner and before a descriptive adjective, as first and three in the first three new chapters.
  • precision-made — made to precise specifications
  • predevelopment — advance development; the action of developing in advance
  • procaine amide — a white, crystalline compound, C 1 3 H 2 1 ON 3 , used in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.
  • promenade deck — an upper deck or part of a deck on a passenger ship where passengers can stroll, often covered with a light shade deck.
  • promenade tile — a machine-made, unglazed, ceramic floor tile.
  • pseudomembrane — a tough outer layer found on the surface of the mucous membrane or skin
  • radiostrontium — strontium 90.
  • random numbers — a number chosen by a random sampling, as from a table (random number table) or generated by a computer.
  • random testing — (programming, testing)   A black-box testing approach in which software is tested by choosing an arbitrary subset of all possible input values. Random testing helps to avoid the problem of only testing what you know will work.
  • reach-me-downs — trousers
  • recommendation — an act of recommending.
  • recommendatory — serving to recommend; recommending.
  • record company — business: sells recorded music
  • rhinosporidium — any fungus of the genus Rhinosporidium, members of which produce vascular polyps in the nasal passages.
  • roman calendar — the calendar in use in ancient Rome until 46 b.c., when it was replaced with the Julian calendar.
  • room and board — lodging and meals.
  • sacred monster — a celebrity whose eccentricities or indiscretions are easily forgiven by admirers.
  • second chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
  • secondary beam — a beam of particles of one kind selected from the group of particles produced when a beam of particles from an accelerator (primary beam) strikes a target.
  • self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
  • semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
  • serious-minded — characterized by seriousness of intention, purpose, thought, etc.; earnest.
  • shortened form — an abbreviated form of a multisyllable word; clipped form.
  • sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
  • simpson desert — an uninhabited arid region in central Australia, mainly in the Northern Territory. Area: about 145 000 sq km (56 000 sq miles)
  • single bedroom — a bedroom that is intended to accommodate a single bed and occupancy of one person
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