14-letter words containing r, a, t, i, o, e
- outmanoeuvring — Present participle of outmanoeuvre.
- ovariectomized — Simple past tense and past participle of ovariectomize.
- over-advertise — to advertise too much
- over-ambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
- over-attention — the act or faculty of attending, especially by directing the mind to an object.
- over-attentive — characterized by or giving attention; observant: an attentive audience.
- over-dramatize — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
- over-patriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
- over-stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- overallocation — Excess allocation.
- overanalytical — too analytical
- overcapitalize — to fix the total amount of securities of a corporation in excess of the limits set by law or by sound financial policy.
- overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
- overcentralize — to centralize excessively
- overcomplicate — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
- overdecoration — excessive decoration
- overdramatized — Simple past tense and past participle of overdramatize.
- overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
- overestimating — Present participle of overestimate.
- overestimation — An excessive estimation.
- overevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- overextraction — excessive extraction
- overfastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- overhead light — a light which throws light downwards by being situated on the ceiling or having a downward shade, etc
- overland trail — any of various routes traveled by settlers from the Missouri River to Oregon and California beginning in the 1840s.
- overmedication — the act or instance of medicating unnecessarily or excessively
- overmodulation — excessive amplitude modulation, resulting in distortion of a signal.
- overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
- overparticular — precise beyond necessity
- overpopulation — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- overregulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- oversaturating — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- oversaturation — the act or process of saturating.
- owlet nightjar — any of several birds of the family Aegothelidae, of Australia and Papua New Guinea, related to the nightjars but resembling small owls.
- ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
- oxidoreductase — any of a class of enzymes that act as a catalyst, some of them conjointly, causing the oxidation and reduction of compounds.
- oyster farming — the activity of cultivating oysters for food or pearls
- pacific oyster — Japanese oyster.
- palaeanthropic — relating to or denoting the earliest variety of man
- paleoanthropic — pertaining to prehistoric humans.
- panic reaction — a widespread and excessive response of panic
- para-toluidine — a white, flaky, lustrous, very slightly water-soluble solid, C 7 H 9 N, the para isomer of toluidine, used in the manufacture of dyes, in organic synthesis, and as a reagent in tests for nitrite, lignin, and phloroglucinol.
- parti-coloured — having different colours in different parts; variegated
- particle board — any of various composition boards formed from small particles of wood, as flakes or shavings, tightly compressed and bonded together with a resin.
- partition line — a plain or figured edge between two adjacent areas of an escutcheon, between an ordinary and the field of an escutcheon, or between two adjacent ordinaries.
- partridge wood — the rotted condition of the wood of certain trees, especially oaks, caused by a parasitic fungus, Xylobolus frustulatus.
- partridge-wood — the rotted condition of the wood of certain trees, especially oaks, caused by a parasitic fungus, Xylobolus frustulatus.
- pasteurellosis — hemorrhagic septicemia.
- pasteurization — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- pay for itself — If something that you buy or invest in pays for itself after a period of time, the money you gain from it, or save because you have it, is greater than the amount you originally spent or invested.