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15-letter words containing r, e, l, t, o

  • ordered n-tuple — a set of n objects or quantities, where n is an integer, especially such a set arranged in a specified order (ordered n-tuple)
  • orestes complex — Psychoanalysis. an unconscious desire of a son to kill his mother.
  • oriental carpet — Oriental rug.
  • orientationally — With regard to orientation.
  • ornithodelphian — of or relating to mammals of the class Ornithodelphia
  • ortho-toluidine — Chemistry. a light-yellow, very slightly water-soluble liquid, C 7 H 9 N, the ortho isomer of toluidine: used in the manufacture of dyes, saccharin, and other organic compounds, and in textile printing processes.
  • orthokeratology — a technique for correcting refractive errors in vision by changing the shape of the cornea with the temporary use of progressively flatter hard contact lenses.
  • orthopaedically — in an orthopaedic manner
  • ostreiculturist — a person who breeds oysters
  • outline drawing — a drawing consisting only of external lines
  • outside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn inward so that it can measure outside dimensions, as the diameter of a rod.
  • over-analytical — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
  • over-articulate — excessively articulate
  • over-capitalise — to fix the total amount of securities of a corporation in excess of the limits set by law or by sound financial policy.
  • over-complexity — the state or quality of being complex; intricacy: the complexity of urban life.
  • over-controlled — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
  • over-cultivated — to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops; till.
  • over-particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
  • over-population — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • over-regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
  • over-solicitous — too solicitous: oversolicitous concerning one's health.
  • overapplication — excessive application
  • overcapitalized — Simple past tense and past participle of overcapitalize.
  • overcapitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcapitalize.
  • overconfidently — In an overconfident manner.
  • overcontrolling — excessively controlling
  • overcultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • overdevelopment — Excessive development; the state or quality of being overdeveloped.
  • overdraft limit — a limit on the amount of money allowed to be withdrawn in excess of the credit balance of a bank or building society account
  • overemotionally — In an overemotional manner.
  • overfamiliarity — The state of being overfamiliar.
  • overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • overstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • overthrust belt — an elongate area in which thick rock layers have been pushed over one another by compressional forces within the earth's crust.
  • overutilization — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
  • oxytetracycline — a dull-yellow, crystalline antibiotic powder, C 2 2 H 2 4 N 2 O 9 , produced by Streptomyces rimosus, used chiefly in treating infections caused by streptococci, staphylococci, Gram-negative bacilli, rickettsiae, and certain protozoans and viruses.
  • painter's colic — Pathology. lead poisoning causing intense intestinal pain.
  • palaeoanthropic — relating to palaeoanthropology
  • palaeontography — the branch of palaeontology concerned with the description of fossils
  • palato-alveolar — articulated with the blade or tip of the tongue approaching or touching the alveolar ridge and the main body of the tongue near the hard palate; having a primary alveolar articulation and a secondary palatal articulation.
  • paraheliotropic — (of leaves) turning away from light; sun-avoiding
  • parallel motion — a mechanism arranged so as to impart rectilinear motion to a rod connected to a lever that moves through an arc.
  • passport holder — a person who has a passport
  • pastel-coloured — pale-coloured; in a shade such as pink or pale blue
  • pastoral letter — pastoral (defs 11, 12).
  • pastoral prayer — the main prayer in a church service.
  • paurometabolous — designating or of a group of insect orders, as orthopterans or hemipterans, in which metamorphosis to the adult state from the juvenile state is gradual and without any sudden, radical change of body form
  • pavel petrovich — Paul I (def 2).
  • pectoral girdle — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the forelimbs.
  • pectoral muscle — muscle of the chest
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