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14-letter words containing r, e, t, o, d

  • nonrepudiation — (legal) Assurance that a contract cannot later be denied by either of the parties involved.
  • nonresidential — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
  • north cascades — a national park in NW Washington: site of glaciers and mountain lakes. 789 sq. mi. (2043 sq. km).
  • north tyneside — a unitary authority of NE England, in Tyne and Wear. Pop: 190 800 (2003 est). Area: 84 sq km (32 sq miles)
  • northeastwards — northeastward.
  • northern dvina — Also called Western Dvina. Latvian Daugava. a river rising in the Valdai Hills in the W Russian Federation, flowing W through Byelorussia (Belarus) and Latvia to the Baltic Sea at Riga. About 640 miles (1030) long.
  • northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
  • northwestwards — northwestward.
  • notched collar — a collar forming a notch with the lapels of a garment at the seam where collar and lapels join.
  • objet de vertu — an object of virtu
  • occluded front — a composite front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front and forces it aloft.
  • off the ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
  • off the record — making or affording a record.
  • off-the-record — not for publication; not to be quoted: a candidate's off-the-record remarks to reporters.
  • 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 portuguese — the language of Portugal as spoken and written from the 14th to the middle of the 16th centuries.
  • old-line party — either the Liberal Party or the Conservative Party
  • on the rebound — to bound or spring back from force of impact.
  • on the upgrade — improving or progressing, as in importance, status, health, etc
  • ondes martenot — an electronic keyboard instrument in which the frequency of an oscillator is varied to produce separate musical notes
  • one-hit wonder — a singer, composer or group that only ever has one successful piece
  • open deathtrap — (abuse)   An abusive hackerism for the Santa Cruz Operation's Open DeskTop. The funniest part is that this was coined by SCO's own developers. Compare AIDX, Macintrash Nominal Semidestructor, ScumOS, sun-stools, HP-SUX.
  • operation code — (programming)   (Always "op code" when spoken) The part or parts of a machine language instruction which determines what kind of action the computer should take, e.g. add, jump, load, store. In any particular instruction set certain fixed bit positions within the instruction word contain the op code, others give parameters such as the addresses or registers involved. For example, in a 32-bit instruction the most significant eight bits might be the op code giving 256 possible operations. For some instruction sets, certain values in the fixed bit positions may select a group of operations and the exact operation may depend on other bits within instruction word or subsequent words. When programming in assembly language, the op code is represented by a readable name called an instruction mnemonic.
  • orbital sander — a sander that uses a section of sandpaper clamped to a metal pad that moves at high speed in a very narrow orbit, driven by an electric motor.
  • order of merit — an order conferred on civilians and servicemen for eminence in any field
  • ordnance datum — mean sea level calculated from observation taken at Newlyn, Cornwall, and used as the official basis for height calculation on British maps
  • orthodox sleep — dreamless sleep, characterized by a slow alpha rhythm of brain waves and no marked physiological changes.
  • osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.
  • osteodermatous — characterized by osteodermal skin
  • osteodystrophy — (medicine) Any abnormal or defective development of a bone.
  • other-directed — guided by a set of values that is derived from current trends or outward influences rather than from within oneself.
  • 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.
  • outer hebrides — a group of islands (Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides) off the W coast of and belonging to Scotland. About 2900 sq. mi. (7500 sq. km).
  • ovariectomized — Simple past tense and past participle of ovariectomize.
  • over-advertise — to advertise too much
  • over-confident — too confident.
  • over-dramatize — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
  • overadjustment — an adjustment that is too great
  • overcontrolled — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
  • overdecoration — excessive decoration
  • overdetermined — excessively or unduly determined.
  • overdistention — the act of distending or the state of being distended.
  • overdramatized — Simple past tense and past participle of overdramatize.
  • 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 stage — a stagecoach used in the western U.S. during the middle of the 19th century.
  • 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.
  • overproduction — excessive production; production in excess of need or stipulated amount.
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