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15-letter words containing r, i, n, g

  • nottinghamshire — a county in central England. 854 sq. mi. (2210 sq. km).
  • nuclear testing — the process of carrying out a test on a nuclear weapon to determine effectiveness, etc
  • nuisance ground — a garbage dump.
  • nuke the fridge — (of a film, etc.) to lose credibility following a particularly ill-judged scene or plot development
  • nursing studies — the study of nursing
  • nutmeg geranium — a southern African plant, Pelargonium fragrans, of the geranium family, having hairy leaves with scalloped margins and nutmeg-scented clusters of white flowers, of which the two upper petals are veined deep pink.
  • obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.
  • offset printing — offset (def 6).
  • old high german — High German before 1100. Abbreviation: OHG.
  • oligodendrocyte — A glial cell similar to an astrocyte but with fewer protuberances, concerned with the production of myelin in the central nervous system.
  • oligodendroglia — Oligodendrocytes collectively.
  • oligohydramnios — (medicine) A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus.
  • oligomerisation — Alternative spelling of oligomerization.
  • oligomerization — (chemistry) The formation of an oligomer from a monomer.
  • omnium gatherum — a miscellaneous collection.
  • omnium-gatherum — a miscellaneous collection.
  • on a shoestring — If you do something or make something on a shoestring, you do it using very little money.
  • operating cycle — the period of time between starting a business and making a profit
  • operating table — table on which surgery is performed
  • orange chromide — an Asian cichlid fish, Etropus maculatus, with a brownish-orange spotted body
  • orange milkweed — butterfly weed (def 1).
  • order-embedding — A function f : D -> C is order-embedding iff for all x, y in D, f(x) <= f(y) <=> x <= y. I.e. arguments and results compare similarly. A function which is order-embedding is monotonic and one-to-one and an injection. ("<=" is written in LaTeX as \sqsubseteq).
  • ordinary degree — a university degree without honours
  • ordinary rating — a rank in the Royal Navy comparable to that of a private in the army
  • organic disease — a disease in which there is a structural alteration (opposed to functional disease).
  • organic farming — farming with organic methods
  • organized chaos — a complex situation or process that appears chaotic while having enough order to achieve progress or goals
  • organized crime — illegal activities co-ordinated by groups
  • organized labor — all workers who are organized in labor unions.
  • organochlorines — Plural form of organochlorine.
  • organomagnesium — pertaining to or noting an organic compound, especially an organic halide, containing magnesium linked to carbon.
  • organomercurial — an organic compound containing mercury
  • origination fee — a fee charged by a lender for evaluating and processing a loan application, usually a percentage of the face value of the loan.
  • otaheite orange — a small citrus bush, Citrus limonia otaitensis, having fragrant flowers and small orange fruit, often cultivated as a houseplant.
  • out of training — become unfit
  • outline drawing — a drawing consisting only of external lines
  • outward-looking — looking beyond oneself; open-minded and reaching out to other people, organizations, etc
  • over-engineered — unnecessarily complicated
  • over-irrigation — the artificial application of water to land to assist in the production of crops.
  • over-performing — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
  • over-regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
  • overbearingness — Quality of being overbearing.
  • overcontrolling — excessively controlling
  • overdramatizing — Present participle of overdramatize.
  • overemphasizing — Present participle of overemphasize.
  • overimaginative — imaginative to a fault
  • overprogramming — the act or instance of programming unnecessary details
  • oxygen cylinder — a metal cylinder containing oxygen under pressure
  • paedophile ring — a group of people who take part in illegal sexual activity involving children
  • panoramic sight — an artillery sight that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle.
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