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15-letter words containing r, o, g, e

  • neuropsychology — The study of the relationship between behavior, emotion, and cognition on the one hand, and brain function on the other.
  • neurotoxicology — the science that deals with the effects of poisons on the nervous system.
  • new archaeology — a reorientation of archaeology, dating from the 1960s, that emphasizes an explicitly scientific, problem-oriented, deductive approach to research.
  • nitrogen fixing — involved in or aiding the process of nitrogen fixation.
  • nitrogen oxides — Nitrogen oxides are compounds of nitrogen and oxygen produced during combustion.
  • nitrogen-fixing — involved in or aiding the process of nitrogen fixation.
  • no great shakes — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
  • noise generator — a device used in synthesizers to produce high-frequency sound effects
  • noli me tangere — a person or thing that must not be touched or interfered with.
  • noli-me-tangere — a person or thing that must not be touched or interfered with.
  • non-interfering — to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially with the effect of hampering action or procedure (often followed by with): Constant distractions interfere with work.
  • non-overlapping — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
  • nonbelligerency — the state or status of not participating in a war.
  • noncarcinogenic — Not carcinogenic.
  • nondegenerative — tending to degenerate.
  • nongovernmental — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • noninfringement — an absence or lack of infringement, esp of a patent
  • nonintersecting — Not intersecting.
  • north las vegas — a city in S Nevada.
  • northern lights — aurora borealis.
  • nottinghamshire — a county in central England. 854 sq. mi. (2210 sq. km).
  • nuisance ground — a garbage dump.
  • obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.
  • ocean greyhound — a fast ship, esp a liner
  • off one's guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
  • 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.
  • oligomerisation — Alternative spelling of oligomerization.
  • oligomerization — (chemistry) The formation of an oligomer from a monomer.
  • oligosaccharide — any carbohydrate yielding few monosaccharides on hydrolysis, as two, three, or four.
  • omega-algebraic — In domain theory, a complete partial order is algebraic if every element is the lub of some chain of compact elements. If the set of compact elements is countable it is omega-algebraic. Usually written with a Greek letter omega (LaTeX \omega).
  • omnium gatherum — a miscellaneous collection.
  • omnium-gatherum — a miscellaneous collection.
  • on a razor edge — in an extremely precarious state
  • on a shoestring — If you do something or make something on a shoestring, you do it using very little money.
  • on the verge of — about to
  • onward progress — progress that advances or improves (a situation, etc)
  • open government — the doctrine that all government business should be open to regulation and scrutiny by the public
  • operating cycle — the period of time between starting a business and making a profit
  • operating table — table on which surgery is performed
  • optical storage — optical disk drive
  • orange chromide — an Asian cichlid fish, Etropus maculatus, with a brownish-orange spotted body
  • orange hawkweed — a European composite plant, Hieracium aurantiacum, having orange, dandelionlike flowers, growing as a weed, especially in eastern North America.
  • orange milkweed — butterfly weed (def 1).
  • orangeman's day — the 12th of July, celebrated by Protestants in Northern Ireland to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne (1690)
  • orangemen's day — July 12, an annual celebration in Northern Ireland and certain cities having a large Irish section, especially Liverpool, to mark both the victory of William III over James II at the Battle of the Boyne, July 1, 1690, and the Battle of Augbrim, July 12, 1690.
  • 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
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