14-letter words containing r, o, m, a, n, t
- norman dynasty — a succession of English kings founded by Duke William of the duchy of Normandy in northern France, who conquered England in 1066 and whose successors ruled the country to 1154.
- norteamericano — a citizen or inhabitant of the U.S., especially as distinguished from the peoples of Spanish-speaking America.
- north american — the northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending from Central America to the Arctic Ocean. Highest point, Mt. McKinley, 20,300 feet (6187 meters); lowest, Death Valley, 276 feet (84 meters) below sea level. About 9,360,000 sq. mi. (24,242,400 sq. km).
- north germanic — the subbranch of Germanic that includes the languages of Scandinavia and Iceland.
- northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
- ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
- omphalocentric — Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
- on the rampage — behaving violently or destructively
- ondes martenot — an electronic keyboard instrument in which the frequency of an oscillator is varied to produce separate musical notes
- operating room — a specially equipped room, usually in a hospital, where surgical procedures are performed. Abbreviation: OR.
- operationalism — the doctrine that the meaning of a scientific term, concept, or proposition consists of the operation or operations performed in defining or demonstrating it.
- options market — a market in which options are traded
- ordnance datum — mean sea level calculated from observation taken at Newlyn, Cornwall, and used as the official basis for height calculation on British maps
- organic matter — matter derived from organisms, esp decayed matter in soil
- organometallic — pertaining to or noting an organic compound containing a metal or a metalloid linked to carbon.
- ornamentations — Plural form of ornamentation.
- orthonormalize — (mathematics) To make a set of vectors both orthogonal and normalized.
- osmoregulation — the process by which cells and simple organisms maintain fluid and electrolyte balance with their surroundings.
- osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.
- ottoman empire — a former Turkish empire that was founded about 1300 by Osman and reached its greatest territorial extent under Suleiman in the 16th century; collapsed after World War I. Capital: Constantinople.
- outer garments — the garments that are worn over a person's other clothes
- outer mongolia — a region in Asia including Inner Mongolia of China and the Mongolian People's Republic.
- outmaneuvering — Present participle of outmaneuver.
- outmanoeuvring — Present participle of outmanoeuvre.
- outperformance — The act or state of outperforming.
- overadjustment — an adjustment that is too great
- overallotments — Plural form of overallotment.
- overcompensate — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
- 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.
- overmedication — the act or instance of medicating unnecessarily or excessively
- overmodulation — excessive amplitude modulation, resulting in distortion of a signal.
- oyster farming — the activity of cultivating oysters for food or pearls
- pancreatectomy — excision of part or all of the pancreas.
- pantopragmatic — a busybody; someone who interferes with everything
- parchment worm — any of several polychaete worms of the genus Chaetopterus that secrete and live in a U -shaped, parchmentlike tube.
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- parent company — a corporation or other business enterprise that owns controlling interests in one or more subsidiary companies (distinguished from holding company).
- permanent echo — a radar signal reflected to a radar station on the ground by a building or other fixed object.
- permanent mold — a reusable metal mold used for making a large number of identical castings.
- phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- phantasmagoria — a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination.
- phantasmagoric — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
- plane geometry — the geometry of figures whose parts all lie in one plane.
- pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- point calimere — a cape on the SE coast of India, on the Palk Strait
- polymerization — the act or process of forming a polymer or polymeric compound.
- post-treatment — an act or manner of treating.
- pragmatization — the action of putting theory into practice, the process of rendering something more pragmatic