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14-letter words containing r, o, s, e, l

  • nonobstetrical — of or relating to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery.
  • nonphilosopher — a person who is not a philosopher
  • nonresidential — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
  • nonspectacular — not spectacular
  • nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
  • nontranslucent — Not translucent.
  • norman english — the dialect of English used by the Norman conquerors of England
  • north-easterly — A north-easterly point, area, or direction is to the north-east or towards the north-east.
  • north-westerly — A north-westerly point, area, or direction is to the north-west or towards the north-west.
  • northern isles — Orkney and Shetland
  • norway lobster — a European lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, fished for food
  • not merely sth — You use not merely before the less important of two contrasting statements, as a way of emphasizing the more important statement.
  • nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
  • nuclear isomer — isomer (def 2).
  • nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
  • nursery school — a prekindergarten school for children from about three to five years of age.
  • nursery slopes — gentle slopes used by beginners in skiing
  • nursing bottle — a bottle with a rubber nipple, from which an infant sucks milk, water, etc.
  • obligatoriness — The quality or state of being obligatory.
  • oblique stroke — (character)   "/". Common names include: (forward) slash; stroke; ITU-T: slant; oblique stroke. Rare: diagonal; solidus; over; slak; virgule; INTERCAL: slat. Commonly used as the division operator in programming, and to separate the components in Unix pathnames, and hence also in URLs. Also used to delimit regular expressions in several languages.
  • obstreperously — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
  • ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
  • oehlenschläger — Adam Gottlob (ˈadam ˈɡɔtlɔp). 1779–1850, Danish romantic poet and dramatist
  • oestrous cycle — a hormonally controlled cycle of activity of the reproductive organs in many female mammals. The follicular stage (growth of the Graafian follicles, thickening of the lining of the uterus, secretion of oestrogen, and ovulation, is succeeded by the luteal phase (formation of the corpus luteum and secretion of progesterone), followed by regression and a return to the first stage
  • old portuguese — the language of Portugal as spoken and written from the 14th to the middle of the 16th centuries.
  • one-liner wars — (games, programming)   A game popular among hackers who code in the language APL (see write-only language and line noise). The objective is to see who can code the most interesting and/or useful routine in one line of operators chosen from APL's exceedingly hairy primitive set. A similar amusement was practiced among TECO hackers and is now popular among Perl aficionados. (2 = 0 +.= T o.| T) / T <- iN where "o" is the APL null character, the assignment arrow is a single character, and "i" represents the APL iota.
  • open classroom — a spacious instructional area shared by several groups or classes in elementary school, permitting more individualized, less supervised project learning and movement of pupils from one activity to another.
  • operationalise — Alternative spelling of operationalize.
  • 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.
  • operationalist — a person who adheres to operationalism
  • optical isomer — any of two or more isomers exhibiting optical isomerism.
  • oral eroticism — libidinal pleasure derived from the lips and mouth, for example by kissing
  • orange blossom — the white flower of an orange tree, especially of the genus Citrus, much used in wreaths, bridal bouquets, etc.: the state flower of Florida.
  • 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.
  • organosiloxane — a siloxane containing an organic group.
  • orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
  • orthodox sleep — dreamless sleep, characterized by a slow alpha rhythm of brain waves and no marked physiological changes.
  • orthoselection — orthogenesis (def 1a).
  • osmoregulation — the process by which cells and simple organisms maintain fluid and electrolyte balance with their surroundings.
  • osmoregulatory — Of or pertaining to osmoregulation.
  • osteosclerosis — abnormal hardening and increase in density of bone.
  • osteosclerotic — abnormal hardening and increase in density of bone.
  • over-socialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
  • over-stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • overallotments — Plural form of overallotment.
  • overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
  • overgenerously — in an overgenerous manner
  • overland stage — a stagecoach used in the western U.S. during the middle of the 19th century.
  • overscrupulous — excessively scrupulous.
  • overshot wheel — a water wheel in which the water enters the buckets tangentially near the top of the wheel.
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