15-letter words containing s, e, o, d
- neurodermatitis — W Lichen simplex chronicus, a skin disorder characterized by chronic itching and scratching, resulting in thick, leathery, brownish skin.
- newton's cradle — an ornamental puzzle consisting of a frame in which five metal balls are suspended in such a way that when one is moved it sets all the others in motion in turn
- newton's method — a process for approximating the roots of an equation by replacing the curve representing the equation by its tangent and finding the intersection of the tangent with the x-axis and iterating this process.
- nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- nitrogen oxides — Nitrogen oxides are compounds of nitrogen and oxygen produced during combustion.
- no holds barred — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- non-adversarial — a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe.
- non-compensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- non-compromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
- non-condensable — capable of being condensed.
- non-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- non-residential — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
- non-shareholder — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- noncommissioned — not commissioned, applied especially to military officers, as sergeants and corporals, ranking below warrant officer.
- nonconsolidated — (financial) Including the financial data of only the parent company.
- nondiscriminate — Not discriminate.
- nonencapsulated — not encapsulated
- nonhospitalized — not hospitalized
- noninsecticidal — absent or free of insecticide
- nonsedimentable — incapable of being sedimented
- nonslaveholding — Not slaveholding.
- nonstandardized — Unstandardized.
- normally-closed — Normally-closed switch contacts are in a closed state at rest.
- northeastwardly — Towards the northeast.
- northwestwardly — Towards the northwest.
- nuisance ground — a garbage dump.
- object database — a database format in which information is shown in the form of objects
- object distance — the distance between the lens of a camera and an object being photographed.
- odoriferousness — The quality of being odoriferous.
- oedipus complex — the unresolved desire of a child for sexual gratification through the parent of the opposite sex, especially the desire of a son for his mother. This involves, first, identification with and, later, hatred for the parent of the same sex, who is considered by the child as a rival.
- off one's guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- off one's hands — for which one is no longer responsible
- oil-based paint — any paint made with a drying oil or solvent such as linseed
- olbers' paradox — the paradox that if the universe consisted of an infinite number of stars equally distributed through space, then every line of sight would come from a star and the night sky would glow uniformly, which is observationally not true.
- old age pension — An old age pension is a regular amount of money that people receive from the government when they have retired from work.
- old clothes man — a person who deals in second-hand clothes
- old man's beard — fringe tree.
- old wives' tale — a traditional belief, story, or idea that is often of a superstitious nature.
- old-established — established for a long time
- old-man's-beard — fringe tree.
- old-man-the-sea — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) an old man who clung to the shoulders of Sindbad the Sailor for many days and nights.
- oligosaccharide — any carbohydrate yielding few monosaccharides on hydrolysis, as two, three, or four.
- omnibus edition — a television or radio programme consisting of two or more programmes broadcast earlier in the week
- on the decrease — decreasing
- one-dimensional — having one dimension only.
- one-night stand — a single performance in one locale, as by a touring theatrical company, before moving on to the next engagement.
- onward progress — progress that advances or improves (a situation, etc)
- open admissions — a policy of admitting applicants to an institution, especially a university, regardless of previous academic record or grades.
- openmouthedness — the state or condition of being filled with amazement and wonder
- operationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalise.