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14-letter words containing s, m, i, e

  • nonconsumptive — not consumptive of a resource, product, or service
  • nondeterminism — (computing) Dependence on factors other than initial state and input.
  • nondimensional — Not dimensional.
  • nonfilamentous — composed of or containing filaments.
  • nonmechanistic — Not mechanistic.
  • nonobjectivism — (philosophy) Any belief system that rejects objectivism.
  • nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
  • norman english — the dialect of English used by the Norman conquerors of England
  • nt file system — (file system)   (NTFS) The native file system of Windows NT.
  • nuclear isomer — isomer (def 2).
  • nursing mother — a mother who is breast-feeding her baby
  • ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
  • officers' mess — a place where officers eat or take recreation
  • omnibus clause — a clause, especially in an automobile liability policy, extending coverage to persons other than the insured named in the policy.
  • omnibus volume — a collection of works by one author or several works on a similar topic, reprinted in one volume
  • omnivorousness — eating both animal and plant foods.
  • omphaloskepsis — contemplation of one's navel as part of a mystical exercise.
  • omphaloskeptic — One who contemplates or meditates upon one's navel; one who engages in omphaloscopy.
  • on consignment — the act of consigning.
  • one-upsmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
  • oophorectomies — Plural form of oophorectomy.
  • openmindedness — Alternative form of open-mindedness.
  • 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.
  • optical isomer — any of two or more isomers exhibiting optical isomerism.
  • options market — a market in which options are traded
  • oral eroticism — libidinal pleasure derived from the lips and mouth, for example by kissing
  • ornamentations — Plural form of ornamentation.
  • osmoregulation — the process by which cells and simple organisms maintain fluid and electrolyte balance with their surroundings.
  • over-ambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
  • over-consuming — to destroy or expend by use; use up.
  • over-stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • overemphasised — Simple past tense and past participle of overemphasise.
  • overemphasized — Simple past tense and past participle of overemphasize.
  • overemphasizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overemphasize.
  • 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.
  • overinvestment — the investing of money or capital in order to gain profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
  • overoptimistic — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
  • oversimplified — simplified to the point of distortion or error
  • oyster farming — the activity of cultivating oysters for food or pearls
  • paedomorphosis — the resemblance of adult animals to the young of their ancestors: seen in the evolution of modern man, who shows resemblances to the young stages of australopithecines
  • paleomagnetism — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
  • parasitic male — a male animal that is much smaller than the female and is totally dependent on the female for its nutrition, such as the male of some species of deep-sea angler fish
  • parsley family — the plant family Umbelliferae (or Apiaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate, usually compound leaves, hollow stems, numerous small flowers borne in umbels, and dry, seedlike, often aromatic fruit, and including anise, caraway, carrot, celery, dill, parsley, parsnip, and Queen Anne's lace, as well as poisonous plants such as cowbane and water hemlock.
  • passenger mile — a unit of measurement, consisting of one mile traveled by a passenger, that airlines, railroads, and other public transportation facilities use in recording volume of traffic.
  • passive-matrix — of or relating to a relatively low-resolution liquid-crystal display (LCD) with low contrast, a type of flat-panel display.
  • patresfamilias — a plural of paterfamilias.
  • peano's axioms — a collection of axioms concerning the properties of the set of all positive integers, including the principle of mathematical induction.
  • pembroke pines — a city in SE Florida, near Fort Lauderdale.
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