15-letter words containing s, o, c, e

obstacle course — a military training area having obstacles, as hurdles, ditches, and walls, that must be surmounted or crossed in succession.
obstructiveness — The characteristic of being obstructive.
ocean of storms — the largest of the dark plains (maria) on the surface of the moon, situated in the second and third quadrant
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.
of one's choice — The thing or person of your choice is the one that you choose.
off one's chump — insane; crazy
office politics — power play in the workplace
officer of arms — an officer with the duties of a herald, especially one charged with the devising, granting, or confirming of armorial bearings.
official strike — a collective stoppage of work by part or all of the workforce of an organization with the approval of the trade union concerned. The stoppage may be accompanied by the payment of strike pay by the trade union concerned
oil of the sick — holy oil used in the sacrament of extreme unction.
okhotsk current — a cold ocean current flowing SW from the Bering Sea, E of the Kurile Islands, along the E coast of Japan where it meets the Japan Current.
old clothes man — a person who deals in second-hand clothes
oligosaccharide — any carbohydrate yielding few monosaccharides on hydrolysis, as two, three, or four.
on o's haunches — If you get down on your haunches, you lower yourself towards the ground so that your legs are bent under you and you are balancing on your feet.
on prescription — If a medicine is available on prescription, you can only get it from a chemist or pharmacist if a doctor gives you a prescription for it.
on short notice — with little warning
on the decrease — decreasing
on the increase — growing, increasing
oneirocriticism — the art of interpreting dreams.
ones complement — A system used in some computers to represent negative numbers. To negate a number, each bit of the number is inverted (zeros are replaced with ones and vice versa). This has the consequence that there are two reperesentations for zero, either all zeros or all ones. ... 000...00011 = +3 000...00010 = +2 000...00001 = +1 000...00000 = +0 111...11111 = -0 111...11110 = -1 111...11101 = -2 111...11100 = -3 ... Naive logic for ones complement addition might easily conclude that -0 + 1 = +0. The twos complement avoids this by using all ones to represent -1.
opencast mining — mining by excavating from the surface
ophthalmoscopes — Plural form of ophthalmoscope.
optical scanner — the process of interpreting data in printed, handwritten, bar-code, or other visual form by a device (optical scanner or reader) that scans and identifies the data.
optical storage — optical disk drive
optoelectronics — the branch of electronics dealing with devices that generate, transform, transmit, or sense optical, infrared, or ultraviolet radiation, as cathode-ray tubes, electroluminescent and liquid crystal displays, lasers, and solar cells.
orchestrational — Of or pertaining to orchestration.
ordnance survey — mapmaking agency
orestes complex — Psychoanalysis. an unconscious desire of a son to kill his mother.
organic disease — a disease in which there is a structural alteration (opposed to functional disease).
organized chaos — a complex situation or process that appears chaotic while having enough order to achieve progress or goals
organochlorines — Plural form of organochlorine.
oscars ceremony — a formal annual event in the United States in which small gold statuettes are awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in films
osteochondritis — inflammation of bone and cartilage.
osteochondrosis — a disease of bone and cartilage growth centers in children that begins as a necrosis and is followed by regeneration or renewed calcification.
ostreiculturist — a person who breeds oysters
outside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn inward so that it can measure outside dimensions, as the diameter of a rod.
over-capitalise — to fix the total amount of securities of a corporation in excess of the limits set by law or by sound financial policy.
over-compensate — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
over-scrupulous — excessively scrupulous.
over-solicitous — too solicitous: oversolicitous concerning one's health.
over-structured — excessively structured or organized.
overcapitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcapitalize.
overcompensated — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
overcompensates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcompensate.
overconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
overcrowdedness — filled to excess; packed.
overorchestrate — to compose or arrange excessively
overpessimistic — excessively pessimistic or negative in outlook
overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
pack one's bags — If you pack your bags, you leave a place where you have been staying or living.

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