14-letter words containing s, o, c, i, e, t
- nonrestrictive — not restrictive or limiting.
- nonsensicality — (of words or language) having little or no meaning; making little or no sense: A baby's babbling is appealingly nonsensical.
- nonspecificity — The state or condition of being nonspecific.
- nonspeculative — not speculative
- nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
- noticeableness — The quality of being noticeable.
- novelistically — In a novelistic way.
- nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
- nyctaginaceous — belonging to the Nyctaginaceae, the four-o'clock family of plants.
- objective case — objective (def 2a).
- objective lens — objective (def 3).
- objective test — a test consisting of factual questions requiring extremely short answers that can be quickly and unambiguously scored by anyone with an answer key, thus minimizing subjective judgments by both the person taking the test and the person scoring it.
- objective-case — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
- objective-lens — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
- octodecillions — Plural form of octodecillion.
- ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
- old school tie — a necktie striped in the colors of a specific English public school, especially as worn by a graduate to indicate his educational background.
- oligosynthetic — (linguistics) (of a language) using a relatively small number of morphemes which combine synthetically to form compound words.
- omphaloskeptic — One who contemplates or meditates upon one's navel; one who engages in omphaloscopy.
- on consignment — the act of consigning.
- oncogeneticist — a medical specialist in oncogenesis
- oophorectomies — Plural form of oophorectomy.
- operating cash — the amount of cash or money that a business generates
- operating cost — The operating cost of a business, or a piece of equipment or machinery is the amount of money that it costs to run it.
- opisthocoelous — relating to vertebrae in which the centrum is convex and the posterior is concave
- 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
- orchestrations — Plural form of orchestration.
- orthoselection — orthogenesis (def 1a).
- osteoarthritic — Affected with osteoarthritis.
- osteogenically — By osteogenesis.
- osteologically — Concerning only the osteological aspects.
- osteosclerosis — abnormal hardening and increase in density of bone.
- osteosclerotic — abnormal hardening and increase in density of bone.
- outside chance — a slight chance or likelihood
- overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
- overoptimistic — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- oversolicitous — too solicitous: oversolicitous concerning one's health.
- oxidoreductase — any of a class of enzymes that act as a catalyst, some of them conjointly, causing the oxidation and reduction of compounds.
- pacific oyster — Japanese oyster.
- paleoecologist — the branch of ecology dealing with the relations and interactions between ancient life forms and their environment.
- peacock's tail — a handsome brown seaweed, Padina pavonia (though coloured yellow-olive, red, and green) whose fan-shaped fronds have concentric bands of iridescent hairs
- pentecostarion — a service book of offices for the period from Easter to the Sunday after Pentecost.
- period costume — the attire typical of a particular period in time
- peritoneoscopy — an endoscopy examining the peritoneal cavity
- peritrichously — in a peritrichous manner; in a fashion characteristic of a peritrichous organism
- pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- petrochemicals — substances, such as acetone or ethanol, obtained from petroleum or natural gas
- petrochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with petroleum or its products.
- petrophysicist — a person who studies, or is an expert in, petrophysics