14-letter words containing s, o, r, i, n, e
- nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
- nuclear isomer — isomer (def 2).
- nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
- nursing bottle — a bottle with a rubber nipple, from which an infant sucks milk, water, etc.
- nursing mother — a mother who is breast-feeding her baby
- nutritiousness — providing nourishment, especially to a high degree; nourishing; healthful: a good, nutritious meal.
- obligatoriness — The quality or state of being obligatory.
- ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
- of one's birth — The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.
- omnivorousness — eating both animal and plant foods.
- onchocerciasis — an infestation with filarial worms of the genus Onchocerca, common in tropical America and Africa, transmitted by black flies, and characterized by nodules under the skin, an itchy rash, eye lesions, and in severe cases, elephantiasis.
- oncornaviruses — Plural form of oncornavirus.
- one's thirties — the ages between 30–39
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- oppressiveness — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
- options market — a market in which options are traded
- 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.
- orchestrations — Plural form of orchestration.
- ordinary share — British. a share of common stock.
- organosiloxane — a siloxane containing an organic group.
- orient express — an express passenger train in service between Paris and Istanbul from 1883 until 1977, using various routes. Some or parts of the routes continue to be served by regular service and by rail tours.
- orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
- ornamentations — Plural form of ornamentation.
- orthoselection — orthogenesis (def 1a).
- osmoregulation — the process by which cells and simple organisms maintain fluid and electrolyte balance with their surroundings.
- otitis externa — inflammation of the external ear.
- otitis interna — labyrinthitis.
- over-conscious — aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
- over-consuming — to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- over-precision — the state or quality of being precise.
- over-provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- overdistention — the act of distending or the state of being distended.
- 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.
- overgenerosity — the quality of being too generous
- overinvestment — the investing of money or capital in order to gain profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
- overpersuasion — the act or instance of overpersuading someone
- oversaturating — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- oversaturation — the act or process of saturating.
- oversensitized — to render sensitive.
- overspill town — a town built or expanded to house excess population from a nearby city
- ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
- oxford english — that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious