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14-letter words containing t, o, l, n, a

  • overevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
  • overland stage — a stagecoach used in the western U.S. during the middle of the 19th century.
  • overland trail — any of various routes traveled by settlers from the Missouri River to Oregon and California beginning in the 1840s.
  • overmodulation — excessive amplitude modulation, resulting in distortion of a signal.
  • overpopulation — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • overregulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
  • owlet nightjar — any of several birds of the family Aegothelidae, of Australia and Papua New Guinea, related to the nightjars but resembling small owls.
  • ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
  • palaeanthropic — relating to or denoting the earliest variety of man
  • palaeethnology — the study of prehistoric man
  • palatalization — to articulate (a consonant other than a normal palatal) as a palatal or with relatively more contact between the blade of the tongue and the hard palate, as in certain pronunciations of the l- sound in million.
  • paleoanthropic — pertaining to prehistoric humans.
  • paleomagnetism — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
  • paleontography — the formal description of fossils
  • paleontologist — the science of the forms of life existing in former geologic periods, as represented by their fossils.
  • pantomimically — in the manner of a pantomime character or performance
  • para-toluidine — a white, flaky, lustrous, very slightly water-soluble solid, C 7 H 9 N, the para isomer of toluidine, used in the manufacture of dyes, in organic synthesis, and as a reagent in tests for nitrite, lignin, and phloroglucinol.
  • partition line — a plain or figured edge between two adjacent areas of an escutcheon, between an ordinary and the field of an escutcheon, or between two adjacent ordinaries.
  • patrialisation — the process of patrialising
  • patrialization — the process of patrializing
  • pay television — a commercial service that broadcasts or provides television programs to viewers who pay a monthly charge or a per-program fee.
  • penalty corner — a free hit from the goal line taken by the attacking side
  • penalty double — business double.
  • penalty stroke — a stroke added to a score for a rule infraction.
  • pennatulaceous — of or relating to a sea pen
  • percutaneously — through the skin
  • peritonealized — to cover with peritoneum.
  • perlocutionary — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
  • permanent mold — a reusable metal mold used for making a large number of identical castings.
  • persian violet — any of several plants belonging to the genus Exacum, native to the Old World, as E. affine, having glossy, ovate leaves, and fragrant, bluish flowers: cultivated as a houseplant.
  • personal staff — the aides of a general officer or a flag officer.
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • perturbational — relating to perturbation
  • petrol station — A petrol station is a garage by the side of the road where petrol is sold and put into vehicles.
  • phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • phenotypically — the observable constitution of an organism.
  • phenylbutazone — a potent substance, C 1 9 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used to reduce pain and inflammation in rheumatic diseases and gout, and used in veterinary medicine for musculoskeletal disorders.
  • phenylthiourea — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 6 H 5 NHCSNH 2 , that is either tasteless or bitter, depending upon the heredity of the taster, and is used in medical genetics and as a diagnostic.
  • philanthropist — a person who practices philanthropy.
  • philanthropize — to treat (persons) in a philanthropic manner.
  • philanthropoid — an individual who does work for a charitable body
  • phthalocyanine — Also called metal-free phthalocyanine. a blue-green pigment, C 3 2 H 1 8 N 8 , derived from phthalic anhydride.
  • pinealectomize — to perform a pinealectomy on (a person or animal)
  • plane geometry — the geometry of figures whose parts all lie in one plane.
  • planetological — involving or relating to planetology
  • plasticization — Plasticization is the process of changing the structure of a polymer to make it easier to bend.
  • platinocyanide — a salt of platinocyanic acid.
  • platinum-blond — (of hair) of a pale silver-blond colour
  • platonic solid — one of the five regular polyhedrons: tetrahedron, octahedron, hexahedron, icosahedron, or dodecahedron.
  • pleasant grove — a town in central Utah.
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