16-letter words containing t, o, r, i

observationality — The property of being observational.
obstructionistic — a person who deliberately delays or prevents progress.
obtuse bisectrix — See under bisectrix (def 1).
occipitotemporal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the occiput and temporal lobe.
occupation layer — (on an archaeological site) a layer of remains left by a single culture, from which the culture can be dated or identified.
october surprise — a major event, occurring shortly before a presidential election, which influences the result
odds are against — If you say that the odds are against something or someone, you mean that they are unlikely to succeed.
odontoid process — the toothlike upward projection at the back of the second vertebra of the neck
oesophagogastric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the oesophagus and the stomach.
of a certain age — of an unspecified age, but no longer young
of it own accord — If something happens of its own accord, it seems to happen by itself, without anyone making it happen.
ohmic resistance — resistance (def 3a).
oil storage tank — a very large industrial container where petroleum is stored
old-girl network — an association among women that is comparable to or modeled on an old-boy network.
on a trial basis — for the purpose of assessment
on a war footing — If a country or armed force is on a war footing, it is ready to fight a war.
on the breadline — impoverished; living at subsistence level
one with another — on average
one-armed bandit — slot machine (def 1).
online thesaurus — a thesaurus or dictionary of words with the same or nearly the same meanings, or synonyms, and their opposites, or antonyms, such as Thesaurus.com, available on the Internet or the World Wide Web, accessed through a web browser, and used by entering a query term into a search box on the site. An online thesaurus provides immediate electronic access to lists of alternate terms for the queried word, covering its various shades of meaning: This online thesaurus showed me that smart, as an adjective, not only means intelligent, but also stylish, or lively, and gave long lists of other words for each meaning.
open parenthesis — left parenthesis
operating budget — money allocated to a project
operating income — revenue from business operations after operating expenses are deducted from gross income.
operating manual — a leaflet of instructions on how to use something (such as an electrical appliance, etc)
operating margin — An operating margin is a ratio used to measure how well a company controls its costs, that is calculated by dividing operating income by net sales, and expressing it as a percentage.
operating profit — the profit of a company, etc, after it deducts its operating costs or the costs necessary to conduct the business
operating system — (operating system) (OS) The low-level software which handles the interface to peripheral hardware, schedules tasks, allocates storage, and presents a default interface to the user when no application program is running. The OS may be split into a kernel which is always present and various system programs which use facilities provided by the kernel to perform higher-level house-keeping tasks, often acting as servers in a client-server relationship. Some would include a graphical user interface and window system as part of the OS, others would not. The operating system loader, BIOS, or other firmware required at boot time or when installing the operating system would generally not be considered part of the operating system, though this distinction is unclear in the case of a rommable operating system such as RISC OS. The facilities an operating system provides and its general design philosophy exert an extremely strong influence on programming style and on the technical cultures that grow up around the machines on which it runs. Example operating systems include 386BSD, AIX, AOS, Amoeba, Angel, Artemis microkernel, BeOS, Brazil, COS, CP/M, CTSS, Chorus, DACNOS, DOSEXEC 2, GCOS, GEORGE 3, GEOS, ITS, KAOS, Linux, LynxOS, MPV, MS-DOS, MVS, Mach, Macintosh operating system, Microsoft Windows, MINIX, Multics, Multipop-68, Novell NetWare, OS-9, OS/2, Pick, Plan 9, QNX, RISC OS, STING, System V, System/360, TOPS-10, TOPS-20, TRUSIX, TWENEX, TYMCOM-X, Thoth, Unix, VM/CMS, VMS, VRTX, VSTa, VxWorks, WAITS.
operating-system — the collection of software that directs a computer's operations, controlling and scheduling the execution of other programs, and managing storage, input/output, and communication resources. Abbreviation: OS.
operationalizing — Present participle of operationalize.
ophthalmoparesis — (medicine) A partial or complete paralysis of the extraocular muscles which are responsible for eye movements.
opportunity cost — the money or other benefits lost when pursuing a particular course of action instead of a mutually-exclusive alternative: The company cannot afford the opportunity cost attached to policy decisions made by the current CEO.
opportunity shop — a shop selling second-hand goods for charitable funds
optical computer — an experimental computer that uses photons rather than electrical impulses to process data a thousand times faster than with conventional integrated circuits.
optical rotation — the angle at which the plane of polarized light is rotated when passed through an optically active substance.
optical tweezers — a laser device used to study, manipulate, or trap a microscopic object, as a microorganism or cell, with nanometer precision.
orbital velocity — the minimum velocity at which a body must move to maintain a given orbit.
organization man — a person who subordinates his personal life to the demands of the organization he works for
organizationally — the act or process of organizing.
organoleptically — In an organoleptic manner.
oriental emerald — a green variety of corundum used as a gemstone
ornithologically — In terms of ornithology.
orthodox judaism — Judaism as observed by Orthodox Jews.
orthoformic acid — a hypothetical acid, HC(OH) 3 , known only in the form of its esters.
orthographically — In an orthographical manner; using proper spelling, capitalization and grammar.
orthosympathetic — Of or pertaining to the sympathetic component of the autonomic nervous system.
osmium tetroxide — a crystalline or amorphous, colorless, poisonous compound, OsO 4 , soluble in water, alcohol, and ether: used for microscopic staining, in photography, and as a catalyst in organic synthesis.
osmotic pressure — the force that a dissolved substance exerts on a semipermeable membrane, through which it cannot penetrate, when separated by it from pure solvent.
otherworldliness — The quality of being otherworldly.
otolaryngologist — Otorhinolaryngologist.
out of your mind — If you say that someone is out of their mind, you mean that they are mad or very foolish.

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