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14-letter words containing one

  • nonequivalence — the state or fact of being equivalent; equality in value, force, significance, etc.
  • nonestablished — without the official support of the government
  • nonexistential — not existential
  • nonexplanatory — not explanatory
  • nonexportation — failure or refusal to export.
  • norethisterone — 19-nor-17\u03b1-ethynyltestosterone, a progestogen used in some combined oral contraceptives.
  • occipital bone — a curved, compound bone forming the back and part of the base of the skull.
  • of one's birth — The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.
  • off one's feed — to give food to; supply with nourishment: to feed a child.
  • off one's game — playing badly
  • off one's head — If you say that someone is off their head, you think that their ideas or behaviour are very strange, foolish, or dangerous.
  • off one's nana — mad; insane
  • on one's guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
  • on one's hands — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • on one's honor — staking one's good name or one's truthfulness, trustworthiness, or reliability
  • on one's knees — Anatomy. the joint of the leg that allows for movement between the femur and tibia and is protected by the patella; the central area of the leg between the thigh and the lower leg.
  • on one's plate — waiting to be done or dealt with
  • one false move — You use one false move to introduce the very bad or serious consequences which will result if someone makes a mistake, even a very small one.
  • one fell swoop — a single hasty action or occurrence
  • one's eighties — the ages between 80–89
  • one's head off — loudly or excessively
  • one's thirties — the ages between 30–39
  • one's twenties — the ages between 20–29
  • one-hit wonder — a singer, composer or group that only ever has one successful piece
  • one-horse race — if a contest is described as a one-horse race, it is thought that one person or thing will definitely win it
  • one-horse town — a small or obscure town
  • 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.
  • one-trick pony — a person or thing considered as being limited to only one single talent, capability, quality, etc
  • one-upsmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
  • one-way mirror — a sheet of glass that can be seen through from one side and is a mirror on the other, used especially for observation of criminal suspects by law-enforcement officials or witnesses.
  • one-way street — If you describe an agreement or a relationship as a one-way street, you mean that only one of the sides in the agreement or relationship is offering something or is benefitting from it.
  • one-way ticket — transport: single-journey fare
  • one-woman show — a show or performance performed by one woman
  • oneirocritical — an interpreter of dreams.
  • ozone sickness — a condition characterized by chest pain, itchy eyes, and drowsiness, caused by exposure to ozone, as experienced in the atmospheres of smog and high-altitude airplanes.
  • ozone-friendly — Ozone-friendly chemicals, products, or technology do not cause harm to the ozone layer.
  • pay one's dues — owed at present; having reached the date for payment: This bill is due.
  • peritonealized — to cover with peritoneum.
  • peritoneoscopy — an endoscopy examining the peritoneal cavity
  • phenobarbitone — a white, crystalline powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative, a hypnotic, and as an antispasmodic in epilepsy.
  • 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.
  • pick one's way — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
  • play one's ace — to use one's best weapon or resource
  • point the bone — to wish bad luck (on)
  • pop one's cork — the outer bark of an oak, Quercus suber, of Mediterranean countries, used for making stoppers for bottles, floats, etc.
  • pre-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
  • precious stone — a gem distinguished for its beauty and rarity, used in jewelry.
  • preconditioned — something that must come before or is necessary to a subsequent result; condition: a precondition for a promotion.
  • psychoneurosis — neurosis (def 1).
  • purple boneset — joe-pye weed (def 1).
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