16-letter words containing ont
- discontentedness — The state or quality of being discontented.
- dumont d'urville — Jules Sébastien César [zhyl sey-bas-tyan sey-zar] /ʒül seɪ basˈtyɛ̃ seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), 1790–1842, French naval officer: explored South Pacific and Antarctic.
- feedback control — (electronics) A control system which monitors its effect on the system it is controlling and modifies its output accordingly. For example, a thermostat has two inputs: the desired temperature and the current temperature (the latter is the feedback). The output of the thermostat changes so as to try to equalise the two inputs. Computer disk drives use feedback control to position the read/write heads accurately on a recording track. Complex systems such as the human body contain many feedback systems that interact with each other; the homeostasis mechanisms that control body temperature and acidity are good examples.
- flettner control — servocontrol (def 3).
- forward contract — a contract to buy or sell an asset at a point in the future at a previously agreed price
- front and center — If a topic or question is front and center, a lot of attention is being paid to it or a lot of people are talking about it.
- front projection — a display system that projects an enlarged television picture on the front surface of a reflective screen.
- front-end loader — a loader having a shovel or bucket at the end of an articulated arm located at the front of the vehicle.
- frontal lobotomy — Surgery. a psychosurgical procedure in which the frontal lobes are separated from the rest of the brain by cutting the connecting nerve fibers.
- frontier dispute — a conflict concerning a frontier between countries and which usually involves those countries
- frontier orbital — the highest-energy occupied orbital or lowest-energy unoccupied orbital in a molecule. Such orbitals have a large influence on chemical properties
- gerontomorphosis — Biology. evolutionary specialization of a species to a degree that decreases its capability for further adaptation and eventually leads to its extinction.
- gun control laws — the laws that restrict the possession and use of guns
- horizontal plane — flat surface parallel to the horizon
- horizontal union — a labor union organized by skills or trades of its members rather than by industries.
- hypsilophodontid — An informal grouping of small ornithopod dinosaurs, regarded as fast, herbivorous bipeds on the order of 1\u20132 meters long (3.3-6.6 feet).
- incontestability — incapable of being contested; not open to dispute; incontrovertible: incontestable proof.
- incontinence pad — an absorbent pad used by incontinent people
- incontravertable — Misspelling of incontrovertible.
- incontrovertible — not controvertible; not open to question or dispute; indisputable: absolute and incontrovertible truth.
- incontrovertibly — not controvertible; not open to question or dispute; indisputable: absolute and incontrovertible truth.
- intercontinental — between or among continents; involving two or more continents: intercontinental trade.
- leconte de lisle — Charles Marie [sharl ma-ree] /ʃarl maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1818–94, French poet.
- malcontentedness — not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions or circumstances.
- montagu's blenny — a small blenny, Coryphoblennius galerita, found among rocks in shallow water
- montague grammar — a model-theoretic semantic theory for natural language that seeks to encompass indexical expressions and opaque contexts within an extensional theory by constructing set-theoretic representations of the intension of an expression in terms of functions of possible worlds
- monterey cypress — a tree, Cupressus macrocarpa, of southern California, being pyramid-shaped in youth, but spreading in age: occurs naturally in only two groves on the coast of Monterey County, California, but is cultivated extensively.
- montes apenninus — a mountain range in the first and second quadrants of the visible face of the moon, forming the SE border of Mare Imbrium: about 600 miles (970 km) long.
- montgomery clift — Montgomery, 1920–66, U.S. actor.
- month of sundays — a long time
- montpelier maple — a maple, Acer monspessulanum, that is native to southern Europe and Northwest Africa
- new frontiersman — an advocate or follower of the New Frontier, especially one in public service.
- non-contemporary — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
- non-contingently — dependent for existence, occurrence, character, etc., on something not yet certain; conditional (often followed by on or upon): Our plans are contingent on the weather.
- non-contribution — the act of contributing.
- non-contributive — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- noncontradiction — absence or lack of contradiction.
- noncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- nontransmissible — Not transmissible.
- nontransmittable — Not transmittable.
- odontoid process — the toothlike upward projection at the back of the second vertebra of the neck
- over-controlling — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- passport control — identity check at airport, etc.
- point of contact — (networking) (POC) An individual associated with a particular Internet entity (IP network, domain, ASN).
- precontemplation — the act of contemplating; thoughtful observation.
- radio-controlled — A radio-controlled device works by receiving radio signals which operate it.
- self-containment — the state of being self-contained.
- serpentine front — a front, as of a chest of drawers, having a horizontal compound curve with a convex section between two concave ones.
- service contract — law: between employer and employee
- state-controlled — controlled by the government