14-letter words containing ont
- nontraditional — of or relating to tradition.
- nontranslucent — Not translucent.
- nontransparent — having the property of transmitting rays of light through its substance so that bodies situated beyond or behind can be distinctly seen.
- nontrinitarian — One who rejects or does not ascribe to the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.
- occluded front — a composite front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front and forces it aloft.
- odontoglossums — Plural form of odontoglossum.
- opaque context — an expression in which the replacement of a term by another with the same reference may change the truth-value of the whole. John believes that Cicero was a Roman is opaque, since even though Cicero and Tully are the same person John may know that the given statement is true but not that Tully was a Roman
- out of context — If a statement or remark is quoted out of context, the circumstances in which it was said are not correctly reported, so that it seems to mean something different from the meaning that was intended.
- out of control — wild, unrestrained
- overcontrolled — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- paleontography — the formal description of fossils
- paleontologist — the science of the forms of life existing in former geologic periods, as represented by their fossils.
- people's front — popular front.
- periodontology — periodontics.
- pontifications — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- pontius pilate — Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- pontoon bridge — a bridge supported by pontoons.
- pontus euxinus — a sea between Europe and Asia, bordered by Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Georgia, and the Russian Federation. 164,000 sq. mi. (424,760 sq. km).
- precontractual — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
- price controls — government regulation of prices by establishing maximum price levels for goods or services, as during a period of inflation.
- prosthodontics — the branch of dentistry that deals with the restoration and maintenance of oral function by the replacement of missing teeth and other oral structures by artificial devices.
- prosthodontist — a specialist in prosthodontics.
- protocontinent — an actual or hypothetical landmass that might later be enlarged into a major continent or broken up into smaller ones.
- quasi contract — an obligation imposed by law in the absence of a contract to prevent unjust enrichment.
- quasi-contract — an obligation imposed by law in the absence of a contract to prevent unjust enrichment.
- radiostrontium — strontium 90.
- remote control — control of the operation or performance of an apparatus from a distance, as the control of a guided missile by radio signals.
- ripple control — the remote control of a switch by electrical impulses
- röntgenography — radiography
- self-contained — containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
- self-contented — contented with what one is or has
- sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- social control — Sociology. the enforcement of conformity by society upon its members, either by law or by social pressure.
- south el monte — a town in SW California.
- strontium unit — a unit expressing the concentration of strontium-90 in an organic medium, such as soil, milk, bone, etc, relative to the concentration of calcium in the same medium
- subcontinental — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
- subcontracting — outsourcing of contract work
- subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
- subspontaneous — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- supercontinent — a hypothetical protocontinent of the remote geologic past that rifted apart to form the continents of today.
- the full monty — something in its entirety
- the home front — the civilian population
- tontine period — the stipulated period during which a tontine life assurance system is in operation
- toronto euclid — (language) The standard dialect of Euclid, as compared to Ottawa Euclid.
- tropical month — the period of time taken by the moon to return to the same longitude after one complete revolution around the earth; 27.321 58 days (approximately 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, 4.5 seconds)
- ultramontanism — the policy of the party in the Roman Catholic Church that favors increasing and enhancing the power and authority of the pope.
- uncontaminated — to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.: to contaminate a lake with sewage.
- uncontemplated — to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
- uncontemporary — outmoded
- uncontradicted — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.