11-letter words containing a, i, s, h
- nanophysics — the physics of structures and artefacts with dimensions in the nanometre range or of phenomena occurring in nanoseconds
- native bush — indigenous forest
- naughtiness — disobedient; mischievous (used especially in speaking to or about children): Weren't we naughty not to eat our spinach?
- nearshoring — the practice of moving one's employees or business activities from a distant country back to a country that is nearby: The U.S.-based company is focusing on the nearshoring of its customer-service operations from India to Canada. Compare offshoring.
- nearsighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- nicholas ii — (Gérard de Bourgogne) died 1061, pope 1058–61.
- nicholas iv — (Girolamo Masci) died 1292, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1288–92.
- nietzschean — the philosophy of Nietzsche, emphasizing the will to power as the chief motivating force of both the individual and society.
- niggerheads — Plural form of niggerhead.
- night snake — a nocturnal, mildly venomous New World snake, Hypsiglena torquata, having a gray or yellowish body marked with dark brown spots.
- night stand — small bedside table
- nightdreams — Plural form of nightdream.
- nightmarish — resembling a nightmare, especially in being terrifying, exasperating, or the like: his nightmarish experience in a concentration camp.
- nightshades — Plural form of nightshade.
- nightstands — Plural form of nightstand.
- nishinomiya — a city on S Honshu, in S Japan.
- nitrostarch — an orange powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 8 O 2 6 , soluble in ethanol, used in explosives.
- nizhnekamsk — a city in the E Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Kazan.
- nonadhesive — coated with glue, paste, mastic, or other sticky substance: adhesive bandages.
- nonhospital — not related to, identified with, or taking place in a hospital
- nonphysical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- notaphilist — a person who studies or collects paper money
- nourishable — able to be nourished; benefiting from nourishment
- nudibranchs — Plural form of nudibranch.
- oarsmanship — The skill of rowing a boat.
- oil varnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
- old spanish — the Spanish language of the 12th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OSp.
- old-maidish — characteristic of or resembling an old maid.
- oligarchies — Plural form of oligarchy.
- on the bias — A dress or skirt that is cut on the bias or that is bias-cut has been cut diagonally across the material so that it hangs down in a particular way.
- ophthalmist — an eye expert; an oculist
- opisthosoma — the abdomen of a spider or other arachnid
- orchardists — Plural form of orchardist.
- orchestrina — (musical instruments) orchestrion.
- ornithosaur — an extinct flying reptile
- orthostatic — relating to or caused by erect posture.
- osteopathic — Of or pertaining to osteopathy or osteopathic medicine.
- out-a-sight — out-of-sight.
- overhastily — in such a way as to be excessively hasty or done without enough consideration
- paint horse — paint (def 6).
- palos hills — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- pan-atheism — the belief that because there is no God, nothing can properly be termed sacred or holy.
- pancha sila — a standard recitation of Hinayanists, including repetitions of formulas and of vows to abstain from anger, lust, cowardice, malevolence, and to abstain from the desire for possessions and unwholesome pleasures.
- panentheism — the belief that God is a part of the universe as well as transcending it
- panentheist — someone who believes that God is a part of the universe as well as transcending it
- panesthesia — total awareness and perception
- panpsychism — a theory that all matter has some form of consciousness.
- panpsychist — someone who believes that all matter has an element of consciousness
- pantheistic — the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.
- parachutist — sb who makes parachute jumps