12-letter words containing c, h, r, o, n
- monotrichous — (of bacteria) having a single flagellum at one pole.
- mooch around — If you mooch around or mooch about a place, you move around there slowly with no particular purpose.
- motor launch — a small naval vessel that chases submarines, etc
- narcotherapy — an infrequently used method of treating mental disorders by intravenous injection of barbiturates.
- nasotracheal — (anatomy) Of or relating to the nose and trachea.
- naturopathic — (alternative medicine) Of or pertaining to naturopathy or to naturopaths.
- necrographer — a person who writes obituaries
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- necrophiliac — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necrophilism — necrophilia.
- necrophilous — displaying a preference for dead tissue, esp of certain bacteria and insects
- necrophorous — denoting animals, such as certain beetles, that carry away the bodies of dead animals
- neoanthropic — neanthropic.
- nephropathic — characterized by or relating to nephropathy
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- neurotrophic — of or relating to the effect of nerves on the nutritive processes.
- neutrophilic — (of a cell or its contents) readily stained only by neutral dyes.
- neutrosophic — Neutrosophy
- new rochelle — a city in SE New York, near New York City.
- no match for — If one person or thing is no match for another, they are unable to compete successfully with the other person or thing.
- non-achiever — a person who consistently fails to achieve, esp academically
- non-atrophic — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- non-coherent — logically connected; consistent: a coherent argument.
- non-strophic — Also, strophical. consisting of, pertaining to, or characterized by a strophe or strophes.
- nonadherence — the quality of adhering; steady devotion, support, allegiance, or attachment: adherence to a party; rigid adherence to rules.
- nonarchitect — a person or builder who is not an architect
- nonbreaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- noncharacter — someone who is not a character
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- nonspherical — not spherical
- nonvehicular — Not vehicular.
- normal pitch — relative point, position, or degree: a high pitch of excitement.
- normothermic — (medicine) Having a normal body temperature.
- north africa — the northern part of Africa, especially the region north of the tropical rain forest and comprised of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and that part of Egypt west of the Gulf of Suez.
- north canton — a town in central Ohio.
- north-facing — facing towards the north
- nychthemeron — a twenty-four hour span that includes a night and a day
- oceanography — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- oligophrenic — less than normal mental development.
- olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
- on the cards — likely
- on the cross — diagonally
- on the march — If a group of soldiers are on the march, they are marching somewhere.
- on the rocks — a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like.
- onward march — the continuing, advancing or improving movement (of situation, etc)
- onychophoran — any small, predatory, caterpillarlike animal of the phylum Onychophora, common in tropical forests, having stubby legs ending in pincers.
- orange march — a parade on Orangemen's day
- orchestrions — Plural form of orchestrion.
- orchidomania — an obsession with or passion for orchids
- ormond beach — a town in NE Florida.