13-letter words containing c, o, h, a, n
- north chicago — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
- northern cape — the largest but least populated province in South Africa, in the NW part of the country; created in 1994 from part of Cape Province: agriculture, mining (esp diamonds). Capital: Kimberley. Pop: 1 145 861 (2011 est). Area: 139 703 sq km (361 830 sq miles)
- not much of a — If you describe something as not much of a particular type of thing, you mean that it is small or of poor quality.
- nouveau riche — a person who is newly rich: the ostentation of the nouveaux riches of the 1920s.
- novocherkassk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Rostov.
- nut chocolate — chocolate containing nuts
- nymphaeaceous — belonging to the Nymphaeaceae, the water lily family of plants.
- nymphomaniacs — Plural form of nymphomaniac.
- ocean sunfish — a brown and gray mola, Mola mola, inhabiting tropical and temperate seas, having the posterior half of the body sharply truncated behind the elongated dorsal and anal fins.
- oceanographer — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- oceanographic — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- octagon house — a type of American house, c. 1850, having an octagonal perimeter to reduce exterior wall area.
- off the chain — wildly entertaining
- on the carpet — a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- on the chance — acting on the possibility; in case
- one-punch law — a law prescribing punitive sentences for assault, including assault comprising a single blow
- onychophagist — the practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
- onychophorans — Plural form of onychophoran.
- open sandwich — a sandwich served on only one slice of bread, without a covering slice.
- opisthobranch — any gastropod mollusk of the order Opisthobranchia, as the sea slugs, sea butterflies, and sea hares, characterized by a vestigial or absent mantle and shell and two pairs of tentacles.
- oprahfication — the perceived increase in people’s desire to discuss their emotions or personal problems, attributed to the influence of confessional television programmes
- optical bench — an apparatus, as a special table or rigid beam, for the precise positioning of light sources, screens, and optical instruments used for optical and photometric studies, having a ruled bar to which these devices can be attached and along which they can be readily adjusted.
- orchestrating — Present participle of orchestrate.
- orchestration — (uncountable) the arrangement of music for performance by an orchestra.
- orchidomaniac — a person who is obsessed with or has a passion for orchids
- ornithischian — any herbivorous dinosaur of the order Ornithischia, having a pelvis resembling that of a bird. Compare saurischian.
- ornithomantic — relating to ornithomancy
- overachieving — Present participle of overachieve.
- packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
- panharmonicon — a mechanical instrument that imitates orchestral sounds
- parencephalon — a cerebral hemisphere
- parthenocarpy — the production of fruit without fertilization of an egg in the ovary.
- pathogenicity — the disease-producing capacity of a pathogen.
- pathognomonic — Medicine/Medical. characteristic or diagnostic of a specific disease: a pathognomonic sign of pneumonia.
- pentastichous — (of plant leaves) arranged in five vertical rows
- perchlorinate — to combine with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
- phallocentric — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- phantom stock — an employee bonus expressed as the cash value of a specified amount of company stock to be received at a future date, meant to create employee interest in raising stock prices without giving any stock away.
- pharmacognosy — materia medica (def 2).
- pharyngectomy — excision of part or all of the pharynx.
- pharyngoscope — an instrument for inspecting the pharynx.
- pharyngoscopy — an examination by means of a pharyngoscope.
- phase encoded — (storage) (PE) A recording method used for 1600 BPI magnetic tapes. Compare NRZI, GCR.
- philanthropic — of, pertaining to, engaged in, or characterized by philanthropy; benevolent: a philanthropic foundation.
- phone hacking — an act or instance of gaining access to a phone's voicemail, email, text messages, etc., without authorization from the phone's owner.
- phonocamptics — the branch of acoustics dealing with echoes
- photodynamics — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- photoreaction — a chemical reaction that involves or requires light.
- physharmonica — a keyboard musical instrument fitted with free reeds, and which is an early form of harmonium
- piano teacher — tutor of piano-playing