13-letter words containing e, i, t, h, r
- north merrick — a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- north ossetia — an autonomous republic in S European Russia, in the N Caucasus. 3100 sq. mi. (8029 sq. km) Capital: Vladikavkaz.
- north reading — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- north sea oil — oil extracted from deposits beneath the North Sea
- north vietnam — that part of Vietnam N of about 17° N; formerly a part of French Indochina; separate republic 1954–75.
- northerliness — The quality of being northerly.
- northern pike — a pike, Esox lucius, of North American and Eurasian waters, valued as a game fish.
- odontornithes — a proposed class of birds that possess teeth
- off the rails — into or in a state of dysfunction or disorder
- on the parish — receiving parochial relief
- orchestra pit — musicians' seating in front of stage
- orchestra-pit — a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
- orchestralist — a person who writes or arranges orchestral music
- orchestrating — Present participle of orchestrate.
- orchestration — (uncountable) the arrangement of music for performance by an orchestra.
- orchiectomies — Plural form of orchiectomy.
- organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
- ornithichnite — (paleontology) The footmark of a bird occurring in strata of stone.
- orthocephalic — having a medium or intermediate relation between the height of the skull and the breadth or length.
- orthoepically — In terms of correct pronunciation.
- orthogonalise — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
- orthogonalize — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
- orthographies — Plural form of orthography.
- orthographize — to spell correctly or according to the rules of orthography.
- orthopaedical — Pertaining to orthopaedics; characteristic of orthopaedia.
- orthosilicate — a silicate mineral
- otherworldish — characterized by otherworldliness
- outside-right — a footballer who plays on the outside right wing of the field
- outstretching — Present participle of outstretch.
- over the hill — a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain.
- over-shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- overbreathing — hyperventilation
- overhastiness — the condition of being overhasty
- overnight bag — a travel bag large enough to hold personal articles and clothing for an overnight trip.
- painted horse — paint (def 6).
- paraesthesias — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.
- parasynthesis — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parasynthetic — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parenthesized — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- parenthetical — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
- parish priest — local church minister
- parma heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- party machine — the internal organization of a political party, which decides its policies and directs its activities
- path-breaking — very original; ground-breaking
- pay the piper — a person who plays on a pipe.
- pearly whites — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- pennyfarthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
- penthemimeral — (of a caesura) occurring after the first penthemimer of a poetic line, i.e. in the middle of the third foot
- perchlorinate — to combine with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
- perfect pitch — absolute pitch (def 2).