16-letter words containing e, n, a, t, h

monotheistically — In a monotheistic manner.
mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
mount erymanthus — a mountain in SW Greece, in the NW Peloponnese. Height: 2224 m (7297 ft)
name of the game — the essential element, consideration, or ultimate purpose; key: Profit is the name of the game in business.
nanotechnologies — Plural form of nanotechnology.
nanotechnologist — Someone who does research into nanotechnology; someone studying things on the scale of nanometers.
narcotics charge — a criminal charge or accusation concerning the use or dealing of illegal drugs
nathanael greene — Graham, 1904–91, English novelist and journalist.
national charter — the principles or movement of a party of political reformers, chiefly workingmen, in England from 1838 to 1848: so called from the document (People's Charter or National Charter) that contained a statement of their principles and demands.
natural theology — theology based on knowledge of the natural world and on human reason, apart from revelation.
neapolitan sixth — (in musical harmony) a chord composed of the subdominant of the key, plus a minor third and a minor sixth. Harmonically it is equivalent to the first inversion of a major chord built upon the flattened supertonic
near the knuckle — risqué
neo-christianity — any interpretation of Christianity based on the prevalent philosophy of a given period.
neurasthenically — In a neurasthenic way.
neuroarthropathy — (medicine) Any disease of a joint that is associated with a disease of the nervous system.
neuroepithelioma — Neurocytoma.
neuropathologies — the pathology of the nervous system.
neuropathologist — A specialist who practices neuropathology.
neuropsychiatric — Of or pertaining to neuropsychiatry; simultaneously neurological and psychiatric.
new commonwealth — a term used esp in the latter part of the 20th century in Britain to describe countries in the British Commonwealth that became independent after World War II
nguyen van thieu — Nguyen Van [ngoo-yen vahn,, noo-] /ˈŋuˈyɛn vɑn,, ˈnu-/ (Show IPA), 1923–2001, South Vietnamese political leader: president 1967–75.
nightingale ward — a long hospital ward with beds on either side and the nurses' station in the middle
non-alphabetical — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
non-carbohydrate — any of a class of organic compounds that are polyhydroxy aldehydes or polyhydroxy ketones, or change to such substances on simple chemical transformations, as hydrolysis, oxidation, or reduction, and that form the supporting tissues of plants and are important food for animals and people.
non-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
nonarchitectural — Not architectural.
nonharmonic tone — a tone sounding with a chord of which it is not a chord tone.
north battleford — a city in W central Saskatchewan, in central Canada.
north charleston — a city in SE South Carolina.
north lauderdale — a city in SE Florida.
north massapequa — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
north palm beach — a town in E Florida.
north plainfield — a city in NE New Jersey.
north vietnamese — relating to North Vietnam or its people
northamptonshire — a county in central England. 914 sq. mi. (2365 sq. km).
northanger abbey — a novel (1818) by Jane Austen.
northern harrier — a hawk of North America and Europe, Circus cyaneus, that frequents marshes and meadows.
northern ireland — a political division of the United Kingdom, in the NE part of the island of Ireland. 5238 sq. mi. (13,565 sq. km). Capital: Belfast.
not in the least — smallest in size, amount, degree, etc.; slightest: He gave the least amount of money of anyone.
not the faintest — no idea whatsoever
nubuck (leather) — tanned leather similar to suede, but with the nap on the grain side
oblique zenithal — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it between the poles and the equator
of the nature of — having the essential character of; like
ohmic resistance — resistance (def 3a).
on (the) average — as an average quantity, rate, etc.
on the back foot — at a disadvantage; outmanoeuvred or outclassed by an opponent
on the bandwagon — on the popular or apparently winning side, as in an election
on the beam-ends — tipping so far to the side as to be in danger of capsizing
on the breadline — impoverished; living at subsistence level
on the downgrade — waning in importance, popularity, health, etc

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