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14-letter words containing e, t, h, a, n, o

  • dance of death — a pictorial, literary, or musical representation, current esp in the Middle Ages, of a dance in which living people, in order of social precedence, are led off to their graves, by a personification of death
  • dechlorination — the removal of chlorine from a substance
  • dehabilitation — (sociology) The process of social estrangement and progressive loosening of social bonds between an individual and his family and society as a result of long-term residence in an institution.
  • dehumanisation — Alternative spelling of dehumanization.
  • dehumanization — to deprive of human qualities or attributes; divest of individuality: Conformity dehumanized him.
  • dehydrogenated — Simple past tense and past participle of dehydrogenate.
  • dehydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehydrogenate.
  • desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
  • dichloroethane — a colourless toxic liquid compound that is used chiefly as a solvent. Formula: C2H4Cl2
  • dovetail hinge — a strap hinge having leaves which are narrower at their junction than at their other extremities.
  • down the drain — If you say that something is going down the drain, you mean that it is being destroyed or wasted.
  • down the hatch — drinks toast
  • dragon's teeth — conical or wedge-shaped concrete antitank obstacles protruding from the ground in rows: used in World War II
  • draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
  • dread to think — If you say that you dread to think what might happen, you mean that you are anxious about it because it is likely to be very unpleasant.
  • dunbartonshire — a historical county of W Scotland: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; administered since 1996 by the council areas of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire
  • east northport — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
  • east-northeast — the point on a compass midway between east and northeast.
  • eleutheromania — A great desire for or obsession with freedom.
  • enantiomorphic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting enantiomorphism.
  • encephalitogen — an agent that is able to produce encephalitis
  • encephalopathy — A disease in which the functioning of the brain is affected by some agent or condition (such as viral infection or toxins in the blood).
  • endocrinopathy — any disease due to disorder of the endocrine system
  • enigmatography — the composing or collection of enigmas
  • ephemeropteran — of or relating to the Ephemeroptera
  • epithelisation — Alternative form of epithelization.
  • epithelization — Alternative form of epithelialization.
  • epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
  • ethnobotanical — Of or pertaining to ethnobotany.
  • ethnobotanists — Plural form of ethnobotanist.
  • ethnographical — Ethnographic.
  • ethnohistorian — One who studies ethnohistory.
  • ethnologically — In an ethnological manner or fashion.
  • ethnomedicinal — Pertaining to ethnomedicine.
  • etiopathogenic — Of or pertaining to etiopathogenesis.
  • eutrophication — Excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen.
  • exhereditation — A disinheriting; disherison.
  • fashion editor — an editor in charge of the fashion content of a newspaper or magazine
  • fathead minnow — a North American cyprinid fish, Pimephales promelas, having an enlarged, soft head.
  • fathomlessness — The state or condition of being fathomless.
  • finsteraarhorn — a mountain in S central Switzerland: highest peak of the Bernese Alps, 14,026 feet (4275 meters).
  • flannelmouthed — talking thickly, slowly, or haltingly.
  • floating heart — any of certain aquatic plants belonging to the genus Nymphoides, of the gentian family, especially N. aquatica, having floating, more or less heart-shaped leaves and a cluster of small, white, five-petaled flowers.
  • fonthill abbey — a ruined Gothic Revival mansion in Wiltshire: rebuilt (1790–1810) for William Beckford by James Wyatt; the main tower collapsed in 1800 and, after rebuilding, again in 1827
  • food-gathering — procuring food by hunting or fishing or the gathering of seeds, berries, or roots, rather than by the cultivation of plants or the domestication of animals; foraging.
  • for the asking — If something is yours for the asking, you could get it very easily if you wanted to.
  • forenoon watch — the watch from 8 a.m. until noon.
  • galeopithecine — of, relating to, or resembling the flying lemur (Galeopithecus)
  • galvanotherapy — treatment employing electric current.
  • genethlialogic — relating to the science of casting horoscopes
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