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14-letter words containing g, o, r, e, h

  • mouth-watering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
  • muddle through — to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble.
  • mulching mower — a lawn mower that shreds blades of grass into very small pieces that are left on the lawn to decay and return moisture and nutrients to the soil
  • myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
  • nasopharyngeal — the part of the pharynx behind and above the soft palate, directly continuous with the nasal passages. Compare oropharynx (def 2).
  • neighborliness — having or showing qualities befitting a neighbor; friendly.
  • neighbourhoods — Plural form of neighbourhood.
  • nether regions — the lower part of a place, esp when unpleasant or frightening
  • neurohypnology — a name given to hypnosis by the Scottish physician Braid
  • neuropathology — the pathology of the nervous system.
  • nonthreatening — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
  • norman english — the dialect of English used by the Norman conquerors of England
  • north germanic — the subbranch of Germanic that includes the languages of Scandinavia and Iceland.
  • northern porgy — a common sparid fish, Stenotomus chrysops, of American coastal regions of the Atlantic
  • nursing mother — a mother who is breast-feeding her baby
  • oceanographers — Plural form of oceanographer.
  • oehlenschläger — Adam Gottlob (ˈadam ˈɡɔtlɔp). 1779–1850, Danish romantic poet and dramatist
  • off the ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
  • oligomenorrhea — abnormally infrequent menstruation.
  • on home ground — If you say that someone is on their home ground, you mean that they are in or near where they work or live, and feel confident and secure because of this.
  • on the average — a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
  • on the rampage — behaving violently or destructively
  • on the upgrade — improving or progressing, as in importance, status, health, etc
  • operating cash — the amount of cash or money that a business generates
  • organochlorine — Any of a large group of pesticides and other synthetic organic compounds with chlorinated aromatic molecules.
  • orthopterology — the study of the Orthoptera
  • overhead light — a light which throws light downwards by being situated on the ceiling or having a downward shade, etc
  • overhomogenize — to homogenize excessively
  • overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
  • overwhelmingly — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
  • owlet nightjar — any of several birds of the family Aegothelidae, of Australia and Papua New Guinea, related to the nightjars but resembling small owls.
  • ox-eye herring — a herring-like sea fish, Megalops cyprinoides, of northern Australian waters, related to the tarpon
  • oxford english — that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious
  • paleogeography — the science of representing the earth's geographic features belonging to any part of the geologic past.
  • paleontography — the formal description of fossils
  • paroemiography — the writing or collecting of proverbs
  • parole hearing — a panel of people who decide whether to free a prisoner before his or her sentence has expired, on the condition that he or she is of good behaviour
  • patch together — assemble roughly
  • perhydrogenate — to hydrogenate as completely as possible.
  • perhydrogenize — perhydrogenate.
  • photoengraving — a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing.
  • photogrammetry — the process of making surveys and maps through the use of photographs, especially aerial photographs.
  • photorecording — the act of making photographic records, especially of documents.
  • phototelegraph — of or relating to phototelegraphy
  • phraseological — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
  • phytogeography — the science dealing with the geographical relationships of plants.
  • piece together — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
  • pigeon-hearted — timid; meek.
  • plethysmograph — a device for measuring and recording changes in the volume of the body or of a body part or organ.
  • pocket borough — (before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough whose representatives in Parliament were controlled by an individual or family.
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