14-letter words containing h, a, n

oceanic trench — a long narrow steep-sided depression in the earth's oceanic crust, usually lying above a subduction zone
oceanographers — Plural form of oceanographer.
oehlenschläger — Adam Gottlob (ˈadam ˈɡɔtlɔp). 1779–1850, Danish romantic poet and dramatist
off one's head — If you say that someone is off their head, you think that their ideas or behaviour are very strange, foolish, or dangerous.
oligomenorrhea — abnormally infrequent menstruation.
omphalocentric — Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
on one's hands — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
on sb's behalf — If you do something on someone's behalf, you do it for that person as their representative.
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 back of — If you say that one thing happens on the back of another thing, you mean that it happens after that other thing and in addition to it.
on the instant — immediately; without delay
on the part of — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
on the rampage — behaving violently or destructively
on the surface — to all appearances
on the upgrade — improving or progressing, as in importance, status, health, etc
on the wallaby — (of a person) wandering about looking for work
on the warpath — the path or course taken by American Indians on a warlike expedition.
on the way out — If something or someone is on the way out or on their way out, they are likely to disappear or to be replaced very soon.
onchocerciasis — an infestation with filarial worms of the genus Onchocerca, common in tropical America and Africa, transmitted by black flies, and characterized by nodules under the skin, an itchy rash, eye lesions, and in severe cases, elephantiasis.
one's head off — loudly or excessively
one-horse race — if a contest is described as a one-horse race, it is thought that one person or thing will definitely win it
one-upsmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
one-woman show — a show or performance performed by one woman
opechancanough — c1545–1644, Algonquian leader, brother of Powhatan: led Jamestown massacre 1622.
open deathtrap — (abuse) An abusive hackerism for the Santa Cruz Operation's Open DeskTop. The funniest part is that this was coined by SCO's own developers. Compare AIDX, Macintrash Nominal Semidestructor, ScumOS, sun-stools, HP-SUX.
openhandedness — The characteristic of being openhanded.
operating cash — the amount of cash or money that a business generates
opisthobranchs — Plural form of opisthobranch.
orchestrations — Plural form of orchestration.
ordinary share — British. a share of common stock.
organochlorine — Any of a large group of pesticides and other synthetic organic compounds with chlorinated aromatic molecules.
ornithischians — Plural form of ornithischian.
ornithological — the branch of zoology that deals with birds.
orobanchaceous — belonging to the Orobanchaceae, the broomrape family of plants.
orphan process — (operating system) A Unix process whose original parent has terminated and which has become a child of "init(1)". Compare zombie.
orphans' court — a probate court in certain U.S. states.
orthonormalize — (mathematics) To make a set of vectors both orthogonal and normalized.
osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.
out of fashion — no longer popular
outlandishness — The quality of being outlandish.
outside chance — a slight chance or likelihood
overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
owlet nightjar — any of several birds of the family Aegothelidae, of Australia and Papua New Guinea, related to the nightjars but resembling small owls.
ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
oxyhaemoglobin — the bright red product formed when oxygen from the lungs combines with haemoglobin in the blood
paint the town — a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
palaeanthropic — relating to or denoting the earliest variety of man
palaeethnology — the study of prehistoric man
paleencephalon — (no longer in technical use) the more primitive part of the brain in the evolutionary development of animals, including all parts except the cerebral cortex and its related structures.

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