13-letter words containing h, a, o, r, i
- north african — the northern part of Africa, especially the region north of the tropical rain forest and comprised of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and that part of Egypt west of the Gulf of Suez.
- north america — the northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending from Central America to the Arctic Ocean. Highest point, Mt. McKinley, 20,300 feet (6187 meters); lowest, Death Valley, 276 feet (84 meters) below sea level. About 9,360,000 sq. mi. (24,242,400 sq. km).
- north chicago — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
- 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.
- nouveau riche — a person who is newly rich: the ostentation of the nouveaux riches of the 1920s.
- oceanographic — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- ochlocratical — Pertaining to ochlocracy.
- off the rails — into or in a state of dysfunction or disorder
- oil hardening — to quench (steel) in a bath of oil.
- on a par with — If you say that two people or things are on a par with each other, you mean that they are equally good or bad, or equally important.
- on the parish — receiving parochial relief
- opisthobranch — any gastropod mollusk of the order Opisthobranchia, as the sea slugs, sea butterflies, and sea hares, characterized by a vestigial or absent mantle and shell and two pairs of tentacles.
- opisthography — the practice of writing on the front and back of a parchment or papyrus
- oprahfication — the perceived increase in people’s desire to discuss their emotions or personal problems, attributed to the influence of confessional television programmes
- 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.
- orchid family — the plant family Orchidaceae, characterized by terrestrial or epiphytic herbaceous plants having simple, parallel-veined, usually alternate leaves, complex and often large and showy flowers pollinated primarily by insects, and fruit in the form of a capsule containing numerous minute seeds, and including calypso, fringed orchis, lady's-slipper, pogonia, rattlesnake plantain, vanilla, as well as numerous tropical orchids such as those of the genera Cattleya, Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Phalaenopsis, and Vanda.
- orchidomaniac — a person who is obsessed with or has a passion for orchids
- 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.
- organolithium — (organic chemistry) Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to lithium bond.
- ornithischian — any herbivorous dinosaur of the order Ornithischia, having a pelvis resembling that of a bird. Compare saurischian.
- ornithomantic — relating to ornithomancy
- ornithophobia — Fear of birds.
- orthocephalic — having a medium or intermediate relation between the height of the skull and the breadth or length.
- orthodiagonal — the axis in a crystal
- orthoepically — In terms of correct pronunciation.
- orthogonalise — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
- orthogonality — (mathematics, statistics) the property of being 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.
- orthopinakoid — a crystalline plane
- orthosilicate — a silicate mineral
- oscillographs — Plural form of oscillograph.
- oscillography — a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
- over-achiever — to perform, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
- overachievers — Plural form of overachiever.
- overachieving — Present participle of overachieve.
- overbreathing — hyperventilation
- overemphasise — (British) alternative spelling of overemphasize.
- overemphasize — to emphasize excessively.
- overhastiness — the condition of being overhasty
- overnight bag — a travel bag large enough to hold personal articles and clothing for an overnight trip.