12-letter words containing h, e, n, r, i
- non-achiever — a person who consistently fails to achieve, esp academically
- non-inherent — existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute; inhering: an inherent distrust of strangers.
- nonarchitect — a person or builder who is not an architect
- nonbreaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- nonbreathing — not breathing
- nonheritable — Not heritable.
- nonspherical — not spherical
- nonvehicular — Not vehicular.
- norephedrine — The drug phenylpropanolamine.
- normothermia — (medicine) The condition of having a normal body temperature.
- normothermic — (medicine) Having a normal body temperature.
- northern min — Foochow (def 2).
- noteworthily — worthy of notice or attention; notable; remarkable: a noteworthy addition to our collection of rare books.
- nourishments — Plural form of nourishment.
- nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
- oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
- oligophrenic — less than normal mental development.
- olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
- on the brain — constantly in mind
- on the fritz — on the fritz, not in working order: Our TV went on the fritz last night.
- or something — You use something in expressions such as 'or something' and 'or something like that' to indicate that you are referring to something similar to what you have just mentioned but you are not being exact.
- orchestrions — Plural form of orchestrion.
- ornithopters — Plural form of ornithopter.
- orthogenesis — Biology. Also called orthoselection. evolution of a species proceeding by continuous structural changes in a single lineage without presenting a branching pattern of descent. a theory that the evolution of a species in a continuous, nonbranching manner is due to a predetermined series of alterations intrinsic to the species and not subject to natural selection.
- orthogenetic — pertaining to or exhibiting orthogenesis.
- orthotonesis — accentuation of a proclitic or enclitic
- ostrich fern — a tall North American fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, with large mature leaves that resemble ostrich plumes, a popular landscaping plant whose curled new leaves, called fiddleheads, are eaten as a vegetable.
- other income — Other income is income that does not come from a company's main business, such as interest.
- overcharging — Present participle of overcharge.
- overfinished — having an excessively polished finish
- overnighting — for or during the night: to stay overnight.
- overreaching — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- overshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- overwhelming — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- ozonic ether — a solution of hydrogen peroxide in ethyl ether.
- paperhanging — the activity or business of a paperhanger.
- pappenheimer — a heavy rapier of the 17th century, having a swept guard with two perforated plates.
- paramorphine — thebaine.
- paranthelion — a bright spot in the sky caused by refraction and occurring at an angular distance from the sun of between 90° and 140°
- parasphenoid — a bone next to the sphenoid bone in the skull of some animals
- parchmentize — to treat (paper or the like) so that it resembles parchment.
- parenthesize — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- patent right — the exclusive right granted by a patent, as on an invention.
- pathbreaking — pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
- pearl hominy — whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
- pericynthion — the point at which a spacecraft launched from earth into a lunar orbit is nearest the moon
- perinephrium — the capsule of connective tissue that envelops the kidney.
- perionychium — the epidermis surrounding the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
- perphenazine — a crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 2 1 H 2 6 ClN 3 OS, used chiefly as a tranquilizer and in the treatment of intractable hiccoughs and nausea and vomiting.
- phanerogamic — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).