14-letter words containing h, e, n, r, y
- johnny smokers — a plant Geum triflorum, of the rose family, native to North America, having purplish flowers and silky-plumed fruit.
- kenilworth ivy — a European climbing vine, Cymbalaria muralis, of the figwort family, having irregularly lobed leaves and small, lilac-blue flowers.
- kinetic theory — the theory that the minute particles of all matter are in constant motion and that the temperature of a substance is dependent on the velocity of this motion, increased motion being accompanied by increased temperature: according to the kinetic theory of gases, the elasticity, diffusion, pressure, and other physical properties of a gas are due to the rapid motion in straight lines of its molecules, to their impacts against each other and the walls of the container, to weak cohesive forces between molecules, etc.
- learn by heart — memorize
- leland hayward — Leland, 1902–71, U.S. theatrical producer.
- mare tyrrhenum — (Tyrrhenian Sea) an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- maternity home — a house in which a pregnant woman can live until her baby is born, esp one for women who became pregnant out of wedlock and whose baby is going to be put up for adoption
- mechanotherapy — curative treatment by mechanical means.
- methoxyflurane — a potent substance, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 F 2 O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.
- money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
- mononeuropathy — A neuropathy that affects only a single nerve (as distinguished from polyneuropathy).
- mother country — the country of one's birth or ancestry.
- narcosynthesis — a treatment for psychiatric disturbances that uses narcotics.
- nasopharyngeal — the part of the pharynx behind and above the soft palate, directly continuous with the nasal passages. Compare oropharynx (def 2).
- nephrotoxicity — The state or condition of being nephrotoxic.
- neurochemistry — the branch of science that is concerned with the chemistry of the nervous system.
- neurohypnology — a name given to hypnosis by the Scottish physician Braid
- neuropathology — the pathology of the nervous system.
- north ayrshire — a council area of W central Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde: comprises the N part of the historical county of Ayrshire, including the Isle of Arran; formerly part of Strathclyde Region (1975–96): chiefly agricultural, with fishing and tourism. Administrative centre: Irvine. Pop: 136 030 (2003 est). Area: 884 sq km (341 sq miles)
- north tyneside — a unitary authority of NE England, in Tyne and Wear. Pop: 190 800 (2003 est). Area: 84 sq km (32 sq miles)
- north-easterly — A north-easterly point, area, or direction is to the north-east or towards the north-east.
- north-westerly — A north-westerly point, area, or direction is to the north-west or towards the north-west.
- northern porgy — a common sparid fish, Stenotomus chrysops, of American coastal regions of the Atlantic
- not merely sth — You use not merely before the less important of two contrasting statements, as a way of emphasizing the more important statement.
- nursery school — a prekindergarten school for children from about three to five years of age.
- ordinary share — British. a share of common stock.
- overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
- overwhelmingly — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- ox-eye herring — a herring-like sea fish, Megalops cyprinoides, of northern Australian waters, related to the tarpon
- paleontography — the formal description of fossils
- para-synthesis — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- penny-farthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
- perhydrogenate — to hydrogenate as completely as possible.
- perhydrogenize — perhydrogenate.
- phenylcarbinol — benzyl alcohol.
- phenylthiourea — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 6 H 5 NHCSNH 2 , that is either tasteless or bitter, depending upon the heredity of the taster, and is used in medical genetics and as a diagnostic.
- phonochemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of sound and ultrasonic waves
- pitch cylinder — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
- polygon pusher — (Or "rectangle slinger"). A chip designer who spends most of his or her time at the physical layout level (which requires drawing *lots* of multi-coloured polygons).
- porphyrogenite — a prince born after his father has succeeded to the throne
- psychic energy — according to Freud, the force that lies behind all mental processes, having its basic source as the id.
- psychoneurosis — neurosis (def 1).
- pyelonephritic — of or relating to an inflammation of the pelvis and renal parenchyma
- pyelonephritis — inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis, caused by a bacterial infection.
- pyelonephrosis — any disease of the kidney and its pelvis.
- pyriphlegethon — Phlegethon (def 1).
- pyrotechnician — a specialist in the origin of fires, their nature and control, etc.
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- quantum theory — any theory predating quantum mechanics that encompassed Planck's radiation formula and a scheme for obtaining discrete energy states for atoms, as Bohr theory.