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15-letter words containing h, e, s, o, n, i

  • on a shoestring — If you do something or make something on a shoestring, you do it using very little money.
  • on short notice — with little warning
  • on the increase — growing, increasing
  • one for his nob — the call made with this jack, scoring one point
  • one-night stand — a single performance in one locale, as by a touring theatrical company, before moving on to the next engagement.
  • orchestrational — Of or pertaining to orchestration.
  • ordinary shares — British. a share of common stock.
  • organized chaos — a complex situation or process that appears chaotic while having enough order to achieve progress or goals
  • organochlorines — Plural form of organochlorine.
  • osteochondritis — inflammation of bone and cartilage.
  • osteochondrosis — a disease of bone and cartilage growth centers in children that begins as a necrosis and is followed by regeneration or renewed calcification.
  • over-enthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
  • overemphasizing — Present participle of overemphasize.
  • paphian goddess — Aphrodite, worshiped in Cyprus as the goddess of sexual love.
  • parthenogenesis — development of an egg without fertilization.
  • pedagoguishness — the quality of being pedagoguish
  • pepin the short — ("Pepin the Short") died a.d. 768, king of the Franks 751–768 (father of Charlemagne).
  • phenakistoscope — an early form of a zoetrope in which figures are depicted in different poses around the edge of a disc. When the disc is spun, and the figures observed through the apertures around the edge of the disc, they appear to be moving
  • phenomenalistic — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
  • phenomenologies — the study of phenomena.
  • phenomenologist — the study of phenomena.
  • phloem necrosis — a disease of the American elm caused by a mycoplasmalike organism, characterized by yellowing and necrosis of the foliage and yellowish-brown discoloration of the phloem.
  • phoenix islands — a group of eight coral islands in the central Pacific: administratively part of Kiribati. Area: 28 sq km (11 sq miles). The islands and surrounding waters form the Phoenix Islands Protected Area, the world's largest marine protected area. Area: 410 500 sq km (158 500 sq miles)
  • phosphocreatine — a compound, C 4 H 1 0 O 5 N 3 P, found chiefly in muscle, formed by the enzymatic interaction of an organic phosphate and creatine, the breakdown of which provides energy for muscle contraction.
  • photo-secession — an association of photographers founded in New York City in 1902 by Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen that advocated the development and public recognition of photography as a fine art.
  • photosensitizer — a drug, food, or other chemical that increases sensitivity to light and other visible photons
  • photosynthesize — to produce carbohydrates by photosynthesis: Plants with light green leaves don't photosynthesize as well as those with darker leaves.
  • phrasemongering — the act of coining memorable phrases
  • pick and choose — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
  • pick-and-shovel — marked by drudgery; laborious: the pick-and-shovel work necessary to get a political campaign underway.
  • pigeon shooting — the act of hunting and shooting live pigeons
  • pistachio green — a light or medium shade of yellow green.
  • pithecanthropus — a former genus of extinct hominids whose members have now been assigned to the proposed species Homo erectus.
  • plainclothesman — a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.
  • pontine marshes — an area of W Italy, southeast of Rome: formerly malarial swamps, drained in 1932–34 after numerous attempts since 160 bc had failed
  • postsynchronize — to add sound, such as dubbing, to a film or video after shooting is completed
  • power macintosh — Power Mac
  • probationership — the position of a probationer
  • process heating — Process heating is heating, usually from steam, which is used to increase the temperature in a process vessel.
  • proscenium arch — the arch separating the stage from the auditorium
  • pseudepigraphon — any book of the Pseudepigrapha
  • pseudo-bohemian — living a wandering or vagabond life, as a Gypsy.
  • pseudoephedrine — a dextrorotatory, isomeric compound, C 1 0 H 1 5 NO, used as a nasal decongestant.
  • pseudonephritis — a condition, thought to be benign, in which microscopic amounts of blood and protein are present in the urine, occurring commonly among athletes after strenuous exercise.
  • psychosynthesis — a theoretical effort to reconcile components of the unconscious, including dreams, with the rest of the personality.
  • quite something — a remarkable or noteworthy thing or person
  • raise one's hat — to take one's hat briefly off one's head as a greeting or mark of respect
  • ray of sunshine — beam of sunlight
  • reorchestration — a renewed or second orchestration of a piece of music, the act of reorchestrating
  • rhinoceros horn — the horn of a rhinoceros
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