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14-letter words containing h, o, l, e, n

  • omphalocentric — Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
  • on sb's behalf — If you do something on someone's behalf, you do it for that person as their representative.
  • on the downlow — not widely known
  • on the lookout — keeping watch
  • on the wallaby — (of a person) wandering about looking for work
  • organochlorine — Any of a large group of pesticides and other synthetic organic compounds with chlorinated aromatic molecules.
  • orthonormalize — (mathematics) To make a set of vectors both orthogonal and normalized.
  • orthoselection — orthogenesis (def 1a).
  • outlandishness — The quality of being outlandish.
  • overwhelmingly — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
  • 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
  • oxford english — that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious
  • oxyhaemoglobin — the bright red product formed when oxygen from the lungs combines with haemoglobin in the blood
  • 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.
  • paleoanthropic — pertaining to prehistoric humans.
  • paleontography — the formal description of fossils
  • parole hearing — a panel of people who decide whether to free a prisoner before his or her sentence has expired, on the condition that he or she is of good behaviour
  • personal chair — a professorship awarded in recognition of academic achievement
  • phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • phenolic resin — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the condensation of phenol, or of a phenol derivative, with an aldehyde, especially formaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and plastics and as adhesives for sandpaper and plywood.
  • phenologically — in a phenological manner
  • phenotypically — the observable constitution of an organism.
  • phenylbutazone — a potent substance, C 1 9 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used to reduce pain and inflammation in rheumatic diseases and gout, and used in veterinary medicine for musculoskeletal disorders.
  • 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.
  • philanthropize — to treat (persons) in a philanthropic manner.
  • photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
  • phthalocyanine — Also called metal-free phthalocyanine. a blue-green pigment, C 3 2 H 1 8 N 8 , derived from phthalic anhydride.
  • pinhole camera — a simple camera in which an aperture provided by a pinhole in an opaque diaphragm is used in place of a lens.
  • plesiochronous — (communications)   Nearly synchronised, a term describing a communication system where transmitted signals have the same nominal digital rate but are synchronised on different clocks. According to ITU-T standards, corresponding signals are plesiochronous if their significant instants occur at nominally the same rate, with any variation in rate being constrained within specified limits.
  • plotting sheet — a blank chart having only a compass rose and latitude lines, longitude lines, or both, marked and annotated, as required, by a navigator.
  • poison hemlock — hemlock (defs 1, 3).
  • polar zenithal — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it at one of the poles
  • 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).
  • polysynthesism — the synthesis of various elements.
  • pound of flesh — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
  • prosencephalon — the forebrain.
  • psephoanalysis — the statistical and sociological analysis of election trends and results
  • pseudo-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
  • psychoanalyses — a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
  • put the lid on — to be the final blow to
  • 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).
  • radiotelephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
  • radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
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