14-letter words containing h, o, m, a, l
- nymphomaniacal — a woman who has abnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire.
- oligocythaemia — a condition in which a person lacks red blood cells
- oligomenorrhea — abnormally infrequent menstruation.
- omphalocentric — Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
- omphaloskepsis — contemplation of one's navel as part of a mystical exercise.
- omphaloskeptic — One who contemplates or meditates upon one's navel; one who engages in omphaloscopy.
- ophthalmologic — the branch of medical science dealing with the anatomy, functions, and diseases of the eye.
- ophthalmometer — an instrument for measuring the reflection of an image on the surface of the cornea and other capacities of the eye, used chiefly for determining the presence and degree of astigmatism.
- ophthalmometry — the measurement and determination of the eye's defects and powers of refraction
- ophthalmoscope — an instrument for viewing the interior of the eye or examining the retina.
- ophthalmoscopy — the use of or technique of using an ophthalmoscope.
- opthalmologist — Misspelling of ophthalmologist.
- orthomolecular — being or pertaining to the treatment of disease by increasing, decreasing, or otherwise controlling the intake of natural substances, especially vitamins. Compare megavitamin (def 1).
- orthonormalize — (mathematics) To make a set of vectors both orthogonal and normalized.
- oxyhaemoglobin — the bright red product formed when oxygen from the lungs combines with haemoglobin in the blood
- petrochemicals — substances, such as acetone or ethanol, obtained from petroleum or natural gas
- phallic symbol — any object, as a cigar or skyscraper, that may broadly resemble or represent the penis, especially such an object that symbolizes power, as an automobile.
- phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- pharmacologist — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- pharmacopoeial — a book published usually under the jurisdiction of the government and containing a list of drugs, their formulas, methods for making medicinal preparations, requirements and tests for their strength and purity, and other related information.
- pharmacopolist — a person who sells pharmaceutical products
- pinhole camera — a simple camera in which an aperture provided by a pinhole in an opaque diaphragm is used in place of a lens.
- platform shoes — shoes: thick sole
- plethysmograph — a device for measuring and recording changes in the volume of the body or of a body part or organ.
- podophthalmous — relating to a crustacean
- poikilothermal — cold-blooded (def 1 .) (opposed to homoiothermal).
- poikilothermia — Medicine/Medical. the inability to regulate core body temperature (as by sweating to cool off or by putting on clothes to warm up), found especially in some spinal cord injury patients and in patients under general anesthesia.
- primary phloem — phloem derived directly from the growth of an apical meristem.
- primary school — a school usually covering the first three or four years of elementary school and sometimes kindergarten.
- psilanthropism — the doctrine that Jesus Christ was only a human being.
- psychochemical — pertaining to chemicals or drugs that affect the mind or behavior.
- pyophthalmitis — suppurative inflammation of the eye.
- ramshorn snail — any of various freshwater snails
- rheumatologist — a specialist in rheumatology, especially a physician who specializes in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, as arthritis, lupus erythematosus, and scleroderma.
- rhombic aerial — a directional travelling-wave aerial, usually horizontal, consisting of two conductors each forming a pair of adjacent sides of a rhombus
- roman alphabet — Latin alphabet.
- roman catholic — of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church.
- royal coachman — a type of artificial fly, used chiefly for trout and salmon.
- salmon fishing — the sport of angling for salmon
- scapulohumeral — of, relating to, or involving the scapula and humerus.
- sceuophylacium — a place where sacred vessels are kept
- schlaer-mellor — An object-oriented analysis (OOA), design and modelling method that addresses the integration of structural and behavioural properties. It also allows an animation of the design.
- scholar's mate — a simple mate by the queen on the f7 square, achievable by white's fourth move
- shalach manoth — the practice of giving gifts to one another or to the needy on Purim.
- shallow-minded — lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
- sharptail mola — a fish, Masturus lanceolatus, related to the ocean sunfish but having a pointed tail.
- showplace home — a historic house
- sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- smooth-talking — A smooth-talking man talks very confidently in a way that is likely to persuade people, but may not be sincere or honest.
- soil mechanics — the branch of civil engineering that deals with the mechanical behavior of soil and similar materials when they are compressed or sheared or when liquids flow through them.