13-letter words containing h, o, m, i, n, e
- nanochemistry — (chemistry) The synthesis, analysis and characterization of chemical compounds at the nanoscale.
- nephelometric — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
- nephrectomies — Plural form of nephrectomy.
- nephrectomize — to perform a nephrectomy upon.
- neurochemical — of or relating to neurochemistry.
- ngo dinh diem — 1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- nithiocyamine — Amoscanate.
- non-rheumatic — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- nonhaemolytic — relating to a transfusion reaction in which the red blood cells survive
- nonmechanical — having to do with machinery: a mechanical failure.
- nonmechanized — Unmechanized.
- nonmembership — the fact or condition of being a nonmember
- normocephalic — Having a normal sized head; neither macrocephalic nor microcephalic; mesocephalic.
- north america — the northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending from Central America to the Arctic Ocean. Highest point, Mt. McKinley, 20,300 feet (6187 meters); lowest, Death Valley, 276 feet (84 meters) below sea level. About 9,360,000 sq. mi. (24,242,400 sq. km).
- north merrick — a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- north vietnam — that part of Vietnam N of about 17° N; formerly a part of French Indochina; separate republic 1954–75.
- one-upmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
- over-shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- oxyhemoglobin — the oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells that gives them their red color and serves to convey oxygen to the tissues: occurs in reduced form (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood and in combination with oxygen (oxyhemoglobin) in arterial blood. Symbol: Hb.
- perichondrium — the membrane of fibrous connective tissue covering the surface of cartilages except at the joints.
- phenomenalism — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
- phenomenality — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
- phenomenalize — to regard or interpret as a phenomenon.
- photoemission — photoelectric effect.
- phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
- physiognomies — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- physostigmine — an alkaloid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease to raise the level of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and also as a miotic in glaucoma.
- poker machine — a fruit machine
- premonishment — a forewarning
- refashionment — the act or state of being refashioned
- rhinoscleroma — an inflammatory bacterial disease of the nose that is mostly found in Africa and Central America
- rhodesian man — an extinct Pleistocene human whose cranial remains were found at Kabwe, in Zambia: formerly in some classifications Homo rhodesiensis but now considered archaic Homo sapiens.
- rooming house — a house with furnished rooms to rent; lodging house.
- sex chromatin — Barr body.
- single mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- south vietnam — a former country in SE Asia that comprised Vietnam S of about 17° N latitude; a separate state 1954–75; now part of reunified Vietnam. Capital: Saigon.
- sphingomyelin — any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid.
- spokesmanship — the office or skilful use of the office of spokesman
- swimming hole — a place, as in a stream or creek, where there is water deep enough to use for swimming.
- theanthropism — the doctrine of the union of the divine and human natures, especially the manifestation of God as man in Christ.
- thematization — the mental act or process of selecting particular topics as themes in discourse or words as themes in sentences
- thermal noise — a wide spectrum of electromagnetic noise appearing in electronic circuits and devices as a result of the temperature-dependent random motions of electrons and other charge carriers.
- thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
- thermogenesis — the production of heat, especially in an animal body by physiological processes.
- thermosetting — pertaining to a type of plastic, as the urea resins, that sets when heated and cannot be remolded.
- thermostating — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- thermotensile — of or relating to tensile strength in so far as it is affected by temperature
- think more of — to have a higher opinion of
- thomas edison — Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.