12-letter words containing h, o, m, r
- myrmecochory — the dispersal of fruits and seeds by ants
- myrmecophage — (biology) Anteaters, and other animals chiefly feeding on ants.
- myrmecophagy — Ant-eating.
- myrmecophile — An invertebrate or plant that has a symbiotic relationship with ants, such as being tended and protected by ants or living inside an ants' nest.
- myrmecophily — symbiosis with ants
- myrmecophyte — A plant that lives in association with a colony of ants. The degree of association varies and is assumed to be symbiotic in some cases.
- mythographer — a person who collects or records myths in writing.
- mythologizer — One who, or that which, mythologizes.
- necrophilism — necrophilia.
- nephelometer — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
- nephelometry — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
- nephrostomes — Plural form of nephrostome.
- nephrotomies — Plural form of nephrotomy.
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- neurohormone — any of various substances, as antidiuretic hormone, formed in the nervous system and delivered to an effector organ through blood circulation.
- neurohumoral — of or pertaining to a neurohumour
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- nitromethane — a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, CH 3 NO 2 , used chiefly as a solvent, rocket fuel, and gasoline additive and in organic synthesis.
- no harm done — If you say that there is no harm done, you are telling someone not to worry about something that has happened because it has not caused any serious injury or damage.
- no match for — If one person or thing is no match for another, they are unable to compete successfully with the other person or thing.
- normal pitch — relative point, position, or degree: a high pitch of excitement.
- normothermia — (medicine) The condition of having a normal body temperature.
- normothermic — (medicine) Having a normal body temperature.
- northern min — Foochow (def 2).
- northernmost — farthest north.
- northumbrian — of or relating to Northumbria, Northumberland, or the inhabitants or dialect of either.
- nourishments — Plural form of nourishment.
- nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
- nychthemeron — a twenty-four hour span that includes a night and a day
- odd-man rush — an attacking move when the defence is outnumbered by the opposing team
- omar khayyám — Omar, Omar Khayyám.
- ombrophilous — (of plants) tolerant of wet conditions
- ombrophobous — (of plants) not able to tolerate wet conditions
- on the march — If a group of soldiers are on the march, they are marching somewhere.
- onward march — the continuing, advancing or improving movement (of situation, etc)
- oophorectomy — the operation of removing one or both ovaries; ovariectomy.
- ophiomorphic — snakelike in form, or resembling the form of a snake
- or something — You use something in expressions such as 'or something' and 'or something like that' to indicate that you are referring to something similar to what you have just mentioned but you are not being exact.
- orange march — a parade on Orangemen's day
- orchidectomy — orchiectomy.
- orchidomania — an obsession with or passion for orchids
- ormond beach — a town in NE Florida.
- ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
- ornithomancy — Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc.
- ornithomimid — (zoology) Any member of the Ornithomimidae.
- ornithomorph — the artistic representation of a bird
- orthodromics — the act or art of sailing on a great circle
- orthoformate — an ester of orthoformic acid.
- orthorhombic — noting or pertaining to a system of crystallization characterized by three unequal axes intersecting at right angles; rhombic; trimetric.
- orthotropism — Botany. orthotropic tendency or growth.