15-letter words containing h, o, m, r
- omnium gatherum — a miscellaneous collection.
- omnium-gatherum — a miscellaneous collection.
- on/off the mark — If something is off the mark, it is inaccurate or incorrect. If it is on the mark, it is accurate or correct.
- open your mouth — If you say that someone does not open their mouth, you are emphasizing that they never say anything at all.
- orange chromide — an Asian cichlid fish, Etropus maculatus, with a brownish-orange spotted body
- outdoorsmanship — a person devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities, as hiking, hunting, fishing, or camping.
- over-enthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
- overachievement — to perform, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
- overemphasizing — Present participle of overemphasize.
- oyster mushroom — oyster cap.
- pairs champions — competitors in or winners of a pairs championship
- panoramic sight — an artillery sight that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle.
- paroemiographer — a person who writes or collects proverbs
- permanent tooth — any of the 32 adult teeth that replace the 20 milk teeth.
- petroleum ether — a volatile mixture of the higher alkane hydrocarbons, obtained as a fraction of petroleum and used as a solvent
- phantom circuit — a circuit derived from two suitably arranged pairs of wires, each pair being a circuit (side circuit) and also acting as one half of an additional derived circuit, the entire system providing the capabilities of three circuits while requiring wires for only two.
- pharmacological — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- pharmacotherapy — the treatment of disease through the administration of drugs.
- 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.
- phonocardiogram — the graphic record produced by a phonocardiograph.
- phonogramically — in a phonogramic manner
- photofluorogram — a recording on photographic film of images produced by a fluoroscopic examination.
- photojournalism — journalism in which photography dominates written copy, as in certain magazines.
- photomacrograph — a photograph showing a subject at actual size or somewhat larger.
- photomicrograph — a photograph taken through a microscope.
- photomicroscope — a microscope having an illuminator and a camera mechanism for producing a photomicrograph.
- photomultiplier — an extremely sensitive detector of light and of other radiation, consisting of a tube in which the electrons released by radiation striking a photocathode are accelerated, greatly amplifying the signal obtainable from small quantities of radiation.
- phrasemongering — the act of coining memorable phrases
- physical memory — (memory management) The memory hardware (normally RAM) installed in a computer. The term is only used in contrast to virtual memory.
- plethysmography — the tracking of changes measured in bodily volume
- pneumatotherapy — the use of compressed or rarefied air in treating disease.
- poikilothermism — the state or quality of being cold-blooded, as fishes and reptiles.
- polymorphically — in a polymorphic manner
- polysomnography — a record of a person's sleep pattern, breathing, heart activity, and limb movements during sleep. Abbreviation: PSG.
- 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
- posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
- power macintosh — Power Mac
- proscenium arch — the arch separating the stage from the auditorium
- protonephridium — a tubular, excretory structure in certain invertebrates, as flatworms, rotifers, and some larvae, usually ending internally in flame cells and having an external pore
- provost marshal — Army. an officer on the staff of a commander, charged with the maintaining of order and with other police functions within a command.
- psychochemistry — the treatment of mental illnesses by drugs
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- radiochemically — by radiochemical means or methods; from a radiochemical perspective
- ramrod straight — having a very straight figure
- raw-pack method — cold pack (def 2).
- retirement home — care facility for elderly people
- reverend mother — a title of respect or form of address for the Mother Superior of a convent
- rheumatism-root — spotted wintergreen.
- rhombencephalon — the hindbrain.
- rhyme or reason — If something happens or is done without rhyme or reason, there seems to be no logical reason for it to happen or be done.