12-letter words containing h, o, n, e, s
- mother-seton — Saint Elizabeth Ann (Bayley) ("Mother Seton") 1774–1821, U.S. educator, social-welfare reformer, and religious leader: first native-born American to be canonized (1975).
- motherliness — The property of being motherly.
- mythogenesis — the creation and development of myths
- nasotracheal — (anatomy) Of or relating to the nose and trachea.
- natchitoches — a city in NW Louisiana.
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- necrophilism — necrophilia.
- necrophilous — displaying a preference for dead tissue, esp of certain bacteria and insects
- necrophorous — denoting animals, such as certain beetles, that carry away the bodies of dead animals
- nephrologist — A physician whose speciality is nephrology.
- nephroptosis — An abnormal condition in which the kidney drops down into the pelvis when the patient stands up.
- nephrostomes — Plural form of nephrostome.
- nephrotomies — Plural form of nephrotomy.
- netherworlds — Plural form of netherworld.
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
- neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
- neutrophiles — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- neutrosophic — Neutrosophy
- neutrosphere — the part of the atmosphere whose constituents are, for the most part, electrically neutral, extending from the earth's surface to the base of the ionosphere.
- newfashioned — Alternative form of new-fashioned.
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- night person — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
- nightclothes — Clothes worn to bed.
- no less than — at least
- noahide laws — the seven laws given to Noah after the Flood, which decree the establishment of a fair system of justice in society, and prohibit idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery and incest, robbery, and the eating of flesh taken from a living animal
- non-cohesion — the act or state of cohering, uniting, or sticking together.
- non-cohesive — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- non-shedding — to pour forth (water or other liquid), as a fountain.
- nonaesthetic — not aesthetic, not related to the appreciation of beauty
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- nonphosphate — lacking or absent of a phosphate or phosphate compound
- nonscheduled — not scheduled; not entered on or having a schedule; unscheduled: nonscheduled activities.
- nonspherical — not spherical
- north-easter — New England and South Atlantic States. a wind or gale from the northeast.
- northeastern — Of, related to, located in, or from the northeast.
- northern spy — an American variety of red-striped apple that ripens in autumn or early winter.
- northernmost — farthest north.
- northwestern — Of or pertaining to the northwest; from or to in such a direction.
- northwesters — Plural form of northwester.
- northwestnet — (NWNET) Kochmer, J., and NorthWestNet, "The Internet Passport: NorthWestNets Guide to Our World Online", NorthWestNet, Bellevue, WA, 1992.
- nourishments — Plural form of nourishment.
- nucleophiles — Plural form of nucleophile.
- nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
- old chestnut — old saying, cliché
- oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
- omnishambles — Chiefly British Informal. a situation, especially in politics, in which poor judgment results in disorder or chaos with potentially disastrous consequences.
- on the books — registered
- on the cards — likely
- on the cross — diagonally