10-letter words containing h, o, n, g
- neo-gothic — of, relating to, or designating chiefly a style of architecture in which gothic motifs and forms are imitated.
- nephograph — an instrument for photographing clouds
- nephrology — the branch of medical science that deals with the kidney.
- night bolt — night latch.
- night mode — phase
- night robe — nightgown.
- night soil — human excrement collected and used as fertilizer.
- night work — work that is done or undertaken at night-time, as by workers on night shift, etc
- night-long — A night-long event is one that continues throughout the night.
- nightgowns — Plural form of nightgown.
- nightscope — An optical instrument that provides night vision.
- nightspots — Plural form of nightspot.
- noctograph — a frame used to aid the blind in writing.
- nomographs — Plural form of nomograph.
- nomography — the art of or a treatise on drawing up laws.
- nonhousing — not concerned with or related to housing
- nonhunting — relating to people, places, or activities that do not involve hunting
- nonsighted — having no eyesight; unsighted; blind.
- northglenn — a city in NE central Colorado.
- nosography — the systematic description of diseases.
- nothingism — a trivial thing or matter
- nottingham — a city in SW Nottinghamshire, in central England.
- nourishing — promoting or sustaining life, growth, or strength: a nourishing diet.
- offshoring — the practice of moving employees or certain business activities to foreign countries as a way to lower costs, avoid taxes, etc.: the offshoring of software jobs to China.
- ogden nash — John, 1752–1835, English architect and city planner.
- oil change — the replacement of dirty engine oil with clean engine oil
- on draught — Beer that is on draught is kept in and served from a barrel rather than a bottle.
- one-eighty — a turn or reversal of 180 degrees.
- onslaughts — Plural form of onslaught.
- open sight — (on a firearm) a rear sight consisting of a notch across which the gunner aligns the front sight on the target.
- orcharding — the cultivation of orchards
- orphanages — Plural form of orphanage.
- orthogenic — Psychology. of, concerned with, or providing corrective treatment for mentally retarded or seriously disturbed children: orthogenic class.
- orthogonal — Mathematics. Also, orthographic. pertaining to or involving right angles or perpendiculars: an orthogonal projection. (of a system of real functions) defined so that the integral of the product of any two different functions is zero. (of a system of complex functions) defined so that the integral of the product of a function times the complex conjugate of any other function equals zero. (of two vectors) having an inner product equal to zero. (of a linear transformation) defined so that the length of a vector under the transformation equals the length of the original vector. (of a square matrix) defined so that its product with its transpose results in the identity matrix.
- oughtlings — at all
- outgushing — Present participle of outgush.
- outshining — Present participle of outshine.
- overlength — excessiveness of length
- pantograph — Also, pantagraph. an instrument for the mechanical copying of plans, diagrams, etc., on any desired scale.
- pantophagy — the consumption of all types of food
- pathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
- pathognomy — the study of the symptoms or characteristics of a disease; diagnosis.
- phagomania — a compulsive desire to eat
- phanerogam — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- phlegethon — Also called Pyriphlegethon. Classical Mythology. a river of fire, one of five rivers surrounding Hades.
- phlegmonic — relating to or having the characteristics of a phlegmon
- phlogiston — a nonexistent chemical that, prior to the discovery of oxygen, was thought to be released during combustion.
- phono plug — a type of coaxial connector, used esp in audio equipment
- phonograph — any sound-reproducing machine using records in the form of cylinders or discs.
- phosgenite — a mineral, lead chlorocarbonate, Pb 2 Cl 2 CO 3 , occurring in crystals.