10-letter words containing h, o, n, s
- nonfashion — Not directly related to fashion, or the fashion industry.
- nonhistone — Not derived or obtained from a histone.
- nonhostile — Not hostile; free of hostility.
- nonhousing — not concerned with or related to housing
- nonsighted — having no eyesight; unsighted; blind.
- nonstarchy — Alternative spelling of non-starchy.
- nordhausen — a city in central Germany: site of a former Nazi concentration camp.
- north star — Polaris.
- north-east — The north-east is the direction which is halfway between north and east.
- north-west — The north-west is the direction which is halfway between north and west.
- northlands — Plural form of northland.
- northwards — Also, northwards, northwardly. toward the north.
- nose wheel — the landing wheel under the nose of an aircraft.
- nosography — the systematic description of diseases.
- nosophobia — an abnormal fear of disease.
- nostopathy — a fear of returning home, often observed in those who have been in institutions such as prison or hospital for a long time
- notchbacks — Plural form of notchback.
- nothingism — a trivial thing or matter
- notochords — Plural form of notochord.
- nourishing — promoting or sustaining life, growth, or strength: a nourishing diet.
- noviceship — The state or position of being a novice.
- nursehound — a species of European dogfish, Scyliorrhinus caniculus
- oafishness — The state of being oafish.
- oberhausen — a city in W Germany, in the lower Ruhr valley.
- ochronosis — An autosomal-recessive metabolic disorder that causes an excess of homogentisic acid, resulting in adverse pigmentation, calcification, and inflammation of cartilaginous and related tissue throughout the body.
- oenophiles — Plural form of oenophile.
- of fashion — of high social standing
- offishness — Quality of being offish.
- 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.
- ohnosecond — (unit, humour) (Presumably a play on "nanosecond") The miniscule time it takes to realize that you've just made a BIG mistake like typing rm -rf * in the wrong directory. Seen in Elizabeth P. Crowe's book, "The Electronic Traveller."
- okuninushi — a son of Susanowo and, in some legends, creator of the world.
- old danish — the Danish language as spoken and written from the 9th to the 14th centuries.
- omnitheism — The belief that all religions contain a core recognition of the same God.
- omnitheist — A person who believes in omnitheism.
- on the sly — cunning or wily: sly as a fox.
- one's hour — a time of success, fame, etc
- onslaughts — Plural form of onslaught.
- open flash — a photographic technique employing a flash fired while the camera shutter is held open.
- open house — a party or reception during which anyone who wishes may visit to share in a celebration, meet a special guest, etc.
- open sight — (on a firearm) a rear sight consisting of a notch across which the gunner aligns the front sight on the target.
- open-shelf — open-stack.
- ornithosis — psittacosis, especially of birds other than those of the parrot family.
- orphanages — Plural form of orphanage.
- orpharions — Plural form of orpharion.
- oudtshoorn — a city in the S Cape of Good Hope province, in the S Republic of South Africa.
- oughtlings — at all
- outgushing — Present participle of outgush.
- outlandish — freakishly or grotesquely strange or odd, as appearance, dress, objects, ideas, or practices; bizarre: outlandish clothes; outlandish questions.
- outshining — Present participle of outshine.