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13-letter words containing h, o, p, e

  • nonmembership — the fact or condition of being a nonmember
  • nonpathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
  • nonperishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
  • nonpunishable — Not punishable; of an act, for which no punishment has been authorized; of a person, beyond the reach of punishment.
  • normocephalic — Having a normal sized head; neither macrocephalic nor microcephalic; mesocephalic.
  • northern cape — the largest but least populated province in South Africa, in the NW part of the country; created in 1994 from part of Cape Province: agriculture, mining (esp diamonds). Capital: Kimberley. Pop: 1 145 861 (2011 est). Area: 139 703 sq km (361 830 sq miles)
  • northern pike — a pike, Esox lucius, of North American and Eurasian waters, valued as a game fish.
  • nosogeography — the study of the geographical causes and distribution of diseases.
  • nymphaeaceous — belonging to the Nymphaeaceae, the water lily family of plants.
  • oceanographer — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
  • oceanographic — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
  • on the carpet — a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
  • on the parish — receiving parochial relief
  • one-punch law — a law prescribing punitive sentences for assault, including assault comprising a single blow
  • one-stop shop — an establishment where many different services or products are available
  • one-two punch — Also called one-two punch. Boxing. a left-hand jab immediately followed by a right cross.
  • one-upmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
  • open and shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
  • open brethren — one of the two main divisions of the Plymouth Brethren that, in contrast to the Exclusive Brethren, permits contacts with members outside the sect
  • open sandwich — a sandwich served on only one slice of bread, without a covering slice.
  • open-and-shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
  • openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
  • opening hours — Opening hours are the times during which a shop, bank, library, or bar is open for business.
  • opening night — the first performance of a theatrical attraction, taking place in the evening: The audience was full of celebrities on opening night.
  • openmouthedly — in a manner filled with amazement and wonder
  • opthalmoscope — Misspelling of ophthalmoscope.
  • optical bench — an apparatus, as a special table or rigid beam, for the precise positioning of light sources, screens, and optical instruments used for optical and photometric studies, having a ruled bar to which these devices can be attached and along which they can be readily adjusted.
  • orchesography — a written study of dancing
  • orchestra pit — musicians' seating in front of stage
  • orchestra-pit — a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
  • organotherapy — the branch of therapeutics that deals with the use of remedies prepared from the organs of animals, as from the thyroid gland, the pancreas, or the suprarenal bodies.
  • oropharyngeal — the part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the upper edge of the epiglottis.
  • orthocephalic — having a medium or intermediate relation between the height of the skull and the breadth or length.
  • orthoepically — In terms of correct pronunciation.
  • orthographies — Plural form of orthography.
  • orthographize — to spell correctly or according to the rules of orthography.
  • orthopaedical — Pertaining to orthopaedics; characteristic of orthopaedia.
  • orthopyroxene — a member of the pyroxene group of minerals having an orthorhombic crystal structure, such as enstatite and hypersthene
  • osteophytosis — Lb medicine The presence of osteophytes.
  • ostreophagous — oyster-eating
  • over the hump — a rounded protuberance, especially a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison.
  • over-shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
  • overemphasise — (British) alternative spelling of overemphasize.
  • overemphasize — to emphasize excessively.
  • packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
  • paedomorphism — the continuation of juvenile characteristics in the adult stage
  • painted horse — paint (def 6).
  • paleethnology — (formerly) the branch of ethnology concerned with the earliest or most primitive human societies.
  • palos heights — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • pandora shell — any marine bivalve of the genus Pandora, having a scimitar-shaped shell with a pronounced ridge along the hinge.
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