14-letter words containing h, o, p
- myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
- myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
- nanopublishing — an inexpensive form of online publishing that uses blogging as a model to reach a specific audience
- naphthoquinone — (organic compound) Either of two isomers of polycyclic aromatic ketones derived from naphthalene.
- naphthyl group — Also called alpha-naphthyl group, alpha-naphthyl radical. the univalent group C 1 0 H 7 –, having a replaceable hydrogen atom in the first, or alpha, position; 1-naphthyl group.
- nasopharyngeal — the part of the pharynx behind and above the soft palate, directly continuous with the nasal passages. Compare oropharynx (def 2).
- nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
- naval hospital — a hospital that provides treatment for people in the Navy
- nephrectomized — to perform a nephrectomy upon.
- nephroblastoma — a malignant tumour arising from the embryonic kidney that occurs in young children, esp in the age range 3–8 years
- nephrotoxicity — The state or condition of being nephrotoxic.
- neurohypnology — a name given to hypnosis by the Scottish physician Braid
- neuropathology — the pathology of the nervous system.
- nicotine patch — plaster to quit smoking
- non perishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
- nonhygroscopic — Not hygroscopic.
- nonphilosopher — a person who is not a philosopher
- nonphysiologic — of or relating to physiology.
- nonpsychiatric — not psychiatric
- nonsuch palace — a former royal palace in Cuddington in London: built in 1538 for Henry VIII; later visited by Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I, and Charles II; demolished (1682–1702)
- nontherapeutic — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
- norepinephrine — Also called noradrenaline. Physiology. a neurotransmitter, released by adrenergic nerve terminals in the autonomic and possibly the central nervous system, that has such effects as constricting blood vessels, raising blood pressure, and dilating bronchi.
- north st. paul — a town in E Minnesota.
- north thompson — Benjamin, Count Rumford, 1753–1814, English physicist and diplomat, born in the U.S.
- northern porgy — a common sparid fish, Stenotomus chrysops, of American coastal regions of the Atlantic
- not a patch on — not nearly as good as
- not up to much — If you say that something is not up to much, you mean that it is of poor quality.
- nymphomaniacal — a woman who has abnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire.
- oceanographers — Plural form of oceanographer.
- oesophagectomy — (surgery) the surgical procedure for the removal of all, or part of the oesophagus.
- oesophagoscope — Alternative form of esophagoscope.
- of the opinion — If someone is of the opinion that something is the case, that is what they believe.
- omphalocentric — Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
- omphaloskepsis — contemplation of one's navel as part of a mystical exercise.
- omphaloskeptic — One who contemplates or meditates upon one's navel; one who engages in omphaloscopy.
- on the improve — improving
- on the part of — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- on the rampage — behaving violently or destructively
- on the upgrade — improving or progressing, as in importance, status, health, etc
- on the warpath — the path or course taken by American Indians on a warlike expedition.
- one-upsmanship — 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.
- oophorectomies — Plural form of oophorectomy.
- oophorectomize — to surgically remove (one or both ovaries)
- opechancanough — c1545–1644, Algonquian leader, brother of Powhatan: led Jamestown massacre 1622.
- open deathtrap — (abuse) An abusive hackerism for the Santa Cruz Operation's Open DeskTop. The funniest part is that this was coined by SCO's own developers. Compare AIDX, Macintrash Nominal Semidestructor, ScumOS, sun-stools, HP-SUX.
- openhandedness — The characteristic of being openhanded.
- operating cash — the amount of cash or money that a business generates
- ophthalmologic — the branch of medical science dealing with the anatomy, functions, and diseases of the eye.
- ophthalmometer — an instrument for measuring the reflection of an image on the surface of the cornea and other capacities of the eye, used chiefly for determining the presence and degree of astigmatism.
- ophthalmometry — the measurement and determination of the eye's defects and powers of refraction