13-letter words containing h, o, r, a, y
- metallography — the study of the structure of metals and alloys by means of microscopy.
- metaphoricity — The power of a metaphor.
- methylpropane — (organic compound) isobutane.
- monarchically — In a monarchic or monarchical fashion.
- money-changer — a person whose business is the exchange of currency, usually of different countries, at a fixed or official rate.
- moneychangers — Plural form of moneychanger.
- morphemically — By means of, or in terms, of morphemes.
- morpho-syntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
- nanochemistry — (chemistry) The synthesis, analysis and characterization of chemical compounds at the nanoscale.
- narcohypnosis — the use of drugs to induce hypnosis
- nasopharynges — Plural form of nasopharynx.
- nonhereditary — passing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes: Blue eyes are hereditary in our family. Compare congenital.
- nonhysterical — not hysterical or funny
- north babylon — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- north by east — a point on the compass 11°15′ east of north. Abbreviation: NbE.
- northeasterly — of or located in the northeast.
- nosogeography — the study of the geographical causes and distribution of diseases.
- on every hand — on all sides; in all directions
- onychophorans — Plural form of onychophoran.
- openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
- opisthography — the practice of writing on the front and back of a parchment or papyrus
- orange roughy — a marine food fish, Hoplosthenus atlanticus, of S Pacific waters
- orchesography — a written study of dancing
- orchid family — the plant family Orchidaceae, characterized by terrestrial or epiphytic herbaceous plants having simple, parallel-veined, usually alternate leaves, complex and often large and showy flowers pollinated primarily by insects, and fruit in the form of a capsule containing numerous minute seeds, and including calypso, fringed orchis, lady's-slipper, pogonia, rattlesnake plantain, vanilla, as well as numerous tropical orchids such as those of the genera Cattleya, Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Phalaenopsis, and Vanda.
- 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.
- orthoepically — In terms of correct pronunciation.
- orthogonality — (mathematics, statistics) the property of being orthogonal.
- oscillography — a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
- oystercatcher — any of several long-billed wading birds of the genus Haematopus that have chiefly black-and-white plumage and that feed on oysters, clams, mussels, etc.
- parapophysial — of or relating to a parapophysis
- parapsychosis — an abnormal psychosis
- parasyntheton — a word formed by parasynthesis; for example, kind-hearted
- parthenocarpy — the production of fruit without fertilization of an egg in the ovary.
- petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- phantasmagory — phantasmagoria.
- pharmacognosy — materia medica (def 2).
- pharyngectomy — excision of part or all of the pharynx.
- pharyngoscope — an instrument for inspecting the pharynx.
- pharyngoscopy — an examination by means of a pharyngoscope.
- phosphorylase — any enzyme, occurring widely in animal and plant tissue, that in the presence of an inorganic phosphate catalyzes the conversion of glycogen into sugar phosphate.
- phosphorylate — to introduce the phosphoryl group into (an organic compound).
- photo gallery — display of collected photographs
- phreatophytic — of, possessing the properties of, or relating to a phreatophyte
- phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
- physharmonica — a keyboard musical instrument fitted with free reeds, and which is an early form of harmonium
- physiographic — the science of physical geography.
- physiotherapy — physical therapy.