14-letter words containing h, o, r, n, e

oligomenorrhea — abnormally infrequent menstruation.
omphalocentric — Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
on home ground — If you say that someone is on their home ground, you mean that they are in or near where they work or live, and feel confident and secure because of this.
on one's honor — staking one's good name or one's truthfulness, trustworthiness, or reliability
on tenterhooks — one of the hooks or bent nails that hold cloth stretched on a tenter.
on the average — a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
on the horizon — between land and sky
on the improve — improving
on the knocker — promptly; at once
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 rebound — to bound or spring back from force of impact.
on the streets — earning a living as a prostitute
on the surface — to all appearances
on the upgrade — improving or progressing, as in importance, status, health, etc
on the viretot — in a rush
on the warpath — the path or course taken by American Indians on a warlike expedition.
onchocerciasis — an infestation with filarial worms of the genus Onchocerca, common in tropical America and Africa, transmitted by black flies, and characterized by nodules under the skin, an itchy rash, eye lesions, and in severe cases, elephantiasis.
one's thirties — the ages between 30–39
one-hit wonder — a singer, composer or group that only ever has one successful piece
one-horse race — if a contest is described as a one-horse race, it is thought that one person or thing will definitely win it
one-horse town — a small or obscure town
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.
operating cash — the amount of cash or money that a business generates
orchestrations — Plural form of orchestration.
ordinary share — British. a share of common stock.
organochlorine — Any of a large group of pesticides and other synthetic organic compounds with chlorinated aromatic molecules.
orobanchaceous — belonging to the Orobanchaceae, the broomrape family of plants.
orphan process — (operating system) A Unix process whose original parent has terminated and which has become a child of "init(1)". Compare zombie.
orthonormalize — (mathematics) To make a set of vectors both orthogonal and normalized.
orthoselection — orthogenesis (def 1a).
osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.
other expenses — Other expenses are expenses that do not relate to a company's main business.
out of nowhere — unexpectedly
over the fence — unreasonable, unfair, or unjust
overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
overhomogenize — to homogenize excessively
overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
overwhelmingly — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
owlet nightjar — any of several birds of the family Aegothelidae, of Australia and Papua New Guinea, related to the nightjars but resembling small owls.
ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
ox-eye herring — a herring-like sea fish, Megalops cyprinoides, of northern Australian waters, related to the tarpon
oxford english — that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious
palaeanthropic — relating to or denoting the earliest variety of man
paleoanthropic — pertaining to prehistoric humans.
paleontography — the formal description of fossils
parchment worm — any of several polychaete worms of the genus Chaetopterus that secrete and live in a U -shaped, parchmentlike tube.
parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
parole hearing — a panel of people who decide whether to free a prisoner before his or her sentence has expired, on the condition that he or she is of good behaviour
perhydrogenate — to hydrogenate as completely as possible.

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