15-letter words containing l, o, a, n, s, h
- monochlamydeous — (of a flower) having a perianth of one whorl of members; not having a separate calyx and corolla
- most honourable — a courtesy title applied to marquesses and members of the Privy Council and the Order of the Bath
- multnomah falls — a waterfall on Multnomah Creek in NW Oregon, E of Portland. 611 feet (186 meters) high.
- natal horoscope — the horoscope based on an individual's birth.
- national school — (in Ireland) a state primary school
- natural history — the sciences, as botany, mineralogy, or zoology, dealing with the study of all objects in nature: used especially in reference to the beginnings of these sciences in former times.
- nearly-new shop — a shop that sells secondhand clothes and other objects
- neo-hegelianism — Hegelianism as modified by various philosophers of the latter half of the 19th century.
- neo-lutheranism — a movement begun in the 19th century in Germany and Scandinavia to revive the orthodox principles, beliefs, and practices of the Lutheran Church.
- nephrolithiasis — (pathology) presence of calculi in kidneys.
- new south wales — a state in SE Australia. 309,433 sq. mi. (801,430 sq. km). Capital: Sydney.
- nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- nicholas, saint — Saint ("Nicholas the Great") died a.d. 867, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 858–867.
- no holds barred — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- nominal aphasia — aphasia in which the primary symptom is an inability to recall or recognize the names of objects
- non-chromosomal — any of several threadlike bodies, consisting of chromatin, that carry the genes in a linear order: the human species has 23 pairs, designated 1 to 22 in order of decreasing size and X and Y for the female and male sex chromosomes respectively.
- non-exhaustible — to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person: I have exhausted myself working.
- non-shareholder — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- nonhospitalized — not hospitalized
- nonslaveholding — Not slaveholding.
- north australia — a former division of Australia; now part of the Northern Territory.
- north highlands — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- north las vegas — a city in S Nevada.
- northeastwardly — Towards the northeast.
- northwestwardly — Towards the northwest.
- old clothes man — a person who deals in second-hand clothes
- old-man-the-sea — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) an old man who clung to the shoulders of Sindbad the Sailor for many days and nights.
- oligohydramnios — (medicine) A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus.
- one's last hour — the time of one's death
- orchestrational — Of or pertaining to orchestration.
- organochlorines — Plural form of organochlorine.
- panophthalmitis — the inflammation of all eye tissue
- personal growth — development as an individual
- pheasant coucal — a brown and black, red-eyed Australian bird, Centropus phasianinus, with a pheasantlike tail.
- phenomenalistic — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
- phoenix islands — a group of eight coral islands in the central Pacific: administratively part of Kiribati. Area: 28 sq km (11 sq miles). The islands and surrounding waters form the Phoenix Islands Protected Area, the world's largest marine protected area. Area: 410 500 sq km (158 500 sq miles)
- phosphorylation — to introduce the phosphoryl group into (an organic compound).
- photojournalism — journalism in which photography dominates written copy, as in certain magazines.
- physicalization — to express in physical terms; give form or shape to: The dancers physicalized the mood of the music.
- pick-and-shovel — marked by drudgery; laborious: the pick-and-shovel work necessary to get a political campaign underway.
- plain of sharon — a plain in W Israel, between the Mediterranean and the hills of Samaria, extending from Haifa to Tel Aviv
- plainclothesman — a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.
- polish notation — a logical notation that dispenses with the need for brackets by writing the logical constants as operators preceding their arguments
- polyphloesboean — noisy
- polysomnography — a record of a person's sleep pattern, breathing, heart activity, and limb movements during sleep. Abbreviation: PSG.
- pseudohexagonal — of, relating to, or having the form of a hexagon.
- rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- saint-john-lake — Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
- schillerization — the process of altering crystals to produce schiller
- schola cantorum — an ecclesiastical choir or choir school.