13-letter words containing m, o, n, a
- gombeen (man) — a shopkeeper who engages in usury on the side
- gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
- gourmandizing — Present participle of gourmandize.
- grain sorghum — any of several varieties of sorghum, as durra or milo, having starchy seeds, grown for grain and forage.
- graminicolous — (esp of parasitic fungi) living on grass
- graminivorous — feeding or subsisting on grass: a graminivorous bird.
- grand old man — a highly respected, usually elderly man who has been a major or the most important figure in a specific field for many years.
- grandma moses — Anna Mary Robertson ("Grandma Moses") 1860–1961, U.S. painter.
- grandmotherly — of or characteristic of a grandmother.
- granulomatous — an inflammatory tumor or growth composed of granulation tissue.
- grease monkey — a mechanic, especially one who works on automobiles or airplanes.
- gross anatomy — the branch of anatomy that deals with structures that can be seen with the naked eye.
- guesstimation — (pejorative) An estimation made without good justification and often biased.
- guzman blanco — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1829–99, Venezuelan political leader: president 1870–88.
- gynaecomastia — abnormal overdevelopment of the breasts in a man
- gynandromorph — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
- gyromagnetism — the condition or state of being gyromagnetic
- habit of mind — If someone has a particular habit of mind, they usually think in that particular way.
- habit-forming — tending to cause or encourage addiction, especially through physiological dependence: habit-forming drugs.
- haematogenous — producing blood
- haemodilution — an increase in the fluid content of blood leading to a lower concentration of red blood cells
- haemodynamics — a branch of physiology that deals with the circulation of the blood
- haemorrhaging — Present participle of haemorrhage.
- half mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
- half-marathon — running: 13-mile footrace
- half-mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
- hammond organ — an electric organ with two keyboards, electronic tone generation, and a wide variety of tone colours: invented in 1934
- hampton roads — a channel in SE Virginia between the mouth of the James River and Chesapeake Bay: battle between the Monitor and the Virginia 1862.
- hand-to-mouth — offering or providing the barest livelihood, sustenance, or support; meager; precarious: a hand-to-mouth existence.
- handsome lake — 1735-1815; Seneca prophet, social reformer, & founder of a North American Indian religion named after him
- harmonic mean — the mean obtained by taking the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of a set of nonzero numbers.
- harmonic tone — a tone produced by suppressing the fundamental tone and bringing into prominence one of its overtones.
- harmonisation — (British spelling) alternative spelling of harmonization.
- harmonization — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- hatemongering — The behaviour of a hatemonger; the spreading of hatred.
- have a mad on — to be angry
- he's your man — he's the person needed (for a particular task, role, job, etc)
- heart monitor — a machine that registers the activity of the heart
- hematogenesis — hematopoiesis.
- hematosalpinx — (medicine) A medical condition involving bleeding into the Fallopian tubes.
- hemp agrimony — a European composite plant, Eupatorium cannabinum, having dull purplish flowers.
- hexamethonium — a compound, C 10 H 24 N 2 , used in the treatment of severe hypertension to lower blood pressure and increase blood flow by blocking transmission of nerve impulses that constrict blood vessels.
- histogramming — (mathematics) The construction of histograms.
- home invasion — an act or instance of entering an occupied residence with the intent to commit a burglary or other crime.
- homogenetical — of, involving or relating to homogeny
- homologoumena — the books in the New Testament generally held as authoritative and canonical by the early church.
- honey stomach — the crop of an ant, bee, or other hymenopterous insect, serving as a reservoir for honeydew and nectar, especially the enlarged crop of a honeybee in which nectar is acted on by enzymes to form honey.
- hoodman-blind — blindman's buff.
- hopkinsianism — a modified Calvinism taught by Samuel Hopkins (1721–1803), that emphasized the sovereignty of God, the importance of His decrees, and the necessity of submitting to His will, accepting even damnation, if required, for His glory, and holding that ethics is merely disinterested benevolence.
- hotel manager — sb who runs a hotel