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15-letter words containing n, e, d, h

  • newton's method — a process for approximating the roots of an equation by replacing the curve representing the equation by its tangent and finding the intersection of the tangent with the x-axis and iterating this process.
  • nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
  • night blindness — a condition of the eyes in which vision is normal in daylight but abnormally poor at night or in a dim light; nyctalopia.
  • ninth amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, guaranteeing that the rights enumerated in the Constitution would not be construed as denying or jeopardizing other rights of the people.
  • 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.
  • non-handicapped — Sometimes Offensive. physically or mentally disabled.
  • non-shareholder — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
  • noncreditworthy — Not creditworthy.
  • nonhospitalized — not hospitalized
  • nonslaveholding — Not slaveholding.
  • norethandrolone — An anabolic steroid.
  • northeastwardly — Towards the northeast.
  • northwestwardly — Towards the northwest.
  • nuclear warhead — a warhead containing a fission or fusion bomb.
  • nuke the fridge — (of a film, etc.) to lose credibility following a particularly ill-judged scene or plot development
  • ocean greyhound — a fast ship, esp a liner
  • off one's hands — for which one is no longer responsible
  • old clothes man — a person who deals in second-hand clothes
  • old high german — High German before 1100. Abbreviation: OHG.
  • 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.
  • on (the) record — recorded; publicly or officially declared or known
  • on the decrease — decreasing
  • on the one hand — You use on the one hand to introduce the first of two contrasting points, facts, or ways of looking at something. It is always followed later by on the other hand or 'on the other'.
  • on the order of — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
  • one-night stand — a single performance in one locale, as by a touring theatrical company, before moving on to the next engagement.
  • openmouthedness — the state or condition of being filled with amazement and wonder
  • orange chromide — an Asian cichlid fish, Etropus maculatus, with a brownish-orange spotted body
  • orange hawkweed — a European composite plant, Hieracium aurantiacum, having orange, dandelionlike flowers, growing as a weed, especially in eastern North America.
  • ordinary shares — British. a share of common stock.
  • organized chaos — a complex situation or process that appears chaotic while having enough order to achieve progress or goals
  • ornithodelphian — of or relating to mammals of the class Ornithodelphia
  • orphaned i-node — (operating system)   /or'f*nd i:'nohd/ [Unix] 1. A file that retains storage but no longer appears in the directories of a file system.
  • ortho-toluidine — Chemistry. a light-yellow, very slightly water-soluble liquid, C 7 H 9 N, the ortho isomer of toluidine: used in the manufacture of dyes, saccharin, and other organic compounds, and in textile printing processes.
  • osteochondritis — inflammation of bone and cartilage.
  • osteochondrosis — a disease of bone and cartilage growth centers in children that begins as a necrosis and is followed by regeneration or renewed calcification.
  • out in the cold — having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.
  • over one's head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
  • paedophile ring — a group of people who take part in illegal sexual activity involving children
  • panhandle state — West Virginia (used as a nickname).
  • paphian goddess — Aphrodite, worshiped in Cyprus as the goddess of sexual love.
  • payment holiday — a break taken from paying ( a debt etc) back
  • pedagoguishness — the quality of being pedagoguish
  • phenazopyridine — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 2 ClN 5 , used as a lower urinary tract analgesic.
  • phenylhydrazine — a yellow, poisonous liquid or low-melting solid, C 6 H 8 N 2 , used in chemical analysis and organic synthesis.
  • 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)
  • photoconductive — of, relating to, or exhibiting photoconductivity.
  • pick and choose — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
  • pick-and-shovel — marked by drudgery; laborious: the pick-and-shovel work necessary to get a political campaign underway.
  • pine leaf aphid — any of various homopterous insects of the family Adelgidae, as Adelges abietis (spruce gall aphid) and Pineus pinifoliae (pine leaf aphid) that feed and form galls on conifers.
  • polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
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