11-letter words containing n, e, o, c, h
- on the club — away from work due to sickness, esp when receiving sickness benefit
- on the coat — in disfavour
- on the cuff — a fold or band serving as a trimming or finish for the bottom of a sleeve.
- on the cusp — If you say that someone or something is on the cusp, you mean they are between two states, or are about to be in a particular state.
- on the rack — If you say that someone is on the rack, you mean that they are suffering either physically or mentally.
- on thin ice — the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- onychectomy — The surgical removal of claws.
- open cheque — an uncrossed cheque that can be cashed at the drawee bank
- open switch — (IBM, probably from railways) An unresolved question, issue, or problem.
- orchestrina — (musical instruments) orchestrion.
- orchestrion — a mechanical musical instrument, resembling a barrel organ but more elaborate, for producing the effect of an orchestra.
- orthocenter — the point of intersection of the three altitudes of a triangle.
- orthocentre — Point at which the perpendiculars from the angles of a triangle intersect.
- orthogenics — the treatment of mentally and emotionally disturbed children
- orthopnoeic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- outreaching — Present participle of outreach.
- overarching — forming an arch above: great trees with overarching branches.
- panchreston — a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.
- pantothenic — denoting an acid which is a growth-promoting vitamin of vitamin B complex
- peach stone — the stone in the centre of the fruit the peach
- phanerozoic — the eon comprising the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
- phonematics — phonemics.
- phonemicize — to transcribe into phonemic symbols.
- phonetastic — (communications) A CTI product from Callware. Phonetastic employs if-then rules and customer records to tell those receiving calls who is calling (based on ANI and DNIS) and to determine how the call should be routed, e.g. to a certain sales representative or to the general sales department; receive high-priority treatment; receive a fax-back, etc.
- phonetician — a specialist in phonetics or in some aspect of phonetics.
- phoneticism — a phonetic scheme of writing
- phoneticize — to represent (speech) in writing by means of a system in which individual symbols correspond regularly with speech sounds.
- photic zone — the upper layer of a body of water delineated by the depth to which enough sunlight can penetrate to permit photosynthesis.
- phycophaein — a brownish pigment which is found in seaweed
- pinacotheca — a place where works of art are displayed or stored
- pinchbottle — a bottle with concave sides, as for containing liquor.
- pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
- plectognath — belonging to the Plectognathi, a group or order of fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick, often spiny, scaleless skin, and including the filefish, globefish, puffer, and triggerfish.
- pocketphone — a mobile phone
- polytechnic — of, relating to, or offering instruction in a variety of industrial arts, applied sciences, or technical subjects: a polytechnic institute.
- pond hockey — ice hockey played on a frozen pond
- pondicherry — a union territory of India, on the Coromandel Coast: formerly the chief settlement of French India; territory includes Mahé (on the Malabar Coast), Karikal, and Yanaon. 181 sq. mi. (469 sq. km).
- port neches — a town in SE Texas.
- power chain — an endless chain for transmitting motion and power between sprockets on shafts with parallel axes.
- power lunch — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- preluncheon — a light meal before lunch
- pro-chinese — the standard language of China, based on the speech of Beijing; Mandarin.
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- psyche knot — a woman's hairdo in which a knot or coil of hair projects from the back of the head.
- psychogenic — having origin in the mind or in a mental condition or process: a psychogenic disorder.
- psychotogen — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
- punchinello — a grotesque or absurd chief character in a puppet show of Italian origin: the prototype of Punch.
- pyrotechnic — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
- ranch house — the house of the owner of a ranch, usually of one story and with a low-pitched roof.
- reckon with — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.