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13-letter words containing n, e, p, h, r

  • neurosyphilis — Syphilis that involves the central nervous system.
  • new hampshire — a state in the NE United States. 9304 sq. mi. (24,100 sq. km). Capital: Concord. Abbreviation: NH (for use with zip code), N.H.
  • newport beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
  • niche product — sth of specific or limited consumer interest
  • non-ephemeral — lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory: the ephemeral joys of childhood.
  • non-spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
  • nonmembership — the fact or condition of being a nonmember
  • nonperishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
  • normocephalic — Having a normal sized head; neither macrocephalic nor microcephalic; mesocephalic.
  • northern cape — the largest but least populated province in South Africa, in the NW part of the country; created in 1994 from part of Cape Province: agriculture, mining (esp diamonds). Capital: Kimberley. Pop: 1 145 861 (2011 est). Area: 139 703 sq km (361 830 sq miles)
  • northern pike — a pike, Esox lucius, of North American and Eurasian waters, valued as a game fish.
  • nosogeography — the study of the geographical causes and distribution of diseases.
  • oceanographer — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
  • oceanographic — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
  • on the carpet — a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
  • on the parish — receiving parochial relief
  • open brethren — one of the two main divisions of the Plymouth Brethren that, in contrast to the Exclusive Brethren, permits contacts with members outside the sect
  • openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
  • opening hours — Opening hours are the times during which a shop, bank, library, or bar is open for business.
  • organotherapy — the branch of therapeutics that deals with the use of remedies prepared from the organs of animals, as from the thyroid gland, the pancreas, or the suprarenal bodies.
  • oropharyngeal — the part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the upper edge of the epiglottis.
  • orthopyroxene — a member of the pyroxene group of minerals having an orthorhombic crystal structure, such as enstatite and hypersthene
  • over-shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
  • painted horse — paint (def 6).
  • pandora shell — any marine bivalve of the genus Pandora, having a scimitar-shaped shell with a pronounced ridge along the hinge.
  • paper-pushing — a person who has a routine desk job.
  • paraphernalia — (sometimes used with a singular verb) equipment, apparatus, or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity: a skier's paraphernalia.
  • parasynthesis — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
  • parasynthetic — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
  • parasyntheton — a word formed by parasynthesis; for example, kind-hearted
  • parencephalon — a cerebral hemisphere
  • parental home — a school for problem children.
  • parenthesized — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
  • parenthetical — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
  • paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
  • parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
  • parry channel — a water channel in N Canada running between Baffin Bay on the E and the Arctic Ocean on the W: separates the Queen Elizabeth Islands (N) from the rest of the Arctic Archipelago.
  • part exchange — If you give an old item in part exchange for something you are buying, the seller accepts the old item as part of the payment, so you do not have to give them as much money.
  • parthenocarpy — the production of fruit without fertilization of an egg in the ovary.
  • parthenopaeus — a son of Hippomenes and Atalanta, and one of the Seven against Thebes.
  • parthenospore — a spore developed without fertilization.
  • party machine — the internal organization of a political party, which decides its policies and directs its activities
  • patent hammer — a hammer for dressing stone, having a head with two faces formed of a number of broad, thin chisels bolted side by side.
  • patent holder — a person or company that holds a patent
  • path-breaking — very original; ground-breaking
  • pearl-handled — having a handle made of pearl or mother-of-pearl
  • pencil pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
  • pencil-pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
  • penny pincher — a miserly, niggardly, or stingy person.
  • penny-pincher — a miserly, niggardly, or stingy person.
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