13-letter words containing n, o, a, h
- normal school — (formerly) a school offering a two-year course and certification to high-school graduates preparing to be teachers, especially elementary-school teachers.
- norman french — Also called Norman. the French dialect of the Normans or of Normandy.
- normocephalic — Having a normal sized head; neither macrocephalic nor microcephalic; mesocephalic.
- north african — the northern part of Africa, especially the region north of the tropical rain forest and comprised of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and that part of Egypt west of the Gulf of Suez.
- north america — the northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending from Central America to the Arctic Ocean. Highest point, Mt. McKinley, 20,300 feet (6187 meters); lowest, Death Valley, 276 feet (84 meters) below sea level. About 9,360,000 sq. mi. (24,242,400 sq. km).
- north andover — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- north augusta — a city in W South Carolina.
- north babylon — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- north brabant — a province in S Netherlands. 1965 sq. mi. (5090 sq. km). Capital: 's Hertogenbosch.
- north by east — a point on the compass 11°15′ east of north. Abbreviation: NbE.
- north channel — a strait between SW Scotland and NE Ireland. 14 miles (23 km) wide at the narrowest point.
- north chicago — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
- north dakotan — a state in the N central United States. 70,665 sq. mi. (183,020 sq. km). Capital: Bismarck. Abbreviation: ND (for use with zip code), N. Dak.
- north holland — a province in W Netherlands. 1163 sq. mi. (3010 sq. km). Capital: Haarlem.
- north ossetia — an autonomous republic in S European Russia, in the N Caucasus. 3100 sq. mi. (8029 sq. km) Capital: Vladikavkaz.
- north reading — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- north sea gas — natural gas extracted from deposits beneath the North Sea
- north sea oil — oil extracted from deposits beneath the North Sea
- north vietnam — that part of Vietnam N of about 17° N; formerly a part of French Indochina; separate republic 1954–75.
- north-eastern — North-eastern means in or from the north-east of a region or country.
- northallerton — a market town in N England, administrative centre of North Yorkshire. Pop: 15 517 (2001)
- northeasterly — of or located in the northeast.
- northeastward — the northeast.
- 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)
- northwestward — the northwest.
- nosogeography — the study of the geographical causes and distribution of diseases.
- not much of a — If you describe something as not much of a particular type of thing, you mean that it is small or of poor quality.
- nothing loath — willing
- nouveau riche — a person who is newly rich: the ostentation of the nouveaux riches of the 1920s.
- novo hamburgo — a city in Rio Grande do Sul state, S Brazil.
- novocherkassk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Rostov.
- nut chocolate — chocolate containing nuts
- nymphaeaceous — belonging to the Nymphaeaceae, the water lily family of plants.
- nymphomaniacs — Plural form of nymphomaniac.
- ocean sunfish — a brown and gray mola, Mola mola, inhabiting tropical and temperate seas, having the posterior half of the body sharply truncated behind the elongated dorsal and anal fins.
- oceanographer — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- oceanographic — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- octagon house — a type of American house, c. 1850, having an octagonal perimeter to reduce exterior wall area.
- off the chain — wildly entertaining
- off the wagon — any of various kinds of four-wheeled vehicles designed to be pulled or having its own motor and ranging from a child's toy to a commercial vehicle for the transport of heavy loads, delivery, etc.
- offhandedness — cavalierly, curtly, or brusquely: to reply offhand.
- oil hardening — to quench (steel) in a bath of oil.
- old-fashioned — of a style or kind that is no longer in vogue: an old-fashioned bathing suit.
- ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
- on a par with — If you say that two people or things are on a par with each other, you mean that they are equally good or bad, or equally important.
- on every hand — on all sides; in all directions
- on 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.
- on the carpet — a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- on the chance — acting on the possibility; in case
- on the market — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.