11-letter words containing n, o, h, e, m
- nephrostome — Zoology. the ciliated opening of a nephridium into the coelom.
- neurohumour — a chemical substance secreted by nerve endings; a neurohormone, particularly a neurotransmitter
- new harmony — a town in SW Indiana: socialistic community established by Robert Owen 1825.
- no mean sth — You can use no mean in expressions such as 'no mean writer' and 'no mean golfer' to indicate that someone does something well.
- nomographer — the art of or a treatise on drawing up laws.
- nonchemical — Not chemical.
- nonemphatic — lacking emphasis, not emphatic
- nonphonemic — not phonemic
- north yemen — Republic of, a country in S Arabia, formed in 1990 by the merger of the Yemen Arab Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. 207,000 sq. mi. (536,130 sq. km). Capital: Aden.
- northermost — Synonym of northernmost.
- northernism — a mannerism or phrase considered typical of northerners
- nototherium — an extinct Pleistocene rhinoceros-sized marsupial of the genus Nototherium, related to the wombats
- nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
- null method — a method of measurement using an electrical device, as a Wheatstone bridge, in which the quantity to be measured is balanced by an opposing known quantity that is varied until the resultant of the two is zero.
- nympholepsy — an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
- nympholepts — Plural form of nympholept.
- offshoreman — a person who works offshore, especially on an offshore oil rig.
- omnichannel — Using every channel.
- omnitheists — Plural form of omnitheist.
- on the beam — any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- on the game — If a man or woman is on the game, he or she is working as a prostitute.
- on the jump — in a hurry
- on the make — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- on the mend — to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
- on the move — to pass from one place or position to another.
- onychectomy — The surgical removal of claws.
- oppenheimer — J(ulius) Robert, 1904–67, U.S. nuclear physicist.
- other woman — a woman who is romantically or sexually involved with another woman's husband or lover, especially a woman who is having an affair with a married man.
- oxymorphone — a potent semisynthetic morphine-derived narcotic analgesic, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 4 , used as a substitute for morphine.
- panomphaean — understood universally
- phanerogams — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- phantomlike — an apparition or specter.
- phonematics — phonemics.
- phonemicize — to transcribe into phonemic symbols.
- phoneticism — a phonetic scheme of writing
- pneumathode — a band or pore of aerating tissue, esp along the stipes of ferns
- pneumograph — a device for recording graphically the respiratory movements of the thorax.
- preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- remand home — a detention home for juvenile offenders aged 8–16 years.
- rhamnaceous — belonging to the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family of plants.
- right money — any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.
- roman shade — a window shade that, when raised, is drawn up into a series of concertina folds.
- rompishness — the state or condition of being rompish
- rough lemon — a variety of lemon that has orange-yellow, rough-skinned fruit and is used as a rootstock for the cultivation of other citrus fruits.
- scrimshoner — a person who makes scrimshaw
- second home — an additional residence, as at the shore or in the country, where one goes on weekends, vacations, and the like.
- semimonthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
- serrano ham — cured ham from Spain
- sex hormone — any of a class of steroid hormones that regulate the growth and function of the reproductive organs or stimulate the development of the secondary sexual characteristics.