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14-letter words containing n, o, h, e, m

  • something's up — something is amiss
  • south american — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
  • south el monte — a town in SW California.
  • southern yemen — a former name of Yemen (def 1).
  • sowing machine — a machine that scatters seeds on land so that they may grow
  • spanish omelet — an omelet served with a sauce of tomatoes, onions, and green peppers.
  • sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
  • stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
  • sulphonmethane — a colourless crystalline compound used medicinally as a hypnotic. Formula: C7H16O4S2
  • symphonic poem — a form of tone poem, scored for a symphony orchestra, in which a literary or pictorial “plot” is treated with considerable program detail: originated by Franz Liszt in the mid-19th century and developed especially by Richard Strauss.
  • tam-o'-shanter — a cap of Scottish origin, usually made of wool, having a round, flat top that projects all around the head and has a pompon at its center.
  • tenement house — a building divided into tenements, or apartments, now specif. one in the slums that is run-down, overcrowded, etc.
  • tenement-house — Also called tenement house. a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city.
  • the full monty — something in its entirety
  • the hexaemeron — the six-day period of the Creation
  • the home front — the civilian population
  • the long march — a journey of about 10 000 km (6000 miles) undertaken (1934–35) by some 100 000 Chinese Communists when they were forced out of their base in Kiangsi in SE China. They made their way to Shensi in NW China; only about 8000 survived the rigours of the journey
  • the mabinogion — a collection of Welsh tales based on old Celtic legends and mythology in which magic and the supernatural play a large part
  • the omnipotent — an epithet for God
  • the omniscient — God
  • the paranormal — paranormal happenings generally
  • the roman rite — the liturgical rite used in the Diocese of Rome
  • the unemployed — people who are out of work
  • the worm turns — If you say that the worm turns, you mean that someone who usually obeys another person or accepts their bad behaviour unexpectedly starts resisting that person or expresses their anger.
  • the-mabinogion — a collection of medieval Welsh romances that were translated (1838–49) by Lady Charlotte Guest.
  • theologoumenon — a theological assertion or statement not derived from divine revelation
  • theory of mind — Psychology, Philosophy. the ability to interpret one’s own and other people’s mental and emotional states, understanding that each person has unique motives, perspectives, etc.: People with autism seem to lack theory of mind. Abbreviation: ToM, TOM.
  • thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
  • thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
  • thermoelectron — an electron emitted by an incandescent material.
  • thermojunction — a point of electrical contact between two dissimilar metals across which a voltage appears, the magnitude of which depends on the temperature of the contact and the nature of the metals
  • thermomagnetic — of or relating to the effect of heat on the magnetic properties of a substance.
  • thermoremanent — (of a rock) having a remnant magnetic field after cooling or solidification
  • thermostatting — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
  • thermotolerant — (of plants) able to tolerate, but not thriving in, high temperatures
  • thetford mines — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: asbestos mining.
  • thioantimonate — any of a group of chemical compounds considered salts of thioantimonic acid
  • thioantimonite — any of a group of chemical compounds considered salts of the thioantimonious acids
  • thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
  • thomson effect — the tendency of unevenly heated segments of a strip of a conductor to increase or decrease in temperature differences when an electric current is passed through the strip.
  • thrombopoietin — a hormone that induces bone marrow cells to form blood platelets.
  • trichomonacide — an agent that destroys trichomonads
  • trihalomethane — a type of chemical compound in which three of the hydrogen atoms in a methane molecule have been replaced by halogen atoms, esp by chlorine in drinking water. Trihalomethanes are thought to be carcinogenic
  • triiodomethane — iodoform.
  • turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
  • unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
  • uncomprehended — not comprehended or understood
  • unhandsomeness — unattractiveness
  • unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
  • voting machine — a mechanical apparatus used in a polling place to register and count the votes.
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