11-letter words containing n, o, h, e
- noninherent — existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute; inhering: an inherent distrust of strangers.
- nonpathogen — An organism that is not a pathogen.
- nonphonemic — not phonemic
- nonphonetic — not phonetic
- nonteaching — the act or profession of a person who teaches.
- nontheistic — the belief in one God as the creator and ruler of the universe, without rejection of revelation (distinguished from deism).
- nonwashable — Not washable.
- north haven — a town in S Connecticut.
- north korea — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km). Capital: Pyongyang. Compare Korea.
- north river — a part of the Hudson River between NE New Jersey and SE New York.
- north slope — the northern coastal area of Alaska, rich in oil and natural gas: so called because it is N of the Brooks Range sloping down to the Arctic Ocean.
- 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.
- northbridge — a town in S Massachusetts.
- northcliffe — Viscount, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth.
- northeaster — New England and South Atlantic States. a wind or gale from the northeast.
- northerlies — Plural form of northerly.
- northermost — Synonym of northernmost.
- northerners — Plural form of northerner.
- northernism — a mannerism or phrase considered typical of northerners
- northernize — to make northern; impart qualities considered typical of the North, especially of the northern part of U.S.
- northlander — the land or region in the north.
- northwester — New England and South Atlantic States. a wind or gale from the northwest.
- not hear of — to forbid or refuse to consider
- nothingness — the state of being nothing.
- nototherium — an extinct Pleistocene rhinoceros-sized marsupial of the genus Nototherium, related to the wombats
- noun phrase — a construction that functions syntactically as a noun, consisting of a noun and any modifiers, as all the men in the room who are reading books, or of a noun substitute, as a pronoun.
- nourishable — able to be nourished; benefiting from nourishment
- nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
- novelettish — Resembling or characteristic of a novelette.
- nucleophile — of or relating to electron contribution in covalent bonding (opposed to electrophilic).
- 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.
- ocean perch — redfish (def 1).
- octahedrons — Plural form of octahedron.
- odontophore — a structure in the mouth of most mollusks over which the radula is drawn backward and forward in the process of breaking up food.
- oenophilist — a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
- offhandedly — cavalierly, curtly, or brusquely: to reply offhand.
- offshoreman — a person who works offshore, especially on an offshore oil rig.
- old english — Also called Anglo-Saxon. the English language of a.d. c450–c1150. Abbreviation: OE.
- omnichannel — Using every channel.
- omnitheists — Plural form of omnitheist.
- on one hand — from one point of view
- on schedule — with no delay
- on the ball — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- 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 beat — A police officer on the beat is on duty, walking around the area for which he or she is responsible.
- on the bias — A dress or skirt that is cut on the bias or that is bias-cut has been cut diagonally across the material so that it hangs down in a particular way.
- on the case — If you say that someone is on the case, you mean that they are aware of a particular problem and are trying to resolve it.
- on the club — away from work due to sickness, esp when receiving sickness benefit