9-letter words containing n, o, h, i, t
- neolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 b.c. in the Middle East. Compare Mesolithic, Paleolithic.
- neophytic — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
- nephrotic — Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.
- nictheroy — Niterói.
- night out — evening or nighttime social outing
- night owl — a person who often stays up late at night; nighthawk.
- night-owl — a person who often stays up late at night; nighthawk.
- nightglow — a dim light from the upper atmosphere caused by emissions from atoms and molecules ionized by solar radiation: observed at night (nightglow) during the day (dayglow) and at twilight (twilight glow) with each having slightly different characteristics.
- nightgown — a loose gown, worn in bed by women or children.
- nightlong — lasting all night: a nightlong snowfall.
- nightrobe — A robe to be worn at night; a nightgown.
- nightsoil — Alternative spelling of night soil.
- nightspot — a nightclub.
- no-hitter — a no-hit game.
- non-white — a sociocultural classification of modern humans with darker pigmentation of the skin than is characteristic in people of European descent.
- nonethnic — not of or associated with any particular ethnic background or group: some of the best nonethnic cooking in town.
- nonrhotic — denoting or speaking a dialect of English in which preconsonantal rs are not pronounced
- nontheism — Any of a range of concepts regarding spirituality and religion which do not include the idea of a deity in the form of a theistic god or gods.
- nontheist — One who is not a theist; an atheist.
- nonwhites — Plural form of nonwhite.
- northings — Plural form of northing.
- northside — The northern side of a building, street, area etc.
- northwich — a town in NW England, in Cheshire: salt and chemical industries. Pop: 39 568 (2001)
- notaphily — the collecting of bank notes as a hobby.
- noughties — The decade from 2000 to 2009.
- nouthetic — Being or relating to a form of Evangelical Protestant pastoral counseling based upon the Bible and focused on Christ.
- nowhither — to no place; nowhere: paths leading nowhither.
- obtaineth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'obtain'.
- oenanthic — having a smell that is similar to wine
- opisthion — (anatomy) The middle of the posterior, or dorsal, margin of the great foramen of the skull.
- ornithine — an amino acid, H 2 N(CH 2) 3 CH(NH 2)COOH, obtained by the hydrolysis of arginine and occurring as an intermediate compound in the urea cycle of mammals.
- ornithoid — resembling a bird.
- ornithol. — ornithological
- oughtlins — in the least; to the least degree.
- outshined — to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
- outshines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outshine.
- overnight — for or during the night: to stay overnight.
- overthink — If you overthink, or if you overthink a problem, you spend too much time thinking about something.
- pantihose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
- parathion — a deep-brown to yellow, poisonous liquid, C 1 0 H 1 4 NO 5 PS, used as an insecticide.
- phenytoin — a barbiturate-related substance, C 1 5 H 1 2 N 2 O 2 , used as an anticonvulsant in the treatment of grand mal epilepsy and in focal seizures.
- phonation — rapid, periodic opening and closing of the glottis through separation and apposition of the vocal cords that, accompanied by breath under lung pressure, constitutes a source of vocal sound.
- phonetics — (in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.
- phonetism — the science of speech sounds and of writing phonetically
- phonetist — a person who uses or advocates phonetic spelling.
- phonolite — a fine-grained volcanic rock composed chiefly of alkali feldspar and nepheline, some varieties of which split into pieces that ring on being struck.
- photonics — the study and technology of the use of light for the transmission of information.
- polyanthi — hybrid garden primroses
- pothering — commotion; uproar.
- potholing — exploring caves