13-letter words containing n, o, h, m, g
- ngo dinh diem — 1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- nonhomogenous — Biology. corresponding in structure because of a common origin.
- nonhomologous — having the same or a similar relation; corresponding, as in relative position or structure.
- novo hamburgo — a city in Rio Grande do Sul state, S Brazil.
- organolithium — (organic chemistry) Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to lithium bond.
- oxyhemoglobin — the oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells that gives them their red color and serves to convey oxygen to the tissues: occurs in reduced form (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood and in combination with oxygen (oxyhemoglobin) in arterial blood. Symbol: Hb.
- pathognomonic — Medicine/Medical. characteristic or diagnostic of a specific disease: a pathognomonic sign of pneumonia.
- pham van dong — 1906–2000, Vietnamese political leader: prime minister of North Vietnam 1955–76 and of unified Vietnam 1976–86.
- phantasmagory — phantasmagoria.
- pharmacognosy — materia medica (def 2).
- pharyngectomy — excision of part or all of the pharynx.
- phenomenology — the study of phenomena.
- phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
- physiognomies — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- physostigmine — an alkaloid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease to raise the level of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and also as a miotic in glaucoma.
- plough monday — the first Monday after Epiphany, which in N and E England used to be celebrated with a procession of ploughmen drawing a plough from house to house
- pneumatograph — pneumograph.
- post-midnight — the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
- rooming house — a house with furnished rooms to rent; lodging house.
- rough diamond — gemstone: uncut diamond
- roughing mill — a rolling mill for converting steel ingots into blooms, billets, or slabs.
- shipping room — a place in a business concern where goods are packed and shipped.
- shopping mall — mall (def 1).
- single mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- small holding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
- sphagnum moss — Botany
- sphingomyelin — any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid.
- stagecoachman — the driver or operator of a stagecoach
- swimming hole — a place, as in a stream or creek, where there is water deep enough to use for swimming.
- the long term — the time some years ahead, (as opposed to the immediate future)
- thermogenesis — the production of heat, especially in an animal body by physiological processes.
- thermosetting — pertaining to a type of plastic, as the urea resins, that sets when heated and cannot be remolded.
- thermostating — 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.
- unforthcoming — coming, forth, or about to come forth; about to appear; approaching in time: the forthcoming concert.
- unhomogenized — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.