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11-letter words containing n, o, h, m

  • thermonasty — a nastic movement in response to a temperature change, as occurs in the opening of certain flowers
  • thermophone — an electroacoustic transducer that forms sound waves by the expansion and contraction of the air adjacent to a conductor that varies in temperature according to the magnitude of the current passing through it; formerly used to calibrate microphones.
  • thingamabob — thingamajig.
  • thingumabob — thingamajig.
  • thromboxane — a compound, C 20 H 32 O 5 , formed in blood platelets, that constricts blood vessels and promotes clotting.
  • throne room — a chamber, usually containing a throne, used by a sovereign for audiences.
  • thumb piano — any of various African boxlike musical instruments, such as the kalimba or mbira, having tuned strips of metal or wood that vibrate when played with the thumbs.
  • thumbs down — the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
  • thumbs-down — an act or instance of dissent, disapproval, etc.
  • titanomachy — the unsuccessful revolt of the family of the Titan Iapetus against Zeus
  • trichomonad — any flagellate protozoan of the genus Trichomonas, parasitic in humans or animals.
  • trichonymph — a flagellated protozoan of the genus Trichonympha that lives in the intestine of wood-eating termites, transforming the cellulose in the wood into soluble carbohydrates that can be utilized by the insect.
  • tschernosem — chernozem.
  • turnip moth — a common noctuid moth, Agrotis segetum, drab grey-brown in colour, the larvae of which feed on root crops and brassica stems
  • twelvemonth — a year.
  • unlightsome — without light; dark
  • unwholesome — not wholesome; unhealthful; deleterious to health or physical or moral well-being: unwholesome food; unwholesome activities.
  • washerwoman — a woman who washes clothes, linens, etc., for hire; laundress.
  • washerwomen — Plural form of washerwoman.
  • whit monday — the Monday following Whitsunday.
  • whoremonger — someone who consorts with whores; a lecher or pander.
  • winter moth — a brown geometrid moth, Operophtera brumata, of which the male is often seen against lighted windows in winter, the female being wingless
  • woman-hater — a person, especially a man, who dislikes women; misogynist.
  • workmanship — the art or skill of a workman or workwoman.
  • xenodochium — a guesthouse for receiving strangers
  • xenomorphic — in an unusual form; having a strange form.
  • yachtswoman — a woman who owns or sails a yacht, or who is devoted to yachting.
  • yachtswomen — Irregular plural form of yachtswoman.
  • zanthoxylum — any rutaceous shrub or tree of the genus Zanthoxylum, of temperate and subtropical E Asia and North America: includes the prickly ash and the West Indian yellowwood (or satinwood)
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