8-letter words containing n, o, h
- morphine — a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 3 ⋅H 2 O, the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a pain reliever and sedative.
- morphing — Linguistics. a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment. Compare allomorph (def 2).
- mouching — to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
- mouthing — the action of speaking in a meaningless, bombastic, or hypocritical manner.
- muishond — A species of weasel found in southern Africa, Poecilogale albinucha.
- nakhodka — a port in the SE Russian Federation in Asia, SE of Vladivostok, on the Sea of Japan.
- nanchong — a city in E central Sichuan province, in central China.
- naphthol — either of two isomeric hydroxyl derivatives, C 1 0 H 7 OH, of naphthalene (alpha-naphthol or 1-naphthol and beta-naphthol or 2-naphthol) white or yellowish crystals, with a phenolic odor, that darken on exposure to light: used chiefly in dyes, drugs, perfumes, and insecticides.
- neckshot — a shot in the neck of an animal
- neighbor — a person who lives near another.
- neohippy — A new age hippy.
- neomorph — (genetics) a gain of function mutation that causes novel gene function.
- neophobe — One who dislikes new or novel things.
- neophyte — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
- nephelo- — clouds, cloudy
- nephroid — kidney-shaped
- nephrons — Plural form of nephron.
- netphone — A telephone that connects through the internet.
- new hope — a town in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- newhouse — Samuel I(rving) 1895–1979, U.S. publisher.
- newshole — Alternative form of news hole.
- niarchos — Stavros Spyros [stahv-raws spee-raws] /ˈstɑv rɔs ˈspi rɔs/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, Greek businessman and shipowner.
- nicholas — (Thomas Parentucelli) 1397?–1455, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1447–55.
- nichrome — An alloy of nickel with chromium (10 to 20 percent) and sometimes iron (up to 25 percent), used chiefly in high-temperature applications such as electrical heating elements.
- nightowl — a person who often stays up late at night; nighthawk.
- nihonium — a highly radioactive element, of which only a few atoms have ever been produced. Symbol: Nh; atomic no: 113; atomic wt: 286
- no other — nothing else
- no throw — an illegal throw in a sport such as the discus or shot put
- no-hoper — a useless person from whom nothing can be expected.
- noachian — of or relating to the patriarch Noah or his time.
- nohowish — lacking distinctiveness
- nomarchy — one of the provinces into which modern Greece is divided.
- non-hero — antihero.
- none the — You use none the to say that someone or something does not have any more of a particular quality than they did before.
- nonesuch — a person or thing without equal; paragon.
- nonhairy — Not hairy.
- nonhappy — (philosophy) Not happy.
- nonhardy — characterized by fragility or incapable of surviving under difficult conditions
- nonhuman — not human.
- nonmatch — That which is not a match; a mismatch.
- nonohmic — of or pertaining to that which does not obey Ohm's law
- nonwhite — a sociocultural classification of modern humans with darker pigmentation of the skin than is characteristic in people of European descent.
- noonhour — the hour between 12 noon and 1 p.m.
- northern — lying toward or situated in the north.
- northers — Plural form of norther.
- northing — northward movement or deviation.
- northman — one of the ancient Scandinavians, especially a member of the group that from about the 8th to the 11th century made many raids and established settlements in Great Britain, Ireland, many parts of continental Europe, and probably in parts of North America.
- northrop — John Howard, 1891–1987, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1946.
- northrup — a male given name.
- northumb — Northumberland