13-letter words containing n, o, r, h

norton shores — a city in W Michigan, on Lake Michigan.
nosogeography — the study of the geographical causes and distribution of diseases.
nouveau riche — a person who is newly rich: the ostentation of the nouveaux riches of the 1920s.
novo hamburgo — a city in Rio Grande do Sul state, S Brazil.
novocherkassk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Rostov.
nowhere-dense — (of a set in a topological space) having a closure that contains no open set with any points in it; nondense.
nowheresville — a remote or isolated town or village.
number theory — the study of integers and their relation to one another.
oceanographer — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
oceanographic — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
odontornithes — a proposed class of birds that possess teeth
oil hardening — to quench (steel) in a bath of oil.
old northwest — a territory of Canada lying N of 60 degrees N and extending E from the Yukon Territory to Nunavut. 519,732 sq. mi. (1,346,106 sq. km) Capital: Yellowknife.
on a par with — If you say that two people or things are on a par with each other, you mean that they are equally good or bad, or equally important.
on every hand — on all sides; in all directions
on the carpet — a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
on the market — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
on the parish — receiving parochial relief
on the razzle — out enjoying oneself or celebrating, esp while drinking freely
on the square — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
on the street — a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
on the throne — monarch: in power
on-the-record — on-record.
onychophorans — Plural form of onychophoran.
onychorrhexis — (pathology) fingernail and toenail brittleness and breakage, such as may be due to excessive strong soap and water exposure, nail polish remover, hypothyroidism, anemia, anorexia nervosa or bulimia, or after oral retinoid therapy.
open brethren — one of the two main divisions of the Plymouth Brethren that, in contrast to the Exclusive Brethren, permits contacts with members outside the sect
openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
opening hours — Opening hours are the times during which a shop, bank, library, or bar is open for business.
opisthobranch — any gastropod mollusk of the order Opisthobranchia, as the sea slugs, sea butterflies, and sea hares, characterized by a vestigial or absent mantle and shell and two pairs of tentacles.
oprahfication — the perceived increase in people’s desire to discuss their emotions or personal problems, attributed to the influence of confessional television programmes
orange roughy — a marine food fish, Hoplosthenus atlanticus, of S Pacific waters
orange squash — an orange-flavoured drink made from fruit juice, sugar, and water
orchestrating — Present participle of orchestrate.
orchestration — (uncountable) the arrangement of music for performance by an orchestra.
orchidomaniac — a person who is obsessed with or has a passion for orchids
ordzhonikidze — Also, Orjonikidze. former name of Vladikavkaz.
organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
organolithium — (organic chemistry) Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to lithium bond.
organotherapy — the branch of therapeutics that deals with the use of remedies prepared from the organs of animals, as from the thyroid gland, the pancreas, or the suprarenal bodies.
ornithichnite — (paleontology) The footmark of a bird occurring in strata of stone.
ornithischian — any herbivorous dinosaur of the order Ornithischia, having a pelvis resembling that of a bird. Compare saurischian.
ornithologist — the branch of zoology that deals with birds.
ornithomantic — relating to ornithomancy
ornithophobia — Fear of birds.
oropharyngeal — the part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the upper edge of the epiglottis.
orthodiagonal — the axis in a crystal
orthodontists — Plural form of orthodontist.
orthognathous — straight-jawed; having the profile of the face vertical or nearly so; having a gnathic index below 98.
orthogonalise — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
orthogonality — (mathematics, statistics) the property of being orthogonal.

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