19-letter words containing n, o, s, h, r

national characters — (character) Characters with accents and other diacritical marks that are used in certain written languages (that are based on the Roman alphabet) but not in others, particularly not in English. A standard list is ISO Latin 1.
natural catastrophe — A natural catastrophe is an unexpected event, caused by nature, such as an earthquake or flood, in which there is a lot of suffering, damage, or death.
near to one's heart — cherished or important
nernst heat theorem — the principle that reactions in crystalline solids involve changes in entropy that tend to zero as the temperature approaches absolute zero
neuropsychodynamics — The theoretical synthesis of neuroscience and psychodynamics.
no shrinking violet — If you say that someone is no shrinking violet, you mean that they are not at all shy.
no strings attached — without conditions
nordrhein-westfalen — German name of North Rhine-Westphalia.
north valley stream — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
north-central state — a state of N Nigeria. Capital: Kaduna. Pop: 4 438 007 (1995 est). Area: 46 053 sq km (17 781 sq miles)
north-northeasterly — a wind or storm coming from the north-northeast
north-northwesterly — a wind or storm coming from the north-northwest
north-west frontier — the area roughly equivalent to the present North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, which is the days of the British Raj was regarded as one of the most remote and dangerous outposts of the British Empire
northern hemisphere — the half of the earth between the North Pole and the equator.
northern hog sucker — black sucker.
northwest ordinance — the act of Congress in 1787 providing for the government of the Northwest Territory and setting forth the steps by which its subdivisions might become states.
northwest territory — region north of the Ohio River, between Pa. & the Mississippi (established 1787): it now forms Ohio, Ind., Ill., Mich., Wis., & part of Minn.
nothing of the sort — not at all as described
noughts and crosses — tick-tack-toe (def 1).
noughts-and-crosses — tick-tack-toe (def 1).
old church slavonic — the oldest attested Slavic language, an ecclesiastical language written first by Cyril and Methodius in a Bible translation of the 9th century and continued in use for about two centuries. It represents the South Slavic, Bulgarian dialect of 9th-century Salonika with considerable addition of other South and West Slavic elements. Abbreviation: OCS.
old english pattern — a spoon pattern having a stem curving backward at the end.
on one's high horse — acting in an arrogant, haughty, or disdainful manner
on someone's hammer — persistently demanding and critical of someone
on the baker's list — in good health
on the razor's edge — a sharp-edged instrument used especially for shaving the face or trimming the hair.
on the threshold of — If you are on the threshold of something exciting or new, you are about to experience it.
one's money's worth — full value for the money one has paid for something
open-hearth process — a process of steelmaking in which the charge is laid in a furnace (open-hearth furnace) on a shallow hearth and heated directly by burning gas as well as radiatively by the furnace walls.
operations research — the analysis, usually involving mathematical treatment, of a process, problem, or operation to determine its purpose and effectiveness and to gain maximum efficiency.
orthopaedic surgeon — a surgeon specializing in the branch of surgery concerned with disorders of the spine and joints and the repair of deformities of these parts
ousterhout, john k. — John Ousterhout
over someone's head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
overplay one's hand — If you say that someone is overplaying something such as a problem, you mean that they are making it seem more important than it really is.
paleoanthropologist — the study of the origins and predecessors of the present human species, using fossils and other remains.
parting of the ways — When there is a parting of the ways, two or more people or groups of people stop working together or travelling together.
philosopher's stone — a substance sought by alchemists that would be capable of transmuting baser metals into gold or silver and of prolonging life.
philosophers' stone — a substance sought by alchemists that would be capable of transmuting baser metals into gold or silver and of prolonging life.
photodisintegration — the disintegration of a nucleus, induced by its absorption of a photon.
photoreconnaissance — reconnaissance using aerial photography.
polytene chromosome — a giant, cross-banded chromosome that results from multiple replication of its genetic material with the duplicated chromatin strands remaining closely associated.
postsynchronization — the process of adding sound, such as dubbing, to a film or video after shooting or videotaping is completed
prescription charge — a charge, set by the government, to be paid by a patient for medicines
priority scheduling — (operating system) Processes scheduling in which the scheduler selects tasks to run based on their priority as opposed to, say, a simple round-robin. Priorities may be static or dynamic. Static priorities are assigned at the time of creation, while dynamic priorities are based on the processes' behaviour while in the system. For example, the scheduler may favour I/O-intensive tasks so that expensive requests can be issued as early as possible. A danger of priority scheduling is starvation, in which processes with lower priorities are not given the opportunity to run. In order to avoid starvation, in preemptive scheduling, the priority of a process is gradually reduced while it is running. Eventually, the priority of the running process will no longer be the highest, and the next process will start running. This method is called aging.
professional school — a postgraduate school or college which trains students for a particular profession
protease inhibitors — a drug that inhibits the action of protease, especially any of a class of antiviral drugs that prevent the cleavage and replication of HIV proteins.
psychoendocrinology — the study of the relationship between the endocrine system and various symptoms or types of mental illness.
pugwash conferences — international peace conferences of scientists held regularly to discuss world problems: Nobel peace prize 1995 awarded to Joseph Rotblat (1908–2005) , one of the founders of the conferences, secretary-general (1957–73), and president (1988–97)
pull in one's horns — one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
put a figure on sth — When you put a figure on an amount, you say exactly how much it is.

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