10-letter words containing n, o, t, h, e
- on the hip — at a disadvantage
- on the hop — If you are caught on the hop, you are surprised by someone doing something when you were not expecting them to and so you are not prepared for it.
- on the job — of or for a particular job or transaction.
- on the lam — a hasty escape; flight.
- on the nod — If a proposal is accepted on the nod, it is accepted without being questioned or argued about.
- on the pad — a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.
- on the run — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- on the sly — cunning or wily: sly as a fox.
- on the way — en route
- on-the-job — done, received, or happening while in actual performance of one's work: on-the-job training.
- one-eighty — a turn or reversal of 180 degrees.
- open sight — (on a firearm) a rear sight consisting of a notch across which the gunner aligns the front sight on the target.
- or another — You use or another in expressions such as one kind or another when you do not want to be precise about which of several alternatives or possibilities you are referring to.
- orthocaine — a methyl ester used for local anaesthesia
- orthogenic — Psychology. of, concerned with, or providing corrective treatment for mentally retarded or seriously disturbed children: orthogenic class.
- orthopneic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- orthopnoea — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- other than — additional or further: he and one other person.
- otterhound — one of an English breed of water dogs having a thick, shaggy, oily coat, trained to hunt otter.
- overlength — excessiveness of length
- pantheonic — a domed circular temple at Rome, erected a.d. 120–124 by Hadrian, used as a church since a.d.
- pantothere — any animal of the extinct order Pantotheria that lived during the late Mesozoic Era, believed to be the ancestor of the marsupial and placental mammals.
- parenthood — the state, position, or relation of a parent.
- parthenope — a siren, who drowned herself when Odysseus evaded the lure of the sirens' singing. Her body was said to have been cast ashore at what became Naples
- pathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
- pennyworth — as much as may be bought for a penny.
- pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
- pentathlon — an athletic contest comprising five different track and field events and won by the contestant gaining the highest total score.
- periphyton — the community of tiny organisms, as protozoans, hydras, insect larvae, and snails, that lives on the surfaces of rooted aquatic plants.
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- phenolated — containing phenol; carbolated.
- phenoplast — phenolic resin.
- phenotypes — the observable constitution of an organism.
- phenotypic — the observable constitution of an organism.
- phlegethon — Also called Pyriphlegethon. Classical Mythology. a river of fire, one of five rivers surrounding Hades.
- phonematic — phonemic.
- phonetical — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- phonometer — a device for measuring the intensity of a sound.
- phosgenite — a mineral, lead chlorocarbonate, Pb 2 Cl 2 CO 3 , occurring in crystals.
- photogenic — forming an attractive subject for photography or having features that look well in a photograph: a photogenic face.
- photonovel — a novel published as a series of sequential photographs coupled with dialogue enclosed in balloons.
- photophone — a device for the communication of sound on a beam of light. Used to transmit the first ever wireless telephone messages.
- phytogenic — of plant origin.
- pitch cone — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
- pitchstone — a glassy volcanic rock having a resinous luster and resembling hardened pitch.
- polishment — the state of being polished or the action of polishing
- polyethnic — inhabited by or consisting of people of many ethnic backgrounds.
- promethean — of or suggestive of Prometheus.
- pyrotechny — the art of making fireworks
- pythogenic — originating from filth or putrescence.