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14-letter words containing o, h, e, n

  • floating heart — any of certain aquatic plants belonging to the genus Nymphoides, of the gentian family, especially N. aquatica, having floating, more or less heart-shaped leaves and a cluster of small, white, five-petaled flowers.
  • fonthill abbey — a ruined Gothic Revival mansion in Wiltshire: rebuilt (1790–1810) for William Beckford by James Wyatt; the main tower collapsed in 1800 and, after rebuilding, again in 1827
  • food-gathering — procuring food by hunting or fishing or the gathering of seeds, berries, or roots, rather than by the cultivation of plants or the domestication of animals; foraging.
  • for the asking — If something is yours for the asking, you could get it very easily if you wanted to.
  • for the moment — for now
  • forehand drive — (in racket sports) a type of shot made on the forehand side
  • forehandedness — Quality of being forehanded.
  • forenoon watch — the watch from 8 a.m. until noon.
  • foreshortening — Fine Arts. to reduce or distort (parts of a represented object that are not parallel to the picture plane) in order to convey the illusion of three-dimensional space as perceived by the human eye: often done according to the rules of perspective.
  • forthrightness — The characteristic or quality of being forthright.
  • fortune hunter — a person who hopes to prosper, especially through marriage to someone of wealth.
  • fortune-hunter — a person who hopes to prosper, especially through marriage to someone of wealth.
  • fortysomething — A person whose age is between forty and forty-nine years, inclusive; someone in his or her forties.
  • french bulldog — one of a French breed of small, bat-eared dogs having a large, square head, a short tail, and a short, sleek coat.
  • french morocco — French Maroc. Spanish Marruecos. a kingdom in NW Africa: formed from a sultanate that was divided into two protectorates (French Morocco and Spanish Morocco) and an international zone. 172,104 sq. mi. (445,749 sq. km). Capital: Rabat. Compare Tangier Zone.
  • french oceania — former name of French Polynesia.
  • french paradox — the theory that the lower incidence of heart disease in Mediterranean countries compared to that in the US is a consequence of the larger intake of flavonoids from red wine in these countries
  • french windows — a pair of casement windows extending to the floor and serving as portals, especially from a room to an outside porch or terrace.
  • fringed orchis — any of several American orchids of the genus Habenaria, having a cut, fringed lip.
  • front of house — restaurant
  • frozen yoghurt — a dessert made from sweetened yoghurt that has been frozen
  • full-fashioned — knitted to conform to the shape of a body part, as of the foot or leg: full-fashioned hosiery.
  • funnily enough — You use funnily enough to indicate that, although something is surprising, it is true or really happened.
  • galeopithecine — of, relating to, or resembling the flying lemur (Galeopithecus)
  • galvanotherapy — treatment employing electric current.
  • gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
  • game of chance — a game in which the outcome is determined by chance rather than by the skill of its players, as roulette.
  • garrison house — a style of early New England house in which the second floor projects beyond the first.
  • genethlialogic — relating to the science of casting horoscopes
  • geochronologic — Of or pertaining to geochronology.
  • geochronometry — the determination of the absolute age of earth materials, as by radiometric dating.
  • geomorphogenic — relating to geomorphogeny
  • geosynchronous — of or relating to a satellite traveling in an orbit 22,300 miles (35,900 km) above the earth's equator: at this altitude, the satellite's period of rotation, 24 hours, matches the earth's and the satellite always remains in the same spot over the earth: geostationary orbit.
  • germanomethane — (chemistry) germanium tetrahydride.
  • gerontomorphic — relating to mature masculine characteristics
  • get the bounce — to dismiss or be dismissed from a job
  • ghost prisoner — a prisoner, esp one held in US military captivity, whose detention is not publicly acknowledged
  • globe amaranth — a plant, Gomphrena globosa, native to the Old World tropics, having dense heads of variously colored flowers that retain their color when cut.
  • go easy on sth — If you tell someone to go easy on something, you are telling them to use only a small amount of it.
  • go in the tank — to lose or fail badly or on purpose
  • go on the swag — to become a tramp
  • golden hamster — a small light-colored hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, native to Asia Minor and familiar as a laboratory animal and pet.
  • golden thistle — Spanish oyster plant.
  • googlewhacking — The action of searching for googlewhacks.
  • greenhouse gas — any of the gases whose absorption of solar radiation is responsible for the greenhouse effect, including carbon dioxide, methane, ozone, and the fluorocarbons.
  • greyhound race — a race in which greyhounds chase a dummy hare around a track
  • ground hemlock — a prostrate yew, Taxus canadensis, of eastern North America, having short, flat needles and red, berrylike fruit.
  • growth hormone — any substance that stimulates or controls the growth of an organism, especially a species-specific hormone, as the human hormone somatotropin, secreted by the anterior pituitary gland. Abbreviation: GH.
  • guest of honor — a person in whose honor a dinner, party, etc., is given.
  • gynecomorphous — having the form, appearance, or attributes of a female.
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