16-letter words containing o, h, e, n
- dimethylcarbinol — isopropyl alcohol.
- dishonorableness — The property of being dishonorable.
- dneprodzerzhinsk — a city in the E central Ukraine, in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Dnieper River.
- do business with — trade or deal with
- do sth in person — If you do something in person, you do it yourself rather than letting someone else do it for you.
- do the necessary — to do something that is necessary in a particular situation
- dorothy canfield — Dorothy, Fisher, Dorothy Canfield.
- double-clutching — (of a bird) to produce a second clutch of eggs after the first has been removed, usually for hatching in an incubator.
- down at the heel — with the heels of one's shoes in need of repair
- down to the wire — a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- draw the longbow — to exaggerate in telling something
- dyed-in-the-wool — through and through; complete: a dyed-in-the-wool reformer.
- eastern orthodox — of or relating to the Orthodox Church.
- easy on the eyes — good looking, physically attractive
- ecological niche — niche (def 3).
- edinburgh prolog — Prolog dialect which eventually developed into the standard, as opposed to Marseille Prolog. (The difference is largely syntax.) Clocksin & Mellish describe Edinburgh Prolog. Version: C-Prolog.
- electromechanics — the engineering aspects of devices that are controlled by either static or magnetic electric charges
- electronic flash — Photography
- electrosynthesis — synthesis produced by means of an electric current
- encephalitogenic — That can cause encephalitis.
- encephalographic — Relating to, or employing encephalography.
- encephalomalacia — (medicine) A localized softening of the brain substance, due to hemorrhage or inflammation.
- enough is enough — expressing exasperation
- entrenching tool — a small, collapsible spade used by a soldier in the field for digging foxholes and the like.
- epigallocatechin — Gallocatechol.
- epiphenomenalism — (philosophy, psychology, uncountable) The doctrine that mental states and processes are simply incidental effects of physiological events in the brain or nervous system and cannot themselves cause any effects in the material world.
- erymanthian boar — a wild boar that ravaged the district around Mount Erymanthus: captured by Hercules as his fourth labour
- escutcheon plate — a plate or shield that surrounds a keyhole, door handle, light switch, etc, esp an ornamental one protecting a door or wall surface
- ethinylestradiol — A derivative of 17\u03b2-estradiol, the major endogenous estrogen in humans, used in oral contraceptives.
- ethnocentrically — In an ethnocentric way.
- ethnographically — Regarding the ethnography (of a region).
- ethnolinguistics — The field of linguistic anthropology which studies the language of a specific ethnic group.
- ethnomethodology — A method of sociological analysis that examines how individuals use everyday conversation and gestures to construct a common-sense view of the world.
- etiopathogenesis — (medicine) The cause and subsequent development of an abnormal condition or of a disease.
- exhaust manifold — An exhaust manifold is a heat-resistant tube that connects an engine to an exhaust pipe.
- exhibition match — a sports match which is not part of a competition but instead serves the function of demonstrating the skills of the players
- exhumation order — a legal instruction to exhume a body
- expectant mother — a pregnant woman
- exponential horn — a horn for the radiation of acoustic or high-frequency electromagnetic waves, of which the cross-sectional area increases exponentially with the length
- false dragonhead — a North American plant, Physostegia virginiana, of the mint family, having a spike of tubular, two-lipped, pink or white flowers.
- fashion business — the business dealing with style in clothes, cosmetics, behaviour, etc, esp the latest or most admired style
- fashion designer — creator of clothing designs
- fashion magazine — periodical about trendy clothing
- father confessor — confessor (def 2).
- federation wheat — an early-maturing drought-resistant variety of wheat developed by William Farrar in 1902
- fifth-generation — denoting developments in computer design to produce machines with artificial intelligence
- finished product — the product that emerges at the end of a manufacturing process
- fisherman's knot — a knot for joining two ropes of equal thickness consisting of an overhand knot or double overhand knot by each rope round the other, so that the two knots jam when pulled tight
- flash eliminator — a device fitted to the muzzle of a firearm to reduce the flash made by the ignited propellant gases
- floridean starch — the storage polysaccharide of red algae.