9-letter words containing o, h, e, n
- ornithine — an amino acid, H 2 N(CH 2) 3 CH(NH 2)COOH, obtained by the hydrolysis of arginine and occurring as an intermediate compound in the urea cycle of mammals.
- orphanage — an institution for the housing and care of orphans.
- orthopnea — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- orthotone — (of a word) having an independent accent
- other man — a man who is romantically or sexually involved with another man's wife or lover, especially a man who is having an affair with a married woman.
- otherness — the state or fact of being different or distinct.
- oughtness — the state of being right
- outhandle — to handle or operate in a superior way to: That car outhandles all others in its class.
- outshined — to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
- outshines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outshine.
- overhuman — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- overnight — for or during the night: to stay overnight.
- overshine — to outshine: One star seemed to overshine all others.
- overthink — If you overthink, or if you overthink a problem, you spend too much time thinking about something.
- ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
- panchetto — a Renaissance chair having three splayed legs and a shaped back joined into a solid wooden seat.
- panthenol — pantothenyl alcohol
- pantihose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
- pantyhose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
- parhelion — a bright circular spot on a solar halo; a mock sun: usually one of two or more such spots seen on opposite sides of the sun, and often accompanied by additional luminous arcs and bands.
- parthenon — the temple of Athena Parthenos on the Acropolis at Athens, completed c438 b.c. by Ictinus and Callicrates and decorated by Phidias: regarded as the finest Doric temple.
- parthenos — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
- pathogens — any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism.
- pathogeny — the production and development of disease.
- pay phone — a public telephone requiring that the caller deposit coins or use a credit card to pay for a call.
- penholder — a holder in which a penpoint is placed.
- penthouse — an apartment or dwelling on the roof of a building, usually set back from the outer walls.
- percheron — one of a French breed of draft horses, having a gray or black coat.
- phasedown — an act or instance of phasing down; gradual reduction.
- phaseolin — a type of proteid that is present in the kidney bean
- phellogen — cork cambium, a layer of tissue or secondary meristem external to the true cambium, giving rise to cork tissue.
- phelonion — a liturgical vestment resembling a chasuble.
- phenetole — a colorless, volatile, aromatic, water-insoluble liquid, C 8 H 1 0 O.
- phenocopy — the observed result of an environmentally induced, nongenetic alteration of a phenotype to a form that resembles the expression of a known genetic mutation.
- phenogram — a diagram depicting taxonomic relationships among organisms based on overall similarity of many characteristics without regard to evolutionary history or assumed significance of specific characters: usually generated by computer.
- phenolate — Also called phenoxide. a salt of phenol, as sodium phenolate, C 6 H 5 ONa.
- phenolics — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the condensation of phenol, or of a phenol derivative, with an aldehyde, especially formaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and plastics and as adhesives for sandpaper and plywood.
- phenolion — phelonion.
- phenology — the science dealing with the influence of climate on the recurrence of such annual phenomena of animal and plant life as budding and bird migrations.
- phenomena — a plural of phenomenon.
- phenotype — the observable constitution of an organism.
- phenoxide — phenolate (def 1).
- phenytoin — a barbiturate-related substance, C 1 5 H 1 2 N 2 O 2 , used as an anticonvulsant in the treatment of grand mal epilepsy and in focal seizures.
- pheromone — any chemical substance released by an animal that serves to influence the physiology or behavior of other members of the same species.
- philopena — a custom, presumably of German origin, in which two persons share the kernels of a nut and determine that one shall receive a forfeit from the other at a later time upon the saying of a certain word or the performance of a certain action.
- phoenicia — an ancient kingdom on the Mediterranean, in the region of modern Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.
- phone box — A phone box is a small shelter in the street in which there is a public telephone.
- phone sex — sexually explicit conversations engaged in on a telephone, usually for a fee.
- phone tag — telephone tag.
- phone tap — an instance of listening secretly, usually illegally, to someone's phone conversations using special electronic equipment