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10-letter words containing o, n, h, e, r

  • oil-harden — to quench (steel) in a bath of oil.
  • old french — the French language of the 9th through the 13th centuries. Abbreviation: OF.
  • on the air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
  • 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.
  • one's hour — a time of success, fame, etc
  • 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.
  • orphanages — Plural form of orphanage.
  • 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.
  • overhandle — to handle, or mention, too much
  • overhonour — to honour too highly
  • overlaunch — (in shipbuilding) to overlap planks
  • overlength — excessiveness of length
  • 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
  • peacherino — peach1 (def 4).
  • pennyworth — as much as may be bought for a penny.
  • pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
  • perihelion — the point in the orbit of a planet or comet at which it is nearest to the sun.
  • periphonic — (of sound reproduction) involving speakers placed at different heights so as to produce sound from all directions
  • periphyton — the community of tiny organisms, as protozoans, hydras, insect larvae, and snails, that lives on the surfaces of rooted aquatic plants.
  • persephone — Also, Proserpina, Proserpine. Classical Mythology. a daughter of Zeus and Demeter, abducted by Pluto to be queen of Hades, but allowed to return to the surface of the earth for part of the year.
  • personhood — the state or fact of being a person.
  • phanerogam — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
  • phenformin — a biguanide administered orally in the treatment of diabetes to lower blood concentrations of glucose; it has been largely superseded by metformin. Formula: C10H15N5
  • phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
  • phenol red — a bright to dark red crystalline compound, C 1 9 H 1 4 O 5 S, slightly soluble in water, alcohol, and acetone: used as an acid-base indicator and as a diagnostic reagent in medicine.
  • pheromonal — relating to or constituting a pheromone
  • pheromones — any chemical substance released by an animal that serves to influence the physiology or behavior of other members of the same species.
  • phone card — calling card (def 3).
  • phoney war — A phoney war is when two opposing groups are openly hostile towards each other, as if they were at war, but there is no real fighting.
  • phonometer — a device for measuring the intensity of a sound.
  • phonophore — the small bones of the ear which transmit sound vibrations to the internal ear
  • phrenology — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
  • polyhedron — a solid figure having many faces.
  • prehension — the act of seizing or grasping.
  • prehominid — any of the extinct humanlike primates classified in the former family Prehominidae.
  • princehood — the office or rank of a prince
  • prohormone — the inactive precursor molecule from which a hormone is derived.
  • promethean — of or suggestive of Prometheus.
  • pronephros — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, which becomes the functional kidney of certain primitive fishes.
  • pyrotechny — the art of making fireworks
  • radiophone — a radiotelephone.
  • rawsthorne — Alan. 1905–71, English composer, whose works include three symphonies, several concertos, and a set of Symphonic Studies (1939)
  • renography — x-ray examination of the kidney following injection of a radiopaque substance.
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