13-letter words containing o, n, h, e
- on-the-record — on-record.
- one-punch law — a law prescribing punitive sentences for assault, including assault comprising a single blow
- one-stop shop — an establishment where many different services or products are available
- one-two punch — Also called one-two punch. Boxing. a left-hand jab immediately followed by a right cross.
- one-upmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
- onychorrhexis — (pathology) fingernail and toenail brittleness and breakage, such as may be due to excessive strong soap and water exposure, nail polish remover, hypothyroidism, anemia, anorexia nervosa or bulimia, or after oral retinoid therapy.
- open and shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
- open brethren — one of the two main divisions of the Plymouth Brethren that, in contrast to the Exclusive Brethren, permits contacts with members outside the sect
- open sandwich — a sandwich served on only one slice of bread, without a covering slice.
- open-and-shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
- openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
- opening hours — Opening hours are the times during which a shop, bank, library, or bar is open for business.
- opening night — the first performance of a theatrical attraction, taking place in the evening: The audience was full of celebrities on opening night.
- openmouthedly — in a manner filled with amazement and wonder
- optical bench — an apparatus, as a special table or rigid beam, for the precise positioning of light sources, screens, and optical instruments used for optical and photometric studies, having a ruled bar to which these devices can be attached and along which they can be readily adjusted.
- orange roughy — a marine food fish, Hoplosthenus atlanticus, of S Pacific waters
- orange squash — an orange-flavoured drink made from fruit juice, sugar, and water
- orchestrating — Present participle of orchestrate.
- orchestration — (uncountable) the arrangement of music for performance by an orchestra.
- ordzhonikidze — Also, Orjonikidze. former name of Vladikavkaz.
- organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
- organotherapy — the branch of therapeutics that deals with the use of remedies prepared from the organs of animals, as from the thyroid gland, the pancreas, or the suprarenal bodies.
- ornithichnite — (paleontology) The footmark of a bird occurring in strata of stone.
- oropharyngeal — the part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the upper edge of the epiglottis.
- orthogonalise — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
- orthogonalize — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
- orthohydrogen — the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in the same direction.
- orthopyroxene — a member of the pyroxene group of minerals having an orthorhombic crystal structure, such as enstatite and hypersthene
- osborne house — a house near Cowes on the Isle of Wight: the favourite residence of Queen Victoria, who died there; now a convalescent home
- outstretching — Present participle of outstretch.
- over the moon — extremely joyful
- over-shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- over-vehement — characterized by rancor or anger; violent: vehement hostility.
- overachieving — Present participle of overachieve.
- overbreathing — hyperventilation
- overhand knot — a simple knot of various uses that slips easily.
- overhastiness — the condition of being overhasty
- overnight bag — a travel bag large enough to hold personal articles and clothing for an overnight trip.
- overnourished — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- oxyhemoglobin — the oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells that gives them their red color and serves to convey oxygen to the tissues: occurs in reduced form (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood and in combination with oxygen (oxyhemoglobin) in arterial blood. Symbol: Hb.
- packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
- painted horse — paint (def 6).
- paleethnology — (formerly) the branch of ethnology concerned with the earliest or most primitive human societies.
- pandora shell — any marine bivalve of the genus Pandora, having a scimitar-shaped shell with a pronounced ridge along the hinge.
- pantheologist — a student of, or expert in, pantheology
- parasyntheton — a word formed by parasynthesis; for example, kind-hearted
- parencephalon — a cerebral hemisphere
- parental home — a school for problem children.
- parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
- parthenocarpy — the production of fruit without fertilization of an egg in the ovary.