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

northwesterner — a native or inhabitant of the northwest.
northwestwards — northwestward.
not merely sth — You use not merely before the less important of two contrasting statements, as a way of emphasizing the more important statement.
noteworthiness — The quality or state of being noteworthy.
nursery school — a prekindergarten school for children from about three to five years of age.
nursing mother — a mother who is breast-feeding her baby
oceanographers — Plural form of oceanographer.
oehlenschläger — Adam Gottlob (ˈadam ˈɡɔtlɔp). 1779–1850, Danish romantic poet and dramatist
of one's birth — The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.
of the essence — the basic, real, and invariable nature of a thing or its significant individual feature or features: Freedom is the very essence of our democracy.
off one's head — If you say that someone is off their head, you think that their ideas or behaviour are very strange, foolish, or dangerous.
oligosynthetic — (linguistics) (of a language) using a relatively small number of morphemes which combine synthetically to form compound words.
on one's hands — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
on one's honor — staking one's good name or one's truthfulness, trustworthiness, or reliability
on sb's behalf — If you do something on someone's behalf, you do it for that person as their representative.
on tenterhooks — one of the hooks or bent nails that hold cloth stretched on a tenter.
on the instant — immediately; without delay
on the streets — earning a living as a prostitute
on the surface — to all appearances
onchocerciasis — an infestation with filarial worms of the genus Onchocerca, common in tropical America and Africa, transmitted by black flies, and characterized by nodules under the skin, an itchy rash, eye lesions, and in severe cases, elephantiasis.
one's eighties — the ages between 80–89
one's head off — loudly or excessively
one's thirties — the ages between 30–39
one-horse race — if a contest is described as a one-horse race, it is thought that one person or thing will definitely win it
one-horse town — a small or obscure town
one-upsmanship — 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.
one-woman show — a show or performance performed by one woman
openhandedness — The characteristic of being openhanded.
operating cash — the amount of cash or money that a business generates
orchestrations — Plural form of orchestration.
ordinary share — British. a share of common stock.
orobanchaceous — belonging to the Orobanchaceae, the broomrape family of plants.
orphan process — (operating system) A Unix process whose original parent has terminated and which has become a child of "init(1)". Compare zombie.
orthoselection — orthogenesis (def 1a).
osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.
other expenses — Other expenses are expenses that do not relate to a company's main business.
outlandishness — The quality of being outlandish.
outside chance — a slight chance or likelihood
overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
oxford english — that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious
parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
pension scheme — savings fund for retirement
personal chair — a professorship awarded in recognition of academic achievement
phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
phenolic resin — 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.
phenosafranine — safranine (def 2).
phonochemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of sound and ultrasonic waves
phosphoprotein — a protein, as casein or ovalbumin, in which one or more hydroxyl groups of serine, threonine, or tyrosine are hydroxylated.

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