15-letter words containing o, n, s, h, r, t
- nephrolithiasis — (pathology) presence of calculi in kidneys.
- neuroprosthesis — A prosthesis used to improve the function of an impaired nervous system.
- neuropsychiatry — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases involving the mind and nervous system.
- no great shakes — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- non-charismatic — of, having, or characteristic of charisma.
- noncatastrophic — of the nature of a catastrophe, or disastrous event; calamitous: a catastrophic failure of the dam.
- nonpartisanship — The quality of not being partisan, of remaining politically independent.
- nonpsychiatrist — a person who is not a psychiatrist
- north australia — a former division of Australia; now part of the Northern Territory.
- north bay shore — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- north caucasian — a language family including all the Caucasian languages north of the Caucasian divide, as Kabardian and the Circassian language proper, and a few between the divide and the Black Sea, as Abkhazian.
- north highlands — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- north kingstown — a town in S central Rhode Island.
- north las vegas — a city in S Nevada.
- north yorkshire — a county in NE England. 3208 sq. mi. (8309 sq. km).
- north-northeast — the point on the compass midway between north and northeast. Abbreviation: NNE.
- north-northwest — the point on the compass midway between north and northwest. Abbreviation: NNW.
- northeast storm — a cyclonic storm that moves northeastward within several hundred miles of the eastern coast of the U.S. and Canada, particularly in fall and winter, its often strong northeast winds causing high seas and coastal damage and bearing rain or snow.
- northeasterners — Plural form of northeasterner.
- northeastwardly — Towards the northeast.
- northern lights — aurora borealis.
- northern sennet — any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- northwestwardly — Towards the northwest.
- nothingarianism — Beliefs and practices of a nothingarian.
- nottinghamshire — a county in central England. 854 sq. mi. (2210 sq. km).
- nyquist theorem — (communications) A theorem stating that when an analogue waveform is digitised, only the frequencies in the waveform below half the sampling frequency will be recorded. In order to reconstruct (interpolate) a signal from a sequence of samples, sufficient samples must be recorded to capture the peaks and troughs of the original waveform. If a waveform is sampled at less than twice its frequency the reconstructed waveform will effectively contribute only noise. This phenomenon is called "aliasing" (the high frequencies are "under an alias"). This is why the best digital audio is sampled at 44,000 Hz - twice the average upper limit of human hearing. The Nyquist Theorem is not specific to digitised signals (represented by discrete amplitude levels) but applies to any sampled signal (represented by discrete time values), not just sound.
- odontorhynchous — (of birds) having toothlike ridges inside the beak
- okhotsk current — a cold ocean current flowing SW from the Bering Sea, E of the Kurile Islands, along the E coast of Japan where it meets the Japan Current.
- on a shoestring — If you do something or make something on a shoestring, you do it using very little money.
- on short notice — with little warning
- on the decrease — decreasing
- on the increase — growing, increasing
- one's last hour — the time of one's death
- onychocryptosis — a form of nail disease in which nails are ingrown
- orchestrational — Of or pertaining to orchestration.
- organophosphate — Biochemistry. any of a variety of organic compounds that contain phosphorus and often have intense neurotoxic activity: originally developed as nerve gases, now widely used as insecticides and fire retardants.
- ornithorhynchus — the platypus.
- osteochondritis — inflammation of bone and cartilage.
- osteochondrosis — a disease of bone and cartilage growth centers in children that begins as a necrosis and is followed by regeneration or renewed calcification.
- outdoorsmanship — a person devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities, as hiking, hunting, fishing, or camping.
- over-enthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
- panoramic sight — an artillery sight that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle.
- parthenogenesis — development of an egg without fertilization.
- pepin the short — ("Pepin the Short") died a.d. 768, king of the Franks 751–768 (father of Charlemagne).
- personal growth — development as an individual
- phosphocreatine — a compound, C 4 H 1 0 O 5 N 3 P, found chiefly in muscle, formed by the enzymatic interaction of an organic phosphate and creatine, the breakdown of which provides energy for muscle contraction.
- phosphorylation — to introduce the phosphoryl group into (an organic compound).
- photojournalism — journalism in which photography dominates written copy, as in certain magazines.
- photosensitizer — a drug, food, or other chemical that increases sensitivity to light and other visible photons
- phototransistor — a transistor that amplifies current induced by photoconductivity.