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12-letter words containing o, n, t, h, e, a

  • normothermia — (medicine) The condition of having a normal body temperature.
  • north korean — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km). Capital: Pyongyang. Compare Korea.
  • north platte — a river flowing from N Colorado through SE Wyoming and W Nebraska into the Platte. 618 miles (995 sq. km) long.
  • north-easter — New England and South Atlantic States. a wind or gale from the northeast.
  • northeastern — Of, related to, located in, or from the northeast.
  • not a chance — no possibility
  • note of hand — promissory note.
  • now and then — occasionally
  • on the alert — fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
  • on the brain — constantly in mind
  • on the cadge — engaged in cadging
  • on the cards — likely
  • on the cheap — costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress.
  • on the latch — fastened by the latch (sense 1) but not locked or bolted
  • on the march — If a group of soldiers are on the march, they are marching somewhere.
  • on the panel — receiving sickness benefit, esp from the government
  • on the slate — on credit
  • on the table — an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table.
  • on the wagon — any of various kinds of four-wheeled vehicles designed to be pulled or having its own motor and ranging from a child's toy to a commercial vehicle for the transport of heavy loads, delivery, etc.
  • on the watch — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
  • one-base hit — single (def 24).
  • oneg shabbat — a Jewish celebration in honor of the Sabbath that takes place on Friday evening or Saturday afternoon and usually includes a program of songs, a lecture, and refreshments.
  • only have to — If you say you only have to do one thing in order to achieve or prove a second thing, you are emphasizing how easily the second thing can be achieved or proved.
  • open slather — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
  • open-hearted — unreserved, candid, or frank: open-hearted advice.
  • orthopterans — Plural form of orthopteran.
  • outfangthief — the right of a lord to try a thief captured within his jurisdiction, regardless of where the thief is from
  • pantechnicon — a furniture van; moving van.
  • pantothenate — a widely occurring derivative of pantothenic acid
  • paranthelion — a bright spot in the sky caused by refraction and occurring at an angular distance from the sun of between 90° and 140°
  • parathormone — a hormone secreted by the parathyroids, important in the control of the calcium-phosphorus balance of the body
  • pathogeneses — the production and development of disease.
  • pathogenesis — the production and development of disease.
  • pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
  • penalty shot — a free shot at the goal defended only by the goalkeeper, awarded to an offensive player for certain defensive violations.
  • pentahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing five hydroxyl groups.
  • phanerophyte — a tree or shrub that bears its perennating buds more than 25 cm above the level of the soil
  • phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.
  • phentolamine — an alpha blocker, C 1 7 H 1 9 N 3 O, used to reduce hypertensive states caused by a catecholamine excess, as in the treatment of pheochromocytoma.
  • phonasthenia — difficult or abnormal voice production; vocal weakness.
  • phonetic law — a statement of some regular pattern of sound change in a specific language, as Grimm's law or Verner's law.
  • phonetically — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
  • photo-ageing — premature wrinkling of the skin caused by overexposure to sunlight
  • photoengrave — to make a photoengraving of.
  • photogelatin — pertaining to any photographic process in which gelatin is used to receive or transfer a print.
  • photomachine — a machine that prints copies of digital photographs
  • photomontage — a combination of several photographs joined together for artistic effect or to show more of the subject than can be shown in a single photograph.
  • photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
  • phytonadione — vitamin K1.
  • plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
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