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20-letter words containing o, r, i, h, n

  • a drop in the bucket — an amount very small in relation to what is needed or desired
  • a safe pair of hands — If you say that someone is or has a safe pair of hands, you mean that they are reliable and will not make any serious mistakes.
  • acetylcholinesterase — an enzyme in nerve cells that is responsible for the destruction of acetylcholine and thus for switching off excitation of the nerve
  • acetylmethylcarbinol — acetoin.
  • adrenocorticotrophic — stimulating the adrenal cortex
  • adrenocorticotrophin — (hormone) adrenocorticotropic hormone.
  • africanized honeybee — killer bee.
  • after the fashion of — like; similar to
  • after-hours drinking — drinking in a pub after its legal closing time
  • algorithmic language — ALGOL 60
  • aluminum borohydride — a volatile liquid, Al(BH 4) 3 , that ignites spontaneously in air and reacts vigorously with water to form hydrogen, used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • amana church society — a Christian community in Iowa governed by elders, with no ordained clergy: founded in Germany in 1714, in America since 1843
  • ammonium chrome alum — chrome alum (def 1).
  • angoumois grain moth — a gelechiid moth, Sitotroga cerealella, the larvae of which feed on stored corn and other grains.
  • anthemius of tralles — c474–c534, Greek mathematician and architect, active in Lydia.
  • anthropomorphization — Endowing with human qualities.
  • antiauthoritarianism — Opposition to authority; the quality of being antiauthoritarian.
  • antidandruff shampoo — a shampoo that prevents or treats dandruff
  • antidiuretic hormone — vasopressin. Abbreviation: ADH.
  • antimony oxychloride — a white, water-insoluble powder, SbOCl, used chiefly in the manufacture of antimony salts.
  • apollonius of rhodes — 3rd century bc, Greek epic poet and head of the Library of Alexandria. His principal work is the four-volume Argonautica
  • arches national park — a national park in E Utah: natural arch formations. 114 sq. mi. (295 sq. km).
  • architectural bronze — a brass alloy of about 57 percent copper, 41 percent zinc, and 2 percent lead.
  • artificial harmonics — harmonics of a note produced on a stringed instrument by lightly touching a stopped sounded string.
  • at two hours' notice — with notification only two hours in advance
  • be getting somewhere — If you say that you are getting somewhere, you mean that you are making progress towards achieving something.
  • be in the market for — to wish to buy or acquire
  • beaverhead mountains — a mountain range on the border of E Idaho and SW Montana, in the Bitterroot Range. 10,961 feet (3343 meters).
  • beggar-your-neighbor — a children's card game for two, played with 52 cards, that is won when a player captures all of the cards.
  • belgian shepherd dog — a medium-sized well-proportioned dog of a breed that resembles an Alsatian in appearance and is often used as a sheepdog or a guard dog
  • benzene hexachloride — a compound, C6H6Cl6, used as an insecticide
  • benzyl isoamyl ether — a colorless liquid, C 12 H 18 O, used in soap perfumes.
  • born-again christian — person: evangelical
  • bowling on the green — lawn bowling.
  • bowling-on-the-green — a game played with wooden balls on a level, closely mowed green having a slight bias, the object being to roll one's ball as near as possible to a smaller white ball at the other end of the green. Also called bowls, bowling on the green. Compare bowl2 (def 2), bowling green, jack1 (def 7), rink (def 5).
  • brachiocephalic vein — either of two major veins, formed by the merger of the subclavian and internal jugular veins, that drain blood from the head and arms.
  • bring down the house — to receive enthusiastic applause from the audience
  • bring home the bacon — If you bring home the bacon, you achieve what you needed to achieve.
  • bring into the world — (of a midwife, doctor, etc) to deliver (a baby)
  • bring the house down — to win great applause
  • british north borneo — former name of Sabah.
  • broaden o's/the mind — If an experience broadens your mind, it makes you more willing to accept other people's beliefs and customs.
  • buck's horn plantain — a Eurasian plant, Plantago coronopus, having leaves resembling a buck's horn: family Plantaginaceae
  • by their own account — If you say that something concerning a particular person is true by his or her own account, you mean that you believe it because that person has said it is true.
  • carbohydrate loading — the practice of eating high amounts of carbohydrates, sometimes after a period of low carbohydrate intake, for several days immediately before competing in an athletic event, especially a marathon, in order to store glycogen in the body, thereby providing greater reserves of energy.
  • carbon tetrachloride — a colourless volatile nonflammable sparingly soluble liquid made from chlorine and carbon disulphide; tetrachloromethane. It is used as a solvent, cleaning fluid, and insecticide. Formula: CCl4
  • carpathian mountains — a mountain system of central and E Europe, extending from Slovakia to central Romania: mainly forested, with rich iron ore resources. Highest peak: Gerlachovka, 2663 m (8788 ft)
  • cast the first stone — the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
  • catastrophic illness — A catastrophic illness is a major health event that takes place during a particular period of time, such as a heart attack, stroke, or cancer.
  • central bedfordshire — a unitary authority of S central England. Pop: 252 100 (2007 est). Area: 712 sq km (275 sq miles)

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