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14-letter words containing o, r, n, e, y

  • exclusionarily — In an exclusionary manner; so as to exclude.
  • extemporaneity — the quality of being extemporaneous
  • extortionately — In an extortionate manner; in a manner that greatly exceeds what is reasonable or moderate.
  • extraembryonic — (medicine) Inside the womb, but outside the embryo.
  • eyebrow pencil — make-up for eyebrows
  • family romance — a type of fantasy in which a person maintains that he or she is not the child of his or her real parents but of parents of a higher social class
  • ferry crossing — the act or instance of travelling across the sea by ferry
  • flanders poppy — corn poppy.
  • flying officer — an officer holding commissioned rank senior to a pilot officer but junior to a flight lieutenant in the British and certain other air forces
  • forbidden city — a walled section of Peking, built in the 15th century, containing the imperial palace and other buildings of the imperial government of China.
  • forcible entry — entry into a building by force, eg by forcing a lock
  • foreign policy — a policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations, designed to achieve national objectives.
  • fortysomething — A person whose age is between forty and forty-nine years, inclusive; someone in his or her forties.
  • founder's type — special type cast by a type founder for hand composition, as opposed to type cast in a mechanical composing machine
  • friction layer — the atmospheric layer extending up to about 600 m, in which the aerodynamic effects of surface friction are appreciable
  • frictionlessly — In a frictionless way; without friction.
  • frozen yoghurt — a dessert made from sweetened yoghurt that has been frozen
  • galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
  • galvanotherapy — treatment employing electric current.
  • gay liberation — a political and social movement to combat legal and social discrimination against homosexuals.
  • generationally — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
  • geocentrically — In a geocentric manner.
  • geochronometry — the determination of the absolute age of earth materials, as by radiometric dating.
  • geosynchronous — of or relating to a satellite traveling in an orbit 22,300 miles (35,900 km) above the earth's equator: at this altitude, the satellite's period of rotation, 24 hours, matches the earth's and the satellite always remains in the same spot over the earth: geostationary orbit.
  • goitrogenicity — the potential to cause goitre
  • governing body — board, regulatory authority
  • governmentally — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • grand ole opry — a successful radio show from Nashville, Tenn., first broadcast on Nov. 28, 1925, noted for its playing of and continuing importance to country music.
  • greyhound race — a race in which greyhounds chase a dummy hare around a track
  • groote eylandt — an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria off the coast of NE Australia. 950 sq. mi. (2461 sq. km).
  • gynecomorphous — having the form, appearance, or attributes of a female.
  • halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
  • heavy hydrogen — either of the heavy isotopes of hydrogen, especially deuterium.
  • heavy nitrogen — the stable isotope of nitrogen having a mass number of 15.
  • henry st. johnHenry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
  • henry the lion — ?1129–95, duke of Saxony (1142–81). His ambitions led to conflict with the Holy Roman Emperors, notably Frederick Barbarossa
  • hinoki cypress — an evergreen tree, Chamaecyparis obtusa, of Japan, having scalelike leaves and orange-brown cones, grown for timber and as an ornamental.
  • hither and yon — Hither and thither means in many different directions or places, and in a disorganized way. In American English, the expression hither and yon is sometimes used.
  • holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
  • honey mushroom — the edible mushroom of the oak-root fungus, Armillariella mellea.
  • honey-coloured — having the colour of honey
  • honeycomb work — stalactite work.
  • horn of plenty — cornucopia.
  • hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
  • hydrocortisone — Biochemistry. a steroid hormone, C 21 H 30 O 5 , of the adrenal cortex, active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
  • hydrogenolysis — decomposition of a compound resulting from its interaction with hydrogen.
  • hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
  • hydromechanics — hydrodynamics.
  • hydronephrosis — dilation of the branches and pelvic cavity of the kidney, caused by an accumulation of urine resulting from obstruction of normal outflow.
  • hydronephrotic — of, relating to, or affected by hydronephrosis
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