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11-letter words containing o, r, p, h, a, n

  • lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
  • lycanthropy — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
  • melanophore — a pigmented connective-tissue cell containing melanin in its cytoplasm, responsible for color changes in many fishes and reptiles.
  • metanephroi — Plural form of metanephros.
  • metanephros — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
  • misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
  • misanthropy — hatred, dislike, or distrust of humankind.
  • monographed — Simple past tense and past participle of monograph.
  • monographic — a treatise on a particular subject, as a biographical study or study of the works of one artist.
  • monotherapy — (medicine) A therapy which is administered by itself.
  • nanospheres — Plural form of nanosphere.
  • nasopharynx — the part of the pharynx behind and above the soft palate, directly continuous with the nasal passages. Compare oropharynx (def 2).
  • naturopaths — Plural form of naturopath.
  • naturopathy — a system or method of treating disease that employs no surgery or synthetic drugs but uses special diets, herbs, vitamins, massage, etc., to assist the natural healing processes.
  • neanthropic — of or relating to modern forms of humans as compared with extinct species of the genus Homo.
  • necrophagan — (zoology) Any of the tribe Necrophaga of beetles whose larvae feed on carrion.
  • necrophagia — the eating of dead bodies; esp., the practice of feeding on carrion
  • necrophilia — an erotic attraction to corpses.
  • necrophobia — an abnormal fear of death; thanatophobia.
  • negrophobia — strong fear or dislike of black people.
  • nematomorph — any member of the phylum Nematomorpha, having a threadlike body, comprising the horsehair worms.
  • nematophore — (within the coenosarc of certain colonial hydrozoans) a small specialized tentacle-like polyp having nematocysts
  • nephropathy — any disease of the kidney.
  • neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
  • nomographer — the art of or a treatise on drawing up laws.
  • northampton — a city in Northamptonshire, in central England.
  • noun phrase — a construction that functions syntactically as a noun, consisting of a noun and any modifiers, as all the men in the room who are reading books, or of a noun substitute, as a pronoun.
  • oarsmanship — The skill of rowing a boat.
  • ocean perch — redfish (def 1).
  • odontograph — an instrument for laying out the forms of gear teeth or ratchets.
  • open-hearth — noting, pertaining to, or produced by the open-hearth process.
  • openhearted — Frank and candid.
  • orphan drug — Pharmacology. a drug that remains undeveloped or untested or is otherwise neglected because of limited potential for commercial gain.
  • orthopteran — orthopterous.
  • paint horse — paint (def 6).
  • panchreston — a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.
  • paranephros — the adrenal gland
  • parishioner — one of the community or inhabitants of a parish.
  • paronychial — of or relating to paronychia
  • patron-ship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
  • patroonship — a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
  • pentahedron — a solid figure having five faces.
  • phanerogams — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
  • phanerozoic — the eon comprising the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
  • pharaoh ant — a red or yellow ant, Monomorium pharaonis, introduced from Europe into North America: a common household pest.
  • phoniatrics — the study and treatment of voice disorders.
  • phonography — phonetic spelling, writing, or shorthand.
  • planography — the art or technique of printing from a flat surface directly or by offset.
  • planthopper — any member of a large and varied group of homopterous insects that are related to the leafhoppers and the spittlebugs but rarely damage cultivated plants.
  • pneumograph — a device for recording graphically the respiratory movements of the thorax.
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