14-letter words containing o, r, p, h
- morphotonemics — the morphophonemics of tonal phenomena.
- morse alphabet — the set of symbols used to represent letters in Morse code
- moth repellent — a chemical produced and sold to keep moths off clothes
- mother shipton — a day-flying noctuid moth, Callistege mi, mottled brown in colour and named from a fancied resemblance between its darker marking and a haggish profile
- musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
- myocardiograph — an instrument for recording the movements of the heart.
- myocardiopathy — (pathology) Any disease of the myocardium.
- myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
- myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
- naphthyl group — Also called alpha-naphthyl group, alpha-naphthyl radical. the univalent group C 1 0 H 7 –, having a replaceable hydrogen atom in the first, or alpha, position; 1-naphthyl group.
- nasopharyngeal — the part of the pharynx behind and above the soft palate, directly continuous with the nasal passages. Compare oropharynx (def 2).
- nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
- nephrectomized — to perform a nephrectomy upon.
- nephroblastoma — a malignant tumour arising from the embryonic kidney that occurs in young children, esp in the age range 3–8 years
- nephrotoxicity — The state or condition of being nephrotoxic.
- neurohypnology — a name given to hypnosis by the Scottish physician Braid
- neuropathology — the pathology of the nervous system.
- non perishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
- nonhygroscopic — Not hygroscopic.
- nonphilosopher — a person who is not a philosopher
- nonpsychiatric — not psychiatric
- nontherapeutic — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
- norepinephrine — Also called noradrenaline. Physiology. a neurotransmitter, released by adrenergic nerve terminals in the autonomic and possibly the central nervous system, that has such effects as constricting blood vessels, raising blood pressure, and dilating bronchi.
- north st. paul — a town in E Minnesota.
- north thompson — Benjamin, Count Rumford, 1753–1814, English physicist and diplomat, born in the U.S.
- northern porgy — a common sparid fish, Stenotomus chrysops, of American coastal regions of the Atlantic
- oceanographers — Plural form of oceanographer.
- omphalocentric — Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
- on the improve — improving
- on the part of — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- on the rampage — behaving violently or destructively
- on the upgrade — improving or progressing, as in importance, status, health, etc
- on the warpath — the path or course taken by American Indians on a warlike expedition.
- oophorectomies — Plural form of oophorectomy.
- oophorectomize — to surgically remove (one or both ovaries)
- open deathtrap — (abuse) An abusive hackerism for the Santa Cruz Operation's Open DeskTop. The funniest part is that this was coined by SCO's own developers. Compare AIDX, Macintrash Nominal Semidestructor, ScumOS, sun-stools, HP-SUX.
- operating cash — the amount of cash or money that a business generates
- ophthalmometer — an instrument for measuring the reflection of an image on the surface of the cornea and other capacities of the eye, used chiefly for determining the presence and degree of astigmatism.
- ophthalmometry — the measurement and determination of the eye's defects and powers of refraction
- opisthobranchs — Plural form of opisthobranch.
- opisthographic — written on the front and back of a parchment or papyrus
- opossum shrimp — any small, shrimplike crustacean of the order Mysidacea, the females of which carry their eggs in a pouch between the legs.
- ornithomorphic — relating to an ornithomorph
- orphan process — (operating system) A Unix process whose original parent has terminated and which has become a child of "init(1)". Compare zombie.
- orphans' court — a probate court in certain U.S. states.
- orthodox sleep — dreamless sleep, characterized by a slow alpha rhythm of brain waves and no marked physiological changes.
- orthographical — Of, or relating to orthography; spelled correctly.
- orthophosphate — a salt or ester of orthophosphoric acid, or any compound containing the trivalent group −PO 4 .
- orthopterology — the study of the Orthoptera
- oscillographic — Of or pertaining to an oscillograph.