14-letter words containing o, t, h, e, r

northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
northwesterner — a native or inhabitant of the northwest.
northwestwards — northwestward.
not merely sth — You use not merely before the less important of two contrasting statements, as a way of emphasizing the more important statement.
notched collar — a collar forming a notch with the lapels of a garment at the seam where collar and lapels join.
noteworthiness — The quality or state of being noteworthy.
nursing mother — a mother who is breast-feeding her baby
oceanic trench — a long narrow steep-sided depression in the earth's oceanic crust, usually lying above a subduction zone
of one's birth — The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.
off the charts — a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
off the ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
off the record — making or affording a record.
off the shears — (of a sheep) newly shorn
off-the-record — not for publication; not to be quoted: a candidate's off-the-record remarks to reporters.
omphalocentric — Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
on tenterhooks — one of the hooks or bent nails that hold cloth stretched on a tenter.
on the average — a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
on the horizon — between land and sky
on the improve — improving
on the knocker — promptly; at once
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 rebound — to bound or spring back from force of impact.
on the streets — earning a living as a prostitute
on the surface — to all appearances
on the upgrade — improving or progressing, as in importance, status, health, etc
on the viretot — in a rush
on the warpath — the path or course taken by American Indians on a warlike expedition.
one's thirties — the ages between 30–39
one-hit wonder — a singer, composer or group that only ever has one successful piece
one-horse town — a small or obscure town
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
or thereabouts — You add or thereabouts after a number or date to indicate that it is approximate.
orchestrations — Plural form of orchestration.
orthodox sleep — dreamless sleep, characterized by a slow alpha rhythm of brain waves and no marked physiological changes.
orthomolecular — being or pertaining to the treatment of disease by increasing, decreasing, or otherwise controlling the intake of natural substances, especially vitamins. Compare megavitamin (def 1).
orthonormalize — (mathematics) To make a set of vectors both orthogonal and normalized.
orthophosphate — a salt or ester of orthophosphoric acid, or any compound containing the trivalent group −PO 4 .
orthopterology — the study of the Orthoptera
orthoselection — orthogenesis (def 1a).
osteoarthritic — Affected with osteoarthritis.
osteoarthritis — the most common form of arthritis, usually occurring after middle age, marked by chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints leading to pain, stiffness, and swelling.
osteoarthroses — chronic, noninflammatory arthritis.
osteoarthrosis — chronic, noninflammatory arthritis.
osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.

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