14-letter words containing o, t, h, i, n
- magnetic epoch — a geologically long period of time during which the magnetic field of the earth retains the same polarity. The magnetic field may reverse during such a period for a geologically short period of time (a magnetic event)
- magnetic north — north as indicated by a magnetic compass, differing in most places from true north.
- magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
- malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
- maternity home — a house in which a pregnant woman can live until her baby is born, esp one for women who became pregnant out of wedlock and whose baby is going to be put up for adoption
- merionethshire — a historic county in Gwynedd, in N Wales.
- mesh stockings — stockings with a netted pattern or made out of a netted material such as lace or netted nylon
- metamorphizing — Present participle of metamorphize.
- metamorphosing — to change the form or nature of; transform.
- methaemoglobin — a brownish compound of oxygen and hemoglobin, formed in the blood, as by the use of certain drugs.
- methanoic acid — systematic name for formic acid
- methodicalness — The property of being methodical.
- methylthionine — as in methylthionine chloride, a dark green dye used as a stain, antiseptic etc
- microfortnight — One millionth of the fundamental unit of time in the Furlong/Firkin/Fortnight system of measurement; 1.2096 sec. (A furlong is 1/8th of a mile; a firkin is 1/4th of a barrel; the mass unit of the system is taken to be a firkin of water). The VMS operating system has a lot of tuning parameters that you can set with the SYSGEN utility, and one of these is TIMEPROMPTWAIT, the time the system will wait for an operator to set the correct date and time at boot if it realises that the current value is bogus. This time is specified in microfortnights! Multiple uses of the millifortnight (about 20 minutes) and nanofortnight have also been reported.
- microtechnique — the art of preparing something so that it can properly be examined using a microscope
- mind the store — to tend to business
- minor prophets — a subdivision of the books constituting the second main part of the Hebrew Bible which in Christian tradition are alone called the Prophets
- misanthropical — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
- misanthropists — Plural form of misanthropist.
- miss the point — fail to understand
- mnemotechnical — Of or pertaining to mnemotechny.
- monochromatism — the quality of having one color: the monochromatism of Picasso's Blue Period.
- monolithically — of or relating to a monolith.
- monophthongise — Alternative spelling of monophthongize.
- monophthongize — to change into or pronounce as a monophthong.
- monophysitical — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
- monotheletical — like a monothelete
- mont-st-michel — islet just off the NW coast of France, noted for its fortified abbey
- moonlight flit — a hurried departure at night, esp from rented accommodation to avoid payment of rent owed
- morphotonemics — the morphophonemics of tonal phenomena.
- 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
- mother-fucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- motor mechanic — a mechanic who maintains and repairs cars and other road vehicles
- mountain chain — a series of ranges of mountains
- mountain sheep — wild sheep in mountainous area
- mouth-watering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
- naphthoquinone — (organic compound) Either of two isomers of polycyclic aromatic ketones derived from naphthalene.
- narcocatharsis — a technique in narcoanalysis in which the patient is encouraged to reveal suppressed emotions or memories with the aid of narcotic drugs
- narcosynthesis — a treatment for psychiatric disturbances that uses narcotics.
- nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
- naval hospital — a hospital that provides treatment for people in the Navy
- neanderthaloid — resembling or characteristic of the physical type of Neanderthal man.
- neo-malthusian — a view or doctrine advocating population control, especially by contraception.
- nephrectomized — to perform a nephrectomy upon.
- nephrotoxicity — The state or condition of being nephrotoxic.
- nether regions — the lower part of a place, esp when unpleasant or frightening
- neurochemistry — the branch of science that is concerned with the chemistry of the nervous system.
- newsworthiness — The characteristic of being newsworthy.
- nicotine patch — plaster to quit smoking
- nizhnevartovsk — a city in W central Russia, an oil and gas center on the Ob River.