11-letter words containing p, h, o, n, a
- nail polish — a polish of quick-drying lacquer, either clear or colored, used to paint the fingernails or toenails.
- nanophysics — the physics of structures and artefacts with dimensions in the nanometre range or of phenomena occurring in nanoseconds
- nanospheres — Plural form of nanosphere.
- naphazoline — 2-(1-naphthylmethyl)-2-imidazoline hydrochloride, a sympathomimetic agent used as a vasoconstrictor.
- 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.
- noctiphobia — Fear of night; nyctophobia.
- nomographer — the art of or a treatise on drawing up laws.
- nonemphatic — lacking emphasis, not emphatic
- nonhospital — not related to, identified with, or taking place in a hospital
- nonpathogen — An organism that is not a pathogen.
- nonphysical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- northampton — a city in Northamptonshire, in central England.
- notaphilist — a person who studies or collects paper money
- 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.
- nyctophobia — an abnormal fear of night or darkness.
- nymphomania — abnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire in women.
- 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.
- odontopathy — (pathology) Any disease that affects the teeth.
- odynophagia — Severe pain in mouth or esophagus when attempting to swallow.
- old spanish — the Spanish language of the 12th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OSp.
- onychophagy — the habit of biting one's fingernails
- open-handed — generous; liberal: openhanded hospitality.
- 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.
- panel house — a brothel having rooms with secret entrances, as sliding panels, for admitting panel thieves.
- panomphaean — understood universally
- pantheology — a branch of theology embracing all gods and all religions
- pantheonize — to place, especially to bury, in a pantheon: The author will be pantheonized following the funeral mass.
- pantothenic — denoting an acid which is a growth-promoting vitamin of vitamin B complex
- paphlagonia — an ancient country and Roman province in N Asia Minor, on the S coast of the Black Sea.
- paranephros — the adrenal gland
- parishioner — one of the community or inhabitants of a parish.