11-letter words containing p, h, o, n, e
- nemophilist — (rare) One who is fond of forests or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods.
- nephoscopes — Plural form of nephoscope.
- nephrectomy — excision of a kidney.
- nephrogenic — (medicine, anatomy) that forms the tissues of the kidney.
- nephrolepis — any fern of the tropical genus Nephrolepis, some species of which are grown as ornamental greenhouse or house plants for their handsome deeply-cut drooping fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- nephroliths — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
- nephropathy — any disease of the kidney.
- nephroscope — (surgery) An instrument used to examine the kidney through an inserted tube.
- nephrostome — Zoology. the ciliated opening of a nephridium into the coelom.
- nephrotoxic — Damaging or destructive to the kidneys.
- nephrotoxin — Any nephrotoxic substance.
- neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- neurotrophy — the influence of the nerves on the nutrition and maintenance of body tissue.
- neutrophile — (biology) Any organism that thrives in a relatively neutral pH.
- neutrophils — Plural form of neutrophil.
- neutrosophy — (philosophy) (From Latin "neuter" - neutral, Greek "sophia" - skill/wisdom) A branch of philosophy, introduced by Florentin Smarandache in 1980, which studies the origin, nature, and scope of neutralities, as well as their interactions with different ideational spectra. Neutrosophy considers a proposition, theory, event, concept, or entity, "A" in relation to its opposite, "Anti-A" and that which is not A, "Non-A", and that which is neither "A" nor "Anti-A", denoted by "Neut-A". Neutrosophy is the basis of neutrosophic logic, neutrosophic probability, neutrosophic set, and neutrosophic statistics.
- nightscopes — Plural form of nightscope.
- nitrophenol — any compound derived from phenol by the replacement of one or more of its ring hydrogen atoms by the nitro group.
- nomographer — the art of or a treatise on drawing up laws.
- nonemphatic — lacking emphasis, not emphatic
- nonpathogen — An organism that is not a pathogen.
- nonphonemic — not phonemic
- nonphonetic — not phonetic
- north slope — the northern coastal area of Alaska, rich in oil and natural gas: so called because it is N of the Brooks Range sloping down to the Arctic Ocean.
- 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.
- nucleophile — of or relating to electron contribution in covalent bonding (opposed to electrophilic).
- nympholepsy — an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
- nympholepts — Plural form of nympholept.
- ocean perch — redfish (def 1).
- odontophore — a structure in the mouth of most mollusks over which the radula is drawn backward and forward in the process of breaking up food.
- oenophilist — a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
- on the cusp — If you say that someone or something is on the cusp, you mean they are between two states, or are about to be in a particular state.
- on the jump — in a hurry
- on the piss — drinking alcohol, esp in large quantities
- on the spin — one after another
- on the spot — Radio, Television. pertaining to the point of origin of a local broadcast. broadcast between announced programs.
- on-the-spot — done or occurring at the time or place in question: an on-the-spot recording.
- open cheque — an uncrossed cheque that can be cashed at the drawee bank
- open switch — (IBM, probably from railways) An unresolved question, issue, or problem.
- open-handed — generous; liberal: openhanded hospitality.
- open-hearth — noting, pertaining to, or produced by the open-hearth process.
- openhearted — Frank and candid.
- openinsight — (programming, database) The workflow-enabled Windows 95/Windows NT version of Advanced Revelation, featuring native support for Lotus Notes, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle and ODBC. OpenInsight is available from Revelation Software.
- oppenheimer — J(ulius) Robert, 1904–67, U.S. nuclear physicist.
- ornithopter — a heavier-than-air craft designed to be propelled through the air by flapping wings.
- orthopnoeic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- orthopteran — orthopterous.
- orthopteron — an orthopterous insect.
- oxymorphone — a potent semisynthetic morphine-derived narcotic analgesic, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 4 , used as a substitute for morphine.
- ozonosphere — Meteorology. the layer of the upper atmosphere where most atmospheric ozone is concentrated, from about 8 to 30 miles (12 to 48 km) above the earth, with the maximum ozone concentration occurring at an altitude of about 12 miles (19 km).