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14-letter words containing r, h, i, n, o, l

  • northern isles — Orkney and Shetland
  • oligomenorrhea — abnormally infrequent menstruation.
  • omphalocentric — Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
  • organochlorine — Any of a large group of pesticides and other synthetic organic compounds with chlorinated aromatic molecules.
  • ornithological — the branch of zoology that deals with birds.
  • ornithologists — Plural form of ornithologist.
  • orthonormalize — (mathematics) To make a set of vectors both orthogonal and normalized.
  • orthoselection — orthogenesis (def 1a).
  • overwhelmingly — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
  • owlet nightjar — any of several birds of the family Aegothelidae, of Australia and Papua New Guinea, related to the nightjars but resembling small owls.
  • ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
  • oxford english — that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious
  • palaeanthropic — relating to or denoting the earliest variety of man
  • paleoanthropic — pertaining to prehistoric humans.
  • parish council — local administrative body
  • parole hearing — a panel of people who decide whether to free a prisoner before his or her sentence has expired, on the condition that he or she is of good behaviour
  • personal chair — a professorship awarded in recognition of academic achievement
  • phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • phenolic resin — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the condensation of phenol, or of a phenol derivative, with an aldehyde, especially formaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and plastics and as adhesives for sandpaper and plywood.
  • phenylcarbinol — benzyl alcohol.
  • phenylthiourea — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 6 H 5 NHCSNH 2 , that is either tasteless or bitter, depending upon the heredity of the taster, and is used in medical genetics and as a diagnostic.
  • philanthropist — a person who practices philanthropy.
  • philanthropize — to treat (persons) in a philanthropic manner.
  • philanthropoid — an individual who does work for a charitable body
  • phloroglucinol — a white to yellow, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, C 6 H 3 (OH) 3 ⋅2H 2 O, used chiefly in analytical chemistry and in the preparation of pharmaceuticals.
  • pinhole camera — a simple camera in which an aperture provided by a pinhole in an opaque diaphragm is used in place of a lens.
  • plesiochronous — (communications)   Nearly synchronised, a term describing a communication system where transmitted signals have the same nominal digital rate but are synchronised on different clocks. According to ITU-T standards, corresponding signals are plesiochronous if their significant instants occur at nominally the same rate, with any variation in rate being constrained within specified limits.
  • polar zenithal — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it at one of the poles
  • port nicholson — the first British settlement in New Zealand, established on Wellington Harbour in 1840: grew into Wellington
  • psilanthropism — the doctrine that Jesus Christ was only a human being.
  • psilanthropist — a person who believes that Jesus was merely human
  • pyelonephritic — of or relating to an inflammation of the pelvis and renal parenchyma
  • pyelonephritis — inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis, caused by a bacterial infection.
  • pyelonephrosis — any disease of the kidney and its pelvis.
  • pyriphlegethon — Phlegethon (def 1).
  • pyroninophilic — (of cells) having their cytoplasm stained red by methyl green pyronin, indicating the presence of much RNA and active protein synthesis
  • radiotelephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
  • radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
  • ramshorn snail — any of various freshwater snails
  • razor-slashing — the action of slashing someone with a razor in order to kill, wound, or disfigure them
  • rehabilitation — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
  • rhinencephalon — the part of the cerebrum containing the olfactory structures.
  • rhode islander — a person born or living in Rhode Island
  • rolling launch — the process of introducing a new product into a market gradually
  • roman catholic — of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church.
  • royal highness — a title used prior to 1917 and designating a brother, sister, child, grandchild, aunt, or uncle belonging to the male line of the royal family. a title used since 1917 and designating a child or grandchild of the sovereign. any person given this title by the Crown.
  • school uniform — standard outfit worn by pupils
  • schoolchildren — a child attending school.
  • self-ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
  • shillingsworth — the amount that can be purchased for a shilling
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