13-letter words containing r, h, i, n
- nowheresville — a remote or isolated town or village.
- oceanographic — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- odontornithes — a proposed class of birds that possess teeth
- oil hardening — to quench (steel) in a bath of oil.
- on a par with — If you say that two people or things are on a par with each other, you mean that they are equally good or bad, or equally important.
- on the parish — receiving parochial relief
- onychorrhexis — (pathology) fingernail and toenail brittleness and breakage, such as may be due to excessive strong soap and water exposure, nail polish remover, hypothyroidism, anemia, anorexia nervosa or bulimia, or after oral retinoid therapy.
- opening hours — Opening hours are the times during which a shop, bank, library, or bar is open for business.
- opisthobranch — any gastropod mollusk of the order Opisthobranchia, as the sea slugs, sea butterflies, and sea hares, characterized by a vestigial or absent mantle and shell and two pairs of tentacles.
- oprahfication — the perceived increase in people’s desire to discuss their emotions or personal problems, attributed to the influence of confessional television programmes
- orchestrating — Present participle of orchestrate.
- orchestration — (uncountable) the arrangement of music for performance by an orchestra.
- orchidomaniac — a person who is obsessed with or has a passion for orchids
- ordzhonikidze — Also, Orjonikidze. former name of Vladikavkaz.
- organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
- organolithium — (organic chemistry) Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to lithium bond.
- ornithichnite — (paleontology) The footmark of a bird occurring in strata of stone.
- ornithischian — any herbivorous dinosaur of the order Ornithischia, having a pelvis resembling that of a bird. Compare saurischian.
- ornithologist — the branch of zoology that deals with birds.
- ornithomantic — relating to ornithomancy
- ornithophobia — Fear of birds.
- orthodiagonal — the axis in a crystal
- orthodontists — Plural form of orthodontist.
- orthogonalise — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
- orthogonality — (mathematics, statistics) the property of being orthogonal.
- orthogonalize — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
- orthopinakoid — a crystalline plane
- outstretching — Present participle of outstretch.
- over-shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- overachieving — Present participle of overachieve.
- overbreathing — hyperventilation
- overhastiness — the condition of being overhasty
- overnight bag — a travel bag large enough to hold personal articles and clothing for an overnight trip.
- overnourished — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- painted horse — paint (def 6).
- panharmonicon — a mechanical instrument that imitates orchestral sounds
- paper-pushing — a person who has a routine desk job.
- paraphernalia — (sometimes used with a singular verb) equipment, apparatus, or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity: a skier's paraphernalia.
- parasynthesis — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parasynthetic — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parenthesized — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- parenthetical — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
- paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
- parking light — The parking lights on a vehicle are the small lights at the front that help other drivers to notice the vehicle and to judge its width.
- parthian shot — a sharp, telling remark, act, gesture, etc., made in departing.
- party machine — the internal organization of a political party, which decides its policies and directs its activities
- path-breaking — very original; ground-breaking
- pencil pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
- pencil-pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
- penny pincher — a miserly, niggardly, or stingy person.