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14-letter words containing r, h, o, d, a

  • machado y ruiz — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1939, Spanish writer.
  • maid of honour — A maid of honour is the chief bridesmaid at a wedding.
  • maitre d'hotel — a headwaiter.
  • marble orchard — cemetery.
  • marsh marigold — a yellow-flowered plant, Caltha palustris, of the buttercup family, growing in marshes and meadows; cowslip.
  • medal of honor — The Medal of Honor is a medal that is given to members of the U.S. armed forces who have shown special courage or bravery in battle.
  • method actress — an actress who bases her role on the inner motivation of the character she plays, following the theories of Stanislavsky
  • michael jordan — Barbara Charline, 1936–96, U.S. politician.
  • mixed metaphor — the use in the same expression of two or more metaphors that are incongruous or illogical when combined, as in “The president will put the ship of state on its feet.”.
  • molded breadth — the extreme breadth of the framing of a vessel, excluding the thickness of the plating or planking.
  • monosaccharide — a carbohydrate that does not hydrolyze, as glucose, fructose, or ribose, occurring naturally or obtained by the hydrolysis of glycosides or polysaccharides.
  • mother hubbard — a full, loose gown, usually fitted at the shoulders, worn by women.
  • muhammad ghori — Mohammed of Ghor.
  • myocardiograph — an instrument for recording the movements of the heart.
  • myocardiopathy — (pathology) Any disease of the myocardium.
  • nabuchodonosor — Nebuchadnezzar (def 1).
  • neanderthaloid — resembling or characteristic of the physical type of Neanderthal man.
  • north branford — a town in S Connecticut.
  • north canadian — river flowing from NE N.Mex. east & southeast into the Canadian River in E Okla.: 760 mi (1,223 km)
  • north cascades — a national park in NW Washington: site of glaciers and mountain lakes. 789 sq. mi. (2043 sq. km).
  • northeastwards — northeastward.
  • northern dvina — Also called Western Dvina. Latvian Daugava. a river rising in the Valdai Hills in the W Russian Federation, flowing W through Byelorussia (Belarus) and Latvia to the Baltic Sea at Riga. About 640 miles (1030) long.
  • northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
  • northwestwards — northwestward.
  • notched collar — a collar forming a notch with the lapels of a garment at the seam where collar and lapels join.
  • on the upgrade — improving or progressing, as in importance, status, health, etc
  • open deathtrap — (abuse)   An abusive hackerism for the Santa Cruz Operation's Open DeskTop. The funniest part is that this was coined by SCO's own developers. Compare AIDX, Macintrash Nominal Semidestructor, ScumOS, sun-stools, HP-SUX.
  • orchard oriole — a North American oriole, Icterus spurius, the male of which is chestnut and black.
  • ordinary share — British. a share of common stock.
  • osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.
  • over sb's head — If someone does something over another person's head, they do it without asking them or discussing it with them, especially when they should do so because the other person is in a position of authority.
  • overemphasised — Simple past tense and past participle of overemphasise.
  • overemphasized — Simple past tense and past participle of overemphasize.
  • overhead light — a light which throws light downwards by being situated on the ceiling or having a downward shade, etc
  • overhead valve — a valve in a type of internal-combustion engine in which the inlet and exhaust valves are in the cylinder head above the pistons
  • pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
  • paddock-basher — a vehicle suited to driving on rough terrain
  • paedomorphosis — the resemblance of adult animals to the young of their ancestors: seen in the evolution of modern man, who shows resemblances to the young stages of australopithecines
  • panidiomorphic — (of igneous rocks) having well-developed crystals
  • parish records — historical documents of a district
  • perhydrogenate — to hydrogenate as completely as possible.
  • philanthropoid — an individual who does work for a charitable body
  • pigeon-hearted — timid; meek.
  • polysaccharide — a carbohydrate, as starch, inulin, or cellulose, containing more than three monosaccharide units per molecule, the units being attached to each other in the manner of acetals, and therefore capable of hydrolysis by acids or enzymes to monosaccharides.
  • pride of china — the chinaberry, Melia azedarach.
  • propeller head — Slang. a person who is obsessively devoted to an especially technical pursuit.
  • pseudo-archaic — marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion.
  • purchase order — document requesting to buy sth
  • radioautograph — autoradiograph.
  • radiochemistry — the chemical study of radioactive elements, both natural and artificial, and their use in the study of chemical processes.
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