11-letter words containing r, o, s, e, h
- 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.
- nephroscope — (surgery) An instrument used to examine the kidney through an inserted tube.
- nephrostome — Zoology. the ciliated opening of a nephridium into the coelom.
- netherstock — a stocking
- neuroethics — The ethics of neuroscience and neurotechnology.
- 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.
- noirishness — Quality of being noirish.
- 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.
- northeaster — New England and South Atlantic States. a wind or gale from the northeast.
- northerlies — Plural form of northerly.
- northermost — Synonym of northernmost.
- northerners — Plural form of northerner.
- northernism — a mannerism or phrase considered typical of northerners
- northwester — New England and South Atlantic States. a wind or gale from the northwest.
- 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.
- nourishable — able to be nourished; benefiting from nourishment
- nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
- octahedrons — Plural form of octahedron.
- officership — a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.
- offshoreman — a person who works offshore, especially on an offshore oil rig.
- oligarchies — Plural form of oligarchy.
- onslaughter — An onslaught.
- opera house — a theater devoted chiefly to operas.
- oral herpes — a disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 1, characterized primarily by a cluster of small, transient blisters chiefly at the edge of the lip or nostril; herpes labialis.
- orchestrate — Arrange or score (music) for orchestral performance.
- orchestrina — (musical instruments) orchestrion.
- orchestrion — a mechanical musical instrument, resembling a barrel organ but more elaborate, for producing the effect of an orchestra.
- orthoclases — Plural form of orthoclase.
- orthodoxies — Plural form of orthodoxy.
- orthogenics — the treatment of mentally and emotionally disturbed children
- orthopedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthopedist — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthostates — orthostat.
- osteography — The scientific description of bones; osteology.
- ostreophage — someone who loves or eats oysters
- ostreophagy — the consumption of oysters
- ostrich egg — the large egg produced by a fast-running flightless African bird, Struthio camelus, that is the largest living bird, with stout two-toed feet and dark feathers, except on the naked head, neck, and legs: order Struthioniformes
- ostrichlike — a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
- other ranks — (in the armed forces) all those who do not hold a commissioned rank
- otherwhiles — at other times, sometimes
- otherworlds — Plural form of otherworld.
- otter shrew — a chiefly aquatic insectivore, Potamogale velox, of western Africa, that resembles an otter, having sleek, brown fur and a flattened tail.
- over-sharer — an instance of this: Get ready for an overshare about his health problems.
- overcharges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcharge.
- overclothes — clothing worn outside other garments.
- overfishing — to fish (an area) excessively; to exhaust the supply of usable fish in (certain waters): Scientists are concerned that fishing boats may overfish our coastal waters.
- overharvest — the harvesting of plants or animals in an unsustainable manner
- overhastily — in such a way as to be excessively hasty or done without enough consideration