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14-letter words containing s, h, o, r

  • merionethshire — a historic county in Gwynedd, in N Wales.
  • metachromatism — change of color, especially that due to variation in the temperature of a body.
  • metamorphosing — to change the form or nature of; transform.
  • metamorphosise — (UK, nonstandard) To metamorphose.
  • metamorphosize — (US, nonstandard) To undergo the process of metamorphosis; to metamorphose.
  • metaphosphoric — applied to an acid (HPO3) containing a molecule less of water than orthophosphoric acid
  • method actress — an actress who bases her role on the inner motivation of the character she plays, following the theories of Stanislavsky
  • microcephalous — Microcephalic.
  • microchemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with minute quantities of substances.
  • microphysicist — a physicist who specializes in microphysics
  • micropublisher — a publisher of material in microfilm
  • microspherical — relating to or designating a microsphere
  • middlesborough — a city in SE Kentucky.
  • mind the store — to tend to business
  • minor prophets — a subdivision of the books constituting the second main part of the Hebrew Bible which in Christian tradition are alone called the Prophets
  • misanthropical — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
  • misanthropists — Plural form of misanthropist.
  • modern english — the English language since c1475.
  • money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
  • monochromatism — the quality of having one color: the monochromatism of Picasso's Blue Period.
  • monosaccharide — a carbohydrate that does not hydrolyze, as glucose, fructose, or ribose, occurring naturally or obtained by the hydrolysis of glycosides or polysaccharides.
  • morphophonemes — Plural form of morphophoneme.
  • morphotonemics — the morphophonemics of tonal phenomena.
  • morse alphabet — the set of symbols used to represent letters in Morse code
  • mortise chisel — framing chisel.
  • mother goddess — Kālī.
  • mother shipton — a day-flying noctuid moth, Callistege mi, mottled brown in colour and named from a fancied resemblance between its darker marking and a haggish profile
  • motherlessness — The state or condition of being motherless.
  • mount rushmore — Mount, a peak in the Black Hills of South Dakota that is a memorial (Mount Rushmore National Memorial) having 60-foot (18-meter) busts of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt, carved into its face between 1927 and 1941, from a design by and under the direction of Gutzon Borglum. 5600 feet (1707 meters).
  • mum's the word — silent; not saying a word: to keep mum.
  • musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
  • mushroom cloud — mushroom (def 4).
  • myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
  • myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
  • nabuchodonosor — Nebuchadnezzar (def 1).
  • narcocatharsis — a technique in narcoanalysis in which the patient is encouraged to reveal suppressed emotions or memories with the aid of narcotic drugs
  • narcosynthesis — a treatment for psychiatric disturbances that uses narcotics.
  • nasopharyngeal — the part of the pharynx behind and above the soft palate, directly continuous with the nasal passages. Compare oropharynx (def 2).
  • nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
  • neighborliness — having or showing qualities befitting a neighbor; friendly.
  • neighbourhoods — Plural form of neighbourhood.
  • nephroblastoma — a malignant tumour arising from the embryonic kidney that occurs in young children, esp in the age range 3–8 years
  • nether regions — the lower part of a place, esp when unpleasant or frightening
  • neurochemicals — Plural form of neurochemical.
  • neurochemistry — the branch of science that is concerned with the chemistry of the nervous system.
  • neuromechanism — the function of the nervous system as it relates to its structure.
  • newsworthiness — The characteristic of being newsworthy.
  • nizhnevartovsk — a city in W central Russia, an oil and gas center on the Ob River.
  • no sooner…than — immediately after or when
  • non perishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
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