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

  • 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 rushmoreMount, 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.
  • narcosynthesis — a treatment for psychiatric disturbances that uses narcotics.
  • nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
  • 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
  • neurochemistry — the branch of science that is concerned with the chemistry of the nervous system.
  • 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
  • norethisterone — 19-nor-17\u03b1-ethynyltestosterone, a progestogen used in some combined oral contraceptives.
  • north ayrshire — a council area of W central Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde: comprises the N part of the historical county of Ayrshire, including the Isle of Arran; formerly part of Strathclyde Region (1975–96): chiefly agricultural, with fishing and tourism. Administrative centre: Irvine. Pop: 136 030 (2003 est). Area: 884 sq km (341 sq miles)
  • north cascades — a national park in NW Washington: site of glaciers and mountain lakes. 789 sq. mi. (2043 sq. km).
  • north somerset — a unitary authority of SW England, in Somerset: formerly (1974–96) part of the county of Avon. Pop: 191 400 (2003 est). Area: 375 sq km (145 sq miles)
  • north tyneside — a unitary authority of NE England, in Tyne and Wear. Pop: 190 800 (2003 est). Area: 84 sq km (32 sq miles)
  • north-easterly — A north-easterly point, area, or direction is to the north-east or towards the north-east.
  • north-westerly — A north-westerly point, area, or direction is to the north-west or towards the north-west.
  • northeasterner — a native or inhabitant of the northeast.
  • northeastwards — northeastward.
  • northern cross — six stars in the constellation Cygnus, arranged in the form of a cross.
  • northern irish — from or characteristic of Northern Ireland
  • northern isles — Orkney and Shetland
  • northwesterner — a native or inhabitant of the northwest.
  • northwestwards — northwestward.
  • not merely sth — You use not merely before the less important of two contrasting statements, as a way of emphasizing the more important statement.
  • noteworthiness — The quality or state of being noteworthy.
  • nursing mother — a mother who is breast-feeding her baby
  • of one's birth — The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.
  • off the charts — a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
  • off the shears — (of a sheep) newly shorn
  • on tenterhooks — one of the hooks or bent nails that hold cloth stretched on a tenter.
  • on the streets — earning a living as a prostitute
  • on the surface — to all appearances
  • one's thirties — the ages between 30–39
  • one-horse town — a small or obscure town
  • oophorectomies — Plural form of oophorectomy.
  • operating cash — the amount of cash or money that a business generates
  • or thereabouts — You add or thereabouts after a number or date to indicate that it is approximate.
  • orchestrations — Plural form of orchestration.
  • orthodox sleep — dreamless sleep, characterized by a slow alpha rhythm of brain waves and no marked physiological changes.
  • orthophosphate — a salt or ester of orthophosphoric acid, or any compound containing the trivalent group −PO 4 .
  • orthoselection — orthogenesis (def 1a).
  • osteoarthritic — Affected with osteoarthritis.
  • osteoarthritis — the most common form of arthritis, usually occurring after middle age, marked by chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints leading to pain, stiffness, and swelling.
  • osteoarthroses — chronic, noninflammatory arthritis.
  • osteoarthrosis — chronic, noninflammatory arthritis.
  • osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.
  • osteodystrophy — (medicine) Any abnormal or defective development of a bone.
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