14-letter words containing t, e, n, h

omphalocentric — Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
on tenterhooks — one of the hooks or bent nails that hold cloth stretched on a tenter.
on the average — a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
on the back of — If you say that one thing happens on the back of another thing, you mean that it happens after that other thing and in addition to it.
on the downlow — not widely known
on the horizon — between land and sky
on the improve — improving
on the instant — immediately; without delay
on the knocker — promptly; at once
on the lookout — keeping watch
on the part of — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
on the rampage — behaving violently or destructively
on the rebound — to bound or spring back from force of impact.
on the streets — earning a living as a prostitute
on the surface — to all appearances
on the upgrade — improving or progressing, as in importance, status, health, etc
on the viretot — in a rush
on the wallaby — (of a person) wandering about looking for work
on the warpath — the path or course taken by American Indians on a warlike expedition.
on the way out — If something or someone is on the way out or on their way out, they are likely to disappear or to be replaced very soon.
one's eighties — the ages between 80–89
one's thirties — the ages between 30–39
one-hit wonder — a singer, composer or group that only ever has one successful piece
one-horse town — a small or obscure town
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.
operating cash — the amount of cash or money that a business generates
orchestrations — Plural form of orchestration.
orthonormalize — (mathematics) To make a set of vectors both orthogonal and normalized.
orthoselection — orthogenesis (def 1a).
osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.
other expenses — Other expenses are expenses that do not relate to a company's main business.
out of nowhere — unexpectedly
out the window — discarded or wasted
outlandishness — The quality of being outlandish.
outside chance — a slight chance or likelihood
over the fence — unreasonable, unfair, or unjust
overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
owlet nightjar — any of several birds of the family Aegothelidae, of Australia and Papua New Guinea, related to the nightjars but resembling small owls.
ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
paint the town — a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
palaeanthropic — relating to or denoting the earliest variety of man
palaeethnology — the study of prehistoric man
paleoanthropic — pertaining to prehistoric humans.
paleontography — the formal description of fossils
pamphleteering — the occupation of a pamphleteer
panel lighting — lighting of a room or building by means of flat sheets of material that glow brightly when a coating of a phosphor is excited by an electrical charge.
panther fungus — a highly poisonous mushroom, Amanita pantherina, with a brownish cap covered with white cottony patches.
para-synthesis — 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.
parchment worm — any of several polychaete worms of the genus Chaetopterus that secrete and live in a U -shaped, parchmentlike tube.

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