11-letter words containing t, h, a, n, e, o

on the beam — any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
on the beat — A police officer on the beat is on duty, walking around the area for which he or she is responsible.
on the bias — A dress or skirt that is cut on the bias or that is bias-cut has been cut diagonally across the material so that it hangs down in a particular way.
on the case — If you say that someone is on the case, you mean that they are aware of a particular problem and are trying to resolve it.
on the coat — in disfavour
on the flat — On the flat means on level ground.
on the game — If a man or woman is on the game, he or she is working as a prostitute.
on the make — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
on the nail — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
on the rack — If you say that someone is on the rack, you mean that they are suffering either physically or mentally.
on the road — a novel (1957) by Jack Kerouac.
on the take — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
on the wane — If something is on the wane, it is becoming weaker or less.
one another — each other
onslaughter — An onslaught.
open-hearth — noting, pertaining to, or produced by the open-hearth process.
openhearted — Frank and candid.
orchestrina — (musical instruments) orchestrion.
orthopteran — orthopterous.
other ranks — (in the armed forces) all those who do not hold a commissioned rank
other woman — a woman who is romantically or sexually involved with another woman's husband or lover, especially a woman who is having an affair with a married man.
outreaching — Present participle of outreach.
overheating — heating (something) excessively
paint horse — paint (def 6).
panchreston — a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.
pantheology — a branch of theology embracing all gods and all religions
pantheonize — to place, especially to bury, in a pantheon: The author will be pantheonized following the funeral mass.
pantothenic — denoting an acid which is a growth-promoting vitamin of vitamin B complex
peach stone — the stone in the centre of the fruit the peach
pentahedron — a solid figure having five faces.
phantomlike — an apparition or specter.
phonematics — phonemics.
phonetastic — (communications) A CTI product from Callware. Phonetastic employs if-then rules and customer records to tell those receiving calls who is calling (based on ANI and DNIS) and to determine how the call should be routed, e.g. to a certain sales representative or to the general sales department; receive high-priority treatment; receive a fax-back, etc.
phonetician — a specialist in phonetics or in some aspect of phonetics.
phytoalexin — any of a class of plant compounds that accumulate at the site of invading microorganisms and confer resistance to disease.
pinacotheca — a place where works of art are displayed or stored
planthopper — any member of a large and varied group of homopterous insects that are related to the leafhoppers and the spittlebugs but rarely damage cultivated plants.
plectognath — belonging to the Plectognathi, a group or order of fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick, often spiny, scaleless skin, and including the filefish, globefish, puffer, and triggerfish.
pneumathode — a band or pore of aerating tissue, esp along the stipes of ferns
pointy-head — stupid; idiotic.
pythagorean — of or relating to Pythagoras, to his school, or to his doctrines.
reason with — If you try to reason with someone, you try to persuade them to do or accept something by using sensible arguments.
rehydration — to restore moisture or fluid to (something dehydrated).
retinopathy — any diseased condition of the retina, especially one that is noninflammatory.
rhetorician — an expert in the art of rhetoric.
schecklaton — a gilded leather used for embroidering jacks
senatorship — the office or position of a senator
servanthood — the condition of being a servant
shake on it — to shake hands in agreement, reconciliation, etc
short-range — having a limited extent, as in distance or time: a short-range shot; a short-range plan.

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