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

northern canoe — a large, heavy canoe used to transport supplies.
northern cross — six stars in the constellation Cygnus, arranged in the form of a cross.
northern crown — the constellation Corona Borealis.
northern dvina — Also called Western Dvina. Latvian Daugava. a river rising in the Valdai Hills in the W Russian Federation, flowing W through Byelorussia (Belarus) and Latvia to the Baltic Sea at Riga. About 640 miles (1030) long.
northern irish — from or characteristic of Northern Ireland
northern isles — Orkney and Shetland
northern porgy — a common sparid fish, Stenotomus chrysops, of American coastal regions of the Atlantic
northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
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.
notched collar — a collar forming a notch with the lapels of a garment at the seam where collar and lapels join.
noteworthiness — The quality or state of being noteworthy.
nursing mother — a mother who is breast-feeding her baby
oceanic trench — a long narrow steep-sided depression in the earth's oceanic crust, usually lying above a subduction zone
of one's birth — The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.
of the essence — the basic, real, and invariable nature of a thing or its significant individual feature or features: Freedom is the very essence of our democracy.
of the opinion — If someone is of the opinion that something is the case, that is what they believe.
off the ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
oligosynthetic — (linguistics) (of a language) using a relatively small number of morphemes which combine synthetically to form compound words.
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.

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