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13-letter words containing t, h, i, o

  • nontheatrical — not relating to the theatre
  • norethindrone — an orally active progestin, C 2 0 H 2 6 O 2 , used as a progesterone, especially as an oral contraceptive in combination with an estrogen.
  • north african — the northern part of Africa, especially the region north of the tropical rain forest and comprised of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and that part of Egypt west of the Gulf of Suez.
  • north america — the northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending from Central America to the Arctic Ocean. Highest point, Mt. McKinley, 20,300 feet (6187 meters); lowest, Death Valley, 276 feet (84 meters) below sea level. About 9,360,000 sq. mi. (24,242,400 sq. km).
  • north chicago — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
  • north merrick — a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
  • north ossetia — an autonomous republic in S European Russia, in the N Caucasus. 3100 sq. mi. (8029 sq. km) Capital: Vladikavkaz.
  • north reading — a city in NE Massachusetts.
  • north sea oil — oil extracted from deposits beneath the North Sea
  • north vietnam — that part of Vietnam N of about 17° N; formerly a part of French Indochina; separate republic 1954–75.
  • northerliness — The quality of being northerly.
  • northern pike — a pike, Esox lucius, of North American and Eurasian waters, valued as a game fish.
  • nothing doing — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
  • nothing in it — If you say about a contest or competition that there is nothing in it, you mean that two or more of the competitors are level and have an equal chance of winning.
  • nothing loath — willing
  • nothing to it — If you say about a story or report that there is nothing to it, you mean that it is untrue.
  • nothingnesses — Plural form of nothingness.
  • ochlocratical — Pertaining to ochlocracy.
  • odontornithes — a proposed class of birds that possess teeth
  • off the chain — wildly entertaining
  • off the rails — into or in a state of dysfunction or disorder
  • off with you! — go away! depart!
  • oklahoma city — a city in and the capital of Oklahoma, in the central part.
  • on a par with — If you say that two people or things are on a par with each other, you mean that they are equally good or bad, or equally important.
  • on the fiddle — If someone is on the fiddle, they get money by doing illegal or dishonest things.
  • on the inside — in a position allowing access to secret information, special advantage or favor, etc.
  • on the parish — receiving parochial relief
  • on-off switch — electrical or electronic device: control knob
  • onychophagist — the practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
  • opening night — the first performance of a theatrical attraction, taking place in the evening: The audience was full of celebrities on opening night.
  • opisthobranch — any gastropod mollusk of the order Opisthobranchia, as the sea slugs, sea butterflies, and sea hares, characterized by a vestigial or absent mantle and shell and two pairs of tentacles.
  • opisthography — the practice of writing on the front and back of a parchment or papyrus
  • oprahfication — the perceived increase in people’s desire to discuss their emotions or personal problems, attributed to the influence of confessional television programmes
  • optic chiasma — a site at the base of the forebrain where the inner half of the fibers of the left and right optic nerves cross to the opposite side of the brain.
  • optical bench — an apparatus, as a special table or rigid beam, for the precise positioning of light sources, screens, and optical instruments used for optical and photometric studies, having a ruled bar to which these devices can be attached and along which they can be readily adjusted.
  • orchestra pit — musicians' seating in front of stage
  • orchestra-pit — a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
  • orchestralist — a person who writes or arranges orchestral music
  • orchestrating — Present participle of orchestrate.
  • orchestration — (uncountable) the arrangement of music for performance by an orchestra.
  • orchidologist — someone who is knowledgeable in orchidology
  • orchiectomies — Plural form of orchiectomy.
  • organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
  • organolithium — (organic chemistry) Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to lithium bond.
  • ornithichnite — (paleontology) The footmark of a bird occurring in strata of stone.
  • ornithischian — any herbivorous dinosaur of the order Ornithischia, having a pelvis resembling that of a bird. Compare saurischian.
  • ornithologist — the branch of zoology that deals with birds.
  • ornithomantic — relating to ornithomancy
  • ornithophobia — Fear of birds.
  • orthocephalic — having a medium or intermediate relation between the height of the skull and the breadth or length.
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