14-letter words containing p, h, o, n
- hold the phone — not hang up
- holoplanktonic — plankton that spend their entire life cycle as free-swimming organisms (opposed to hemiplankton).
- home ownership — the situation of owning one's house or flat, or of having a mortgage on it
- homotransplant — allograft.
- horn of plenty — cornucopia.
- hospitableness — The quality of being hospitable.
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- hospital train — a military train equipped to transport wounded troops to a hospital.
- hot gospelling — aggressive evangelizing of religious belief
- hydronephrosis — dilation of the branches and pelvic cavity of the kidney, caused by an accumulation of urine resulting from obstruction of normal outflow.
- hydronephrotic — of, relating to, or affected by hydronephrosis
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hydroponically — Using hydroponics.
- hydroxyproline — a nutritionally nonessential amino acid, C 5 H 9 NO 3 , found chiefly in collagen.
- hyper-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
- hyperconscious — acutely aware.
- hyperemotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- hyperexcretion — excessive excretion
- hyperextension — the extension of a part of the body beyond normal limits.
- hyperinflation — extreme or excessive inflation.
- hyperlactation — the secretion or formation of milk.
- hypermodernism — a hypermodern approach or theory
- hypermodernist — a person who adheres to hypermodernism
- hypernephromas — Plural form of hypernephroma.
- hyperosteogeny — excessive bone development.
- hyperoxygenate — to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.
- hyperresonance — the state or quality of being resonant.
- hypersecretion — an excessive secretion.
- hypersomnolent — sleepy; drowsy.
- hypersonically — In a hypersonic way.
- hypertrophying — abnormal enlargement of a part or organ; excessive growth.
- hypnotherapist — A practitioner of hypnotherapy.
- hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
- hypoallergenic — designed to reduce or minimize the possibility of an allergic response, as by containing relatively few or no potentially irritating substances: hypoallergenic cosmetics.
- hypochondriacs — Plural form of hypochondriac.
- hypomenorrhoea — an extremely light menstrual bleeding
- hypomixolydian — (in medieval church music) of or relating to the last of the eight scales
- hypophalangism — the condition of having fewer than the normal number of phalanges per finger or toe.
- hypoventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hypoventilate.
- immunophoresis — a technique for identifying the antigens in a blood serum
- impoverishment — to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
- in hot pursuit — If you are in hot pursuit of someone, you are chasing after them with great determination.
- in the process — If you are doing something and you do something else in the process, you do the second thing as part of doing the first thing.
- inapprehension — lack of apprehension.
- inapproachable — not approachable.
- instructorship — a person who instructs; teacher.
- interparochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- island-hopping — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
- itching powder — a powder that causes itching when applied to human skin. usually used as a practical joke on an unsuspecting victim
- james stanhope — James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.