8-letter words containing a, c, h, i, t
- latching — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- lecithal — having a yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- lichgate — Alternative spelling of lych-gate.
- matachin — a 16th century dance performed by extravagantly dressed masked dancers carrying swords
- matching — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- mechitza — a screen in a synagogue separating men and women
- midwatch — middle watch.
- mismatch — to match badly or unsuitably.
- mispatch — to patch wrongly
- misteach — to teach wrongly or badly.
- mithraic — of Mithras or Mithraism
- mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
- nightcap — Informal. an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime or at the end of a festive evening.
- ouachita — a river flowing SE from W Arkansas through NE Louisiana to the Red River. 605 miles (975 km) long.
- pastiche — a literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources.
- patchily — characterized by or made up of patches.
- pathetic — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
- petechia — a minute, round, nonraised hemorrhage in the skin or in a mucous or serous membrane.
- phreatic — noting or pertaining to ground water.
- phthalic — of or derived from phthalic acid.
- pistache — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
- pitchman — an itinerant vendor of small wares that are usually carried in a case with collapsible legs, allowing it to be set up or removed quickly.
- rachitic — rickets.
- rachitis — rickets.
- rhematic — pertaining to the formation of words.
- scathing — bitterly severe, as a remark: a scathing review of the play.
- scythian — pertaining to Scythia, its people, or their language.
- shechita — the Jewish method of killing animals for food
- shit-can — to dismiss from a job or position.
- straicht — straight
- tachinid — any of numerous flies belonging to the family Tachinidae
- tachisme — action painting (def 1).
- tachiste — an artist who practises tachisme
- taichung — a city in and the provincial capital of Taiwan, in the W part.
- taiglach — a confection consisting of small balls of dough boiled in a syrup of honey, sugar, and spices.
- taxiarch — an Athenian commander in charge of a company of soldiers
- teach-in — a prolonged period of lectures, speeches, etc., conducted without interruption by members of the faculty and invited guests at a college or university as a technique of social protest.
- teaching — Informal. teacher.
- teiglach — a confection consisting of small balls of dough boiled in a syrup of honey, sugar, and spices.
- thalamic — Anatomy. the middle part of the diencephalon through which sensory impulses pass to reach the cerebral cortex.
- theatric — of or relating to the theater or dramatic presentations: theatrical performances.
- thematic — of or relating to a theme.
- thetical — positive; dogmatic.
- thinclad — a runner on a track team
- thioacid — an acid in which part or all of the oxygen has been replaced by sulfur.
- thoracic — of or relating to the thorax.
- thracian — of or relating to Thrace or its inhabitants.
- thridace — a sedative made from lettuce juice
- toiseach — an ancient Celtic nobleman
- tovarich — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).