8-letter words containing a, s, h, o, t
- heatspot — a spot on the skin or other surface produced by heat
- hemostat — an instrument or agent used to compress or treat bleeding vessels in order to arrest hemorrhage.
- hoariest — Superlative form of hoary.
- hoarsest — Superlative form of hoarse.
- hoastman — a member of a former guild of tradesmen responsible for loading and shipping coal in Newcastle upon Tyne
- hoaxster — Alternative form of hoaxer (rare).
- hoistman — someone who operates a hoist
- hoistway — a shaft for a hoist or a lift
- holdfast — something used to hold or secure a thing in place; a catch, hook, clamp, etc.
- homestay — housing accommodations in a home with a family in residence, as for a student or traveler: Foreign-exchange students can choose between a homestay or campus dormitory.
- horatius — (Publius Horatius Cocles) Roman Legend. a hero celebrated for his defense of the bridge over the Tiber against the Etruscans.
- hospital — an institution in which sick or injured persons are given medical or surgical treatment.
- hostaged — a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
- hostages — Plural form of hostage.
- hostname — (computing) the unique name by which any device attached to a network is known.
- hot seat — electric chair.
- hotcakes — Plural form of hotcake.
- hotheads — Plural form of hothead.
- housecat — a domesticated cat kept as a pet.
- isobaths — Plural form of isobath.
- isotachs — Plural form of isotach.
- kalathos — a fruit basket having a conventionalized shape of a lily, often used in ancient art as a symbol of fertility.
- lash out — the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- loathers — Plural form of loather.
- lothians — a region in E Scotland. 700 sq. mi. (1813 sq. km).
- mailshot — Bulk advertising sent through the post/mail.
- mammoths — Plural form of mammoth.
- mansholt — Sicco Leendert (ˈsɪko ˈleːndərt). 1908–95, Dutch economist and politician; vice president (1958–72) and president (1972–73) of the European Economic Community Commission. He was the author of the Mansholt Plan for the agricultural organization of the European Economic Community
- moschate — having a musky smell.
- mostwhat — most
- oghamist — Alternative capitalization of Oghamist.
- oistrakh — David [dey-vid] /ˈdeɪ vɪd/ (Show IPA), 1908–74, Russian violinist.
- opsimath — (rare) A person who learns late in life.Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed., 2004.
- outflash — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- outhauls — Plural form of outhaul.
- outshame — to shame greatly or surpass in shamefulness
- pathoses — a diseased condition.
- pathosis — a diseased condition.
- phaistos — an ancient city in S central Crete: site of Minoan palace; Linear A tablets and important pottery objects unearthed here.
- phaseout — an act or instance of phasing out; planned discontinuation or expiration.
- postheat — to heat (a metal piece, as a weld) after working, so as to relieve stresses.
- rathouse — a psychiatric hospital or asylum
- rheostat — an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
- roswitha — Hrotsvitha.
- rothesay — a town in the Strathclyde region, on Bute island, in SW Scotland: resort; ruins of 11th-century castle.
- sawtooth — one of the cutting teeth of a saw.
- shabuoth — a festival, celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside Israel but only on the sixth day by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel, that commemorates God's giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses.
- shadbolt — Maurice. 1932–2004, New Zealand novelist
- shakeout — an elimination or winnowing out of some competing businesses, products, etc., as a result of intense competition in a market of declining sales or rising standards of quality.
- shavuoth — a festival, celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside Israel but only on the sixth day by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel, that commemorates God's giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses.