9-letter words containing a, t, h, e, o
- the alamo — a mission in San Antonio, Texas, the site of a siege and massacre in 1836 by Mexican forces under Santa Anna of a handful of American rebels fighting for Texan independence from Mexico
- the coast — in the U.S., the Pacific coast
- the wagon — Charles's Wain
- the woman — feminine nature or feelings
- theaceous — belonging to the Theaceae, the tea family of plants.
- thenabout — around then or around that time
- theocracy — a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
- theocrasy — a mixture of religious forms and deities by worshipers.
- theodosia — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “god-given.”.
- theolatry — worship of a deity.
- theomachy — a battle with or among the gods.
- theomancy — divination or prophecy by an oracle or by people directly inspired by a god
- theomania — a delusional mental illness in which a person believes himself or herself to be God or specially chosen by God, as to found a religious order.
- theopathy — religious emotion excited by the contemplation of God.
- theophagy — the sacramental eating of a god
- theophany — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
- tholobate — the substructure supporting a dome or cupola.
- thorazine — chlorpromazine
- to be had — If you have been had, someone has tricked you, for example by selling you something at too high a price.
- toadshade — a plant, Trillium sessile, of the lily family, native to the southeastern U.S., having broad, mottled leaves and a solitary purplish or greenish flower.
- toothache — a pain in or about a tooth.
- top-heavy — having the top disproportionately heavy; liable to fall from too great weight above.
- tophamper — the light upper sails and their gear and spars, sometimes used to refer to all spars and gear above the deck.
- torchable — able to be torched or set alight
- tottenham — a former borough, now part of Haringey, in SE England, N of London.
- touchable — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- towelhead — an offensive term for someone who wears a turban
- towheaded — a head of very light blond, almost white hair.
- toxaphene — an amber, waxy, water-insoluble solid, whose principal constituent is chlorinated camphene, used as an insecticide and as a rodenticide.
- tracheole — any of the smallest branches of an insect trachea.
- trehalose — a white, crystalline disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , occurring in yeast, certain fungi, etc., and used to identify certain bacteria.
- trochlear — Anatomy. of, relating to, or connected with a trochlea.
- trophaeum — tropaeum.
- two-phase — diphase.
- vitaphone — an early technique in commercial film-making in which the accompanying sound was produced by discs
- water hog — a person who uses water selfishly or irresponsibly, esp during a water shortage
- waterhole — A depression in which water collects, especially one from which animals regularly drink.
- wave moth — any of several small geometrid moths with wavy markings, such as the common wave (Deilinia exanthemata), with grey-marked wings, and the lighter common white wave (D. pusaria)
- whaleboat — a long, narrow boat designed for quick turning and use in rough seas: formerly used in whaling, now mainly for sea rescue.
- wheatworm — a small nematode, Tylenchus tritici, that stunts growth and disrupts seed production in wheat.
- white oak — a town in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
- whitecoat — a baby seal, usually less than four weeks old and still having its initial white fur.
- xanthones — Plural form of xanthone.