8-letter words containing c, h, t, o
- pinochet — Augusto (auˈɣusto). 1915-2006, Chilean general and statesman; president of Chile (1974–90) following his overthrow of Allende (1973): charged (2001) with murder and kidnapping but found unfit to stand trial
- pitch on — to erect or set up (a tent, camp, or the like).
- pitchout — Baseball. a ball purposely thrown by a pitcher too far outside of the plate for the batter to hit, especially in anticipation of an attempted steal by a base runner.
- pitchpot — a pot used by sailors for heating pitch.
- pochette — kit2 .
- post hoc — after this; afterward.
- postiche — superadded, especially inappropriately, as a sculptural or architectural ornament.
- pot arch — an auxiliary furnace in which pots used in melting frit are preheated.
- potlatch — (among American Indians of the northern Pacific coast, especially the Kwakiutl) a ceremonial festival at which gifts are bestowed on the guests and property is destroyed by its owner in a show of wealth that the guests later attempt to surpass.
- pythonic — prophetic; oracular.
- racahout — a substance similar to chocolate prepared as either a food or drink and made from acorns and cocoa
- reclothe — to clothe (someone or something) again or provide new clothing for (someone)
- rhetoric — (in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
- ricochet — the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting one or more times from the surface over which it is passing or against which it hits a glancing blow.
- schizont — (in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) a cell developed from a trophozoite, which undergoes multiple fission to form merozoites.
- scotched — scutch (defs 2, 4).
- scottish — Also, Scots. of or relating to Scotland, its people, or their language.
- scouther — to scorch or singe
- scrootch — to crouch, squeeze, or huddle (usually followed by down, in, or up).
- selcouth — strange; uncommon.
- shortcut — a shorter or quicker way.
- soutache — a narrow braid, commonly of mohair, silk, or rayon, used for trimming.
- splotchy — marked or covered with splotches.
- stilicho — Flavius [fley-vee-uh s] /ˈfleɪ vi əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 359?–408, Roman general and statesman.
- stockish — like a block of wood; stupid.
- stomachs — Anatomy, Zoology. a saclike enlargement of the alimentary canal, as in humans and certain animals, forming an organ for storing, diluting, and digesting food. such an organ or an analogous portion of the alimentary canal when divided into two or more sections or parts. any one of these sections.
- stomachy — paunchy; having a prominent stomach.
- strophic — Also, strophical. consisting of, pertaining to, or characterized by a strophe or strophes.
- tacahout — an abnormal outgrowth on a tamarisk plant
- tchekhov — Anton Pavlovich [an-ton pav-loh-vich;; Russian uhn-tawn puh-vlaw-vyich] /ˈæn tɒn pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌnˈtɔn pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1860–1904, Russian short-story writer and dramatist.
- technion — (body) Israel Institute of Technology. Address: Haifa, Israel.
- technol. — technological
- the chop — dismissal from employment
- the crow — the constellation Corvus
- theocrat — a person who rules, governs as a representative of God or a deity, or is a member of the ruling group in a theocracy, as a divine king or a high priest.
- theodicy — a vindication of the divine attributes, particularly holiness and justice, in establishing or allowing the existence of physical and moral evil.
- thioacid — an acid in which part or all of the oxygen has been replaced by sulfur.
- thoracal — of or relating to the thorax.
- thoraces — Anatomy. the part of the trunk in humans and higher vertebrates between the neck and the abdomen, containing the cavity, enclosed by the ribs, sternum, and certain vertebrae, in which the heart, lungs, etc., are situated; chest.
- thoracic — of or relating to the thorax.
- thoraco- — thorax
- thurrock — unitary authority in Essex, SE England, on the N of the Thames River. 71 sq. mi. (184 sq. km).
- tochises — tokus.
- toiseach — an ancient Celtic nobleman
- too much — an excess of
- topnotch — first-rate: a topnotch job.
- torchere — a tall stand for a candelabrum.
- torchier — of, relating to, or characteristic of a torch song or a torch singer.
- torching — a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.
- torchlit — illuminated by the light of a torch or torches