9-letter words containing e, o, t, h
- how then? — what is the meaning of this?
- howitzers — Plural form of howitzer.
- howtowdie — a Scottish dish of boiled chicken with poached eggs and spinach
- huguenots — a member of the Reformed or Calvinistic communion of France in the 16th and 17th centuries; a French Protestant.
- hutcheson — Francis. 1694–1746, Scottish philosopher: he published books on ethics and aesthetics, including System of Moral Philosophy (1755)
- hydathode — a specialized leaf structure through which water is exuded.
- hydrolyte — a substance subjected to hydrolysis.
- hyetology — the branch of meteorology dealing with precipitation.
- hylobates — Plural form of hylobate.
- hylophyte — a plant that grows in woods
- hypnodiet — a diet involving the use of hypnosis to change one's attitude to food
- hypnotise — to put in the hypnotic state.
- hypnotize — to put in the hypnotic state.
- hypocrite — a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
- hypostome — any of several parts or organs of the mouth, as the labrum of a crustacean.
- hypostyle — having many columns carrying the roof or ceiling: a hypostyle hall.
- hypotheca — (microbiology, planktology) The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.
- hysteroid — resembling hysteria.
- in theory — in principle
- inheritor — a person who inherits; heir.
- isohyetal — a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period.
- isopleths — Plural form of isopleth.
- isotheres — Plural form of isothere.
- isotherms — Plural form of isotherm.
- jokesmith — (jocular) A person who devises jokes.
- jotunheim — the outer world, or realm of giants; Utgard.
- khodzhent — a city in N Tajikistan on the Syr Darya.
- kilohertz — a unit of frequency, equal to 1000 cycles per second. Abbreviation: kHz.
- knotholes — Plural form of knothole.
- larghetto — a larghetto movement.
- lead shot — small round pellets of lead, used in cartridges
- leptophos — a solid compound, C 13 H 10 BrCl 2 O 2 PS, used as a nonsystemic insecticide for food crops and lawn grass.
- leucothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
- leucothoe — any of various shrubs of the genus Leucothoe, of the heath family, having clusters of white or pinkish flowers.
- leukothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
- lightsome — emitting or reflecting light; luminous.
- lionheart — a person of exceptional courage and bravery.
- lithesome — bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: the lithe body of a ballerina.
- lithopone — a white pigment consisting of zinc sulfide, barium sulfate, and some zinc oxide, used as a pigment and filler in the manufacture of paints, inks, leather, paper, linoleum, and face powders.
- lithosere — a sere originating on rock.
- lithotome — an instrument used in a lithotomy operation, to remove bladder stones
- loathness — Unwillingness; reluctance.
- loathsome — causing feelings of loathing; disgusting; revolting; repulsive: a loathsome skin disease.
- logothete — (in the Byzantine Empire and later in Sicily) a chancellor
- love-hate — characterized simultaneously by feelings of love and hate
- lovelight — A fond expression of love in a person's eyes.
- macroetch — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- mahometan — a name formerly in Western usage but never used among Muslims for the Muslim religion
- malthouse — A building in which malt is prepared and stored.
- mantyhose — a one-piece clinging garment covering the body from the waist to the feet, worn by men