9-letter words containing e, o, t, h
- power hit — (Or "power glitch") A sudden increase (spike) or decrease (drop-out) in the mains electricity supply. These can cause crashes and even permanent damage to computers. Computers and other electronic equipment should really include some kind of over-voltage protection in its mains input to prevent such damamge.
- pregrowth — the period before something begins to grow
- prophetic — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- protheses — the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escala “ladder” from Latin scala.
- prothesis — the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escala “ladder” from Latin scala.
- prothetic — the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escala “ladder” from Latin scala.
- pythoness — a woman believed to be possessed by a soothsaying spirit, as the priestess of Apollo at Delphi.
- red-short — brittle when at red heat, as iron or steel containing too much sulfur.
- rest home — a residential establishment that provides special care for convalescents and aged or infirm persons.
- rest-home — a residential establishment that provides special care for convalescents and aged or infirm persons.
- rethondes — a village in N France near Compiègne: armistice ending World War I signed here 1918.
- rethought — the act of reconsidering.
- rheometer — an instrument for measuring the flow of fluids, especially blood.
- rheometry — an instrument for measuring the flow of fluids, especially blood.
- rheotaxis — oriented movement of an organism in response to a current of fluid, especially water.
- rheotrope — a device that reverses an electric current
- rhetorize — to make use of rhetoric
- rhodanate — a salt of thiocyanic acid
- rhodolite — a rose or reddish-violet garnet, similar to pyrope, used as a gem.
- rhodonite — a mineral, manganese metasilicate, MnSiO 3 , occurring usually in rose-red masses, sometimes used as an ornamental stone; manganese spar.
- rhotacize — to change (a sound) to an (r); subject to rhotacism.
- rhytidome — the outer bark of a tree or plant
- righteous — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
- rochester — John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of, 1647–80, English poet and courtier.
- rosenthal — Jean, 1912–69, U.S. theatrical lighting designer.
- rotachute — a device serving the same purpose as a parachute, in which the canopy is replaced by freely revolving rotor blades, used for the delivery of stores or recovery of missiles
- rotherham — a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- schistose — of, resembling, or in the form of schist.
- sciophyte — any plant that grows best in the shade
- scouthery — scorching
- scutcheon — escutcheon.
- seaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
- segholate — a noun in Hebrew that has a long vowel in the first syllable and a short seghol in the second syllable
- senhorita — a Portuguese term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- set forth — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- shake out — If you shake out a cloth or a piece of clothing, you hold it by one of its edges and move it up and down one or more times, in order to open it out, make it flat, or remove dust.
- share out — distribute fairly
- sheepcote — a pen or covered enclosure for sheep.
- sheetrock — a trademark name for plasterboard or drywall, composed of gypsum enclosed by heavy sheets of paper and used for constructing interior walls and ceilings
- shell out — a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk.
- shenstone — William, 1714–63, English poet.
- shit-hole — a very bad place; a disgusting place
- shithouse — a privy; outhouse.
- shoe tree — shaped insert for footwear
- shogunate — the office or rule of a shogun.
- shootable — suitable for being shot
- short leg — a fielding position on the leg side near the batsman's wicket
- shortcake — a cake made with a relatively large amount of butter or other shortening.
- shorthead — a brachycephalic person.
- shortness — having little length; not long.