9-letter words containing e, o, t, h
- honeywort — a plant, Cerinthe retorta, of Greece, having bluish-green leaves and purple-tipped yellow flowers.
- hoofbeats — Plural form of hoofbeat.
- hoopsters — Plural form of hoopster.
- hornstone — a variety of quartz resembling flint.
- horometry — The art or practice of measuring time by hours and subordinate divisions.
- horotelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- horridest — Superlative form of horrid.
- horsecart — A cart drawn by a horse.
- horsefoot — (botany) The coltsfoot.
- horsemeat — The flesh of a horse as food.
- horsemint — a wild mint, Mentha longifolia, introduced into America from Europe, having spikes of lilac flowers.
- horseshit — nonsense, lies, or exaggeration.
- horsetail — Also called scouring rush. any nonflowering plant of the genus Equisetum, having hollow, jointed stems.
- hortative — hortatory.
- hortensia — Hydrangea.
- hospitage — the position of being a guest
- hospitale — a place of lodging
- hospitate — (obsolete, transitive) To receive with hospitality; to lodge as a guest.
- hostelers — Plural form of hosteler.
- hosteller — a person who operates a hostel.
- hostess's — a woman who receives and entertains guests in her own home or elsewhere.
- hostesses — a woman who receives and entertains guests in her own home or elsewhere.
- hostilely — of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy: a hostile nation.
- hostlesse — inhospitable
- hot fence — an electric fence surrounding a farm
- hot issue — a hot issue is a shares issue which sells at more than the public offer price on the first day of trading
- hot metal — metallic type and printing elements produced by a casting machine; foundry type.
- hot money — funds transferred suddenly from one country to another chiefly to avoid depreciation in value or to take advantage of higher interest rates.
- hot plate — a portable appliance for cooking, formerly heated by a gas burner placed underneath it, now heated chiefly by an electrical unit in the appliance.
- hot press — a hot press is an airing cupboard for clothes
- hot sauce — any of several highly spiced, pungent condiments, especially one containing some type of pepper or chili.
- hot water — trouble; a predicament: His skipping classes will get him into real hot water when exam time comes.
- hot-press — a machine applying heat in conjunction with mechanical pressure, as for producing a smooth surface on paper or for expressing oil.
- hotdogger — One who hotdogs; a sporting show-off.
- hoteliers — Plural form of hotelier.
- hotelling — (in office management) a practice in which desk space must be booked in advance by an employee as required
- hotheaded — hot or fiery in spirit or temper; impetuous; rash: Hotheaded people shouldn't drive cars.
- hothoused — (of a child) having undergone hothousing
- hothouses — Plural form of hothouse.
- hotplates — Plural form of hotplate.
- hottentot — Khoikhoi.
- hourplate — the dial of a clock or watch
- house-sit — to take care of a house or residence while the owner or occupant is temporarily away, especially by living in it.
- houseboat — a flat-bottomed, bargelike boat fitted for use as a floating dwelling but not for rough water.
- housecats — Plural form of housecat.
- housecoat — a woman's robe or dresslike garment in various lengths, for casual wear about the house.
- housekept — to keep or maintain a house.
- housemate — a person with whom one shares a house or other residence.
- housetops — Plural form of housetop.
- hoverport — A terminal for hovercraft.