6-letter words containing e, s, o, t
- gorets — /gor'ets/ The unknown ur-noun, fill in your own meaning. Found especially on the Usenet newsgroup alt.gorets, which seems to be a running contest to redefine the word by implication in the funniest and most peculiar way, with the understanding that no definition is ever final. [A correspondent from the Former Soviet Union informs me that "gorets" is Russian for "mountain dweller" - ESR] Compare frink.
- goslet — a pygmy goose
- goster — to laugh uncontrollably
- helots — Plural form of helot.
- honest — honorable in principles, intentions, and actions; upright and fair: an honest person.
- hosted — a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere: the host at a theater party.
- hostel — Also called youth hostel. an inexpensive, supervised lodging place for young people on bicycle trips, hikes, etc.
- hoster — (computing, Internet, neologism) A provider of online hosting, especially web hosting.
- hostie — (obsolete, Catholicism) the consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist, host.
- hotels — Plural form of hotel.
- jetsom — goods cast overboard deliberately, as to lighten a vessel or improve its stability in an emergency, which sink where jettisoned or are washed ashore.
- jostle — to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely.
- ketose — a monosaccharide that contains a ketone group.
- lhotse — a mountain peak in the Himalayas, on the Nepal-Tibet border: fourth highest peak in the world. 27,890 feet (8501 meters).
- lonest — being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied: a lone traveler.
- losest — (archaic) Archaic second-person singular form of lose.
- lottes — Plural form of lotte.
- lovest — (archaic) second-person singular present form of love.
- lowest — situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
- lutose — covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
- mentos — Plural form of mento.
- metros — Plural form of metro.
- mo-tse — (Mo Ti) flourished 5th century b.c, Chinese philosopher.
- modest — having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
- molest — to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- monest — (obsolete) To warn; to admonish; to advise.
- montes — Plural form of mons.
- mosfet — Electronics. metal oxide semiconducter field-effect transistor.
- motels — Plural form of motel.
- motets — Plural form of motet.
- motser — a large amount of money, especially a sum won in gambling.
- nestor — the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- nonets — Plural form of nonet.
- notest — Archaic second-person singular form of note.
- oaters — Plural form of oater.
- obtest — to invoke as witness.
- obtuse — not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
- octets — Plural form of octet.
- oddest — differing in nature from what is ordinary, usual, or expected: an odd choice.
- oecist — a person who colonizes, particularly in Ancient Greece
- offset — something that counterbalances, counteracts, or compensates for something else; compensating equivalent.
- ofsted — Office for Standards in Education: a government body set up in 1993 to inspect and assess the educational standards of schools and colleges in England and Wales
- oftest — Most often (Superlative form of oft), (chiefly poetic and dialectal).
- oldest — far advanced in the years of one's or its life: an old man; an old horse; an old tree.
- oncest — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
- onsets — Plural form of onset.
- onsite — accomplished or located at the site of a particular activity or concern: on-site medical treatment for accident victims.
- orates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of orate.
- ortles — a range of the Alps in N Italy. Highest peak: 3899 m (12 792 ft)
- osbert — a male given name: from Old English words meaning “god” and “bright.”.