8-letter words containing e, t, h, r
- rathbone — Basil, 1892–1967, English actor, born in South Africa.
- rathenau — Walther [vahl-tuh r] /ˈvɑl tər/ (Show IPA), 1867–1922, German industrialist, writer, and statesman.
- rathouse — a psychiatric hospital or asylum
- rathripe — mature or ripe ahead of time
- re-teach — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
- reattach — to fasten or affix; join; connect: to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.
- rebought — to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying or promising to pay an equivalent, especially in money; purchase.
- reclothe — to clothe (someone or something) again or provide new clothing for (someone)
- red heat — the temperature of a red-hot body.
- redditch — a town in W central England, in N Worcestershire: designated a new town in the mid-1960s; metal-working industries. Pop: 74 803 (2001)
- redlight — a red lamp, used as a traffic signal to mean “stop.”.
- redshift — a shift toward longer wavelengths of the spectral lines emitted by a celestial object that is caused by the object moving away from the earth.
- redshirt — a high-school or college athlete kept out of varsity competition for one year to develop skills and extend eligibility. a child held back from starting kindergarten for one year, the practice of which is believed by some parents to give the child academic, athletic, and social advantages.
- redshort — (of metal, iron, steel, etc) to become brittle at red-hot temperatures
- regather — to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
- regolith — mantle rock.
- regrowth — the act or process, or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase.
- reheater — any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
- rehoboth — a town in central Israel, SE of Tel Aviv.
- resketch — to sketch again
- resmooth — to make smooth again
- resought — to go in search or quest of: to seek the truth.
- restitch — one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
- retaught — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
- retching — to make efforts to vomit.
- rethread — a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
- retrench — to cut down, reduce, or diminish; curtail (expenses).
- revehent — carrying back
- rhaetian — of or relating to Rhaetia.
- rhematic — pertaining to the formation of words.
- rheostat — an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
- rheotome — an interrupter of an electric current
- rheotron — (formerly) betatron.
- rhetoric — (in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
- rhyolite — a fine-grained igneous rock rich in silica: the volcanic equivalent of granite.
- 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.
- rightest — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- rinehart — Mary Roberts, 1876–1958, U.S. novelist and playwright.
- rothesay — a town in the Strathclyde region, on Bute island, in SW Scotland: resort; ruins of 11th-century castle.
- roughest — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- ruthenia — a former province in E Czechoslovakia.
- ruthenic — containing ruthenium in a higher valence state than the corresponding ruthenious compound.
- ruthless — without pity or compassion; cruel; merciless: a ruthless tyrant.
- sather-k — (language) Karlsruhe Sather. A sublanguage of Sather used for introductory courses in object-oriented design and typesafe programming. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- schubert — Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1797–1828, Austrian composer.
- schuster — Leon. born 1951, South African comedian and film maker. His films include You Must Be Joking (1986) and Mr Bones (2001)
- scouther — to scorch or singe
- sharpest — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- shattery — (of rock or soil) liable to shatter or crumble
- sheather — a person who makes sheathes