8-letter words containing e, t, h, y
- heartily — in a hearty manner; cordially: He was greeted heartily.
- heatedly — made hot or hotter; warmed.
- heathery — of or like heather.
- heavyset — having a large body build.
- hecticly — characterized by intense agitation, excitement, confused and rapid movement, etc.: The week before the trip was hectic and exhausting.
- hectorly — in the manner of a hector
- helicity — Helical character, especially of DNA.
- hemocyte — a blood cell.
- heredity — the transmission of genetic characters from parents to offspring: it is dependent upon the segregation and recombination of genes during meiosis and fertilization and results in the genesis of a new individual similar to others of its kind but exhibiting certain variations resulting from the particular mix of genes and their interactions with the environment.
- hermitry — a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- herstory — history (used especially in feminist literature and in women's studies as an alternative form to distinguish or emphasize the particular experience of women).
- holotype — the type specimen used in the original description of a species.
- holytide — a time of religious observances.
- homestay — housing accommodations in a home with a family in residence, as for a student or traveler: Foreign-exchange students can choose between a homestay or campus dormitory.
- homotype — an organ or part having a structure similar to that of another organ or part; homologue.
- honestly — in an honest manner.
- honeypot — a pot, as of glass or silver, for storing and serving honey.
- hostelry — an inn or hotel.
- hueytown — a town in central Alabama.
- hydrated — chemically combined with water in its molecular form.
- hydrates — Plural form of hydrate.
- hygenist — Alternative spelling of hygienist.
- hylobate — Any of the genus Hylobates of gibbons.
- hymettus — a mountain in SE Greece, near Athens. 3370 feet (1027 meters).
- hypernet — (Internet) the Internet inclusive of smartphones and WiFi networks.
- hypester — a person or organization that gives an idea or product intense publicity in order to promote it
- hypnotee — a person being hypnotized
- hypothec — Roman and Civil Law. a mortgage or security held by a creditor on the property of a debtor without possession of it, created either by agreement or by operation of law.
- hysteria — an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.
- hysteric — Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- hystero- — indicating the uterus
- hytelnet — (networking) A hypertext database of publicly accessible Internet sites created and maintained by Peter Scott <[email protected]>. Hytelnet currently lists over 1400 sites, including Libraries, Campus-Wide Information Systems, Gopher, WAIS, WWW and Freenets. Hytelnet software is available for the IBM PC, Macintosh, Unix and VMS systems. Mailing list: [email protected] (no subject, body: subscribe hytelnet FirstName LastName).
- isohyets — Plural form of isohyet.
- latchkey — a key for releasing a latch or springlock, especially on an outer door.
- leathery — like leather in appearance or texture; tough and flexible.
- lecythis — any very tall tree of the genus Lecythis
- lecythus — (in ancient Greece) a vase with a narrow neck
- lekythos — an oil jar having an ellipsoidal body, narrow neck, flanged mouth, curved handle extending from below the lip to the shoulder, and a narrow base terminating in a foot: used chiefly for ointments.
- lekythus — lekythos.
- lengthly — Misspelled form of lengthy.
- lethally — of, relating to, or causing death; deadly; fatal: a lethal weapon; a lethal dose.
- lethargy — the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity.
- litherly — crafty, cunning, or mischievous
- lychgate — A roofed gateway to a churchyard, formerly used during burials for sheltering a coffin until the clergyman’s arrival.
- lysithea — a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- marybeth — a female given name.
- methoxyl — containing the methoxy group.
- methylal — a colorless, flammable, volatile liquid, C 3 H 8 O 2 , having a chloroformlike odor, used chiefly as a solvent, in perfumery, and in organic synthesis.
- methylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the methyl group.
- methysis — drunkenness