8-letter words containing e, t, o
- hepworth — Dame Barbara, 1903–75, English sculptor.
- hereinto — into this place.
- hereunto — to this matter, document, subject, etc.; regarding this point: attached hereto; agreeable hereto.
- heritors — Plural form of heritor.
- 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).
- hertford — a city in and the county seat of Hertfordshire, in SE England.
- hexaglot — a book written in six languages
- hide out — British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- hide-out — a hiding place, as for gangsters
- hideouts — Plural form of hideout.
- hike out — to lean backwards over the side of a light sailing boat in order to carry the centre of gravity as far to windward as possible to reduce heeling
- hire out — to engage the services of (a person or persons) for wages or other payment: to hire a clerk.
- histogen — a region in a plant in which tissues differentiate.
- histones — Plural form of histone.
- historie — Archaic spelling of history.
- hitherto — up to this time; until now: a fact hitherto unknown.
- hoariest — Superlative form of hoary.
- hoarsest — Superlative form of hoarse.
- hoaxster — Alternative form of hoaxer (rare).
- hobrecht — Jacob [jey-kuh b;; Dutch yah-kawp] /ˈdʒeɪ kəb;; Dutch ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), Obrecht, Jacob.
- hocktide — a former festival celebrated on the second Monday and Tuesday after Easter
- hoe into — to eat (food) heartily
- hole out — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- holotype — the type specimen used in the original description of a species.
- holstein — Also called Holstein-Friesian [hohl-stahyn-free-zhuh n, -steen-] /ˈhoʊl staɪnˈfri ʒən, -stin-/ (Show IPA). one of a breed of black-and-white dairy cattle, raised originally in North Holland and Friesland, that yields large quantities of milk having a low content of butterfat.
- holsters — Plural form of holster.
- holytide — a time of religious observances.
- homefelt — (of an emotion) felt personally or intimately; private; inward
- homeotic — Of or pertaining to homeosis.
- homeport — The port where a vessel is based (not necessarily the one where it is registered).
- homesite — a plot of land for a home.
- 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.
- hometime — The time when pupils go home at the end of the school day.
- hometown — the town or city in which a person lives or was born, or from which a person comes.
- homotope — (topology, transitive) To define or demonstrate a homotopy of (one map with another).
- homotype — an organ or part having a structure similar to that of another organ or part; homologue.
- honester — Comparative form of honest.
- honestie — Archaic spelling of honesty.
- honestly — in an honest manner.
- honewort — any plant of the genus Cryptotaenia, of the parsley family, especially C. canadensis, having clusters of small white flowers.
- honeypot — a pot, as of glass or silver, for storing and serving honey.
- hoofbeat — the sound made by an animal's hoof in walking, running, etc.
- hoopster — a basketball player.
- hootches — a thatched hut of southeast Asia.
- hoplites — Plural form of hoplite.
- hormetic — of or relating to hormesis
- horopter — a projection of the points in the visual field corresponding to the aggregate of points registering on the two retinas.
- hortense — a female given name.
- hostaged — a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
- hostages — Plural form of hostage.