9-letter words containing g, o, t, h
- grapeshot — a cluster of small cast-iron balls formerly used as a charge for a cannon.
- growthist — an advocate of the importance of economic growth
- gütersloh — a town in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Pop: 95 928 (2003 est)
- halogeton — a poisonous herbaceous plant, native to Siberia, that grows in North America
- harrogate — a town in N England, in North Yorkshire: a former spa, now a centre for tourism and conferences. Pop: 70 811 (2001 est)
- hectogram — a unit of mass or weight equal to 100 grams, equivalent to 3.527 ounces avoirdupois. Abbreviation: hg.
- hectoring — Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- hektogram — a unit of mass or weight equal to 100 grams, equivalent to 3.527 ounces avoirdupois. Abbreviation: hg.
- heptaglot — a book written in seven languages
- heptagons — Plural form of heptagon.
- heptalogy — (rare) # A set of seven works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as seven individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- high spot — The high spot of an event or activity is the most exciting or enjoyable part of it.
- high tops — denoting a sneaker that covers the ankle.
- high-tone — having high principles; dignified.
- histogram — a graph of a frequency distribution in which rectangles with bases on the horizontal axis are given widths equal to the class intervals and heights equal to the corresponding frequencies.
- histology — the branch of biology dealing with the study of tissues.
- hoatching — infested; swarming
- hog latin — pig Latin.
- homograft — allograft.
- hopatcong — a town in N New Jersey.
- hospitage — the position of being a guest
- hostaging — a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
- hot light — a powerful light used in television production.
- hotdogger — One who hotdogs; a sporting show-off.
- hotelling — (in office management) a practice in which desk space must be booked in advance by an employee as required
- huguenots — a member of the Reformed or Calvinistic communion of France in the 16th and 17th centuries; a French Protestant.
- hyetology — the branch of meteorology dealing with precipitation.
- hygristor — an electronic component the resistance of which varies with humidity
- hygrostat — an instrument for measuring and controlling humidity.
- ingrowths — Plural form of ingrowth.
- inwrought — worked in or closely combined with something.
- larghetto — a larghetto movement.
- light box — a boxlike object having a uniformly lighted surface, as of ground glass, against which films or transparencies can be held for examination.
- light out — to get down or descend, as from a horse or a vehicle.
- lightboat — a small lightship.
- lightfoot — (poetic) Light-footed.
- lightsome — emitting or reflecting light; luminous.
- lightwood — Also called fatwood. kindling.
- lithology — Geology. (loosely) petrology. the physical characteristics of a rock or stratigraphic unit.
- loathings — Plural form of loathing.
- logarithm — the exponent of the power to which a base number must be raised to equal a given number; log: 2 is the logarithm of 100 to the base 10 (2 = log10 100).
- logothete — (in the Byzantine Empire and later in Sicily) a chancellor
- long shot — a horse, team, etc., that has little chance of winning and carries long odds.
- longcloth — a fine, white, cotton cloth, of plain weave; high-grade muslin.
- longworth — Alice Lee Roosevelt ("Princess Alice") 1884–1980, U.S. socialite: daughter of Theodore Roosevelt.
- lovelight — A fond expression of love in a person's eyes.
- lowlights — Plural form of lowlight.
- maggotish — Maggoty.
- megamouth — The megamouth shark.
- megilloth — Slang. a lengthy, detailed explanation or account: Just give me the facts, not the whole megillah. a lengthy and tediously complicated situation or matter.