8-letter words containing h, e, n, t
- tranchet — a stone implement with a horizontal, chisellike cutting edge, found at Mesolithic and Neolithic sites in macrolithic form, used as an adz, and in microlithic form, often mounted as the cutting head of an arrow.
- trencher — a person or thing that digs trenches.
- trenches — Fortification. a long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack.
- trephine — a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft to which is attached a transverse handle: used in surgery to remove circular disks of bone from the skull.
- triphone — a group of three phonemes
- umteenth — of an indefinitely large number in succession: He was the umpteenth person to arrive.
- unbathed — not bathed; unwashed
- unchaste — not chaste; not virtuous; not pure: an unchaste woman.
- unclothe — to strip of clothes.
- unhealth — ill health
- unheated — made hot or hotter; warmed.
- unhunted — not hunted
- unlethal — (of a dose, quantity, substance, etc) not lethal or deadly
- unpathed — not having a path or paths
- unswathe — to free from something that swathes: to unswath the child of her bandages.
- untether — to release from a tether: to untether a horse.
- unthawed — not thawed; still frozen
- unthread — to draw out or take out the thread from: to unthread a sewing machine.
- unthrone — to dethrone or remove as if by dethroning.
- unweight — Skiing. to lessen downward force and friction between the skis and the snow by a quick upward or downward shifting of the body or by using bumps in the terrain.
- urethane — any derivative of carbamic acid having the formula CH 2 NO 2 R.
- vehement — zealous; ardent; impassioned: a vehement defense; vehement enthusiasm.
- vietminh — a Vietnamese, Communist-led organization whose forces fought against the Japanese and especially against the French in Indochina: officially in existence 1941–51.
- wahpeton — a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Santee branch of the Dakota.
- watchmen — a person who keeps guard over a building at night, to protect it from fire, vandals, or thieves.
- waterhen — An aquatic rail, especially a moorhen or related bird.
- whatness — (philosophy) Essence; quiddity.
- whetting — to sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction.
- whiteman — Paul ("Pops") 1891–1967, U.S. orchestra conductor.
- whitened — Simple past tense and past participle of whiten.
- whitener — a preparation for making something white, as a bleach, dye, or polish: a bottle of shoe whitener.
- withness — (philosophy) The quality of being or doing with something.
- wreathen — Twisted; made into a wreath.
- xanthate — a salt or ester of xanthic acid.
- xanthein — the part of the coloring matter in yellow flowers that is soluble in water. Compare xanthin (def 1).
- xanthene — a yellow, crystalline substance, C 13 H 10 O, soluble in ether and slightly soluble in alcohol, used in organic synthesis and as a fungicide.
- xanthide — (obsolete, organic chemistry) Any derivative of xanthogen.
- xanthine — a crystalline, nitrogenous compound, C 5 H 4 N 4 O 2 , related to uric acid, occurring in urine, blood, and certain animal and vegetable tissues.
- xanthone — (organic compound) An aromatic ketone, 9-oxo-xanthene, that is used as an insecticide.
- xenolith — a rock fragment foreign to the igneous rock in which it is embedded.
- yearneth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of yearn.
- zenithal — of or relating to the zenith; situated at or near the zenith.