8-letter words containing h, o, r, t
- chortler — One who chortles.
- chortles — Plural form of chortle.
- choultry — Alternative form of choltry.
- christo- — indicating or relating to Christ
- chromate — any salt or ester of chromic acid. Simple chromate salts contain the divalent ion, CrO42–, and are orange
- chromite — a brownish-black mineral consisting of a ferrous chromic oxide in cubic crystalline form, occurring principally in basic igneous rocks: the only commercial source of chromium and its compounds. Formula: FeCr2O4
- clothier — a person who makes, sells, or deals in clothes or cloth
- coauthor — The coauthors of a book, play, or report are the people who have written it together.
- coherent — If something is coherent, it is well planned, so that it is clear and sensible and all its parts go well with each other.
- comether — the act of persuading or coaxing
- cornmoth — a moth, Tinea granella, whose larvae feed on grain
- cothurni — a grave and elevated style of acting; tragic acting; tragedy.
- counthry — Irish eye dialect spelling of country.
- covereth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cover.
- crichton — James. 1560–82, Scottish scholar and writer, called the Admirable Crichton because of his talents
- crochets — Plural form of crochet.
- crotched — Having a crotch or fork; forked.
- crotches — a forking or place of forking, as of the human body between the legs.
- crotchet — A crotchet is a musical note that has a time value equal to two quavers.
- cudworth — Ralph. 1617–88, English philosopher and theologian. His works include True Intellectual System of the Universe (1678) and A Treatise concerning Eternal and Immutable Morality (1731)
- dehorter — a person who dehorts
- dethrone — If a king, queen, or other powerful person is dethroned, they are removed from their position of power.
- docherty — Pete. born 1979, English rock musician and songwriter; member of The Libertines (1997–2004) and Babyshambles (from 2005)
- dorothea — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift of God.”.
- droughts — Plural form of drought.
- droughty — dry.
- drymouth — a condition of insufficient saliva, known medically as xerostomia
- enthrone — Install (a monarch) on a throne, especially during a ceremony to mark the beginning of their rule.
- ephorate — The office of an ephor; ephors collectively.
- erythro- — red
- erythron — red blood cells and their related tissues
- etherion — a gas formerly believed to exist in air
- ethogram — a description of an animal's behaviour
- eutrophy — (medicine) healthy nutrition.
- exhorted — Simple past tense and past participle of exhort.
- exhorter — (rare) A person who exhorts.
- exotherm — (chemistry) Any exothermic compound.
- forehent — to seize in advance
- foreshot — The spirits that first come over when an alcoholic liquid is distilled.
- forsooth — (now used in derision or to express disbelief) in truth; in fact; indeed.
- forsythe — A descendent of Algol 60, intended to be as uniform and general as possible, while retaining the basic character of its progenitor. Forsythe features higher-order procedures and intersection types.
- forthink — to regret or rethink
- fortieth — next after the thirty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 40.
- fortrash — (abuse, language) /for'trash/ Hackerism for the Fortran language, referring to its primitive design, gross and irregular syntax, limited control constructs, and slippery, exception-filled semantics.
- fortyish — approaching or around the age of 40 years.
- fourthly — in the fourth place; fourth.
- franchot — a male given name, form of Francis.
- frothery — an insubstantial thing; a triviality
- frothier — Comparative form of frothy.
- frothily — In a frothy way.