8-letter words containing h, o, t, a, i
- hospital — an institution in which sick or injured persons are given medical or surgical treatment.
- hydatoid — watery; resembling water; transparent
- ikhnaton — Amenhotep IV.
- inchoate — not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- iolanthe — an operetta (1882) by Sir William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan.
- isobaths — Plural form of isobath.
- isotachs — Plural form of isotach.
- loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- lothario — (sometimes lowercase) a man who obsessively seduces and deceives women.
- lothians — a region in E Scotland. 700 sq. mi. (1813 sq. km).
- mailshot — Bulk advertising sent through the post/mail.
- oghamist — Alternative capitalization of Oghamist.
- oistrakh — David [dey-vid] /ˈdeɪ vɪd/ (Show IPA), 1908–74, Russian violinist.
- oliphant — Margaret Wilson, 1828–97, Scottish novelist.
- on faith — through trust; without proof or evidence
- opsimath — (rare) A person who learns late in life.Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed., 2004.
- otaheite — former name of Tahiti.
- ouachita — a river flowing SE from W Arkansas through NE Louisiana to the Red River. 605 miles (975 km) long.
- pathosis — a diseased condition.
- phaistos — an ancient city in S central Crete: site of Minoan palace; Linear A tablets and important pottery objects unearthed here.
- photinia — any of various trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Photinia, of the rose family, having clusters of small white flowers and red, berrylike fruit.
- photopia — vision in bright light (opposed to scotopia).
- potiphar — the Egyptian officer whose wife tried to seduce Joseph. Gen. 39:1–20.
- rabbitoh — (formerly) an itinerant seller of rabbits for eating
- roswitha — Hrotsvitha.
- roth ira — A Roth IRA is a kind of retirement account where contributions are made with taxed money, and distributions are tax-free.
- shitload — a lot of something; a large amount.
- taizhong — Taichung.
- thalloid — resembling or consisting of a thallus.
- thiazole — a colorless, slightly water-miscible liquid, C 3 H 3 NS, having a disagreeable odor.
- thioacid — an acid in which part or all of the oxygen has been replaced by sulfur.
- thionate — any salt or ester of thionic acid
- thiotepa — a drug, C6H12N3PS, used in chemotherapy to destroy cancer or neoplastic cells
- thiourea — a colorless, crystalline, bitter-tasting, water-soluble solid, CH 4 N 2 S, derived from urea by replacement of the oxygen with sulfur: used chiefly in photography, inorganic synthesis, and to accelerate the vulcanization of rubber.
- thoracic — of or relating to the thorax.
- tithonia — any of several tall composite plants of the genus Tithonia, native to Mexico and Central America, having yellow or orange-red ray flowers.
- toadfish — any of several thick-headed, wide-mouthed fishes of the family Batrachoididae, as Opsanus tau (oyster toadfish) ranging along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
- toiseach — an ancient Celtic nobleman
- tovarich — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- trochaic — pertaining to the trochee.