8-letter words containing h, o, t, a
- bathrobe — A bathrobe is a loose piece of clothing made of the same material as towels. You wear it before or after you have a bath or a swim.
- bathroom — A bathroom is a room in a house that contains a bath or shower, a washbasin, and sometimes a toilet.
- benthoal — relating to deep-sea plants and animals
- biathlon — a contest in which skiers with rifles shoot at four targets along a 20-kilometre (12.5-mile) cross-country course
- boathook — a pole with a hook at one end, used aboard a vessel for fending off other vessels or obstacles or for catching a line or mooring buoy
- boethian — Anicius Manlius Severinus [uh-nish-ee-uh s man-lee-uh s sev-uh-rahy-nuh s] /əˈnɪʃ i əs ˈmæn li əs ˌsɛv əˈraɪ nəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 475?–525? Roman philosopher and statesman.
- bolthead — the head of a bolt
- bothyman — a person who lives in a bothy
- bushgoat — a S African antelope
- cachalot — sperm whale
- cachepot — an ornamental container for a flowerpot
- calthrop — any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- campshot — a facing of planks and piles placed along the bank of a river to prevent erosion.
- canthook — a wooden pole with a blunt steel tip and an adjustable hook at one end, used for handling logs
- cartouch — Alternative form of cartouche.
- cash out — cash in1 (sense 1)
- cash-out — Also, cashout. a direct cash payment or a cash profit or remainder: The store owner lived on a cash-out of fifty dollars a day.
- castilho — Antonio Feliciano de [ahn-taw-n-yoo fuh-lees-yah-noo] /ɑ̃ˈtɔˈn yu fə lisˈyɑ nu/ (Show IPA), 1800–75, Portuguese poet.
- cataphor — a word that refers to or stands for another word used later
- catch on — If you catch on to something, you understand it, or realize that it is happening.
- catechol — a colourless crystalline phenol found in resins and lignins; 1,2-dihydroxybenzene. It is used as a photographic developer. Formula: C6H4(OH)2
- cathodal — (biochemistry) Attracted towards a cathode.
- cathodes — Plural form of cathode.
- cathodic — pertaining to a cathode or phenomena in its vicinity.
- catholic — The Catholic Church is the branch of the Christian Church that accepts the Pope as its leader and is based in the Vatican in Rome.
- cathouse — a house of prostitution
- cenotaph — A cenotaph is a structure that is built in honour of soldiers who died in a war.
- chamotte — grog (def 3).
- chaotics — (literature) A recent branch of literary and cultural studies based on chaos theory and the inherent structure of apparently chaotic systems.
- chariots — Plural form of chariot.
- charlton — Bobby, full name Sir Robert Charlton. born 1937, English footballer; played for Manchester United (1956–73) and England (1958–70) for whom he played 106 times, scoring 49 goals
- charoset — a dish of chopped fruit, nuts, and wine eaten at Passover, representing the mortar that Jewish slaves used to build parts of Egypt
- chatroom — a site on the internet, or another computer network, where users have group discussions by electronic mail, typically about one subject
- chaumont — a department in E France. 2416 sq. mi. (6255 sq. km). Capital: Chaumont.
- chayroot — the root of a chay plant, used to dye textiles a deep-red colour
- cheat on — If someone cheats on their husband, wife, or partner, they have a sexual relationship with another person.
- chelator — an organic chemical that bonds with metal ions and produces a chelate compound
- chingtao — Qingdao
- chitosan — a polysaccharide produced from chitin
- chlorate — any salt of chloric acid, containing the monovalent ion ClO3–
- chordata — the phylum comprising the chordates.
- chordate — any animal of the phylum Chordata, including the vertebrates and protochordates, characterized by a notochord, dorsal tubular nerve cord, and pharyngeal gill slits
- chromate — any salt or ester of chromic acid. Simple chromate salts contain the divalent ion, CrO42–, and are orange
- coauthor — The coauthors of a book, play, or report are the people who have written it together.
- cohabits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cohabit.
- cohobate — to redistil (a distillate), esp by allowing it to mingle with the remaining matter
- compathy — feelings, as happiness or grief, shared with another or others.
- conchate — conchiform
- conchita — a female given name.
- connacht — a province and ancient kingdom of NW Republic of Ireland: consists of the counties of Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo. Pop: 464 296 (2002). Area: 17 122 sq km (6611 sq miles)