8-letter words containing h, o, t, e
- hobrecht — Jacob [jey-kuh b;; Dutch yah-kawp] /ˈdʒeɪ kəb;; Dutch ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), Obrecht, Jacob.
- hocktide — a former festival celebrated on the second Monday and Tuesday after Easter
- hoe into — to eat (food) heartily
- hole out — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- holotype — the type specimen used in the original description of a species.
- holstein — Also called Holstein-Friesian [hohl-stahyn-free-zhuh n, -steen-] /ˈhoʊl staɪnˈfri ʒən, -stin-/ (Show IPA). one of a breed of black-and-white dairy cattle, raised originally in North Holland and Friesland, that yields large quantities of milk having a low content of butterfat.
- holsters — Plural form of holster.
- holytide — a time of religious observances.
- homefelt — (of an emotion) felt personally or intimately; private; inward
- homeotic — Of or pertaining to homeosis.
- homeport — The port where a vessel is based (not necessarily the one where it is registered).
- homesite — a plot of land for a home.
- homestay — housing accommodations in a home with a family in residence, as for a student or traveler: Foreign-exchange students can choose between a homestay or campus dormitory.
- hometime — The time when pupils go home at the end of the school day.
- hometown — the town or city in which a person lives or was born, or from which a person comes.
- homotope — (topology, transitive) To define or demonstrate a homotopy of (one map with another).
- homotype — an organ or part having a structure similar to that of another organ or part; homologue.
- honester — Comparative form of honest.
- honestie — Archaic spelling of honesty.
- honestly — in an honest manner.
- honewort — any plant of the genus Cryptotaenia, of the parsley family, especially C. canadensis, having clusters of small white flowers.
- honeypot — a pot, as of glass or silver, for storing and serving honey.
- hoofbeat — the sound made by an animal's hoof in walking, running, etc.
- hoopster — a basketball player.
- hootches — a thatched hut of southeast Asia.
- hoplites — Plural form of hoplite.
- hormetic — of or relating to hormesis
- horopter — a projection of the points in the visual field corresponding to the aggregate of points registering on the two retinas.
- hortense — a female given name.
- hostaged — a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
- hostages — Plural form of hostage.
- hosteler — a person who operates a hostel.
- hostelry — an inn or hotel.
- hostiles — Plural form of hostile.
- hostlers — Plural form of hostler.
- hostless — a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere: the host at a theater party.
- hostname — (computing) the unique name by which any device attached to a network is known.
- hot cake — a pancake or griddlecake.
- hot cell — a protected enclosure, usually made of concrete, containing shielded windows and manipulators operated by remote control, used to handle radioactive materials, as for processing, testing, etc.
- hot line — a direct telecommunications link, as a telephone line or Teletype circuit, enabling immediate communication between heads of state in an international crisis: the hot line between Washington and Moscow.
- hot mess — a person or thing that is a mess, as in being disorganized, confused, or untidy, yet remains attractive or appealing: He’s a hot mess when he wakes up in the morning!
- hot seat — electric chair.
- hot shoe — a bracket on a camera body that provides support and electrical contact for an electronic flash attachment.
- hot take — a superficially researched and hastily written journalistic piece, online post, etc., that presents opinions as facts and is often moralistic: a hot take on healthcare reform.
- hot tear — a crack formed in hot metal during cooling, caused by an improper pouring temperature or undue restraint.
- hot well — a tank or reservoir in which hot water is collected before being recirculated, especially condensed steam about to be returned to a boiler.
- hot zone — a variable area towards the end of a line of text that informs the operator that a decision must be taken as to whether to hyphenate or begin a new line
- hot-desk — If employees hot-desk, they are not assigned particular desks and work at any desk that is available.
- hot-wire — Slang. to start the engine of (a motor vehicle) by short-circuiting the ignition.
- hotcakes — Plural form of hotcake.