8-letter words containing h, o, t, i
- honestie — Archaic spelling of honesty.
- hook-tip — any of several moths of the genus Daepana, characterized by the hooked point on each forewing
- hop into — enter casually or spontaneously
- hoplites — Plural form of hoplite.
- horatian — of or relating to Horace.
- horatius — (Publius Horatius Cocles) Roman Legend. a hero celebrated for his defense of the bridge over the Tiber against the Etruscans.
- hormetic — of or relating to hormesis
- hornists — Plural form of hornist.
- horntail — any of various wasplike insects of the family Siricidae, the females of which have a hornlike ovipositor.
- horopito — a bushy New Zealand shrub, Pseudowintera colorata, with red aromatic peppery leaves. It possesses antifungal and antibacterial properties
- horovitz — Israel, born 1939, U.S. playwright.
- horowitz — Vladimir [vlad-uh-meer,, vla-dee-meer] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər,, vlæˈdi mɪər/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, U.S. pianist, born in Russia.
- hospital — an institution in which sick or injured persons are given medical or surgical treatment.
- hostiles — Plural form of hostile.
- hostship — The property of being a host.
- hot lick — lick (def 11).
- 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 link — a link between two files, as between a spreadsheet and a document, such that a change in one effects a change in the other.
- hot shit — a person who behaves in a showy or conceited manner; hotshot.
- hot-wire — Slang. to start the engine of (a motor vehicle) by short-circuiting the ignition.
- hotelier — a manager or owner of a hotel or inn.
- hotliner — a person who speaks to callers on a telephone hot line.
- hotlines — Plural form of hotline.
- hotlists — Plural form of hotlist.
- hotwired — Simple past tense and past participle of hotwire.
- housesit — to take care of a house or residence while the owner or occupant is temporarily away, especially by living in it.
- howdunit — A type of detective story in which the focus is not on who committed the crime, but how they have done so.
- howitzer — a cannon having a comparatively short barrel, used especially for firing shells at a high angle of elevation, as for reaching a target behind cover or in a trench.
- humorist — a person who is skillful in the use of humor, as in writing, talking, or acting.
- hydatoid — watery; resembling water; transparent
- hypnotic — of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
- hypocist — a type of juice derived from the fruit of a plant which grows from the Cistus shrub
- hystoric — Nonstandard spelling of historic.
- ichthyo- — indicating or relating to fishes
- ikhnaton — Amenhotep IV.
- in short — having little length; not long.
- in sooth — in truth; truly
- in touch — If you get in touch with someone, you contact them by writing to them or telephoning them. If you are, keep, or stay in touch with them, you write, phone, or visit each other regularly.
- inchoate — not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- infotech — Information technology.
- ingrowth — growth inward.
- inthrone — enthrone.
- iolanthe — an operetta (1882) by Sir William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan.
- iphition — (in the Iliad) a Trojan warrior slain by Achilles.
- isobaths — Plural form of isobath.
- isohyets — Plural form of isohyet.
- isophote — a line on a diagram or image of a galaxy, nebula, or other celestial object joining points of equal surface brightness
- isopleth — a line drawn on a map through all points having the same numerical value, as of a population figure or geographic measurement.
- isotachs — Plural form of isotach.
- isothere — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points that have the same mean summer temperature.