9-letter words containing h, o, t, i
- downlight — a lamp, often a light bulb set in a metal cylinder, mounted on or recessed into the ceiling so that a beam of light is directed downward.
- downright — thorough; absolute; out-and-out: a downright falsehood.
- downshift — to shift an automotive transmission or vehicle into a lower gear.
- droplight — an electric or gas lamp suspended from the ceiling or wall by a flexible cord or tube.
- duotheism — Belief in and worship in two deities, usually framed as a god and goddess of roughly equal power.
- duotheist — A person who adheres to duotheism.
- egotheism — The deification of one's own self.
- eightfoil — an eight-leaved flower shape
- eightfold — Eight times as great or as numerous.
- eightfoot — measuring eight feet
- eightsome — A group of eight persons or things, one more than a sevensome and one less than a ninesome.
- einthoven — Willem. 1860–1927, Dutch physiologist. A pioneer of electrocardiography, he was awarded the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1924
- either-or — presenting an unavoidable need to choose between two alternatives
- erythroid — Of or relating to erythrocytes.
- escovitch — Alternative form of escoveitch.
- ethionine — a type of amino acid that is the biological antagonist of methionine
- ethiopian — person from Ethiopia
- ethmoidal — Ethmoid.
- ethnocide — The deliberate and systematic destruction of the culture of an ethnic group.
- euthyroid — having a thyroid gland that functions normally
- eutrophic — (of a lake or other body of water) rich in nutrients and so supporting a dense plant population, the decomposition of which kills animal life by depriving it of oxygen.
- exhibitor — A person who displays works of art or other items of interest at an exhibition.
- exhorting — Present participle of exhort.
- exophytic — (pathology) In pathology, pertaining to growth of a tumor outward.
- fathoming — a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. Abbreviation: fath.
- fight off — defend yourself from
- fight out — If two people or groups fight something out, they fight or argue until one of them wins.
- firethorn — any of several evergreen, thorny Asian shrubs belonging to the genus Pyracantha, of the rose family, many species of which are cultivated for their foliage and ornamental fruits.
- fog light — an automobile headlight throwing light of a color intended to diminish the effect of fog, dust, etc., in the air.
- folkright — a law or right of the people as opposed to that of the privileged classes.
- foothills — a low hill at the base of a mountain or mountain range.
- footlight — Usually, footlights. Theater. the lights at the front of a stage that are nearly on a level with the feet of the performers.
- forenight — (Scotland) The evening, between twilight and bedtime.
- foreright — (archaic) ready, directly forward, going before.
- foresight — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- forethink — to have prescience of
- forsythia — a shrub belonging to the genus Forsythia, of the olive family, native to China and southeastern Europe, species of which are cultivated for their showy yellow flowers, which blossom on the bare branches in early spring.
- forthwith — immediately; at once; without delay: Any official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith.
- fortieths — Plural form of fortieth.
- fortnight — the space of fourteen nights and days; two weeks.
- frithborh — (from Old English) a frankpledge
- frostfish — either of two North American fishes, the tomcod of the Atlantic Ocean or the round whitefish, that appear when frost sets in.
- geophytic — Relating to geophytes.
- ghettoise — Alternative spelling of ghettoize.
- ghettoize — Put in or restrict to an isolated or segregated place, group, or situation.
- ghostfish — wrymouth.
- ghostlier — Comparative form of ghostly.
- ghostlike — the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
- ghostlily — In a ghostly way.
- ghostview — An X Window System interface to the ghostscript PostScript interpreter.