6-letter words containing h, o, t
- photic — of or relating to light.
- photo- — Photo- is added to nouns and adjectives in order to form other nouns and adjectives which refer or relate to photography, or to light.
- photog — a photographer.
- photon — a quantum of electromagnetic radiation, usually considered as an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of one. Symbol: γ.
- photos — photograph.
- phyto- — indicating a plant or vegetation
- phytol — a hydrophobic alcohol, C 2 0 H 4 0 O, that occurs esterified as a side chain in the chlorophyll molecule.
- phyton — the smallest part of a stem, root, or leaf, that, when removed from a plant, may grow into a new plant.
- pithoi — a very large earthenware jar having a wide mouth, used by the ancient Greeks for storing liquids, as wine, or for holding food, as grain, or for the burial of the dead.
- pithom — one of the two cities built by Israelite slaves in Egypt. Ex. 1:11.
- pithos — a very large earthenware jar having a wide mouth, used by the ancient Greeks for storing liquids, as wine, or for holding food, as grain, or for the burial of the dead.
- potash — potassium carbonate, especially the crude impure form obtained from wood ashes.
- potche — to thrust, pierce, or stab
- pother — commotion; uproar.
- pothos — any of various tropical climbing vines belonging to the genera Pothos and Epipremnum, of the arum family, especially E. aureum, widely cultivated for its variegated foliage.
- pushto — Pashto.
- python — a large dragon who guarded the chasm at Delphi from which prophetic vapors emerged. He was finally killed by Apollo, who established his oracle on the site.
- quotha — (archaic) Indeed; forsooth.
- rhetor — a master or teacher of rhetoric.
- rhotic — of or relating to a dialect of English in which the r is pronounced at the end of a syllable or before a consonant: Midwestern American English is rhotic, while Southern British English is not.
- rhyton — an ancient Greek drinking horn, made of pottery or metal, having a base in the form of the head of a woman or animal.
- righto — Some people say righto to show that they agree with a suggestion that someone has made.
- rochet — a vestment of linen or lawn, resembling a surplice, worn especially by bishops and abbots.
- rotche — dovekie
- rothko — Mark, 1903–70, U.S. painter, born in Russia.
- schout — (formerly) a council officer or sheriff in the Netherlands
- scotch — scutch (defs 2, 4).
- scouth — abundance; plenty.
- shinto — Also, Shintoism. the native religion of Japan, primarily a system of nature and ancestor worship.
- shohet — a person certified by a rabbi or Jewish court of law to slaughter animals for food in the manner prescribed by Jewish law.
- shorts — having little length; not long.
- shorty — a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- shouty — characterized by or involving shouting
- shtoom — silent; dumb (esp in the phrase keep shtoom)
- shunto — the annual sessions of collective bargaining for wage increases sought by Japanese labor unions each spring.
- skouth — abundance; plenty.
- smooth — free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
- soothe — to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
- sothic — the name for the star Sirius, the Dog Star, given by the ancient Egyptians.
- sothis — the name for the star Sirius, the Dog Star, given by the ancient Egyptians.
- sought — simple past tense and past participle of seek.
- stheno — one of the three Gorgons
- stoush — stonker (defs 1, 2).
- stouth — a theft
- tacho- — speed
- taihoa — hold on! no hurry!
- taisho — the designation of the period of the reign of Emperor Yoshihito, 1912–26.
- techno — a style of disco music characterized by very fast synthesizer rhythms, heavy use of samples, and a lack of melody.
- telloh — a village in SE Iraq, between the lower Tigris and Euphrates: site of the ancient Sumerian city of Lagash.
- thasos — a Greek island in the N Aegean. About 170 sq. mi. (440 sq. km).