9-letter words containing h, o, t
- metaphone — (algorithm, text) An algorithm for encoding a word so that similar sounding words encode the same. It's similar to soundex in purpose, but as it knows the basic rules of English pronunciation it's more accurate. The higher accuracy doesn't come free, though, metaphone requires more computational power as well as more storage capacity, but neither of these requirements are usually prohibitive. It is in the public domain so it can be freely implemented. Metaphone was developed by Lawrence Philips <[email protected]>. It is described in ["Practical Algorithms for Programmers", Binstock & Rex, Addison Wesley, 1995].
- metaphore — Misspelling of metaphor.
- metaphors — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metarchon — a nontoxic substance, such as a chemical to mask pheromones, that reduces the persistence of a pest
- methadone — a synthetic narcotic, C 2 1 H 2 8 ClNO, similar to morphine but effective orally, used in the relief of pain and as a heroin substitute in the treatment of heroin addiction.
- methodism — the doctrines, polity, beliefs, and methods of worship of the Methodists.
- methodist — a member of the largest Christian denomination that grew out of the revival of religion led by John Wesley: stresses both personal and social morality and has an Arminian doctrine and, in the U.S., a modified episcopal polity.
- methodius — Saint (Apostle of the Slavs) a.d. c825–885, Greek missionary in Moravia (brother of Saint Cyril).
- methodize — to reduce (something) to a method.
- methought — simple past tense of methinks.
- methoxide — methylate (def 1).
- microlith — a tiny stone tool, often of geometric shape, made from a bladelet and mounted singly or in series as the working part of a composite tool or weapon, especially during late Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic times.
- microthin — extremely or, sometimes, microscopically thin: a microthin layer of aluminum.
- millionth — coming last in a series of a million.
- misgrowth — an abnormal or distorted growth
- mixotroph — any organism capable of existing as either an autotroph or heterotroph.
- moesogoth — one of the Christianized Goths who settled in Moesia in the 4th century a.d.
- moithered — Simple past tense and past participle of moither.
- monoethyl — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) A single ethyl group in a molecule.
- monoliths — Plural form of monolith.
- monopitch — having only one slope or a slope with a regular gradient
- monostich — a poem or epigram consisting of a single metrical line.
- monotroch — a one-wheeled means of transportation, such as a wheelbarrow
- monteiths — Plural form of monteith.
- monthlies — pertaining to a month, or to each month.
- monthling — a baby or a thing that is one month old
- monthlong — Which lasts a month, or approximately so.
- moon shot — the act or procedure of launching a rocket or spacecraft to the moon.
- moon-shot — the act or procedure of launching a rocket or spacecraft to the moon.
- moonlight — the light of the moon.
- moonshots — Plural form of moonshot.
- moot hall — a building in some English villages where moots were once held; town hall.
- more than — a greater number or amount than
- morphotic — (biology) Connected with, or becoming an integral part of, a living unit or of the morphological framework.
- mortcloth — a funeral cloth spread over a coffin
- moschatel — a small plant, Adoxa moschatellina, having greenish or yellowish flowers with a musky odor.
- moth bean — a low, trailing Indian plant, Vigna aconitifolia, of the legume family, having yellow flowers grown for forage and edible, mottled grayish-yellow seeds.
- moth-hole — a hole in a piece of material or item clothing caused by a moth eating it
- mothballs — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- motheaten — Alt form moth-eaten.
- motherers — Plural form of motherer.
- motherese — the simplified and repetitive type of speech, with exaggerated intonation and rhythm, often used by adults when speaking to babies
- mothering — a female parent.
- mothproof — resistant to attack by moths.
- motlanthe — Kgalema (ɡɑːˈlɛmə). born 1949, South African statesman: president (2008–09)
- motorhome — a small bus or trucklike vehicle with a roomlike area behind the driver's seat outfitted as living quarters.
- motorship — a ship driven by a diesel or other internal-combustion engine.
- mouchette — a daggerlike form, especially in tracery, created by a segmental and an ogee curve so that it is pointed at one end and circular at the other.
- moustache — the hair growing on the upper lip.
- mouth off — Anatomy, Zoology. the opening through which an animal or human takes in food. the cavity containing the structures used in mastication. the structures enclosing or being within this cavity, considered as a whole.