9-letter words containing h, o, t
- on the go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- on the qt — on the q.t., stealthily; secretly: to meet someone on the q.t.
- onslaught — an onset, assault, or attack, especially a vigorous one.
- opera hat — a man's tall, collapsible top hat, held open or in shape by springs and usually covered with a black, silky fabric. Also called gibus. Compare beaver1 (def 4), silk hat, top hat.
- ophiolite — an assemblage of mafic igneous rocks representing remnants of former oceanic crust.
- opisthion — (anatomy) The middle of the posterior, or dorsal, margin of the great foramen of the skull.
- opthalmic — Misspelling of ophthalmic.
- optophone — an electronic device that scans ordinary printed characters and produces combinations of sounds, enabling a blind reader to recognize the characters.
- orchestic — relating to dance
- orchestra — a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
- orchestre — Obsolete form of orchestra.
- orchidist — an orchid grower
- orchotomy — orchidotomy.
- ornithine — an amino acid, H 2 N(CH 2) 3 CH(NH 2)COOH, obtained by the hydrolysis of arginine and occurring as an intermediate compound in the urea cycle of mammals.
- ornithoid — resembling a bird.
- ornithol. — ornithological
- orthoaxis — the axis in a crystal
- orthodoxy — orthodox belief or practice.
- orthoepic — Of or pertaining to orthoepy.
- orthogamy — (botany) fertilization of the ovules of a plant by pollen from the same plant.
- orthopedy — Archaic form of orthopedics.
- orthopnea — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- orthopods — an orthopedist.
- orthopter — ornithopter
- orthoptic — pertaining to or producing normal binocular vision.
- orthostat — (in a classical temple) any of a number of large stone slabs revetting the lower part of the cella.
- orthotics — Also, orthosis. a device or support, especially for the foot, used to relieve or correct an orthopedic problem.
- orthotist — (used with a singular verb) a branch of medicine dealing with the making and fitting of orthotic devices.
- orthotone — (of a word) having an independent accent
- osteopath — a physician who practices osteopathy.
- ostriches — Plural form of ostrich.
- ostrogoth — a member of the easterly division of the Goths, maintaining a monarchy in Italy, a.d. 493–555.
- other man — a man who is romantically or sexually involved with another man's wife or lover, especially a man who is having an affair with a married woman.
- otherness — the state or fact of being different or distinct.
- otherwise — under other circumstances: Otherwise they may get broken.
- otolithic — Of or partaining to an otolith.
- otorrhoea — a discharge from the ears
- oughtlins — in the least; to the least degree.
- oughtness — the state of being right
- out-herod — to outdo in extravagance, violence, or excess: His cruelty out-Herods Herod.
- out-there — Someone or something that is out-there is very extreme or unusual.
- outcharge — to charge more than
- outfought — Simple past tense and past participle of outfight.
- outgrowth — a natural development, product, or result: to consider truancy an outgrowth of parental neglect.
- outhandle — to handle or operate in a superior way to: That car outhandles all others in its class.
- outhouses — Plural form of outhouse.
- outhustle — (US, sports) To do a better job of hustling than (the other team).
- outlaunch — to send out
- outparish — a parish located outside the boundaries of or at a distance from a town or city; an outlying parish.
- outpreach — to outdo in preaching or overcome by preaching