8-letter words containing m, o, t
- geometry — the branch of mathematics that deals with the deduction of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, and figures in space from their defining conditions by means of certain assumed properties of space.
- geotherm — a line or surface within or on the earth connecting points of equal temperature
- goddamit — Alternative spelling of goddammit.
- gomashta — (India,now,historical) A native Indian clerk or steward.
- gourmets — Plural form of gourmet.
- gourmont — Remy de [ruh-mee duh] /rəˈmi də/ (Show IPA), 1858–1915, French critic and novelist.
- grommets — Plural form of grommet.
- gumboots — a rubber boot.
- gumbotil — a sticky clay formed by the thorough weathering of glacial drift, the thickness of the clay furnishing means for comparing relative lengths of interglacial ages.
- gumption — initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness: With his gumption he'll make a success of himself.
- haemato- — indicating blood
- hamilton — William Hamilton
- harmosty — the office of a harmost
- headmost — most advanced; foremost.
- hecatomb — (in ancient Greece and Rome) a public sacrifice of 100 oxen to the gods.
- helotism — the state or quality of being a helot; serfdom.
- hematoid — hemoid.
- hematoma — a circumscribed collection of blood, usually clotted, in a tissue or organ, caused by a break in a blood vessel.
- hemocyte — a blood cell.
- hemostat — an instrument or agent used to compress or treat bleeding vessels in order to arrest hemorrhage.
- hepatoma — a tumor of the liver.
- highmost — highest
- himation — a garment consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth thrown over the left shoulder and wrapped about the body.
- hindmost — furtherest behind or nearest the rear; last.
- hoastman — a member of a former guild of tradesmen responsible for loading and shipping coal in Newcastle upon Tyne
- hoistman — someone who operates a hoist
- homefelt — (of an emotion) felt personally or intimately; private; inward
- homeotic — Of or pertaining to homeosis.
- homeport — The port where a vessel is based (not necessarily the one where it is registered).
- homesite — a plot of land for a home.
- homestay — housing accommodations in a home with a family in residence, as for a student or traveler: Foreign-exchange students can choose between a homestay or campus dormitory.
- hometime — The time when pupils go home at the end of the school day.
- hometown — the town or city in which a person lives or was born, or from which a person comes.
- homilist — a person who writes or delivers homilies.
- homodont — (of most nonmammalian vertebrates) having teeth that are all of the same type
- homotony — the condition of being homotonic
- homotope — (topology, transitive) To define or demonstrate a homotopy of (one map with another).
- homotopy — the relation that exists between two mappings in a topological space if one mapping can be deformed in a continuous way to make it coincide with the other.
- homotype — an organ or part having a structure similar to that of another organ or part; homologue.
- hormetic — of or relating to hormesis
- hostname — (computing) the unique name by which any device attached to a network is known.
- hot comb — a comblike device that is heated, usually electrically, and used to straighten or style the hair
- hot mess — a person or thing that is a mess, as in being disorganized, confused, or untidy, yet remains attractive or appealing: He’s a hot mess when he wakes up in the morning!
- hot-comb — to arrange or style (the hair) with a hot comb.
- hoteldom — The world or sphere of hotels.
- hotelman — hotelkeeper.
- hum tone — a note produced by a bell when struck, lying an octave or (in many English bells) a sixth or seventh below the strike tone
- humboldt — Friedrich Heinrich Alexander [free-drikh hahyn-rikh ah-lek-sahn-duh r] /ˈfri drɪx ˈhaɪn rɪx ˌɑ lɛkˈsɑn dər/ (Show IPA), Baron von [fuh n] /fən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1859, German naturalist, writer, and statesman.
- humorist — a person who is skillful in the use of humor, as in writing, talking, or acting.
- idiotism — an idiom.