0%

8-letter words containing o, p, h, t

  • poetship — the state or function of being poet
  • polygoth — (language)   A distributed language integrating classes with a parallel block structure, including multiprocedures and fragments.
  • polymath — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
  • porthole — a round, windowlike opening with a hinged, watertight glass cover in the side of a vessel for admitting air and light. Compare port4 (def 1).
  • post hoc — after this; afterward.
  • postheat — to heat (a metal piece, as a weld) after working, so as to relieve stresses.
  • posthole — a hole dug in the earth for setting in the end of a post, as for a fence.
  • postiche — superadded, especially inappropriately, as a sculptural or architectural ornament.
  • postshow — of or relating to the period after a show, occurring after a show
  • pot arch — an auxiliary furnace in which pots used in melting frit are preheated.
  • pot shot — a shot fired at game merely for food, with little regard to skill or the rules of sport.
  • potholed — A potholed road has a lot of potholes in it.
  • potholer — an explorer of caves; spelunker.
  • pothooks — a hook for suspending a pot or kettle over an open fire.
  • pothouse — (formerly) a small tavern or pub
  • potiphar — the Egyptian officer whose wife tried to seduce Joseph. Gen. 39:1–20.
  • potlatch — (among American Indians of the northern Pacific coast, especially the Kwakiutl) a ceremonial festival at which gifts are bestowed on the guests and property is destroyed by its owner in a show of wealth that the guests later attempt to surpass.
  • potsherd — a broken pottery fragment, especially one of archaeological value.
  • powhatan — a member of any of the Indian tribes belonging to the Powhatan Confederacy.
  • prohibit — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
  • prophets — a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
  • pythonic — prophetic; oracular.
  • ship out — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
  • shoot up — the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
  • shoot-up — an act or instance of injecting an addictive drug intravenously.
  • shoplift — to steal (merchandise) as a shoplifter.
  • shoptalk — the specialized vocabulary having to do with work or a field of work: I don't understand electronics shoptalk.
  • shot put — a field event in which a heavy ball or shot is thrown or put for distance.
  • siphonet — (of aphids) a small siphon on the abdomen by which an aphid emits sticky liquid
  • slapshot — a very powerful, fast-moving shot of the puck on goal made with a full backswing of the stick and an extended follow-through.
  • snapshot — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
  • sophists — (often initial capital letter) Greek History. any of a class of professional teachers in ancient Greece who gave instruction in various fields, as in general culture, rhetoric, politics, or disputation. a person belonging to this class at a later period who, while professing to teach skill in reasoning, concerned himself with ingenuity and specious effectiveness rather than soundness of argument.
  • southpaw — a person who is left-handed.
  • spathose — spathaceous.
  • splotchy — marked or covered with splotches.
  • stanhope — James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.
  • strophic — Also, strophical. consisting of, pertaining to, or characterized by a strophe or strophes.
  • superhot — extremely hot
  • synthpop — popular music played with synthesizers and having light upbeat melodies and lyrics.
  • taphouse — an inn or tavern where liquor for sale is kept on tap.
  • tea shop — a tearoom.
  • teleshop — to engage in teleshopping.
  • the chop — dismissal from employment
  • the flop — the first three community cards dealt face-up in a round of any of several varieties of poker, including Texas hold 'em
  • the loop — the main business and shopping district in downtown Chicago
  • the open — any wide or unobstructed space or expanse, esp of land or water
  • the plow — the constellation Ursa Major
  • the poky — prison
  • the poor — poor, or needy, people collectively
  • the rope — a rope, noose, or halter used for hanging
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?