8-letter words containing o, r, t, h, s
- loathers — Plural form of loather.
- misthrow — (transitive) To throw incorrectly.
- northers — Plural form of norther.
- oistrakh — David [dey-vid] /ˈdeɪ vɪd/ (Show IPA), 1908–74, Russian violinist.
- orchitis — inflammation of the testis.
- oreshoot — a rich concentration in an orebody.
- ornithes — birds considered collectively
- orthoses — Plural form of orthosis.
- orthosis — Medicine/Medical. the correction of orthopedic maladjustments.
- overshot — driven over the top of, as by water passing over from above.
- potsherd — a broken pottery fragment, especially one of archaeological value.
- prophets — a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
- rathouse — a psychiatric hospital or asylum
- redshort — (of metal, iron, steel, etc) to become brittle at red-hot temperatures
- resmooth — to make smooth again
- resought — to go in search or quest of: to seek the truth.
- rheostat — an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
- roswitha — Hrotsvitha.
- rothesay — a town in the Strathclyde region, on Bute island, in SW Scotland: resort; ruins of 11th-century castle.
- roughest — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- rush out — exit in a hurry
- scouther — to scorch or singe
- scrootch — to crouch, squeeze, or huddle (usually followed by down, in, or up).
- sheraton — Thomas, 1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.
- shitwork — bad work; tedious, badly-paid work
- shoetree — one of a pair of foot-shaped devices, usually of metal or wood, for placing in a shoe to maintain its shape when it is not being worn.
- short of — having little length; not long.
- short on — having little length; not long.
- shortage — a deficiency in quantity: a shortage of cash.
- shortarm — (of a punch) with the arm bent
- shortcut — a shorter or quicker way.
- shortest — having little length; not long.
- shorting — having little length; not long.
- shortish — rather short.
- smothery — stifling; close: a smothery atmosphere.
- so there — You can add 'so there' to what you are saying to show that you will not change your mind about a decision you have made, even though the person you are talking to disagrees with you.
- soeharto — 1921–2008, Indonesian army officer and political leader: president 1967–98.
- southern — lying toward, situated in, or directed toward the south.
- southron — Southern U.S. southerner (def 2).
- staghorn — a piece of a stag's antler, especially when used to form objects, decorations, or the like.
- stroheim — Erich von [er-ik] /ˈɛr ɪk/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
- strophic — Also, strophical. consisting of, pertaining to, or characterized by a strophe or strophes.
- strother — a male given name.
- superhot — extremely hot
- tarboosh — a tasseled cap of cloth or felt, usually red, that is worn by Muslim men either by itself or as the inner part of the turban.
- theories — a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena: Einstein's theory of relativity. Synonyms: principle, law, doctrine.
- theorise — to form a theory or theories.
- theorist — a person who theorizes.
- thoraces — Anatomy. the part of the trunk in humans and higher vertebrates between the neck and the abdomen, containing the cavity, enclosed by the ribs, sternum, and certain vertebrae, in which the heart, lungs, etc., are situated; chest.
- thornset — set with thorns