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9-letter words containing o, t, h, e, r, i

  • overthick — too thick
  • overthink — If you overthink, or if you overthink a problem, you spend too much time thinking about something.
  • overtight — firmly or closely fixed in place; not easily moved; secure: a tight knot.
  • pedorthic — (of footwear) designed to alleviate problems with feet, lower limbs, posture, etc
  • petrichor — a distinctive scent, usually described as earthy, pleasant, or sweet, produced by rainfall on very dry ground.
  • plethoric — overfull; turgid; inflated: a plethoric, pompous speech.
  • pooterish — characteristic of or resembling the fictional character Pooter, esp in being bourgeois, genteel, or self-important
  • pothering — commotion; uproar.
  • power hit — (Or "power glitch") A sudden increase (spike) or decrease (drop-out) in the mains electricity supply. These can cause crashes and even permanent damage to computers. Computers and other electronic equipment should really include some kind of over-voltage protection in its mains input to prevent such damamge.
  • prophetic — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
  • prothesis — the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escala “ladder” from Latin scala.
  • prothetic — the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escala “ladder” from Latin scala.
  • rheotaxis — oriented movement of an organism in response to a current of fluid, especially water.
  • rhetorize — to make use of rhetoric
  • rhodolite — a rose or reddish-violet garnet, similar to pyrope, used as a gem.
  • rhodonite — a mineral, manganese metasilicate, MnSiO 3 , occurring usually in rose-red masses, sometimes used as an ornamental stone; manganese spar.
  • rhotacize — to change (a sound) to an (r); subject to rhotacism.
  • rhytidome — the outer bark of a tree or plant
  • righteous — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
  • senhorita — a Portuguese term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
  • shotfirer — a person employed to detonate an explosive
  • sophister — a specious, unsound, or fallacious reasoner.
  • sticheron — a liturgical hymn sung in the Orthodox Church
  • storeship — a government-owned ship that carries supplies to a naval fleet
  • tephroite — a mineral, silicate of manganese, Mn 2 SiO 4 , occurring in orthorhombic crystals.
  • theodoric — a.d. 454?–526, king of the Ostrogoths and founder of the Ostrogothic monarchy in Italy: ruler of Italy 493–526.
  • theoretic — of, relating to, or consisting in theory; not practical (distinguished from applied).
  • theorised — to form a theory or theories.
  • thereinto — into that place or thing.
  • thermidor — Also called Fervidor. (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the 11th month of the year, extending from July 19 to August 17.
  • thermotic — of, related to or produced by heat
  • thitherto — up to that time; until then.
  • thorazine — chlorpromazine
  • thorndike — Ashley Horace, 1871–1933, U.S. literary historian and teacher.
  • thornlike — resembling or having the characteristics of a thorn
  • threnodic — a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song.
  • threonine — an essential amino acid, CH 3 CHOHCH(NH 2)COOH, obtained by the hydrolysis of proteins. Symbol: T. Abbreviation: Thr;
  • thyroxine — Biochemistry. the thyroid gland hormone that regulates the metabolic rate of the body.
  • tightrope — a rope or wire cable, stretched tight, on which acrobats perform feats of balancing.
  • torchiere — a floor lamp for indirect lighting, having its source of light within a reflecting bowl that directs the light upward.
  • trichrome — three-coloured
  • trihedron — the figure determined by three planes meeting in a point.
  • trimphone — a phone designed in the 1960s
  • trondheim — a seaport in central Norway, on Trondheim Fiord.
  • turophile — a connoisseur or lover of cheese.
  • whereinto — Into which.
  • white rot — a decay of wood caused by lignase-producing fungi, especially Phanerochaete chrysosporium.
  • wirephoto — a device for transmitting photographs over distances by wire. a photograph so transmitted.
  • withe rod — either of two North American viburnums, Viburnum cassinoides or V. nudum, having tough, osierlike shoots.
  • worthiest — Superlative form of worthy.
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