9-letter words containing o, t, h, e, r
- threesome — consisting of three; threefold.
- 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;
- threshold — the sill of a doorway.
- throbless — pertaining to something that does not throb or pulsate or that lacks emotion
- thrombose — to become or affect with a thrombus
- throttled — Also called throttle lever. a lever, pedal, handle, etc., for controlling or manipulating a throttle valve.
- throwover — designed to fit loosely over an object without being tied to it
- throwster — a person who throws silk or synthetic filaments.
- thyrotome — an instrument for cutting the thyroid cartilage.
- 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.
- to horse! — an order to mount horses
- tophamper — the light upper sails and their gear and spars, sometimes used to refer to all spars and gear above the deck.
- torchable — able to be torched or set alight
- torchiere — a floor lamp for indirect lighting, having its source of light within a reflecting bowl that directs the light upward.
- toughener — something that toughens
- tracheole — any of the smallest branches of an insect trachea.
- treehouse — a small house, especially one for children to play in, built or placed up in the branches of a tree.
- trehalose — a white, crystalline disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , occurring in yeast, certain fungi, etc., and used to identify certain bacteria.
- trichrome — three-coloured
- trihedron — the figure determined by three planes meeting in a point.
- trimphone — a phone designed in the 1960s
- trochlear — Anatomy. of, relating to, or connected with a trochlea.
- trondheim — a seaport in central Norway, on Trondheim Fiord.
- trophaeum — tropaeum.
- trothless — faithless or disloyal
- truncheon — the club carried by a police officer; billy.
- turophile — a connoisseur or lover of cheese.
- two-horse — If you describe a contest as a two-horse race, you mean that only two of the people or things taking part have any chance of winning.
- undershot — having the front teeth of the lower jaw projecting in front of the upper teeth, as a bulldog.
- upholster — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- water hog — a person who uses water selfishly or irresponsibly, esp during a water shortage
- waterhole — A depression in which water collects, especially one from which animals regularly drink.
- wentworth — Thomas, 1st Earl of Strafford, Strafford, 1st Earl of.
- wheatworm — a small nematode, Tylenchus tritici, that stunts growth and disrupts seed production in wheat.
- whereinto — Into which.
- whereunto — (archaic or formal, interrogative) unto what; to what purpose.
- 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.
- worksheet — a sheet of paper on which work schedules, working time, special instructions, etc., are recorded.
- worthiest — Superlative form of worthy.
- worthless — without worth; of no use, importance, or value; good-for-nothing: a worthless person; a worthless contract.
- xerophyte — a plant adapted for growth under dry conditions.