8-letter words containing o, t, r, h, i
- hot-wire — Slang. to start the engine of (a motor vehicle) by short-circuiting the ignition.
- hotelier — a manager or owner of a hotel or inn.
- hotliner — a person who speaks to callers on a telephone hot line.
- hotwired — Simple past tense and past participle of hotwire.
- howitzer — a cannon having a comparatively short barrel, used especially for firing shells at a high angle of elevation, as for reaching a target behind cover or in a trench.
- humorist — a person who is skillful in the use of humor, as in writing, talking, or acting.
- hystoric — Nonstandard spelling of historic.
- in short — having little length; not long.
- ingrowth — growth inward.
- inthrone — enthrone.
- isothere — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points that have the same mean summer temperature.
- isotherm — Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
- lothario — (sometimes lowercase) a man who obsessively seduces and deceives women.
- misthrow — (transitive) To throw incorrectly.
- mouthier — Comparative form of mouthy.
- northing — northward movement or deviation.
- oistrakh — David [dey-vid] /ˈdeɪ vɪd/ (Show IPA), 1908–74, Russian violinist.
- orchitis — inflammation of the testis.
- ornithes — birds considered collectively
- ornithic — of or relating to birds.
- ornitho- — bird or birds
- orthicon — a camera tube, more sensitive than the iconoscope, in which a beam of low-velocity electrons scans a photoemissive mosaic.
- orthosis — Medicine/Medical. the correction of orthopedic maladjustments.
- orthotic — Also, orthosis. a device or support, especially for the foot, used to relieve or correct an orthopedic problem.
- othering — (chiefly philosophy) The process of perceiving or portraying someone or something as fundamentally different or alien.
- otherize — other (def 13).
- outright — complete or total: an outright loss.
- outwhirl — to surpass at whirling
- overthin — too thin
- potiphar — the Egyptian officer whose wife tried to seduce Joseph. Gen. 39:1–20.
- prohibit — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- rabbitoh — (formerly) an itinerant seller of rabbits for eating
- regolith — mantle rock.
- rhetoric — (in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
- rhyolite — a fine-grained igneous rock rich in silica: the volcanic equivalent of granite.
- ricochet — the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting one or more times from the surface over which it is passing or against which it hits a glancing blow.
- right on — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- right-on — exactly right or to the point.
- roswitha — Hrotsvitha.
- roth ira — A Roth IRA is a kind of retirement account where contributions are made with taxed money, and distributions are tax-free.
- rough it — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- shitwork — bad work; tedious, badly-paid work
- shorting — having little length; not long.
- shortish — rather short.
- 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.
- 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.
- theorize — to form a theory or theories.