8-letter words containing o, t, s
- hotheads — Plural form of hothead.
- hothouse — an artificially heated greenhouse for the cultivation of tender plants.
- hotlines — Plural form of hotline.
- hotlists — Plural form of hotlist.
- hotshots — Plural form of hotshot.
- hotspots — Plural form of hotspot.
- hotspurs — Plural form of hotspur.
- housecat — a domesticated cat kept as a pet.
- housepet — A domestic pet, one that lives mostly indoors.
- housesit — to take care of a house or residence while the owner or occupant is temporarily away, especially by living in it.
- housetop — the top or roof of a house.
- humorist — a person who is skillful in the use of humor, as in writing, talking, or acting.
- hypocist — a type of juice derived from the fruit of a plant which grows from the Cistus shrub
- hystero- — indicating the uterus
- hystoric — Nonstandard spelling of historic.
- iceboats — Plural form of iceboat.
- icestone — a rare crystalline mineral also known as cryolite
- idiotism — an idiom.
- ignostic — One who holds to ignosticism.
- ilkeston — a town in N central England, in SE Derbyshire. Pop: 37 270 (2001)
- immodest — not modest in conduct, utterance, etc.; indecent; shameless.
- imposted — a tax; tribute; duty.
- imposter — a tax; tribute; duty.
- impostor — a person who practices deception under an assumed character, identity, or name.
- in short — having little length; not long.
- in sooth — in truth; truly
- in sport — in joke or jest; not in earnest
- in stock — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- in store — an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- in-store — an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- inkblots — Plural form of inkblot.
- inkstone — a slab of stone used in Chinese calligraphy and painting to grind dry ink and mix it with water.
- inositol — Biochemistry. a compound, C 6 H 12 O 6 , derivative of cyclohexane, widely distributed in plants and seeds as phytin, and occurring in animal tissue and in urine: an essential growth factor for animal life, present in the vitamin B complex.
- insition — The insertion of a scion in a stock; engraftment.
- insolate — to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- insolent — boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting: an insolent reply.
- instroke — a stroke traveling in an inward direction.
- intortus — (of a cirrus cloud) having very irregular filaments that often look entangled.
- intrados — the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- introits — Plural form of introit.
- introrse — turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
- investor — to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- invitors — to request the presence or participation of in a kindly, courteous, or complimentary way, especially to request to come or go to some place, gathering, entertainment, etc., or to do something: to invite friends to dinner.
- iotacism — the conversion of other vowel sounds, especially in Modern Greek, into (ē), the sound of iota.
- iris-out — the gradual disappearance of an image or scene through a contracting circle.
- iscariot — the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
- isobaths — Plural form of isobath.
- isobront — a line on a weather map or chart connecting various points where a given phase of thunderstorm activity occurred simultaneously.
- isobutyl — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent hydrocarbon radical derived from isobutanol.
- isograft — syngraft.