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8-letter words containing r, e, t, h, i

  • 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.
  • rightest — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
  • rinehart — Mary Roberts, 1876–1958, U.S. novelist and playwright.
  • ruthenia — a former province in E Czechoslovakia.
  • ruthenic — containing ruthenium in a higher valence state than the corresponding ruthenious compound.
  • slithery — to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
  • smithery — the work, craft, or workshop of a smith.
  • spitcher — the end or finish
  • stitcher — one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
  • stroheim — Erich von [er-ik] /ˈɛr ɪk/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
  • superhit — an extremely popular song, film, CD, play, etc
  • tarwhine — a bream, Rhabdosargus sarba, of E Australia, silver in colour with gold streaks
  • telechir — a robot arm controlled by a human operator
  • tephrite — a basaltic rock consisting essentially of pyroxene and plagioclase with nepheline or leucite.
  • teraphim — small images or other things representing household gods, used among ancient Semitic peoples
  • the grid — the national network of transmission lines, pipes, etc, by which electricity, gas, or water is distributed
  • the kirk — the Presbyterian Church of Scotland
  • the rich — wealthy people
  • the ring — the sport of boxing
  • theatric — of or relating to the theater or dramatic presentations: theatrical performances.
  • 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.
  • therblig — (in time and motion study) any of the basic elements involved in completing a given manual operation or task that can be subjected to analysis.
  • theremin — a musical instrument with electronic tone generation, the pitch and tone volume being controlled by the distance between the player's hands and two metal rods serving as antennas.
  • thermion — an ion emitted by incandescent material.
  • thermite — a mixture of finely-divided metallic aluminum and ferric oxide that when ignited produces extremely high temperatures as the result of the union of the aluminum with the oxygen of the oxide: used in welding, incendiary bombs, etc.
  • thesiger — Wilfred (Patrick). 1910–2003, British writer, who explored the Empty Quarter of Arabia (1945–50) and lived with the Iraqi marsh Arabs (1950–58). His books include Arabian Sands (1958), The Marsh Arabs (1964), and My Kenya Days (1994)
  • theurgic — a system of beneficent magic practiced by the Egyptian Platonists and others.
  • thievery — the act or practice of thieving; theft.
  • thiourea — a colorless, crystalline, bitter-tasting, water-soluble solid, CH 4 N 2 S, derived from urea by replacement of the oxygen with sulfur: used chiefly in photography, inorganic synthesis, and to accelerate the vulcanization of rubber.
  • thirlage — an obligation imposed upon tenants of certain lands requiring them to have their grain ground at a specified mill
  • thirteen — a cardinal number, 10 plus 3.
  • thirties — a cardinal number, 10 times 3.
  • thridace — a sedative made from lettuce juice
  • thrilled — to affect with a sudden wave of keen emotion or excitement, as to produce a tremor or tingling sensation through the body.
  • thriller — a person or thing that thrills.
  • thrivers — to prosper; be fortunate or successful.
  • thurible — a censer.
  • thurifer — a person who carries the thurible in religious ceremonies.
  • tigerish — tigerlike, as in strength, fierceness, courage, or coloration.
  • torchier — of, relating to, or characteristic of a torch song or a torch singer.
  • tracheid — an elongated, tapering xylem cell having lignified, pitted, intact walls, adapted for conduction and support. Compare vessel (def 5).
  • treefish — a rockfish, Sebastes serriceps, of waters off southern California, marked with black bands.
  • treeship — the existence of a tree
  • trephine — a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft to which is attached a transverse handle: used in surgery to remove circular disks of bone from the skull.
  • trichite — any of various minute, hairlike mineral bodies occurring in certain vitreous igneous rocks, especially obsidian.
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