8-letter words containing s, o, t, h
- eschalot — Archaic form of shallot.
- eschaton — The final event in the divine plan; the end of the world.
- esthonia — Estonia
- ethmoids — Plural form of ethmoid.
- fantoosh — pretentious; ostentatious
- fish out — any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
- fishbolt — a bolt used for fastening a fishplate to a rail
- fleshpot — fleshpots. places offering luxurious and unrestrained pleasure or amusement: the fleshpots of Las Vegas. luxurious and unrestrained living.
- flu shot — vaccination against influenza
- foreshot — The spirits that first come over when an alcoholic liquid is distilled.
- forsooth — (now used in derision or to express disbelief) in truth; in fact; indeed.
- forsythe — A descendent of Algol 60, intended to be as uniform and general as possible, while retaining the basic character of its progenitor. Forsythe features higher-order procedures and intersection types.
- fortrash — (abuse, language) /for'trash/ Hackerism for the Fortran language, referring to its primitive design, gross and irregular syntax, limited control constructs, and slippery, exception-filled semantics.
- fortyish — approaching or around the age of 40 years.
- ghettoes — Plural form of ghetto.
- ghosting — the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
- giftshop — a shop that sells items that are suitable for giving as presents
- go short — If you go short of something, especially food, you do not have as much of it as you want or need.
- go south — fail, go bad
- goatfish — any tropical and subtropical marine fish of the family Mullidae, having a pair of long barbels below the mouth.
- gobshite — a mean and contemptible person, especially a braggart.
- goethals — George Washington, 1858–1928, U.S. major general and engineer: chief engineer of the Panama Canal 1907–14; governor of the Canal Zone 1914–16.
- goliaths — Plural form of goliath.
- gomashta — (India,now,historical) A native Indian clerk or steward.
- gunshots — Plural form of gunshot.
- hailshot — small pellets of ammunition resembling hail when it is discharged and broadcast in all directions
- halitous — relating to a mist or emission
- handouts — Plural form of handout.
- hangouts — Plural form of hangout.
- hardtops — Plural form of hardtop.
- harmosty — the office of a harmost
- haroseth — a mixture of chopped nuts and apples, wine, and spices that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover: traditionally regarded as symbolic of the mortar used by Israelite slaves in Egypt.
- hash out — a dish of diced or chopped meat and often vegetables, as of leftover corned beef or veal and potatoes, sautéed in a frying pan or of meat, potatoes, and carrots cooked together in gravy.
- hat shop — a shop that sell hats
- hatboxes — Plural form of hatbox.
- hautbois — hautboy.
- hautboys — Plural form of hautboy.
- haylofts — Plural form of hayloft.
- headmost — most advanced; foremost.
- headshot — a photograph of someone's face, especially a promotional photograph of a model, actor, or author.
- heatspot — a spot on the skin or other surface produced by heat
- hedonist — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- heelpost — a post made to withstand strain, forming or fitted to the end of something, as the post on which a gate or door is hinged.
- helistop — a heliport.
- helotism — the state or quality of being a helot; serfdom.
- hemostat — an instrument or agent used to compress or treat bleeding vessels in order to arrest hemorrhage.
- henroost — A place used by hens for roosting.
- heptoses — Plural form of heptose.
- heritors — Plural form of heritor.
- herstory — history (used especially in feminist literature and in women's studies as an alternative form to distinguish or emphasize the particular experience of women).