8-letter words containing s, t, o, e
- 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).
- hideouts — Plural form of hideout.
- histogen — a region in a plant in which tissues differentiate.
- histones — Plural form of histone.
- historie — Archaic spelling of history.
- hoariest — Superlative form of hoary.
- hoarsest — Superlative form of hoarse.
- hoaxster — Alternative form of hoaxer (rare).
- holstein — Also called Holstein-Friesian [hohl-stahyn-free-zhuh n, -steen-] /ˈhoʊl staɪnˈfri ʒən, -stin-/ (Show IPA). one of a breed of black-and-white dairy cattle, raised originally in North Holland and Friesland, that yields large quantities of milk having a low content of butterfat.
- holsters — Plural form of holster.
- homesite — a plot of land for a home.
- homestay — housing accommodations in a home with a family in residence, as for a student or traveler: Foreign-exchange students can choose between a homestay or campus dormitory.
- honester — Comparative form of honest.
- honestie — Archaic spelling of honesty.
- honestly — in an honest manner.
- hoopster — a basketball player.
- hootches — a thatched hut of southeast Asia.
- hoplites — Plural form of hoplite.
- hortense — a female given name.
- hostaged — a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
- hostages — Plural form of hostage.
- hosteler — a person who operates a hostel.
- hostelry — an inn or hotel.
- hostiles — Plural form of hostile.
- hostlers — Plural form of hostler.
- hostless — a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere: the host at a theater party.
- hostname — (computing) the unique name by which any device attached to a network is known.
- hot mess — a person or thing that is a mess, as in being disorganized, confused, or untidy, yet remains attractive or appealing: He’s a hot mess when he wakes up in the morning!
- hot seat — electric chair.
- hot shoe — a bracket on a camera body that provides support and electrical contact for an electronic flash attachment.
- hot-desk — If employees hot-desk, they are not assigned particular desks and work at any desk that is available.
- hotcakes — Plural form of hotcake.
- hotheads — Plural form of hothead.
- hothouse — an artificially heated greenhouse for the cultivation of tender plants.
- hotlines — Plural form of hotline.
- 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.
- hystero- — indicating the uterus
- iceboats — Plural form of iceboat.
- icestone — a rare crystalline mineral also known as cryolite
- 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.
- 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.
- inkstone — a slab of stone used in Chinese calligraphy and painting to grind dry ink and mix it with water.