8-letter words containing t, e, r, h
- murthers — Plural form of murther.
- nazareth — a town in N Israel: the childhood home of Jesus.
- neatherd — cowherd.
- nephrite — Mineralogy. a compact or fibrous variety of actinolite, varying from whitish to dark green: a form of jade.
- nighters — Plural form of nighter.
- no other — nothing else
- northern — lying toward or situated in the north.
- northers — Plural form of norther.
- offereth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of offer.
- ohmmeter — an instrument for measuring electric resistance in ohms.
- on earth — (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- or other — You use or other in expressions like somehow or other and someone or other to indicate that you cannot or do not want to be more precise about the information that you are giving.
- orchanet — Alternative form of alkanet.
- oreshoot — a rich concentration in an orebody.
- ornithes — birds considered collectively
- orthoepy — the study of correct pronunciation.
- orthoses — Plural form of orthosis.
- othering — (chiefly philosophy) The process of perceiving or portraying someone or something as fundamentally different or alien.
- otherize — other (def 13).
- otorrhea — a mucopurulent discharge from the ear.
- outhomer — to score more home runs than
- outreach — to reach beyond; exceed: The demand has outreached our supply.
- overhate — to hate too much
- overheat — to heat to excess.
- overhent — to overtake
- overhunt — to hunt in an unsustainable manner
- overshot — driven over the top of, as by water passing over from above.
- overthin — too thin
- panthera — a genus of chiefly large cats that includes the snow leopard, tiger, leopard, jaguar, and lion, most having the ability to roar.
- patchery — the act of hurriedly patching something together
- pentarch — a government by five persons.
- perianth — the envelope of a flower, whether calyx or corolla or both.
- perthite — a variety of feldspar containing irregular bands of albite in microcline.
- petchary — a grey kingbird, Tyrannus dominicensis
- petrarch — (Francesco Petrarca) 1304–74, Italian poet and scholar.
- phreatic — noting or pertaining to ground water.
- physeter — a member of the Physeter genus of creatures that includes the sperm whale
- pleather — a synthetic leather
- plethora — overabundance; excess: a plethora of advice and a paucity of assistance.
- porthole — a round, windowlike opening with a hinged, watertight glass cover in the side of a vessel for admitting air and light. Compare port4 (def 1).
- potholer — an explorer of caves; spelunker.
- potsherd — a broken pottery fragment, especially one of archaeological value.
- prebirth — the period, usually six months, preceding a child's birth.
- predeath — occurring before or in the lead-up to death; of or pertaining to the period immediately prior to death
- prefetch — instruction prefetch
- prefight — of the period before a boxing match
- prehnite — a mineral, hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, Ca 2 Al 2 Si 3 O 1 0 (OH) 2 , occurring in light-green reniform aggregates or tabular crystals.
- prophets — a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
- pthreads — POSIX Threads
- rat-hole — a hole made by a rat, as into a room, barn, etc.: The first chore in the old building is to plug up the ratholes.