8-letter words containing t, h, a, c
- heptarch — A heptarchist.
- hexeract — (mathematics) A six-dimensional hypercube.
- hiccatee — a fresh-water tortoise native to the Caribbean
- hieratic — Also, hieratical. of or relating to priests or the priesthood; sacerdotal; priestly.
- hindcast — to test (a mathematical model) by observing whether it would have correctly predicted a historical event
- hit back — retaliate
- hoactzin — hoatzin.
- horchata — (in Spain and Latin American countries) a milky drink made from ground almonds, tiger nuts, or rice.
- hot cake — a pancake or griddlecake.
- hot pack — a hot towel, dressing, or the like, applied to the body to reduce swelling, relieve pain, etc.
- hotcakes — Plural form of hotcake.
- housecat — a domesticated cat kept as a pet.
- hyacinth — a female given name.
- ich-laut — the voiceless palatal fricative sound that is written as ch in German ich, often allophonic with the ach-laut
- inchoate — not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- inchtape — a measuring tape marked out in inches
- isotachs — Plural form of isotach.
- jacinthe — a yellowish orange
- jackshit — Alternative spelling of jack shit.
- japhetic — of or relating to Japheth.
- klatches — Plural form of klatch.
- kootchar — any of several small, stingless Australian honeybees of the genus Trigona.
- la-chute — French La Chute. a novel (1957) by Albert Camus.
- latch on — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- latching — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- latchkey — a key for releasing a latch or springlock, especially on an outer door.
- leachate — a solution resulting from leaching, as of soluble constituents from soil, landfill, etc., by downward percolating ground water: Leachates in the town's water supply have been traced to a chemical-waste dump.
- lecithal — having a yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- lichgate — Alternative spelling of lych-gate.
- loch tay — a lake in central Scotland, in Stirling council area. Length: 23 km (14 miles)
- lockhart — John Gibson, 1794–1854, Scottish biographer and novelist.
- lychgate — A roofed gateway to a churchyard, formerly used during burials for sheltering a coffin until the clergyman’s arrival.
- machetes — Plural form of machete.
- matachin — a 16th century dance performed by extravagantly dressed masked dancers carrying swords
- match up — pair
- match-up — a pairing or combining; linkage: a match-up of federal funds with state aid.
- matchbox — a small box, usually of cardboard, for matches.
- matching — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- matchups — Plural form of matchup.
- mccarthy — Cormac [kawr-mak,, ‐muh k] /ˈkɔr mæk,, ‐mək/ (Show IPA), born 1933, U.S. novelist.
- mechitza — a screen in a synagogue separating men and women
- merchant — a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- midwatch — middle watch.
- mismatch — to match badly or unsuitably.
- mispatch — to patch wrongly
- misteach — to teach wrongly or badly.
- mithraic — of Mithras or Mithraism
- moschate — having a musky smell.
- mustache — the hair growing on the upper lip.
- mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.