8-letter words containing t, h, a, c
- nautches — Plural form of nautch.
- nightcap — Informal. an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime or at the end of a festive evening.
- nonmatch — That which is not a match; a mismatch.
- nuthatch — any of numerous small, short-tailed, sharp-beaked birds of the family Sittidae that creep on trees and feed on small nuts and insects.
- ochozath — Ahuzzath.
- octarchy — a government by eight persons.
- on watch — If someone is on watch, they have the job of carefully looking and listening, often while other people are asleep and often as a military duty, so that they can warn them of danger or an attack.
- orchanet — Alternative form of alkanet.
- ouachita — a river flowing SE from W Arkansas through NE Louisiana to the Red River. 605 miles (975 km) long.
- outcatch — to catch more than
- outcharm — to exceed in charming
- outcheat — to exceed in cheating
- outcoach — to exceed in coaching
- outmarch — to march faster or farther than.
- outmatch — to be superior to; surpass; outdo: The home team seems to have been completely outmatched by the visitors.
- outreach — to reach beyond; exceed: The demand has outreached our supply.
- outwatch — to outdo or surpass in watching.
- pastiche — a literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources.
- patch up — an act or instance of patching or repair.
- patch-up — a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place: patches at the elbows of a sports jacket.
- patchery — the act of hurriedly patching something together
- patchily — characterized by or made up of patches.
- pathetic — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
- pathspec — pathname
- penchant — a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something: a penchant for outdoor sports.
- pentarch — a government by five persons.
- petchary — a grey kingbird, Tyrannus dominicensis
- petechia — a minute, round, nonraised hemorrhage in the skin or in a mucous or serous membrane.
- petrarch — (Francesco Petrarca) 1304–74, Italian poet and scholar.
- phreatic — noting or pertaining to ground water.
- phthalic — of or derived from phthalic acid.
- pistache — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
- pitchman — an itinerant vendor of small wares that are usually carried in a case with collapsible legs, allowing it to be set up or removed quickly.
- planchet — a flat piece of metal for stamping as a coin; a coin blank.
- plutarch — a.d. c46–c120, Greek biographer.
- pot arch — an auxiliary furnace in which pots used in melting frit are preheated.
- potlatch — (among American Indians of the northern Pacific coast, especially the Kwakiutl) a ceremonial festival at which gifts are bestowed on the guests and property is destroyed by its owner in a show of wealth that the guests later attempt to surpass.
- pushcart — any of various types of wheeled light cart to be pushed by hand, as one used by street vendors.
- racahout — a substance similar to chocolate prepared as either a food or drink and made from acorns and cocoa
- rachitic — rickets.
- rachitis — rickets.
- re-teach — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
- reattach — to fasten or affix; join; connect: to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.
- rhematic — pertaining to the formation of words.
- sacheted — contained in a sachet
- scathing — bitterly severe, as a remark: a scathing review of the play.
- schantze — a pile of stones heaped to shelter soldiers from gunfire
- schemata — a diagram, plan, or scheme. Synonyms: outline, framework, model.
- schmaltz — Informal. exaggerated sentimentalism, as in music or soap operas.
- schmatte — an old ragged garment; tattered article of clothing.