8-letter words containing t, h, e, c, a
- lecithal — having a yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- lichgate — Alternative spelling of lych-gate.
- 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.
- mechitza — a screen in a synagogue separating men and women
- merchant — a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- misteach — to teach wrongly or badly.
- moschate — having a musky smell.
- mustache — the hair growing on the upper lip.
- nautches — Plural form of nautch.
- orchanet — Alternative form of alkanet.
- outcheat — to exceed in cheating
- outreach — to reach beyond; exceed: The demand has outreached our supply.
- pastiche — a literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources.
- patchery — the act of hurriedly patching something together
- 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.
- pistache — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
- planchet — a flat piece of metal for stamping as a coin; a coin blank.
- 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
- schantze — a pile of stones heaped to shelter soldiers from gunfire
- schemata — a diagram, plan, or scheme. Synonyms: outline, framework, model.
- schmatte — an old ragged garment; tattered article of clothing.
- scyphate — being in the shape of a cup; cup-shaped.
- seecatch — the adult male of the fur seal, Callorhinus alascanus, of Alaska.
- shechita — the Jewish method of killing animals for food
- snatched — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- snatcher — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- soutache — a narrow braid, commonly of mohair, silk, or rayon, used for trimming.
- stancher — staunch2 .
- starched — a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 1 0 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
- strachey — (Giles) Lytton [jahylz lit-n] /dʒaɪlz ˈlɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1880–1932, English biographer and literary critic.
- tachisme — action painting (def 1).
- tachiste — an artist who practises tachisme
- teach-in — a prolonged period of lectures, speeches, etc., conducted without interruption by members of the faculty and invited guests at a college or university as a technique of social protest.
- teaching — Informal. teacher.
- teiglach — a confection consisting of small balls of dough boiled in a syrup of honey, sugar, and spices.
- tetrarch — any ruler of a fourth part, division, etc.
- thatched — Also, thatching. a material, as straw, rushes, leaves, or the like, used to cover roofs, grain stacks, etc.
- thatcher — Margaret (Hilda) 1925–2013, British political leader: prime minister 1979–90.
- the cape — Cape of Good Hope