8-letter words containing t, h, e, l
- helmeted — Having or wearing a helmet, or looking like wearing a helmet.
- helminth — a worm, especially a parasitic worm.
- helotage — a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state. Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
- helotism — the state or quality of being a helot; serfdom.
- help out — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- helpmate — a companion and helper.
- helpmeet — helpmate.
- helvetia — an Alpine region in Roman times, corresponding to the W and N parts of Switzerland.
- helvetic — a Swiss Protestant; Zwinglian.
- helvetii — a Celtic tribe from SW Germany who settled in Helvetia from about 200 bc
- heraklit — (language) A distributed object-oriented language.
- herptile — A reptile or amphibian.
- hexaglot — a book written in six languages
- highlite — Misspelling of highlight.
- hillsite — a location or site on the side or top of a hill.
- hiltless — without a hilt
- hittable — (of a ball or pitch) capable of being hit
- hole out — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- holotype — the type specimen used in the original description of a species.
- 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.
- holytide — a time of religious observances.
- homefelt — (of an emotion) felt personally or intimately; private; inward
- honestly — in an honest manner.
- hoplites — Plural form of hoplite.
- 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.
- hot cell — a protected enclosure, usually made of concrete, containing shielded windows and manipulators operated by remote control, used to handle radioactive materials, as for processing, testing, etc.
- hot line — a direct telecommunications link, as a telephone line or Teletype circuit, enabling immediate communication between heads of state in an international crisis: the hot line between Washington and Moscow.
- hot well — a tank or reservoir in which hot water is collected before being recirculated, especially condensed steam about to be returned to a boiler.
- hoteldom — The world or sphere of hotels.
- hotelier — a manager or owner of a hotel or inn.
- hotelman — hotelkeeper.
- hotliner — a person who speaks to callers on a telephone hot line.
- hotlines — Plural form of hotline.
- hotplate — a portable appliance for cooking, formerly heated by a gas burner placed underneath it, now heated chiefly by an electrical unit in the appliance.
- humblest — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- huntable — capable of being hunted
- hurtless — unhurt; uninjured.
- hustlers — Plural form of hustler.
- hylobate — Any of the genus Hylobates of gibbons.
- hytelnet — (networking) A hypertext database of publicly accessible Internet sites created and maintained by Peter Scott <[email protected]>. Hytelnet currently lists over 1400 sites, including Libraries, Campus-Wide Information Systems, Gopher, WAIS, WWW and Freenets. Hytelnet software is available for the IBM PC, Macintosh, Unix and VMS systems. Mailing list: [email protected] (no subject, body: subscribe hytelnet FirstName LastName).
- iolanthe — an operetta (1882) by Sir William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan.
- isopleth — a line drawn on a map through all points having the same numerical value, as of a population figure or geographic measurement.
- jolthead — (archaic) A dunce; a blockhead.
- kathleen — a female given name, form of Katherine.
- kelthane — a pesticide sprayed on agricultural and ornamental plants to eliminate mites