8-letter words containing t, h, e, l
- melchite — a Christian in Egypt and Syria who accepted the definition of faith adopted by the Council of Chalcedon in a.d. 451.
- methanal — formaldehyde.
- methanol — methyl alcohol.
- methoxyl — containing the methoxy group.
- methylal — a colorless, flammable, volatile liquid, C 3 H 8 O 2 , having a chloroformlike odor, used chiefly as a solvent, in perfumery, and in organic synthesis.
- methylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the methyl group.
- michelet — Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1798–1874, French historian.
- mitchell — Arthur, born 1934, U.S. ballet dancer, choreographer, and ballet company director.
- molehunt — a hunt for moles
- motherly — pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a mother; maternal: motherly solicitude.
- mothlike — Resembling a moth or some aspect of one.
- nathalie — a female given name.
- nathless — Alternative form of natheless.
- nephtali — Naphtali.
- nutshell — the shell of a nut.
- oathable — having the ability to take an oath or to be believed while on oath
- opheltes — the son of King Lycurgus of Nemea who was killed in infancy by a serpent and in whose memory the Nemean games were held.
- othoniel — Othniel.
- pamphlet — a complete publication of generally less than 80 pages stitched or stapled together and usually having a paper cover.
- pathless — trackless; untrodden: a pathless forest.
- penlight — a flashlight similar in size and shape to a fountain pen.
- pesthole — a place infested with or especially liable to epidemic disease.
- phyletic — of, relating to, or based on the evolutionary history of a group of organisms; phylogenetic.
- phyllite — a slaty rock, the cleavage planes of which have a luster imparted by minute scales of mica.
- pithless — (of citrus fruit or peel) without any pith
- pithlike — similar to pith
- planchet — a flat piece of metal for stamping as a coin; a coin blank.
- pleather — a synthetic leather
- plethora — overabundance; excess: a plethora of advice and a paucity of assistance.
- plighted — to pledge (one's troth) in engagement to marry.
- 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).
- posthole — a hole dug in the earth for setting in the end of a post, as for a fence.
- potholed — A potholed road has a lot of potholes in it.
- potholer — an explorer of caves; spelunker.
- 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.
- reclothe — to clothe (someone or something) again or provide new clothing for (someone)
- redlight — a red lamp, used as a traffic signal to mean “stop.”.
- regolith — mantle rock.
- rhyolite — a fine-grained igneous rock rich in silica: the volcanic equivalent of granite.
- ruthless — without pity or compassion; cruel; merciless: a ruthless tyrant.
- selcouth — strange; uncommon.
- selihoth — (used with a plural verb) liturgical prayers serving as expressions of repentance and pleas for God's forgiveness, recited by Jews during the period, usually beginning the preceding week, before Rosh Hashanah, during the period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and on fast days.
- sheltery — providing shelter
- shetland — Shetland Islands.
- shitless — If someone says that they are scared shitless or bored shitless, they are emphasizing that they are extremely scared or bored.
- shothole — a hole drilled in rock, coal, ore, etc., to hold explosives used in blasting.
- shotwell — James Thomson, 1874–1965, U.S. diplomat, historian, and educator.
- shuttler — a person who weaves
- slathers — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- slighted — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.