8-letter words containing t, h, e, m
- exotherm — (chemistry) Any exothermic compound.
- fathomed — a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. Abbreviation: fath.
- geotherm — a line or surface within or on the earth connecting points of equal temperature
- haematic — relating to, acting on, having the colour of, or containing blood
- haematin — Alternative spelling of hematin.
- haemato- — indicating blood
- halftime — the period indicating completion of half the time allowed for an activity, as for a football or basketball game or an examination.
- hame tug — a loop or short leather strap attaching a trace to a hame.
- hamewith — in a homewards manner
- hampster — Alternative form of hamster.
- hamsters — Plural form of hamster.
- hamulate — Furnished with a small hook; hook-shaped.
- hatmaker — a maker of hats
- headmost — most advanced; foremost.
- heat map — a graphical representation of data in which a spectrum of colours is used to represent the different values
- hecatomb — (in ancient Greece and Rome) a public sacrifice of 100 oxen to the gods.
- helmeted — Having or wearing a helmet, or looking like wearing a helmet.
- helminth — a worm, especially a parasitic worm.
- helotism — the state or quality of being a helot; serfdom.
- helpmate — a companion and helper.
- helpmeet — helpmate.
- hematein — a reddish-brown, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 16 H 12 O 6 , obtained from logwood: used chiefly as a stain in microscopy.
- hematine — Biochemistry. heme.
- hematite — a very common mineral, iron oxide, Fe 2 O 3 , occurring in steel-gray to black crystals and in red earthy masses: the principal ore of iron.
- hematoid — hemoid.
- hematoma — a circumscribed collection of blood, usually clotted, in a tissue or organ, caused by a break in a blood vessel.
- hemipter — a hemipterous insect
- hemisect — to cut into two equal parts; to bisect, especially along a medial longitudinal plane.
- hemocyte — a blood cell.
- hemostat — an instrument or agent used to compress or treat bleeding vessels in order to arrest hemorrhage.
- hepatoma — a tumor of the liver.
- hermetic — made airtight by fusion or sealing.
- hermitic — a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- hermitry — a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- hetarism — Alternative form of hetaerism.
- homefelt — (of an emotion) felt personally or intimately; private; inward
- homeotic — Of or pertaining to homeosis.
- homeport — The port where a vessel is based (not necessarily the one where it is registered).
- homesite — a plot of land for a home.
- homestay — housing accommodations in a home with a family in residence, as for a student or traveler: Foreign-exchange students can choose between a homestay or campus dormitory.
- hometime — The time when pupils go home at the end of the school day.
- hometown — the town or city in which a person lives or was born, or from which a person comes.
- homotope — (topology, transitive) To define or demonstrate a homotopy of (one map with another).
- homotype — an organ or part having a structure similar to that of another organ or part; homologue.
- hormetic — of or relating to hormesis
- hostname — (computing) the unique name by which any device attached to a network is known.
- hot mess — a person or thing that is a mess, as in being disorganized, confused, or untidy, yet remains attractive or appealing: He’s a hot mess when he wakes up in the morning!
- hoteldom — The world or sphere of hotels.
- hotelman — hotelkeeper.
- hum tone — a note produced by a bell when struck, lying an octave or (in many English bells) a sixth or seventh below the strike tone