9-letter words containing t, h, e, n, o
- overthink — If you overthink, or if you overthink a problem, you spend too much time thinking about something.
- panchetto — a Renaissance chair having three splayed legs and a shaped back joined into a solid wooden seat.
- panthenol — pantothenyl alcohol
- pantihose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
- pantyhose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
- parthenon — the temple of Athena Parthenos on the Acropolis at Athens, completed c438 b.c. by Ictinus and Callicrates and decorated by Phidias: regarded as the finest Doric temple.
- parthenos — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
- pathogens — any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism.
- pathogeny — the production and development of disease.
- penthouse — an apartment or dwelling on the roof of a building, usually set back from the outer walls.
- phenetole — a colorless, volatile, aromatic, water-insoluble liquid, C 8 H 1 0 O.
- phenolate — Also called phenoxide. a salt of phenol, as sodium phenolate, C 6 H 5 ONa.
- phenotype — the observable constitution of an organism.
- phenytoin — a barbiturate-related substance, C 1 5 H 1 2 N 2 O 2 , used as an anticonvulsant in the treatment of grand mal epilepsy and in focal seizures.
- phone tag — telephone tag.
- phone tap — an instance of listening secretly, usually illegally, to someone's phone conversations using special electronic equipment
- phonetics — (in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.
- phonetism — the science of speech sounds and of writing phonetically
- phonetist — a person who uses or advocates phonetic spelling.
- phonolite — a fine-grained volcanic rock composed chiefly of alkali feldspar and nepheline, some varieties of which split into pieces that ring on being struck.
- phonotype — a piece of type bearing a phonetic character or symbol.
- photogene — an afterimage on the retina.
- polythene — polyethylene.
- pothering — commotion; uproar.
- pothunter — a person who hunts for food or profit, ignoring the rules of sport.
- pythoness — a woman believed to be possessed by a soothsaying spirit, as the priestess of Apollo at Delphi.
- rethondes — a village in N France near Compiègne: armistice ending World War I signed here 1918.
- rhodanate — a salt of thiocyanic acid
- rhodonite — a mineral, manganese metasilicate, MnSiO 3 , occurring usually in rose-red masses, sometimes used as an ornamental stone; manganese spar.
- rosenthal — Jean, 1912–69, U.S. theatrical lighting designer.
- scutcheon — escutcheon.
- senhorita — a Portuguese term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- shenstone — William, 1714–63, English poet.
- shogunate — the office or rule of a shogun.
- shortness — having little length; not long.
- shoutline — a line of text in an advertisement made prominent to catch attention
- siphonate — (of molluscs) having a syphon
- softbench — An IPSE from Hewlett-Packard.
- something — Informal. a person or thing of some value or consequence: He is really something! This writer has something to say and she says it well.
- stenobath — a stenobathic organism.
- sticheron — a liturgical hymn sung in the Orthodox Church
- stonechat — any of several small Old World birds, especially of the genus Saxicola, as S. torquata.
- stonefish — a tropical scorpion fish, Synanceja verrucosa, having dorsal-fin spines from which a deadly poison is discharged.
- stonehand — a person who arranges type and imposes pages on an imposing stone
- stoneshot — a stone's throw or the distance a person can throw a stone
- stonewash — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
- technikon — a technical college
- technopop — synthpop.
- telephone — an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, especially by an electric device.
- telephony — the construction or operation of telephones or telephonic systems.