8-letter words containing t, h, o, n
- iolanthe — an operetta (1882) by Sir William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan.
- iphition — (in the Iliad) a Trojan warrior slain by Achilles.
- job hunt — search for employment
- job-hunt — to seek employment; look for a job.
- johnboat — a light, square-ended, flat-bottomed skiff, used in shallow water.
- johnston — Albert Sidney, 1803–62, Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.
- jonathan — a son of Saul and friend of David. I Sam. 18–20.
- knothead — (informal) A stupid or stubborn person.
- knothole — a hole in a board or plank formed by the falling out of a knot or a portion of a knot.
- lahontan — Lake, an Ice Age lake in W Nevada and NE California, about 8600 sq. mi. (22,000 sq. km): remnants include Carson Sink, Pyramid Lake.
- lanthorn — lantern.
- latch on — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- laughton — Charles, 1899–1962, U.S. actor, born in England.
- leighton — Frederick (Baron Leighton of Stretton) 1830–96, English painter and sculptor.
- light on — to get down or descend, as from a horse or a vehicle.
- loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- longshot — Alternative spelling of long shot.
- lothians — a region in E Scotland. 700 sq. mi. (1813 sq. km).
- mansholt — Sicco Leendert (ˈsɪko ˈleːndərt). 1908–95, Dutch economist and politician; vice president (1958–72) and president (1972–73) of the European Economic Community Commission. He was the author of the Mansholt Plan for the agricultural organization of the European Economic Community
- marathon — a plain in SE Greece, in Attica: the Athenians defeated the Persians here 490 b.c.
- mcintosh — a variety of red apple that ripens in early autumn.
- methadon — a synthetic narcotic, C 2 1 H 2 8 ClNO, similar to morphine but effective orally, used in the relief of pain and as a heroin substitute in the treatment of heroin addiction.
- methanol — methyl alcohol.
- midmonth — the middle of the month
- molehunt — a hunt for moles
- monmouth — James Scott, Duke of, 1649–85, illegitimate son of Charles II of England and pretender to the throne of James II.
- monobath — a developer and fixer combined in the same solution.
- monolith — an obelisk, column, large statue, etc., formed of a single block of stone.
- monomyth — (mythology) a cyclical journey or quest undertaken by a mythical hero.
- monteith — a large punch bowl, usually of silver, having a notched rim for suspending punch cups.
- moonshot — the act or procedure of launching a rocket or spacecraft to the moon.
- mouthing — the action of speaking in a meaningless, bombastic, or hypocritical manner.
- naphthol — either of two isomeric hydroxyl derivatives, C 1 0 H 7 OH, of naphthalene (alpha-naphthol or 1-naphthol and beta-naphthol or 2-naphthol) white or yellowish crystals, with a phenolic odor, that darken on exposure to light: used chiefly in dyes, drugs, perfumes, and insecticides.
- neckshot — a shot in the neck of an animal
- neophyte — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
- netphone — A telephone that connects through the internet.
- nightowl — a person who often stays up late at night; nighthawk.
- no other — nothing else
- no throw — an illegal throw in a sport such as the discus or shot put
- none the — You use none the to say that someone or something does not have any more of a particular quality than they did before.
- nonmatch — That which is not a match; a mismatch.
- nonwhite — a sociocultural classification of modern humans with darker pigmentation of the skin than is characteristic in people of European descent.
- northern — lying toward or situated in the north.
- northers — Plural form of norther.
- northing — northward movement or deviation.
- northman — one of the ancient Scandinavians, especially a member of the group that from about the 8th to the 11th century made many raids and established settlements in Great Britain, Ireland, many parts of continental Europe, and probably in parts of North America.
- northrop — John Howard, 1891–1987, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1946.
- northrup — a male given name.
- northumb — Northumberland
- not half — Half is sometimes used in negative statements, with a positive meaning, to emphasize a particular fact or quality. For example, if you say 'he isn't half lucky', you mean that he is very lucky.