8-letter words containing t, h, o
- cachalot — sperm whale
- cachepot — an ornamental container for a flowerpot
- calthrop — any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- campshot — a facing of planks and piles placed along the bank of a river to prevent erosion.
- canthook — a wooden pole with a blunt steel tip and an adjustable hook at one end, used for handling logs
- cartouch — Alternative form of cartouche.
- cash out — cash in1 (sense 1)
- cash-out — Also, cashout. a direct cash payment or a cash profit or remainder: The store owner lived on a cash-out of fifty dollars a day.
- castilho — Antonio Feliciano de [ahn-taw-n-yoo fuh-lees-yah-noo] /ɑ̃ˈtɔˈn yu fə lisˈyɑ nu/ (Show IPA), 1800–75, Portuguese poet.
- cataphor — a word that refers to or stands for another word used later
- catch on — If you catch on to something, you understand it, or realize that it is happening.
- catechol — a colourless crystalline phenol found in resins and lignins; 1,2-dihydroxybenzene. It is used as a photographic developer. Formula: C6H4(OH)2
- cathodal — (biochemistry) Attracted towards a cathode.
- cathodes — Plural form of cathode.
- cathodic — pertaining to a cathode or phenomena in its vicinity.
- catholic — The Catholic Church is the branch of the Christian Church that accepts the Pope as its leader and is based in the Vatican in Rome.
- cathouse — a house of prostitution
- cenotaph — A cenotaph is a structure that is built in honour of soldiers who died in a war.
- chamotte — grog (def 3).
- chaotics — (literature) A recent branch of literary and cultural studies based on chaos theory and the inherent structure of apparently chaotic systems.
- chariots — Plural form of chariot.
- charlton — Bobby, full name Sir Robert Charlton. born 1937, English footballer; played for Manchester United (1956–73) and England (1958–70) for whom he played 106 times, scoring 49 goals
- charoset — a dish of chopped fruit, nuts, and wine eaten at Passover, representing the mortar that Jewish slaves used to build parts of Egypt
- chatroom — a site on the internet, or another computer network, where users have group discussions by electronic mail, typically about one subject
- chaumont — a department in E France. 2416 sq. mi. (6255 sq. km). Capital: Chaumont.
- chayroot — the root of a chay plant, used to dye textiles a deep-red colour
- cheat on — If someone cheats on their husband, wife, or partner, they have a sexual relationship with another person.
- checkout — In a supermarket, a checkout is a counter where you pay for things you are buying.
- chelator — an organic chemical that bonds with metal ions and produces a chelate compound
- chepstow — a town in S Wales, in Monmouthshire on the River Wye: tourism, light industry. Pop: 10 821 (2001)
- cheroots — Plural form of cheroot.
- chew out — If you chew someone out, you tell them off in a very angry way.
- chillout — (colloquial) A period of quiet, rest and relaxation, especially after a party etc.
- chimbote — a port in N central Peru: contains Peru's first steelworks (1958), using hydroelectric power from the Santa River. Pop: 328 000 (2005 est)
- chingtao — Qingdao
- chipotle — a smoked and dried jalapeno chilli pepper that is used in Mexican dishes
- chitosan — a polysaccharide produced from chitin
- chlorate — any salt of chloric acid, containing the monovalent ion ClO3–
- chlorite — any of a group of green soft secondary minerals consisting of the hydrated silicates of aluminium, iron, and magnesium in monoclinic crystalline form: common in metamorphic rocks
- choicest — an act or instance of choosing; selection: Her choice of a computer was made after months of research. His parents were not happy with his choice of friends.
- chooseth — Archaic third-person singular form of choose.
- chordata — the phylum comprising the chordates.
- chordate — any animal of the phylum Chordata, including the vertebrates and protochordates, characterized by a notochord, dorsal tubular nerve cord, and pharyngeal gill slits
- chortled — to chuckle gleefully.
- chortler — One who chortles.
- chortles — Plural form of chortle.
- chotchke — an inexpensive souvenir, trinket, or ornament.
- chouette — a variation of a two-handed game, as backgammon, allowing the participation of three or more persons, in which one player accepts the bets of all the others on the outcome of a game between that player and one other active player, who is permitted to receive advice from the nonplayers.
- choultry — Alternative form of choltry.
- chowtime — the time for eating a meal