8-letter words containing t, i, o, n
- halation — a blurred effect around the edges of highlight areas in a photographic image caused by reflection and scattering of light through the emulsion from the back surface of the film support or plate.
- hamilton — William Hamilton
- hedonist — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- hereinto — into this place.
- himation — a garment consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth thrown over the left shoulder and wrapped about the body.
- hindfoot — A rear foot.
- hindmost — furtherest behind or nearest the rear; last.
- histogen — a region in a plant in which tissues differentiate.
- histones — Plural form of histone.
- histrion — (obsolete) A stage actor.
- hit upon — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- hoactzin — hoatzin.
- hoe into — to eat (food) heartily
- hogtying — to tie (an animal) with all four feet together.
- hoisting — to raise or lift, especially by some mechanical appliance: to hoist a flag; to hoist the mainsail.
- hoistman — someone who operates a hoist
- holstein — Also called Holstein-Friesian [hohl-stahyn-free-zhuh n, -steen-] /ˈhoʊl staɪnˈfri ʒən, -stin-/ (Show IPA). one of a breed of black-and-white dairy cattle, raised originally in North Holland and Friesland, that yields large quantities of milk having a low content of butterfat.
- honestie — Archaic spelling of honesty.
- hop into — enter casually or spontaneously
- horatian — of or relating to Horace.
- hornists — Plural form of hornist.
- horntail — any of various wasplike insects of the family Siricidae, the females of which have a hornlike ovipositor.
- hot line — a direct telecommunications link, as a telephone line or Teletype circuit, enabling immediate communication between heads of state in an international crisis: the hot line between Washington and Moscow.
- hot link — a link between two files, as between a spreadsheet and a document, such that a change in one effects a change in the other.
- hotliner — a person who speaks to callers on a telephone hot line.
- hotlines — Plural form of hotline.
- howdunit — A type of detective story in which the focus is not on who committed the crime, but how they have done so.
- hypnotic — of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
- icestone — a rare crystalline mineral also known as cryolite
- ideation — the process of forming ideas or images.
- idoneity — appropriate; fit; suitable; apt.
- ignition — the act or fact of igniting; state of being ignited.
- ignitron — a cathode-arc vacuum tube with an auxiliary electrode projecting into a pool of mercury: it conducts current when the anode is positive.
- ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- ignostic — One who holds to ignosticism.
- ikhnaton — Amenhotep IV.
- ilkeston — a town in N central England, in SE Derbyshire. Pop: 37 270 (2001)
- illation — the act of inferring.
- immoment — of no value
- imponent — That or who imposes a rule.
- impotent — not potent; lacking power or ability.
- in doubt — uncertain
- in front — the foremost part or surface of anything.
- in petto — not disclosed: used of the names of cardinals designate
- in point — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- in short — having little length; not long.
- in sooth — in truth; truly
- in sport — in joke or jest; not in earnest
- in stock — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- in store — an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.