7-letter words containing t, o, e, s
- hectors — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hector.
- heptose — any monosaccharide containing seven carbon atoms.
- heteros — Chemistry. of or relating to an atom other than carbon, particularly in a cyclic compound.
- histone — any of a group of five small basic proteins, occurring in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells, that organize DNA strands into nucleosomes by forming molecular complexes around which the DNA winds.
- hoglets — Plural form of hoglet.
- hoisted — to raise or lift, especially by some mechanical appliance: to hoist a flag; to hoist the mainsail.
- hoister — to raise or lift, especially by some mechanical appliance: to hoist a flag; to hoist the mainsail.
- holiest — specially recognized as or declared sacred by religious use or authority; consecrated: holy ground.
- holster — a sheathlike carrying case for a firearm, attached to a belt, shoulder sling, or saddle.
- honesty — the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.
- hooters — a person or thing that hoots.
- hornest — one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- hornets — Plural form of hornet.
- hostage — a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
- hostels — Plural form of hostel.
- hostess — a woman who receives and entertains guests in her own home or elsewhere.
- hosties — Plural form of hostie.
- hostile — of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy: a hostile nation.
- hostler — a person who takes care of horses, especially at an inn.
- hotbeds — Plural form of hotbed.
- hotness — having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
- hottest — Superlative form of hot.
- hotties — Plural form of hottie.
- instore — an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- intones — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intone.
- iobates — a Lycian king commissioned by his son-in-law, Proetus, to kill Bellerophon: after surviving ordeals designed to destroy him, Bellerophon was believed to be divinely protected, and Iobates gave him half his kingdom.
- iodates — Plural form of iodate.
- isoetes — any aquatic tracheophyte plant of the genus Isoetes; quillwort
- isohyet — a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period.
- isolate — to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.
- isotone — one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- isotope — any of two or more forms of a chemical element, having the same number of protons in the nucleus, or the same atomic number, but having different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus, or different atomic weights. There are 275 isotopes of the 81 stable elements, in addition to over 800 radioactive isotopes, and every element has known isotopic forms. Isotopes of a single element possess almost identical properties.
- isotype — a drawing, diagram, or other symbol that represents a specific quantity of or other fact about the thing depicted: Every isotype of a house on that chart represents a thousand new houses.
- jostled — Simple past tense and past participle of jostle.
- jostles — Plural form of jostle.
- jotters — Plural form of jotter.
- jousted — Simple past tense and past participle of joust.
- jouster — A person who jousts.
- ketones — Plural form of ketone.
- ketoses — the accumulation of excessive ketones in the body, as in diabetic acidosis.
- ketosis — the accumulation of excessive ketones in the body, as in diabetic acidosis.
- keyslot — a short, curved slot cut into a shaft for a Woodruff key. Compare keyway (def 1).
- knowest — (archaic) second-person singular form of 'know'.
- lacoste — René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
- lactose — Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- lao-tse — the philosophical book in verse supposedly written by Lao-tzu.
- lectors — Plural form of lector.
- lentous — viscid or viscous
- leptons — Plural form of lepton.
- lesotho — a monarchy in S Africa: formerly a British protectorate; gained independence 1966; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 11,716 sq. mi. (30,344 sq. km). Capital: Maseru.