9-letter words containing t, o, h, r
- holarctic — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising the Nearctic and Palearctic regions.
- hold true — If a general statement holds true in particular circumstances, or if your previous statement holds true in different circumstances, it is true or valid in those circumstances.
- holderbat — a bracket that supports a pipe and fastens it to a wall or surface
- hollister — a town in W California.
- holstered — a sheathlike carrying case for a firearm, attached to a belt, shoulder sling, or saddle.
- holy writ — the Scriptures.
- home port — the port where a ship is registered.
- homebirth — Childbirth taking place at home, rather than in a hospital.
- homecourt — (basketball) The home court of a basketball team.
- homecraft — skills used in the home
- homefront — Alternative form of home front.
- homograft — allograft.
- homotherm — homoiotherm.
- honeworts — Plural form of honewort.
- honeytrap — A stratagem in which irresistible bait is used to lure a victim.
- honeywort — a plant, Cerinthe retorta, of Greece, having bluish-green leaves and purple-tipped yellow flowers.
- hoofprint — the impression made by an animal's hoof.
- hoopsters — Plural form of hoopster.
- horiatiki — a traditional Greek salad consisting of tomatoes, cucumber, onion, olives, and feta cheese
- hornpouts — Plural form of hornpout.
- hornstone — a variety of quartz resembling flint.
- horntails — Plural form of horntail.
- hornworts — Plural form of hornwort.
- horometry — The art or practice of measuring time by hours and subordinate divisions.
- horotelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- horridest — Superlative form of horrid.
- horsecart — A cart drawn by a horse.
- horsefoot — (botany) The coltsfoot.
- horsemeat — The flesh of a horse as food.
- horsemint — a wild mint, Mentha longifolia, introduced into America from Europe, having spikes of lilac flowers.
- horseshit — nonsense, lies, or exaggeration.
- horsetail — Also called scouring rush. any nonflowering plant of the genus Equisetum, having hollow, jointed stems.
- hortation — The act of exhorting, inciting, or giving advice; exhortation.
- hortative — hortatory.
- hortatory — urging to some course of conduct or action; exhorting; encouraging: a hortatory speech.
- hortensia — Hydrangea.
- hostelers — Plural form of hosteler.
- hosteller — a person who operates a hostel.
- hot press — a hot press is an airing cupboard for clothes
- hot water — trouble; a predicament: His skipping classes will get him into real hot water when exam time comes.
- hot-press — a machine applying heat in conjunction with mechanical pressure, as for producing a smooth surface on paper or for expressing oil.
- hot-short — (of steel or wrought iron) brittle when heated, usually due to high sulfur content.
- hotdogger — One who hotdogs; a sporting show-off.
- hoteliers — Plural form of hotelier.
- hourplate — the dial of a clock or watch
- hoverport — A terminal for hovercraft.
- howitzers — Plural form of howitzer.
- humorists — Plural form of humorist.
- humourist — (British) alternative spelling of humorist.
- hydration — any of a class of compounds containing chemically combined water. In the case of some hydrates, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O, the water is loosely held and is easily lost on heating; in others, as sulfuric acid, SO 3 ⋅H 2 O, or H 2 SO 4 , it is strongly held as water of constitution.