9-letter words containing t, o, y, e
- heliotype — A picture obtained by the process of heliotypy.
- helophyte — any perennial marsh plant that bears its overwintering buds in the mud below the surface
- hemocytes — Plural form of hemocyte.
- hemolytic — the breaking down of red blood cells with liberation of hemoglobin.
- hemopathy — (medicine) Any disorder or disease of the blood.
- heptalogy — (rare) # A set of seven works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as seven individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- heptapody — a verse with seven metrical feet
- heroicity — suitable to the character of a hero in size or concept; daring; noble: a heroic ambition.
- heteronym — a word spelled the same as another but having a different sound and meaning, as lead (to conduct) and lead (a metal).
- hideosity — horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
- holophyte — (of a plant) obtaining energy by synthesizing inorganic substances; autotrophic.
- holotypes — Plural form of holotype.
- holy tide — a time or season for special religious observance
- holystone — a block of soft sandstone used in scrubbing the decks of a ship.
- homestays — Plural form of homestay.
- homestyle — simple and unpretentious, evoking the comforts of home: homestyle cooking; home-style hospitality.
- homothety — similar; similarly placed.
- honey ant — any of several ants, especially of the genus Myrmecocystus, that feed on honeydew or nectar and store the excess juices in the bodies of certain worker ants.
- honey pot — any of a caste of workers in certain species of ants, that serve as living storehouses for a honeylike material later used by the whole colony
- honeypots — Plural form of honeypot.
- 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.
- horometry — The art or practice of measuring time by hours and subordinate divisions.
- hostilely — of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy: a hostile nation.
- hot money — funds transferred suddenly from one country to another chiefly to avoid depreciation in value or to take advantage of higher interest rates.
- hydathode — a specialized leaf structure through which water is exuded.
- hydrolyte — a substance subjected to hydrolysis.
- hyetology — the branch of meteorology dealing with precipitation.
- hylobates — Plural form of hylobate.
- hylophyte — a plant that grows in woods
- hypnodiet — a diet involving the use of hypnosis to change one's attitude to food
- hypnotise — to put in the hypnotic state.
- hypnotize — to put in the hypnotic state.
- hypocrite — a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
- hypostome — any of several parts or organs of the mouth, as the labrum of a crustacean.
- hypostyle — having many columns carrying the roof or ceiling: a hypostyle hall.
- hypotheca — (microbiology, planktology) The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.
- hysteroid — resembling hysteria.
- iatrogeny — a disease caused by medical intervention or treatment
- ileostomy — the construction of an artificial opening from the ileum through the abdominal wall, permitting drainage of the contents of the small intestine.
- immodesty — not modest in conduct, utterance, etc.; indecent; shameless.
- impotency — the condition or quality of being impotent; weakness.
- in theory — in principle
- inventory — a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.
- iodimetry — iodometry.
- iodometry — a volumetric analytical procedure for determining iodine or materials that will liberate iodine or react with iodine.
- iridocyte — a guanine-containing cell in the skin of fish and some cephalopods, giving these animals their iridescence
- isohyetal — a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period.
- isopentyl — isoamyl.
- ivorytype — an antiquated photoprinting technique in which two prints are made of the same image, and the weaker one, made transparent with varnish and colored on the back, is laid over the stronger one.