7-letter words containing t, o
- hit out — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- hoatzin — a blue-faced, crested bird, Opisthocomus hoazin, of the Amazon and Orinoco forests, having as a nestling a large, temporary claw on the second and third digits of the forelimb, for climbing among the tree branches.
- hoaxter — Alternative spelling of hoaxer.
- hobbits — a member of a race of imaginary creatures related to and resembling humans, living in underground holes and characterized by their good nature, diminutive size, and hairy feet.
- hockett — Charles, 1916–2000, U.S. linguist and anthropologist.
- hog-tie — If someone hog-ties an animal or a person, they tie their legs together, or they tie their arms and legs together.
- hogarth — William, 1697–1764, English painter and engraver.
- hogcote — A shed for pigs; a sty.
- hoglets — Plural form of hoglet.
- hogtied — Simple past tense and past participle of hogtie.
- 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.
- hold it — wait!
- hold to — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- holdeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hold.
- holdout — an act or instance of holding out.
- holibut — halibut.
- holiest — specially recognized as or declared sacred by religious use or authority; consecrated: holy ground.
- holists — Plural form of holist.
- holster — a sheathlike carrying case for a firearm, attached to a belt, shoulder sling, or saddle.
- holston — a river in E Tennessee, flowing SW to join the French Broad River and form the Tennessee River in Knoxville. 115 miles (185 km) long.
- honesty — the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.
- honiton — a type of lace with a floral sprig pattern
- hoodrat — (slang) A sexually promiscuous girl.
- hoof it — the horny covering protecting the ends of the digits or encasing the foot in certain animals, as the ox and horse.
- hook it — to run or go quickly away
- hooklet — a little hook, used for example in zoology in reference to a tiny hook found on or in the body of an organism
- hooktip — A slender moth that has hooked tips to the forewings. The caterpillar tapers to a point at the rear and rests with both ends raised.
- hooptie — A car, especially an old or dilapidated one.
- hooters — a person or thing that hoots.
- hooting — to cry out or shout, especially in disapproval or derision.
- hoplite — a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece.
- hoptoad — a toad.
- hoptree — any of several North American shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Ptelea, of the citrus family, especially P. trifoliata, having trifoliate leaves and roundish, waferlike fruit.
- horatio — a male given name.
- 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.
- hornist — Someone who plays the horn (the musical instrument).
- hornito — a low oven-shaped mound of congealed lava, common in some volcanic districts, emitting hot smoke and vapors in the final stages of activity.
- hornlet — a small horn
- horrent — bristling; standing erect like bristles.
- 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.
- hosting — web hosting
- hostler — a person who takes care of horses, especially at an inn.
- hot air — empty, exaggerated, or pretentious talk or writing: His report on the company's progress was just so much hot air.
- hot bed — an area having rails or rolls on which rolled pieces are laid to cool.