8-letter words containing t, r, o, e
- garroter — a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- garrotes — Plural form of garrote.
- garrotte — to execute by the garrote.
- gastero- — gastro-
- gatorade — A fruit-flavored drink especially for athletes, designed to supply the body with carbohydrates and to replace fluids and sodium lost during exercise.
- genitors — Plural form of genitor.
- geolatry — the worship of the earth
- geometer — geometrician.
- geometry — the branch of mathematics that deals with the deduction of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, and figures in space from their defining conditions by means of certain assumed properties of space.
- geotherm — a line or surface within or on the earth connecting points of equal temperature
- gerontic — geriatric.
- geronto- — indicating old age
- get over — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- go after — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- goadster — a goadsman
- goatherd — a person who tends goats.
- gongster — a person who strikes a gong
- gore-tex — a type of synthetic fabric which is waterproof yet allows the wearer's skin to breathe; used for sportswear
- gossaert — Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), Mabuse, Jan.
- goteborg — a seaport in SW Sweden, on the Kattegat.
- gourmets — Plural form of gourmet.
- great go — great (def 20).
- great on — enthusiastic about
- groaneth — Archaic third-person singular form of groan.
- grommets — Plural form of grommet.
- grossest — without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2. ): gross earnings; gross sales.
- grottoed — having, or enclosed in, a grotto
- grottoes — Plural form of grotto.
- grouplet — a small group
- gyrolite — calcium silicate hydroxide in a hydrated form
- hapteron — a structure by which a fungus, aquatic plant, or algae colony attaches to an object; a holdfast.
- haroseth — a mixture of chopped nuts and apples, wine, and spices that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover: traditionally regarded as symbolic of the mortar used by Israelite slaves in Egypt.
- hear out — listen to the end
- hectored — Simple past form of hector.
- hectorer — a person who bullies or hectors
- hectorly — in the manner of a hector
- heliport — a landing place for helicopters, often on the roof of a building or in some other limited area.
- henroost — A place used by hens for roosting.
- hepworth — Dame Barbara, 1903–75, English sculptor.
- hereinto — into this place.
- hereunto — to this matter, document, subject, etc.; regarding this point: attached hereto; agreeable hereto.
- heritors — Plural form of heritor.
- herstory — history (used especially in feminist literature and in women's studies as an alternative form to distinguish or emphasize the particular experience of women).
- hertford — a city in and the county seat of Hertfordshire, in SE England.
- hire out — to engage the services of (a person or persons) for wages or other payment: to hire a clerk.
- historie — Archaic spelling of history.
- hitherto — up to this time; until now: a fact hitherto unknown.
- hoariest — Superlative form of hoary.
- hoarsest — Superlative form of hoarse.
- hoaxster — Alternative form of hoaxer (rare).