9-letter words containing hot
- jump shot — a shot with one or both hands in which a player leaps into the air and shoots the ball at the basket at the moment of reaching the highest point of the leap.
- junk shot — a procedure used for stemming the flow of oil from a leaking well in which debris (such as shredded tyres, golf balls, etc) is pumped into the well at high pressure
- kill shot — a decisive smashing or punching of a ball with the hand or a racquet such that it is virtually unreturnable, as in volleyball, handball, or badminton.
- lead shot — small round pellets of lead, used in cartridges
- lithotome — an instrument used in a lithotomy operation, to remove bladder stones
- lithotomy — surgery to remove one or more stones from an organ or duct.
- long shot — a horse, team, etc., that has little chance of winning and carries long odds.
- mailshots — Plural form of mailshot.
- moon shot — the act or procedure of launching a rocket or spacecraft to the moon.
- moon-shot — the act or procedure of launching a rocket or spacecraft to the moon.
- moonshots — Plural form of moonshot.
- morphotic — (biology) Connected with, or becoming an integral part of, a living unit or of the morphological framework.
- nonrhotic — denoting or speaking a dialect of English in which preconsonantal rs are not pronounced
- orchotomy — orchidotomy.
- orthotics — Also, orthosis. a device or support, especially for the foot, used to relieve or correct an orthopedic problem.
- orthotist — (used with a singular verb) a branch of medicine dealing with the making and fitting of orthotic devices.
- orthotone — (of a word) having an independent accent
- pack shot — (in television advertising) a close-up of the product being advertised, usually so that the viewer can register its logo and packaging
- photalgia — pain, as in an eye, that is caused by intensity of light.
- photobomb — to ruin (a photograph) by appearing in the image without the photographer’s knowledge, often in some dramatic or comical way: My brother photobombed what would have been a nice photo of my grandma and me.
- photocall — a time arranged for photographers, esp press photographers, to take pictures of a celebrity, the cast of a play, etc, usually for publicity purposes
- photocard — A photocard is a card with a person's photograph on it, which they can use to prove who they are.
- photocell — a solid-state device that converts light into electrical energy by producing a voltage, as in a photovoltaic cell, or uses light to regulate the flow of current, as in a photoconductive cell: used in automatic control systems for doors, lighting, etc.
- photocopy — a photographic reproduction of a document, print, or the like.
- photodisk — a disk for use in a computer that contains photographs or can have photographs stored on it in a digitally coded manner
- photogene — an afterimage on the retina.
- photogram — a silhouette photograph made by placing an object directly on sensitized paper and exposing it to light.
- photolyse — to cause to undergo or to undergo photolysis
- photolyze — to break down molecules with light.
- photomask — an opaque image on a transparent plate that is used to filter light so the image can be transferred, used in photolithography applications
- photonics — the study and technology of the use of light for the transmission of information.
- photophil — an organism, such as a plant, that seeks, thrives on and requires strong light
- photoplay — a motion-picture scenario; screenplay.
- photopsia — a rare disease of the eye's retina that results in the perception of flashes of light
- photoscan — to study the distribution of a radioactive isotope or radiopaque dye in (a body organ or part) through the use of x-rays.
- photoshop — (often lowercase) to digitally alter (a photograph or other graphic) using image-editing software such as Photoshop: Her face is nicely Photoshopped in the ad. They’ve photoshopped the car onto an image of a beautiful beach.
- photostat — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
- phototube — an electron tube with a photosensitive cathode, used like a photocell.
- phototype — a plate with a relief printing surface produced by photography.
- phototypy — the process or art of producing phototypes
- psychotic — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
- push shot — Basketball. a shot with one hand from a point relatively distant from the basket, in which a player shoots the ball from shoulder level or above.
- rhotacism — Historical Linguistics. a change of a speech sound, especially (s), to (r), as in the change from Old Latin lases to Latin lares.
- rhotacize — to change (a sound) to an (r); subject to rhotacism.
- shot hole — a condition in plants in which small, rounded spots drop out of the leaves, appearing as if the leaves were riddled by shot, resulting from infection or injury.
- shot silk — silk woven to give a changing colour effect
- shotfirer — a person employed to detonate an explosive
- shotmaker — a sports player delivering good shots
- shotpoint — A shotpoint is a place at the surface of the Earth where a seismic source is activated.
- shotproof — able to withstand shot