8-letter words containing t, h, y
- dimethyl — ethane.
- diptychs — Plural form of diptych.
- docherty — Pete. born 1979, English rock musician and songwriter; member of The Libertines (1997–2004) and Babyshambles (from 2005)
- draughty — characterized by or admitting currents of air, usually uncomfortable.
- droughty — dry.
- drymouth — a condition of insufficient saliva, known medically as xerostomia
- dyspathy — antipathy.
- earthily — In an earthy manner.
- enthalpy — A thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the total heat content of a system. It is equal to the internal energy of the system plus the product of pressure and volume.
- epiphyte — A plant that grows on another plant but is not parasitic, such as the numerous ferns, bromeliads, air plants, and orchids growing on tree trunks in tropical rain forests.
- erythema — Superficial reddening of the skin, usually in patches, as a result of injury or irritation causing dilatation of the blood capillaries.
- erythro- — red
- erythron — red blood cells and their related tissues
- ethanoyl — of, consisting of, or containing the monovalent group CH3CO-
- etherify — (organic chemistry) To convert (an alcohol etc.) into an ether.
- ethnonym — The name of an ethnic group.
- ethology — The science of animal behavior.
- ethylate — (organic chemistry) To react with an ethyl compound so as to introduce one or more ethyl groups into a compound.
- ethylene — A flammable hydrocarbon gas of the alkene series, occurring in natural gas, coal gas, and crude oil and given off by ripening fruit. It is used in chemical synthesis, especially in the manufacture of polyethylene.
- eurybath — an aquatic organism that can live at different depths
- eurythmy — The harmony of features and proportion in architecture.
- euthymia — (psychology) A normal, non-depressed, reasonably positive mood; serenity.
- eutrophy — (medicine) healthy nutrition.
- eyepatch — A patch worn to protect an injured eye.
- eyesight — A person's ability to see.
- eyeteeth — Plural form of eyetooth.
- eyetooth — A canine tooth, especially one in the upper jaw.
- fatherly — of, like, or befitting a father.
- feathery — clothed or covered with feathers; feathered.
- fiftyish — Approximately fifty.
- filthily — In a filthy manner.
- flaherty — Robert Joseph, 1884–1951, U.S. pioneer in the production of documentary motion pictures.
- flypitch — an area for unlicensed stalls at markets
- flysheet — A tract or circular of two or four pages.
- forsythe — A descendent of Algol 60, intended to be as uniform and general as possible, while retaining the basic character of its progenitor. Forsythe features higher-order procedures and intersection types.
- fortyish — approaching or around the age of 40 years.
- fourthly — in the fourth place; fourth.
- frothery — an insubstantial thing; a triviality
- frothily — In a frothy way.
- geophyte — a plant propagated by means of underground buds.
- graithly — in a graith manner
- gray hat — a hacker who violates the security of a system without true malicious intent but often without the prior knowledge or consent of the owner or developer, and who later reports system vulnerabilities to the authorities, sometimes for personal profit.
- hability — Obsolete form of ability.
- hanratty — James. 1936–62, Englishman executed, despite conflicting evidence, for a murder on the A6 road. Subsequent public concern played a major part in the abolition of capital punishment in Britain. New DNA evidence led to an appeal by Hanratty's supporters being dismissed in 2002
- harlotry — prostitution.
- harmosty — the office of a harmost
- hatchery — a place for hatching eggs of hens, fish, etc., especially a large, commercial or government site where the young are hatched, cared for, and sold or distributed.
- hatchety — resembling a hatchet
- hatchway — Nautical. hatch2 (def 1a).
- hathaway — Anne, 1557–1623, the wife of William Shakespeare.