9-letter words containing a, l
- hip flask — small container for carrying alcohol
- hippolyta — a queen of the Amazons, variously said to have been killed by Hercules or to have been conquered and married by Theseus.
- hissarlik — the modern name of the site of ancient Troy.
- hitlerian — of or relating to Adolf Hitler or his regime
- hobnailed — furnished with hobnails.
- hodiernal — (rare) Of or pertaining to the current day.
- hog latin — pig Latin.
- hogwaller — Alternative spelling of hog waller.
- holandric — of or relating to a heritable trait appearing only in males (opposed to hologynic).
- holarctic — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising the Nearctic and Palearctic regions.
- hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- hold sway — have influence
- holdbacks — Plural form of holdback.
- holderbat — a bracket that supports a pipe and fastens it to a wall or surface
- holdfasts — Plural form of holdfast.
- hole card — Stud Poker. the card dealt face down in the first round of a deal.
- holidayed — Simple past tense and past participle of holiday.
- holidayer — vacationer.
- hollander — John, 1929–2013, U.S. poet and critic.
- hollandia — former name of Jayapura.
- holloware — silver dishes, as serving dishes, having some depth (distinguished from flatware).
- holly oak — holm oak.
- holocaust — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
- holograms — Plural form of hologram.
- holograph — Also, holographic [hol-uh-graf-ik, hoh-luh-] /ˌhɒl əˈgræf ɪk, ˌhoʊ lə-/ (Show IPA), holographical. wholly written by the person in whose name it appears: a holograph letter.
- holy lamb — paschal lamb (def 4).
- holy land — Palestine (def 1).
- holy mary — Christianity: mother of Jesus
- holy wars — [Usenet, but may predate it] flame wars over religious issues. The paper by Danny Cohen that popularised the terms big-endian and little-endian was entitled "On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace". Other perennial Holy Wars have included Emacs vs. vi, my personal computer vs. everyone else's personal computer, ITS vs. Unix, Unix vs. VMS, BSD Unix vs. USG Unix, C vs. Pascal, C vs. Fortran, etc., ad nauseam. The characteristic that distinguishes holy wars from normal technical disputes is that in a holy wars most of the participants spend their time trying to pass off personal value choices and cultural attachments as objective technical evaluations. See also theology.
- holy year — a jubilee year.
- homelands — Plural form of homeland.
- homeplace — a person's birthplace or family home.
- homer lea — Homer, 1876–1912, U.S. soldier and author: adviser 1911–12 to Sun Yat-sen in China.
- homestall — Dialect. a farmyard.
- homicidal — of or relating to homicide.
- homiliary — a collection of homilies.
- homoallyl — (organic chemistry, often in combination) the univalent radical CH2=CH-CH2-CH2-.
- homoplasy — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.
- homopolar — of uniform polarity; not separated or changed into ions; not polar in activity.
- homotypal — of normal type
- honorable — in accordance with or characterized by principles of honor; upright: They were all honorable men.
- honorably — in accordance with or characterized by principles of honor; upright: They were all honorable men.
- hoolachan — a Highland reel
- hooligans — Plural form of hooligan.
- horizonal — relating to the horizon
- horntails — Plural form of horntail.
- horseplay — rough or boisterous play or pranks.
- horsetail — Also called scouring rush. any nonflowering plant of the genus Equisetum, having hollow, jointed stems.
- hospitale — a place of lodging
- hospitals — Plural form of hospital.