9-letter words containing d, e, l, o, s
- headlocks — Plural form of headlock.
- helicoids — Plural form of helicoid.
- heliodors — Plural form of heliodor.
- hideously — horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
- holdovers — Plural form of holdover.
- holinshed — Raphael, died c1580, English chronicler.
- holstered — a sheathlike carrying case for a firearm, attached to a belt, shoulder sling, or saddle.
- homelands — Plural form of homeland.
- household — the people of a house collectively; a family including its servants.
- hydrogels — Plural form of hydrogel.
- hydrolase — an enzyme that catalyzes hydrolysis.
- hydrolyse — Alternative spelling of hydrolyze.
- ideopolis — a city that is sustained primarily by intellectual enterprises such as education, the media, advertising, and design, with a highly educated workforce
- idiolects — Plural form of idiolect.
- idolaters — Plural form of idolater.
- insolated — to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- ladyloves — Plural form of ladylove.
- lansdowne — Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice [pet-ee-fits-mawr-is,, -mor-] /ˈpɛt i fɪtsˈmɔr ɪs,, -ˈmɒr-/ (Show IPA), 5th Marquis of, 1845–1927, British statesman: viceroy of India 1888–94, foreign secretary 1900–05.
- lapideous — (obsolete) Of the nature of stone.
- lead shot — small round pellets of lead, used in cartridges
- leadworks — a factory that makes things out of lead
- leadworts — Plural form of leadwort.
- lease rod — a rod or bar between the whip roll and the harness on a loom for keeping the warp in place.
- leasehold — property acquired under a lease.
- leeboards — Plural form of leeboard.
- leinsdorf — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1912–1993, U.S. orchestra conductor, born in Austria.
- lemonades — Plural form of lemonade.
- lens hood — an extension piece fixed to a camera lens to shield it from a direct light source
- lensboard — the usually removable front panel of a view camera or enlarger on which the lens is mounted.
- liaisoned — Simple past tense and past participle of liaison.
- loadspace — the area in a motor vehicle where a load can be carried
- loadstone — a variety of magnetite that possesses magnetic polarity and attracts iron.
- lobstered — Simple past tense and past participle of lobster.
- localised — localisation
- locoweeds — Plural form of locoweed.
- lodestars — Plural form of lodestar.
- lodestone — a variety of magnetite that possesses magnetic polarity and attracts iron.
- lodgments — Plural form of lodgment.
- lodicules — Plural form of lodicule.
- lookaside — (computing) The technique of searching for something in a precalculated cache before attempting a more time-consuming search elsewhere.
- loose end — a part or piece left hanging, unattached, or unused: Remind me to tack down that loose end on the stairway carpet.
- loosehead — (rugby) prop who plays on the left hand side of the front row of the scrum.
- lovebirds — any of various small parrots, especially of the genus Agapornis, of Africa, noted for the affection shown one another and often kept as pets.
- lug-soled — (of a shoe, boot, etc.) having lugs on the sole, as to provide secure footing on rugged terrain.
- madonsela — Thuli (ˈtʊlɪ). born 1962, South African advocate; in her term as Public Protector (2009–16) she was noted for exposing political corruption
- melodeons — Plural form of melodeon.
- melodious — of the nature of or characterized by melody; tuneful.
- melodists — Plural form of melodist.
- melodizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of melodize.
- meltdowns — Plural form of meltdown.