9-letter words containing g, e, h, l
- firelight — the light from a fire, as on a hearth.
- fish glue — a type of glue made by prolonged boiling of the connective tissue of fish
- flaughter — a fluttering
- flenching — Present participle of flench.
- fleshings — flesh-colored tights.
- fleshling — a person whose mind is fixed on fleshly things (usually as opposed to spiritual matters)
- fletching — the feathers on an arrow, which stabilize it during flight.
- flightier — Comparative form of flighty.
- flyweight — a boxer or other contestant of the lightest competitive class, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 112 pounds (51 kg).
- gaeltacht — any of the regions in Ireland in which Irish Gaelic is the vernacular speech. The form Gaeltacht is sometimes also used to mean the region of Scotland in which Scottish Gaelic is spoken
- galumphed — Simple past tense and past participle of galumph.
- galumpher — a person or animal that leaps or moves heavily or clumsily
- gasholder — gasometer (def 2).
- gearwheel — a wheel having teeth or cogs that engage with those of another wheel or part; cogwheel.
- gehlenite — a mineral, aluminum calcium silicate, occurring in prismatic crystals varying in color from gray-green to brown.
- gelechiid — any of numerous small moths of the family Gelechiidae, including many crop pests, as the Angoumois grain moth and potato tuberworm.
- gemutlich — comfortable and pleasant; cozy.
- gentilish — heathenish
- geophilic — soil-loving
- ghastlier — Comparative form of ghastly.
- ghostlier — Comparative form of ghostly.
- ghostlike — the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
- gilgamesh — a legendary Sumerian king, the hero of Sumerian and Babylonian epics.
- giltheads — Plural form of gilthead.
- gladsheim — the golden palace of Odin, of which Valhalla was a part.
- glidepath — the course followed by an aircraft or spacecraft when descending for a landing.
- globefish — puffer (def 2).
- gloryhole — (nonstandard,rare) To have sex through a glory hole.
- go halves — plural of half.
- goulashes — Plural form of goulash.
- guilloche — an ornamental pattern or border, as in architecture, consisting of paired ribbons or lines flowing in interlaced curves around a series of circular voids.
- gumshield — a plate or strip of soft waxy substance used by boxers to protect the teeth and gums
- gunk hole — a quiet anchorage, as in a cove, used by small yachts.
- gütersloh — a town in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Pop: 95 928 (2003 est)
- halogeton — a poisonous herbaceous plant, native to Siberia, that grows in North America
- haltering — Present participle of halter.
- harlingen — a city in S Texas.
- have legs — If an idea, plan, or activity has legs, it is likely to continue or succeed.
- head girl — The head girl of a school is the girl who is the leader of the prefects and who often represents the school on public occasions.
- headlight — a light or lamp, usually equipped with a reflector, on the front of an automobile, locomotive, etc.
- healingly — in a healing manner, intended to heal
- heartling — a term of endearment, little heart
- heat slug — (hardware, processor) A metal plate that helps dissipate heat away from the silicon core of a processor to the packaging or heat-sink.
- hedgebill — a tool for pruning a hedge
- hedgeless — Without hedges.
- hedgingly — So as to hedge; without making a firm commitment.
- helengrad — a satirical name for Wellington as the seat of Helen Clark's socialist government from 1999 to 2008
- helgoland — a German island in the North Sea. ¼ sq. mi. (0.6 sq. km).
- heliogram — a message sent by a heliograph.
- heliology — the study of the sun