9-letter words containing g, i, l, n, h
- lightener — That which lightens.
- lightings — Plural form of lighting.
- lightness — the state or quality of being light or illuminated.
- lightning — a brilliant electric spark discharge in the atmosphere, occurring within a thundercloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground.
- lindbergh — Anne (Spencer) Morrow, 1906–2001, U.S. writer (wife of Charles Augustus Lindbergh).
- lingereth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of linger.
- linishing — an object or surface which has been made smooth and polished through the process of linishing
- loathings — Plural form of loathing.
- lohengrin — the son of Parzival, and a knight of the Holy Grail.
- longhairs — Plural form of longhair.
- longships — Plural form of longship.
- lynchings — Plural form of lynching.
- metheglin — a variety of spiced mead.
- monthling — a baby or a thing that is one month old
- moonlight — the light of the moon.
- narghiles — Plural form of narghile.
- narguileh — hookah
- naughtily — disobedient; mischievous (used especially in speaking to or about children): Weren't we naughty not to eat our spinach?
- negrophil — a white or other nonblack person who is especially sympathetic to or supportive of black people.
- night owl — a person who often stays up late at night; nighthawk.
- night-owl — a person who often stays up late at night; nighthawk.
- nightclub — Also, night club. an establishment for evening entertainment, generally open until the early morning, that serves liquor and usually food and offers patrons music, comedy acts, a floor show, or dancing; nightspot.
- nightfall — the coming of night; the end of daylight; dusk.
- nightglow — a dim light from the upper atmosphere caused by emissions from atoms and molecules ionized by solar radiation: observed at night (nightglow) during the day (dayglow) and at twilight (twilight glow) with each having slightly different characteristics.
- nightless — the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
- nightlife — the activity of people seeking nighttime diversion, as at a nightclub, theater, or the like.
- nightlike — Resembling night or some aspect of it; dark, tenebrous.
- nightlong — lasting all night: a nightlong snowfall.
- nightsoil — Alternative spelling of night soil.
- oughtlins — in the least; to the least degree.
- phalangid — an arachnid that belongs to the family Phalangidae
- philogyny — love of or liking for women.
- plaything — a thing to play with; toy.
- ploughing — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- potholing — exploring caves
- relishing — liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
- reshingle — to put new shingles on; shingle again
- rheingold — See The Ring of the Nibelung.
- rhigolene — a petroleum distillate intermediate between cymogene and gasoline, formerly used to produce local anesthesia by freezing.
- rhinology — the science dealing with the nose and its diseases.
- ringlight — a circular electronic flash that surrounds a camera lens, used especially for even illumination in closeup photography.
- rushingly — to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
- schelling — Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von [free-drikh vil-helm yoh-zef fuh n] /ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈyoʊ zɛf fən/ (Show IPA), 1775–1854, German philosopher.
- schilling — a copper and aluminum coin and monetary unit of Austria until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 groschen. Abbreviation: S., Sch.
- schmeling — Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1905–2005, German boxer: world heavyweight champion 1930–32.
- schooling — a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
- shakingly — the act of a person or thing that shakes.
- shambling — to walk or go awkwardly; shuffle.
- shaveling — Older Use: Disparaging. a clergyman with a shaven or tonsured head.
- shearling — Chiefly British. a yearling sheep that has been shorn once.