9-letter words containing h, a, g, l
- haltingly — faltering or hesitating, especially in speech.
- hangnails — Plural form of hangnail.
- haplology — the omission of one of two similar adjacent syllables or sounds in a word, as in substituting morphonemic for morphophonemic or in the pronunciation [prob-lee] /ˈprɒb li/ (Show IPA) for probably.
- harigalds — the intestines of an animal
- harlingen — a city in S Texas.
- hatchling — a young bird, reptile, or fish recently emerged from an egg.
- haughtily — disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.
- 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.
- 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.
- hell gate — a narrow channel in the East River, in New York City.
- hemialgia — pain or neuralgia involving only one side of the body or head.
- heptaglot — a book written in seven languages
- heptalogy — (rare) # A set of seven works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as seven individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- heralding — (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- hexagonal — of, relating to, or having the form of a hexagon.
- high-tail — to go away or leave rapidly: Last we saw of him, he was hightailing down the street.
- highballs — Plural form of highball.
- highlands — a region in N Scotland, including a number of the Inner Hebrides. 9710 sq. mi. (25,148 sq. km).
- hildegard — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “battle” and “protector.”.
- hog latin — pig Latin.
- hogwaller — Alternative spelling of hog waller.
- 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.
- hooligans — Plural form of hooligan.
- hourglass — an instrument for measuring time, consisting of two bulbs of glass joined by a narrow passage through which a quantity of sand or mercury runs in just an hour.
- hypallage — the reversal of the expected syntactic relation between two words, as in “her beauty's face” for “her face's beauty.”.
- ispaghula — dietary fibre derived from the seed husks of Plantago orata and used as a thickener or stabilizer in the food industry
- jacklight — a portable cresset, oil-burning lantern, or electric light used as a lure in hunting or fishing at night.
- lagomorph — any member of the order Lagomorpha, comprising the hares, rabbits, and pikas, resembling the rodents but having two pairs of upper incisors.
- lamplight — the light thrown by a lamp.
- larghetto — a larghetto movement.
- lathering — foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- laugh off — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
- laughable — such as to cause laughter; funny; amusing; ludicrous.
- laughably — In a manner that can be laughed at, humorous, in a laughable manner.
- laughline — a wrinkle near the outer corner of the eye, as if left from smiling or laughing
- laughsome — (rare) Exciting laughter; also, addicted to laughter; merry.
- laughters — the action or sound of laughing.
- launching — Present participle of launch.
- lavishing — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- lengthman — a person whose job it is to maintain a particular length of road or railway line
- lethargic — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- lexigraph — A lexigram or ideograph, a graphical depiction of a single word.