9-letter words containing h, a, l, e, c
- hole card — Stud Poker. the card dealt face down in the first round of a deal.
- homeplace — a person's birthplace or family home.
- housecarl — a member of the household troops or bodyguard of a Danish or early English king or noble.
- kalanchoe — any of several chiefly African and Asian succulent plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Kalanchoe, of the stonecrop family, having mostly opposite leaves and branching clusters of flowers.
- la chaise — Père François d'Aix de [frahn-swa de duh] /frɑ̃ˈswa dɛ də/ (Show IPA), 1624–1709, French Roman Catholic priest: confessor to Louis XIV.
- lake chad — a lake in N central Africa: fed chiefly by the Shari River, it has no apparent outlet. Area: at fullest extent 10 000 to 26 000 sq km (4000 to 10 000 sq miles), varying seasonally; it has shrunk considerably in recent years
- latchkeys — Plural form of latchkey.
- launchers — Plural form of launcher.
- leachable — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- leachates — Plural form of leachate.
- lethargic — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- leucothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
- lich gate — a roofed gate to a churchyard under which a bier is set down during a burial service to await the coming of the clergyman.
- lifehacks — Plural form of lifehack.
- lightface — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
- lunchmeat — luncheon meat.
- lych gate — a roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used during funerals as a temporary shelter for the bier
- machpelah — the site of a cave, probably in the ancient city of Hebron, where Abraham, Sarah, Rebekah, Isaac, Jacob, and Leah were buried. Gen. 23:19; 25:9; 49:30; 50:13.
- malachite — a green mineral, basic copper carbonate, Cu 2 CO 3 (OH) 2 , an ore of copper, used for making ornamental articles.
- marchlike — (music) Resembling a march.
- matchable — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- matchless — having no equal; peerless; unequaled; incomparable: matchless courage.
- moschatel — a small plant, Adoxa moschatellina, having greenish or yellowish flowers with a musky odor.
- munchable — an item of food that can be munched; a snack
- nahcolite — a carbonate mineral, naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO 3 .
- neuchatel — a canton in W Switzerland. 309 sq. mi. (800 sq. km).
- pachelbel — Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1653–1706, German organist and composer.
- parchedly — in a parched manner
- parfleche — a rawhide that has been dried after having been soaked in a solution of lye and water to remove the hair.
- peachblow — a delicate purplish pink.
- petechial — pertaining to, resembling, or characterized by petechiae.
- phacolite — a colorless variety of chabazite.
- phlyctena — a small vesicle, blister, or pustule.
- poachable — able to be poached
- polemarch — (in ancient Greece) a civilian official, originally a supreme general
- preachily — in a preachy fashion
- prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- rachillae — Plural form of rachilla.
- ranchless — having no ranch or ranches
- ranchlike — resembling or characteristic of a ranch
- reachable — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- reachless — unreachable or unattainable
- real hack — A crock. This is sometimes used affectionately; see hack.
- rechannel — to guide (something) into or convey (something) through a channel or channels again or in a new way
- red chalk — a clayey ochre containing iron, used by painters
- scaldhead — a person's scalp that is diseased with ringworm or another similar affliction
- scatheful — causing harm or injury
- schedular — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- selachian — belonging to the Selachii, a group of fishes comprising the sharks, skates, and rays.
- seneschal — an officer having full charge of domestic arrangements, ceremonies, the administration of justice, etc., in the household of a medieval prince or dignitary; steward.