9-letter words containing h, a, l, g
- lexiphage — (graphics) /lek'si-fayj"/ A notorious word chomper, implemented and named by John Doty in late 1972 on and HP calculator and later on ITS. The lexiphage program would draw on a selected victim's bitmapped terminal the words "THE BAG" in ornate letters, followed a pair of jaws biting pieces of it off.
- 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.
- light air — a wind of 1–3 miles per hour (0.5–1.3 m/sec).
- light ale — a type of beer that is light in colour and low in alcohol content
- lightboat — a small lightship.
- lightface — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
- lightfast — not affected or faded by light, especially sunlight; colorfast when exposed to light.
- lightwave — A wave of light.
- lightyear — Alternative spelling of light year.
- loathings — Plural form of loathing.
- logarithm — the exponent of the power to which a base number must be raised to equal a given number; log: 2 is the logarithm of 100 to the base 10 (2 = log10 100).
- logograph — a conventional, abbreviated symbol for a frequently recurring word or phrase, as the symbol & for the word and. Also called logograph [law-guh-graf, -grahf, log-uh-] /ˈlɔ gəˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf, ˈlɒg ə-/ (Show IPA).
- logomachy — a dispute about or concerning words.
- logorrhea — pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech.
- long haul — journey: long-distance
- long-haul — line-haul.
- longhairs — Plural form of longhair.
- lych gate — a roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used during funerals as a temporary shelter for the bier
- mag wheel — a wheel containing magnesium or aluminum generally alloyed with steel, which makes it lighter in weight and shinier than an ordinary steel wheel: used especially on racing cars and sports cars.
- malpighia — (botany) Any of the genus Malpighia of tropical American shrubs.
- matchgirl — A girl who sold matches on the streets.
- mcglashan — Don(ald). born 1959, New Zealand musician and songwriter in the bands Blam Blam Blam, the Front Lawn, and the Mutton Birds
- megaliths — Plural form of megalith.
- megaphyll — the relatively large type of leaf produced by ferns and seed plants
- meghalaya — a state in NE India. 8660 sq. mi. (22,429 sq. km). Capital: Shillong.
- megillahs — Plural form of megillah.
- moygashel — an Irish linen
- 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?
- nightfall — the coming of night; the end of daylight; dusk.
- ochlagogy — (rare) Manipulation of a mob by use of inflammatory rhetoric, casting opprobrium, and by appeal to the lowest common denominator generally; extreme and wholly unscrupulous demagogy; the practice of an ochlagogue.
- oleograph — a chromolithograph printed in oil colors on canvas or cloth.
- oligarchs — Plural form of oligarch.
- oligarchy — a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.
- onslaught — an onset, assault, or attack, especially a vigorous one.
- pathology — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- phalanger — any of numerous arboreal marsupials of the family Phalangeridae, of Australia, having foxlike ears and a long, bushy tail.
- phalanges — a plural of phalanx.
- phalangid — an arachnid that belongs to the family Phalangidae
- photalgia — pain, as in an eye, that is caused by intensity of light.
- playdough — children's modelling clay
- plaything — a thing to play with; toy.
- ploughman — A ploughman is a man whose job it is to plough the land, especially with a plough pulled by horses or oxen.
- polygraph — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- polyphagy — an insatiable appetite
- rightable — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- safelight — a darkroom light with a filter that transmits only those rays of the spectrum to which films, printing paper, etc., are not sensitive.
- schoolbag — a bag used for carrying books, school supplies, etc.
- segholate — a noun in Hebrew that has a long vowel in the first syllable and a short seghol in the second syllable