9-letter words containing h, a, l, o, y
- hydrolant — an urgent warning of navigational dangers in the Atlantic Ocean, issued by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.
- hydrolase — an enzyme that catalyzes hydrolysis.
- hylobates — Plural form of hylobate.
- hyperbola — the set of points in a plane whose distances to two fixed points in the plane have a constant difference; a curve consisting of two distinct and similar branches, formed by the intersection of a plane with a right circular cone when the plane makes a greater angle with the base than does the generator of the cone. Equation: x 2 /a 2 − y 2 /b 2 = ±1.
- hypnoidal — characterizing a state that resembles mild hypnosis but that is usually induced by other than hypnotic means.
- hypoblast — the endoderm.
- isohyetal — a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period.
- lalopathy — any defect of speech.
- logomachy — a dispute about or concerning words.
- lymphomas — Plural form of lymphoma.
- mollyhawk — the juvenile of the southern black-backed gull, Larus dominicanus
- moygashel — an Irish linen
- notaphily — the collecting of bank notes as a hobby.
- 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.
- ohmically — By means of ohmic heating, the process by which the passage of an electric current through a conductor releases heat.
- old harry — Older Use. the devil; Satan.
- 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.
- pathology — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- photoplay — a motion-picture scenario; screenplay.
- phylakopi — an archaeological site on the Greek island of Melos, in the Cyclades group: excavations have revealed the remains of three successive ancient cities erected on a primitive Cycladic settlement.
- playdough — children's modelling clay
- playhouse — a theater.
- polyantha — a type of clustering flower
- polyanthi — hybrid garden primroses
- polyarchy — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
- polygraph — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- polymathy — learning in many fields; encyclopedic knowledge.
- polyphagy — an insatiable appetite
- polyphase — having more than one phase.
- scholarly — of, like, or befitting a scholar: scholarly habits.
- schoolday — a day for going to school
- sea holly — the eryngo, Eryngium maritimum.
- shadowily — in a shadowy way or manner
- shallowly — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
- showmanly — characteristic of a showman
- staphylo- — uvula
- syphiloma — a tumour or gumma caused by infection with syphilis
- tallyshop — a store specializing in selling merchandise on the hire-purchase system.
- theolatry — worship of a deity.
- thylakoid — a flattened sac or vesicle lined with a pigmented membrane that is the site of photosynthesis, in plants and algae occurring in interconnected stacks constituting a granum of the chloroplast, and in other photosynthesizing organisms occurring either singly or as part of the cell membrane or other structure.
- thyroidal — of or relating to the thyroid gland
- traycloth — a small cloth or piece of table linen used to cover or fit into a tray used for carrying
- typhoidal — of, relating to, or resembling typhoid.
- xanthoxyl — a Brazilian plant of the rue family (Rutaceae)
- xylograph — An engraving in wood, especially one used for printing.
- xylophage — any insect or organism that eats wood