9-letter words containing h, a, r, l
- loaferish — (of a person) idle, lazy
- loanshark — Alternative spelling of loan shark.
- lochinvar — the hero of a ballad included in the narrative poem Marmion (1808) by Sir Walter Scott.
- 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).
- logorrhea — pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech.
- longhairs — Plural form of longhair.
- lothair i — a.d. 795?–855, king of Germany 840–843; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 840–855 (son of Louis I).
- lotharios — Plural form of lothario.
- macrolith — a stone tool about 1 foot (30 cm) long.
- manhelper — a long pole for holding a paintbrush, used in painting areas otherwise out of ordinary reach.
- march fly — any of several flies of the family Bibionidae that appear during spring and early summer.
- marchland — borderland.
- marchlike — (music) Resembling a march.
- marshaled — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- marshaler — (computing) A mechanism for marshalling data.
- marshalls — Plural form of marshall.
- marshland — a region, area, or district characterized by marshes, swamps, bogs, or the like.
- marshlike — Resembling a marsh or some aspect of one.
- matchgirl — A girl who sold matches on the streets.
- melaphyre — a type of dark igneous rock embedded with feldspar crystals, related to basalt.
- monarchal — pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a monarch: monarchal pomp.
- nailbrush — a small brush with stiff bristles, used to clean the fingernails.
- narghiles — Plural form of narghile.
- narguileh — hookah
- northlake — a city in NE Illinois: suburb of Chicago.
- northland — the land or region in the north.
- ochlocrat — An adherent of the principle of ochlocracy; a advocate of mob rule.
- old harry — Older Use. the devil; Satan.
- 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.
- orichalch — Alternative form of orichalcum.
- overhaile — to draw (a covering) over
- 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.
- parhelion — a bright circular spot on a solar halo; a mock sun: usually one of two or more such spots seen on opposite sides of the sun, and often accompanied by additional luminous arcs and bands.
- parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- pearl ash — the granular crystalline form of potassium carbonate
- pearlfish — any of several small fishes of the family Carapidae, living within pearl oysters, sea cucumbers, starfishes, etc.
- perihelia — the point in the orbit of a planet or comet at which it is nearest to the sun.
- phalanger — any of numerous arboreal marsupials of the family Phalangeridae, of Australia, having foxlike ears and a long, bushy tail.
- phalarope — any of three species of small, aquatic birds of the family Phalaropodidae, resembling sandpipers but having lobate toes.
- pharsalia — a district in ancient Greece whose chief city was Pharsalus.
- pharsalus — an ancient city in central Greece, in Thessaly: site of Caesar's victory over Pompey 48 b.c.
- philander — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- phylarchy — a government led by a phylarch
- plansheer — plancer.
- plowshare — the cutting part of the moldboard of a plow; share.
- polemarch — (in ancient Greece) a civilian official, originally a supreme general