9-letter words containing h, a, y, l
- lathyrism — a disorder of humans and domestic animals caused by ingestion of the seeds of some legumes of the genus Lathyrus and marked by spastic paralysis and pain.
- laughably — In a manner that can be laughed at, humorous, in a laughable manner.
- lethality — of, relating to, or causing death; deadly; fatal: a lethal weapon; a lethal dose.
- lightyear — Alternative spelling of light year.
- logomachy — a dispute about or concerning words.
- lych gate — a roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used during funerals as a temporary shelter for the bier
- lymphatic — pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph.
- lymphomas — Plural form of lymphoma.
- lynch law — the administration of summary punishment, especially death, upon a suspected, accused, or convicted person by a mob acting without legal process or authority.
- mannishly — In a mannish manner.
- march fly — any of several flies of the family Bibionidae that appear during spring and early summer.
- matchplay — Alternative form of match play.
- mawkishly — In a mawkish manner.
- 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.
- melaphyre — a type of dark igneous rock embedded with feldspar crystals, related to basalt.
- methylase — any of a class of enzymes that catalyse methylation
- methylate — Also called methoxide. any derivative of methyl alcohol, as sodium methylate, CH 3 ONa.
- mollyhawk — the juvenile of the southern black-backed gull, Larus dominicanus
- moygashel — an Irish linen
- naughtily — disobedient; mischievous (used especially in speaking to or about children): Weren't we naughty not to eat our spinach?
- notaphily — the collecting of bank notes as a hobby.
- nymphalid — a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, comprising the brush-footed butterflies.
- 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.
- pamphylia — an ancient country in S Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- parchedly — in a parched manner
- pathology — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- philately — the collecting of stamps and other postal matter as a hobby or an investment.
- phlyctena — a small vesicle, blister, or pustule.
- photoplay — a motion-picture scenario; screenplay.
- phylactic — defending or protecting, especially from disease.
- 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.
- phylarchy — a government led by a phylarch
- physicals — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- platyfish — any of several small, yellow-gray freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, especially X. variatus, of Mexico: popular in home aquariums, in which the color varies widely.
- play hell — To play hell with something means to have a bad effect on it or cause great confusion. In British English, you can also say that one person or thing plays merry hell with another.
- play with — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- playdough — children's modelling clay
- playhouse — a theater.
- plaything — a thing to play with; toy.
- 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.