9-letter words containing h, e, a, l, t, o
- hot plate — a portable appliance for cooking, formerly heated by a gas burner placed underneath it, now heated chiefly by an electrical unit in the appliance.
- hotplates — Plural form of hotplate.
- hourplate — the dial of a clock or watch
- hylobates — Plural form of hylobate.
- isohyetal — a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period.
- larghetto — a larghetto movement.
- lead shot — small round pellets of lead, used in cartridges
- leucothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
- leukothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
- lionheart — a person of exceptional courage and bravery.
- loathness — Unwillingness; reluctance.
- loathsome — causing feelings of loathing; disgusting; revolting; repulsive: a loathsome skin disease.
- love-hate — characterized simultaneously by feelings of love and hate
- malthouse — A building in which malt is prepared and stored.
- meal moth — a small pyralid moth, Pyralis farinalis, whose larvae are an important pest of stored cereals. The Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella) and the Mediterranean flour moth (Ephestia kuehniella) are other pyralids with similar habits
- moschatel — a small plant, Adoxa moschatellina, having greenish or yellowish flowers with a musky odor.
- motlanthe — Kgalema (ɡɑːˈlɛmə). born 1949, South African statesman: president (2008–09)
- mouthable — able to be recited or spoken well
- nahcolite — a carbonate mineral, naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO 3 .
- nonlethal — of, relating to, or causing death; deadly; fatal: a lethal weapon; a lethal dose.
- northlake — a city in NE Illinois: suburb of Chicago.
- outhandle — to handle or operate in a superior way to: That car outhandles all others in its class.
- paleolith — a paleolithic stone implement.
- panthenol — pantothenyl alcohol
- phacolite — a colorless variety of chabazite.
- phenolate — Also called phenoxide. a salt of phenol, as sodium phenolate, C 6 H 5 ONa.
- rosenthal — Jean, 1912–69, U.S. theatrical lighting designer.
- segholate — a noun in Hebrew that has a long vowel in the first syllable and a short seghol in the second syllable
- shootable — suitable for being shot
- tabbouleh — a salad of fine-ground bulgur, parsley, tomatoes, green onions, mint, olive oil, and lemon juice.
- table-hop — to move about in a restaurant, nightclub, or the like, chatting with people at various tables.
- take hold — become established
- tea cloth — A tea cloth is the same as a tea towel.
- telophase — the final stage of meiosis or mitosis, in which the separated chromosomes reach the opposite poles of the dividing cell and the nuclei of the daughter cells form around the two sets of chromosomes.
- the alamo — a mission in San Antonio, Texas, the site of a siege and massacre in 1836 by Mexican forces under Santa Anna of a handful of American rebels fighting for Texan independence from Mexico
- theolatry — worship of a deity.
- tholobate — the substructure supporting a dome or cupola.
- torchable — able to be torched or set alight
- touchable — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- towelhead — an offensive term for someone who wears a turban
- tracheole — any of the smallest branches of an insect trachea.
- trehalose — a white, crystalline disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , occurring in yeast, certain fungi, etc., and used to identify certain bacteria.
- trochlear — Anatomy. of, relating to, or connected with a trochlea.
- waterhole — A depression in which water collects, especially one from which animals regularly drink.
- whaleboat — a long, narrow boat designed for quick turning and use in rough seas: formerly used in whaling, now mainly for sea rescue.