9-letter words containing h, e, a
- lightwave — A wave of light.
- lightyear — Alternative spelling of light year.
- like that — in that way
- line-haul — noting or pertaining to the transport, usually by truck, of heavy loads of freight for long distances or between cities.
- lionheart — a person of exceptional courage and bravery.
- loaferish — (of a person) idle, lazy
- loathness — Unwillingness; reluctance.
- loathsome — causing feelings of loathing; disgusting; revolting; repulsive: a loathsome skin disease.
- logorrhea — pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech.
- lone hand — Cards. a person who holds a hand so strong that he or she can play a deal without the hand of his or her partner. the hand played by such a person.
- lookahead — (computing) The analysis in advance of subsequent decisions that would be made if a particular branch of an algorithm was followed.
- loosehead — (rugby) prop who plays on the left hand side of the front row of the scrum.
- love-hate — characterized simultaneously by feelings of love and hate
- lowlihead — lowly state; lowliness.
- lunchmeat — luncheon meat.
- lunkheads — Plural form of lunkhead.
- lustihead — lustiness
- lych gate — a roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used during funerals as a temporary shelter for the bier
- machabees — Maccabees (def 2).
- machinate — Engage in plots and intrigues; scheme.
- machinery — an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.
- machmeter — a device that indicates airspeed relative to the speed of sound.
- machpelah — the site of a cave, probably in the ancient city of Hebron, where Abraham, Sarah, Rebekah, Isaac, Jacob, and Leah were buried. Gen. 23:19; 25:9; 49:30; 50:13.
- macroetch — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- made dish — a dish consisting of a number of different ingredients cooked together
- madhouses — Plural form of madhouse.
- 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.
- maghemite — a strongly magnetic dimorph of hematite.
- maharanee — (formerly) the wife of a maharajah.
- mahometan — a name formerly in Western usage but never used among Muslims for the Muslim religion
- maidenish — Resembling or characteristic of a maiden.
- mainsheet — a sheet of a mainsail.
- make head — to make progress
- make with — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- makeshift — a temporary expedient or substitute: We used boxes as a makeshift while the kitchen chairs were being painted.
- malachite — a green mineral, basic copper carbonate, Cu 2 CO 3 (OH) 2 , an ore of copper, used for making ornamental articles.
- malthouse — A building in which malt is prepared and stored.
- man-hater — someone, esp a woman, who dislikes or hates men
- manchette — armpad.
- manhandle — to handle roughly.
- manhelper — a long pole for holding a paintbrush, used in painting areas otherwise out of ordinary reach.
- manhunter — an intensive search for a criminal, suspect, escaped convict, etc., as by law enforcement agencies.
- manichean — Also, Manichee [man-i-kee] /ˈmæn ɪˌki/ (Show IPA). an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.
- manicheus — Manes.
- mantyhose — a one-piece clinging garment covering the body from the waist to the feet, worn by men
- marchlike — (music) Resembling a march.
- marchpane — marzipan.
- mariehamn — a seaport on S Åland Island, in the Baltic.
- markevich — Igor [ee-guh r] /ˈi gər/ (Show IPA), 1912–83, Russian conductor and composer.
- marrakech — a city in W Morocco.