9-letter words containing h, e, l, i, o, s
- lemonfish — the cobia.
- lichenous — of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
- lightsome — emitting or reflecting light; luminous.
- limehouse — a dock district in the East End of London, England, once notorious for its squalor: formerly a Chinese quarter.
- lithesome — bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: the lithe body of a ballerina.
- lithosere — a sere originating on rock.
- loaferish — (of a person) idle, lazy
- mesophile — mesophilic.
- michelson — Albert Abraham, 1852–1931, U.S. physicist, born in Prussia (now Poland): Nobel prize 1907.
- millhouse — a building that houses milling machinery, especially of flour.
- molehills — Plural form of molehill.
- molochise — sacrifice to deity
- monthlies — pertaining to a month, or to each month.
- nineholes — a game in which the ground, or another object, is drilled with nine holes, each with its own scoring value, and a ball is rolled into them
- ogreishly — in the manner of an ogre
- oil shale — a black or dark-brown shale or siltstone rich in bitumens, from which shale oil is obtained by destructive distillation.
- oil sheik — a sheik who is involved in or who controls the supply of petroleum from Arab countries to other countries
- phaseolin — a type of proteid that is present in the kidney bean
- phenolics — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the condensation of phenol, or of a phenol derivative, with an aldehyde, especially formaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and plastics and as adhesives for sandpaper and plywood.
- philhorse — the horse, in a group of horses that are used to pull a carriage etc, which is at the back and nearest the object being pulled
- pile shoe — an iron casting shaped to a point and fitted to a lower end of a wooden or concrete pile
- schofield — John McAllister [muh-kal-i-ster] /məˈkæl ɪ stər/ (Show IPA), 1831–1906, U.S. general.
- sexaholic — a person who is addicted to sex
- shale oil — petroleum distilled from oil shale.
- shit-hole — a very bad place; a disgusting place
- shoalwise — in shoals or large groups
- shoreline — the line where shore and water meet.
- shoutline — a line of text in an advertisement made prominent to catch attention
- shoveling — an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal.
- sighthole — a hole, as on a quadrant, through which to see or to sight.
- sinophile — a person who admires or has a strong liking for China, the Chinese, or their culture.
- slideshow — a presentation of photographic slides, or images on a transparent base, placed in a projector and viewed sequentially on a screen.
- somewhile — at some former time.
- unhostile — not hostile
- xenoliths — Plural form of xenolith.
- yellowish — somewhat yellow; tinged with yellow; yellowy.