9-letter words containing h, e, l, o
- bob-wheel — a metrical device found in Middle English and Middle Scots poetry, where a very short line (the 'bob') is followed by longer lines with an internal rhyme scheme (the 'wheel')
- bobsleigh — A bobsleigh is a vehicle with long thin strips of metal fixed to the bottom, which is used for racing downhill on ice.
- bodyshell — the external shell of a motor vehicle
- bolshevik — Bolshevik is used to describe the political system and ideas that Lenin and his supporters introduced in Russia after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
- bolt hole — a hole in the ground, protected opening in bushes, etc., into which an animal can flee when pursued or frightened.
- bolt-hole — If you say that someone has a bolt-hole to go to, you mean that there is somewhere that they can go when they want to get away from people that they know.
- bombshell — A bombshell is a sudden piece of bad or unexpected news.
- bookshelf — A bookshelf is a shelf on which you keep books.
- botchedly — in a botched or clumsy manner
- boughless — (of trees) having no boughs
- boxholder — a person who has rented or subscribed for a box, as at a theatrical performance, sporting event, or the like.
- brotherly — A man's brotherly feelings are feelings of love and loyalty which you expect a brother to show.
- bung-hole — a hole in a cask through which it is filled.
- cakeholes — Plural form of cakehole.
- catchpole — (in medieval England) a sheriff's officer who arrested debtors
- cellhouse — a prison building containing separate cells, each usually intended for one or two prisoners.
- cellphone — A cellphone is the same as a cellular phone.
- cephaloid — Shaped like the head or the brain.
- cephalous — having a head
- cerecloth — waxed waterproof cloth of a kind formerly used as a shroud
- chalcedon — ancient Greek city on the Bosporus, opposite Byzantium: site of the 4th ecumenical council, a.d. 451
- chalcogen — any of the elements oxygen, sulphur, selenium, tellurium, or polonium, of group 6A of the periodic table
- chameleon — A chameleon is a kind of lizard whose skin changes colour to match the colour of its surroundings.
- chamomile — camomile
- changelog — (computing) A log that records changes between versions, as in source control.
- charleroi — a town in SW Belgium, in Hainaut province: centre of an industrial region. Pop: 200 608 (2004 est)
- charleton — a male given name.
- charlotte — a baked dessert served hot or cold, commonly made with fruit and layers or a casing of bread or cake crumbs, sponge cake, etc
- cheilosis — Inflammation of one or both of the corners of the mouth.
- chelation — the process by which a chelate is formed
- chelators — Plural form of chelator.
- cheliform — shaped like a chela; pincer-like
- chelonian — any reptile of the order Chelonia, including the tortoises and turtles, in which most of the body is enclosed in a protective bony capsule
- chermoula — a marinade used in N African cookery
- chernobyl — a town in N Ukraine; site of a nuclear power station accident in 1986
- chevronel — a narrow chevron, one-half the usual breadth or less.
- chicalote — a poppy, Argemone platyceras, of the southwestern US and Mexico with prickly leaves and white or yellow flowers
- chipotles — Plural form of chipotle.
- chloracne — a disfiguring skin disease that results from contact with or ingestion or inhalation of certain chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons
- chlorates — Plural form of chlorate.
- chlordane — a white insoluble toxic solid existing in several isomeric forms and usually used, as an insecticide, in the form of a brown impure liquid. Formula: C10H6Cl8
- chlorella — any microscopic unicellular green alga of the genus Chlorella: some species are used in the preparation of human food
- chlorides — Plural form of chloride.
- chlorites — Plural form of chlorite.
- chocolate — Chocolate is a sweet hard food made from cocoa beans. It is usually brown in colour and is eaten as a sweet.
- choiceful — having an inability to make decisive choices
- chokeable — to stop the breath of by squeezing or obstructing the windpipe; strangle; stifle.
- chokecoil — a type of electronic inductor
- chokehold — the act of holding a person's neck across the windpipe, esp from behind using one arm
- chokeslam — A wrestling move in which someone is picked up by their neck and is driven into the mat.