9-letter words containing h, e, s, l
- stepchild — a child of one's spouse by a previous marriage.
- stokehold — Also, stokehold [stohk-hohld] /ˈstoʊkˌhoʊld/ (Show IPA). fireroom.
- stokehole — Also, stokehold [stohk-hohld] /ˈstoʊkˌhoʊld/ (Show IPA). fireroom.
- subhalide — a halide containing a relatively small proportion of the halogen, as mercurous chloride.
- subhedral — (of mineral grains comprising igneous rocks) having a partial or incomplete crystal face or form.
- sublethal — almost lethal or fatal: a sublethal dose of poison.
- sulphured — treated or combined with sulphur
- sulphuret — to treat or combine with sulphur
- sun wheel — Machinery. sun gear.
- swellfish — puffer (def 2).
- swellhead — a vain or arrogant person.
- sylphlike — a slender, graceful woman or girl.
- synalepha — the blending of two successive vowels into one, especially the coalescence of a vowel at the end of one word with a vowel at the beginning of the next.
- syphilize — to inoculate with the syphilis virus as a means of curing or preventing the disease
- teachless — without teaching
- tehsildar — person who administrates a tehsil
- telestich — a poem in which the last letters of successive lines form a word, a phrase, or the consecutive letters of the alphabet.
- 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.
- thankless — not likely to be appreciated or rewarded; unappreciated: a thankless job.
- the bells — the ringing of bells, in a church or other public building, at midnight on December 31st, symbolizing the beginning of a new year
- the blahs — a state of weariness, boredom, or general lack of interest in life
- the blues — the Royal Horse Guards
- the girls — a group of women, esp acquaintances
- the glums — gloomy feelings
- the hills — a hilly and often remote region
- the least — (as pronoun; functioning as sing)
- the loose — the part of play when the forwards close round the ball in a ruck or loose scrum
- the lords — the House of Lords in the British Parliament
- the polls — the place where people vote during an election
- the rules — the neighbourhood around certain prisons (esp the Fleet and King's Bench prison) in which trusted prisoners were allowed to live under specified restrictions
- the salii — a group of Franks who settled in the Netherlands in the 4th century ad and later conquered large areas of Gaul, esp in the north
- the small — an object, person, or group considered to be small
- the usual — the habitual or usual drink, meal, etc
- the welsh — the natives or inhabitants of Wales collectively
- the wolds — a range of chalk hills in NE England: consists of the Yorkshire Wolds to the north, separated from the Lincolnshire Wolds by the Humber estuary
- themeless — a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic: The need for world peace was the theme of the meeting.
- thesaural — relating to a thesaurus
- thessalía — Thessaly
- threshold — the sill of a doorway.
- throbless — pertaining to something that does not throb or pulsate or that lacks emotion
- titleship — lawful claim to title, especially of property.
- tokoloshe — (in Bantu folklore) a malevolent mythical manlike animal of short stature
- tollhouse — a house or booth at a tollgate, occupied by a tollkeeper.
- tool shed — a small building where tools are stored, often in the backyard of a house.
- toolchest — a chest in which tools are kept
- toolhouse — toolshed.
- toothless — lacking teeth.
- top shelf — of highest quality
- top-shell — any marine gastropod mollusc of the mainly tropical Old World family Trochidae, having a typically brightly coloured top-shaped or conical shell
- touchless — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.