9-letter words containing h, e, s, l
- lens hood — an extension piece fixed to a camera lens to shield it from a direct light source
- leptophos — a solid compound, C 13 H 10 BrCl 2 O 2 PS, used as a nonsystemic insecticide for food crops and lawn grass.
- less than — to a smaller extent, amount, or degree: less exact.
- lichenism — the symbiotic association between a fungus and alga that forms a lichen
- lichenist — a person who studies lichenology
- lichenous — of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
- lickerish — fond of and eager for choice food.
- lifehacks — Plural form of lifehack.
- lightless — without light or lights; receiving no light; dark.
- lightness — the state or quality of being light or illuminated.
- lightsome — emitting or reflecting light; luminous.
- like this — You weren't supposed to follow that link, it was just an example of what a link looks like.
- limehouse — a dock district in the East End of London, England, once notorious for its squalor: formerly a Chinese quarter.
- line fish — fish caught by lines rather than nets
- listeneth — Archaic third-person singular form of listen.
- litheness — The property of being lithe.
- 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
- loathness — Unwillingness; reluctance.
- loathsome — causing feelings of loathing; disgusting; revolting; repulsive: a loathsome skin disease.
- loch ness — a lake in NW Scotland, near Inverness. 23 miles (37 km) long.
- lockhouse — the house of a lock-keeper
- longhouse — a communal dwelling, especially of the Iroquois and various other North American Indian peoples, consisting of a wooden, bark-covered framework often as much as 100 feet (30.5 meters) in length.
- longshore — existing, found, or employed along the shore, especially at or near a seaport: longshore jobs; longshore current.
- loopholes — Plural form of loophole.
- loosehead — (rugby) prop who plays on the left hand side of the front row of the scrum.
- low heels — shoes which have relatively low heels
- luncheons — Plural form of luncheon.
- lunkheads — Plural form of lunkhead.
- lustihead — lustiness
- malthouse — A building in which malt is prepared and stored.
- marshaled — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- marshaler — (computing) A mechanism for marshalling data.
- marshlike — Resembling a marsh or some aspect of one.
- matchless — having no equal; peerless; unequaled; incomparable: matchless courage.
- megaliths — Plural form of megalith.
- megillahs — Plural form of megillah.
- mesophile — mesophilic.
- mesophyll — the parenchyma, usually containing chlorophyll, that forms the interior parts of a leaf.
- mess hall — a place in which a group eats regularly, especially a dining hall in a military camp, post, etc.
- methylase — any of a class of enzymes that catalyse methylation
- michelson — Albert Abraham, 1852–1931, U.S. physicist, born in Prussia (now Poland): Nobel prize 1907.
- mightless — (obsolete) Lacking in might; weak.
- milkshake — A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring.
- millhouse — a building that houses milling machinery, especially of flour.
- mirthless — gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter: the excitement and mirth of the holiday season.
- mishandle — to handle badly; maltreat: to mishandle a dog.
- molehills — Plural form of molehill.
- molochise — sacrifice to deity