9-letter words containing h, i, e, l
- horsetail — Also called scouring rush. any nonflowering plant of the genus Equisetum, having hollow, jointed stems.
- hospitale — a place of lodging
- hostilely — of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy: a hostile nation.
- hoteliers — Plural form of hotelier.
- hotelling — (in office management) a practice in which desk space must be booked in advance by an employee as required
- housegirl — A young woman employed to do housework.
- houseline — light cordage used for seizing.
- hovelling — A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering the top, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two of the sides higher than the other two.
- humanlike — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- humiliate — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- hurriedly — moving or working rapidly, especially forced or required to hurry, as a person.
- hyalinize — to become hyaline.
- hyder ali — 1722–82, Islamic prince and military leader of India: ruler of Mysore 1759–82.
- hydrolize — (intransitive) To undergo hydrolization.
- hyenalike — Resembling a hyena or some aspect of one.
- hyperlink — hypertext link
- hypermile — to improve fuel mileage in a motor vehicle, as by adopting certain driving techniques or making design alterations to the vehicle.
- ice shelf — an ice sheet projecting into coastal waters so that the end floats.
- in a hole — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- inclineth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incline.
- indepthly — (nonstandard) in depth.
- inhalable — That can be inhaled.
- inlighted — Lit up or lighted; illuminated.
- inlighten — Alternative spelling of enlighten.
- innholder — innkeeper.
- inshelter — to put in a shelter
- iodophile — taking an intense iodine stain
- irish elk — an extinct deerlike mammal of the genus Megaceros (Megaloceros), of the Pleistocene Epoch, having in the male extremely large, broad antlers.
- isohaline — a line on a map of the ocean connecting all points of equal salinity.
- isohyetal — a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period.
- isopleths — Plural form of isopleth.
- jailhouse — a jail or building used as a jail.
- jellyfish — any of various marine coelenterates of a soft, gelatinous structure, especially one with an umbrellalike body and long, trailing tentacles; medusa.
- jewelfish — a brightly colored cichlid fish, Hemichromis bimaculatus, native to Africa: popular in home aquariums.
- kallithea — a city in E Greece, a suburb of Athens.
- key light — (in photography or motion pictures) the main light that illuminates the subject being photographed or filmed.
- khalifate — the rank, jurisdiction, or government of a caliph.
- kickwheel — a potter's wheel rotated by kicking.
- kilohertz — a unit of frequency, equal to 1000 cycles per second. Abbreviation: kHz.
- kitzbühel — a town in W Austria, in the Tirol: centre for winter sports. Pop: 8574 (2001)
- klephtism — the activities or life of klephts
- kriemhild — the wife of Siegfried and the sister of Gunther.
- la chaise — Père François d'Aix de [frahn-swa de duh] /frɑ̃ˈswa dɛ də/ (Show IPA), 1624–1709, French Roman Catholic priest: confessor to Louis XIV.
- laberinth — (obsolete) labyrinth.
- lash line — a rope or cord for lashing together the edges of two flats or other pieces of theatrical scenery.
- lasherism — (jargon, algorithm) (Harvard) A program that solves a standard problem (such as the Eight Queens Puzzle or implementing the life algorithm) in a deliberately nonstandard way. Distinguished from a crock or kluge by the fact that the programmer did it on purpose as a mental exercise. Such constructions are quite popular in exercises such as the Obfuscated C contest, and occasionally in retrocomputing. Lew Lasher was a student at Harvard around 1980 who became notorious for such behaviour.
- lathering — foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- laughline — a wrinkle near the outer corner of the eye, as if left from smiling or laughing
- lechering — a man given to excessive sexual indulgence; a lascivious or licentious man.
- leechlike — Resembling a leech or some aspect of one; clinging, parasitic.