9-letter words containing h, i, l, t
- monthling — a baby or a thing that is one month old
- moonlight — the light of the moon.
- mouthlike — Resembling a mouth or some aspect of one.
- multihued — having the hue or color as specified (usually used in combination): many-hued; golden-hued.
- multihull — (of a vessel) having more than one hull joined by a single deck.
- multipath — a way beaten, formed, or trodden by the feet of persons or animals.
- nahcolite — a carbonate mineral, naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO 3 .
- nathaniel — Bartholomew (def 1).
- naughtily — disobedient; mischievous (used especially in speaking to or about children): Weren't we naughty not to eat our spinach?
- neolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 b.c. in the Middle East. Compare Mesolithic, Paleolithic.
- nephalist — (obsolete, Temperance movement) One who practises nephalism; a teetotaller.
- night owl — a person who often stays up late at night; nighthawk.
- night-owl — a person who often stays up late at night; nighthawk.
- nightclub — Also, night club. an establishment for evening entertainment, generally open until the early morning, that serves liquor and usually food and offers patrons music, comedy acts, a floor show, or dancing; nightspot.
- nightfall — the coming of night; the end of daylight; dusk.
- nightglow — a dim light from the upper atmosphere caused by emissions from atoms and molecules ionized by solar radiation: observed at night (nightglow) during the day (dayglow) and at twilight (twilight glow) with each having slightly different characteristics.
- nightless — the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
- nightlife — the activity of people seeking nighttime diversion, as at a nightclub, theater, or the like.
- nightlike — Resembling night or some aspect of it; dark, tenebrous.
- nightlong — lasting all night: a nightlong snowfall.
- nightsoil — Alternative spelling of night soil.
- nihilists — Plural form of nihilist.
- notaphily — the collecting of bank notes as a hobby.
- oil patch — an area in which oil is produced.
- ophiolite — an assemblage of mafic igneous rocks representing remnants of former oceanic crust.
- opthalmic — Misspelling of ophthalmic.
- ornithol. — ornithological
- otolithic — Of or partaining to an otolith.
- oughtlins — in the least; to the least degree.
- overlight — a strong light
- paleolith — a paleolithic stone implement.
- patchouli — a plant, Pogostemon cablin, of tropical Asia, that yields a fragrant oil (patchouli oil) used in the manufacture of perfumes.
- petechial — pertaining to, resembling, or characterized by petechiae.
- phacolite — a colorless variety of chabazite.
- phacolith — a layer of igneous rock, which has the structure of a lens, and which occurs in an invasive position in sedimentary rock
- phil katz — (person) The founder of PKWARE, Inc..
- philately — the collecting of stamps and other postal matter as a hobby or an investment.
- philistia — an ancient country on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
- philomath — a person who enjoys learning new facts and acquiring new knowledge
- phlebitis — inflammation of a vein, often occurring in the legs and involving the formation of a thrombus, characterized by swelling, pain, and change of skin color.
- pholidota — the order comprising the pangolins.
- phonolite — a fine-grained volcanic rock composed chiefly of alkali feldspar and nepheline, some varieties of which split into pieces that ring on being struck.
- photalgia — pain, as in an eye, that is caused by intensity of light.
- photophil — an organism, such as a plant, that seeks, thrives on and requires strong light
- phthalein — any of a group of compounds formed by treating phthalic anhydride with phenols, from which certain important dyes are derived.
- phthiocol — a yellow crystalline substance, C 1 1 H 8 O 3 , produced by the human tubercle bacillus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, having antibiotic and blood-clotting properties.
- phylactic — defending or protecting, especially from disease.
- phyletics — phylogenetic classification.
- phytolith — a microscopic silica body that forms in a living plant and becomes fossilized.
- pilotfish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.