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9-letter words containing h, o, l, a

  • motlanthe — Kgalema (ɡɑːˈlɛmə). born 1949, South African statesman: president (2008–09)
  • mouthable — able to be recited or spoken well
  • moygashel — an Irish linen
  • nahcolite — a carbonate mineral, naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO 3 .
  • nanoshell — A dielectric nanoparticle coated with a very thin metallic shell.
  • naphthols — Plural form of naphthol.
  • nemophila — any of a genus, Nemophila, of low-growing hairy annual plants, esp N. menziesii, grown for its blue or white flowers: family Hydrophyllaceae
  • neophilia — Love of new things.
  • nonlethal — of, relating to, or causing death; deadly; fatal: a lethal weapon; a lethal dose.
  • northlake — a city in NE Illinois: suburb of Chicago.
  • northland — the land or region in the north.
  • notaphily — the collecting of bank notes as a hobby.
  • ochlagogy — (rare) Manipulation of a mob by use of inflammatory rhetoric, casting opprobrium, and by appeal to the lowest common denominator generally; extreme and wholly unscrupulous demagogy; the practice of an ochlagogue.
  • ochlocrat — An adherent of the principle of ochlocracy; a advocate of mob rule.
  • ohm's law — the law that for any circuit the electric current is directly proportional to the voltage and is inversely proportional to the resistance.
  • ohmically — By means of ohmic heating, the process by which the passage of an electric current through a conductor releases heat.
  • oil patch — an area in which oil is produced.
  • oil shale — a black or dark-brown shale or siltstone rich in bitumens, from which shale oil is obtained by destructive distillation.
  • oklahoman — a state in the S central U.S. 69,919 sq. mi. (181,090 sq. km). . Capital: Oklahoma City. Abbreviation: OK (for use with zip code), Okla.
  • old harry — Older Use. the devil; Satan.
  • oleograph — a chromolithograph printed in oil colors on canvas or cloth.
  • oligarchs — Plural form of oligarch.
  • oligarchy — a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.
  • omphaloid — resembling or similar to the navel
  • onslaught — an onset, assault, or attack, especially a vigorous one.
  • opthalmic — Misspelling of ophthalmic.
  • orichalch — Alternative form of orichalcum.
  • outhandle — to handle or operate in a superior way to: That car outhandles all others in its class.
  • outlaunch — to send out
  • overhaile — to draw (a covering) over
  • packcloth — a cloth used for packing
  • paleolith — a paleolithic stone implement.
  • palmhouse — a greenhouse for growing tropical plants, esp palms
  • panthenol — pantothenyl alcohol
  • parhelion — a bright circular spot on a solar halo; a mock sun: usually one of two or more such spots seen on opposite sides of the sun, and often accompanied by additional luminous arcs and bands.
  • parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
  • patchouli — a plant, Pogostemon cablin, of tropical Asia, that yields a fragrant oil (patchouli oil) used in the manufacture of perfumes.
  • pathology — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
  • peachblow — a delicate purplish pink.
  • 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
  • phalarope — any of three species of small, aquatic birds of the family Phalaropodidae, resembling sandpipers but having lobate toes.
  • phaseolin — a type of proteid that is present in the kidney bean
  • phenolate — Also called phenoxide. a salt of phenol, as sodium phenolate, C 6 H 5 ONa.
  • philomath — a person who enjoys learning new facts and acquiring new knowledge
  • philomela — the nightingale.
  • philopena — a custom, presumably of German origin, in which two persons share the kernels of a nut and determine that one shall receive a forfeit from the other at a later time upon the saying of a certain word or the performance of a certain action.
  • pholidota — the order comprising the pangolins.
  • photalgia — pain, as in an eye, that is caused by intensity of light.
  • photocall — a time arranged for photographers, esp press photographers, to take pictures of a celebrity, the cast of a play, etc, usually for publicity purposes
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