9-letter words containing h, o, l, c, n
- holandric — of or relating to a heritable trait appearing only in males (opposed to hologynic).
- holoclone — (biology) A colony-forming stem cell that has a higher growth potential than a meroclone because it does not contain differentiated cells.
- holocrine — (of a gland) releasing a secretion that is a product of disintegrating cells.
- hologynic — of or relating to a heritable trait appearing only in females (opposed to holandric).
- homunculi — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- hoolachan — a Highland reel
- ichnology — the branch of paleontology concerned with the study of fossilized tracks, trails, burrows, borings, or other trace fossils as evidence of the occurrence or behavior of the organisms that produced them.
- kalanchoe — any of several chiefly African and Asian succulent plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Kalanchoe, of the stonecrop family, having mostly opposite leaves and branching clusters of flowers.
- kluckhohn — Clyde (Kay Maben) [mey-buh n] /ˈmeɪ bən/ (Show IPA), 1905–60, American anthropologist.
- lichenous — of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
- loch ness — a lake in NW Scotland, near Inverness. 23 miles (37 km) long.
- lochinvar — the hero of a ballad included in the narrative poem Marmion (1808) by Sir Walter Scott.
- loin chop — a small piece of meat cut from the loin
- loincloth — a piece of cloth worn around the loins or hips, especially in tropical regions as the only item of clothing.
- longcloth — a fine, white, cotton cloth, of plain weave; high-grade muslin.
- lunch box — a small container, usually of metal or plastic and with a handle, for carrying one's lunch from home to school or work.
- luncheons — Plural form of luncheon.
- lunchhook — Usually, lunchhooks. hands.
- lunchroom — a room, as in a school, where light meals or snacks can be bought or where food brought from home may be eaten.
- lynch mob — A lynch mob is an angry crowd of people who want to kill someone without a trial, because they believe that person has committed a crime.
- michelson — Albert Abraham, 1852–1931, U.S. physicist, born in Prussia (now Poland): Nobel prize 1907.
- monarchal — pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a monarch: monarchal pomp.
- moonchild — a person born under the zodiacal sign of Cancer.
- nahcolite — a carbonate mineral, naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO 3 .
- neckcloth — cravat (def 2).
- necrophil — person who is sexually attracted to dead bodies
- 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.
- nicholson — Ben, 1894–1982, British abstract painter.
- nonschool — not relating to school
- outlaunch — to send out
- phenolics — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the condensation of phenol, or of a phenol derivative, with an aldehyde, especially formaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and plastics and as adhesives for sandpaper and plywood.
- picholine — a variety of mild green olive from France which is cured in salt brine
- punchbowl — a large bowl from which punch, lemonade, etc., is served, usually with a ladle.
- reblochon — a soft French cheese
- schnorkel — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
- schnorkle — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
- schnozzle — a nose, especially one of unusually large size.
- schooling — a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
- schoolman — a person versed in scholastic learning or engaged in scholastic pursuits.
- solonchak — a type of intrazonal soil of arid regions with a greyish surface crust: contains large quantities of soluble salts
- touchline — any of the outer lines bordering the playing field.
- unclothed — to strip of clothes.