9-letter words containing h, o, l, e
- meal moth — a small pyralid moth, Pyralis farinalis, whose larvae are an important pest of stored cereals. The Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella) and the Mediterranean flour moth (Ephestia kuehniella) are other pyralids with similar habits
- megilloth — Slang. a lengthy, detailed explanation or account: Just give me the facts, not the whole megillah. a lengthy and tediously complicated situation or matter.
- mesophile — mesophilic.
- mesophyll — the parenchyma, usually containing chlorophyll, that forms the interior parts of a leaf.
- meyerhold — Vsevolod Emilievich, original name Karl Theodor Kasimir. 1874–c. 1940, Russian theatre director, noted for his experimental nonrealistic productions. He was arrested in 1939 and died in custody
- michelson — Albert Abraham, 1852–1931, U.S. physicist, born in Prussia (now Poland): Nobel prize 1907.
- millhouse — a building that houses milling machinery, especially of flour.
- molehills — Plural form of molehill.
- molochise — sacrifice to deity
- molochize — to offer up or immolate to a god
- monoethyl — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) A single ethyl group in a molecule.
- monowheel — A vehicle similar to a unicycle, its rider sitting within or adjacent to the single wheel.
- monthlies — pertaining to a month, or to each month.
- mophandle — The handle of a mop.
- moschatel — a small plant, Adoxa moschatellina, having greenish or yellowish flowers with a musky odor.
- moth-hole — a hole in a piece of material or item clothing caused by a moth eating it
- motlanthe — Kgalema (ɡɑːˈlɛmə). born 1949, South African statesman: president (2008–09)
- mousehole — the burrow of a mouse.
- mouthable — able to be recited or spoken well
- mouthfeel — the tactile sensation a food gives to the mouth: a creamy mouthfeel.
- mouthless — Without a mouth.
- mouthlike — Resembling a mouth or some aspect of one.
- moygashel — an Irish linen
- mushmelon — muskmelon.
- mycophile — A person who likes hunting for, cooking or eating mushrooms and other edible fungi.
- nahcolite — a carbonate mineral, naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO 3 .
- nanoshell — A dielectric nanoparticle coated with a very thin metallic shell.
- neckcloth — cravat (def 2).
- necrophil — person who is sexually attracted to dead bodies
- negrophil — a white or other nonblack person who is especially sympathetic to or supportive of black people.
- nemophila — any of a genus, Nemophila, of low-growing hairy annual plants, esp N. menziesii, grown for its blue or white flowers: family Hydrophyllaceae
- 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.
- neophilia — Love of new things.
- nephology — The study or contemplation of clouds.
- nine-hole — (of a golf course) having nine holes; relating to a course having nine holes
- nineholes — a game in which the ground, or another object, is drilled with nine holes, each with its own scoring value, and a ball is rolled into them
- nonlethal — of, relating to, or causing death; deadly; fatal: a lethal weapon; a lethal dose.
- northerly — moving, directed, or situated toward the north.
- northlake — a city in NE Illinois: suburb of Chicago.
- nosewheel — the landing wheel under the nose of an aircraft.
- oenophile — a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
- oenophily — a liking for or expert knowledge of wine
- ogreishly — in the manner of an ogre
- oil shale — a black or dark-brown shale or siltstone rich in bitumens, from which shale oil is obtained by destructive distillation.
- oil sheik — a sheik who is involved in or who controls the supply of petroleum from Arab countries to other countries
- old delhi — Delhi (def 2).
- old welsh — the Welsh language of the period before c1150 a.d.
- oleograph — a chromolithograph printed in oil colors on canvas or cloth.
- on wheels — Something on wheels has wheels attached to the bottom, so that it can be moved easily.
- ophiolite — an assemblage of mafic igneous rocks representing remnants of former oceanic crust.